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Andrew_239836
SMARTY Maverick
Joined 22-05-2023
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5G on Orange SP in spain
Arrived in Gran Canaria today. As usual Movistar is sticking to 3G only (but friend who has EE sim gets 5G with Movistar) Manually switched to Orange SP as from experience they give 4G to Smarty customers in Spain. Anyway to my surprise I’m getting a quality 5G signal on Orange SP everywhere. Really impressed. Just thought I’d share for anyone else going to Spain.4.1KViews3likes5CommentsRe: 4G not working overseas
I posted a topic about this a few months back. 3G on Movistar in Spain and the Canaries whilst using SMARTY sim. Friend with EE Sim connected to Movistar and had 4G consistently. You can do a manual network search and connect to Orange SP which seems to give 4G most of the time. It seems to me that there must be some quirks in the roaming agreement whereby SMARTY (and possibly 3?) sims are de-priorititised for 4G when using certain networks.27KViews2likes1CommentSpain roaming
I have roamed in Spain several times and always have an issue where I I predominantly remain on 3G and not 4g. Or sometimes lose access to mobile data entirely. A friend using EE on the same network (Movistar) does not have this issue and gets a constant 4G connection in the same areas. Settings are all as they should be and APN is set correctly. I’ve read of others having this issue on smarty and three - with the reply often just saying check APN settings, coverage, etc. Manually selecting Orange ES does give a signal that provides 4G. But the signal isn’t as good and if left on automatic the preferred network is Movistar. Vodafone Spain Doesn’t connect at all. is the roaming agreement with Movistar for a 3G only service?5.8KViews0likes6Comments- 1.4KViews0likes0Comments
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