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Q: so how is HSPA+ Lucky G2 people???

loading youtube HQ, web pages, flash, and of coarse Speedtest?????? I am fortunate enough to live in an HSPA+ area but not fortunate enough to have the money ready for preordering. I will get it October 3rd though on Sunday at Radioshack

master.peterm said:
loading youtube HQ, web pages, flash, and of coarse Speedtest?????? I am fortunate enough to live in an HSPA+ area but not fortunate enough to have the money ready for preordering. I will get it October 3rd though on Sunday at Radioshack
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My phone will come in tomorrow, but I did have the chance to play with one at a Tmo store today. I live in Miami, so I too have HSPA+. Gotta tell you this thing is fast! YOUTUBE HQ vids played right away with no issues at all. Web pages flowed very smooth. Flash works perfect. Only thing I was not able to do was run any speed test, but what I've been seeing all over the net it's putting up some great scores.

WilliamStern said:
My phone will come in tomorrow, but I did have the chance to play with one at a Tmo store today. I live in Miami, so I too have HSPA+. Gotta tell you this thing is fast! YOUTUBE HQ vids played right away with no issues at all. Web pages flowed very smooth. Flash works perfect. Only thing I was not able to do was run any speed test, but what I've been seeing all over the net it's putting up some great scores.
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I'm guessing that the G2 only has one radio unlike sprint 4G phones so Cyanogen should be able to have the fast network working on his roms

Wheeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee
http://www.speedtest.net/android/13924083.png

j0nkatz said:
Wheeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee
http://www.speedtest.net/android/13924083.png
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SWEET and i live in atlanta DOUBLKE SWEET

what were you getting before the G2?

Lockeskidney said:
what were you getting before the G2?
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1.2-1.5 GBPS on g1 maybe like 3 max

Lockeskidney said:
what were you getting before the G2?
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Pretty consistant 3k down and 1.5 up. I'm going outside and try some more.
Edit: 8541 down and 1627 up.

http://www.speedtest.net/android/13928476.png
Used to get about 2 on the slide
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j0nkatz said:
Pretty consistant 3k down and 1.5 up. I'm going outside and try some more.
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okay post back with your results. use the app so everyone can see the H so they know you are on HSPA

Anyone happen to know if Sacramento is covered? Checked T-Mobile's data coverage map, but it says nothing about 4G or HSPA+.

tubaking182 said:
http://www.speedtest.net/android/13928476.png
Used to get about 2 on the slide
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Hey, I'm in Philly too. Nice to see what I have to look forward to!

ericc191 said:
Anyone happen to know if Sacramento is covered? Checked T-Mobile's data coverage map, but it says nothing about 4G or HSPA+.
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Not sure about Sac but I've had it in San Mateo, Hayward & Vallejo. 3.1mbit down, .9mbit up MAX on G1.

This is my G1 on the "UMTS" network.
Okay, so since I'm too new, I can't post links to outside sites, so my results were 4.25MB/s download, and 1.59MB/s upload
I got similar speeds with my vibrant, so the g2 better be faster then all the results I've seen here...

Wow. Nobody's interested in G1 speed test results anyway. Honestly.
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8231 down, 87kb up... in bytes tho its like 1.3megs down and 120k up.
I gotta admit its fast as hell.
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veritas17 said:
8231 down, 87kb up... in bytes tho its like 1.3megs down and 120k up.
I gotta admit its fast as hell.
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Nice...finally some real G2 HSPA+ speed results. Looks like we'll probably double our download speeds for the most part. I'm guessing upload will be throttled to about 1.5Mb regardless.
I can't wait to try tethering with PDAnet and see what I get.
Sitting on my front porch waiting for UPS right now...he usually gets here between 10 and 11am.

How do you get the speedtest.net link (the app doesn't give it?)? I'm getting mine today and I want to post it.

seancneal said:
Wow. Nobody's interested in G1 speed test results anyway. Honestly.
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I realize no one is interested, but what's up with people getting slower network speeds with their G2 than i am with my G1?

xal33x said:
How do you get the speedtest.net link (the app doesn't give it?)? I'm getting mine today and I want to post it.
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just type in speedtest into the market

Looking to get rid of fascinate and get an incredible. Questions...

