300 KB/s download speeds on 3G

[kasser786]

Hi all,

I hope someone can answer a question of mine. Lately when I download from ********** im getting speeds of over 200kb/s a few times i even topped 300kb/s although this is awesome and I never use wifi know as its just too slow. I ve also noticed that youtube loads much faster on 3g then wifi.

I was wondering is it possible at the moment to be getting this sort of speeds on 3g. From my friends Ive noticed that the ones with contracted iphones are constantly high on download speeds wherease the ones on PAYG are slower.

Any explanation will be appreciated.

Thanks

[confucious]

What speeds do you get on the speedtest.net application?

I get anywhere between 1100kbs and 1900kbs.

What network are you on?

[djdraco]

I typically get 680kbps.

[CaptainChaos]

I bump between 750-900. Depends on which part of the city I am in.

[kasser786]

Hi i am on vodafone, ill test the speedtest tonight as at my work 3g is very very low.
I think some people are getting the wrong info, im getting 300 kilo byes per second, thats like a 6mb broadband line, i know wifi is rubbish on iphone because of the rubbish wifi chip in the phone, but i didnt think these sort of speeds were available on 3g at the mo.

[confucious]

kbs = kilo bit per second
kBs = kilo Bytes per second (IIRC)
Are you saying 200 - 300 Kilobytes (= 1600 - 2400 Kilo bytes per second)?
That's fast for 3G but not impossible - which country are you in?
On my home WiFi I get about 8000kbs (1MBs) which is less than half of what I get on my laptop.

[kasser786]

Hi,

This is my report from speedtest.net on 3g

Test Date: 3 Jun 2009 17:10:39
Connection Type: Cellular

Download: 312 kbps
Upload: 326 kbps
Ping: 355 ms

A detailed image for this result can be found here:

http://www.speedtest.net/iphone/6610586.png


Sent from my iPhone

Any suggestions?

[spikedfo]

Wow.... I never got that download speed.

[confucious]

This is fairly low for me
But then I'm on T-Mobile

[StealthBravo]

i am nowhere near that

[JAG2621]

Here is my speed.

[confucious]

Not bad at all -is that AT&T?

[reeko]

Confucious, is that with a strong 3G signal on T-Mobile?

[confucious]

Yes, full bars, I get anywhere between 1100 - 1900
Just tried at home where I only get 3/5 bars and only got 913kbs

[reeko]

Ok, my phone is MIA right now, but by Monday ill do a speedtest and post it up.

i remember my upload being 300+ and my download being in the 2/3000 range. Ill fix the phone, find some strong 3g and post a screenshot. im probably getting mixed up somewhere

[JAG2621]

Not bad at all -is that AT&T?

Yes! In mobile alabama.

[confucious]

Ok, my phone is MIA right now, but by Monday ill do a speedtest and post it up.

i remember my upload being 300+ and my download being in the 2/3000 range. Ill fix the phone, find some strong 3g and post a screenshot. im probably getting mixed up somewhere

On O2 round here you are lucky to get 500k! O2's network is theoretically capable of 3.6Mbs but if you are getting over 2000kbs you are certainly in the minority and very lucky!
My upload speeds do vary up to the high 200s but I'm not really worried about that.

Yes! In mobile alabama.

That's the highest I've seen on AT&T

I'm very happy with my speeds but it's always nice to see faster - anyone else beat these speeds?

[nickh]

Only just.. Optus in Oz, have had 3.2 MB the highest.

[confucious]

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[nickh]

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