I thought it would be interesting to see how the Shift performs in speed tests of its 3G modem. There are many factors involved of course but this is unscientific. I would think it's better to run this test from within Snapvue if possible, assuming you've hacked it and installed a browser. Please post your country, test site used, and download/upload speeds.
ATT San Antonio 3G HSDPA Full Signal
WM6 Opera HTML isp.cingular.com
1. 418 Kbs down
2. 501 Kbs down
3. 424 Kbs down
4. 663 Kbs down
5. 398 Kbs down
Average 480 Kbs down
Vista Firefox Flash isp.cingular.com
1. 591 Kbs down / 262 Kbs up
2. 796 Kbs down / 245 Kbs up
3. 678 Kbs down / 244 Kbs up
4. 721 Kbs down / 277 Kbs up
5. 692 Kbs down / 222 Kbs up
Average 696 down/ 250 Kbs up
Builtin 3g modem speed
Hi
Anyubody knows what speed the 3g modem supports? would it support 7.2 mbit?
Regards
Allan
abp said:
Hi
Anyubody knows what speed the 3g modem supports? would it support 7.2 mbit?
Regards
Allan
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No sorry, in the specifications they tell the max is 3.6
Quote from site:
HSDPA: Up to 3.6Mbps for download and 384kbps for upload UMTS: Up to 384kbps for download and upload
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http://www.htc.com/europe/product.aspx?id=15784
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No sorry, in the specifications they tell the max is 3.6
Quote from site:
http://www.htc.com/europe/product.aspx?id=15784
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There is no provider supporting 3.6 downs right now. The max i have heard of is 1Mbs down / 256 up
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There is no provider supporting 3.6 downs right now. The max i have heard of is 1Mbs down / 256 up
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It's supported here in the Netherlands.
They are even going to 7.2 (I thought it was that) this summer.
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There is no provider supporting 3.6 downs right now. The max i have heard of is 1Mbs down / 256 up
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Yes, that rather depends on where you are based. In the UK, several of the networks support 3.6Mbs, and they are supposedly upgrading in the very near future to 7.2Mbs.
One of the advantages of being in small, densely populated, country I suppose!
Regards,
Dave
is anyone in UK actually getting 3.6 or the spec provides for it?
Last time I checked the speed on T-Mobile, I was getting 1.8Mbs, but that was quite a while ago now.
I've got a 3 SIM too, so I'll give it a try when I get the chance and see what I get on both networks.
Regards,
Dave
i would be curious to know, att here at least in my city is not that fast. i just ran quick from my phone not the shift and got 651 Kbs
seems from my rudimentary search 600-700 is norm for att HSDPA here in the states.
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I am getting 3.2 most of the time, i am in London and use Vodafone sim, it's really the Shift that is limit the speed since if i use the HSDPA Adapter that comes with my sim card, i can get up to 7.2. Shift only support up to 3.6....
the chipset inside if i remember correctly can go up to 7.2mbps on hsdpa and on hsupa its something like 5. something. just matter of i guess enabling the faster speeds.
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the chipset inside if i remember correctly can go up to 7.2mbps on hsdpa and on hsupa its something like 5. something. just matter of i guess enabling the faster speeds.
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On Shift's spec, it's saying it can only support up to 3.6mbs
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On Shift's spec, it's saying it can only support up to 3.6mbs
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maybe it has been test only on a 3.6 Mbs .. but can go further... don't know
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Hello, I heard T-Mobile launched their new HSDPA network yesterday. I had a mytouch on the old 3G network and after doign a speed test i was getting ~110KB/s (thats kiloBYTES). On the about phone page in settings it showed me that my mytouch was on UMTS. (I live in NYC btw)
Now I have a Nexus One and T-Mobile has rolled out their new network. On my Nexus One about phone page it shows that my network type is now indeed HSDPA and no longer UMTS. HOWEVER im still getting the EXACT SAME SPEEDS as I did before on UMTS. What is up with this?
Ouch. Hopefully they'll work out the kinks in NYC. I almost always get around 3mbit in Philadelphia since they rolled out their new network.
