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how fast is your 3g??

I currently live in los angeles but on g1 I average about 600kbps. But before the update I averaged about 800-900kbps. Maybe its just a radio issue/

This is from Niagara Falls Canada on the Rogers network

I'm in markham Ontario Canada. In a building with 2 bars signal on the Fido Network.
Thanks for the test link AC!

How accurate is that site? It says I have 13,128kbps on edge xD

Dladu said:
How accurate is that site? It says I have 13,128kbps on edge xD
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wow i wish i could get that speed
edit: just ran the test twice and got 6.01Mbps and 7.41Mbps(i'm on EDGE) i think it lies

Dladu said:
How accurate is that site? It says I have 13,128kbps on edge xD
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are you sure you're reading it right? if so...JEALOUS.

Yeah I think its something up with the site, ran again now I have 8969 kbps which is still way off for edge
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It's pointless to fine-grain compare bandwidth test results of an internet connection with a shared interface (in this case the 2G/3G air interface) since the amount of load on the interface is changing constantly. At best you could use your speed test to get in the ballpark (i.e. to confirm you are really on HSDPA) but to say 'my radio dropped my download speed from 800Kb/s to 600Kb/s' is probably erroneous because a difference of 200Kb/s is definitely well within the variation of an air interface. Unless of course you conduct a controlled experiment with both radios with many data points and you can actually draw a distinct correlation.
Edit: By the way a somewhat more accurate bandwidth test is here:
http://i.dslr.net/tinyspeedtest.html

Atleast most of you have the 3g network. Here in my area of CT we only have the Edge network. I wonder what's taking tmobile so long to make it available in my area.

I generally get 400-600kbps on good 3G signal.

You're being measured by kiloBITs per second, not kiloBYTEs
http://www.unitconversion.org/data-storage/kilobits-to-kilobytes-conversion.html
Edit: Added link

Speed test is wrong
the way the cellular internet works: all data in all networks are sent in packets of information. if you run a longer test then you will get a more accurate reading. mine said 572kb/s

dwright48 said:
the way the cellular internet works: all data in all networks are sent in packets of information. if you run a longer test then you will get a more accurate reading. mine said 572kb/s
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Not wrong, but not accurate.
There is no accurate way of testing, as there is no constant speed.
Somedays you might get a really high measure on speed test, while you might get a low speed that is unheard of on other days.
So I mostly agree with you xDDD

dwright48 said:
the way the cellular internet works: all data in all networks are sent in packets of information. if you run a longer test then you will get a more accurate reading. mine said 572kb/s
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b=bit B=byte, just so you know.
One should also keep in mind that bandwidth tests usually only test the speed of a single connection. As anyone who has used a multi-part download manager knows, you can usually get a higher overall throughput with multiple connections going. This seems especially the case with UMTS networks, where carriers probably throttle down individual connections to try ensuring that each user gets a fair slice of the pie.
I notice that I get the fastest speeds on my 3G when I am downloading usenet files (10 concurrent connections, each connection only downloading a few hundred kb at a time). While I might max my single connection download speed at 400 Kb/sec (50KByte/sec), I can usually get about 1.5MBit/sec when running multiple connections to a fast server. It's not the 3.6MBit/sec advertised, but not bad either.

scrub scrub

edge:
inside my apt 8480 kbps
outside my apt 8436 kbps
3g:
inside my apt 6206 kbps
outside my apt 6400 kbps
I did 3 test for each one and chose the fastest of the 3
and they wonder why i leave my phone on edge....
this was in northwest Austin Texas

842 kbit/sec (dslreports.com/mspeed) Near O'Hare Airport

xjreyes said:
edge:
inside my apt 8480 kbps
outside my apt 8436 kbps
3g:
inside my apt 6206 kbps
outside my apt 6400 kbps
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This CAN NOT be real. you can't even get 10% of that speed on EDGE.

Sprint download speeds on the Evo?

