Review of giffgaff


Rated 4 out of 5 stars

A Stable Connection... Very Slow 4G Data

I am back on the network again having been on EE for a time, and I immediately noticed differences between the two.

The connection with GiffGaff is very stable and never drops out from what I have noticed. The only downside I have with them is the very very slow 4G data speeds. It is almost laughably slow.

Before I jumped over to EE, I would get speeds of 25mbps on GiffGaff's 4G, and now, it seems to have become slower at between 3 Mbps and 10 Mbps on the download. Uploading photos for example is incredibly slow, and I now have to wait for WIFI.

4G can work at 150 Mbps and 4G+ (aka LTE) enabled phones can work at 300 Mbps, and yet on GiffGaff, breaking 10 measly Mbps seems to be the best it can do. Could it not be possible to boost the speeds to something more usable even if it was by another 15-30 Mbps?

April 7, 2019
Unprompted review