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Network Throttling?
Mr_P The only problem with the Coverage Checker is that it is only a general guide to the area and may not give an accurate analysis of signal to your property. Also, it takes no account of congestion potential e.g. if you are surrounded by a lot of youngsters who come home after school and start using mobile data.
My only suggestion for a more consistent download speed is to go to a broadband connection - indeed that is effectively what smarty suggest when they say that mobile data should not be relied upon as a substitute. I get around 74Mbps and that is fairly consistent. It also depends what you need the speed for - this connection will support more than one Zoom meeting with no problem.
I'm not sure, but I don't think I even get close to 74Mbps when everything is working fine - I've unfortunately only checked when it's gotten really bad!
As I mentioned, it's come to the point where I'm only on 4Mbps in the mornings, and as low as 1-2Mbps in the evenings.
I get what you mean about usage of others in the area, but this seems to be for 16-17hrs of the day, and it's only started in the last month.
It's been a pretty dramatic drop in service.
