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So I am going to be picking up a 2nd phone line for work, and it's either Sprint or Verizon due to the unlimited calling packages.
I was at the Verizon store today and I did a side-by-side comparison with my Samsung Captivate in terms of speedtest.net.
While Pandora was streaming, I was getting 900 down and 800 up on the Droid X. I ran that twice.
As soon as I turned Pandora off, it was at about 400 down and 800 up. Is this typical for Verizon? Do other people have these types of speeds, or was I just in a bad area. They had a Droid 2 on display that was getting 1 bar of signal, and the Droid Xs were getting 4 - 5 bars. I don't know which to believe.
I like the Droid X and the talk time it offers, but I don't know if I can cripple myself into a slow network.
Thanks for any input!
EDIT: I was getting 1800 down and 350 up on my Captivate. I guess I should mention that.
Wireless or 3G?
My 3G results fluctuate anywhere around 800-900 down and 500-600 up (in NJ)
My WiFi signal on the other hand...fuhgettaboutit
Last night I pulled a 14,457 down with a 1,791 up
RedBank said:
My 3G results fluctuate anywhere around 800-900 down and 500-600 up (in NJ)
My WiFi signal on the other hand...fuhgettaboutit
Last night I pulled a 14,457 down with a 1,791 up
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Sheesh. I knew that the 3g with verizon was slow but damn. I often tether to my laptop so that might be a deal breaker for me. But the quoted up to 8 hours talk time is still very pretty.
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Just tried mine a few times
1.26 down and 0.43 up
1.03 down and 0.40 up
1.63 down and 0.42 up
1.19 down and 0.63 up
1.87 down and 0.57 up
all over the board, but better than what you were getting.
this in a area that ATT does not even have 3g yet.
never bothered to test the wifi on the phone.
I live in a a small city in Oklahoma and on average I pull down 2082 kbps and upload at about 754 kbps. Some days I get about 2500 kbps down and 900 kbps up.
Droid X will not disappoint you Plus Verizon is only going to be faster soon enough 4g Meng!
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It varies a lot, depending on area. In central NJ, on my Droid X, I trend to get 800 to 1800 (of course there are areas lower, but few; and there are singe in the 2400 range).
I did have the EVO for a few weeks, and at least around here, it was generally (~30%) worse, though better in a few spots.
I tried the EVO in Vegas too (though I didn't have the Droid X then). I was nir impressed. And Vegas is supposed to be a big Sprint town. They had their 4G there, but it was not that much faster than their 3G (maybe 1.5x-2x, not even close to 10x), and not very reliable when moving around (kept doing down to 3G).
drdavepepper said:
Droid X will not disappoint you Plus Verizon is only going to be faster soon enough 4g Meng!
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I don't see how VZ's pending 4G is going to help anyone getting a Droid X. Unless, may be it will free up some of the bandwidth on 3G' but even then, that will be a slow transition through 2011.
there wont be any 4g where I live anyways.
madjsp said:
there wont be any 4g where I live anyways.
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what state do you live in? thats a good question to ask, since u didnt state it...
exempli_gratia said:
I don't see how VZ's pending 4G is going to help anyone getting a Droid X. Unless, may be it will free up some of the bandwidth on 3G' but even then, that will be a slow transition through 2011.
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Its already been mentioned and covered by verizon that the X will support 4G FYI.
jdenman03 said:
Its already been mentioned and covered by verizon that the X will support 4G FYI.
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Got proof?
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There is no way the X will support 4G as the technology is incompatible with CDMA.
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I was at work today and a T-Mobile rep came in to buy a guitar.
He had a MyTouch 4G.
Another coworker had an Iphone 4 on Verizon.
Another coworker had an Evo 4G on Sprint.
And another coworker had an Iphone 3GS on ATT.
So for some reason we all have the Speedtest.net app.
Download Speeds..........
Evo 4g less than .6 Mbps.
Iphone 4 about .6 Mbps.
Iphone 3GS about 1 Mbps.
Mytouch 4G about 3.5 Mbps.
And my beloved HD2 about 3.5 Mbps!!!!!
So our HD2s are as fast as a 4G phone!!!!!
Oh and also it took the rep a few looks to notice that I had Android on my phone.
I love the HD2!
Yaaaar
HD2 great
I have 3G unlimtied internet 128kb/s
Just ran some tests. The location I did these was Jamaica, NY. I always seem to get the best speeds here in comparison with the rest of NYC.
just means tmobile has better bandwidth thats all
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Yaaaar
HD2 great
I have 3G unlimtied internet 128kb/s
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In Moscow 3G work not for all locations. EDGE is our destiny for while...
