Is it just me, or is O2 3G dog, dog slow?
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From: BlueJohn on 23 Dec 2009 19:18 I've been using an iPhone 3GS for a few months now, living and working in London. Accessing the net over 3G is just incredibly slow, all the time, no matter where I am. About 3 or 4 times out of 10, I just give up waiting to access most sites. And the minute I see the "E" icon appear, I don't even both trying to connect as it will take any web site a minimum of about 5 mins to load. Is that just my experience?
From: Jon on 24 Dec 2009 02:25 In article <2f976a9e-5be7-4b70-a7fe- 7e47d90c19dc(a)c34g2000yqn.googlegroups.com>, gilgongo(a)gmail.com says... > I've been using an iPhone 3GS for a few months now, living and working > in London. Accessing the net over 3G is just incredibly slow, all the > time, no matter where I am. > > About 3 or 4 times out of 10, I just give up waiting to access most > sites. And the minute I see the "E" icon appear, I don't even both > trying to connect as it will take any web site a minimum of about 5 > mins to load. I believe that latest figures show that O2 have the "worst" 3G network according to Ofcom. -- Regards Jon
From: Paulg0 on 24 Dec 2009 05:01 "Jon" <spam(a)jonparker.plus.com> wrote in message news:MPG.259d27bc1c8fbcc1989752(a)news.eternal-september.org... > In article <2f976a9e-5be7-4b70-a7fe- > 7e47d90c19dc(a)c34g2000yqn.googlegroups.com>, gilgongo(a)gmail.com says... >> I've been using an iPhone 3GS for a few months now, living and working >> in London. Accessing the net over 3G is just incredibly slow, all the >> time, no matter where I am. >> >> About 3 or 4 times out of 10, I just give up waiting to access most >> sites. And the minute I see the "E" icon appear, I don't even both >> trying to connect as it will take any web site a minimum of about 5 >> mins to load. > > I believe that latest figures show that O2 have the "worst" 3G network > according to Ofcom. I have an o2 iphone payg sim for occasional use in a dongle on my laptop. Generally on the rare occasions I can get a 3g signal the speed is OK. Signal is the big problem usually.80% of the time I only get GPRS and EDGE connections. All the other networks are far better Paul
From: Smurf on 24 Dec 2009 05:54 Paulg0 wrote: > "Jon" <spam(a)jonparker.plus.com> wrote in message > news:MPG.259d27bc1c8fbcc1989752(a)news.eternal-september.org... >> In article <2f976a9e-5be7-4b70-a7fe- >> 7e47d90c19dc(a)c34g2000yqn.googlegroups.com>, gilgongo(a)gmail.com >> says... >>> I've been using an iPhone 3GS for a few months now, living and >>> working in London. Accessing the net over 3G is just incredibly >>> slow, all the time, no matter where I am. >>> >>> About 3 or 4 times out of 10, I just give up waiting to access most >>> sites. And the minute I see the "E" icon appear, I don't even both >>> trying to connect as it will take any web site a minimum of about 5 >>> mins to load. >> >> I believe that latest figures show that O2 have the "worst" 3G >> network according to Ofcom. > > I have an o2 iphone payg sim for occasional use in a dongle on my > laptop. Generally on the rare occasions I can get a 3g signal the > speed is OK. Signal is the big problem usually.80% of the time I only > get GPRS and EDGE connections. All the other networks are far better > > > Paul Which is why i will be switching to Orange pretty soon..
From: Ian Smith on 24 Dec 2009 06:59
BlueJohn wrote: > I've been using an iPhone 3GS for a few months now, living and working > in London. Accessing the net over 3G is just incredibly slow, all the > time, no matter where I am. > > About 3 or 4 times out of 10, I just give up waiting to access most > sites. And the minute I see the "E" icon appear, I don't even both > trying to connect as it will take any web site a minimum of about 5 > mins to load. > > Is that just my experience? > I find '3' a mixed bag - somewhere between poor and just acceptable. regards, Ian |