Post you 3G speeds here...... [Archive]

snook911

Aug 27, 2008, 05:03 PM

Here's mine.
Slow 3G speed today. I usually get around 1.7. I remember me getting 1.9 but I'm not sure. Maybe I was on wifi. I don't know. But here:

Slow thats pretty fast for 3G isn't it? Is mine real slow for 3G then?

Watabou

Aug 27, 2008, 05:05 PM

Slow thats pretty fast for 3G isn't it? Is mine real slow for 3G then?

I guess. As I said earlier though, I get much faster speeds. So I don't really know what the complain is really about. I love my 3G speeds.

*Wishes he bought NetShare*

EDIT: See I told you. Now I got faster speeds this time:

killerbee79

Aug 27, 2008, 08:05 PM

here's mine. I'm in Madison, WI and get GREAT 3G coverage. My below speed is average. I can get close to 1.9 Mbps during non peak hours, slowest speed I have gotten is 1.54 Mbps.

Take note of the BARS! 4 baby, at worst i see is 3 bars when I am at work, average 4 bars. I do see 5 bars a lot too but it usually kicks down to 4 when i pick it up or am holding it in my hand. Love this thing.....

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Mikey B

Aug 27, 2008, 08:11 PM

i think that particular speed test tends to give exaggerated results. i'll run it, and get 1.5 mbps, but run a different test and get 400 kbps. in fact, all other speed tests, for me, yield results of 4-500 kbps while testmyiphone.com is always above 1000. shady. i'd like to believe them, but out of the 3 or 4 tests i run pretty regularily, theirs is always much higher.

daihard

Aug 27, 2008, 08:21 PM

There's already a thread about 3G speed with testmyiphone.com. :)

http://forums.macrumors.com/showthread.php?t=548685

snook911

Aug 27, 2008, 10:55 PM

mcdj

Aug 28, 2008, 12:11 AM

Love this thing.....

before you break out the cupcakes, you might want to check out this speed test...

http://i.dslr.net/tinyspeedtest.html

I am not the only one who thinks testmyiphone's results are a tad generous. tinyspeedtest seems to be more accurate.

ribenaberrie

Aug 28, 2008, 01:08 AM

If testmyiphone speeds are higher than what it really is then I don't want to know about it! I am only getting 0.36Mbps on 3G and 0.9Mbps on wifi! :(

DravenGSX

Aug 28, 2008, 09:03 AM

I have seen faster.. But this is from 2 minutes ago in Winter Park, FL.

edit: And then again after a reboot. The latency is really terrible.

dlewis23

Aug 28, 2008, 09:28 AM

I have seen faster.. But this is from 2 minutes ago in Winter Park, FL.

edit: And then again after a reboot. The latency is really terrible.

Ignore the latency number on the results page, its quite wrong. For some reason its not getting the correct latency because of the page load time.

I am trying to figure out a way to fix that.

In the mean time use this latency page http://testmyiphone.com/latency

it will give you 3 ping tests and is much more accurate.

If testmyiphone speeds are higher than what it really is then I don't want to know about it! I am only getting 0.36Mbps on 3G and 0.9Mbps on wifi! :(

Testmyiphone.com is the most accurate because of the smart testing method that is used. And shows the real results of what the 3G network does.

You are getting slow results because you are Australia. Its quite hard to give you a good accurate speed when the testing servers are located in the Northern hemisphere.

I am working on getting a server in Australia to give you guys good accurate results i'm just having a problem finding one right now that has enough bandwidth.

protekt0r

Aug 28, 2008, 11:45 AM

I usually average 1mbit... this is the higest I've ever achieved (1.74mbit). I personally think this website is the most accurate because it uses larger file sizes... it shows the true thoroughput via sustained transfer of a large file. Smaller file sizes are more likely to generate inaccurate results. It takes time fo the network to "ramp up" speeds during sustained transfer.

It's funny, I remember a few popular tech blogs criticising the iPhone 3G before it's launch because it was supposedly physically limited to no more than 1.4mbit. The problem is everyone misread a technical brief AT&T published in the weeks before the launch. The fact is the iPhone uses a 7.2mbit HSDPA chip and speeds are NOT limited by the hardware in the iPhone; it's limited by network capacity, which is always improving. Here are the websites I'm refering to:

http://www.mobilemag.com/content/100/340/C15501/
http://www.tuaw.com/2008/06/16/atandt-to-limit-iphone-3g-speeds-to-1-4-mbps/
http://gizmodo.com/5015307/giz-explains-what-you-didnt-know-about-the-iphones-3g

http://i60.photobucket.com/albums/h33/protekt0r/photo-2.jpg

swr2000

Aug 28, 2008, 12:07 PM

I have seen faster.. But this is from 2 minutes ago in Winter Park, FL.

edit: And then again after a reboot. The latency is really terrible.

