topic Re: Congestion in busy areas in Network

Congestion in busy areas

Badlydrawnboy12 — Sun, 09 Jul 2023 11:13:08 GMT

Does anyone else notice data doesn’t work in busy areas such as London and large events? Nothing loads over 3/4/5G

Ive asked Three about this but they act dumb it’s frustrating looking to move to a different provider after being with them for 20 years

Re: Congestion in busy areas

sc1999 — Sun, 09 Jul 2023 14:15:21 GMT

All networks suffer from contention ratios from time-to-time and it's worth buying a few cheap sims from the major networks to test their performance. I moved fromm EE to 3 but should have gone to Vodafone.

One of the main problems, in my opinion, is that the networks are too successful selling home and business broadband and cannot install new capacity fast enough.

Re: Congestion in busy areas

Badlydrawnboy12 — Sun, 09 Jul 2023 14:43:10 GMT

Was in central london yesterday was very busy area and my partners 4G on EE worked perfectly, I couldn’t load a thing so I think 3 have major issues and have done for a long time, wish they wouldn’t be ignorant about it too and admit it

Re: Congestion in busy areas

Avondale — Sun, 09 Jul 2023 15:51:22 GMT

>>> Does anyone else notice data doesn’t work in busy areas such as London and large events?

Yes.

Re: Congestion in busy areas

Ian_M — Mon, 10 Jul 2023 06:07:27 GMT

Exactly just be honest instead of the clap trap we are fixing a problem in your area ( 4 months so far where I live)

Re: Congestion in busy areas

Mell — Mon, 10 Jul 2023 07:00:18 GMT

Yes mine all the time it does get on my last nerve

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Mell — Mon, 10 Jul 2023 07:05:36 GMT

Mine does the same thing it is annoying it gets on my nerves

Re: Congestion in busy areas

Avondale — Mon, 10 Jul 2023 17:01:59 GMT

But bear in mind that this problem applies to all networks and not just Three. For example, at Glastonbury, reports suggested that Vodaphone held up best, followed by Three, followed by EE and with O2 virtually unusable. But apparently this varied across the site and even depending on the devices that folks were utilising. .

Vodaphone's top spot was not surprising as they are a main sponsor of Glastonbury.

Re: Congestion in busy areas

sc1999 — Tue, 11 Jul 2023 07:20:04 GMT

It just means that Vodafone provided more temporary equipment than the other companies.

Re: Congestion in busy areas

Avondale — Tue, 11 Jul 2023 14:55:15 GMT

Yes and reports suggest that Vodaphone might have had the advantage in the location of its masts too.

Re: Congestion in busy areas

digitalnomad — Tue, 04 Jun 2024 09:39:09 GMT

This is my theory too - overselling broadband at the expense of mobile customers.