I always wondered, to my understanding. The g2 can only ingest and make use of a max data stream of 14mb per sec when on the network. I'm guessing no matter how fast your wifi network is, it will still only make use of 14mb per sec when on wifi.
My home network has a 30mb max. And I noticed, on wifi; my nexus and g2 perform equally when its browser to browser. I expected faster browser performance from the g2 since it can make use of more data (14mb) than the nexus (7.2mb).
Or am I wrong to assume that the g2 can make use of more speeds than a non hspa+ device?
I just always figured it didn't matter if ur wifi network is pinging 500mb per sec, the g2 can only ingest n make use of 14mb per sec
The Vision (G2/Desire Z) can handle 3G/4G data speeds of up to 14 Mbit/sec. But it can also handle WiFi 802.11g/n, which means it can go up to 100 Mbit/sec, in *theory*. Of course you will never get actual data rates this high, even if you are very close to the Wi-Fi access point, due to packet overhead, other losses, etc.
In your test it was probably that your Wi-Fi speed was the limiting factor for both phones. If you can connect your phone to your computer and use its connection for tethering, I'd expect to see the G2 going faster than the Nexus.
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The Vision (G2/Desire Z) can handle 3G/4G data speeds of up to 14 Mbit/sec. But it can also handle WiFi 802.11g/n, which means it can go up to 100 Mbit/sec, in *theory*. Of course you will never get actual data rates this high, even if you are very close to the Wi-Fi access point, due to packet overhead, other losses, etc.
In your test it was probably that your Wi-Fi speed was the limiting factor for both phones. If you can connect your phone to your computer and use its connection for tethering, I'd expect to see the G2 going faster than the Nexus.
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So both the g2 n nexus can ingest n make use of up to 100Mbit per sec? It explains why their wifi browser performance is about the same. Thanks
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So both the g2 n nexus can ingest n make use of up to 100Mbit per sec? It explains why their wifi browser performance is about the same. Thanks
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I know virtually nothing about the nexus one, I would guess that in your test your wireless itself is the bottleneck. In theory they could both go up to 100 MBit/sec, but since the G2 is the much newer and faster phone, I would also guess that the G2 probably could go faster flat-out on wireless if the signal etc is good enough. As I said, I am only guessing though.
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I've been doing a lot of speed tests the last few days and I can't seem to download anything faster than 1mbit/sec.
I realize that would be normal for 3g but the thing is I am not getting more than 1mbit with wifi also.
I've tested my 3g connection with both ip dashboard and gprs monitor and get equal results. IP dashboard seems to be the only decent program for checking my wifi speeds and it reports between 1 and 1.2 mbit/sec.
I know the max hsdpa speed is 1.8mbit and given overhead that translates to about 1.3-1.5 in a perfect environment.
Does this cap also affect the wifi max speeds? I would think wifi would still be 11mbit and 54mbit as the respective b and g standards specify.
Kinda sucks if regardless of wifi or wan the speeds can't top 1-1.2mbit.
I believe it is right. I never had much luck downloading faster in wifi either. Maybe try different ROMS and see if they are any faster...
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I noticed when I was at a friend's place recently that the Vibrant supports N wifi networks as well as G. However, I did not have the opportunity to do any extended testing.
I have noticed that wifi transfers over the network using various file sharing tools tend to be slow, and buffering with Allshare can be slow at times. What I'm wondering is, has anybody compared actual speed of Wifi on the Vibrant or Galaxy when using an N network versus G? Is the speed of the phone itself more the limiting factor, or would I get much better speeds using an N network?
Reason is, I'm currently using a Buffalo WHR-54GS router. It is a bit old, but using DD-WRT firmware, it has been rock solid. It does not, however, support N networking. I'm wondering if I would see any improvement in speeds transferring files and buffering DLNA connections by upgrading to a Buffalo WHR-HP-GN which supports N networking.
The only reason I'd upgrade would be for the N based Wifi - so if there's no benefit on my phone, then I wouldn't need to upgrade. Any input?
I have not had a chance to do any benchmarking but I have done allshare over both a G and N network and it did seem noticibly faster over the N network. Especially when paired with a gigabit hard wire to whaterver your streaming to/from.
Actually I think the gigabit helped as much as the wireless N, of course those routers tend to be more expensive...
