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3g(2.5) vs 4g what is the real world difference

mimmo — Tue, 04 Jan 2022 19:20:25 GMT

hey all I know many of us are a little shocked at the new plan changes. but what is the real difference? Jeremy stated images might not be a clear or something similar.

will youtube work
how is web browsing affected
emailing should be fine

where will i notice the difference are there any real world examples ? of 2.5 vs lte? the video in Jermeys post shows a significant slowdown but it was a cartoon so no way to know the reality.

Re: 3g(2.5) vs 4g what is the real world difference

stonechucker — Fri, 14 Jul 2017 01:43:54 GMT

Jeremy noted the video streaming is where you would notice quality difference. Anything big really.

FHD, HD video will probably be choppy in my mind, and possibly high quality audio streaming too (like Spotify and the like).

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Mana — Fri, 14 Jul 2017 01:49:58 GMT

This can easily be answered by a fromer freedom mobile user on a 3G plan.

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guinness22 — Fri, 14 Jul 2017 01:55:09 GMT

At least give us 5 Mbps speed on 3G. And it should be 35 a month for 1 GB

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zhadj030 — Fri, 14 Jul 2017 01:57:20 GMT

@Mana wrote:
This can easily be answered by a fromer freedom mobile user on a 3G plan.

At least With Wind when it was crappy it was giving a 2.5 Mbps, under normal optimal circumstances Wind was offering 6-7 Mbps so it sounds like a speed under the one offered with Wind

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mimmo — Fri, 14 Jul 2017 01:59:34 GMT

Any former FM members want to chime in on the speed difference. How will regular web browsing be affected?

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xCameron94x — Fri, 14 Jul 2017 02:02:12 GMT

Regular browsing will be a bit slower, but not by too much. When i was with wind about a year ago i did noticed a bit of a time difference loading webpages. But also depends how much is on the web page. I went on amazon, and i guess with all of the images it took a bit longer

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Wonder_why — Fri, 14 Jul 2017 02:05:11 GMT

3G (2.5) watching YouTube most of the time buffering, battery life sucks fast

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Wonder_why — Fri, 14 Jul 2017 02:08:00 GMT

FM don't even offer 3G plan anymore, I couldn't believe PM would offer 3G

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Mana — Fri, 14 Jul 2017 02:10:51 GMT

Yes I have heard that fm 3G is 2.5mbps at minimum or worst.

If there are signal issues with 3G it can kill your battery real fast and in the long run your nice phone with non-removable battery won't last long.

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Luddite — Fri, 14 Jul 2017 02:11:42 GMT

You can get a sense of the difference by going to your cellular settings and turning off LTE. That will restrict you to PM's 3 G network.

As we understand the current offer it is actually LTE capped at 2.5 mbps.

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guinness22 — Fri, 14 Jul 2017 02:12:21 GMT

We are on fixed incomes most of us have Pm for that reason . The LTE plan was good before today. The legacy clients should have been give a notice of this in order to switch to LTE plan for 4O a month 2 GB. Most are on 1 GB LTE now for 43 . And 3 g is more now that 43 a month . Does Pm survey there clients

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lammer03 — Fri, 14 Jul 2017 02:12:42 GMT

I was using Iphone 6 on Freedom mobile for 3 years, I would say quality of youtube with 3 bars is like equivalent to 360-480p depends on where you are, spotify no problem even with 2 bars. In other words, apps that relys on heavy data usage like streaming video (netflix, youtube..etc.) would provide average quality you can still see the video with 4-5 bars without buffering because the youtube app adjust to the speed of your data and data speed depends on signal. But less data usage apps such as spotify or games like Fifa mobile that requires 3g to use seems to be fine without network disconnection or anything. So I hope I can give you what equivalence to a 3g public mobile is offering you and what Freedom mobile is giving you.

You many wonder why I swtiched, since i talked so many postive things about Freedom mobile data speeds, is due to their network coverage which still needs a lot of work, but when your in an area that give full freedom mobile signal its worth your money but without the coverage your phone is basically 'stalemate'

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mimmo — Fri, 14 Jul 2017 02:19:41 GMT

@Luddite wrote:
You can get a sense of the difference by going to your cellular settings and turning off LTE. That will restrict you to PM's 3 G network.
As we understand the current offer it is actually LTE capped at 2.5 mbps.

Is 3g 2.5mbs or is it quicker. Only one way to find out. speedtest here i come.

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IWIK — Fri, 14 Jul 2017 02:31:51 GMT

Make sure you select 3G not just turn off LTE (giving you 4G)

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Nsk143 — Fri, 14 Jul 2017 02:32:05 GMT

I am x freedom user.
Freedom was offering me from anywhere 1 mbps to 8 mbps sometimes. YouTube was bit buffering not alot I guess depending on locations and signal strength. Overall I would say 8 out of 10 if signals available. Bit 2.5mbps and add on pm say upto 2.5mbps its bit low but if its constant 2 or 2.5 mbps tben its not That bad.

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NDesai — Fri, 14 Jul 2017 02:48:31 GMT

Soon we will have more info on how it will effect those apps.

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raza416 — Fri, 14 Jul 2017 02:49:19 GMT

Really glad I got into PM before this, sad for a few of my friends who were planning to switch though. These data speeds are definitely useable but are on the lower end of the spectrum.

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mimmo — Fri, 14 Jul 2017 03:00:07 GMT

Im using a lg G4 and options are:

GSM

wcdma only

GSM/wcdma auto

GSM/wcdma/lte auto

WHich one is teh closest to 3G on wcdma i was getting 3.5mbs

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wetcoaster — Fri, 14 Jul 2017 03:08:13 GMT

@mimmo wrote:
Im using a lg G4 and options are:

GSM
wcdma only
GSM/wcdma auto
GSM/wcdma/lte auto

WHich one is teh closest to 3G on wcdma i was getting 3.5mbs

I don't think the Telus network supports GSM (2G)?