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Hello, I heard T-Mobile launched their new HSDPA network yesterday. I had a mytouch on the old 3G network and after doign a speed test i was getting ~110KB/s (thats kiloBYTES). On the about phone page in settings it showed me that my mytouch was on UMTS. (I live in NYC btw)
Now I have a Nexus One and T-Mobile has rolled out their new network. On my Nexus One about phone page it shows that my network type is now indeed HSDPA and no longer UMTS. HOWEVER im still getting the EXACT SAME SPEEDS as I did before on UMTS. What is up with this?
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I also did not notice an increase in speed in Des Moines, IA. I think they need to increase the backend support of the network. I am pretty sure the towers are enabled for HSDPA around here...
They didn't launch any HSDPA network, you we're all misled by some moron that completely mistook a tweet from TMOUSA.
except my settings > about phone > status > network type is showing that im on HSDPA now...
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except my settings > about phone > status > network type is showing that im on HSDPA now...
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Their network has been mostly HSDPA for a while now. It's still not 7.2mbps HSDPA. Any UMTS ("3G") are going to HSDPA (3.5G). Those are fairly hard to find, most of the network is already HSDPA.
I tested by navigating to www.mobilespeedtest.com. Using the app or a small test file doesn't show an accurate speed. At that site, I was able to choose a 5mb test file, and my peak speed was close to 4100kbps.
In a nutshell, I think that most tests use too small of a test file and the speed is still accelerating when the test ends.
my mytouch showed me 2 weeks ago that i was on UMTS, it literally said UMTS on that field. now it is showing HSDPA.
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I tested by navigating to www.mobilespeedtest.com. Using the app or a small test file doesn't show an accurate speed. At that site, I was able to choose a 5mb test file, and my peak speed was close to 4100kbps.
In a nutshell, I think that most tests use too small of a test file and the speed is still accelerating when the test ends.
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That site isn't accurate in the slightest, why people keep using it is beyond me. Use the speedtest app in the market. Some parts of Philly and NYC have 7.2Mbps HSPA already, maybe a few other places but it is NOT on a nationwide or even widespread scale.
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That site isn't accurate in the slightest, why people keep using it is beyond me. Use the speedtest app in the market. Some parts of Philly and NYC have 7.2Mbps HSPA already, maybe a few other places but it is NOT on a nationwide or even widespread scale.
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Hmmm... well I guess I'm wrong then. But why would there be such a large disparity? With the speed test app from the Market, I'd get up to 700ish kbps... That's a HUGE difference, and I don't think that mobilespeedtest.com would be off by that much, would it?
I'm in Philly. I used to get around 400kbps on average and never more than 800kbps. About a month ago it dramatically increased. I generally see anywhere from 2.5Mbps to 3.2Mbps download speeds using the speedtest.net application from the market. I just ran the test and got a 103ms ping, 3.74Mbps down, and 1.08Mbps up (a bit faster than usual). I'd post a screenshot but am unable to upload from the android browser.
Strangely enough in the settings it shows I am on UMTS, not HSDPA. Not sure why my speeds would have increased so dramatically if I'm still on UMTS, but they have. I'm sure other users in Philadelphia have had a similar experience.
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I'm in Philly. I used to get around 400kbps on average and never more than 800kbps. About a month ago it dramatically increased. I generally see anywhere from 2.5Mbps to 3.2Mbps download speeds using the speedtest.net application from the market. I just ran the test and got a 103ms ping, 3.74Mbps down, and 1.08Mbps up (a bit faster than usual). I'd post a screenshot but am unable to upload from the android browser.
Strangely enough in the settings it shows I am on UMTS, not HSDPA. Not sure why my speeds would have increased so dramatically if I'm still on UMTS, but they have. I'm sure other users in Philadelphia have had a similar experience.
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UMTS has a max speed of 3.6Mbps, so they probably have all of the backhaul in place for HSPA (Fiber) but it hasn't been switched up yet..
mhaedo said:
Ouch. Hopefully they'll work out the kinks in NYC. I almost always get around 3mbit in Philadelphia since they rolled out their new network.
