Mobile Data was awful this year - Your Experiences ?

[ukcobra]

I have been attending Le Mans for 10 years, and have been using Data on the Phones / MiFi for many years.

This year was the worst so far for Roaming on the French networks. And it was not just my 'Three' contract, as others with 'EE' and 'Vodafone' had the same issues.

At race start none of us were able to stream Radio Le Mans, as we did last year, so we had to do a quick run to find some FM Radios just before the start.
Most of Saturday and a good part of Sunday we had very patchy service.

Anyone else notice the same issue ?

Next year we are going to try a French PAY Sim and test, as I suspect it will be better. I have experience in other countries whereby Local Sims are prioritised over those who are roaming.
This situation makes me glad I did not pay for the Eurosport Live or WEC Video content, as it would have been hamstrung by the lack of bandwidth.

We stuck to German Eurosport and Radio Le Mans on FM for time back at the campsite.

[ukcobra]

I was in Tribune 12 and I could not get any Data, let alone a video stream. I was not the only one affected, and it was across multiple networks.

[ukcobra]

I am with Three, and did not get any message offering to De-restrict anything. The issue here, is that by offering such a service, they are effectively making you pay more to get the service you already pay for, and are entitled to.

[ukcobra]

We managed to tether away from the Track, so EU Roaming does include that in France. Three Feel at Home DID NOT enable tethering in Chile when I was there 2 weeks ago.

The main issue was bandwidth and I do suspect roaming throttling was in effect. I'll test that with a local French Sim next year.

I will log a complaint with Three later this week.