Virgin £15 no limit for calls, texts and unlimited data.

which network do virgin use? although their policy on cable capacity is putting me off a bit.

I tested the speeds again last night on the phone before going bed at 1am, speeds were up but by an inconclusive amount, only up to about 900kbit.

either I have a pretty bad signal issue in an area considered excellent by three, or the congestion is so so severe it doesnt even let up at 1am. The latter is of course possible tho given how low the speeds are.

O2 2G data test 360kbit/sec. almost as fast as Three 3G

Edited by Chrysalis (Sun 24-Nov-13 09:56:38)

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which network do virgin use? although their policy on cable capacity is putting me off a bit.

Virgin Mobile is an MVNO on EE. I believe they have a 4megabit/s max rate on the majority of their plans. (obviously 4megabit is a lot higher than you're getting right now!).

I tested the speeds again last night on the phone before going bed at 1am, speeds were up but by an inconclusive amount, only up to about 900kbit.

either I have a pretty bad signal issue in an area considered excellent by three, or the congestion is so so severe it doesnt even let up at 1am. The latter is of course possible tho given how low the speeds are.

Pretty scary, by 1am any traffic management etc should be relaxed. Peak is generally 8pm through to midnight I thought.

O2 2G data test 360kbit/sec. almost as fast as Three 3G

That's great 2G speeds - EDGE working very well.

browsing this site now on 2G.

The question is do O2 measure usage on 2G same as 3G or do they not bother as they think its so slow noone will bother using it for data.

latency wise its worse than three 3G, but it is useable for light sites like tbb and ssh command line.

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browsing this site now on 2G.
The question is do O2 measure usage on 2G same as 3G or do they not bother as they think its so slow noone will bother using it for data.
latency wise its worse than three 3G, but it is useable for light sites like tbb and ssh command line.

all networks measure all data usage the same on all speed signals.

I don't have any credit on my 3 chip at the moment, or I'd do a speed test and post results.

but for comparison, from my front room, some 4G and 3G tests on my EE 4G connection - tethering my iPhone 5s using a USB cable to rule out WiFi interference. (as 2.4GHz here is congested).

4G - 4 bars out of 5 shown on phone screen
http://www.speedtest.net/my-result/3122490125

3G - 4 bars out of 5 shown on phone screen
http://www.speedtest.net/my-result/3122494365

The iPhone doesn't give me a 2G on/off switch, only the ability to disable 4G. This is apparently by design - it affects all EE brands on the 5/5s/5c handsets even if you are not on the 4G price plan. Doesn't bother me.

GPRS and EDGE speeds in the past (when I've seen them) have been around 100kilobit/sec for GPRS and 150kilobit/sec for EDGE. Often the phone switches to 3G pretty quickly.

HI,

I also facing the same problem. Please suggest effective solution.

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3 have kept me on for free since I gave them notice. But I will have to start paying again if I dont contact by mid february.

For me the situation is still the same.

O2 not great speeds but useable, however limited usage until a throttle kicks in which then makes it unuseable.
Three congestion thats so extreme only basic light sites such as tbb work.

when I tried to use the Three dongle on new years eve (when I had no dsl for half a day) tbb wouldnt even load, the congestion had got worse.

Edited by Chrysalis (Sat 04-Jan-14 15:22:08)