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T-Mobile Network Upgrade

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

well i got 544 now that i have hspa turned on

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

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

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

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

T-Mobile 3G Users Welcome to HSPA 7.2 Mbps

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

WOW!!!! 6283 kbps here in PA

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

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

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

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

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

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

To get a "true" test I use Internet Explorer

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

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

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

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

[Q] Slow DATA speeds!!! Post your speed test results

NY Queens Speedtest results to nearest NY server 15miles away.
3g
94ms ping
.14Mbps Down
.30Mbps Up
Roam Control roaming
1x
803ms ping
.11Mbps Down
.18Mbps Up
WiFi Speedtest
63ms ping
6.46Mbps Down
.38Mbps Up
srf 1.2 EB13 modem Twilight zone v1.1.1 kernel
I believe i should get better speed any advice greatly appreciated.

Upgrade your modem
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I tried them all eb13 seems a bit faster. What speeds do you get
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What speed test are you using? I was using. Speedtest from ookla. It worked fine the 1st day but seemed to have. A loss in data after that. I normally got to speakeasy.net/speedtest with my pc. And I was getting around 18 mb dl. And 2mb ul. But my phone on wifi would barly get 1mb dl. I went to the website with my phone and boom it showed me real results. On 3g. At home I get 2.03 mb dl. .44 mb ul. And wifi. I get 12.8 mb dl and 2.08 mb ul. I am currently on stock with no tweaks. So. Try a different speed test unless u notice the lack of speed
Edit: I just changed the server for the speedtest by ookla to chicago. My closest server is kalamazoo, mi. But I changed to chicago and my results were a lot closer to the websites. So try changing he server to a different one
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lucifermoh said:
I tried them all eb13 seems a bit faster. What speeds do you get
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on eg22 modem, for 3g i get about 1.4mbps upload about 700-800kbps
4g i get 5-8mbps, and upload is 1.4mbps

Test Date: Aug 12, 2011 5:34:59 pm
Connection Type: EvdoA
Server: El Paso, TX
Download: 0.05 Mbps
Upload: 0.10 Mbps
Ping: 450 ms
External IP: 174.18.152.6
Internal IP: 174.18.152.6
Latitude: 31.79275
Longitude: -106.27708
I wish I could get 4g this is my 3g its horrible and I'm on the EG22 modem which was the fastest for me
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On EG22 I get between 1500-1700 kBs download and 700 up on an Airave.

Running SyndicateROM Frozen 1.2, Genocide kernel 2.0, EG22 modem
Inside my house:
Down: 169kbps
Up: 22kbps
Ping: 440ms
Bars: 1/4
Outside my house:
Down: 367kbps
Up: 290kbps
Ping: 369ms
Bars: 3/4
I live in a one story woodframe home and I lose 2 bars by just going inside.
Fastes 4G result:
1952kbps
1224kbps
351 kbps
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kwazytazz said:
Upgrade your modem
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It's not anyones modem. It's Sprint! My gf and I both have different phones and for the past two weeks both phones data speeds have been complete garbage.
Server Los Angeles
Down 871 kbps
Up 318 kbps
Server Phoenix
Down 847 kbps
Up 88 kbps
LMFAO! Unacceptable

Sprint is definately capping the WiMax through the Realm and possibly a 2nd place. I used to get 7MBps regularly on my downloads. Now I get in the 3 to 5 range. People that use Clear directly don't have this happen. I did some testing with my Clear mac address on my Epic and the download speeds were regularly much higher.
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Oh, forgot my screenie. In between L.A. and Orange County...SoCal
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Speedtest.net always lists closest server in Kansas (and South-West). I'm in NYC. FCC works OK for me.
3g New York server
0.90 down
0.75 up
90 ping
Tested with FCC Test (by Ookla)
SRF 1.2 Genocide 2
EG22 modem

MikeyLee said:
It's not anyones modem. It's Sprint!
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Yes. Sprint has acknowledged that there are data speed and reception issues in NYC area. My brother recently called to nag them about it several times and got 1 month credited to his account and will probably get a 2nd month if they don't do something about it soon.
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With 4G on:
1.83 Mbps Down
0.73 Up
Same exact spot with 4G off:
0.10 Mbps Down
0.15 Up
There's an issue with 3G right now, as I've tested it with all of the store's demo phones, and other employees are also seeing the same results in 3G. I haven't seen any official word on what is going on, but it's been a couple weeks since I noticed the speed decrease. Hope something gets fixed soon because I don't have 4G at home, and would like to use my Tab and phone when I am not at work.
Starting to wonder if the latest PRL did something?

There is sporadic 3G service currently in NYC, not sure about other places. I have tested for 3g service in queens, manhattan and brooklyn today and it was all 1X speeds. 4G is working fine but slower than usual, I usually get about 7mpbs on average but today my max is 2mbps. Seems like everyone has switched to 4g until they fix the 3g.
By the way, if your in NYC (or in the northeast), the best and most reliable servers to test with are Newark, NJ and Portland, ME on the ookla speedtest.net app.

MikeyLee said:
It's not anyones modem. It's Sprint! My gf and I both have different phones and for the past two weeks both phones data speeds have been complete garbage.
Server Los Angeles
Down 871 kbps
Up 318 kbps
Server Phoenix
Down 847 kbps
Up 88 kbps
LMFAO! Unacceptable
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Same hear :-(
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Here's my 4G/3G speeds in my bedroom:

Here are some of the differences between 3G and 4G (in the one area oh Phoenix that it's up)
Where I live is NOT where 4G is available but it's very close.
In my house I downloaded a game that's 2mb in size from the market and it took about a minute and a half to download and install. hen tried to download the 102 mb data pkg that comes with the game and after 15 minutes it froze and stopped about 30 mb into the download. I uninstalled the app and I went down the street to the area that has 4G and the app downloaded and installed in less than 2 seconds. Then downloaded the data pkg in about 4 minutes total. I think Sprint owes me a serious service credit, especially since I pay their stupid $10 premium data charge every month.

