Using iPhone 6 as a personal hotspot

I am using my iPhone 6 as a personal hotspot on a 4G connection (O2) and I am connecting with a MacBook Pro with Maverick. When I test the download speed on the mac it gives speeds of 30Mbps or greater yet all website images are low resolution as a default and when using BBC iplayer and Channel 4 On Demand the video streaming appears much slower than this speed would suggest. However if I use youtube the video streaming is very good. Any ideas what is going on?

It depends. My experience is that I get somewhat better 3G reception from my iPad than from my iPhone 4. The iPad extra size allows for more flexibility in antenna design. Others my have different experience.
2 other factors to bear in mind:
- Using the phone as hotspot stops you dealing with phone calls while you're surfing with the iPad
- There's a battery life penalty on the iPhone for using the hotspot function

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