I got a linksys wrt160n with ddwrt. the n doesnt work great with ddwrt but the router is great. i also have another n wireless but i dont notice much diference at all. maybe internal network stuff but not internet stuff.
Can't say I've done side-by-side comparisons, but it does seem to get some boost from the N speeds. For a new router, I'd suggest the ASUS RT-N16. Just about the most powerful consumer router out there (RAM & CPU) and it runs Tomato (plus dd-wrt)
N is better for streaming.
The N network allows a faster streaming and file transfer over the wifi. Now this will not improve your internet speed. The limit on the router might be higher, the modem will still have its limits. If you use allshare alot, I'll recommend you get a N router, otherwise no reason to purchase something you won't use. I have a Netgear dualband router (WNDR 3300). It supports both N and G networks but I rarely use the N since most of my devices do not support N. The ones I have that do like the Vibrant supports at 2.4ghz frequency. The router can be switched to broadcast the N at 2.4ghz, but like I said, If you're not streaming, there's really no need for it. To put this in numbers, the G networks can only transfer data at the maximum of 50mbps while the N can transfer files at Maximum of ~400mbps (if not higher). If your internet service does not offer more than 50mbps speed, then your internet will remain the same whether on G or N. You have been schooled
Helpful, informative post. Up until the last sentence.
Unless you only set your router to n you wont get the full advantage of using n you will only get compatibility. Having g on slows down you n network to a like speed. At least that what happens on my router, I have a dlink, when I did a little Googling it confirmed it.
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Only Loki said:
Unless you only set your router to n you wont get the full advantage of using n you will only get compatibility. Having g on slows down you n network to a like speed. At least that what happens on my router, I have a dlink, when I did a little Googling it confirmed it.
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May be specific to your Dlink. My Asus does G & N, and the N devices ran significantly faster than the G laptop that I still had connected until recently. The G laptop never slowed anything else down.
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You have been schooled
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To put this in numbers, the G networks can only transfer data at the maximum of 50mbps while the N can transfer files at Maximum of ~400mbps (if not higher).
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If you are going to try to school people, please do it right and quit misleading people.
The Vibrant is not MIMO capable, so we only get a theoretical 150Mbps on 802.11N. Due to security and WiFi error correction, realistic throughput is ~70Mb/s. That is 8.75MB/s, slightly faster than an AData 16G class 6 card, but significantly slower than a SanDisk 8G Class 6 card.
On 802.11G, again due to WiFi error correction and security, a realistic throughput number is around 20Mb/s. That is 2.5MB/s, barely faster than a crappy Class 2 SD card.
Keep in mind that these are all "optimal" numbers. The amount of time that your vibrant will ever see these (more realistic) maximum numbers are probably less than 10% of the time.
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May be specific to your Dlink. My Asus does G & N, and the N devices ran significantly faster than the G laptop that I still had connected until recently. The G laptop never slowed anything else down.
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Try a file transfer on N with the compatibility mode off (N Only) versus in B/G/N mode. You should see a speed increase on N only. However, with everything RF, you might have interfering neighbors that will influence testing.
Some of the wireless routers will slow down. it has to do with the router only having one band. In a dual simultaneous router, one band can be slowed to G speeds, such as my PS3 or my dad's 2nd gen iPod touch. My vibrant, however is automatically positioned on a completely seperate stream from the G devices.
i have a Cisco E3000
and i do see a small difference
about a minute difference in downloading a 600mb file
I thought I read somewhere that wireless N uses less battery??
Now the epic does not have a 5mhz radio...
So if I go buy a 2.4mhz wireless n router, will I see better battery life?
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Wireless N is more efficient than A B G. But your still having to transfer a lot of data, so I it all depends on how much you use it really. If you mean compared to using 3g then yes it will use less battery.
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Will i see an improvment in battery with 802.11n over 802.11g?
(ldle with useage...)
Im sure i wont see much incress in speeds, right?
Thanks!
Nathan
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Wireless N is more efficient than A B G. But your still having to transfer a lot of data, so I it all depends on how much you use it really. If you mean compared to using 3g then yes it will use less battery.
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Will i see an improvment in battery with 802.11n over 802.11g?
(ldle with useage...)
Im sure i wont see much incress in speeds, right?
Thanks!
