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How can I get internet speed 7.2Mb?

Is there any rom or program can make the internet speed on HTC DIMOND 7.2mb instead of 3.6mb?
Thanks very much.

you need a service provider that will provide 7.2mbps in your area (not many provide that atm in UK, but i know orange are expanding it up to 7.2 over the next year) either vodaphone uk or t-mobile uk do it, google it as it depends on your areas coverage.

JanDaMan said:
you need a service provider that will provide 7.2mbps in your area (not many provide that atm in UK, but i know orange are expanding it up to 7.2 over the next year) either vodaphone uk or t-mobile uk do it, google it as it depends on your areas coverage.
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vodafone is already 7.2mbps and three are gonna do it before christmas if they cant they are definattely gonna do it on the first quarter of 2009

Unfortunately, saying that the diamond(or any device using the 3G network) is capable of 7.2mbps is not really correct. Sure, the device itself is very much capable of receiving data at these speeds but the latency in the network itself will never provide that speed, unless perhaps you're sitting three feet from a transmitter...
Basically, even though you're paying for "7.2mbps" you'll never see those speeds in real life...
Oh, and I don't really think that this question belongs in the "Diamond ROM development" section.

7.2 long long way away dude. i have tried vodafone 7.2 from many different locations and using a 7.2 mbps modem the best i have achived is maybe 3mbps but not a solid speed, avrage speed is about 1-2mbps, so 7.2bmps true speed will be achived when, the networks advertise 48Mbps lol.
anyway you dont need that speed on the phone, 1mb is enough mos of the times,
unless you want to stream HD media..

Guys...7.2 is obviously a "dream" for me...considering I'm still with the "E" = Edge under my local ISP DIGI MALAYSIA! Argh!!
and sometimes i can't get 90% of the EDGE speed too

Can i just add to this... MOST servers do not upload more than 1mb/sec.. so how do you expect to download @7.2mb... Not possible, until servers start to upload at those speed you are not going to be able to download @7.2......do you believe mobiles would be fast than a fixed line... Yrs from that happening I'm afraid...!

fyew-jit-tiv said:
Can i just add to this... MOST servers do not upload more than 1mb/sec.. so how do you expect to download @7.2mb... Not possible, until servers start to upload at those speed you are not going to be able to download @7.2......do you believe mobiles would be fast than a fixed line... Yrs from that happening I'm afraid...!
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mine is comparable with my broadband actually. obviously the rendering on my firefox is faster but the phone is not that far behind on less demanding web pages

I here provide the Tips & free software site http://www.vclcomponents.com/s/0__/need_for_speed_undercover_htc_diamond for increase the Internet speed of the HTC..Then check the speed of the Internet using the site http://www.ip-details.com/internet-speed-test/ in the Mobile Browser.

The only way you'll ever get 7.2mps is by sitting on the mast, at 3am with no one trying to use a mobile in the surrounding 25 mile radius.
Oh, and 3 are not going to have 7.2 before christmas. We've had them in at work today and they're having to talk nicely with T-Mobile so they can improve their network coverage. They have 3.6mps, quote 2.8mps as an average but they want to get away from "HSDPA" as they know it'll never work properly on their network.
... They did however quote by 2010, they should have 14.4mbps
... Now thats a pipe dream...

Alasio said:
The only way you'll ever get 7.2mps is by sitting on the mast, at 3am with no one trying to use a mobile in the surrounding 25 mile radius.
Oh, and 3 are not going to have 7.2 before christmas. We've had them in at work today and they're having to talk nicely with T-Mobile so they can improve their network coverage. They have 3.6mps, quote 2.8mps as an average but they want to get away from "HSDPA" as they know it'll never work properly on their network.
... They did however quote by 2010, they should have 14.4mbps
... Now thats a pipe dream...
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hi,
In Denmark, they already started with the 16 Mbit on 3 network, but as we all know, it is not practical. it is just teoritical.

