Giffgaff terrible 3G speeds during the day.

mark43 · 17 Mar 2014 at 12:15

What about Virgin as an alternative anyone? Their monthly deals seem reasonable, any good?

warren_1979 · 17 Mar 2014 at 14:16

Looked at the '3' coverage map and it doesn't look good for my area, especially my work were I stream my radio all day.

On a positive note I just did a speed check at my work today and got 2mbps! TBH I have never had a problem with GG for what I need it for which is streaming audio at work. So I am going to stick with them.

Cheers.

tom_e · 17 Mar 2014 at 14:19

TheLegendOfMart said:
What do you expect for the cost, £12 for unlimited internet?

I was paying £26 for 750mb internet with 100 mins and 500 texts.

I get 30mb down 3mb up for 90p more on Three.

Liquid_Entity · 17 Mar 2014 at 14:37

I might move as GG has been awful lately.

Getting 1.68 down and 1.59 up averagely during the day

londonbairn · 17 Mar 2014 at 17:08

I have been impressed with 3 on my mifi. When my Vodafone contract is up I am moving my phone to them. We were in the middle of nowhere in Scotland and my g/f's EE phone had 0 coverage as did my Vodafone. Three had full bars and was super fast. I find that on the majority of places we go it gets better reception and speeds.

deko · 17 Mar 2014 at 18:42

Giffgaff right now, on Nexus 5 H+ connection, 82 ping, 0.30 down, upload is taking that long I can't be bothered waiting for a result. It's beyond a joke.

dun · 17 Mar 2014 at 22:55

112ms 0.42 down, 1.6 up (highest for a few days). Its getting so bad now my ovivo sim is sometimes faster and they're notoriously bad :/

Liquid_Entity · 17 Mar 2014 at 23:04

0.21 down 0.02 up tonight. Abysmal.

kersey · 18 Mar 2014 at 09:15

Liquid_Entity said:
0.21 down 0.02 up tonight. Abysmal.

Terrible speed too with me at 'peak times'

08.11pm - 0.47 d/l, 1.58 u/l

06.50am - 10.14 d/l, 2.31 u/l

It seems after midnight and before 8am everything is as it used to be - excellent speeds.

Have got a number of speed tests saved via the android app as far back as 2013 and I can see how gradually the quality of speed has got worse during day time use.

Am thinking of moving to Three but recently bought a 3GB data only sim from 'the Rainforest' only to find that the speeds were as bad as GG...no sure whether Three prioritize bandwidth for contract customers but was quite disappointed

Ixon · 18 Mar 2014 at 22:49

Well my £15 per month Three PAYG sim came today, first thing i did was a speed test.

Compared to giffgaff

Just goes to show how bad giffgaff is now considering i was paying £15 per month for this.