MarcMaiden

I think it would be nice to get a collection of speed tests/location of speed test results to see how backhaul is progressing.

My Speed tests on my Dell Streak in Fremont, CA using a hacked modem is getting 1.9 down, 1.2 up (thats 3g though) Will post 4g tests in a bit to compare

on a side note, how do the servers you connect to work? I get faster speeds when i connect to LA (350 miles away) than i do palo alto (30 miles away)

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g_patrick15

Is this official?

harlenm

Will be curious if anyone in an improved backhaul area gets faster upload speeds.

On a side note, my iPhone got 2.2 down, 1.3 up a little while ago, which is about average for me here in CT.

Edge1978

Not to sound like a nooB but seeing I am "semi" new to Android, what app can I use to tell me the speed?

AndreaCristiano

Speedtest. I haven't tested mine but its loading fast! I can't wait till the backhaul launches

lsutigers03

My first speed test was slower than my iphone. 1100 down and 200 up

kb58

You download it through your "Market" app, on the main screen.

Just tried mine (Wifi off) and got 1.7M down and 307k up.

Tried it a second time and got 2.5M down and 326 up!

Last edited by kb58; February 13th, 2011 at 12:52 PM.

Edge1978

i got 1590 down and 149 up

antioch216

here is just a reference to compare against:

iPhone 3G in Central Texas

ping: 88ms Down: 4.61 mbps Up: .61mbps

MarcMaiden

I dont have a 4g plan yet on my employee line so i had to do a custom APN to connect to data. I think im still on 3g,

but in my store (no 3g microcell) i am getting average 2.5 mbs down/ 400kbs up with about 100 ping

harlenm

Which is exactly what you'd expect with hsupa being disabled.

kb58

Hmmm, okay, so what must be done to correct the situation? The "H+" and both arrows do appear.

harlenm

Root the phone and install a rom that doesn't have it disabled.

Edited to add, it's just the upload speeds that are the prolem. Your download speeds are fine, just don't have the improved backhaul for "4g" speeds yet.

PSXBatou

I wonder if that H+ icon ever actually changes to something else?

antioch216

the H+ means there is a 4G connection AVAILABLE. An up and down arrow means you're connected to it.

AT&T has stated that anywhere you can receive a 3G signal, you'll also get 4G (H+)

PSXBatou

But does that icon change? I am curious what happens when I take this phone to Tokyo in a few weeks, if I get the H+ logo considering neither of the providers I will roam with (NTT, Softbank) have a 4G backhaul network that I know of that will seem a bit odd.

I would be curious if like on my old iPhone I could switch 3G on and off, a toggle switch for 2/3/4G so I can compare speeds.

I've never seen the icon change from H+ but I do live in a major metro area so maybe its telling the truth :P

Zonker1

These speeds don't look any better than my captivate running a 2.2 rom.

mwiles629

I don't want to get off topic. But I did notice the shaded up down arrow means 4G is available (which mine shows). How do I get it to connect?

antioch216

hmm, I remember MarcMaiden posting a picture of user manual that explains all the pictures. I believe arrows mean it's already connected...

found it: http://androidforums.com/htc-inspire-4g/270478-all-htc-inspire-4g-previews-reviews-here-11.html#post2266030 it's about halfway-ish

harlenm

They probably won't until 3/1.

As it stands now, it's much slower up compared to an iphone4 due to the disabled hsupa.

PSXBatou

What's on 3/1?

Faramir82

I'll do a speedtest once my battery charges.

mwiles629

It does change. I seen mine switching between networks. I saw an (E) for a few seconds. I live in rural area. I found out the arrows only show in white when data is being received or sent.

Last edited by mwiles629; February 13th, 2011 at 03:29 PM.

harlenm

That is the date that keeps getting posted of when the "4g" network is being turned on.

KenG10

2880 down 380 up. I'm in buffalo ny

sarstube

memphis
2.9 down
250k up
H+ with arrows

Loiselle

Southgate, MI (10 miles south of Detroit)
2485 kbps Down
170 kbps Up

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rmreid

I am embarrassed to post my speedtest scores:
361 kbps down
149 kbps up

Thank goodness I have a WiFi network in my house
Wifi Scores
6.12 kbps down
1.29 kbps up

lsutigers03

I tried again and I got 1700 down and 1400 up

shawn1224

At home I'm getting (Houston, TX)

2991kbps Down 686kbps up
2935kbps Down 702kbps up
2939kbps Down 691kbps up

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Yaken

Getting 2.7ish down and 300k up. On 3g no "4G" although it does show the h+, but like i said in another post that doesn't mean anything

shawn1224

Yea the H+ won't mean squat until the backhaul gets completed. Although some people are going to think that this is their 4G speed

jacquespdx

I'm a little concerned. I live in Portland and the coverage here has always been phenomenal, but all day I've been getting 200-900kbps down (usually closer to 200), 100 up, and 450-600ms ping. What could possibly be going wrong? I don't have speed test results for my iPhone 3 yet but I know it's faster- I'll probably get the actual numbers this evening.