What should I be expecting to see for download speeds on my Evo with Sprint. I just ran a speedtest app from the market and I'm getting higher upload speeds that download speeds.
I seem to average around 450 or so kbps. I topped out at 700 kbps. My signal seems to be full bars.
Upload speeds seem to be equal to or higher than my download speeds.
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I'm getting close to the same siting at my house with 4 bars. 565/418
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i've seen upwards of 6mbps

I got between 256kbps to 500kbps download speed 3G . Some time less than 256kbps. It suck, I think depend the area and how far is the towers

Usually get around 1Mbps, on average, around the house. Give or take a little fluctuation.
3G, usually don't have full bars but I'm not usually paying much mind to them either. So not sure.

Just ran it from my office. I have 5 out of 6 "bars" on 3G for what it's worth. This is in Baltimore and I am pinging the Philadelphia server.
Ping: 94 ms
Download: 919 kbps
Upload: 617 kbps
Wimax doesn't do as good a job with the whole "bars" thing but they're always an estimate at best anyway. It's showing 2 out of 3 at the moment.
Ping: 135 ms
Download: 3640 kbps
Upload: 992 kbps
Typically my downloads are around 600-1000kbps on EVDO and 3000-5000 on Wimax. Uploads vary more but Wimax usually tops out around 1000-1100kbps.

Wimax in Chicago
This is what i got. The fastest I've gotten was about 8mbps down (not shown here).

With -40 dbs (full signal) I've gotten 2310 kbps down and 721kbps up...

Forgot to mention I was on 3g. Dunno how to add the pic from my phone...

3G speeds increased with -B modification

Mine tops 1.2mps
EVIL PHONE

Can we focus on 3g speeds?
I'm pretty sure I'm picking up an Evo tomorrow and these posts have been very interesting to me. I will be in 3g territory 99.8% of the time I have this phone. My sprint rep guy told me that the towers in my town are sprint towers (no idea if that really means anything,) so I'm hoping for excellent 3g data coverage here.
If anyone have any 3g reports for Beaver Dam, Wisconsin (which i'm sure you dont) feel free to post!
And if any of this doesn't make any sense, I blame it on the Ambien Walrus that is distracting me here. See below for details.
Edit: Apparently I cannot post my fabulous picture. Anyways: 3G>Madison Area>How Good???

With 4G, 1 bar, 4-5 Mbps is the usual around here. I hate the **** quality of building penetration. I don't know if that will forever be a given, but GOT DAYUM, if I could just post my phone up by the window and rock the hotspot that'd be cool ... or if when I was laying on the couch (head / phone close to window) it'd somehow pick it up. Not a huge deal.
3G though, I should start taking more speedtests (which are known to be inaccurate anyways - but I try a few to get a "somewhat" average reading. or so I hope) just to see. I see speeds that FAR outweigh what I pull in. I don't get it. 3G is solid, never experience any shortages but some places just have MAX signal?

Is everyone just using the Speedtest app that comes with the phone to determine their speeds? I had read that it gave incorrect results. Mine are all over the place, but even if I use DSlReports or SpeakEasy, the results vary significantly.

This is with my laptop wirelessly connected to my phone.

csmall said:
What should I be expecting to see for download speeds on my Evo with Sprint. I just ran a speedtest app from the market and I'm getting higher upload speeds that download speeds.
I seem to average around 450 or so kbps. I topped out at 700 kbps. My signal seems to be full bars.
Upload speeds seem to be equal to or higher than my download speeds.
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I get around 500down,250 up here on 3g. In strong Wimax areas I get around 6M down (dont recall upload speed). They seem to be getting a new tower up around me now. As these things go,they are spotty at first,then they get them fully online. When I can get a signal in my house (by putting the phone in the back rooms window) I can get around 2M down and 400K up. Im actually typing this while tethered (I rooted today and installed wifi tether.) Its working pretty good.

HSPA+.....

