T mobile faster internet speed settings + What is your internet speeds?
Right basically you can find the UK T mobile internet settings on the T mobile website. However, I came across this when I first got my phone and have been using these settings:
name= T-mobile Internet
apn= general.t-mobile.uk
username = t-mobile
password= leave it as it is (or set to blank)
mmsc= http://mmsc.t-mobile.co.uk:8002/
mms proxy= 149.254.201.135
mms port= 8080
mmc= 234
mnc= 30
auth= pap
On the Speed Test app, the highest speeds I get are 1.8m/bs downloads and around 500kpbs upload. However, those were at off peak times at night etc (probably when nobody is using the net).
Generally I get anything from 0.3 m/bs to 0.9 m/bs though. Lately I've been experiencing some inconsistent internet speeds and reconnection attempts so for I've gone back to the default settings. Tbh though I'm not sure if it makes much difference. Anyone?
Device(s): Samsung Galaxy Note (International)
HTC Desire (now used by my daughter)
Archos 80 G9 tablet
Carrier: T-Mobile (EE) UK
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Is your phone one supplied direct from T-Mobile or through a third party dealer? And if the latter, are you signed up to Web'n Walk? I would guess that you are.
I can't get HSDPA at home, only 3G, but I get around 2Mb/sec at the office.
I bought the phone via Beepy mobiles who were advertising the phone with 1Gb of data using the free booster allowance for internet. Having read on other forums and checked the T-mobile T&C's, it says that all Android phones get a 3Gb allowance as standard, which also runs at a higher speed.
Having just gone back thru my Speedtest results, when I first received it did a couple of tests and I was getting very slow speeds of 50-100kb/s. I phoned them up to switch my booster to unlimited landlines and get myself onto the 3Gb, faster internet.
Since then (mid May) I've done about a dozen tests in different locations and have consistently got over 1Mb/s, in a range between 1.1Mb/s and 1.9Mb/s.
Upload speeds have been pretty consistently around the 0.5Mb/s range.
I live in Nottingham, but have also run tests when I've been in Manchester, North Wales and Hereford and these are included in the results.
I'm in Bristol and I always get over 2800kbs on mobilespeedtest.com. just got 3095 and I have seen it higher! I also got mine from 3rd party and called to get swapped onto the Android package.
Is your phone one supplied direct from T-Mobile or through a third party dealer? And if the latter, are you signed up to Web'n Walk? I would guess that you are.
i got my phone direct from t mobile and i was told it was the 3gb allowance etc. i'm guessing i get the higher speeds at well :/
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Originally Posted by beardyweirdy
Since then (mid May) I've done about a dozen tests in different locations and have consistently got over 1Mb/s, in a range between 1.1Mb/s and 1.9Mb/s.
wow that's some good speeds. i live in west london and i only get those speeds at random times i.e never consistently using the speed test app..
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Originally Posted by DougSwift
I'm in Bristol and I always get over 2800kbs on mobilespeedtest.com. just got 3095 and I have seen it higher! I also got mine from 3rd party and called to get swapped onto the Android package.
on this site though on the 3mb test i get 2900kbps?!
what 'pings' do ppl get? from what i gather, the lower the ping the better? i get anything from 90-200 but it's consistently about 120-150.
in practical terms are ppl's internet 'fast'? on youtube normal quality depending on the video length it would take anywhere between 5-20secs to load up. on high quality, probably 15-40secs.
these htc desire forums front page would load up in about 30-45secs i reckon? bbc.co.uk (desktop) would take about the same.
Having just gone back thru my Speedtest results, when I first received it did a couple of tests and I was getting very slow speeds of 50-100kb/s. I phoned them up to switch my booster to unlimited landlines and get myself onto the 3Gb, faster internet.
I've just had my Desire since Saturday morning, and I'm also currently on the default 1gb, using up my booster. What did you actually say to them, did you straight out say it's an Android phone and it's meant to have 3gb by default or did you work your way around to it?
I've never tried mobilespeedtest.com before so gave it a go. On the initial 100KB test I was only getting 890kbps, but when I tried the bigger file size tests (2MB, 3MB, 7MB) I got over 3000kbps each time.
Not sure what to trust now! I've always used both the desktop and mobile versions of Speedtest and never expected to get such a big variation with another test site. For the sake of comparison though, it seems it's only worth comparing results from the same site.
My pings are normally 100-120ms on speedtest but showed much higher than that (360ish) on mobilespeedtest.com.
I've just timed loading Androidforums up and it took 10 secs to look complete, and a further 4-5 seconds of rendering before the green bar disappeared altogether.
