Yes I know its now the year 2020. Whereby everyone is into 4G and now going to 5G.
But anyone here still using 3G (3.5G)?
Recently I gotten abit fedup with 4G (Using Yoodo aka Celcom)
that i decided to take out my abandon Huawei B660 3G router + modem.
I think mine is 3.5G , not HSPA+. Cause its rated max throughput at 7.2MBPS.
Previously was using an old Xiaomi Redmi 2 phone , as a 4G modem and enable Hotspot.
Only advantage of my Huawei modem, is that it has better WIFI reception. I feel the Xiaomi WIFI transceiver is slightly weak.
But I am aware that WIFI signal plays a role.
Problem is my area here , sometimes at night can be slow. But tolerable.
Living in Subang Jaya, so its a city centre.
Already lodge a complain to Yoodo and they acknowledge the tower I am connected has high usage (reported before MCO Lockdown) . Doubt they will do anything about it.
I did a speedtest on my own Samsung hp, switch between 3G and LTE (supposedly have LTE-A / 4G+) , run Speedtest, and the LTE only fare slightly faster.
Tested my wife's DIGI , did the same thing , and find that LTE sometimes a little bit faster.
So I thought why not downgrade to 3G since hardly anyone user is using it.
3G user here because 4G line is dead at my house ground floor. Even 3G is almost dead. I think barely 5% of the ground floor area has 3G signal. Making a phone call is close to impossible in my house.