Is 4G data throttled?

wmj
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‎10-04-2024 03:11 PM - edited ‎10-04-2024 03:13 PM

When I connect to EE 4G+ Data I hit ~80Mb/s downstream but then within maybe 30 seconds or so it drops to ~30Mb/s and evenings/weekends it drops even further into single digits making it virtually useless.
My signal strength in both devices varies between -83db to -79db so pretty decent.
I have an EE contract 'our best speeds' SIM.
There are no reported problems in my area.
I'm trying to use this in my Galaxy S23 Ultra and my TP-Link MR500 and see very similar results from both. Is this throttling or could there be something else wrong?

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Northerner
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‎10-04-2024 03:41 PM

Hi @wmj 

EE don't provide any guaranteed speed on their mobile network as it is down to the local mast, traffic etc and therefore can be variable. 

Thanks 



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wmj
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‎10-04-2024 04:09 PM

Should there not be at least a min speed level aim or some kind of SLA though? I wouldn't have thought EE were that hard-up for capacity that their 4G+ service disintrigates to single fugures and becomes unusable if you try to e.g., stream a 4k movie one evening on Netflix?

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XRaySpeX
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In response to wmj

‎10-04-2024 04:12 PM

You won't get SLAs on consumer products.

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wmj
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In response to XRaySpeX

‎12-04-2024 09:20 AM - edited ‎12-04-2024 09:21 AM

Well, just kind of strange this happens evenings and weekends. Like a switch is thrown during those times to stop anything other than calls and basic web browsing. | wonder if NSA is any different? Can't quite get that here, Seen the blistering speeds out and about but never tested it to any long degree,

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