lomo2002 said:
hi,
In Denmark, they already started with the 16 Mbit on 3 network, but as we all know, it is not practical. it is just teoritical.
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You guys on the continent get the best... Higher speed home bband connections, the UK average being <8mps, there's more money pumped into the development of the mobile networks including city-wide WiFi and we just get screwed.
3 claimed today in their presentation to have 14.4mps under testing inside certain cells in the UK, but didn't seemingly know where. That coupled with the Virgin Media testing of their 200mps connection, well... Will wait to see...
The only "decent" connection in the UK (personal experience) is T-Mobile as their parent company have pumped the most money into cell development but still its completely lacking. Look at the current Orange & T-Mobile merger that's on / off... 3 in the UK have so little 3G coverage they have had to make a deal with T-Mobile so they can use their backbone and masts for transmitting their signal, else they're never going to get anywhere with signal coverage.
But either way, the lack of cells in the UK coupled with a poor backbone simply means that speeds are too unstable in the UK to ever get the full 7.2mps stable.

Actually the all the tier one UK networks (Vodafone, O2, Orange, T-Mobile) support 7.2 in various locations around the country - the issue we will always have is contention.
The certainly won't admit it but only the first 6 or 7 connections to a mast have any chance of reaching 7.2 - after that it drops off dramatically. When you get up to 30 then your down to GPRS speeds. As someone pointed out, the only way to reach anywhere close to the potential 7.2 is to sit under a mast a 3AM and hope that no one else in the vicinity is online too.
T-Mobile, Orange and 3 will always win out when it comes to contention as they run on an 1800 MHZ network as they came late to the game in the UK. 1800 has a shorter range and therefore T-Mobile put up many more masts to compensate - 3 for every one mast that Vodafone put up on the older 900MHZ network. The Vodafone network will punch out much further from the mast which works better in more isolated areas but in urban or densely populated areas, T-Mobile's 3 masts to Vodafone or O2's 1 mast will always give a better experience.
At the end of the day its swings and roundabouts and experiences are so localised that its not worth swapping networks to improve speed unless you intend to stay always in the same location and never go out the front door.
I've been using mobile data on all four networks all over the UK over the last few years and the only thing I can guarantee is that Orange (which has stupidly been my sole personal network provider for over 15 years) will always be the worst of the lot!!!
Their data network is honestly shocking and with all the outages I've experienced this year I would say that the network is really struggling - actually I think most of them are going that way - and it will be a relief if they do actually join forces with T-Mobile.
Anyway this rant has been building up for some time - anyone else experienced the networks performance getting worse this year particularly?
I blame all the new iPhone users myself!!! LOL

Alasio said:
... 3 in the UK have so little 3G coverage they have had to make a deal with T-Mobile so they can use their backbone and masts for transmitting their signal, else they're never going to get anywhere with signal coverage.
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Actually it was announced recently that 3 have the most comprehensive data coverage in the UK at the moment!

Yeah sorry, you'll probably never see 7.2Mb, just like you never get full internet speed it's always 'up to xxMb'
If you live near a mast then yeah signal should be good but probably 5-6Mb at most you would get. (If)

You can follow the tips in the site tips to speed up 7.2mb interent for increasing the speed of the Internet then you can check the Speed in the site http://www.ip-details.com/internet-speed-test/Internet Speed Testyou will know the Difference.

Your tips are useful...

t-mobile internet spped - capped?

hello
I am not to sure if i am capped.
I have full 4 bars of hsdpa and download speed (speedtest.net app) never goes
more than 356kbps and upload 122kbps.
spoke to t-mobs customer services number of times, steel cannot get faster downloads.
when i put O2 sim - download goes up to 2445kbps and 1120 up
what is going on?

could just be that the local cell simply does not have the capacity.....
i know the old sims used to be locked to 3G and you had to request HSDPA to be added, but they should all be fully enabled now.

but it shows full 4 bars hsdps.
will try elswere and report back

i just did a quick test to compare and i have 3bars n H
nd the results are: 607kbps/350kbps