Just got a text from T-Mobile saying HSPA+ is active in my city....Memphis, TN. Havent noticed in difference. Maybe I should do a speed test later.

maybe you need an actual HSPA+ phone.
and maybe they had activated it before they announced it

hspa+ is still faster than the 3g you prob had, so now you might get up to 7.2mbps.. so you could notice a difference even though we dont have hspa enable devices... this is the first time that we can recieve more data than the phone can handle...

scrizz said:
maybe you need an actual HSPA+ phone.
and maybe they had activated it before they announced it
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yeah i thought about that too. I have an upgrade so I am gonna get the G2 when it comes out. But i still wanna do some test with normal 3g versus HSPA+

Not sure if this is related but when i go to settings and about and signals its showing that im connected to umts (3g) but when i tether to my vibrant it goes to hspda (3.5g).
3g falling in the range of less than 7.2 around 3-4mbps and 3.5g around 5-7. Ive done a speed test.
speedtest.net /result /927922215.png
Im not sure if thats accurate info on the connection type. I also know speedtest sites are never accurate on speeds. Someone let me know.

All I care about is that hsdpa gets me down speeds rivaling my cable connection and up speeds beating my cable connection. 5.5/1
6? Don't need more.
Unless I am at home where tmo never gives me much signal love
Sent from my Vibrant.

DriftorX said:
Not sure if this is related but when i go to settings and about and signals its showing that im connected to umts (3g) but when i tether to my vibrant it goes to hspda (3.5g).
3g falling in the range of less than 7.2 around 3-4mbps and 3.5g around 5-7. Ive done a speed test.
speedtest.net /result /927922215.png
Im not sure if thats accurate info on the connection type. I also know speedtest sites are never accurate on speeds. Someone let me know.
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I just did the speed test on my Vibrant and thats the speeds I am getting. Dont remember what I was getting before tho.

I live in an HSPA+ city, and I haven't logged above 1.35mbps on the old speed test (usually far less -- around .5). Is that just the way the cookie crumbles (signal strength, etc.) or is that freakishly slow? (Going by the numbers cited in this thread, it sure sounds slow...)

pavvy said:
I live in an HSPA+ city, and I haven't logged above 1.35mbps on the old speed test (usually far less -- around .5). Is that just the way the cookie crumbles (signal strength, etc.) or is that freakishly slow? (Going by the numbers cited in this thread, it sure sounds slow...)
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I get about 0.5 at home, but 4-5 at work.

I'm jealous! -- I get mostly EDGE at work...

pavvy said:
I'm jealous! -- I get mostly EDGE at work...
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I only get edge at home. I live right outside of the hspa network...

I'm about 45 mins outside of hspa/3g networks, on most days around town, I stay on 3g
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curious if your phones are showing the "H" icon at the top when you're pulling HSPDA+

larryccf said:
curious if your phones are showing the "H" icon at the top when you're pulling HSPDA+
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Nope. our phones are not HSPA phones, but T-Mobile says that most phones will get faster speeds.

No the h isn't turned on... Gotta check in settings... Only stock phone that shows h is the n1..
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Sprint Evo

Looks like the HSPA+ network to me. You didn't notice anything because you we're already on it. They only announce it after it has a good amount of coverage over the existing HSPA/3G network. It actually starts to come online far before they announce it. I noticed HSPA+ 2 months before they said it was live (outside of the strip where it was turned on during CES or CTIA)

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Nope. our phones are not HSPA phones, but T-Mobile says that most phones will get faster speeds.
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thought our phones were HSPA, but not HSPA+ - are you sure they're not HSPA??
reason i asked, mine has shown the "H" icon where the 3G icon usually is, but only "blue moon" events and maybe for a few hours duration when it does (according to Tmo's map, i'm in a "moderate" coverage area, and in a shallow valley in that area)
on a couple of those occasions i pulled 5.4 - 5.6 Mbps speedtests where i normally pull 1.1 - 1.4Mbps

larryccf said:
reason i asked, mine has shown the "H" icon where the 3G icon usually is, but only "blue moon" events and maybe for a few hours duration when it does
on a couple of those occasions i pulled 5.4 - 5.6 Mbps speedtests where i normally pull 1.1 - 1.4Mbps
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Interesting. I havent noticed mine doing that. But i cant say i have paid much attention to it either tho.

