O2 data "throttled" in Europe?

[colind3782]

Up until recently I have been able to use my O2 phone as a wifi hotspot in Spain and it streamed films and rugby quite adequately. Yesterday I wanted to watch the rugby and the speed was completely unusable. The main reason I am with O2 and their high prices is so I can use the data in Spain. Has anyone else noticed O2 throttling the date speeds in Europe?

Edit: Just ran a speed test and it's showing 0.39 Mbps download! However, I took my Spanish Movistar SIM out of the dual SIM phone and the download is now 4.8 Mbps! So it looks like the problem was the dual SIM.

 

[wonkywinch]

O2 | Mobile Terms and Conditions - O2 Travel Terms and Conditions

I binned O2 as their throttling made using any kind of data in the USA dreadful, even apps like Uber & Google Maps ran too slow to be usable.

 

[robmcg]

Try going through a VPN. It usually results in a marked improvement in the download speed.

 

[Graham376]

Up until recently I have been able to use my O2 phone as a wifi hotspot in Spain and it streamed films and rugby quite adequately. Yesterday I wanted to watch the rugby and the speed was completely unusable. The main reason I am with O2 and their high prices is so I can use the data in Spain. Has anyone else noticed O2 throttling the date speeds in Europe?

Edit: Just ran a speed test and it's showing 0.39 Mbps download! However, I took my Spanish Movistar SIM out of the dual SIM phone and the download is now 4.8 Mbps! So it looks like the problem was the dual SIM.

Have you a data limit? We're limited to 25GB roaming in Europe with O2. Only getting 4.39 Mbps download on phone so use local Meo data sim in mobile router.

 

[colind3782]

Have you a data limit? We're limited to 25GB roaming in Europe with O2. Only getting 4.39 Mbps download on phone so use local Meo data sim in mobile router.

Same, but I am nowhere near the 25GB limit. As per my edit, removing the second SIM seemed to improve things greatly.