3 bars here and get 1498kbs down and 411kbs upload... that's T-Mobile UK and that is with the speedtest.net Android App... however the web site via the browser gives me a lot less - as low as 200kbs down.

ring 150 and kindly ask them to re-provision your sim as it looks like you are being capped at 384kbps. Which if I am right means you do not had HSDPA enabled on your account. Though it could just be down to congestion / coverage in your area.
This used to happen a long while ago when the introduced HSDPA enabled phones, people bought them, but their accounts weren't updated so they were not getting what they paid for.

beaker656 said:
ring 150 and kindly ask them to re-provision your sim as it looks like you are being capped at 384kbps. Which if I am right means you do not had HSDPA enabled on your account. Though it could just be down to congestion / coverage in your area.
This used to happen a long while ago when the introduced HSDPA enabled phones, people bought them, but their accounts weren't updated so they were not getting what they paid for.
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spoke to 150 and it seems there no restriction on service, but they got me on system as nokia n900 user
i been told the problem could be with my service while PAC number being transfered over yesterday and today.
i think a will call them tonight and ask for re-provision sim
if no luck after that - contract will be canceled (still on 14 day cooling off period)

arnx said:
spoke to 150 and it seems there no restriction on service, but they got me on system as nokia n900 user
i been told the problem could be with my service while PAC number being transfered over yesterday and today.
i think a will call them tonight and ask for re-provision sim
if no luck after that - contract will be canceled (still on 14 day cooling off period)
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I spent ages with this same problem. I spoke to customer services at T-Mobile and said there was no such speed increase they could give me. I was really confused by this because I travel about quite a bit but only ever got a 350kbps connection.
What you need to do is speak to Technical Support at T-Mobile. Tell them that your only receiving 3G speeds of 350Kbps (or what ever basic 3g speeds are) and that you should be receiving HSDPA speeds. If you sound like you know what your talking about you'll get put through to a proper techy who will then be able to update your account and activate HSDPA speeds.
As soon as I had mine done my speeds went from 350-ish Kbps to 1900Kbps and beyond
Dial 150 now!!

Count yourself lucky i work in the middle of a town full of students, lucky to get 3G or H between the hours of 9am and 5pm.
Today all ive had is GPRS for data. Network capacity in Torquay sucks big time.

Ramedge said:
I spent ages with this same problem. I spoke to customer services at T-Mobile and said there was no such speed increase they could give me. I was really confused by this because I travel about quite a bit but only ever got a 350kbps connection.
What you need to do is speak to Technical Support at T-Mobile. Tell them that your only receiving 3G speeds of 350Kbps (or what ever basic 3g speeds are) and that you should be receiving HSDPA speeds. If you sound like you know what your talking about you'll get put through to a proper techy who will then be able to update your account and activate HSDPA speeds.
As soon as I had mine done my speeds went from 350-ish Kbps to 1900Kbps and beyond
Dial 150 now!!
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thanks
glad to hear that this can be resolved

I got 311kbps download speed and 389kbps upload speed at 2 pm. I took the test again at 5:45 pm using SpeedTest and it shows 1833kbps download speed and 553 upload speed. Same place same full bars (HSPA). Not sure whether the difference is due to peak times etc but glad to know that mine is not capped

Can someone help me with this?
I get about 300k with 3G and 600k with HSDPA. A quick internet search shows that HSDPA should give me something in the region of 1.8Mb-4.5Mb download and 3G should give me something in the region of 614k (which is what HDSPA at the moment is for me).
I've phoned tech support and they deny that there's a problem, while they agree that my speed is much lower than it should be (especially since I live in Birmingham City Centre an area which HSDPA coverage is marked as "excellent") they claim that there is nothing wrong that they can think of.
I was told to take the phone to a T-Mobile store to check my settings (I have been ill so haven't been) and was told that if it wasn't the settings that were the problem I would have to send the phone off for repair, with no replacement given (not only no replacement, I would have to pay for postage to send my phone to T-Mobile). I'm not on the 14 day cooling period (was a firster, 26/03/09) and NEVER had this problem on my G1 =/
Is it worth me phoning up tech support again?

