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Speed variability

j1979p · 2010-03-22 17:07:45

Is it true that download speeds for mobile broadband are hghly variable in time as compared to a landline broadband? For example at peak times I am getting 1.5 Mbps with O2 mobile but only for a few seconds and it often drops down to 150 kbps for another half a minute or so. This makes watching Youtube uninterrupted…

22-03-2010 5:07pm

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j1979p

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Is it true that download speeds for mobile broadband are hghly variable in time as compared to a landline broadband?

For example at peak times I am getting 1.5 Mbps with O2 mobile but only for a few seconds and it often drops down to 150 kbps for another half a minute or so. This makes watching Youtube uninterrupted impossible.

I have heard people complaining about eircom etc saying that they can get speeds as low as 1Mb on a 7MB line. Are those speeds sustained second by second though?

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#2 23-03-2010 12:26pm

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Unless the service is uncontended (Smart LLU DSL and Magnet) then you will never get a guarantee of speed. Any service is variable, with 3G being particularly sensitive to speed changes. Contention, backhaul and congestion all play a part in speed drops. Congestion probably being the biggest problem on the 3G networks.

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