Terminal Posted March 24, 2016 Share Posted March 24, 2016 On PAYG my 4G slows right down and often becomes unusable between 12 and 2pm. This is the only time of day when I need to use 4G. I'm wondering whether switching to contract will solve this as it uses a different APN. Anyone using MT contract 4G able to confirm whether it also becomes slow around this time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sm-iom Posted March 24, 2016 Share Posted March 24, 2016 It's because of all the lunch hour people stood in Strand Street. Contract won't make a difference. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Merkin Posted March 24, 2016 Share Posted March 24, 2016 4G or not 4G, that is the question. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
woolley Posted March 24, 2016 Share Posted March 24, 2016 It's because of all the lunch hour people stood in Strand Street. Conjures up a sorry picture. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gizo Posted March 24, 2016 Share Posted March 24, 2016 Switch to 3G. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Monkey boy Posted March 24, 2016 Share Posted March 24, 2016 Switch to Sure. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slinkydevil Posted March 24, 2016 Share Posted March 24, 2016 On PAYG my 4G slows right down and often becomes unusable between 12 and 2pm. This is the only time of day when I need to use 4G. I'm wondering whether switching to contract will solve this as it uses a different APN. Anyone using MT contract 4G able to confirm whether it also becomes slow around this time. My 4G is slow often around these times on contract. It's a bit shit really. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Twonky Posted March 24, 2016 Share Posted March 24, 2016 Yeah I'm on a bargain-tastic £45 per month contract with MT and my 4G routinely drops its arse out over lunchtime and sometimes stretching on a bit further into the afternoon as well. Clearly just not enough bandwidth to go around, although I'd be interested to know if it's just a Douglas thing or island-wide - i.e. the masts in Douglas being maxed out or the overall 4G capacity being saturated. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Terminal Posted March 24, 2016 Author Share Posted March 24, 2016 I'd be interested to know if it's just a Douglas thing or island-wide - i.e. the masts in Douglas being maxed out or the overall 4G capacity being saturated. My job takes me all over the Island and it's the same everywhere. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
x-in-man Posted March 24, 2016 Share Posted March 24, 2016 Not just me then. 12:20, give or take a few minutes, all round Douglas. From mid morning I'm lucky if I get anything better than an H signal on my 4G. Sent a pal a text on the 10th, @9:15. It was his birthday and had a day off work. He replied 10mins later, a few minutes after that, and again a few minutes later. I got them all on the 11th @ 4am. MT has been getting progressively shite for a few weeks now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
craggy_steve Posted March 25, 2016 Share Posted March 25, 2016 I use Sure 4G intensively most weekday lunchtimes and it's generally very good - certainly better than the VDSL at home, whereas a mate constantly has trouble with MT 4G sat in the same cafe. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Merkin Posted March 25, 2016 Share Posted March 25, 2016 Why bother going to a cafe with your mate to both sit there intensively hammering the 4g? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Twonky Posted March 26, 2016 Share Posted March 26, 2016 Is Sure's 4G/data alright these days? Over the years I've only ever known of people going back to MT after dipping their toes into the Sure waters. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
marauder Posted March 26, 2016 Share Posted March 26, 2016 Why bother going to a cafe with your mate to both sit there intensively hammering the 4g? That's something most of them don't have and if they do,they're just as bad Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ManxTaxPayer Posted March 27, 2016 Share Posted March 27, 2016 Why bother going to a cafe with your mate to both sit there intensively hammering the 4g? That's them having a conversation with each other. It's how the yoot communicate these days. Easier than opening and closing your mouth and forming shapes with it in order to make sounds. Even easier than grunting. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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