Verizon internet speeds
 

ok...i have upgraded to DCD3.0.1 and when i use IE, it seems so damn slow! pages sometimes take forever to load. Now when i connect to my computer with USB and check the internet i can get 1000 kb/s, but when i use IE on my phone...i get like 300kb/s download?!?! is this just IE? any settings i should check/change. It is very annoying to use IE sometimes. would it be faster (or is it) on the verizon stock rom? thanks...

Re: Verizon internet speeds
 

i remember someone on xda giving the following explanation:
(im paraphrasing since i dont have the link right now)

"the only way to test the speed of the connection is by tethering to computer and running speed test. reason being, when using pocket internet explorer on the phone, the phone has to both download the information and render the page, which uses the phones cpu and therefore slows down how fast it can process data and turn that into the page. when u tether and use the computer, the phone is just taking the data and sending it to the computer, so the speed is more accurate"

hope that explains, and ill see if i can dig up the link

edit: found the link...supernatedogg18 was the user who posted it. here it is:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=376616
2nd post