My MAIN concern is reception. How is the reception on the incredible? The galaxy s phones have such a weak antenna that I get lousy reception all the time.
And that's about my only question lol. The reception on this phone is so bad that I've come to hate the phone. I've tried every single rom, kernel, fix, etc. and nothing has helped. Worst phone I've ever owned.

If you are going to trash your fascinate, give it to me instead.
My incredible gets good reception most of the time. Even when its at -104 I can typically hold a call.
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I'm more worried about data speeds. I have to wait until I get home to download apps over wifi because my reception is so pathetic.
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Anyone else?

Where I sit right now in my house with 1 bar of reception and -100dbm I am getting 297 down and 306 up via Speedtest app.

Hmmm....that doesn't seem any better than the fascinate.

Hmm im on my inc right now, have z2 bars, just got 496 down and 382 up
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brian85 said:
Hmmm....that doesn't seem any better than the fascinate.
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Yeah, and I can see a tower from my back porch. Must not be a VZW tower...
When I have 3-4 bars over at my parents' house I get over 2k down and over 1k up with like a 50 sec ping.

RyanTX said:
Yeah, and I can see a tower from my back porch. Must not be a VZW tower...
When I have 3-4 bars over at my parents' house I get over 2k down and over 1k up with like a 50 sec ping.
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Alright, perfect. That's all I needed to know. I'm right in a verizon 3g area, and even when I get full bars on the fascinate (rarely), I can't get over 1.3mbps. With my previous phone I could get over 2k.
Bye bye fascinate.

Cool! Have fun.
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So I just got a practically brand new incredible, clean esn, etc. for $140.

brian85 said:
So I just got a practically brand new incredible, clean esn, etc. for $140.
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Good price. Nice find. Enjoy it my man!

What did you do with your fascinate?
Congrats on getting such a great price. Where'd you find it?
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I still have it. I am going to end up selling it.

brian85 said:
I still have it. I am going to end up selling it.
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If its in good condition I bet you could recoup the cost of your Inc
Theres always somebody looking to buy a AMOLED android

THIS ....is it!

This is the device I've dreamed of the last 10 yrs....and I've run with most all the latest and greatest.
I dumped my only big gripe about the browsers mobile-only page viewing, but the fact is this phone surpasses even my extreme contentment with the Galaxy S2 I've been running on ATT and Sprints Wimax MiFi.
Whoda thunk a carrier could take the device with the highest kudo's in the industry and make it better. A Carrier?
Sure, I'm gonna dump the bloatware and get Villians Rom on here asap as well as overclock and undervolt.
But how does this top the SGS2?
*love the bigger screen (ever since I played with the infuse).
*GPS much more accurate
*browser speed is faster...not by much, but consistantly (slightly) faster.
*text reflows via pinch past the first doubletap.
*International version struuggled at times with MMS transmission. No more.
*Without a doubt camera is quicker, all pics are slightly brighter and dilineation is better.
*Overall auto-brightness is dimmed (was too bright before...has marked effect on battery already and its only on the first cycle!
*not that I care (wink) but twice already I've gotten: "wow, what phone is THAT?!"
So major kudo's to Sprint here for putting out the phone of the year! ...so far (yeah, Iphone5...Nexus Prime...I know).
Never been able to say this before....but this is perfect out of the box. Doesn't NEED root...but all root goodies will be purely gravy.
(Oh, cept for the browser gripe....I DID mention that in another post didnt I?...I'll have to check!

I cant disagree with anything you said. I could root and be happy..but that wont happen. I will still have to try every ROM at least once
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yep, one hell of a phone! the only problem i have its sprints network being so bad. it's better on rural areas tha in the cities here. columbia and charleston are very crappy while newberry gets 1Mb. this is all in south carolina btw. its the only reason why i also have a verizon phone. data is far more reliable.

