Mobile Speed Test

[cjmedina]

anyone try the app i posted

[piranah]

im getting 802..with half signal and snowing outside

[gimme5]

Originally Posted by teamvarsity87

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

No problem. 708kbps is pretty good.

[DONNYBOYY28]

i have a quick question, im tehered to my laptop and keep getting around .60kbps. Im in a rev a area and have 4 bars. My question is while on speedtest.net it keeps telling me im on a dial up connection, any ideas to speed things up??

[gimme5]

60 kbps? wow...that's about 10 times slower than it should be.

Are you sure you're not roaming? Did you by any chance do anything to force your phone on 1x? Is your Wi-fi on, connecting to some network with really crappy internet speeds?

Are you getting the same results not tethered? If so, maybe you wanna try a new radio, or call Sprint.

If I was getting 60kbps, I'd be complaining.

[YouMayLose]

i use metro pcs and did mobilespeedtest.com says 947kbps..from the chart it looks good lol

[esqueue]

On mobilespeedtest.com I get random speeds when using any file smaller than 1 meg. the 3 meg option is broken. my speeds using the 1 meg file are odd to say the least.

[Talon Pro]

Originally Posted by 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

D00d, D00d, D00d, D00d, D00d, D00d, D00d, D00d!

Tethering is not the best way, because you have the limitation inside Windows that can lower your connection (TCP stack/window).

Also, iin case people dont read the literature, the TP is good for up to 7.2mbps down and 2mbps up, so if youre getting, say 2287kbps (like me), there is nothing wrong with the test. Or your phone.

Kilo BYTES is bigger than Kilo bits anyday. 1 BYTE is = to 8 bits.

Just in case youre confused, the bigger letter (like in names, God vs god) is always the bigger measurement.

kb - kilobit
kB - kilobyte
mb - megabit
mB - megabyte

and so on.

Wiki link to back me up
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Data_rate_units

[gimme5]

Originally Posted by esqueue

On mobilespeedtest.com I get random speeds when using any file smaller than 1 meg. the 3 meg option is broken. my speeds using the 1 meg file are odd to say the least.

That looks a little too fast!

Is that straight from the phone or tethered? What does speedtest.net tell you? There's gotta be something else going on...

The 3MB test should be working fine now, PM me if you get any error message.

Originally Posted by Talon Pro

Also, iin case people dont read the literature, the TP is good for up to 7.2mbps down and 2mbps up,
Wiki link to back me up
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Data_rate_units

7.2mbps is HSDPA. EVDO Rev-A is only capable of 3.1 mbps. Which is why Esqueue's results seem a bit high.