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US tmo 3g speeds

Has anyone tested their US tmo 3g speeds at any test sites?
i did mine today while connected to 3g and it only showed a DL speed of
68Mbps (484 Kbps)
thats like not even 1% better then edge speed....
i tested at testmyiphone.com

Those numbers don't compute. 68Mbs is blazing fast. Faster than even my cable modem, faster than any cellular connection on the planet, and way, way faster than 484Kbps.
68Mbs = 68000 kbps
484kbs = 0.484 Mbps
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my bad. sorry if forgot the point.
so its:
.68 Mbps not 68
i downloaded a 3MB file in 83 seconds....

.68mbps is a lot? I thought 3G was at most like 1Mbps? I tethered to my laptop and got .86Mbps down and .30Mbps up.

no my first posting said 68 in error.. it should have read .68.
so his comment was regarding 68 being too fast and incorect on my part.
so the question stands at .68 for evaluation

about the same here
.47Mbps(469Kbps) DL speed3072 KB in 53.6 seconds
Have tested higher before

ok good..
what gets me is when the page says its only a small percentage faster then edge... this is my first 3g... so i have nothing to compare it too....

loueber said:
ok good..
what gets me is when the page says its only a small percentage faster then edge... this is my first 3g... so i have nothing to compare it too....
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Much faster than edge on my retired tmo wing...lol

Saw 880kbps in downtown Rochester NY using the DSL reports mobile speed test last weekend. Much slower on 3G in Newport News VA during the week, in the 400kbps range (can't remember exactly)

Which browsers are you using to perform these tests? Opera? PIE? I got 120 KBs on PIE using 6mb test and 71KBs on Opera. Is this test even accurate for WMo considering it was setup for Iphone? I tried the download and the combination test, the download speed was much faster during the combination test.

Sorry to be off topic but i just had to ask this... I currently have a blackberry data plan with t-mo and would like to know if this will work with the touch pro 2 as far as internet connectivity goes. I didn't get it to work with the g1 and the mytouch since it connects with google servers and required web2go. any answers or thoughts?

Greenarcher707™ said:
Sorry to be off topic but i just had to ask this... I currently have a blackberry data plan with t-mo and would like to know if this will work with the touch pro 2 as far as internet connectivity goes. I didn't get it to work with the g1 and the mytouch since it connects with google servers and required web2go. any answers or thoughts?
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works for me. Using BB plan on my Tmo TP2 no problem.

cool, thanks for the heads up. this is way cool.

Here are my data tests from when i first got the Tmo TP2 when it launched.

that's not bad at all.

i haven't tested since then, but i may

Good news guys tmo just sent out an internal letter to all employees that they will be throttleing up there 3g speed to 3.6 by late oct early nov. and 7.2 by mid december. and it also stated that there hsdpa 21 is in the near future at the begining of the year. that is pretty much verbatim of the email.

that's great news! now we're really making progress.

1.07Mbps/1065Kbps/130kBps tmobile 3g download test on testmyiphone site. BB curve managed to get 4-6kBps on edge before I switched to tp2

When I first got the TP2, I was getting speeds consistently over 1 M on the stock rom using mspeed, kind of shocked me as the google phones were never close to those speeds. I'm using the genesis rom now and still get pretty much the same speeds. I wonder why this phone is so much faster than the android phones!

T-Mobile Network Upgrade

I don't know if anyone else has noticed, but anything related to the internet is about 10 times faster today for me... I thought i had my wi-fi on until I read a post about T-Mobile's 7.2 rollout. I suggest you all check out your speeds.

Speed checked, maybe this had somethign to do with the service outtage the other night LOL

Speed Increase? Not here
I purchased my TP2 in part because T-Mobile's web site indicated full 3G coverage here in Centerville, Ohio. I've had the phone for a week now, and have YET to see the 3G connection on the phone. The E is all I ever see, and that speed has not increased since the outage.
Maybe your local tower was upgraded.

Zylograth said:
Speed checked, maybe this had somethign to do with the service outtage the other night LOL
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I was thinking that very thing. Except without the "lol"
Maybe your local tower was upgraded.
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Engadget is reporting that none of their tests are showing the new speeds yet, so it does appear to be limited to certain markets at this point.

so how do i increse my network speed if i have a speed of 177 with 3g

T-mobil HSPA roll out
T-mobile has started to roll out HSPA 7.2 mb in all 3G network areas. Go to www.tmonews.com to read up on it. They are trying to get most of the network up by the end of DEC. HSPA is much faster than 3g...about 3x.
Richard

To have 177 you must have a poor RF.
Honestly, I have 5mbps over Wi-Fi and that's more than the TP2 can handle for browsing. It doesn't load pages much faster vs a good 3G signal.

