Will try that this weekend. Yeah the RSRP is awful, surprised I even get 150Mbps and may well be the cause of my latency/jitter.
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Will try that this weekend. Yeah the RSRP is awful, surprised I even get 150Mbps and may well be the cause of my latency/jitter.
More than likely, as it means basically you have no stable signal. Will be interesting to see the results, I am sure you'll end up with something suitable for your needs, it certainly isn't as simple as plugging in a modem to your phone line, but it is much more satisfying in some respects.
More than likely, as it means basically you have no stable signal. Will be interesting to see the results, I am sure you'll end up with something suitable for your needs, it certainly isn't as simple as plugging in a modem to your phone line, but it is much more satisfying in some respects.
It is and I am learning a lot as I go on.
I've done so much reading this last week and your help and assistance has been invaluable. Thanks
I really hope I can improve the signal on EE as would be over the moon with a 130-150Mbps DL speed but the latency atm is unworkable.
If I cant, even with an external aerial, get EE stable I will fall back onto either Vodafone or O2 which both have lowish latency and only 7ms jitter. They may both be less than half the speed of EE but at least they would be stable.
It is hard to know what to do for best when you have a choice, stability over speed is the obvious one if working from home. Then I guess the next thing you are waiting for is to see which network will fit 5G to your mast first, given the fact it is shared I' hope one of them will do it sooner rather than later, and if you already have an external antenna (assume you got a 5G compatible one?) then you'll likely be getting better pings/speeds over and above anything you'll get down your landline for the next few years. Unless BT pull their finger out.
What speeds are you seeing? I'm still seeing 7-800mbps down and 30+ up pretty much all the time.
However PSN downloads on new games seem to 'only' hit around 5-600mbps down, with patches/updates much slower at 300mbps max roughly.
sorry just seen this I'm getting between 300 to 500 down and up between 20 and 30
If it helps Greebo, I was fiddling with my xpol antenna for my 5G signal the other day. After looking at mast placements again, 5G coverage maps from EE, etc, I worked out roughly where I needed to be. Anyways, with the xpol pointing about 90º the wrong way my RSRP was -90 and SINR was 12 for NR-NSA. Re-adjusted and now it reports RSRP is -71, RSRQ -11 and SINR is 31. Much healthier. And that is 4KM away.
So I think as people have said, you should see an improvement by using an external setup for sure and that'll help your signal and speeds. Keep at it though. I'm constantly fiddling with mine. lol.Haha yeah I've been told it will drop off or something along those lines. lol.Mrs always complains when I do that.
If it helps Greebo, I was fiddling with my xpol antenna for my 5G signal the other day. After looking at mast placements again, 5G coverage maps from EE, etc, I worked out roughly where I needed to be. Anyways, with the xpol pointing about 90º the wrong way my RSRP was -90 and SINR was 12 for NR-NSA. Re-adjusted and now it reports RSRP is -71, RSRQ -11 and SINR is 31. Much healthier. And that is 4KM away.
For now I have being playing around with it just in the loft. Just to see if it works and viable.
I will later on mount it on a pole on the chimney of the house outside.
But for now I get this
- RSRQ (Reference Signal Received Quality) -7.0dB
- RSRP (Reference Signal Received Power) -92 dBm
- RSSI (Received Signal Strength Indicator) -56 dBm
- SINR (Signal to Interference plus Noise Ratio) 26dB
Getting a pretty consistent 100Mbps download with peaks of 150Mbps and 30Mbps upload and more importantly ping has stabilised at 37ms with 7ms jitter.
Not the greatest ping and wont be doing any competitive gaming anytime soon but I can more than live with that.
Cant seem to get the RSRP any better on EE. With the aerial on O2 I managed to get the RSRP to -70dBm and SINR to 32dB. The networks are all on the same mast. I guess EE just arent putting out as much power as O2 or vodafone but the data rate is much much better.
Still they are generally much better stats than you had before, and 37ms on 4G isn't terrible. More tinkering, more data gathered, more informed decision.
If anyone happens to be looking for cheap no contract truly Unlimited 5G SIM/connection, Smarty have officially launched 5G today which can be had at £16 per month per 30 days.
Tested my Smarty SIM in the 5G router and get exactly the same speeds as I do with Three UK, so 600-800Mbps, so it make Smarty a great deal if you are supplying your own device or don't want to be tied down for 12-24 months.
Tested my Smarty SIM in the 5G router and get exactly the same speeds as I do with Three UK, so 600-800Mbps, so it make Smarty a great deal if you are supplying your own device or don't want to be tied down for 12-24 months.
If anyone happens to be looking for cheap no contract truly Unlimited 5G SIM/connection, Smarty have officially launched 5G today which can be had at £16 per month per 30 days.
Tested my Smarty SIM in the 5G router and get exactly the same speeds as I do with Three UK, so 600-800Mbps, so it make Smarty a great deal if you are supplying your own device or don't want to be tied down for 12-24 months.
Thanks just ordered for 16 quid. Coverage appears to be same as where EE is for me now so I should get 5G. I'll report back with how I find it. Interesting to see how it compares.
Pretty sure if you are not congested you should see better speeds (like for like stats assumed) as n78 on Three UK is a full contiguous 100MHz.
Oh cool. That has perked my interest ooo errr! What is EE's slice on n78?
40MHz but EE have much better 4G bands, and those bearers can carry a lot of data (bandwidth) in the NSA configuration.
Hmm that'll be interesting to see how it performs then as I am NSA atm. I'll report back. Thanks.
Hmm that'll be interesting to see how it performs then as I am NSA atm. I'll report back. Thanks.
I await your results with interest!
@Firegod any update on your recent 5G testing with your new SIM/Network.
I just burned through about 400GB yesterday without skipping a beat, all at great speeds. Back to Three now though, at least for a couple of months until I need to sort a new deal out.
I just burned through about 400GB yesterday without skipping a beat, all at great speeds. Back to Three now though, at least for a couple of months until I need to sort a new deal out.
@Firegod any update on your recent 5G testing with your new SIM/Network.
I just burned through about 400GB yesterday without skipping a beat, all at great speeds. Back to Three now though, at least for a couple of months until I need to sort a new deal out.
Hey.
No nothing has arrived yet sadly. It might come in the post today, usually around 1ish. If not I'm guessing it'll defo be tomorrow. Wow haha you're building it up now. Watch it be totally pants for me. Lol.