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This is different. Philadelphia is currently the only test market that has HSDPA+. The rest of the country got HSDPA which is much slower.
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This is different. Philadelphia is currently the only test market that has HSDPA+. The rest of the country got HSDPA which is much slower.
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Didn't realize we were the only market getting HSDPA+ so far. Strange that my cliq still tells me UMTS, but I guess as heygrl noted it's in place but hasn't been switched on yet. Can't wait until they do, because by then my Nexus One will have arrived
All of philly isn't HSPA+, only certain areas. The phone should be showing HSPA regardless, and if it isn't the tower is still UMTS (limited to 3.6mbps)
In Seattle, Fremont specifically, my Nexus One shows HSDPA in the status. Once I head a bit north outside Seattle proper, it shows UMTS.
Cheers,
Kermee
used to average 600 kbps in austin on my mytouch 3g using the speed test app... with my nexus one and the upgraded network i'm averaging 1 mbps, or roughly 1000 kbps downstream
Everyone,
T-Mobile is running HSPA in the entire network. Why your phone states UMTS versus HSPA is beyond me. Now, Philidalphia is the current TEST market for HSPA+, not to be confused with HSPA. HSPA + is capable of much much faster speeds.
Also, like the previous preson stated, only parts of Philidalphia have HSPA+ launched.
To add to all of that, in order for your phone to recieve faster speeds the cell site requires more bandwidth. As T-Mobile is continuing to expand their 3G netowrk, they slowly adding more bandwidth (more T-1's) to the 3G sites so some area's will see higher speeds and again, Philidalphia is a HSPA+ test market so those sites that have that enabled will surely have more bandwidth ran to it.
Lastly for clerification:
HSPA (High Speed Packet Access) capable of 14Mbps download
HSPA+ (Evolved High Speed Packet Access) capable of 54Mbps download
HSDPA just adds a D for Download (High Speed Download Packet Access)
HSUPA just adds a U for Upload (High Speed Upload Packet Access)
Weird.
In areas where I have a strong signal (Max Bars) and the Nexus One shows "HSDPA" I get about 2.2-2.5 Mbps down using the Ookla App.
When I'm in areas where I have a strong signal (Max Bars) and the Nexus One shows "UMTS" I get about 1.2 Mbps down using the Ookla App.
All tested using the same test server.
*Shrug*
Cheers,
Kermee
Uhg! Okay maybe its me but I think people are not understanding Kb KB Mb MB. Kilobits, KiloBytes, Megabit, MegaByte.
If your Tmobile data connection is a 7.2Mb connection, you should be downloading at 921.6KB(KiloBytes) a second, if you go by kb(kilobits) it should be going 7372.8kb a second. So speed test is wrong or tmobile is jipping us the speed we should be going.
Can any Nexus One owners confirm that this is in fact true? I've heard mixed reports. PC Mag announced that T-Mobile rolled out the service Jan 5th, right before the Nexus One release http://www.pcworld.com/businesscenter/article/185916/tmobile_usa_finishes_upgrade_to_hspa_72.html
If you do have anything above 3.6M bps (the current ceiling) please state your speed and city. You can use the speedtest.net app from the market to verify.
I saw that too from a few different sources, I've tried on all 3 of my phones and haven't got over 1mbps yet, I saw people posting on the Nokia forums that they were getting 6mbps, I didn't see pictures to verify though. I'm in Folsom, CA with 3 bars and I'm getting 824kbps down and 205 kbps up right now on my Nexus.
I don't break 800kbits
Yeah my G1 is not getting it either, I thought maybe Nexus One would have it before they enable it for other phones...
People are confusing HSDPA with HSDPA+. HSDPA will get you up to around 700-800kbps. HSDPA+ will get you up to 3Mbps or so. T-Mobile just upgrade nationally from UMTS to HSDPA which goes from like 400 to 800 kbps, a decent improvement. Currently, only Philadelphia has HSDPA+ as the test market. Hopefully the rest of it will get it soon. All T-Mobile 3G smart phones have the hardware to do HSDPA and I think HSDPA+ as well, so you won't need a new phone when T-Mobile activates it on the towers.