JohnCorleone said:
I cant disagree with anything you said. I could root and be happy..but that wont happen. I will still have to try every ROM at least once
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Me too lol... Atleast till miui and cm7 come out cant wait!!!!
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deano0714 said:
Me too lol... Atleast till miui and cm7 come out cant wait!!!!
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I just hope that cm will get 1080p video and 4g!
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Beejis said:
I just hope that cm will get 1080p video and 4g!
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*crickets chirping*
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I already said this in another post but I think a big reason why the network is slow is because of Virgin/Boost/Walmart's straight talk(sprints network)_. I switched from TMO from Sprint about 8 months ago and it was definitely better in my location... Eugene, Oregon. I think it may just get worse since those $35-50 unlimited plans are pretty hard to pass up especially when the android phones their getting are slowly getting better every season. We do have the 4g.. but I find it's fine if your in one place.. using while traveling it's inconsistent .. for example I can stream netflix low quality fine on 3g.. but 4g streams it great but if I'm driving it will disconnect occasionally when it switched to 3g when it has to.
..... But yeah other than the overtaxed network this phone is fantastic.

Beejis said:
I just hope that cm will get 1080p video and 4g!
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CM 7 already has wimax support
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odub303 said:
CM 7 already has wimax support
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That's right, I forgot!
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I know this is above and beyond,but my work has me out and about all day, and I need the internet and need a good signal.
I got the MiFI...about 4 months ago ($35mo) and in addition to connecting multiple devices it greatly amplifies the 4G (and 3G actually) whenever the signal gets weak.
I struggled with a 4G signal deep in a building, I switched to the wireless MiFi and I had strong 4G immediately.
I know for most its not a consideration but works well if needed.
QUOTE=tri0xinn;17616147]I already said this in another post but I think a big reason why the network is slow is because of Virgin/Boost/Walmart's straight talk(sprints network)_. I switched from TMO from Sprint about 8 months ago and it was definitely better in my location... Eugene, Oregon. I think it may just get worse since those $35-50 unlimited plans are pretty hard to pass up especially when the android phones their getting are slowly getting better every season. We do have the 4g.. but I find it's fine if your in one place.. using while traveling it's inconsistent .. for example I can stream netflix low quality fine on 3g.. but 4g streams it great but if I'm driving it will disconnect occasionally when it switched to 3g when it has to.
..... But yeah other than the overtaxed network this phone is fantastic.[/QUOTE]

People are always talking crap about "sprints network" even though it pushed the industry into 4G technology. I was pushing over 4 MB/s download speeds while my apple fanboy friends where still trying to impress me with their 1200 kb/s 3g speeds on their locked down iphones with battery's going bad and patented special apple screws lol. Sprint pushed this industry into higher speed data traffic, sprint put HTC and Android on the map in partnership for the HTC Evo 4g. Sprint is always getting the best phones to it's customers the fastest it can before other carriers. Sprint has made smartphone history and have excellent service and I commend them for it as a proud android user. ATT or Cingular are monopolistic thugs, Verizon is no better, both are rip offs. Sprint = Freedom. Unlimited baby, that's how we roll. See you when you're at the beach with a rooted android device on the sprint network and wireless tether without a worry in the world how much data you're eating up. Then you'll know what true wireless service means.
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With that said, I have the epic 4g touch and it's a monster. The only phone Galaxy S2 in the world that will have the original xyenos processor with a 4.52 inch screen, the first released in the USA and the only one with notification lighting. All compliments of Sprint. Job well done, the phone is unmatched and won't be for a long time. Sprint sets the bar once again.

Faster 4G = being throttled quicker!

Dam just got my galaxy s2 on the 8th and i'm already being throttled! got the 10GB data plan too. At 11GB ;(.that's from using Netflix once and steaming Pandora Radio, daily use! Not to crazy! Really wish they would do away with the data throttling. I mean come on! These devices use alot of data! One thing I like about Sprint! No slow down or charges for using alot of data! With faster speeds.brings faster slow down! Total BS!
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Basically unless you have access to wifi streaming music and video is out. This makes it impossible for me to stream music while i work, so it is back to the radio. This is going to continue until people tell the cell phone companies no this is not acceptable.