4G Speeds!!

I generally get decent 4G speeds; anywhere from 3-5mbps down and 800-1400 kbps upload. I haven't checked in a while until today and I noticed my download speeds are significantly better. Not sure if it is just today, but I am averaging between 7-9 mbps download. Did anyone else notice better data speeds today?
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Hopefully Sprint did some work because my 4g is all over the place and if I'm lucky I can get 3mbps

I'd test if I could. I live in a "excellent" coverage area... but alas no 4G. Outside I'll barely be able to connect. Maybe 10-15s on "poor" signal strength.
Anyway, enjoy!

How do you test it?
Edit....figured it out
Spectacles, Testicles, Wallet & Watch

My 4g Speed is awful below my 3g speeds and i can never stay connected more then 30 seconds.
I live in seattle which is suppose to have good coverage

People with Wimax issues:
Do you have the wimax latest radio version?
Have you tested wimax in your area on a different phone?
Also, Clearwire maintains wimax, not Sprint.

I live in Kansas City, so i get pretty good 4g coverage almost everywhere. as far as speeds go im typically hitting 10mbps. sometimes as low as the upper 7s

at work i can usually hit 15mbps, I'll post pics. My friend has a T-bolt and always gets so jealous haha. But I've heard Boise was one of the first to get 4g, idk why

According to Sprints coverage map I live in an excellent 4g area, now in real life that is not true. I called them not to long ago about my lack of 4g an connection issues and they did a service call, recorded radio numbers signal strength and all that jazz. A few days later I get a call from Sprint saying that the area I live in does not receive 4g very well (duh) and they notified Clear Wire about the issue etc. etc.
In short I live in a ****ty area but their (Sprint) map shows this magic blanket of 4g coverage that is not accurate by any standard. I have all the latest and greats radios etc but its just a no go for me. Sorry end of rant.

4G is available all over my city except a 2 block radius around my house.... F YOU SPRINT...Reception is complete crap at my house that I have to Force Roaming too...

According to Sprint I live outside a 4G area. But when I'm upstairs in my bedroom I can parely pull in a signal. It was enough to save me last night though. Comcast came in for a preinstall and accidentally cut my Verizon line, so I have no hardline internet at the moment. Its nice to have at least some connection to the outside world in the meantime.

I live in Phoenix, Az and we have no 4G out here.... I wonder if and when they will turn on the 4G out here. I hate paying the extra 10.00 a month and I cant use the 4G

Well I don't know how to post pics on here but my test says
8/18/2011
Download 8007 kbps
Upload 1447 kbps
Ping 211 ms
Is this good?..
Spectacles, Testicles, Wallet & Watch, evO²·³·³

the drugstore said:
I live in Phoenix, Az and we have no 4G out here.... I wonder if and when they will turn on the 4G out here. I hate paying the extra 10.00 a month and I cant use the 4G
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I thought they had a tower or two of 4g in Phoenix? Check clear.com coverage maps.

Cellular strength and throughput

We know how much you like to stream, ahem, "videos", and so cellular data is mega-important. Rate this thread to express how you think the Huawei Mate 10's LTE performs. A higher rating indicates that it's fantastic: throughput is excellent and signal strength is top-notch.
Then, drop a comment if you have anything to add.