Nathan
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Mhm, you'll see an increase in speeds since 802.11n is able to handle more bandwith than 802.11g
And yeah you'll have better battery since its more efficient
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I thought I read somewhere that wireless N uses less battery??
Now the epic does not have a 5mhz radio...
So if I go buy a 2.4mhz wireless n router, will I see better battery life?
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Not sure how this will be more efficient if your still running in the same spectrum? The whole point in wireless N is to run in a different spectrum then A B G. 2.4 is full and fragmented unless you have a N capable device it is still going to be in the full and fragmented 2.4 spectrum sorry just doesn't compute for me. If your saying a N router will handle 2.4 better not to sure about that. Unless the Epic is N capable and if that is the case I will be going out to buy a new router
Just my 7 cents worth! Sorry use to be 2 cents but inflation you know.
I have wireless n. On eclair I would see massive difference in using wifi over 3g as far as battery but not on froyo they are about the same now. But speed wise the n is way faster and has really good range too.
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Not sure how this will be more efficient if your still running in the same spectrum? The whole point in wireless N is to run in a different spectrum then A B G. 2.4 is full and fragmented unless you have a N capable device it is still going to be in the full and fragmented 2.4 spectrum sorry just doesn't compute for me. If your saying a N router will handle 2.4 better not to sure about that. Unless the Epic is N capable and if that is the case I will be going out to buy a new router
Just my 7 cents worth! Sorry use to be 2 cents but inflation you know.
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Yes he's asking if it will be better to buy an N capable router to replace his A B G.
7 is the new 2
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I thought I read somewhere that wireless N uses less battery??
Now the epic does not have a 5mhz radio...
So if I go buy a 2.4mhz wireless n router, will I see better battery life?
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From my limited knowledge and experience, it really depends on signal strength. Let's pose an example.
Assume one's 3G signal is 1 bar out of 5, while their 802.11g (Wifi) signal is 5 bars out of 5. Running on Wifi will lead to much greater battery life than on 3G because your connection will be much stronger, i.e. less chance of dropped signal, blah blah, etc.
Now, assume one's 802.11g (Wifi) signal is now 1 bar out of 5, while their 3G signal is 5 bars out of 5. This is iffy territory, but generally one can safely imagine that running on 3G will yield better battery life, simply because the phone is still going to have to work pretty hard to maintain a constant Wifi signal.
Now, move into the realm of 802.11g vs 802.11n. Assume signal strength for both will be equal, either 1 bar out of 5, 2 bars out of 5, 3 bars out of 5, etc. The difference between each signal is efficiency and speed. The faster one can transfer the same amount of data, the less amount of time the phone has to remain in a state of high CPU frequency and heavy load. Furthermore, 802.11n (Wireless-N) is known to have a higher efficiency than 802.11g (Wireless-G), so battery should be saved there, too.
Still, I think it's also safe to say that the difference between a Wireless-G router and Wireless-N router will be about equal in terms of battery life. Maybe you'll get another 15 minutes of battery if you upgrade to Wireless-N. MAYBE. And that's assuming you transfer or download large files on your phone, or listen to lots of Pandora where you're constantly using data. Is it worth it? Will you actually notice that in the real world? Is that assumption even applicable to how you use your phone?
tl;dr - Unless the Wireless-N router's greater range over the Wireless-G router will get you more bars when connected to Wifi on your phone, the difference is likely negligible.
Thanks for the info!!!
Ok so I gather that I won't see a big increase in battery, by buyn a new N router, but I stil might just to add one to my network for stronger signal...
Now I have a large house, 3500sf. I have 3 routers (fios router, one in media closet, one in back side of house) why won't my epic drop the weak wifi, and connect to stronger one? Won't this help battery life?
Also is there a wifi preference order (prefred wifi connection), like on windows?
Right now my routers are just set as access points (not gateways), so my fios router is my dhcp for all wireless routers on the same subnet... currently each router has a different ssid....
Should I set all ssid as the same name, can this help? Or will it just confuse my phone?
Thanks again,
Nathan
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From my limited knowledge and experience, it really depends on signal strength. Let's pose an example.
Assume one's 3G signal is 1 bar out of 5, while their 802.11g (Wifi) signal is 5 bars out of 5. Running on Wifi will lead to much greater battery life than on 3G because your connection will be much stronger, i.e. less chance of dropped signal, blah blah, etc.