1st run:down 380 up 294
2nd run:down 203 up 384
3rd run: down 360 up 295
server in dc
Just did a series of 5 speed tests of a 1MB file via a local server from different points in my downtown Seattle office. Gots download speeds of 256, 700, 768, 1119, and 1330kbps. Tried the speedtest.net app with various endpoints and got 1694kbps as my best download and 434 as my best upload.
Will try again from a different location downtown later tonight.
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Just did a series of 5 speed tests of a 1MB file via a local server from different points in my downtown Seattle office. Gots download speeds of 256, 700, 768, 1119, and 1330kbps. Tried the speedtest.net app with various endpoints and got 1694kbps as my best download and 434 as my best upload.
Will try again from a different location downtown later tonight.
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Where do you live? If not in Philadelphia, are you sure you turned off WiFi?
I had a good number of 1500+
kbps readings in Chicago
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Where do you live? If not in Philadelphia, are you sure you turned off WiFi?
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Seattle, WA. Double-checked, wi-fi is off. Just had a coworker with a G1 produce similar results.
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Seattle, WA. Double-checked, wi-fi is off. Just had a coworker with a G1 produce similar results.
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Sweet deal then, perhaps T-Mobile is still slowly lighting it up one city at a time. Still only 600kbps here in Pittsburgh
kbps and kB/s are different. 1000kbps is 125kB/s, making it about 2/3 of your low end DSL connection.
Also, jimbo831, you're mistaken. T-Mobile has been on HSDPA/HSUPA since the rollout began, and everywhere in the nation had 3.6mbit potentially available. Realistically, no one got this. They just flipped the switch to 7.2mbit HSDPA (which is NOT HSPA+ that's in testing in Philadelphia, as that is 21mbit).
I'm seeing speeds of about 1.2mbit since the switch, compared to .5 before the switch in Atlanta, GA.
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kbps and kB/s are different. 1000kbps is 125kB/s, making it about 2/3 of your low end DSL connection.
Also, jimbo831, you're mistaken. T-Mobile has been on HSDPA/HSUPA since the rollout began, and everywhere in the nation had 3.6mbit potentially available. Realistically, no one got this. They just flipped the switch to 7.2mbit HSDPA (which is NOT HSPA+ that's in testing in Philadelphia, as that is 21mbit).
I'm seeing speeds of about 1.2mbit since the switch, compared to .5 before the switch in Atlanta, GA.
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Well, I'm just using information that has been reported by TmoNews. And I don't think HSDPA is active everywhere then, or it is just slow as molasses here in Pittsburgh because my phone is still only running at 600kbps, which is only about 100kbps faster than I remember during my last speed test a few weeks ago.
Edit: I have verified otherwise. I checked the "Status" on my G1 and it only reads UMTS. So it looks like T-Mobile has been on UMTS, and still is here in Pittsburgh. I guess once I get HSDPA, my speeds will go up.
I just checked my phone is Oklahoma City and it showed HSDPA instead of UMTS under phone info. Cool!
Can someone tell me what's wrong with my testing results?
1st test: down - 450ish, up - 45...
2nd test: down - 550ish, and wtf.. up - 6 kbps -___-
These are all in kbps btw.
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I noticed in certain areas of Philadelphia where I live that speeds can be about 1 mbit a certian towers and 3.5 at others. At the slower locations it says hsdpa too. On my nexus at the locations it said hsdpa but umts on my g1. When I can see the speed differennce it clearly shows that tmobile has not completely upgraded their network. I think we Need to call and complain
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Does this mean that the G1 doesn't support HSDPA, that it shows UMTS regardless of which 3G you're on, or if it just happened to click off HSDPA for that moment? I thought for sure when the G1 came out they said it was an HSDPA compatible phone.
Does the boost only effect 3g or Edge aswell?
