I get 150+ Mbps on my Note 8, and 6 Mbps with it through PDAnet

[justjospeh]

So there's a bottleneck...
What is it, and is there anything I can do about it?
Tethering at 6Mbps is really slow, especially when my phone by itself shows 150+ download speeds.

 

[ocnbrze]

who is your carrier? it is most likely throttled by them.

 

[justjospeh]

I had Sprint since '04, now TMobile. I have the "everything plan". I use it as my main online connection and I use a ridiculous amount of data, always have.
Speeds haven't changed on my Pdanet USB connection, but my phone is MUCH faster lately. ( so much for throttling)
I just wondered if there is any way to get some of that lightning to my laptop via Pdanet or other 3rd party app.
Ive heard about MIDI, Klink ( a truly worthless download, IMO, got me to 8 Mbps)

 

[lunatic59]

If you do have the everything plan, why not just turn on Android's native tethering? It may very well be that pdanet is you bottleneck.

 

[ocnbrze]

If you do have the everything plan, why not just turn on Android's native tethering? It may very well be that pdanet is you bottleneck.

that was going to be my next point.

 

[justjospeh]

that was going to be my next point.

Uhhh, because I don't want a massive tethering bill from TMobile?

 

[mikedt]

If you do have the everything plan, why not just turn on Android's native tethering? It may very well be that pdanet is you bottleneck.

I believe PDAnet uses a proxy in order to provide their tethering service. and it could the speed of the proxy that's the bottleneck?
Just a guess of course, I've never had to deal with carrier restricted tethering myself.

 

[Trom]

Uhhh, because I don't want a massive tethering bill from TMobile?

Was the phone purchased from t-mobile or is it unlocked?