Let's see some real world data speeds

[blarelli]

I'd like to see what some real world speeds are for specific carriers. We all know what they promise, but lets see what they're actually delivering.

Phone: Evo 4g
Carrier: Sprint
Location: Phoenix, AZ
No Wimax in town, so 3g only

Last night at 11:04 PM: 217 kbps up, 273 kbps down

And that is during the low traffic hours.

 

[B2L]

Phone: Galaxy Note (International version)
Carrier Straight Talk (AT&T's network)
Location: Salt Lake City, UT
3G HSPA+ speeds 3.01 Mbps down, 1.00 Mbps up (Done at 11:33 AM today)

 

[TheyCallMeBT]

When you say real world, are you just using speedtest.net app or something else?

 

[blarelli]

When you say real world, are you just using speedtest.net app or something else?

Yeah, using speedtest.net app since their website doesn't seem to work with my phone.

 

[Adauth]

19.23MBPS -down
9.46MBPS - up
ping -99ms

Phone - moto droid razr
Carrier - Verizon
4G LTE speed

 

[Pep]

Phone: HTC Desire HD
Carrier: Vodafone AU
Location: Brisbane, Qld. Australia

HSPA 3.42Mbps Down 1.06Mbps Up

At 1:22pm Today

 

[OfTheDamned]

Phone: Samsung Galaxy Nexus
Carrier: Verizon
Location: Northern Colorado, USA

 

[El Presidente]

^^That depresses me; I can't even get that fast on my home broadband

Anyways.

Phone: HTC One X
Carrier: Orange (but I use the T-Mobile signal at home)
Location: Inverness, Scotland

The icon says 4G, but that's just what the dev of the ROM I'm on at the moment uses for HSDPA.

 

[Omar Days]

phone: international galaxy note
network: vodafone uk
Location: south east england

hspa+
down 1.63mbps up 1.24mbps

 

[CDPlant]

Phone: HTC Desire HD
Network: Three UK
Location: Essex, UK
Speed: HSPA+
6.70 Mbps down
1.60 Mbps up
152ms ping

 

[Doit2it]

Phone: Droid X
Carrier: Verizon
Location: Nashville, TN

5 minutes ago: 0.75Mbps down, 0.49Mbps up

I officially hate my 3G phone after reading this thread! Thanks guys.

 

[Clementine_3]

Droid 3 on Verizon, 3G, near Albany, NY, just now:
0.44 mbps down
0.81 mbps up
150 ms ping

I need a new/closer tower and a 4G phone to go with it. lol.

 

[PrissyPJ]

At&T Skyrocket (Atlanta):

• 64 ms Ping
• 6651 kbps Download
• 3087 kpbs Upload

Can someone tell me if that good or not? Thanks,

 

[kmf]

US Cellular Moto Electrify 3G (NE Iowa) 8:15a.m.
148ms Ping
1.39Mbs Download
0.19Mbs Upload

 

[OfTheDamned]

At&T Skyrocket (Atlanta):

• 64 ms Ping
• 6651 kbps Download
• 3087 kpbs Upload

Can someone tell me if that good or not? Thanks,

6 Mbps is pretty good. It is low for what At&t is claiming of their LTE speeds, but it will certainly get the job done.

In reality speed tests are a lot like benchmark tests. They are cool to see for the sake of comparison, but real world application is much more important. If your phone were to get 500 Mbps in speed tests, but didn't perform that way when downloading or streaming media then it wouldn't really matter. As long as the speeds you see in the test reflect your real world needs with the phone then you are doing good.

 

[tilk23]

Galaxy S2 I9100 running ICS 4.0.3
Rogers network in Toronto, Canada
Ping 171
D/L 6120 kbps
U/L 1138 kbps

 

[doctorfrylock]

unlocked ATT iphone 3g on Tmobile EDGE
D/L 0.45
U/L 0.21

Done this test just 15 mins ago.

 

[blarelli]

Well, looks like I win the worse data connection. I'm so done with Sprint in August.

 

[AK1021]

AT&T (Dallas, TX)
Samsung Galaxy S2 Skyrocket

This is the fastest result I've gotten so far...

 

[gbal4]

AT&T (Dallas, TX)
Samsung Galaxy S2 Skyrocket

This is the fastest result I've gotten so far...

WOW Incredible !!!