Unfortunately there's no 3g in my area
Although I find PC World a reliable source, I think they meant to say AT&T. Here are three separate sources confirming AT&T with their HSDPA 7.2 rollout. And by the looks of other's speed tests, it isn't true for T-mobile.
http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2347725,00.asp
http://www.dailytech.com/ATT+Completes+Nationwide+3G+Tower+Software+Update+for+HSPA+72/article17308.htm
http://www.fudzilla.com/content/view/17094/1/
Not actually done yet
Some cities got the green light but tmobile never actually made a press release I guess.
To clear up some misunderstandings:
For data transmissions (All speeds theoretical);
GPRS = 2G
EDGE = 2.5G
UMTS = 3G
HSUPA = A UMTS protocol/specification with speeds up to 5.76Mbit/s
HSDPA = 3.5G UMTS protocol/specification supporting speeds of 1.8, 3.6, 7.2(T-Mobile's latest upgrade) and 14.0 Mbit/s.
HSPA+ = 4G UMTS protocol/specification currently defined up to 56Mbit/s with potential of higher bandwidth. T-Mobile plans to start rolling this out mid 2010 with 21Mbit/s speeds.
byte = 8bits
Bandwidth is usually measures in Mbit/s(Megabits) where as download speed is measured in KB/s(Kilobytes). Divide your Mbit/s by 8 and you will have your download speed. So if speedtest says d/l bandwidth is 800Kbit/s then a file download would be approximately 100KB/s.
Alright now lets keep this thread on topic please and post only if your bandwidth is above 3.6Mbit/s which is the current theoretical limit in T-Mobile's network.
So I'm wondering what everyone's getting as far as 3G and 4G speeds.
I'm trying to debate from friends on another forum about Sprints Data Speeds being better than AT&T's and well, me only having 2 bars and no 3G at my house makes it a hard sell.
My speeds when I got a lil 3G were:
Down: 692
Up: 592
I get anywhere from 1.0 MB/sec to 1.5 MB/sec with 3G down. My up speeds are always horrible.
My up speed normally passes my down. How weird is that?
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I get anywhere from 1.0 MB/sec to 1.5 MB/sec with 3G down. My up speeds are always horrible.
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MB or Mb? There's a huge difference.
Well we know its not 12MB.... so its the other way
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MB or Mb? There's a huge difference.
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Exactly. what we are ACTUALLY talking about is Megabits. NOT Mebibytes. And no, that isn't a typo. A Mebibyte is 1024 Kibibytes. A Kibibyte is 1024 bytes.
So until I see 8 Megabits/s download...
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Well we know its not 12MB.... so its the other way
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I'll tell you what speeds I get on 3G. Speakeasy.net speedtest to the closest server (Chicago) gives 1.7Mbps down and 400Kbps up.
my 3g 4g speeds
3G 1.15 down 0.65 up
4G 2.91 down 1.01 up
in Mbps
im in Dallas , Texas
I tested the other day and posted a video on youtube with my differences in Clarksville, MD. I got practically NO difference.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fqbE1M1liFU
But today I was in Germantown, MD and turned on 4G (an area that isn't even suppose to have 4G yet according to sprints site) and got 3Mbps so it varies from place to place by quite a bit.
Dallas Tx 4G
7.4 MB/s Down
1.67 MB/s Up
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Dallas Tx 4G
7.4 MB/s Down
1.67 MB/s Up
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This is bs. It's almost as good as my cable. Get a life!
il send ya the link to my speed test no bs BUDDY!
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il send ya the link to my speed test no bs BUDDY!
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You are delusional - 7.4 Megabytes down, really? This is about 6 times faster than my fairly snappy cable.
Ya get the link? Why would i be making this up for. Isnt this what the thread is about?
btw i would of posted the speedtest.net results but it doesnt let me post links
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Ya get the link? Why would i be making this up for. Isnt this what the thread is about?
btw i would of posted the speedtest.net results but it doesnt let me post links
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I already told you in pm. Mbps is different from MBps.
