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Slow Speeds in the heart of Norwich! (and how do i test the ESim in another phone?)


GamingDaveUK
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So I work in the heart of Norwich (St Giles street, not able to say exactly where) my speeds are sub 2mb! on apparently 5g signal. When at home the speed is 2 to 3 hundred mbs (cool but i got a 1gb line at home lol)

I am on a rolling monthly contract as I was testing this to see if it was better than Vodafone (who I am with till september) as recently I started getting speeds of sub 4mb… the insane thing is thats better on 4g than ID are on 5g lol

Now I am wondering if my phone is the issue (i dont think it is as its a samsung galaxy s22 ultra… not a cheap phone) but i have an old xperia x1… think its an x1 and i want to test that on ID in the same spot at work, but i dont know how you move an esim from one phone to another and back again?

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Now I am wondering if my phone is the issue (i dont think it is as its a samsung galaxy s22 ultra… not a cheap phone) but i have an old xperia x1… think its an x1 and i want to test that on ID in the same spot at work, but i dont know how you move an esim from one phone to another and back again?

To swap your eSIM, the network operator (iD) and your handsets would need to support eSIM transfer, @GamingDaveUK.

Currently, iD Mobile do not support eSIM transfer.

 

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Network quality in terms of signal strength and capacity are variable and can change during tbe day depending on demand. It's nice to have 300mbs at home but that can be due to lowish demand on the mast serving  your area but may well drop significantly because you are in the centre of Norwich where the load on tbe relevant mast is considerably higher.

The only solution here is for either  Three to build a new mast in tbe area. Or  for the amalgamation with Vodafone to go through and you then being able to use both the Three and Vodafone 5G signal.


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GamingDaveUK wrote:

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Now I am wondering if my phone is the issue (i dont think it is as its a samsung galaxy s22 ultra… not a cheap phone) but i have an old xperia x1… think its an x1 and i want to test that on ID in the same spot at work, but i dont know how you move an esim from one phone to another and back again?

To swap your eSIM, the network operator (iD) and your handsets would need to support eSIM transfer, @GamingDaveUK.

Currently, iD Mobile do not support eSIM transfer.