3G speeds are non existent - PR9

[Decyther]

In areas I get 4G service speeds are fine, though when it falls back to 3G the speed is so bad that I may as well use 56k dial-up!  Takes an age to check emails or even load a webpage.. YouTube is pointless to even try.

Any reason this could be like this?

Using an iPhone SE 2022 btw….

[simax]

The reason 3G is so slow these days is because all the networks, not just Vodafone have reduced the amount of bandwidth allocated to 3G and have given that airspace to use 4G instead. As 3G is going to be slowly switched off from next year, there is no chance of the situation improving.