Upload issues.

kreosan just did a video for DIY 3g and 4g antennas. Seems to have worked well for him.

It's something I've considered, but the modem does show a signal strength of 75% to 100%.

Big Clive

Looking at what's available; there are various packages available with different data allowances, but many have unmetered usage at night. Also, I notice that while the setup costs are somewhat steep, if your ADSL is particularly bad, you can qualify for a government subsidy to cover the cost of equipment and setting-up...

Gordo

generally very heavily capped over here, and once you hit the cap the speeds plummet to ISDN type speeds :o(

mark barratt

do you have an external antenna on the 4G rig?

mark barratt

@clive, you get that on mainland UK too - Virgin Media isn't fibre from their cabs to the home, and not many homes get direct fibre. Had a client where he was so far from the cab his normal adsl was faster than the FTTC :)

mark barratt

Clive, I've a friend over here (in Northern Ireland) lives on a farm and gets abysmal ADSL coverage (<1Mbps). He used 4G for a while but changed when one of the satellite companies were offering deals for people in out-of-the-way places. Apparently it's not *too* expensive, there's a bit of latency but upload/download speeds are very good. Might be worth checking out..

Gordo

The system regularly drops back from 4G to H itself. That really makes things drag.

Big Clive

Sounds exactly like Australia!

No, or I would have suggested a 56k dialup modem. 4G is sporadic, so often have to fall back to 3G. It probably isn’t any slower than 2.4Ghz Wi-Fi. For the record I have dual band Wi-Fi, fibre broadband, and 4G, Anyway, my comment was for Clive, not you, so please butt out!

Gadgetman

3G! Are you some kind of internet throughput masochist...

Lostngone

Have you tried switching to 3G as a temporary measure?

Gadgetman

That might be an option in that I could take my phone to a pub with good internet and upload there.

Big Clive

Yes, but using broadband will take up to 10 hours for one video at times. It's very slow and starts and stops.

Big Clive

We have a choice of wired broadband with upload speeds measured in kbits or a 4G connection. And the 4G option for home broadband only became available recently.

Big Clive

I wish. It's an island with a telecoms monopoly, so they only put fibre so far before it's wire the rest of the way.

Big Clive

I understand that there are pills to help with that

Can you upload on Wi-Fi?

Gadgetman

We'll be here no worries

Michael Thompson

If everything else fails you should use sneakernet.

Frank

good things come to those who wait!

Richard Boyce

4th or 5th? Is the Isle of Man still relying on cellular for internet

No worries, always worth the wait.

You need an extra portion of healthy fiber 😅

indeed.

Michael Gilchrest

Upload video as 144p lol.... PS: please don't hehe

Dane

Good luck!! Upload issues can be a pain.

Keep trying! We’re depending on you!! We need our Big Clive fix.

Send smoke signals. I hear you can get 720p these days... 😆

Lostngone