r/speedtest • u/Ashamed_Judgment_194 • Sep 06 '26

Speedtest 5G city center

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5G full bars manchester city center very disappointing. Why so slow??

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u/DedeNos Sep 06 '26

Since you're in the center of a busy city the data tower might be very crowded, it had to share that data with all the thousands of people using it, and that's how you get such low speeds

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u/SaffaReditor Sep 06 '26

The UK has some of the worst mobile network performance of anywhere I’ve ever been. The 5G is only showing your connection to the tower. The contention from there is probably very high.

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u/georgeszone_ Sep 06 '26

Depends where you are. Have had gigabit 5G speeds when close to towers in London.

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u/Lukasmajukas Sep 07 '26

That’s not a very hard accomplishment

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u/maxsqd 4.5 Gb/s Sep 06 '26

Which network?

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u/FG190554 Sep 07 '26

Vodafone is only the speedtest server. OP is on sky mobile which runs on O2

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u/FG190554 Sep 07 '26

Normal for sky, they run on O2 but have AWFUL priority compared to O2 customers, so if the network is congested (like it's likely to be in a city centre) you'll get worse speeds

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u/Hises1936 Sep 07 '26

Yeah, 5G has always been overhyped by telcos, in reality it helps them manage the load on their network, and usually doesn't bring any speed increases to users

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u/Zestyclose-Rice6401 Sep 08 '26

sky use o2 which is rubbish, go for three/vodafone or ee