Now, assume one's 802.11g (Wifi) signal is now 1 bar out of 5, while their 3G signal is 5 bars out of 5. This is iffy territory, but generally one can safely imagine that running on 3G will yield better battery life, simply because the phone is still going to have to work pretty hard to maintain a constant Wifi signal.
Now, move into the realm of 802.11g vs 802.11n. Assume signal strength for both will be equal, either 1 bar out of 5, 2 bars out of 5, 3 bars out of 5, etc. The difference between each signal is efficiency and speed. The faster one can transfer the same amount of data, the less amount of time the phone has to remain in a state of high CPU frequency and heavy load. Furthermore, 802.11n (Wireless-N) is known to have a higher efficiency than 802.11g (Wireless-G), so battery should be saved there, too.
Still, I think it's also safe to say that the difference between a Wireless-G router and Wireless-N router will be about equal in terms of battery life. Maybe you'll get another 15 minutes of battery if you upgrade to Wireless-N. MAYBE. And that's assuming you transfer or download large files on your phone, or listen to lots of Pandora where you're constantly using data. Is it worth it? Will you actually notice that in the real world? Is that assumption even applicable to how you use your phone?
tl;dr - Unless the Wireless-N router's greater range over the Wireless-G router will get you more bars when connected to Wifi on your phone, the difference is likely negligible.
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2 things you may want to research 1 put your router in the center of your house then range issues are gone. If you cannot put it in the center then look at making the other routers a wireless repeater of the first. Which means they would all put out the same ssid and all be the same wifi connection just repeated from the first router just stronger cuz the 2nd and 3rd routers are transmitting and recieiving data. Now I'm gonna throw in a 3rd option go buy a cisco wireless access point that will have your wifi covered for a qtr mile and has connection speeds of 110mbps rather than 50mbps but that wireless access point is $750
If I do bey an expencive router that has a high output radio, will I have a problem with the router receiving the data packets from my low output epic radio?
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2 things you may want to research 1 put your router in the center of your house then range issues are gone. If you cannot put it in the center then look at making the other routers a wireless repeater of the first. Which means they would all put out the same ssid and all be the same wifi connection just repeated from the first router just stronger cuz the 2nd and 3rd routers are transmitting and recieiving data. Now I'm gonna throw in a 3rd option go buy a cisco wireless access point that will have your wifi covered for a qtr mile and has connection speeds of 110mbps rather than 50mbps but that wireless access point is $750
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The connection speeds on any wireless N router are 100mps aren't they? I mean if the device can handle it of course.
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The connection speeds on any wireless N router are 100mps aren't they? I mean if the device can handle it of course.
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Just ran a speedtest off my dualband 150mbps router.
on pc i average: 9 ping, 30.5 mb download and 3.5 upload
on phone just got: 29 ping, 13.5mb, and 3.5 upload
So it's not going to be as fast as your connection if you have a good connection, but if it's a slower connection(10m or so), you oughta be fine.
You have amazing speeds haha.
I get about 11mbps dl 4mbps ul
On my computer
And about 14mbps dl and 4mbps ul
On my epic
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I have a 15 meg connection, and when I upgraded my router from g to n, I went from getting about 8 meg on the phone to about 12. My new router is a dual band, so that helps too. I live in a crowded wireless area, so channel selection is everything. Luckly there are android apps to help with that. I can't really say if it made much difference in battery life since I change roms too much, but its definately better than the weak 3g signal in my apartment.
P.s. if you're upgrading your router, look at the buffalo wzr-hp-g300nh. Its got dd-wrt, is high powered, and has tons more ram and cpu than anything under $100.
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y is every1 on wifi everytime i see screen shots ppl have there phones on wifi...u have 4g! my 4g tends to be faster then wifi lol ...do ppl use it just to conserve battery or is there another reason behind it that i dont no about
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y is every1 on wifi everytime i see screen shots ppl have there phones on wifi...u have 4g! my 4g tends to be faster then wifi lol ...do ppl use it just to conserve battery or is there another reason behind it that i dont no about
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I use wifi on my laptop... because its connected to my phone... via wifi hotspot
But yeah, I never turn on wifi and I have 0 use for wifi calling.
