Three Mobile - hotspot dead

[ReverendCounter]

If you're on Three mobile, what sort of issues have you had recently? I'm trying to figure out where the issue is with zero data transfer through the hotspot/tethering I usually have between my smartphone and laptop.

However I can't send from my laptop to my wireles printer either so I was wondering if the issue is just down to a congested channel, as suggested by OSX.

In addition I took the laptop + phone to a new location to see if I could get the hotspot working but again it wouldn't connect.

Do you think this is a Three issue?

[droopsnoot]

I'm on Three for mobile broadband, and it's been OK, if a little slow recently. I'm having trouble with certain sites not opening up for what seems like ages, so I close the tab and click the link again and it comes up straight away - but that might not be anything to do with the connection, it might be an Edge thing. I'm having terrible trouble with eBay - not opening "My Ebay" properly, showing nothing in purchase history, not showing previous orders, and now not updating when I try to figure out whether a USB lamp is actually £2.83 or whether that's just for the charging cable.

I'm on them for the phone as well, and the only thing I've noticed is that since I switched from my old Nokia N95 to a LG 5x, it's more difficult to get a connection in the places I normally use the phone.

[rigga]

ReverendCounter said:

If you're on Three mobile, what sort of issues have you had recently? I'm trying to figure out where the issue is with zero data transfer through the hotspot/tethering I usually have between my smartphone and laptop.

However I can't send from my laptop to my wireles printer either so I was wondering if the issue is just down to a congested channel, as suggested by OSX.

In addition I took the laptop + phone to a new location to see if I could get the hotspot working but again it wouldn't connect.

Do you think this is a Three issue?

Sounds more like a handset issue.

Been using my tethering hotspot all this week on 3 with no issue.

[CharlieH89]

droopsnoot said:

I'm on them for the phone as well, and the only thing I've noticed is that since I switched from my old Nokia N95 to a LG 5x, it's more difficult to get a connection in the places I normally use the phone.

Nokia N95? I had one in 2007. Do they still work?

[survivalist]

CharlieH89 said:

Nokia N95? I had one in 2007. Do they still work?

Apologies for the daily mail link, however seems to be true that older phones are better at dealing with a weak signal. Presumably due to their physical size they can have more effective antennas.

https://www.google.co.uk/amp/s/www.dailymail.co.uk...

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Its a bit of a strange one, I can't print from the laptop over wifi but USB printing is OK. If I put the sim in other phones, they won't tether/create a hotspot (x2 old androids).

So it looks like a provider (Three Mobile) issue, or there's some sort of local issue blocking wifi traffic.

Any detective work I can do myself - and if so should I be looking at installing software on the laptop or the android?

[droopsnoot]

CharlieH89 said:

droopsnoot said:

I'm on them for the phone as well, and the only thing I've noticed is that since I switched from my old Nokia N95 to a LG 5x, it's more difficult to get a connection in the places I normally use the phone.

Nokia N95? I had one in 2007. Do they still work?

Kind of. The biggest problem was that the browser didn't seem to open any web site I tried. Even looking up a phone number to call someone like Euro Carparts didn't work, and I presumed it was because it couldn't handle current web site certificates. The battery in mine was starting to go, so I took the plunge on a phone that was recommended on here. I'm stuck on Three because I really don't want a contract - I don't use the phone enough to justify it - and they're the only people that do PAYG at a decent rate.

As it happens, the worst two spots are my shed, and at home, both of which are in poor signal areas generally.

[CharlieH89]

survivalist said:

CharlieH89 said:

Nokia N95? I had one in 2007. Do they still work?

Apologies for the daily mail link, however seems to be true that older phones are better at dealing with a weak signal. Presumably due to their physical size they can have more effective antennas.

https://www.google.co.uk/amp/s/www.dailymail.co.uk...

Cheers. Makes sense if there’s a bigger aerial but you’d think £1000 phones nowadays would have a much improved aerial inside.

droopsnoot said:

CharlieH89 said:

droopsnoot said:

I'm on them for the phone as well, and the only thing I've noticed is that since I switched from my old Nokia N95 to a LG 5x, it's more difficult to get a connection in the places I normally use the phone.

Nokia N95? I had one in 2007. Do they still work?

Kind of. The biggest problem was that the browser didn't seem to open any web site I tried. Even looking up a phone number to call someone like Euro Carparts didn't work, and I presumed it was because it couldn't handle current web site certificates. The battery in mine was starting to go, so I took the plunge on a phone that was recommended on here. I'm stuck on Three because I really don't want a contract - I don't use the phone enough to justify it - and they're the only people that do PAYG at a decent rate.

As it happens, the worst two spots are my shed, and at home, both of which are in poor signal areas generally.

I thought that’d be the issue, the browser side of things.
I’m with 3 and the issue I have is inside my house too. Could be how my house Was built that’s the issue though. In work I’m getting a good reception and 4G speed.

[droopsnoot]

CharlieH89 said:

I thought that’d be the issue, the browser side of things.
I’m with 3 and the issue I have is inside my house too. Could be how my house Was built that’s the issue though. In work I’m getting a good reception and 4G speed.

If I look at coverage maps for mobile broadband, all the others stop about two houses in any direction. Only Three lists any coverage here. It's almost as if there's a jammer under the house.

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I think it might be a wifi channel issue with too many nearby devices on the same channel.