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Davlon
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Joined 09-03-2023
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Re: Strong 4g Signal - Poor Download Speeds
My take on it Chalkychap - the bandwidth is available on my device it’s just biased towards upload. Some guy has been sent to the mast I use to improve Wi-Fi calling and got a little too enthusiastic. I’m at the caravan tomorrow - so part 2 soon! 🙂20KViews0likes2CommentsRe: Strong 4g Signal - Poor Download Speeds
Hi Chalkychap - I just used the basic Smarty coverage checker and signalchecker.co.uk. The advantage of 3 is you can test without entering into a 2 year contract - so I’m happy however it goes. What I can’t get my head around is the major speed performance for ‘upload’, my last test was 0.6 download 17.8m upload… it kinda speaks to a congestion problem as download is utilised more, so my good signal is reflected by the good upload results??20KViews0likes4CommentsRe: Strong 4g Signal - Poor Download Speeds
Hi Chalkychap - I did check coverage and status and both reported good/ok. The setup is for use in a static caravan I recently bought - so, I’ll be using it properly in the DN17 postcode area about 45 miles away from my current Wakefield testing area . I’ve already researched the coverage at DN17 and it’s very good, plus it’ll be less populated than Wakefield. I’ll report back in the next couple of days and report the caravan performance. I’ve bought another manufacturer hub as well just to cover that base, which I’ll try if the current one is poor at DN17. As a side point - my iPhone is BT mobile and that does 70mb download acting as a hotspot in exactly the same Wakefield location. thanks Dave…20KViews0likes14CommentsStrong 4g Signal - Poor Download Speeds
I recently activated a unlimited data only plan sim, which I’m using in a Huawei Mobile Wi-Fi 2 hub. The 4g signal strength is max bars but the download speed is often between 0 to 6m, although upload often far better at 10 to 15m (if only it was the other way round!). 22:30 last night I was getting 25mb download and very stable for the rest of the night. But in the morning back to flakey speeds of no internet connection to 2 to 8m. My question is - do Smarty deprioritise unlimited plans placing them at the bottom of the connection priority? Thanks for any help - Dave…20KViews2likes20Comments