Mobile Speed Test

[Quirk]

i ran the dslreports test and immediately followed with the mobilespeedtest test, both with 1mb transfer.

the dslreports test showed about 3 times faster.

[xgm541]

dslreports is way more accurate

[regression]

What browser are you using? PIE always shows a faster speed than Opera. I remember reading somewhere on here PIE is more accurate. I forget the reason why....

PIE shows 986 kbit/sec and Opera shows 600 kbit/sec. I tried both a few times in a row and they are both consistently show those speeds.

[Garwood71]

Please do tell what TCP window size is? Big dummy here. Thanks

[cjmedina]

try using this its a mobile speedtest that's on your phone
http://www.megaupload.com/?d=DMDZKJF6

[gimme5]

Depends on many things: Your signal strength, your location, the testing server's location (New York for mobilespeedtest.com), how the towers are working where you are, the browser you use, and chance. You can have very different speeds at different times of the day. It's just how it works on EVDO.

Just did a test: dslreports: 854 kbps
My site (Mobilespeedtest.com): 1.82 mbps
speedtest.net: 1.77 mbps

The best thing to do is to run a few tests from different places and stick with the one that gives you the highest results. If you get results that are too slow from one site, then that site is not working well for you.

You won't get results higher than your actual speed (unless you're using a proxy).

In my case, results are more accurate from my site and speedtest.net than dslreports.

You should be fine with internet explorer and opera mobile (or tethered). Opera mini and skyfire won't work.

[Success100]

i think tethering will give u the most accurate gauge as to what speeds your actually getting. ALso, you guys have to make sure you are reading the metric right...KBPS and Kbps are two different ways to measure transfer rates. A Kbps reading is going to be higher than a KBPS reading, even though they are measuring the same connection..

Also as stated, the speed depends on signal strenth, server loads, and the distance from the server, as well as a bunch of other factors. I have Sprint and ATT and Sprint is consistently faster. Usually between 650-1200 Kbp/s

I dont use any speed test but Speedtest.net

[teamvarsity87]

I know this probably sounds newbish, but i have tried using dslreports and when i hit speed test it goes right back to the same screen again. How do i view the results ?

I have also tried speedtest.net and whenever i click to view results it does not show anything, just my Ip address and it says i never ran a speedtest... it also shows up in IE very distorted and hard to read.

and BTW I got 957 kbps on 1mb with sprint on Mobilespeedtest.com

[gimme5]

Teamvarsity: Choose lo-fi version, then speed test, then choose a speed, it'll tell you too fast for results, then click on choose "larger file" or whatever it's called, then 1MB.

Success: I agree, the great thing about speedtest.net is that they have tons of servers. The only down side is that you need to have flash, or be tethered.

[teamvarsity87]

Originally Posted by gimme5

Teamvarsity: Choose lo-fi version, then speed test, then choose a speed, it'll tell you too fast for results, then click on choose "larger file" or whatever it's called, then 1MB.

Success: I agree, the great thing about speedtest.net is that they have tons of servers. The only down side is that you need to have flash, or be tethered.

thanks for your help gimme5, I tested with Dslreports and ended up with a 708kbit/sec .