1 MBps = 8 x 1 Mbps.
Check wikipedia if you don't believe me.
Lancaster, Pa
4G
5.6Mbps down
1.2Mbps Up
Mounds View, MN (10-15 miles north of Minneapolis)
3G: 2.01Mbps down / 0.64Mbps up
I get 15mb/s download on my wifi
and about 1.3mb/sec on 3G
4G here in the suburbs of atlanta is about 5mb/sec
pretty good
Buffalo Grove, IL
3G: 674Mbps down / 647Mbps up
4G: 3152Mbps down / 1037Mbps up
I run this test everywhere I go, and generally I get about 350-800Mbps down and 450-1000Mbps up on 3G, while 4G is more erratic and can go anywhere from 300 to 3500Mbps down and 600-1000 Mbps up.
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This is bs. It's almost as good as my cable. Get a life!
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In theory 4g is totally capable of those speeds.
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This is second day on my G2. I have been unpleasant so far about using this as I come from using Nokia n900, iphone..
ever since using stock rom outta the box, the internet seems to be very sluggish.
Fast forward, I am now using Virtuous Desire HD rom, and the internet performance is very slow again.
apn: epc.tmobile.com
Is this a problem with g2 radio band or something missing here?
Thanks
download speedtest app and/or go to speedtest.net and give some more concrete numbers, also where are you and what kind of signal do you have, are you in HSPA+ area?
I am in a major metropolitan area inside HSPA+ footprint. (5bars and 3G logo)
haha going to speedtest.net, the site loads except for the main part of the page, the flash api and therefore I am unable to conduct the test. Maybe that will help you analyze how slow it's going.
Slow? Its twice as fast as my vibrant
ISP: T-Mobile USA
Ping:222ms
Download speed: 0.01 Mb/s
Upload speed: .23Mb/s
Distance: 150mi
I'm Blazinnn'!
maybe someone can go over the internet settings for me. Here is what i have. everything else blank
apn: epc.tmobile.com
mcc: 310
mnc:260
APN type: default,supl
corrado85 said:
maybe someone can go over the internet settings for me. Here is what i have. everything else blank
apn: epc.tmobile.com
mcc: 310
mnc:260
APN type: default,supl
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Those are the correct settings... its sounds like your area has serious congestion issues. Can you put your sim in another tmobile 3g phone to confirm its the network and not your hardware?
I live in a well signal area, fields very fast and internet browsing is fast, faster than my vibrant
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I live in a well signal area, fields very fast and internet browsing is fast, faster than my vibrant
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Oh course it is but this guy is having major issues with hardware or congestion. with a normal situation... like most others... the G2 blazes. but this guy has a issue needing resolving so no silly comments please!
the slowest speed i have gotten was .15 - .25 mbps down 1.5 megs up there was a lot of congestion at my job at the time. avg i get is 3.45 mbps and peak was 5.5 mbps. I would definately call tmo for the issue
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ISP: T-Mobile USA
Ping:222ms
Download speed: 0.01 Mb/s
Upload speed: .23Mb/s
Distance: 150mi
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This is not at all what should be happening. I have sometimes gotten very slow speeds like 0.2 Mb/s down, but a quick reboot has solved the issue. Try the suggestion of putting the SIM in another phone or duplicate this in the store. Might be the phone, because if it were the network, many, many people would have complained.
My G2 is the same way. I am in Arlington/Alexandria, VA which is supposed to have HSPA+. Even when my device status says "HSDPA" I am usually only getting about 500kbps down. The funny thing is I still often get 1mbps up!
Right now here is what my "4G Speeds" are getting me:
Ping: 151ms
Down: 127kbps
Up: 330 kbps
Signal Strength: -85dBm
Network Type: HSDPA
APN Settings: default
I am running the updated stock 2.2 from TMO. I have gotten downlink speeds faster than 1mbps only a handful of times since I bought the phone in early October. What gives?
I just recently purchased my G2 a few days ago and it has speed issues as well. I live in Las Vegas which is supposed to have HSPA+ coverage, but my phone has been stuck on Edge since my purchase. My speeds have been horrible and TMo has no idea why.