I understand that T-Mobile. Has more bandwidth.
But I expected a 4 g phone to blow my hd2 away.
But it didn't.
That's what's so awesome.
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just means tmobile has better bandwidth thats all
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theoretically, the hd2 can get up to 7.2 Mbps. so i am not surprise...
I did a test with my nexus one and G2, I don't know how but my Nexus still out performed my G2 Am I Glad To Be An Owner Of A Nexus1
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DL-4.46
UL-0.99
G2
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UL-1.37
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I live in a suburb of Boston and have great HSPA+ service. My N1 is getting on average during peak hours 4.2 DL and a constant 1.3 UL. I am very happy with those numbers. T-Mobile has a solid Network and blows away AT&T, Sprint and Verizon in my area. I live only 10 miles out of Boston and one mile away from RT 128. Suppose to be strong areas for all the Carriers.
Thank You T-Mobile.
Confused
If the T-mobile or Att network your using has an average of 7.2mbps or less, wont the Nexus One get the exact same download speed as any HSPA+ phone?
The only time an HSPA+ phone would ever "outpace" the N1 in download speed would be if the network is built up past 7.2mbps right? Like if the average speed was 10mbps THEN the HSPA+ would finally kick in but until 7.2mbps the Nexus One will keep up with any HSPA+ phone right?
I didn't know the G2 was LTE enabled
HSDPA+ is 3G btw.
I don't know, my thoughts were G2: better phone, better performance. LOL (Simpled Minded) Huh? It doesn't make sense to buy a 4G phone then! Forget 4G
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LOL at thinking those measly speeds are 4G!
4G speeds are more like 30MB/s down and 15MB/s up.
Look at some of the Verizon LTE (a TRUE 4G network) speed tests.
GldRush98 said:
LOL at thinking those measly speeds are 4G!
4G speeds are more like 30MB/s down and 15MB/s up.
Look at some of the Verizon LTE (a TRUE 4G network) speed tests.
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Well even Verizon's LTE network is still around 7-12 Mbit, not MB/sec... and no where near true "4G."
The ITU's newest standard now allows "evolved 3G technologies" such as HSPA+ to eventually qualify for "4G" nomenclature, but this is still quite some time from now, given that it's roughly 1/10 of the required speed for mobile applications. What's funny, though, is that T-Mobile's HSPA+ is generally faster than Sprint's WiMAX in many areas, despite the fact that under the old classification system WiMAX could eventually become 4G whereas HSPA+ could not.
IMT-Advanced basically became what the old "4G" classification was, including the 100 Mbit mobile and 1 Gbit fixed speed requirements, as well as goodies like VoIP and OFDMA.
Wow Professor Will, So All This Hype About 4G is probably for months or even years to come! I'm not buying another supposedly 4G Phone until its like an guarantee that I see a huge difference in speed!
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wtharden said:
Wow Professor Will, So All This Hype About 4G is probably for months or even years to come! I'm not buying another supposedly 4G Phone until its like an guarantee that I see a huge difference in speed!
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yeah pretty much, i thought it was common knowledge for all of us phone geeks. tmobile's 4g is nothing but 3G HSPA. and unless the towers have enough backhaul to support fast speeds, a 3G phone will perform like a 4G phone until the theoretical limits for each are hit. havent seen that happen anywhere yet in the USA that i can tell. its all gimmic marketing crap.
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yeah pretty much, i thought it was common knowledge for all of us phone geeks. tmobile's 4g is nothing but 3G HSPA. and unless the towers have enough backhaul to support fast speeds, a 3G phone will perform like a 4G phone until the theoretical limits for each are hit. havent seen that happen anywhere yet in the USA that i can tell. its all gimmic marketing crap.
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Call it what you want, I'm very happy with T-Mobile. In my area they are faster then all others. They have the best plans and prices blow all others away. I think if more people gave them a chance they would be very happy. Not to mention they support the Nexus One.
vinnyjr said:
Call it what you want, I'm very happy with T-Mobile. In my area they are faster then all others. They have the best plans and prices blow all others away. I think if more people gave them a chance they would be very happy. Not to mention they support the Nexus One.
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+1 Also, very satisfied with TMobile in my area!
galaxys said:
+1 Also, very satisfied with TMobile in my area!
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+2 dittos.
vinnyjr said:
Call it what you want, I'm very happy with T-Mobile. In my area they are faster then all others. They have the best plans and prices blow all others away. I think if more people gave them a chance they would be very happy. Not to mention they support the Nexus One.
