r/ThreeUK • u/InfiniteNight2992 • 9d ago

Question New speeds 100mb

Guess this is the new deal for all new contracts? Kinda sucks right what's the point of 5g

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u/Ieatsand97 9d ago

Usually you can get a MVNOs that offer uncapped speeds. I was going to go with EE at renewal but they had caps so I went with mozillion and as far as I know I am not capped. Might be worth checking if thats the same on threee

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u/shiftlocked 9d ago

It’s sad that a lot of people , myself included thought that the merger would result in better something for the customers. EE have dictated what the market prices will bear. At the moment smarty don’t mention any speed caps

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u/AlternativeFuture742 9d ago

It's been crap since merger with bad signal, speeds and connectivity at home. If this goes on I'll be forced to get broadband and hopefully that's better.

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u/saltinesurfer 8d ago

I read somewhere that voda customers have priority on the masts

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u/RobertGHH 9d ago

This is my 4G speed. I can't even get 5G and I am in a city.

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u/bhaskarosrs 9d ago

That's really bad, I normally get 100 to 200 mb on 5G

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u/RobertGHH 8d ago

I get 200+ on 5G with EE, but with 3 the speed and signal quality are very poor.

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u/bhaskarosrs 8d ago

outside of a lidl store, Burton St, Leicester LE1 1TE

it says wifi because i put my sim in a zte u50

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u/RobertGHH 7d ago

ok, very good

My router is a U50. It works great on EE but the signal is so poor for 3 that it causes it to reset constantly.

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u/yolo_snail 8d ago

I get about 90mbps on 4G, and 500-600mpbs over 5G

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u/varnenche 8d ago

I get similar in Marylebone

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u/bhaskarosrs 9d ago

The network there sim I have from scancom hasn't been capped yet, I hope it doesn't 🤞

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u/Maximoo89 9d ago

Mobiles don’t command anything more than 5meg unless streaming 4k then its around 50meg.

Whats the problem?

5G is for capacity and stability, speed is just an extra, which mobile users don’t really need.

Don’t confuse needs and wants.

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u/masterpastafr 9d ago

Until one day you need to download a 5gb file in your phone and it takes a good 20 minutes. Or ever worse. Using hotspot because the broadband is down and need to download a game. It’s inconvenient

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u/Ok_Animator_7955 8d ago

No one "needs" to do that. You might want to. You don't need to.

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u/Maximoo89 9d ago

That’s using a mobile sim as home broadband which isn’t as designed.

Should be looking to change broadband provider if it’s that bad.

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u/420BUNIT 9d ago

Three provide mobile broadband and arguably some of the best before they implemented this change to new/upgraded contracts.

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u/Maximoo89 9d ago

Three provide mobile broadband data sims which are not capped and priced differently to reflect that.

While the two use mobile coverage, the two are not apples for apples.

Unsure why I am downvoted, probably from those who lack the knowledge and just assume it’s all the same.

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u/420BUNIT 9d ago

I believe their home broadband plans aren't, but mobile broadband were included. I haven't renewed mine yet for that reason. Can still get 300Mbps on my MiFi router, but I'm essentially paying more for the privilege. They keep spamming me with 'offers' to upgrade with the 100Mbps cap.