Right now these are my speeds
Ping: 379 (Los Angeles,CA was the closest being only 75mi away)
Down: 35 kbps
Up: 26 kbps
Signal: -91dBm
Network type as of since I purchased the phone: EDGE (Been all around the city with same results)
Heading to the TMo store later tonight will update if it duplicates or not.
autoexec.bat said:
I am in Arlington/Alexandria, VA which is supposed to have HSPA+. Even when my device status says "HSDPA" I am usually only getting about 500kbps down.
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HSDPA != HSPA+
HSDPA = 3G
Sephron said:
I just recently purchased my G2 a few days ago and it has speed issues as well. I live in Las Vegas which is supposed to have HSPA+ coverage, but my phone has been stuck on Edge since my purchase. My speeds have been horrible and TMo has no idea why.
Right now these are my speeds
Ping: 379 (Los Angeles,CA was the closest being only 75mi away)
Down: 35 kbps
Up: 26 kbps
Signal: -91dBm
Network type as of since I purchased the phone: EDGE (Been all around the city with same results)
Heading to the TMo store later tonight will update if it duplicates or not.
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Try checking then unchecking the "Use only 2G networks" under Settings>Wireless & Network settings>Mobile networks.
corrado85 said:
ISP: T-Mobile USA
Ping:222ms
Download speed: 0.01 Mb/s
Upload speed: .23Mb/s
Distance: 150mi
I'm Blazinnn'!
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This made me laugh so hard
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Try checking then unchecking the "Use only 2G networks" under Settings>Wireless & Network settings>Mobile networks.
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Thanks for the reply. That was one of the first things I have tried, but alas I am still stuck on Edge everywhere. Maybe I have a bunk phone or something is wrong with my account. I have actually been receiving a text consistently since 4am this morning. It's from 10076200000 the only thing it says is <sisa:39972758:1:1:199:14095402>10hbrZBycJABgDIpGQ1XGw. It may be an error code of some sort from the network. I could be wrong, but from what I have been reading TMo sends out a similar error code (From 10476000000) for an error in their email systems.
I am heading over to TMo in about an hour. We will see if they have any insight as to what is going on. I will post back the results of the visit if it will benefit this topic.
ilikepu said:
the slowest speed i have gotten was .15 - .25 mbps down 1.5 megs up there was a lot of congestion at my job at the time. avg i get is 3.45 mbps and peak was 5.5 mbps. I would definately call tmo for the issue
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wuz up Trini? how da hell u gettin 5 down, the most I get is 2 down, i'm in ft laud, im getting like 3g speeds typically
Yes, I am aware that HSDPA is not the same as HSPA+, however the Signal Type screen does not appear to distinguish between "HSDPA" and "HSPA+". Case in point, later that same day I tested my connection at Reagan National Airport only .5 miles from where I tested earlier in the day and here were my results:
Downlink speed: 5393 kbps
Uplink speed: 1282 kbps
Ping: 102 ms
Signal Type: HSDPA
I assume that at those speeds I was definitely pulling from an HSPA+ capable tower, but the signal type still reads HSDPA. So what gives?
ibemad1 said:
HSDPA != HSPA+
HSDPA = 3G
Try checking then unchecking the "Use only 2G networks" under Settings>Wireless & Network settings>Mobile networks.
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Just read the thread and I'm sorry if I missed it if someone wrote this but could it be that your data plan hasn't changed from your previous phone?
Not sure how much that'll affect things but I know it made a phone of mine unusable until I corrected it.
My first G2 was stuck in edge 90% of the time. When I was on H it was very slow (less than 300kbps). Tmo CSR said it was defective and exchanged it. New one is good to go.
I thought the nexus s didn't have hspa+. So how is it getting speeds this high?
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gotgadget said:
I thought the nexus s didn't have hspa+. So how is it getting speeds this high?
