Impossibly slow download speeds after switching from Vodafone to Skinny

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#1924489 24-Dec-2017 11:27

Looks like to me you are only worried about numbers, What do you need the speed for?

I would be more worried about latency

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#1924495 24-Dec-2017 11:36

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Looks like to me you are only worried about numbers, What do you need the speed for?

I would be more worried about latency

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I take your point, which is why I made the joke about synthetic tests in my last post.

That said, if the actual connection was running at those ~3.5Mbps speeds (which it's not), I would consider that too slow for normal use.

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#1924498 24-Dec-2017 11:38

What do you consider normal use? You don't need 3.5Mbp/s to open Trademe in an ok time you can even watch YouTube on this speed (not HD)

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#1924505 24-Dec-2017 11:54

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What do you consider normal use? You don't need 3.5Mbp/s to open Trademe in an ok time you can even watch YouTube on this speed (not HD)

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Cloud services mostly. Like if I need to download a 500MB OneNote notebook, I don't want it to take forever.

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#1924507 24-Dec-2017 11:56

Oubadah:

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What do you consider normal use? You don't need 3.5Mbp/s to open Trademe in an ok time you can even watch YouTube on this speed (not HD)

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Cloud services mostly. Like if I need to download a 500MB OneNote notebook, I don't want it to take forever.

500MB lol really? Sorry what did you need the high speed for again?

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#1924523 24-Dec-2017 12:01

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500MB lol really? Sorry what did you need the high speed for again?

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500MB at 3.5Mbps is 20 minutes. Sure, that's a non-issue...

...If you're an Ent.

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#1924527 24-Dec-2017 12:06

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500MB lol really? Sorry what did you need the high speed for again?

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500MB at 3.5Mbps is 20 minutes. Sure, that's a non-issue...

...If you're an Ent.

and how long did it take over the Vodafone connection over HSPA+?

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#1924530 24-Dec-2017 12:09

I'll certainly comment in onenote, its syncing can be sluggish (for my expectations) over 1g links...

Wbb is expected to be 5mbit+ but I'd normally see upper 2 digit plus....

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#1924585 24-Dec-2017 13:30

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and how long did it take over the Vodafone connection over HSPA+?

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The other day I had to re-download a 438MB notebook because OneNote spat one of those 0xE000... errors and refused to let it sync. I wasn't timing, and I don't know whether the connection was H+, but I'd guess that it downloaded in less than 3 minutes and I remember thinking "thank god this isn't my ADSL home connection".

Not sure what you're getting at though, because the Vodafone connection was still fast. At least the DL was. I had to upload a ~2GB video a couple of weeks ago, and I really could have done with the 35Mbps up connection then.

EDIT: Looking at the way OneNote loads notes, I can't be certain that it downloaded the entire notebook in the time I thought it did. Regardless, my OneNote experience on mobile has been notably faster than on my 8Mbps ADSL2+ home internet.

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#1924589 24-Dec-2017 13:48

I wonder why you don't get 4G on your VodafoneNZ connection approx where are you located and does the Vodafone coverage map show 4G for that area?

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#1924592 24-Dec-2017 13:53

Can you DM me the number that only gets 3G so I can get it checked for 4G access in the HLR

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