iPhone 3G Speedtest - Page 3

animenick65 · Jul 13, 2008, 11:03 PM

I'm only getting 362 kbps on my 3g iPhone. Not sure why.

ibelite · Jul 13, 2008, 11:34 PM

I am from Brooklyn NY...and for some reason on my 3G phone i get SLOW speeds, 25kbps...or 0.02MBps,,, vs 1.14 Mbps WTF!!!

Anyone here from Brooklyn experience slow 3G?

Also...when i am on Edge i have 5 bars, when i am on 3G I have 1 bar, can anyone explain?

cdd543 · Jul 14, 2008, 12:29 AM

try http://www.dslreports.com/mspeed
I get between 500-600kbps consistently on a good 3g signal here in Nashville, TN.
Use the larger file sizes for an accurate result.

dlamin517 · Jul 14, 2008, 12:42 AM

testmyiphone.com doesnt work for me. when i click start test it loads and then it doesnt give me a result

dlamin517 · Jul 14, 2008, 12:43 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by ibelite

I am from Brooklyn NY...and for some reason on my 3G phone i get SLOW speeds, 25kbps...or 0.02MBps,,, vs 1.14 Mbps WTF!!!

Anyone here from Brooklyn experience slow 3G?

Also...when i am on Edge i have 5 bars, when i am on 3G I have 1 bar, can anyone explain?

same here but i live in cali

jecapaga · Jul 14, 2008, 01:04 AM

I'm getting just under 500kbps. The strange part is I'm getting that both when my phone shows barely one bar and when I'm elsewhere where I had full bars. I just assumed the speed would increase at least some when the reception bars were full.

nevesis · Jul 14, 2008, 05:04 PM

Here in lower westchester county, NY I am getting a 0.02mbps on 3G, and the same on Edge.

Edge allows me full bars of service, and 3G gives me about one or two.

Its absolutely abysmal. I am on the phone with AT&T right now trying to figure out why.

naftalim · Jul 14, 2008, 05:54 PM

u are gonna have to provide screen shots of the test to back you up, this is no where near what most people are getting with 3G (mine is 1.47MBS

Quote:

Originally Posted by Eric Lewis

6.89 Mbps (6894 kbps / 842 kb/s)

naftalim · Jul 14, 2008, 05:55 PM

I did it a few times till it said that the test file was too small and loaded a larger test. At these speeds it needs to use a larger sample.

Quote:

Originally Posted by dlamin517

testmyiphone.com doesnt work for me. when i click start test it loads and then it doesnt give me a result

naftalim · Jul 14, 2008, 06:24 PM

Wow, our 3G here in North America must be crippled/capped badly. As you can see most of the North Americans get between 1.2 -1.6 Mbps

Quote:

Originally Posted by Phatzer

Just tested 3G three times at the services at A605/A1, Peterborough, UK. I got 4.9mbps, 2.0mbps and 4.9mbps. Checked speed, loaded BBC news page in under 10 seconds.

Poeticashes · Jul 15, 2008, 10:26 AM

0.1-0.3 mbps...that's with full 3G service in the Apple Store...I was getting terrible results and thought it may have been my phone. An Apple Store employee's original iPhone beat my phone loading both L.A. Times and NY Times.com.

Also ran the test on 1 or 2 of their phones and it comes up the same...

(I am in Wash DC/Baltimore area)

mjones77 · Jul 15, 2008, 11:06 AM

Took a nose dive today

michaelmaxwell2 · Jul 15, 2008, 11:14 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by ibelite

I am from Brooklyn NY...and for some reason on my 3G phone i get SLOW speeds, 25kbps...or 0.02MBps,,, vs 1.14 Mbps WTF!!!

Anyone here from Brooklyn experience slow 3G?

Also...when i am on Edge i have 5 bars, when i am on 3G I have 1 bar, can anyone explain?