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I'm very impressed with t-mobile and give them all the credit in the world for what they've done with their data speeds. ATT is a joke when it comes to being a leader like that. They do nothing but follow the other carriers and react rather than set the standard. But I'm sad t-mobile started this fake 4g thing.
Extremely satisfied with my Nexus One on TMO. I'm roughly 20 miles north west from northeastern Philly and just like the other users have said T-Mobile has the best coverage in my area compared to Verizon and AT&T. My work phone is a Blackberry Tour running on Verizon's network and the network coverage blows compared to T-Mobile's in my area.
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Rogers in canada is crazy fast... It seems my upload is capped at 1mbit up but download speeds have gotten upwards of 4 even 5 mbit down!
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First a little background. I live in a Wimax market. In my neighborhood, I get Wimax speeds of 6.5mpbs/1.5 mbps. In the holes, I get 3G speeds of 1.3mpbs down.
I was out with my friend (in the city center a few miles away) and she had just gotten a shiny new iphone 4 on the AT&T network. She was unsure if her phone was getting "4G" speeds since the status bar only says "3G" so I whip out my Evo to show her SpeedTest and also to gloat over my high speeds. I get something like 2.2 mpbs down.
Meanwhile, she finds Speedtest in the App Market and loads it. Not only is the App way more polished than on the Evo, her speed is 5.5mpbs down!
Blew my mind. I'm pretty happy with my phone and I don't go around comparing. This random reality check made me wonder about all the marketing hype around labels like 3G and 4G. I know 4G is a label used to describe -- or hype -- a range of speeds across carriers. I figured 3g would be at least comparable and that certainly my 4G would be faster any 3G. Not.
You should of corrected her about her "4g" speeds.
the speedtest.net app for android tends to show the download and upload speed results as being far lower than what they really are. Try doing the tests on speakeasy.
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First a little background. I live in a Wimax market. In my neighborhood, I get Wimax speeds of 6.5mpbs/1.5 mbps. In the holes, I get 3G speeds of 1.3mpbs down.
I was out with my friend (in the city center a few miles away) and she had just gotten a shiny new iphone 4 on the AT&T network. She was unsure if her phone was getting "4G" speeds since the status bar only says "3G" so I whip out my Evo to show her SpeedTest and also to gloat over my high speeds. I get something like 2.2 mpbs down.
Meanwhile, she finds Speedtest in the App Market and loads it. Not only is the App way more polished than on the Evo, her speed is 5.5mpbs down!
Blew my mind. I'm pretty happy with my phone and I don't go around comparing. This random reality check made me wonder about all the marketing hype around labels like 3G and 4G. I know 4G is a label used to describe -- or hype -- a range of speeds across carriers. I figured 3g would be at least comparable and that certainly my 4G would be faster any 3G. Not.
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her 4g doesn't stand for 4g technology, just 4th generation of the iphone, sure AT&T has better 4g speeds then sprint, inwhich is what she has, why it would have hit that high though i can't tell you.
the iphone isn't as bad as some make it out to be. im actually in the market for a 4th gen ipod touch to jailbreak and play with. ill still keep my evo though. i love trying out new devices.
Iphone is a pretty great phonwen they upgraded their networki wasgetting speeds of 5.5-6.5 mbps and in my atrix not so fast lol like 3.5-4.5
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IPhone "4g" is just marketing deception, to make unaware potential customers think its a 4g phone like evo 4g, I've had to explain to several people it means 4th generation and does not have a 4g radio. Clever move by apple though.
phatmanxxl said:
IPhone "4g" is just marketing deception, to make unaware potential customers think its a 4g phone like evo 4g, I've had to explain to several people it means 4th generation and does not have a 4g radio. Clever move by apple though.
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I wouldn't really call it a clever move. It did work out well for them, but that is just what they went with. I know there is the 3G, I'm not sure if #2 was the 2G but I'm guessing so. Lmao, on a side note I also know people who thought it meant 4 gigabyte.
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Is it even marketed as the iPhone 4G? I always hear it as the iPhone 4. Most people just assume 4G.
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Is it even marketed as the iPhone 4G? I always hear it as the iPhone 4. Most people just assume 4G.
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I've never heard anyone call the iPhone 4, iPhone 4g.
But try real world tests instead...both download sites instead.
I can put phone on 4G and it says 6600kbps down but doesn't download espn desktop say any faster than wifi (1500kbps).
Geez usually when im out and about I don't care about or have the time to worry about obscene download speeds, as long as my chronix radio app streams without interruption in the car and gym. At home, work, friends house and various other locations im connected to wifi.