I have the 5GB plan and I've been doing a LOT with it; Downloading HD Videos off of youtube, downloading music, Web browsing, streaming youtube videos, tethering to my computer to play online games (which is smooth and lag-free), and I've used up about 1.6GB. I can't even imagine using 10GB in that small of a time frame.
You used 10GB just from streaming Netflix once and using Pandora everyday since the 8th of December? That number sounds very high. Do you have some sort of data manager that tracks how much data (in MB) your apps are using up?
I do agree that with these blazing speeds, it is easy to go nuts and just go on a rampage. I know that if I didn't restrain myself sometimes, I could use up my data cap in a couple days. Kind of a bummer that we can't truly enjoy the phone without having to worry about being throttled =/

rdfry said:
Basically unless you have access to wifi streaming music and video is out. This makes it impossible for me to stream music while i work, so it is back to the radio. This is going to continue until people tell the cell phone companies no this is not acceptable.
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+1 million thousand

Me being stingy and only spending 10$ a month for data (200Mb limited). I have to be soooo stingy with my data
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HRodMusic said:
+1 million thousand
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It's over 9000!
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The only thing that uses more data is running speedtests or having higher quality music/video streams (and higher speedtest download files) because your connection is faster.
Solution: stop streaming so much, use WiFi more. They can't do away with caps because your speeds wouldn't be fast anymore.. duh.

darkside79 said:
Dam just got my galaxy s2 on the 8th and i'm already being throttled! got the 10GB data plan too. At 11GB ;(.that's from using Netflix once and steaming Pandora Radio, daily use! Not to crazy! Really wish they would do away with the data throttling. I mean come on! These devices use alot of data! One thing I like about Sprint! No slow down or charges for using alot of data! With faster speeds.brings faster slow down! Total BS!
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...wow u must have watch alot of pron...i got the same plan, and i'm at 8 gigs, and i been letting people at work using my wifi hotspot to do youtube and surfing around, i use it to download stuff (pron) too and it only at 8 gigs...check ur widget or something...jeez

I guarantee that if you stop using netflix you'll be fine.. I mean Effin a bro, a movie is likely to be around a gig in size, what do you expect lol

Dude how the hell do you use all that data I have 5gig plan and use it alot and never break 4gigs I mean I know you're streaming ****. But damn! Use wifi when you're at the house!

Last month was my first with the GS2, used about 11GB (10,980 megabytes). Mainly with Netflix daily at the gym, google music and ROM downloading. It's just so hard to do wifi when it's slower then the network.
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Use wifi or get throttled. None of the providers could support such high volume users without having network issues for everyone

jim93 said:
Use wifi or get throttled. None of the providers could support such high volume users without having network issues for everyone
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Meh.. I doubt high data users consist of more than 5 percent of wireless customers. Plus if it's not really unlimited they shouldn't be a ***** and mislead us like that. I was sooo pissed the day I found out about throttling

thephunk said:
Last month was my first with the GS2, used about 11GB (10,980 megabytes). Mainly with Netflix daily at the gym, google music and ROM downloading. It's just so hard to do wifi when it's slower then the network.
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What are you doing streaming Netflix at the gym?

xbanhcuonx said:
What are you doing streaming Netflix at the gym?
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They're prob propping their phone on the treadmill or something

You guys are lucky... you know when your going to get throttled, I don't. I only know when I get the Top 5% text.
And you also feel my pain, LTE is like 3x faster (I have 24/3 at home, LTE usually gets around 45/60 down and 15 up), I download all the time on LTE.
I hate having to be stingy about data usage.