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HSPA+ = 7.2
5 mbps < 7.2 mbps (HSPA+)
.. you do the rest
Best I've gotten is 4.1, which is still faster than Sprint ever was.
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zephiK said:
HSPA+ = 7.2
5 mbps < 7.2 mbps (HSPA+)
.. you do the rest
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wrong
HSPA is up to 7.2mbps and HSPA+ is up to 21mbps i think,
kolyan said:
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HSPA is up to 7.2mbps and HSPA+ is up to 21mbps i think,
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the current Tmobile HSPA+ phones support a max speed of 14.4, our speeds non-HSPA+ max is 7.2
i've seen 5k download and 1.8k upload in long island, ny
inspiron41 said:
i've seen 5k download and 1.8k upload in long island, ny
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gotta remember kbps, kb/s and mb/s are different
slowz3r said:
the current Tmobile HSPA+ phones support a max speed of 14.4, our speeds non-HSPA+ max is 7.2
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Where did you get 14.4 ? everywhere i look it says Tmobile 4G is 21mbps
kolyan said:
Where did you get 14.4 ? everywhere i look it says Tmobile 4G is 21mbps
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its theoretical 21. the Mytouch4g and G2 carry HSPA+ but at a maximum possible of 14.4
This is a good illustration, you hear a lot of people complaining about the lack of HSPA+ support in the NS, but until I hear of people consistenly getting 7.2 on their devices, then will their complaints be warranted. I got 4.2 in Sherman Oaks.
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HSPA is up to 7.2mbps and HSPA+ is up to 21mbps i think,
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No. I didn't mean to say that HSPA+ is capped at 7.2mbps, I was just saying that 5 mbps < 7.2... which the Nexus S and other non-HSPA+ devices' cap is at 7.2.
But yeah devices that supports HSPA+ (marketed as 4G) its 21mbps (theoretically)
ALuton said:
This is a good illustration, you hear a lot of people complaining about the lack of HSPA+ support in the NS, but until I hear of people consistenly getting 7.2 on their devices, then will their complaints be warranted. I got 4.2 in Sherman Oaks.
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support for HSPA+ is more of a future-proof feature and currently its not that important, but people that buy Nexus S usually keep it for a while and future-proofing is important especially that 4G phones are already available for cheaper price.
the way i see it is, what in gods name do you need that much speed on a mobile device for, i mean really most home internet isnt that fast
slowz3r said:
the way i see it is, what in gods name do you need that much speed on a mobile device for, i mean really most home internet isnt that fast
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Oh hai, tethering
I do think that "4G" is just a marketing term really, and speed is relative. On our phones, a browser on 2Mbps will load just as fast as 5Mbps. As will Youtube and anything else that we do. Speed only makes a difference to those who tether IMO.
slowz3r said:
the way i see it is, what in gods name do you need that much speed on a mobile device for, i mean really most home internet isnt that fast
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...porn
slowz3r said:
the way i see it is, what in gods name do you need that much speed on a mobile device for, i mean really most home internet isnt that fast
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Tethering, of course.
distortedloop said:
Tethering, of course.
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Ya, tethering but with most carriers incorporating a soft data cap of 5gigs your 4G speeds mean nothing once u hit that soft cap
maybe most of you dont see it my way but thats my .02
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gotta remember kbps, kb/s and mb/s are different
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Well, just to be clear, kbps and kb/s are the same thing (as is kbit/s), at least according to my understanding and Wikipedia's entry on the subject. All three are obviously different than mb/s, and of course our phones are usually measured in Kb/s and Mb/s, which is different than the small k/m measurement.
Clear as mud for many, right?
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Well, just to be clear, kbps and kb/s are the same thing (as is kbit/s), at least according to my understanding and Wikipedia's entry on the subject. All three are obviously different than mb/s, and of course our phones are usually measured in Kb/s and Mb/s, which is different than the small k/m measurement.
Clear as mud for many, right?
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to make it easier on everyone my phone downloads at 6.4 stones
slowz3r said:
to make it easier on everyone my phone downloads at 6.4 stones
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I thought they only had that speed in England...