Yeah, well look at Wilmington, DE

baaron

Aug 28, 2008, 12:18 PM

That is a pretty good way to drive traffic to your speed test site. :)

sparkyms

Aug 28, 2008, 12:32 PM

Heres mine, not the fastest I've had, but pretty impressive for low signal..

carrjar

Aug 28, 2008, 12:53 PM

http://www.me.com/ro/jared.carr/Galleries/100028/photo/web.jpg?ver=12199434880001

sparkyms

Aug 28, 2008, 12:54 PM

http://www.me.com/ro/jared.carr/Galleries/100028/photo/web.jpg?ver=12199434880001

mobile me strikes again?..

Espo

Aug 28, 2008, 04:39 PM

my EDGE is faster than my 3G today! wtf!!

THis is absolutely pathetic. I am in NYC, around Washington Square Park.

killerbee79

Aug 28, 2008, 07:51 PM

another thing to consider/know when doing speed tests is where the server is that you are downloading from. This will affect your results a lot. Possibly why some sites give you slower results while some give faster. This is why testmyiphone.com i think gives accurate results for me.

When testing my speed for my macbook pro i use www.speedtest.net. it is a very good speed test site. (NOT MEANT FOR IPHONES).
My MBP connects to my WIFI. The speedtest.net lets you choose what server you want to connect to for the test. It of course recommends the closest one to you so you get best results. With my MBP i get 4.82 Mbps.

Now i connect my iphone to WIFI and turn off 3G. use testmyiphone.com to test WIFI speed. (see screen shot below, 4.39 Mbps) Notice how close it is to my MBP results connected to the same WIFI. That's how i know testmyiphone.com is NOT generous in its results.

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Just my 2 cents.

snook911

Aug 29, 2008, 02:14 AM

wow those are some great speeds even for wifi. Who do you have you Internet with?

MBHockey

Aug 29, 2008, 07:48 AM

This was while I was driving yesterday...middle of the Tappan Zee bridge.

I too questioned Testmyiphone's speed results. But then I did a little test. I loaded up Speedtest.net (which I have used for years), Testmyiphone.com, and the DSL reports iPhone speed test on my MBP (Safari's user agent was set to MobileSafari). I then loaded up NetShare and used the 3G connection on my MBP on all of these sites.

Speedtest.net and Testmyiphone.com were only about 20 kbps off from each other, while the DSL reports test was different from both other tests by over 300 kbps.

I stick with testmyiphone.com now.

The wifi test was with my 20 Mbps FiOS line -- nowhere near its max (see 3rd attachment), but still a good number. I just don't think the iPhone can process internet data that quickly.

killerbee79

Aug 29, 2008, 11:25 AM

wow those are some great speeds even for wifi. Who do you have you Internet with?

I have internet through Charter Communications. Good internet service in my experience, but a really crappy company... I hate cable companys but this is my only option for broadband until ATT gets their Uverse service running in my city(sometime late this year, early 2009).

kobefan234

Aug 30, 2008, 12:08 AM

Wifi Compared to 3G
http://i261.photobucket.com/albums/ii41/kobefan234/IMG_0003.png

http://i261.photobucket.com/albums/ii41/kobefan234/IMG_0002-1.png

ribenaberrie

Aug 30, 2008, 11:50 AM

. Testmyiphone.com is the most accurate because of the smart testing method that is used. And shows the real results of what the 3G network does.

You are getting slow results because you are Australia. Its quite hard to give you a good accurate speed when the testing servers are located in the Northern hemisphere.

I am working on getting a server in Australia to give you guys good accurate results i'm just having a problem finding one right now that has enough bandwidth.