First off everything I ever read about the iphone 4 calls it the iphone 4. I never read or heard iphone 4g till now. Here's some examples.
http://www.apple.com/iphone/
http://www.engadget.com/2010/06/22/iphone-4-review/
http://www.phonedog.com/products/apple-iphone-4-16gb-black/
The iphone4 on AT&T is a 3g phone with a 3g antenna. It's called 4 because it's the 4th generation.
1. Iphone (classic)
2. Iphone 3g (First iphone with 3g)
3. Iphone 3gs (upgraded 3g version)
4. Iphone 4 (4th generation)
Op the reason your girlfriend got better speeds with her Iphone is because it is running on AT&T's Hspa 3g network. Speed wise HSPA blows cdma out of the water. Plus you guys were probably in a HSPA+ area. HSPA+ is the so called "4g" that AT&T and T-Mobile are advertising. HSPA+ is basically 3(generation) technology on steroids. Wimax and LTE is new technology so therefore they should be consider the next or shall I say 4th generation tech.
Now the iphone 4 does not have a HSPA+ radio. But, with HSPA+ technology even older 3g radio's (HSPA) will benefit from the HSPA+ towers. So when you guys tested your phones with speedtest.net you were probably closer to an AT&T tower. Bad thing about WIMAX is the range of the towers aren't that great. But, if your close to one your in good shape.
P.S. Can't wait for evo 3d!
The only time an apple device is called "4g" is when its the 4th generation. That's how they identify their devices.
Example :
Ipod touch
ipod touch 2g
ipod touch 3g
ipod touch 4g
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The only time an apple device is called "4g" is when its the 4th generation. That's how they identify their devices.
Example :
Ipod touch
ipod touch 2g
ipod touch 3g
ipod touch 4g
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What does 3gs stand for? 3rd generation surprise?
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What does 3gs stand for? 3rd generation surprise?
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I think the "S" stood for speed. The 3GS introduced a Cortex A8 based CPU (same generation as the EVO's Snapdragon).
Actually that makes sense. I realized why ppl call it 4g,I was just saying officially and unofficially I never heard the phrase
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Iphone is a pretty great phonwen they upgraded their networki wasgetting speeds of 5.5-6.5 mbps and in my atrix not so fast lol like 3.5-4.5
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You are nothing short of an ambassador of your service provider and fellow iPhone users....*sarcasm* go back to school. You need a serious lesson on spelling, grammar, punctuation and how not to be 10 years old.
The iPhone 4 is not compatible with HSPA+. Google it, I don't feel like it.
The explanation is that AT&T probably has better signal in that area than Sprint does. When I'm in downtown Columbus, I get 2-3mbps download speeds (on speedtest...from a chicago, IL server...hmmm). In one of the suburbs, like Gahanna, Westerville or Worthington, I routinely get 8-15mbps. Obviously, there's fewer people using those towers.
Here's that this tells me: there aren't as many AT&T subscribers in your area as there are Sprint users. And the Sprint users probably all own Epics or Evos.
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I think the "S" stood for speed. The 3GS introduced a Cortex A8 based CPU (same generation as the EVO's Snapdragon).
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That's only half right. The Snapdragon CPU isn't a Cortex A8. However, like cortex A8, it's based off the ARMV7 instruction set. The qualcomm cpu core is called Scorpion and is shown to be much better at doing productivity tasks than a cortex A8.
The more you know
AbsolutZeroGI said:
You are nothing short of an ambassador of your service provider and fellow iPhone users....*sarcasm* go back to school. You need a serious lesson on spelling, grammar, punctuation and how not to be 10 years old.
The iPhone 4 is not compatible with HSPA+. Google it, I don't feel like it.
The explanation is that AT&T probably has better signal in that area than Sprint does. When I'm in downtown Columbus, I get 2-3mbps download speeds (on speedtest...from a chicago, IL server...hmmm). In one of the suburbs, like Gahanna, Westerville or Worthington, I routinely get 8-15mbps. Obviously, there's fewer people using those towers.
Here's that this tells me: there aren't as many AT&T subscribers in your area as there are Sprint users. And the Sprint users probably all own Epics or Evos.
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Hrmmm Iphone4 does not have a HSPA+ radio like I said. But HSPA+ towers does improve speed with non hspa+ phones. Let's google.
http://www.tested.com/news/tested-t-mobiles-hspa-network-vs-traditional-3g/1190/
I made my statement off of actually sources, not limited to this.
Check out the LTE speeds that I get in New Haven, CT on AT&T. I'm using an HTC Vivid and running Rum Float beta 3(ICS w/ sense) Pretty impressive IMHO... ALMOST 39 DOWN/14 UP!!! Check out the attached pic!