At least you can get something. I dont have enough signal to send a text in most parts of my house.
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Woh... I just tried this on T-Mobile and I got 1868 / 526.
Looks like Portsmouth is the place to be!
[edit] oops, 21:25 is probably a low usage time.

DuncUK said:
Woh... I just tried this on T-Mobile and I got 1868 / 526.
Looks like Portsmouth is the place to be!
[edit] oops, 21:25 is probably a low usage time.
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21:29 and I'm getting 287/258 on HSDPA

just spoke to 150 and there nothing they can do for me
there noting can be added to my account (hsdpa), web and walk and 3g enabled,asked to enable hsdpa but been told in automaticly applied.
shows 4 bars hsdpa but download stuck at 355.
really pissed off.

Well, I'm in Southampton now and it is 11:16am:
1639 / 425
Then again, I just checked the settings panel of speedtest and it claims to be using the "London" server... located 0.86 miles away(?!?)

T-Mobile (UK) Slow HSDPA speeds

I have the Desire on a UK TMobile tariff with Unlimited Web.
I get a strong HSPDA signal , the connection symbol is an 'H', but when i run the Speedtest.net app i only get 0.35Mbps download and 0.12Mbps upload. i have run the test a few times in different locations and these figures are about average for me.
should my download for mobile broadband not be more than that?
the tmobile websites say speeds up to 4.5Mbps, so i would have thought i would have at least got half that.

Yes they should - it is possible that your account/SIM is not correctly enabled.
Right now, with just a single bar, I'm getting 1.7Mbps up and 0.5Mbps down.
Regards,
Dave

doesn't that mean your on the lower end web and walk not the plus version i think its called?

Smith2001 said:
doesn't that mean your on the lower end web and walk not the plus version i think its called?
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not sure, i pre-orderd the phone thru mobilephonesdirect, and chose the £25 Unlimited Mobile Internet tariff which i assume would be full HSDPA
0.35Mbps equates to about 45 kilobytes per second, is this similar to 3G speeds?

dougsdir said:
not sure, i pre-orderd the phone thru mobilephonesdirect, and chose the £25 Unlimited Mobile Internet tariff which i assume would be full HSDPA
0.35Mbps equates to about 45 kilobytes per second, is this similar to 3G speeds?
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You have to pay £5 a month more on any T-Mobile service for the Web n Walk Plus to get full speeds, because it allows tethering.

dougsdir said:
not sure, i pre-orderd the phone thru mobilephonesdirect, and chose the £25 Unlimited Mobile Internet tariff which i assume would be full HSDPA
0.35Mbps equates to about 45 kilobytes per second, is this similar to 3G speeds?
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this is the speed that I achieve through Vodafone with "H" ..
exactly the same ... not quite the 3G i expected honestly..

toastyghost said:
You have to pay £5 a month more on any T-Mobile service for the Web n Walk Plus to get full speeds, because it allows tethering.
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not true, i can tether no problems at the moment

With T-mobile I've found location is very much a factor. My Desire gets varying speeds depending where I am and it's consistent too. In my home I'm lucky to get HSDPA speeds at all. If I do they're about what you're getting.
Here in my permanent office in Canary Wharf on the 10th floor I'm getting 600/530 kbps. At the office with all my servers in the City, on the first floor I get 1,500/750 kbps. This is pretty consistent as I say. At London Bridge as I wait for my train home I'm back at the mid range 600/530 range.
I can take not having much data speeds at home as I'm on Wifi there as well as at my folks place.
My voice signal stays strong no matter where I am.

Android phones are supposed to be automatically put on the higher Web'n'Walk package so I hear.

Im on T mobile, with H signal and 3 bars, I just did a speed test and got:
Download: 590 kbps
Upload: 375kbps
is this normal? seems low compared to others?

dougsdir said:
not sure, i pre-orderd the phone thru mobilephonesdirect, and chose the £25 Unlimited Mobile Internet tariff which i assume would be full HSDPA
0.35Mbps equates to about 45 kilobytes per second, is this similar to 3G speeds?
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I had this exact problem. Its because MobilePhonesDirect have not registered the sim correctly. T-Mobile thought it was in a Nokia 6700. Had to phone T-Mobile direct to change it and add the £5 web and walk unlimited.
MobilePhonesDirect are a crap company and do not explain any of this in their info.

