Ovivo data speeds - post your results here!

CaptainHaddock_2

Having recently realised I am getting ludicrously slow speeds on Ovivo Mobile data (see discussion in the main Ovivo thread), I decided it could be useful to collect some data from other users around the country. If we can form a picture of how general these very slow speeds are, that could perhaps (he says optimistically) help put some pressure on Ovivo to change.

If you'd like to contribute, please download the Ookla Speedtest app (here on Android) and post your results as per my example:

Date and time: 6/2/14 13:58
Reception strength: 4/5 bars
Connection: H+ (could be H+,H,E,G etc.)
Server: Preston (leave this out if you want)
Down: 0.07 Mbps
Up: 0.10 Mbps
Ping: 147 ms

MikeWhite

Date and time: 6/2/14 14:30
Reception strength: 3/4 bars
Connection: H+
Server: London
Down: 0.11 Mbps
Up: 0.11 Mbps
Ping: 129 ms

sillygoose

Date and time: 6/2/14 15:30
Reception strength: 5 bars
Connection: H
Server: Birmingham
Down: 0.07 Mbps
Up: 0.09 Mbps
Ping: 793 ms!

I ran several times and tried several local servers and these were the BEST results I got... sometimes ping was nearly 2 seconds and Down as low as 0.01

Netwizard

Date and time: 6/2/14 16:08
Reception strength: 3 bars
Connection: H
Server: Birmingham
Down: 0.00(!!) Mbps
Up: 0.07 Mbps
Ping: 714 ms

I guess the response will be "Its free, if you don't like it, go elsewhere!"

morski

Date and time: 6/2/14 16:52
Reception strength: 3 bars
Connection: H
Server: Birmingham
Down: Times out
Up: Times out
Ping: 100ms

I will keep trying and update this in a bit.

Date and time: 6/2/14 16:57
Reception strength: 3 bars
Connection: H
Server: Birmingham
Down: 0.06Mbps
Up: 0.09Mbps
Ping: 428ms

So then I got curious and forced the phone to 2G which gave....

Date and time: 6/2/14 17:02
Reception strength: 5 bars
Connection: E
Server: Birmingham
Down: 0.08Mbps
Up: 0.03Mbps
Ping: 642ms

And then one last one on 3G

Date and time: 6/2/14 17:06
Reception strength: 3 bars
Connection: H
Server: Birmingham
Down: 0.10Mbps
Up: 0.05Mbps
Ping: 243ms

I know it's free, but at these speeds there is just no point trying to use data on it. Sort of defeats the whole idea of Ovivo don't it? If the data is that slow I'm never going to use it so I'm never going to see any of the ads they want me to see?

Daz2009

Date and time: 6/2/14 17.30
Connection: H
Server: Sheffield
Down: 0.10 Mbps
Up: 0.14 Mbps
Ping: 135 ms

Gillor

Date and time: 6/2/2014 17.40
Reception strength: 3/5 bars
Connection: H
Server: Birmingham/Coventry/London (all about the same)
Down: 0.00 Mbps
Up: 0.08 Mbps
Ping: 232 ms

Good thing I only use it for phone and texts!

neil40

Get what you pay for I suppose!(or don't pay for!)

chico

Ovivo Mobile
Date and time: 06/02/14 20:48
Reception strength: 2/5 bars
Connection: Doesn't say
Server: Manchester
Down: 0.02 Mbps
Up: 0.04 Mbps
Ping: 2190 ms

For comparison (my phone is dual sim) Samba Mobile (3 mobile)
Date and time: 06/02/14 20:50
Reception strength: 3/5 bars
Connection: G
Server: Manchester
Down: 2.02 Mbps
Up: 1.93 Mbps
Ping: 140 ms

MikeWhite

Credit to Ovivo support, my speed's now back to 3.46 Mbps download.
I had to surf the web using mobile data until the Ovivo Now offers page appeared. Then press Continue and normal speed returned.

Netwizard

1.7 down and 0.8 up here.

Better than yesterday but still not great