@Bluedan
I was polite and friendly with them, and played it slightly dumb - something along the lines of "I've recently got my HTC Desire and I've been checking on your site and noticed that it says Android phones should come with 3Gb allowance as standard - is this correct?...." It's handy to have a copy of their actual statement visible to you. I didn't mention about stuff I'd read on forums, or start off demanding (in my experience this rarely helps in such situations)
The guy on the phone was really helpful and just sorted it out there and then.
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@Bluedan
I was polite and friendly with them, and played it slightly dumb - something along the lines of "I've recently got my HTC Desire and I've been checking on your site and noticed that it says Android phones should come with 3Gb allowance as standard - is this correct?...." It's handy to have a copy of their actual statement visible to you. I didn't mention about stuff I'd read on forums, or start off demanding (in my experience this rarely helps in such situations)
The guy on the phone was really helpful and just sorted it out there and then.
I was going to try something along those lines (including not mentioning various forums), just making sure - thanks
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Wow, so glad i read this thread.
Immediately phoned T-mobile (Side note...can anyone give me the quickest route through there dreadful customer service options to speak to someone) to clarify i got 3gb allowance which was confirmed. i switched my booster over from unlimited internet to unlimited texts, had them send me my updated APN settings and ran a speed test.
i was getting 300kb download around 15 mins ago, its now 1.9mb.
How to configure Internet Settings on your HTC Desire.
Press the Menu key
Tap on Settings
Tap on Wireless & Networks to select.
Scroll down and tap on Mobile networks
Tap on Access Point Names to select.
Press the Menu key
Tap on New APN
Tap Name then enter T-Mobile Internet select OK
Tap APN then enter general.t-mobile.uk select OK
Tap Username then enter t-mobile select OK
Tap Password then enter tm select OK
Tap APN type then enter default select OK
Press the Menu key
Tap Save
Press the Home Key
if not can ppl post theirs (including the MCC and MNC)?
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Originally Posted by beardyweirdy
Not sure what to trust now! I've always used both the desktop and mobile versions of Speedtest and never expected to get such a big variation with another test site. For the sake of comparison though, it seems it's only worth comparing results from the same site.
My pings are normally 100-120ms on speedtest but showed much higher than that (360ish) on mobilespeedtest.com.
I've just timed loading Androidforums up and it took 10 secs to look complete, and a further 4-5 seconds of rendering before the green bar disappeared altogether.
i use the speedtest app. you go to the actual website? hm interesting, need to try that out now..
Some of the speeds you guys are getting are pretty interesting.
The two packages both have capped data rates, or at least are meant to.
The 1Gb standard WnW is throttled at 384kbps and the 3Gb WnW Plus is throttled at 2048kbps. If some of you are reporting higher speeds its either that T-Mobile has lifted the throttling (which I AFAIK they haven't) or you have been incorrectly provisioned onto the wrong data package (Various mobile broadband packages for usb dongles are throttled at different levels 3.6mbps, 4.2mbps and unthrottled), or the speed testing sites aren't accurate.
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Thought id register to give my input on this with the speedtest app i get about 300kbps but going to mobilespeedtest.com i get nearer 2mb/s which seems like a crazy difference i dont know what to trust. Also when i got my desire in store they told me i had a 2gb data limit is there anyway of checking this as i should have 3gb limit right?
Thought id register to give my input on this with the speedtest app i get about 300kbps but going to mobilespeedtest.com i get nearer 2mb/s which seems like a crazy difference i dont know what to trust. Also when i got my desire in store they told me i had a 2gb data limit is there anyway of checking this as i should have 3gb limit right?
There is no current data plan for mobiles that has a 2Gb FUP. I suspect the people in the shop were confused.
Tried again - turns out I do get HSDPA at home on T-Mobile (never did with Orange and O2) at around 2700kbit/sec, but I need to change settings to force the phone away from the stronger GPRS signal.
Also means I found out T-Mobile (re)compress images, how do I disable it like I did with O2?
Because they end up looking awful, compared to loading them over WiFi. Lots of compression artifacts. Reloading reloads them untouched but it's a PITA having to reload stuff and it ends up using more bandwidth than they were trying to save.
It just seems to effect JPEGs, GIFs and PNGs seem to be left alone.
Sorry to resurrect this post, but I was just about to post this exact topic when the search found this interesting post.
I have a HTC Legend unlocked running on Tmob UK.
I have been on the phone to them for 3 days straight trying to figure out why my internet is so slow. I am on the 1gb tarrif and read on a post in this thread it is throttled. I currently get 0.3mb/s which is rubbish compared to a someone on O2 getting 2.4mb/s using the speedtest app. They advised I need to go onto the 3gb tarrif but i was have to use my upgrade to do it, they cant just switch me to the tarrif, is this right?
Just to confirm to up my speeds i need to go onto this tarrif? as tmob said "maybe" it will, which isnt reassuring considering using my upgrade will tie me in again for 18months.
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T mobile faster internet speed settings + What is your internet speeds?
