Congestion in busy areas

[Badlydrawnboy12]

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 

[Avondale]

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.  

[sc1999]

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

[Avondale]

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

[Mell]

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

[Avondale]

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

Yes. 

[sc1999]

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. 

[digitalnomad]

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

[Badlydrawnboy12]

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 

[Mell]

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