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3G data plans are great!

Irene01 — Tue, 04 Jan 2022 20:22:11 GMT

Hello, I switched to the 3G data plans three months ago and just wanted to say that the speed and reception are great! I live in NB and have had great access everywhere I go. Thank you for providing excellent and affordable mobile access.

Re: 3G data plans are great!

will13am — Mon, 22 Jan 2018 13:56:15 GMT

Always nice to see a good news story from time to time. The "3G" data is actually on the LTE network with data speeds throttled. For most mobile applications, it is latency that matters much more than raw data speed. Being on the LTE network addresses the high latency associated with 3G. I am on the LTE data plan, but my data speeds are often not much better than unthrottled 3G, but I don't experience any reduced data performance.

Re: 3G data plans are great!

pakmode — Mon, 22 Jan 2018 15:51:02 GMT

Thank you @will13am and @Irene01 for the information. This is good to hear.

Re: 3G data plans are great!

jpar — Mon, 22 Jan 2018 23:36:17 GMT

Good to hear the performance is still good on the 3G-speed plans... it's a good thing that you still connect to LTE and don't actually get forced back to HSPA.

Re: 3G data plans are great!

kav2001c — Tue, 23 Jan 2018 18:28:20 GMT

What speed are the 3G plans supposed to be throttled at?

I seem to have no issues whatsoever streaming 1080P on YouTube... I couldn't even get Freedom to play videos regularily

Re: 3G data plans are great!

wetcoaster — Wed, 24 Jan 2018 06:16:15 GMT

@kav2001c wrote:
What speed are the 3G plans supposed to be throttled at?

I seem to have no issues whatsoever streaming 1080P on YouTube... I couldn't even get Freedom to play videos regularily

Used to be 2.5mbps up and down. It's 3mbps up and down since another flanker brand has entered the market. You still have LTE latency, though.

https://productioncommunity.publicmobile.ca/t5/Announcements/Extended-We-ve-Expanded-Our-Offerings-Introducing-3G-Speed-BONUS/m-p/203536/highlight/true#M12909