I've a ZTE MF286D device bracket-mounted inside a loft Velux window directly facing the local mast 1km away, giving '3 bars' of signal strength. This gave me speeds of around 35/7Mbs. It is powered through and communicates with my desktop PC 40 feet away using a pair of 'Homeplug' passthrough devices, and household 'lecky cabling.
Speeds have deteriorated markedly these past days/nights, dropping as low as ~4.3/0Mbs and varying around 7/0.3Mbs - according to Ookla/several servers dotted around.
'Tech support' trotted out the old 'lots of other users' excuse, but this is a rural area with a small potential user community. Only a few would use 3 B'band, and fewer still during the night/0230hrs. Not 'Contention', then...
Ookla's list of 'nearby me/Bath area' optimum servers seems random, with most being 60-100 miles away. Their 'optimum server' choice is always much further than nearby Blandford Forum/Bristol/Bath University.
Q: How do I choose for myself an optimum server and how does 3 choose where to feed its wifi comms into the fibreoptic/internet world?
Q: I've tried restarting via power off/on several times. Would a 'difficult' factory reset ( due to bracket-dismounting ) likely improve matters?
Q: Would addition of 'bunny ears' augmented antennae likely help?
Or is it just ropey old components in the wifi mast that 3 can't be bothered to replace?
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