Here some pretty good speeds

MikeyLee said:
Here are some of the differences between 3G and 4G (in the one area oh Phoenix that it's up)
Where I live is NOT where 4G is available but it's very close.
In my house I downloaded a game that's 2mb in size from the market and it took about a minute and a half to download and install. hen tried to download the 102 mb data pkg that comes with the game and after 15 minutes it froze and stopped about 30 mb into the download. I uninstalled the app and I went down the street to the area that has 4G and the app downloaded and installed in less than 2 seconds. Then downloaded the data pkg in about 4 minutes total. I think Sprint owes me a serious service credit, especially since I pay their stupid $10 premium data charge every month.
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Some thing is going on with sprint even up in WI near Milwaukee. I started complaning to them about 3G after that sprint news letter add thingy came out in june or July because it said "we are working to improve the network in "my towns name hear". Well they asked me for speed test data and what speeds I was talking about. I email data to them and over the 2 to 3 weeks of emailing guess what happend to 3G..... yep it got slower :-( I can't even watch youtube on my phone in low def with out it buffering many times over and over. Its getting to the point where I want to chuck the phone! I/WE pay for a nice SAMOLED screen and we can't ever watch youtube. WTF SPRINT!
I just get so sick of there fbs if my market in my town is not going to be upgraded cuz there are working on one of your citys (yes u guys reading) then they should man the F up and just say it not going to happen.
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Data Speeds

So I have a T-Mobile G2 and the 4g plan. I was wondering what type of data speeds everyone is getting. I've been averaging around 2-3 mbps (highest was 6mbps down).
I'm concerned because this is not 4g speeds (they should be 14 mpbs+ easily). My friend has a Verizon 4G LTE phone and he consistently averages 20+ mbps in the same area.
Also, I am using MIUI rom which may not support 4g so this could cause problems if my results are indeed low and others are getting higher data speeds.

all depends on the area your in. in riverside county, ca i average about 13 mbps

I'm living near UCLA/Westwood in Los Angeles and so far I am averaging around 2-3 mbps which seems to be low.
In phone status, it says I am connected to HSDPA network. I'm going to try walking around campus and see if I am ever connected to HSPA+ network and test my speed there.
I'm concerned that either I am not getting 4g speeds (which I am paying for) or my MIUI rom / CM7 kernel is somehow interfering (even though it shouldn't since my speeds should depend on the radio I have which is the newest one).
Also, is the G2 incapable of exceeding 14.4 mbps downlink? I ask because that is what I believe it was originally advertised for.

Any qualcomm smartphone doesn't have the ability to download faster than 14.4 Mbps. And LTE is just a better (in speed anyway, not battery life) technology.
Sent from my G2 running Cyanogenmod 7.

Correct, the G2 only has a 14.4 max based on the chip. Additionally, that is best case scenario. Depending on where I am at in the city, and the time of day (population shift during work hours), I will get 2-3 down, and in some areas as high as 8-9.
If I recall, anything nowadays still isn't true 4G as the standard for 4G is supposed to be 100+ Mbit. I don't see the need (for me anyways) to be pulling 10-15 down at any given time. I don't do major downloads via my phone (don't want to hit data cap) and it uses additional battery. I know some people require the higher speeds, but I really think a large majority of regular users just think "that has a higher number, it must be better". And before people may get mad with that comment, I don't necessarily lump XDA members as regular users.

Yes, I do realize we are no where near what 4G speeds should be, hence the reason why the technology is called LTE.
Ok, so I wanted to confirm that we are hard capped at 14.4 mbps because of the chip. Thanks guys!

Yeah I get anywhere from 3-5Mbps with good signal. After that when the cap hits data is practically useless. Can't even use the market or any kind of video streaming. Gay should be atleast 2G but its nowhere close to that speed. The cap is crippling me.
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I would actually suggest downloading the 3G script from here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=15948434#post15948434
it seems like hokus pokus, but I swear, my 3G DL speeds were averaging maybe 2 mbps before, now it's up to 6! Not sure which will work best for you so you're going to have to try them all and use maybe the speedtext.net app

Data Speeds

Using the Galaxy Note II in Manhattan, we remained firmly rooted to Sprint's 3G network, with predictably slow results. On Speedtest.net, the Note II achieved an average download speed of only 0.40 MBps and an equally sluggish upload speed of 0.35 MBps. On AT&T's 4G LTE network, by contrast, we noted average download and upload speeds of 22.5 and 12.9 MBps, respectively. Not surprisingly, websites loaded agonizingly slowly over 3G. The mobile version of CNN.com, for instance, loaded in 20 seconds (compared to 2.1 seconds on AT&T's network), while the mobile version of NYTimes.com loaded in 21 seconds (versus 2.7 seconds on AT&T). What are the best options to get switched to a faster data speed?

My speeds were fast for over a year like verizon but sprint did something to the towers by my house and it's horrible 3g at best speeds . It says 4glte but there's no way close to that there's no fix all this change prl or modem stuff to change anything I tried all of them with same results. The apps that say they will boost your signal are full of **** until sprint fix towers we are stuck with b.s service hope this save you time trying to fix something that can't be fixed by us.
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