Network speed

[JIFFY]

Hi. We have just taken out 3 new contracts, all seemed OK at home but just tried downloading using mobile data. We have 4/5 bars so good signal but download speed only 3 to 4 mgps which is very slow. Are speeds capped or is this normal. 

[jonsie]

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@JIFFY wrote:

Hi. We have just taken out 3 new contracts, all seemed OK at home but just tried downloading using mobile data. We have 4/5 bars so good signal but download speed only 3 to 4 mgps which is very slow. Are speeds capped or is this normal. 

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Looks about average to me.

O2 is heavily oversubscribed and lacking in meaningful investment in many areas.

If you want to see fast speeds, move to EE

[madasaf1sh]

This thing about EE having faster speeds is not true in every location

I have just done a test across o2, EE, and ID Mobile, using Open Signal on iPhones

Network             D/L Speed            U/L Speed             Latency

EE                        4.06Mbps             330Kpbs               457ms

ID                         10.8Mbps             1.17Mbps              35ms

o2                         2.5mbps               678Kbps                 36ms

So although o2 are slower there latency is a lot less than EE and  speed wise ID Mobile (aka Three) is 2.5x faster than EE and 4 x than ID Mobile.. 

I also did lots of speed tests on o2

[Enlli]

People can quote all sorts of speeds and latency figures but at the end of the day does the network perform well enough to do what you need to do in the areas you frequent?

If not try PAYG SIM cards on other networks and find the best for you.

[Enlli]

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