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Hi Sean

 

Thanks for your detailed response.

 

As suggested, I tried moving one of the antennas to horizontal, turned the router 30 degrees a few times and I did obtain a 75% signal strength. I performed another download test and the speed was about the same as with the 50% strength.

 

Given these test results coupled with I am now getting 30Mbps on 4G vs 0.6Mbps on DSL, I am very happy with the increased performance and won't be trying an external antenna.

 

Thanks again for all your help with this.

Hi

 

By means of an update, I am now obtaining approx. 30Mbps download using 4G from EE.

 

I have a further question ....

 

The TP-LINK MR200 router I am using is reporting a 50% signal strength - if I use an antenna to try to increase the signal strength, is it likely I would I obtain a further increase in download speeds and, if so, by approx. how much ?

 

Thanks in advance.

 

 

Hi Sean

 

Thanks for this - I will definitely try testing using different providers.

 

I initially obtained approx. 16Mbps (off-peak) from O2 using 4G vs 0.6Mbps (most times of the day) using DSL which was a great increase to start with.

Happy New Year to you too !

 

Thanks for your reply.

 

I tested both my standard and mobile broadband connections using the 3MB test URL you provided.

 

The tests confirmed that the 4G connection is much faster than the standard broadband connection - we are in a rural location where the standard broadband links are not good !

 

Time to purchase some pre-loaded SIM cards !!

 

Thanks again for your help with this.

 

 

 

 

Hi

 

Is it possible to perform a single download file transfer test using a small file (eg 1MB) as I would like to test the speed across a 4G mobile link using a TP-Link router ?

 

I have tried the manual test option but the file size automatically ramps-up - I would ideally like to perform this test without using too much of the data allowance on the SIM card.

 

Thanks in advance.