Not sure if it matters, but my unlimited data plan got "accidentally" removed and I had to call support to file a ticket just to get it back. They temporarily gave me a normal 2GB data plan in the meantime.

chandler583

Good luck getting your unlimited plan back. Your "Temporary" 2GB Data Plan may just be like "Temporary" Gas Taxes...

The Speeds on the Inspire 4g seem to be slower as of right now. But supposedly when the backhaul gets completed and AT&T turns on the "switch" it should get somewhat of a boost compared to 3g speeds.

AndreaCristiano

If he had it previous they will return it many people got there's back

sarstube

go to 4G Speed from AT&T - AT&T 4G with HSPA+ and LTE - Wireless from AT&T and over to the coverage map. then scroll over cities and it will say "4g" and you can click for a 4g map of the city.

Off the top of my head, cities listed w/ 4g:
North cali
Bay area
LA
Dallas
Houston
Chi-town
Charlotte
B-more
The state of RI
beantown
and only god knows why: buffalo, ny

Last edited by sarstube; February 15th, 2011 at 02:14 PM.

Blanco720

thats gotta be the worst map to find your coverage in the world lol

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sarstube

haha true, but the worst map is perfect for finding the worst coverage (for 4g anyways).

i though att was ahead of tmobile for h+? you gotta think they either arent far behind, have about the same, or possibly even more coverage.

edit: maybe i got mixed up, but t-mobile reports 100 metro's!

Last edited by sarstube; February 15th, 2011 at 02:35 PM.

Allenfx

Sticking with subjective for another day or so. No speed test but my "nerd-o-meter" is clocking the wsbtv news app in atlanta as loading news stories at around double the speed as my iphone 3gs while regular web pages are only hitting around 10-15% faster....

Dont laugh..my "nerd-o-meter" is VERY accurate....lol

Best of three was:
1453kbs up
320kbs down

Down town atlanta but 2 walls in to the interior of a concrete hospital building....

Last edited by Allenfx; February 15th, 2011 at 05:31 PM.

jacquespdx

Alright, so when the backhaul gets completed things will speed up. But that doesn't explain why the hell I'm getting such terrible speeds to begin with compared to pretty much every other test I've seen... there's no reason for that here...

MarcMaiden

does it feel slow?

because my speed tests some times read slow speeds, but i feel no difference when im downloading apps or anything. At my AT&T store, i get about 1.5-2 mb/s average, but i load HQ youtube videos and flash movies with out a stutter or buffer.

I feel like the speed test apps are bogus...

jacquespdx

Yeah, it does feel quite slow too. Also, if the speed test apps were "bogus", a lot more people would be noticing discrepancies. I can understand speeds looking unbelievably high in some cases for broadband - there's a few sites where I can pull 50Mbps on my Comcast connection, for example, but that's not a realistic measure of my typical speeds. However, the speeds for wireless are so comparatively low that the measurements should be a good representative.

I've tried the FCC and speedtest.net apps and even set up a mini-test on my own server. The apps don't often choose very good testing locations, but different locations don't change the result much for me.

Last edited by jacquespdx; February 16th, 2011 at 12:45 AM.

stancrazy

Best of 5:
3.23 mb/s Down 380kps up

A couple other noteworth results:
3.14 mb/s down 360kps up
3.19 mb/s down 379kps up

The "low" numbers were
2.67 mb/s down 360kps up
2.23 mb/s down 100kps up

Downtown Atlanta

stancrazy

Interesting thread here: Post Your HSPA+ Speeds Here - | DSLReports Forums

Notice the guys getting 6-7.6mb/s downloads?

Also note the %50 theory...(ie if the radios set to 7.2 you get around 3-4mbs, when they bump up the radio to 14.4mb/s in march then you get 6-7mb/s).

I don't thing AT&T has any immediate plans to go higher than 14.4mb/s setting but i can handle the 6-7mb/s with peaks up into the 12s (if thats going to be the case)...

spoiler61

WI-FI download 3.11 Mbps upload 2.19 Mbps.... 4G 1.43 Mbps, 1 Mbps 0.10 Mbps...

leavinghome

Best of 3:

2139 kbps DOWN
355 kbps UP

Monterey Bay, CA

Blanco720

I read this on the AC Inspire forum which may help in determining when the backhaul is implemented....

If you go to Settings -> About Phone -> Network you can see whether you are on UMTS, HSDPA (or HSPA+?)

roush611

I wanted to bump this thread since ATT might have released some 4g today. The 4g network coverage viewer seems to be working on thier website now. att.com/network for those of you that don't know it. What speeds are you guys getting in the supposed 4g areas?

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beanboy89

I don't have the Inspire 4G yet (I'll likely be getting it in a few months), but I was playing around with it in the Lancaster, PA AT&T store yesterday and downloaded and ran the SpeedTest.net app. I wasn't too impressed with the speeds. They were 3G speeds at best, averaging around 700kbps down and 100kbps up. The H+ icon was present in the status bar.

rmreid

H+ 4 bars: 2207 kbps down / 387 kbp up