Sudden improvement in internet reliability!

[genaveve]

Heh,

I've noticed something this morning.

Until now, mobile broadband with three, even over a very strong 3G signal, even with different phones, and different SIMs, was shakey. I used to have to restart large downloads sometimes, and often there would be periods where clicking on links would just time out. Interestingly, this seemed to mainly effect TCP connections, and HUGELY so the web.

The internet connection is suddenly working without any hiccups. No stalls for a few minutes, no DNS lookup failures. The web seems totally smooth.

Have been connected for over two hours so far, without a SINGLE suggestion of a lost data packet or timeout. :D

It looks to me like three have dramatically improved something behind the scenes. It looks like the 3s transparent web-caches are finally transparent. :D

Anyone else noticed a similar change?

[dean11]

I'm on PAYG but noticed that the IM Plus instant messenger now works, it never did before.

[sas]

indeed it is running sh*t hot , pages loading and changing faster then ever before...
i was thinking that maybe with alot of new people coming onto 3 for christmas that h-q has turned up the power to impress the newbies...
then come the new year it will pull the plug :D

[Bristol_user]

noticed it improved a week ago, no more stuck pages, well happy with it

[dean11]

I've found it faster and more reliable too, and as well as the messenger I mentioned I seem to be having luck using Fring to connect to Skype. Three's Skype doesn't support my 6680 so it could be handy, and I'm on Pay as you go so its a bit of a turn around from three who have always kept the Internet well and truly locked down until now, maybe?