Midband speedtest Megaathread

warlikedave · 22-08-2019 6:26pm

-=al=- wrote: »

Yeah, I've tried switching and it's just as bad. It's just heavily congested from 5-11 or so and barely usable. Crazy it's THAT bad though.

I moved from a 50Gb Eir package, which was fine, even at peak times, to 3 unlimited with the new 4G+ router and it's just useless really. great data limit but wouldn't even able to get close to it as it's so bad.

I'm considering using both routers now. An Eir 50Gb package for normal usage, then just a PAYG sim in the three router for bigger downloads if needed. Seems like the only option really. I'm about 500m away from the end of the exchange which ads to the comedy show

I could take my chances with Eir fixed line with speeds from 2-7Mb but even that's pretty grim. What a time to be alive!

Modern technology at its best lol....

You could see about an external antenna for your router? What is your coverage like and what are your off peak speeds like?

Also - dont vodafone do a base 4g broadband package with a nice sized addon? I know its quite a bit more expensive but may be an alternative to the current hell that you are going through?

-=al=- · 22-08-2019 6:52pm

The signal is great, perfect 4 bars of 4g coverage and speed is fine at 2 in the morning but that's not much use!

If anything it just shows that the contention is insane and some serious throttling goes on after a big download for sure.

I currently have a nice mimo LTE antenna on the roof going into the 4g router, then run a cat 5 into the main router, all of which works perfectly except for the terrible speeds.

Thankfully I'm not usually at this current location with these dismal speeds, but it's been pretty annoying trying to use it at the minute. I thought we'd be over this by now :pac:

I think Vodafone do offer an ok package with a router. I'd probably wait for a 5g router to come about before I'd make the plunge with them

I've tried all of the networks in the past and Eir seem to have the best stable speeds and connections throughout the day but their data offerings are comical

warlikedave · 22-08-2019 7:18pm

-=al=- wrote: »

The signal is great, perfect 4 bars of 4g coverage and speed is fine at 2 in the morning but that's not much use!

If anything it just shows that the contention is insane and some serious throttling goes on after a big download for sure.

I currently have a nice mimo LTE antenna on the roof going into the 4g router, then run a cat 5 into the main router, all of which works perfectly except for the terrible speeds.

Thankfully I'm not usually at this current location with these dismal speeds, but it's been pretty annoying trying to use it at the minute. I thought we'd be over this by now :pac:

I think Vodafone do offer an ok package with a router. I'd probably wait for a 5g router to come about before I'd make the plunge with them

I've tried all of the networks in the past and Eir seem to have the best stable speeds and connections throughout the day but their data offerings are comical

Ah ok - that is truly shocking of three but absolutely no surprise at all. I dont hold much hope for 5g once it becomes congested. 4g was supposed to be an evolutionary step forwards but simple put it hasn't had the channel availability or management necessary to work effectively. Regulator has an awful lot to answer for in this.

-=al=- · 23-08-2019 12:04am

Yea, I agree with all of that. It's just pushing the problem further away with the same issues every time. It really shouldn't be a problem in Dublin in 2019

As predicted, just like a switch has been flicked, the speed comes back after around 23:15

Seems like some sort of throttling or restriction going on for sure. The pattern is pretty evident every day. How frustrating indeedy

Dan Jaman · 23-08-2019 1:02am

Mine isn't quite as badly affected, but shows a substantial drop when the villagers are on the porn or gaming sites, leaving us hicks on the long wireless connections to fight for crumbs. In the wee small hours 50 and 60 Mb/s plunging to a couple of Mb/s in the evening.

John mac · 29-08-2019 9:14pm

got this earlier on

oops looks a bit big.

kevovek · 05-09-2019 6:20pm

Here's a morning one:

And an evening one:

The evening one has been going as low as 10 recently enough.

my3cents · 05-09-2019 6:53pm

kevovek wrote: »

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The evening one has been going as low as 10 recently enough.

Sounds good to me!

kevovek · 05-09-2019 11:17pm

Yep it's not too bad! Still usable anyway, A decent alternative till I can get fiber.

opus · 13-12-2019 1:02pm

I've decided to give GoMo a try for broadband as fed up with VM upping their price every year without fail & a big difference between €60 & €9.99 per month. Using a Huawei B525, this is what I'm getting which will do me fine as the only thing I stream is radio.

If it really doesn't work out then I'll move back to VM in six months as new customer.

Credit Checker Moose · 26-12-2019 12:49am

opus · 29-12-2019 11:07am

Found the program LTEInspectur very handy in figuring out where the 4g router box should be positioned, made quite a difference in performance with the GoMo SIM.

mayo.mick · 03-06-2020 10:24pm

I moved to this plane a week ago. Speeds are supposed to be throttled at 10mbs but I've been getting consistently good download and upload speeds at various times of the day!

Cork981 · 10-07-2020 9:02pm

The Eir network rebuild is really starting so show substantial improvements in performance.

I’m getting over 100mb in Cork City at 7pm on 4G

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ED E · 13-09-2020 1:35pm

This looks like strict speed capping on this Three site. Never seen that before (D almost bang on 10x U).

smuggler.ie · 13-09-2020 8:16pm

Noticed last week or two speeds down/intermittent badly. Were i had 80-100, now its 20-80, UL remain ~40. Dont know if its related to more people using mobile broadband or Three just capping in general. Also, band1 4G gone for some time now, in my area anyway.

smuggler.ie · 13-09-2020 8:22pm

smuggler.ie · 28-05-2021 12:01am

opus · 21-07-2021 10:53am

GoMo has improved for me in Cork city centre, use to be around half this speed unless I caught it at a quiet time.

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bored_newbie · 01-10-2021 3:56pm

The Vodafone coverage map only goes up to 4G. Is there a way to check what coverage I can expect if I go with Vodafone 5G?

I'm currently getting ~12Mbit download on their 4G.

Dceng2 · 02-10-2021 10:52pm

Got this beaut about 6 weeks ago. I know it's from the middle of the night with little/no contention, but even by day this can hover around 100Mbps DL, 50Mbps UL. We're also getting similar good speeds using a Three router as both the phone and router are connected to the same cell, so while I wait for the NBI fibre to go live (fibre line strung since this week) I won't be complaining. That's 4G+ in a rural area by the way, imagine if it was 5G.