Three signal and data speeds

[Captain]

Has anyone noticed a massive slow down on data speeds recently?

I’m having to continuously cycle airplane mode on/off to reset the data, that only lasts 15-20 minutes before I have to do it again.

I started noticing the slow downs around Christmas time but has been worse of late.

I get 3 out of 4 bars of signal and 4G where ever I go.

Have thought about stitching to EE or Vodafone as I’m on a SIM only plan anyway.

Most of the time it’ll take me a good minute to load this forum.

 

[Captain]

Could be due to the virus recently and everyone sucking up the bandwidth?

What area are you in ? I assume you're using it as a main form of internet?

Only when I’m out and about, use WiFi at home.

Birmingham area mostly.

 

[Captain]

I use Three for my home broadband and can't say I've noticed any significant drop off.

Not just me though, quite a few of us at work are on Three and we are all noticing how slow our data is.

Can’t even load the Facebook app or instagram half the time unless I toggle airplane mode.

 

[Captain]

I always thought it's mad that people are using mobile internet as their main source. I understand it's a lot faster than their landline and I agree it is what I would do but I wonder if the mobile providers really have the capacity for this. It could be this reason that it's slow?

It’s not my main internet, I have gigabit internet at home.

It’s when I’m either at work or I’m out somewhere, the internet speeds are just so poor.