I don't know about you, but my Wifi at home is on a 110mbit cable modem. Beat that with your "4G" HSPA+
Wifi also uses less battery, and anything you do on wifi doesn't chew up your monthly Gigabyte allowance.
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I don't know about you, but my Wifi at home is on a 110mbit cable modem. Beat that with your "4G" HSPA+
Wifi also uses less battery, and anything you do on wifi doesn't chew up your monthly Gigabyte allowance.
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i dont have a monthly gig i have unlm. so im good money...idk my wifi is mad slow but even so...im not home all that much ...idk i guess its a personal preff
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i dont have a monthly gig i have unlm. so im good money...idk my wifi is mad slow but even so...im not home all that much ...idk i guess its a personal preff
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hahaha! you really think your unlimited. your probably capped a 5 gb once you go over its throttle time
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I don't know about you, but my Wifi at home is on a 110mbit cable modem. Beat that with your "4G" HSPA+
Wifi also uses less battery, and anything you do on wifi doesn't chew up your monthly Gigabyte allowance.
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That is true, i use it like that but if im on the bed or something at home. So i dont use up my 5gb, i use it real quick. Plus if people are at home why not use a laptop
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wifi is free
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y is every1 on wifi everytime i see screen shots ppl have there phones on wifi...u have 4g! my 4g tends to be faster then wifi lol ...do ppl use it just to conserve battery or is there another reason behind it that i dont no about
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your wifi is slow not because of the fact that youre on wifi, but because your own ISP's provisioned line is slow - thus, you have a slow internet package with your provider, either that or your having intermitten speed issues with the line. and there is no "100%" unlimited data on 4g/hspa+, max is 5gbs then youre throttled to be on edge. but really, i have the 2gb on 4G package and i can barely use a gig on a monthly basis from usual web browsing. i guess i shall start streaming some movies on the phone..
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y is every1 on wifi everytime i see screen shots ppl have there phones on wifi...u have 4g! my 4g tends to be faster then wifi lol ...do ppl use it just to conserve battery or is there another reason behind it that i dont no about
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Most of the time I'm at college and wifi is free so why not use it? Besides here the max down is 3mbs and wifi is 10. At home we don't have a dedicated internet connection so I tether to all my devices there.
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My Wifi is faster than my data.
Wifi is faster than my data. I dont want to get throttled because of how much data i use. Data uses more vattery because its onstantly searching and switching from hspa+, gms ,etc.
Message relayed from the dark side.
My wifi is faster than 4g. Also, my block has terrible service (previously had Verizon, it was horrible, my neighbors have sprint, it sucks too), so I use wifi calling because my wifi signal strength acts as my signal, so I get all calls, texts & don't drop calls.
the white unicorn.
It's typically better to use WiFi whenever it's available at your leisure.
Because when i play modern combat 3 online it requires wifi
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- wifi uses less battery
- its free.. doesnt use up my monthly 5gb so i dont get throttled
- ground level apartment doesnt get good service ..sometimes no service.. so wifi + wifi calling is almost necessary
- wifi is faster than 4g (unless you have crappy internet like OP must have)
- Having my phone on the same wifi network as my Samsung TV ( with built in wireless ) allows me to use my phone as a remote control for the TV and also i can send pictures , music, videos , whatever from my phone wirelessly to my tv
When did wifi become free? Am I missing something here? If your at home and your using a wireless router to use the wifi off, then is it really free. I can understand being out and using it but at home your paying your ISP and tmobile. I agree data speeds at home are usually faster but I get 12 and sometimes 16mb at home on tmobile. Currently tethering on my plan and it beat my ESP in downloads. Keep in mind my old plan with Comcast was 12mb and my most recent was only 1-1.5mb.
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your wifi is slow not because of the fact that youre on wifi, but because your own ISP's provisioned line is slow - thus, you have a slow internet package with your provider, either that or your having intermitten speed issues with the line. and there is no "100%" unlimited data on 4g/hspa+, max is 5gbs then youre throttled to be on edge. but really, i have the 2gb on 4G package and i can barely use a gig on a monthly basis from usual web browsing. i guess i shall start streaming some movies on the phone..