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Dam just got my galaxy s2 on the 8th and i'm already being throttled! got the 10GB data plan too. At 11GB ;(.that's from using Netflix once and steaming Pandora Radio, daily use! Not to crazy! Really wish they would do away with the data throttling. I mean come on! These devices use alot of data! One thing I like about Sprint! No slow down or charges for using alot of data! With faster speeds.brings faster slow down! Total BS!
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RESOLUTION FOR THIS? If you change your data plan after 2 hours it restarts you MB counter.
Call, and ask to be switched to the 10gb BB plan [they future date if you downsize], wait 2 hours, call and swap back to android :x

hunterjay7 said:
RESOLUTION FOR THIS? If you change your data plan after 2 hours it restarts you MB counter.
Call, and ask to be switched to the 10gb BB plan [they future date if you downsize], wait 2 hours, call and swap back to android :x
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No it doesn't. You are mistaken.. It only adds to your current data if you go up in limit, it doesn't "restart" your mb counter. They cannot reset it at all.
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I didnt say go up, i said just chamge to a different kind of the same data package. Backdating the change resets it. (i worked there)
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I didnt say go up, i said just chamge to a different kind of the same data package. Backdating the change resets it. (i worked there)
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That's cool if you "worked" there. But your knowledge is incorrect. There's no way a rep or supervisor can reset data. They can add to it if you change your data plan to a higher cap, but they can't reset it. And if you do go up and change back before the month is up, you drop back to your old cap and remain at the same usage.
I know this for a fact. Trust me.
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Speed test app severs are reporting incorrect speeds!

I just figured this out myself so thought share my experience. I haven't seen a thread similar so if there is one calm down.
Basically what I noticed was here in Denver where I live the app would choose the nearest server (Comcast) for here. I was only getting around 7 megs down and couldn't figure out why my numbers were so much slower than others around the country. For whatever reason I decided to change servers to one about a 100 miles down the road and for whatever reason that made an insane difference. I chose the one in Woodland Park (Peak Internet) and started getting in the low 40's for download speeds.
I guess the moral of the story is if you feel your getting inadequate dl speeds switch servers and see what happens.

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These speeds will have no effect on if you decided to download something.. just in the app..

joshnichols189 said:
These speeds will have no effect on if you decided to download something.. just in the app..
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I know that but people all over complain about there speeds being slower than other members. I just proved that may not be the case after all and to effectively double check their dl speeds.
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mark manning said:
I know that but people all over complain about there speeds being slower than other members. I just proved that may not be the case after all and to effectively double check their dl speeds.
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All you proved is that one of the servers used to test against is congested while the other one isn't. It has no effect of real download speeds.
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That is to be expected I guess.
I did find another really strange issue today. When I run speedtest on the phone, I was getting around 8Mbps (1 bar of 4G), but when I enabled WiFi tether on my phone, connected my laptop to the GN's WiFi, and ran speedtest locally on my laptop, the recorded speed was 12-13Mbps
I was totally not expecting that as I would have thought it would be lower. I repeated this multiple times and made sure that both when running speedtest.net on the phone or on my laptop, the same server was selected. Seems like the speedtest.net app on the GN might be bogging it down and making it record lower speeds than what it is actually capable of?

frogskins said:
All you proved is that one of the servers used to test against is congested while the other one isn't. It has no effect of real download speeds.
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Congestion huh or maybe just a slow server since I have a month and a half of the exact same speeds at all times of the day. Unfortunately you have no idea as to what your talking about. Not all servers are the same!!!
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That is to be expected I guess.
I did find another really strange issue today. When I run speedtest on the phone, I was getting around 8Mbps (1 bar of 4G), but when I enabled WiFi tether on my phone, connected my laptop to the GN's WiFi, and ran speedtest locally on my laptop, the recorded speed was 12-13Mbps
I was totally not expecting that as I would have thought it would be lower. I repeated this multiple times and made sure that both when running speedtest.net on the phone or on my laptop, the same server was selected. Seems like the speedtest.net app on the GN might be bogging it down and making it record lower speeds than what it is actually capable of?
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I have read about that too
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Congestion huh or maybe just a slow server since I have a month and a half of the exact same speeds at all times of the day. Unfortunately you have no idea as to what your talking about. Not all servers are the same!!!
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Is this a joke? It's true not all servers are the same but the most likely underlying cause is congestion.

joshnichols189 said:
Is this a joke? It's true not all servers are the same but the most likely underlying cause is congestion.
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Not a joke at all if you need I'll post screen shots .... smh get over yourself and see who is posting
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You want to test your download speeds, download a Linux ISO and see how long it takes, then divide the size of the ISO by the time it took.