T-Mobile flicks HALF of the "dimmer" switch...

[rorytmeadows]

Originally Posted by p-slim

i've noticed different reports, are you getting faster speeds in your area? are they noticably faster or you have to do a line speed test to figure out?

Well, I'm getting 50% faster speed on mobilespeedtest using Opera 9. Honestly, I don't really know which browser to use. I've been told to try IE for proper speedtesting, but I can't even get mobilespeedtest to run on IE right now. I haven't been browsing enough to tell much of a difference. My bedroom is a weird place when it comes to coverage; not T-Mobile's fault, just this shitty apartment complex's fault.

Okay, just bombed around in different browsers and I'm noticing a faster and more dependable speed. I still have only 2 bars sitting in this chair, so I'll be getting a better test from my work chair, with 100% signal.

[p-slim]

So not to take away from tmobile but remember i said i live in San Jose, Well guess what, Silicon Valley has a 20 mile radius so our to major technilogical companies and the people that reside in this 20 mile radius are receiving wimax according to this article and will have the official roll out of wimax in 2010. Isn't sprint supposedly releasing a wimax phone soon, i just might have to pick it up.

http://www.betanews.com/article/Clea...row/1238715466

[rorytmeadows]

Originally Posted by p-slim

So not to take away from tmobile but remember i said i live in San Jose, Well guess what, Silicon Valley has a 20 mile radius so our to major technilogical companies and the people that reside in this 20 mile radius are receiving wimax according to this article and will have the official roll out of wimax in 2010. Isn't sprint supposedly releasing a wimax phone soon, i just might have to pick it up.

http://www.betanews.com/article/Clea...row/1238715466

I remeber when HD-DVDs were attractive, too

[p-slim]

Originally Posted by rorytmeadows

I remeber when HD-DVDs were attractive, too

you're are right though, because max output for wimax is 10mbps and 3g+ can have up to 12, so sprint is missing 2 mbps. At least i'll be able to get service everywhere instead of praying i'll have signal where i land.

[rorytmeadows]

Originally Posted by p-slim

you're are right though, because max output for wimax is 10mbps and 3g+ can have up to 12, so sprint is missing 2 mbps. At least i'll be able to get service everywhere instead of praying i'll have signal where i land.

stop landing in f*g towns and you won't have that problem!

[brownhornet]

Originally Posted by p-slim

you're are right though, because max output for wimax is 10mbps and 3g+ can have up to 12, so sprint is missing 2 mbps. At least i'll be able to get service everywhere instead of praying i'll have signal where i land.

Do you honestly believe EITHER of these networks will actually see those peak speeds?

[rorytmeadows]

Originally Posted by brownhornet

Do you honestly believe EITHER of these networks will actually see those peak speeds?

nobody ever gets peak speeds, but it was nice to see t-mobile so high on the "compare" link of the mobilespeedtest results page

[brownhornet]

Using my girls G1 I really dont notice any difference. Then again hell we're probably only on edge.

[shaggylive]

just because lte can go 100, I doubt many towers will have back hauls big enough to support anywhere near that. which reminds me, I think wimax is more of an integrated switching network where nodes can use other nodes for back haul, thus 'in-network' traffic is more efficient.

[SporkLover]

HSPA is awesome. When in Europe I was getting 2.5+ speeds consistently. I would see high peak speeds, but average was as good as most home broadband connections.