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So this is about as close as I could get hence the blurry picture. Does this give us any more information? You were correct in that it has the white dishes. Thanks
 
View attachment 982So this is about as close as I could get hence the blurry picture. Does this give us any more information? You were correct in that it has the white dishes. Thanks
The three white dishes imply other towers are microwaved onto it and therefore taking up the bandwidth. If this is an area like Yorkshire (Grass, grass and more grass lol) then this probably won't be the last tower. I'm guessing there a two towers connected to this one and the third microwave dish is connecting this tower to another. Lots of towers on one connection cause slow speeds. You have got lucky with your speeds but I think three's broken backbone and the microwave dishes are the source of your high ping time.
 
Thanks for the information.

I noticed this morning that my CELL_ID has changed to 388098 and that my ping has improved to 37 with this mast and my speeds are consistently high. Am I right in saying that this is a different mast? The two cell IDs I posted previously started with 298.

Thanks
 
The different number doesn't necessarily mean it's a different mast, but in this case it is - that one translates to the mast at the waste water treatment works next to the river.

From your photo of the other mast it doesn't look like there is any 5G hardware on it, though it is pretty difficult to tell due to the blurriness. Assuming there isn't, then the 5G brearer must be coming from somewhere different, perhaps it is the water treatment works one.
 
Thanks Gavin...that is a lot closer to me. I will try and get a photo and report back.
If that mast gives you better latency then you should try position your router closer/towards that direction to try to have it favour that mast instead of latching onto the other one (which does seem to be microwave linked)
 
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Thanks Gavin, the strange thing is the water treatment plant mast which definitely gives better latency, is about 5 x closer than the microwaved linked mast I pictured yesterday. I just can't seem to stay connected to the closer mast for long spells. It's already jumped back onto the further away, high latency mast.
 
That might just be the network doing the reselection for you if it has detected that the load of the water works mast is too high and pushes devices off whenever it can, and have other masts in the area take those on instead.

Crazy and it may seem, you could try shielding the signal from the far mast by using some cardboard lined with foil to attenuate that signal and cause your device to prefer the closer one. Similar could possibly be achieved with a directional antenna pointing towards the mast you want, but that would require your device to have external 4G antenna connections, which the CPE Pro doesn't (they're 5G only)
 
Thanks Gavin...I will try the cardboard and foil trick...I had purchased an additional antenna (5g only) and it didn't improve anything. I didn't realise at the time it would need to be 4g which as you say isn't possible with my router anyway. Thanks for all of your advice and support - really appreciated.
 
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