well i got 544 now that i have hspa turned on

Damn, I am in seattle and I range from 500kbps to over 3kbps via mobilespeedtest.com

here in phoenix i can get 3mbps on the handset and up to 9.3mbps thering on my laptop i even started playing call of duty using ics and see little lag. i am debating on canceling my cox subscription. i noticed this the day after the data outage. i can post speed tests if you dont believe me

i shouldnt have spoke so soon i only could get a max of 8.7 just now but im only at 3 bars on h on this side of my house... ill run further tests later...
here is test on speedtest
here is test on bandwithplace
Last Result:
Download Speed: 1988 kbps (248.5 KB/sec transfer rate)
Upload Speed: 355 kbps (44.4 KB/sec transfer rate)
Saturday, November 28, 2009 7:11:36 PM
dsl reports did not work because it said m,y connection was too fast for a mobile speed test

That is very nice, considering T-Mobile had their HSPA network crippled at a 4th of that a few months ago.
Testmyiphone.com works well, but the TP2 never ever registers higher than 2.17mbps over Wi-Fi. There is a limitation or something happening there because my iPhone averages over 4mbps(Wi-Fi) on the same site/same connection. Nevertheless it's accurate - over 3G here I get about 600-700kbps so no upgrades have been put online here.

T-Mobile 3G Users Welcome to HSPA 7.2 Mbps

So anybody who gets T-Mobile 3G now is able to take advantage of The new upgraded HSPA 7.2Mbps 3.5G network. Phone that are able to take advantage of this are the HTC G1, HTC MyTouch, HTC Dash 3G, HTC Touch Pro 2, Samsung Behold 2,and I believe the Blackberry 9700.
Check your speed using you phone browser at www.mobilespeedtest.com
Here is my speed in Miami, Fl.

Must not be in every market. 3g In phoenix seems to top out around 250kbps...at least right now.

Should in all 3G markets. It might be rolling out to different cities throughout the day.
http://www.tmonews.com/2010/01/t-mobile-officially-upgrades-to-hspa-7-2mbps/
Also try doing the 1Mb or larger test.

Yeah you're probably right. I'll just keep checking through the day. These speeds will nearly make the fee for 3g worth it.

Mine is 541kps, is that good? lol Have no idea about phone speeds.

The way ISPs advertise speeds is in bits. When we download is its bytes. So 7.2MBPS should be equilvalent to 7200 / 8 = 900 Kbytes a sec. So 900kbps should be max on our phones which is in between dsl and cable modem speeds. This is of course on the Tmobile Network. The fastest I got on my Tmobile TP2 was 800kbps full 3G bars.

I'm in the Tampa Bay area with full 3g bars. I did the 1MB test and got 717kb's per second. Not sure how to tell if I improved from before tmobile "upgraded" to hspa

mpicart said:
I'm in the Tampa Bay area with full 3g bars. I did the 1MB test and got 717kb's per second. Not sure how to tell if I improved from before tmobile "upgraded" to hspa
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Sound just about right for 7.2MBPS.

WOW!!!! 6283 kbps here in PA

i have 727.273 with about 2 bars..is that good?

michealmyers said:
i have 727.273 with about 2 bars..is that good?
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Me too, just about the same, which is an upgrade at least 50% from before. I can't wait to try it out at work tomorrow with a full signal!!!

1774kbps in phoenix right now...pretty decent...

I have always used :
http://www.dslreports.com/mspeed?jisok=1&more=1
However the site posted here gives me much better results, so I think I prefer it. Bit odd though.

Ok guys. When you test it out it gives yous the small download test. You need to retest at 2Mb or higher to see the real speed. I used the 7Mb test to test my connection and was consistently getting 6500Kbps - 7000Kbps

I noticed quite a difference between Opera and Opera 10 Beta. What's the most accurate browser to use?

To get a "true" test I use Internet Explorer

Too bad all this speed won't mean **** because our CPU is slow. You will only take advantage of these speeds when you tether to your computer.

Not sure the test is reliable, got so many reading on my end. 700+kps, sometimes 25kps (huh????) sometime 650++, etc.

I've tried 3 times using dslreports simple mobile test. 1MB and got
~700kb
~800kb
~900kb

thaddyusmaximus said:
I've tried 3 times using dslreports simple mobile test. 1MB and got
~700kb
~800kb
~900kb
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Yeah I'm now getting all over this range.
I am unable to test with PIE for some reason though. Just hangs at "running test"

Desire's Wifi Speed

Hey guys, my local phone stores are out of nexus ones, and being from the United States, T-mobile's 3g bands will not work if I were to get the Htc desire.
I was wondering, if I were to connect the desire over the home(wifi), would the internet speed be 3g quick?
I have a HTC touch hd and it seems to have like dial-up speed over wifi.
thanks in advance!