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Check out the LTE speeds that I get in New Haven, CT on AT&T. I'm using an HTC Vivid and running Rum Float beta 3(ICS w/ sense) Pretty impressive IMHO... ALMOST 39 DOWN/14 UP!!! Check out the attached pic!
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Awesome I want this too.
Blimey!!
You guys in the US are so lucky, cant wait till LTE arrives in the UK
Nice. In Poland LTE working fast only in bigger cities.
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amazing!
low latency + high speed
You suck
The best I ever got with verizon LTE with 5 bars right next to a tower is 33mbs DL and 15UL. Yet with 3/5 bars you get 38/14. And I bet it never just drops too. oh why verizon WHY. With 3/5 bars on verizon I avg 8-15mbsDL and 2.5-11mbsUL, with the best being 24/15.
There are times were my H+ S2 can flat out beet my droid RAZR in youtube video loading and keeping it a flowing.
P.S I had no idea Poland had LTE. It's it any good?
NICE. That's a tad bit faster than my FiOs too.
I'm in Hawaii and we always get things last. LOL.
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You suck
The best I ever got with verizon LTE with 5 bars right next to a tower is 33mbs DL and 15UL. Yet with 3/5 bars you get 38/14. And I bet it never just drops too. oh why verizon WHY. With 3/5 bars on verizon I avg 8-15mbsDL and 2.5-11mbsUL, with the best being 24/15.
There are times were my H+ S2 can flat out beet my droid RAZR in youtube video loading and keeping it a flowing.
P.S I had no idea Poland had LTE. It's it any good?
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For the few seconds I had data on with my prepaid plan few minutes after I landed, it was pretty fast, then I had no money eft on my account to call lol.
I didn't check speeds, but it was pretty damn fast. But I was in the capitol at the airport, so it will always be faster lol. But even 3G is pretty fast back in Poland. America is way behind on mobile data.
@OP , Im in Harford, best I ever got was 8Dwn 1Up on HSPA+, wife has LG Nitro HD LTE, will have to give it a try. Was told by a Best Buy Mobile Rep we should be getting LTE any week now. 2 ATT customer service reps on the phone coulnd find a date, but said all LTE markets should be done in the next 2 months.
--in the meantime Im throttled to Edge speed for going over 3GB, I know theres an APN switch for 4G SIM Users, but I'll have to wait.
---GT-P6200 by the way. Galaxy Tab 7.0 Plus (from Malaysia) HSPA+ and voce calling on Honecomb 3.2
awesome!! Faster than my dsl :/
wow! I wish I had these speeds!
faster than my H+ S2, My Droid razr on 4GLTE and my TWC ISP. I would have to add them all up to get what you get. LOL
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You suck
The best I ever got with verizon LTE with 5 bars right next to a tower is 33mbs DL and 15UL. Yet with 3/5 bars you get 38/14. And I bet it never just drops too. oh why verizon WHY. With 3/5 bars on verizon I avg 8-15mbsDL and 2.5-11mbsUL, with the best being 24/15.
There are times were my H+ S2 can flat out beet my droid RAZR in youtube video loading and keeping it a flowing.
P.S I had no idea Poland had LTE. It's it any good?
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Update your prl
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jaszek said:
For the few seconds I had data on with my prepaid plan few minutes after I landed, it was pretty fast, then I had no money eft on my account to call lol.
I didn't check speeds, but it was pretty damn fast. But I was in the capitol at the airport, so it will always be faster lol. But even 3G is pretty fast back in Poland. America is way behind on mobile data.
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America invented cell phone technology.....let me guess, where behind on space technology and cheeseburger technology too
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that is fast
mkelsho said:
America invented cell phone technology.....let me guess, where behind on space technology and cheeseburger technology too
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You are not too behind, but still behind than some other places
Japan started using 3G in 1998, whereas the US started it in 2002. Also, check this out too: http://en.teknoblog.com/communicati...cell-3g-is-faster-than-4g-networks-in-us.html
As jaszek said, 3G is pretty fast in Europe
Yeah, 3G is quite fast here on Europe but not so fast than the LTE on USA for sure
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HTC Bravo said:
Yeah, 3G is quite fast here on Europe but not so fast than the LTE on USA for sure
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I agree, and even though they say Turkcell has one of the fastest networks available worldwide, and Steve Wozniak's thoughts about the network, I can't really say that its that fast because I used the same network for 4 years. Maybe it was the phones I used, who knows?
Hi,
how about the ping? is the ping always constant 40-50? or also sometimes 100+ or 20?
thx