First, search threads on this - TMobile & Mobile Phones Direct.
It is an old issue with MPD. They sell the phone but with a 1gb unlimited internet fair use policy, which has a significant throttle applied. You may find your phone is actually registered as a Nokia too.
You need to call Tmob Tech Support and argue that you have an Android Phone which needs a 3gb allowance (aka Web and Walk Plus.) If you look on TMob's website for their FUP details you'll find the statement about Android phones to make your case.
Don't be fobbed off, don't call the standard support (overseas and they have no idea what you're talking about), quote TMob's own statement to them and you may succeed.

I have recently had a very similar situation with a Desire from Carphone Warehouse, which was on the 1GB limit 0.35Mbps service by default.
I was advised by users in the T-Mobile forum to send an email to [email protected] explaining the situation and that the fair usage terms for Android phones specify a 3GB limit.
A couple of days later (today in fact!) I had a nice guy from T-Mobile ring me back, he explained that if you sign a contract other than direct with T-Mobile you don't get the 3GB limit but he agreed that I should have it judging by their terms, he put me on the full speed internet package and replaced the previous internet booster with an unlimited calls to landlines booster-very good service
He also said he would be in contact with CPW to make sure that they were properly advertising the terms of the contract and exactly what you get!

alio993 said:
Im on T mobile, with H signal and 3 bars, I just did a speed test and got:
Download: 590 kbps
Upload: 375kbps
is this normal? seems low compared to others?
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Probably the time of day,try it first thing in the morning.

Ok yeh i'll try that!

U may want to check this thread out
forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=656227
If u tweak some of your apn settings ur speed will increase dramatically
Cheers
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Actually, I have found out this issue is not to do with carphone warehouse and definitely not to do with signal strength.
I have a sim only 30 day contract direct from t-mobile for use with a sim-free desire with unlimited internet. After talking with loads of customer support and technical support at t-mobile I eventually found out that the service is indeed capped at 0.36 MB speeds with web&walk. I would have to get web&walk plus which I can only do on a 12 month contract from t-mobile to get full speed HSDPA. As I prefer the flexibility of 30 day contract (for situations just like this for example!) then I think I will try O2 now. I bought a PAYGO sim from them just to test and immediately got over 2MB download speeds. Much nicer.

The day i got mine i was onto T-mobile regarding my PAC and transfer that MPD should have done and tech support were astoundingly good.They corrected all the details supplied by MPD and setup my new account as it should have been(no one month waiting like has been suggested).
My average for the house is 850kbps(with a peak of 1027) and at my work i get 1578kbps.
I havent come close to 3gb usage so may attempt a large download to see if it can be sustained.

dibsmjf said:
I have recently had a very similar situation with a Desire from Carphone Warehouse, which was on the 1GB limit 0.35Mbps service by default.
I was advised by users in the T-Mobile forum to send an email to [email protected] explaining the situation and that the fair usage terms for Android phones specify a 3GB limit.
A couple of days later (today in fact!) I had a nice guy from T-Mobile ring me back, he explained that if you sign a contract other than direct with T-Mobile you don't get the 3GB limit but he agreed that I should have it judging by their terms, he put me on the full speed internet package and replaced the previous internet booster with an unlimited calls to landlines booster-very good service
He also said he would be in contact with CPW to make sure that they were properly advertising the terms of the contract and exactly what you get!
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cheers, got it fixed. after a phone call to tmobile customer services, i was told that removing the battery while the phone was switched would definitely fix the problem!!!
i sent an email to that address and i got a phone call a couple of hours later.
I was told that they thought I had a Nokia phone so after i emailed them a copy of my invoice from mobilephonesdirect, they agreed to up me to the 3GB service! i can now downloaded at 1.8mbps, thanks again

[Q]Data Speed Woes.

