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DavidB-3335558
03-05-2025SMARTY Commentator
Slow data uploading
Have just joined Smarty, and am astounded that I get 5G data in my house. I ran a speed test which showed 200+ mb/s (that's better than my broadband wifi connection), but only 1mb/s upload. Is there ...
MSF
06-05-2025SMARTY Guru
DavidB-3335558 On your home broadband, you would normally expect download speed to vastly exceed upload speed. I can see that the 1Mb/s is qa bit slow, but you wouldn't expect it to get anywhere near 200Mb - I understand that would only maybe happen on optical networks and that most people wouldn't require more than about 5Mb/s
DavidB-3335558
06-05-2025SMARTY Commentator
Hi, I'm referring to my Smarty mobile data.
My broadband is just fine, 150 mb/s upload and download. It's a full fibre connection.
- MSF06-05-2025SMARTY Guru
DavidB-3335558 Full fibre - that explains the speeds. Bet it costs a pretty penny too! - certainly compared to a Smarty plan.