How to Determine if Your Cellular Data Is Being Throttled
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Summary
If your mobile data connection is slow it could be that your carrier is deliberately restricting your connection, a practice known as throttling.
There are various ways to determine if this is the case, including running speed tests to compare your internet speeds to what your carrier is advertising.
Speed tests should be run at different times and on different days to see if the slowdown is persistent.
If slow speeds persist, throttling is likely to be the culprit, however, it could also be due to weak network coverage in your area, or network congestion at specific times of day.
It could also be due to you exceeding your high-speed data limit, or even that your phone itself is prone to slowing down over time.
A VPN could help to prevent throttling, and if only one app is slow rather than all internet activity, it could be due to a problem specific to that app or website.