Just got mine on today from the retail store the guy activated a new Sim card for me and my data speed is terribly slow it doesn't even seem like it's 3g . Any ideas why its so slow?
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what phone did you have before and how much did you use your data....could be tmobile throtteling

I'm only getting about 5-6Mbps which I would get on my MT4G... but it's the service in this area, not the phone's fault
HOWEVER
I am getting such bad upload speeds it's puzzling.. giving the phone time to adjust, I'll test again tomorrow because for some reason anytime I change phones the data connection seems to act weird the first day..

The phone in my store which is in a 42mbps area gets 15mbps with every test I did.

I'm getting 8 - 12 Mbps avg.

Just did a test right now and got 10,390 kbps using a 1MB file.
Seems pretty much the same as my HD2.
Remember that HSPA+ speeds are theoretical, the chances of you reaching those speeds are slim.

ok so after two t mobile calls and numerous network resets im getting absolutely ****ty speed test results. the browsing is ok but seems to be really laggy. hmm..
also noticed under settings/aboutphone/signal/MobileNetworkType i get UMTS and it will switch to HSPA randomly. could this be the reason? or should it say HSPA+? can someone verify this?

You won't get 4G speeds everywhere.

im aware of this..
i had a sgs4g which i lost 2 weeks ago and it was nothing like this.
it feels like my connection is capped at 56k

It could be the network, there could just be a lot of congestion. It happens to me sometimes too, one day I'll get 12mbps & the next I won't be able to get over 5. Try your sim in another phone if you can & see if you get the same results.

i used to get anywhere from 5mbps to 15mbps with the sgs4g.
im ashamed to say that i am getting half a mbps. lol

Speeds suck near Phoenix 2.4mbps

i talked to t mobile couple days ago, the technical support had to issue a ticket in order for it to get resolved. the lady said that my Internet should be back to speed in 3 days! Its not phone related its definitely a network glitch of some sort because i am getting 60 kbits. My very first bill cycle is days shy from being over and yet i have not been able to use 4g speeds.. even edge speeds is faster than what i am getting. I believe i shouldn't be held responsible to pay the web data portion of my bill for this month. its only fair.

Try this (if you haven't already).
Pull up your dialer, then dial
*#*#4636#*#*
Select "phone information"
Scroll to the bottom and select
Either "WCDMA Preferred" or "WCDMA Only".
This can be changed from the network settings also. However, I had ****ty data speeds at first too and, for some strange reason, the two menus did not match up... Using the dialer method it was on GSM and inexplicably went back to GSM on its own a couple times.
Hate to say... But if tmo says they are filing a ticket, most of the time the rep just exhausted what their knowledge or troubleshooting is telling them to do and a ticket doesn't change anything.
The GS2 should unquestionably whip the MT4G, HD2, SENSATION as well as most other phones in data speeds, consistently. I can say this from personal experience.
Interested to know how it turns out for you.
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data speeds are eye popping!
This phone is great! I'm getting a whopping 60kbps/30kbps. We really standing still now! Tmo tech say everything is fine on there end so back to the store I go.

Sounds like your throttled, or your stuck in gsm/edge mode. Check to see also if your on gsm/wcdma, thts what it should be on. You could be on 2g/gsm setting. I put mines on tht setting from time to time.
Sent from planet neblon in the 2nd region of the samsung989 galaxy

i feel your pain, t-mobile can be very spotty in some places. I dont think its my phone!!
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LpSk8r said:
Sounds like your throttled, or your stuck in gsm/edge mode. Check to see also if your on gsm/wcdma, thts what it should be on. You could be on 2g/gsm setting. I put mines on tht setting from time to time.
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I thought the same thing but tmo said I'm not throttled. gsm/wcdma(auto) is checked.
Thank for the advice though.
Edit: I put the Sim back in my vibrant and the speeds are the same. So I'm going with bad Sim or they are throttling me and don't know it. To be continued.

