Forum Discussion
Buffering
Unfortunately there are many users on here disgruntled with slow data on Smarty, at times I get virtually no data at all any time from 2pm onwards until 7pm, other non peak times I can see 70mbs+ but tonight 1mbs down 0mbs up (crap in other words). This evening 10/04/26 it was still slow at 11pm. It is suggested that Smarty only has a limited data bandwidth from 3 and that during busy periods 3 users take priority. Ultimately the best plan is to go elsewhere as Smarty do not care they just want your money.
The_ASH I think that you may be about right. Smarty customers will probably do worse than Three customers when it comes to a chunk of the "data pie".
For many of us, the service does provide what we need i.e. a good signal for calls and texts and a bit of data when out and about - particularly those who use a fixed broadband line at home/work. For those who need more, I can see that it may be a problem.
Indeed, I as you (as everyone) just expect ‘adequate’ not super fast, this is a budget service after all, I do however expect ‘adequate’ not unusable which it was yet again this morning when I needed to download something urgently, 50 minutes later it was blisteringly fast.
What a lot of malarkey!