Hmm check your're setting wifi should be faster than 3G (assuming you have a good internetspeed). Dail-up is way too slow. I can download about 1,5 mb/s but that's also how fast my internet is (on wifi).

i get 13Mb/s down and 1.2Mb/s up over wifi, which is nearly the speed of my DSL line (20/1.5 iirc). Tested with speedtest app.
So yes, it's quite fast
(tested with froyo DeFrost 0.4 rom)

rs0cal said:
Hey guys, my local phone stores are out of nexus ones, and being from the United States, T-mobile's 3g bands will not work if I were to get the Htc desire.
I was wondering, if I were to connect the desire over the home(wifi), would the internet speed be 3g quick?
I have a HTC touch hd and it seems to have like dial-up speed over wifi.
thanks in advance!
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I've had WM handsets that had slower speeds over Wifi compared to 3G. Never did find out why, and likely wont, WM is done for me.
Just tested a few times over wifi, getting 5-7.5Mbps down / 900-1200Kbps up. My DSL is 12-15Mbps down and usually ~1500 up. My Girl friend is playing WoW but I expect the missing downstream speed is more to do with the crappy Wifi AP and that wifi is a pretty busy spectrum is this building.
Over HSPA I'm seeing 1800-1900Kbps down, 800-900Kbps up.

alright! cool. appreciiate the speed tests guys.

mayne, the desire is blisteringly fast, in fact its wifi signal is faster/stronger than my PC's wifi N pci card

Max data speed? Got 51Mbps tethering

Just got a blazing fast speed that makes me wonder what the max the phone is capable of.
My test was done on laptop connected to My One via Wifi tether. That was the speed from Verizon towers.

sabindaman said:
Just got a blazing fast speed that makes me wonder what the max the phone is capable of.
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im limited by my ISP but 802.11AC can do quite a bit of speed. connected at home i can see its at 145mbps om local network, but my isp cant go higher than 60mbps

synisterwolf said:
im limited by my ISP but 802.11AC can do quite a bit of speed. connected at home i can see its at 145mbps om local network, but my isp cant go higher than 60mbps
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Will clarify My OP
My test was done on laptop connected to My One via Wifi tether. That was the speed from Verizon towers.

sabindaman said:
Will clarify My OP
My test was done on laptop connected to My One via Wifi tether. That was the speed from Verizon towers.
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oh, speed test over tether.
still limited on the ISP but 50 - 60 is what i get

synisterwolf said:
oh, speed test over tether.
still limited on the ISP but 50 - 60 is what i get
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I fell like there is still some confusion. The test was performed on a laptop which was connected to the hotspot of my htc one which was on VZW network.
What is the fastest someone has seen from the towers?

Check this out. It is kind of old but I think the information is still valid.
http://phandroid.com/2013/10/15/verizon-lte-tower-upgrades/
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I wish i got those speeds. I only get arround 8 mbps durring the day, and arround 28 late nights when the network is less congested. My best ever was 32.27 mbps, and that was at 3:30 in the morning.

Theoretical max speed on Verizon's 700 MHz band is 73 Mbps. The One doesn't support the new AWS band like the Galaxy S4 and G2 which can go up to 150 Mbps.
Of course, with Verizon's 4G network as crappy and overloaded as it is right now, you'd struggle to get 10.

I average about 30 in my area and I've had 56 at the highest.
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I have seen high 40 to low 50 while driving through Charlotte nc when they first got lte. It's dropped drastically now. Where I live I get 8 to 15 and more than happy with that. Long as hulu and Netflix works all I need.
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At my work I get 17-20 consistently. Home will bounce around between 8 and 18. Lowest I have seen without dropping to 3g was a 4 down the street, after having put a custom rom on my phone.

50ish is the most I've gotten so far.

sabindaman said:
Just got a blazing fast speed that makes me wonder what the max the phone is capable of.
My test was done on laptop connected to My One via Wifi tether. That was the speed from Verizon towers.
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I love that you rounded up, even though you're close to 50

dbornack said:
I love that you rounded up, even though you're close to 50
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50 was the end speed but it was spiking into 51 many times

Me still 20. Philippine's area

mine got 15-20 PH area.

me got 20-30mbps

I was at 34Mbps down and 27Mbps up in NC
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I was getting 25-40 easily. Then the iPhone 5 was released. Now I only get ~ 4-5.

I've definitely seen a reduction of performance over the past year in my area. I could pull 30Mb+ even in a densely populated suburb (Philly metro), but now it struggles to hit 15Mbps in the same spot. Not that I'm complaining.
Max I've ever tested was 55Mbps in a popular mountain resort town during an off-peak season. Hopefully vzw builds out more capacity (per the link above) and keeps the speeds at a satisfactory level, but I don't expect to see 50Mbps regularly.