So they put in a work order and said they will get back to me within 72hrs. If it's not fixed I'm going to sprint. Tried the Sim in the amaze and sgs2 in store same speeds. Funny thing one of the questions asked while filling out the work order "do you tether?" Lol. Of course not.

I'm getting as high as 13mbps and almpst 2 upload speed. My g2x got half of that at best most of the time...
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[Q] Slow data speed on 3 UK - any fixes?

Hi all,
I’m having really poor signal and slow internet connection on 3 network around North London area in the open (2/3 bars), and no data connection inside my house even in rooms with large windows. I’ve spend 2 hours on the phone with 3 technical support yesterday trying to solve this problem without any success. They are currently looking into this to see if they can fix it for me in the next couple of days.
I’ve tried the 3 sim in my Note with similar slow speed, so I can assume the handset is fine, and it must be a problem with 3 network. But since the 3 operator told me they have excellent coverage in my area and there is no engineering working taking place, I’m guessing this is the speed I can expect on their network, which is a shame since I choose 3 mainly for the unlimited internet package.
I’ve add couple of screen shots between Vodafone sim in the Note against 3 sim in the One X. The shocking thing is the 3 speed is much better than yesterday where it never reached over 1 mbps down.
Can somebody share some 3 network speed around north London please and any suggestion on how to solve this is greatly appreciated.
Many thanks for reading this long post, and happy Easter everyone.

3 is the slowest network in the uk it is well known thats why they offer cheapest plans. Personally i would have got a free payg sim from them first to test data speeds. Only thing u can do is send it back if u have a cooling off period

snowwhite007 said:
3 is the slowest network in the uk it is well known thats why they offer cheapest plans. Personally i would have got a free payg sim from them first to test data speeds. Only thing u can do is send it back if u have a cooling off period
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I did brought the One X as pay as you go from them with £15 p/m rolling contract. My plan is wait after Easter and if the problem is not solved, I'll ask for 3 to cancel my rolling contract and unlock the One X for free so I can use it on other networks.
I'd like to stay on 3 if they can match Vodafone speed, as I want to stream music from Google and upload pictures to Dropbox due to the limited storage space on the One X.

What kind of speeds are you getting? I've been with Three for a while now, and always had good data speeds and connection APART from when I am up near Hampstead, which might be where you are.
Anyway, these are the speeds I am getting in West London

Bigmille said:
Hi all,
I’m having really poor signal and slow internet connection on 3 network around North London area in the open (2/3 bars), and no data connection inside my house even in rooms with large windows. I’ve spend 2 hours on the phone with 3 technical support yesterday trying to solve this problem without any success. They are currently looking into this to see if they can fix it for me in the next couple of days.
I’ve tried the 3 sim in my Note with similar slow speed, so I can assume the handset is fine, and it must be a problem with 3 network. But since the 3 operator told me they have excellent coverage in my area and there is no engineering working taking place, I’m guessing this is the speed I can expect on their network, which is a shame since I choose 3 mainly for the unlimited internet package.
I’ve add couple of screen shots between Vodafone sim in the Note against 3 sim in the One X. The shocking thing is the 3 speed is much better than yesterday where it never reached over 1 mbps down.
Can somebody share some 3 network speed around north London please and any suggestion on how to solve this is greatly appreciated.
Many thanks for reading this long post, and happy Easter everyone.
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I have posted a thread about weak signal too - and I am on Orange.
Also, I assume three are quite slow anyway - and I doubt the unlimited plans help them out there.
*Also, feel lucky my average speed where I live is 1.9mbps on a mobile connection! Your old speed on Vodaphone is the same as my speed on broadband

