In my experience Three NEVER update their network status tool. It's as useful as an ashtray on a motor bike going at 160mph.
I also noticed a drop in service to a static antenna set-up (Mikrotik dish pointing directly at the mast) back in January 2022, literally over night the "noise" on Band 3 made my speeds drop like a stone. This summer, I was out in a field (which is about the same level of my antenna) and noticed I was getting speeds averaging about 40mbps on a 5G phone, yet was only getting 2-4 via the Mikrotik. I then purchased a Huawei 5G Outdoor CPE and get same 40mbps on it, same height and fixed location. It is connected to the same cell Primary: Band 3 CA : Band 20 as before, just getting better speeds from some reason. There is no 5G anywhere near me either.
I really don't know what Three are playing at or how the 5G router can get better speeds than my 4G equipment. I tested a Huawei B535 (came with my contract), Mikrotik LHGG LTE6 and a Teltonika RUT 950 all of them have dropped to 2-4mbps.
Another odd thing is that on the 4G equipment my uploads were constantly in the region of 20-30mbps, yet using the 5G router I can never get past 10mbps. You can see from my Speedtest results when I swapped to the 5G router!
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