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actually Tmobile has a10gb package for the extreme users..at the end of my Billing cycle Im usually at 4.5GB of use so I downgraded from the 10 GB package. I have average download speeds of 13mb and 4mb up with this phone way better then the 3 down and.50 up my sensation got in the same place.
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I use wifi when available. Doesn't count against my data plan and my home internet is much faster then my home 4g data connection.
Why would anyone use 4g when wifi and a fast internet connection is available?
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When did wifi become free? Am I missing something here? If your at home and your using a wireless router to use the wifi off, then is it really free. I can understand being out and using it but at home your paying your ISP and tmobile. I agree data speeds at home are usually faster but I get 12 and sometimes 16mb at home on tmobile. Currently tethering on my plan and it beat my ESP in downloads. Keep in mind my old plan with Comcast was 12mb and my most recent was only 1-1.5mb.
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Yes , it's free. I have a fast internet connection for my home network and it doesn't cost me any more to use wifi for my phone and tablet. I'm paying for the internet connection any way so why not take advantage?
i use wifi every chance i get! more stable and saves more energy.
Really OP? I get 20mb down at home and 15+ when at bdubs or starbucks or any similar place. It's 2012 man, who doesn't love free interwebs without eating at our data plans?
I've been tethering laptop to my Galaxy Nexus for a while now but recently the download rate has dropped from 12,000 kbps to 200kbps. Oddly enough my upload rate is 10,000kbps. These speeds are while tethered. My data rate on the phone is 21,000kbps down and 19,000kbps. I haven't made any changes to the software on the phone prior to this happening and I've tried tethering different devices.
Any clue what is happening here?
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I've been tethering laptop to my Galaxy Nexus for a while now but recently the download rate has dropped from 12,000 kbps to 200kbps. Oddly enough my upload rate is 10,000kbps. These speeds are while tethered. My data rate on the phone is 21,000kbps down and 19,000kbps. I haven't made any changes to the software on the phone prior to this happening and I've tried tethering different devices.
Any clue what is happening here?
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Is it happening after you have been tethering for a while, say an hour or so. Cause I have had the same issues as well after tethering my laptop for more than an hour. My fear is from what i've heard is starting to track down high data usage for us who have unlimited data plans and not paying the extra for tethering and somehow slowing the connection from 4g to 3g. Although mine gets so slow I cant load up a web page it takes so long.
It only happens when I'm tethering. My phone still has 4g data rates if I'm streaming a video or downloading something.
I've thought that Verizon might be throttling me given that my upload rate is still high, but do they have the ability to determine whether or not traffic is from the phone or from a tethered device?
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It only happens when I'm tethering. My phone still has 4g data rates if I'm streaming a video or downloading something.
I've thought that Verizon might be throttling me given that my upload rate is still high, but do they have the ability to determine whether or not traffic is from the phone or from a tethered device?
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Im certainly no expert but I do know that AT&T has implemented a plan to throttle the unlimited data plan customers down to 3g speeds after they reach 5gig limit till the end of the monthly billing cycle then bring it back up to 4g. I would think that Verizon can and do do this too. Also wouldnt it seem possible that since they require us to pay for tethering and have the ability to turn on or off that feature on our cell phones that they could also have the ability to track down the ones with high data usage and throttle them down? Again I am not an expert but only speak from the experiences I have and heard.
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Im certainly no expert but I do know that AT&T has implemented a plan to throttle the unlimited data plan customers down to 3g speeds after they reach 5gig limit till the end of the monthly billing cycle then bring it back up to 4g. I would think that Verizon can and do do this too. Also wouldnt it seem possible that since they require us to pay for tethering and have the ability to turn on or off that feature on our cell phones that they could also have the ability to track down the ones with high data usage and throttle them down? Again I am not an expert but only speak from the experiences I have and heard.
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But he's on Verizon. And AT&T is throttling all data connections at 3gb or 5gb, not just when you're tethering. OP says he gets his full speeds on the phone but not the tethered device.
If Verizon was going to monitor him for tethering and try to manage the connection, they'd just shut it off and send him a warning email/SMS, not throttle.
Despite tethering and never using Wifi, I haven't exceeded the 5Gb soft cap yet. I don't think I've directly given Verizon a reason to throttle me unless they can tell that my phone is tethering without the feature being on my plan.
This weekend I tried installing different ROMs but all of them have the same low tethering speed.