Can anyone with the smartphone tell how is it?
This is very important for me, since I usually go to areas with low coverage.
My actual smartphone, a LG V20, is not very good in this.
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Csetoue said:
Can anyone with the smartphone tell how is it?
This is very important for me, since I usually go to areas with low coverage.
My actual smartphone, a LG V20, is not very good in this.
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I have only had mine on Cellular today, but tested data rate on speedtest app at work. A good signal (4G+, where my OPO 3 only got 4G) and 66 Mb/s down and 55 Mb/s, up which is better than my 4G internet modem at home. So good data connection with good signal!
When I get to try it in more rural areas, I'll return and report the experience. I have a feeling that it will perform at least decent.

enhance LTE connection/DL speed with these tips
settings>wireless&networks>mobile network>access point name>click on the ( i ) icon next to your data package which should be named either internet or data >bearer>untick unspecified and tick LTE >ok>click the apply icon on the top right
now you should take more advantage of your LTE cell speed , here's mine
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On T-mobile with my Mate 10 Pro L-29 international version.
Absolutely loving this thing so far

Can anyone tell me that this phone support dual 4g or not? Thanks

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Can anyone tell me that this phone support dual 4g or not? Thanks
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If by dual 4G you mean carrier aggregation then the answer is yes it does as it has one of the most advanced modems in the market CAT18.

ixman said:
If by dual 4G you mean carrier aggregation then the answer is yes it does as it has one of the most advanced modems in the market CAT18.
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It's mean I can use this phone with 2 SIM and all running 4G. Other phone just one can run 4G, other must 2G.?

buckshot4 said:
On T-mobile with my Mate 10 Pro L-29 international version.
Absolutely loving this thing so far
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Good to hear, are you getting VoLTE as well on TMobile?

theniveus80 said:
It's mean I can use this phone with 2 SIM and all running 4G. Other phone just one can run 4G, other must 2G.?
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Dual 4G And dual VoLTE is supported.
Anyone know of there is a hidden menu to see the carrier configuration? I wanna see to what bands my phone is connected and what's the configuration, T-Mobile has starting rolling 4CA in the Netherlands.
This is on 3CA
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Solid on TMO

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Solid on TMO
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This the pro mate 10?

20degrees said:
This the pro mate 10?
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I have the standard Mate 10 (ALP-L29).

kinjx11 said:
enhance LTE connection/DL speed with these tips
settings>wireless&networks>mobile network>access point name>click on the ( i ) icon next to your data package which should be named either internet or data >bearer>untick unspecified and tick LTE >ok>click the apply icon on the top right
now you should take more advantage of your LTE cell speed , here's mine
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I'm wondering what this setting does exactly?
the menu has no explanation...

theniveus80 said:
It's mean I can use this phone with 2 SIM and all running 4G. Other phone just one can run 4G, other must 2G.?
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No, no phone can do that, have both SIM cards with dedicated radio modules, only one SIM card/operator can be used for mobile data at any one time. it can be register on GSM for both SIM cards, with different and same operator.

not bad
Mate 10

Made a test with line of sight to the 4G Antenna (about 60 meters) and got a pretty good result. I don't think the Mate 10 (ALP-29) is crippled when it comes to LTE

LTE works but sometimes I must on 800MHz BTS about 1-5 minutes to switch from edge to 4G. Any firmware this not solved. I have 142 FW EU.

darragh said:
No, no phone can do that, have both SIM cards with dedicated radio modules, only one SIM card/operator can be used for mobile data at any one time. it can be register on GSM for both SIM cards, with different and same operator.
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Even that post is 1 year old, we need to clarify one thing:
- on Mate 10 Pro both SIMs can run on 4G (or 4G+) !!! In the same time.
Most of the dual sim phones are running with one SIM in 4G and the second SIM running in 3G or 2G.
But here both SIMs ca run in 4G/4G+ simultaneous; the phone is 4G dual stand-by, probably are you thinking at the dual sim dual active phones (like Huawei P9, for example), where you can call from the SIM1 to the SIM2 (both SIMs into the same phone).

And if we are talking about 9.0 vs 9.1, on 9.1 the signal is weaker than on 9.0 (in the same place, where the building has very thick walls, and where the signal fluctuates sometimes).
In areas with good signal there are no problems on 9.1 either