Thanks for clearing that up. Now I don't feel so bad my speed results are so slow. :p

Hope you get a server in Australia soon. :D

Wisenos

Aug 30, 2008, 01:05 PM

i only have wifi or edge over here

here is 2 wifi test 2nd one is after reboot

Rockabizzydilly

Aug 30, 2008, 03:26 PM

http://gallery.me.com/deprinsfrederic/100021/IMG_0002/web.jpg

dlewis23

Aug 30, 2008, 04:43 PM

http://gallery.me.com/deprinsfrederic#100021/IMG_0002&bcg=blck

You used the wrong link there. that is the link to the page, the link to the image is http://gallery.me.com/deprinsfrederic/100021/IMG_0002/web.jpg

Schmoe0013

Aug 30, 2008, 07:40 PM

I don't think i've gotten above 300kbits. You guys are lucky!

Rockabizzydilly

Aug 31, 2008, 01:58 AM

You used the wrong link there. that is the link to the page, the link to the image is http://gallery.me.com/deprinsfrederic/100021/IMG_0002/web.jpg

Thanks and sorry for that. It's fixed now.

anjinha

Aug 31, 2008, 03:16 AM

I heard a rumor that Vodafone in Portugal doesn't allow speeds over 512 Kbps. Not sure if that's true, though...

ibookg412

Aug 31, 2008, 05:36 AM

This is in Ewa Beach, HI on the island of Oahu, about 18 miles from Honolulu.

mlemonds

Aug 31, 2008, 05:52 AM

one seems a little higher than the other.

speeds and coverage in lexington, ky have been excellent

aristotle

Aug 31, 2008, 05:58 PM

one seems a little higher than the other.

speeds and coverage in lexington, ky have been excellent
Your speed will vary somewhat between testing sites based on where they are located relative to where you are, the bandwidth use on your cellular network at the same time and the load on the test server at the time you took the test.

chimpboy74

Aug 31, 2008, 06:18 PM

I got 0.67mbps on 3g and 0.69 on wifi. My broadband on pc runs at about 2mbps. Are these results acceptable for wifi and 3g?

daneoni

Aug 31, 2008, 11:04 PM

I know it says post your 3G speeds but i had to post these because these EDGE speeds border on 3G. Also even though it says Wi-Fi connection at the top they're EDGE speeds, i took the test whilst i was out but couldn't take a screenshot immediately because i'm running 1.1.4.

So i had to wait till i got home to take the pics manually by which time it had connected to my Wi-Fi network at home

Latency isn't great but the speeds are very usable, they were reasonably fast which is why i decided to run a test in the first place

ad2medina

Sep 1, 2008, 06:25 AM

Not so bad!!!!:D

StingerT125

Sep 1, 2008, 06:37 AM

This was in upper Westchester county New York the other day. When I got the iPhone on launch day there was no 3G here. Just recently it became available.

EliAbra

Sep 1, 2008, 06:49 AM

Worse 3G in the world: ORANGE ROMANIA: 212 kbps. As opposed to 700 kbps, or 1400 kpbs at AT&T

josielinnea

Sep 1, 2008, 11:52 AM

Inside my appartment, 3 bars of reception. About 30 km outside Stockholm, Sweden.

Excellerator

Sep 1, 2008, 01:39 PM

I get about 1.4 Mbps in Northern, NY (near the Canadian boarder).

deannnnn

Sep 1, 2008, 01:45 PM

IN MIAMI
http://www.deandagati.com/img/3gmia.jpg

IN NEW YORK CITY
http://www.deandagati.com/img/3gny.jpg

It's all about location...

Cynicalone

Sep 1, 2008, 02:02 PM

Taken at home...

DAC

Sep 1, 2008, 05:15 PM

This indicates Wi-Fi... but look and no Wi-Fi signal is present. Only 3G. Wow.

dlewis23

Sep 2, 2008, 02:00 PM

IN MIAMI
http://www.deandagati.com/img/3gmia.jpg

Real nice speed there in miami

dizzy13

Sep 5, 2008, 01:21 AM

I've been pretty happy with my speeds in miami. One thing that's interesting and has been said before, but I experienced it for myself while attending the UM football game. I had full 3g signal, but couldn't get enough BW to even think about using the web. Once UM was winning by a few touchdowns and people began to leave I noticed my speed increase quickly. I guess it makes sense having a good signal doesn't equal enough BW for everyone in the area.

I took all 4 test within minutes of each other and that all seem to be pretty close. I have gotten as high as 2.0 mbps in the same spot in front of my computer so it really varies a lot. The test below are kind of the low end for me here in Miami.

Another thing that I discover when chatting with dlewis23 in another thread was the 2 ways to present the results in K (or Ki) vs k and M (or Mi) vs m. Here is my post explaining the details http://forums.macrumors.com/showpost.php?p=6167013&postcount=21