On the brightside your ping seems to be better

OysterCatcheRR said:
What kind of speeds are you getting? I've been with Three for a while now, and always had good data speeds and connection APART from when I am up near Hampstead, which might be where you are.
Anyway, these are the speeds I am getting in West London
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Thanks.
I work near Hampstead, so that is not good new, have to do some more tests when I'm back to work after Easter. I live in Barnet with is 7 miles further North.
I'll be happy to get 4-5 mbps down, 1 mpbs and ping around 200 ms, this way I can stream music and upload photos.
DomCowell said:
I have posted a thread about weak signal too - and I am on Orange.
Also, I assume three are quite slow anyway - and I doubt the unlimited plans help them out there.
*Also, feel lucky my average speed where I live is 1.9mbps on a mobile connection! Your old speed on Vodaphone is the same as my speed on broadband
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The One X's WIFI signal seems no worse than my other mobile devices, and my 3 sim works just as bad in my Note, so I'm no sure about One X mobile signal strength.
I'd stay with Vodafone except they only allow 1GB p/m max for data usage, I think I'll try out Talkmobile as they use Vodafone network and have larger data allowance.
renegade1488 said:
On the brightside your ping seems to be better
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You should see the results from yesterday, I was getting ping delay up to 2049 ms.

Bigmille said:
Thanks.
I work near Hampstead, so that is not good new, have to do some more tests when I'm back to work after Easter. I live in Barnet with is 7 miles further North.
I'll be happy to get 4-5 mbps down, 1 mpbs and ping around 200 ms, this way I can stream music and upload photos.
The One X's WIFI signal seems no worse than my other mobile devices, and my 3 sim works just as bad in my Note, so I'm no sure about One X mobile signal strength.
I'd stay with Vodafone except they only allow 1GB p/m max for data usage, I think I'll try out Talkmobile as they use Vodafone network and have larger data allowance.
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Wifi signal has been excellent - just mobile data signal has been really shoddy (generally 1/2 bar max - getting 3/4 on my Milestone)

DomCowell said:
Wifi signal has been excellent - just mobile data signal has been really shoddy (generally 1/2 bar max - getting 3/4 on my Milestone)
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Same here, 1 or 2 bars out of 5 inside of the house with no data connection, and 2 to 3 bars outside. I think it is a problem with 3 and not the phone as I'm getting the same poor signal with 3 sim in my Note, where as the Note gets full bars with Vodafone sim in it.

I made a speedtest today in a well covered area and I am impressed. ;-)
Country: Austria
Operator: Drei (Three)

hmm this seams quite worrying, is this typical speed for people one 3? I thought they had their network HSDPA+ enabled so should be seeing good speeds provided you had the signal.

I am getting about 8Meg down and 3Meg up. I have never seen such high upload speed before I got the One X....download speed seems much the same.
Also I have noticed that the One X seems to show fewer signal bars than previous handsets I have used but still works in all the same places. The One X drops to 3G data vs HSDPA(+) when not much data is passing through to save battery power.

I can't comment on the signal strength in London, but I travel between Lincolnshire - Hull and the coastal regions (Bridlington, Withernsea, etc) and in most locations, even if the signal isn't the strongest, the speed is blisteringly fast.
This is a test I just ran and I wasn't even on a 3G signal, only 2 bars on H.

hmm sounds to me then like the may have a few cell sites that need a back haul upgrade on their fibre links.
Probably to be expected in London and other area's with high population density.

Guys you get some good speeds on 3 compared to T-Mobile network 0.46 download, 0.13 upload. This is obviously within my house and signal has always been poor.

Got about 3Mbps down and 1.5Mbps up average in Salford on 3 UK. Pretty decent to me.

My results were from sitting in my living room.
Sent from my HTC One X

These are my results from North West England, indoors -
Download: 5.37 Mbps
Upload: 1.56 Mbps
Ping: 160 ms
Though it does vary a bit.

I went back to the 3 store this afternoon to get a new micro sim card, as the original sim card was cut by the staff from a normal sim, so there might be a chance it wasn't cut properly.
However, the phone with the new sim still produce slow data speed of less than 1mpbs down and 0.05 mbps up. The interesting things is while in the 3 store the speed test was over 6 mpbs down and 2 up with 78 ms ping.

im on 3 and i live in a little village in the middle of no were, and my speeds are very fast have never had an issue with my 3 network at all.