Well I was playing with it in a store in bk and the thing wont get 3g it stayed on edge.

mjones77 · Jul 18, 2008, 03:25 PM

Been getting around this all day today in north miami-dade from http://testmyiphone.com

But then I get upto delray beach and can't break 700kbps

Both had 4 bars of 3G. Must be the level of usage in the area.

newyorksole · Jul 19, 2008, 07:08 PM

I am in a strong 3G area and in my house I got 419 kbps using 3G.. not so good is it?

elistan · Jul 19, 2008, 08:13 PM

I played around with some 3G demos at a couple different Apple stores near me. The first store only had one bar of 3G signal, and got about 0.1 to 0.2 mbps - about the same as my EDGE iPhone. The second store had four bars of signal, and got 1.2 mbps.

Both tests were through testmyiphone.

slabbius · Jul 19, 2008, 08:17 PM

In the orlando area I got 1.41 Mbps in my apartment, where typically, it would struggle to hold an EDGE connection

ivtecDOu · 11:02 AM

didnt work

ivtecDOu · Jul 24, 2008, 11:06 AM

got this on edge even though it says 3g or wifi it was on edge

sanPietro98 · Jul 24, 2008, 11:26 AM

How accurate are these speed testers? And which one works best? I'm in South Jersey, and I ran speed tests (using 3G) on three different sites:

www.inetworktest.com --> 572 kbps
www.iphonespeedtest.com --> 428 kbps
www.testmyiphone.com --> 1135 kbps (1.14 Mbps)

It seems that testmyiphone.com uses a much bigger data transfer. So could the difference in speed be attributable to the initial TCP connection time? In other words, does it take a long time to connect, but once connected it is pretty fast?

Mad Mac Maniac · Jul 24, 2008, 11:57 AM

So far I have only been getting sub 500kbps speeds.... on 3g...

I've been getting similar results for wifi.

So my questions is this. Is it the testing websites? Is it a defect in my iphone? Is it an at&t 3g problem?

I sure hope this gets better..

pugnut · Jul 24, 2008, 12:50 PM

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lewisd23 · Jul 24, 2008, 01:32 PM

First off I want to let you know that I am the creator and owner of testmyiphone.com and I'm going to answer a few of these concerns that some of you seem to have.

First off the problem where the test would not take you to the results page has been fixed, as far as we can tell, I changed a few things this morning and I have not had the problem at all since I made the changes this morning, so I'm pretty sure that problem has been fixed.

The problem ivtecDOu had a few posts up where gave him a wifi like result even though he is connected on edge. This is caused by the unique key that we use for each test. When a speedtest is taken it is given a 12 digit key to identify the test, some times what happens is that key is already in use so when you are taken too the results it pull the results from the first test with that key. We are working on a fix for this, and it will be up real soon. This does not happen often though, only about once for every 1000 tests taken. Its just really annoying when it does happen and I will fix it.

sanPietro98 asked how accurate are these speedtest sites. I can say that they can be very accurate. But sadly most aren't that great, and give inaccurate results because the testing method they use is quite bad. For example any speedtest site that uses a image to test the speed of your connection will always be inaccurate for 2 reasons. 1. The test file size stays the same, no matter if your connection is 512kbps, or 10mbps. and 2. Images can and do get cached by the browser so the second time you run the test you could be pulling the image used from the cache of the browser not from the sites server.

Our speedtest works in the same way a desktop level speedtest does, but is designed to be light weight for the iphone. It is very similar to the way the testmy.net speedtest works to be able to give the user a 6 - 8 second speedtest.

Every time you take a speedtest at testmyiphone.com it does a small 256kb test, then we do some stuff to determine the larger test that needs to be run so you can get a accurate test up to a max file size of 10mb. By doing this we can give you the most accurate results, of any iphone speedtest.

Our speedtest server is located in Montreal Canada, we will be moving to server in Dallas, Tx very soon. Once we do that users on the west coast will have much more consistent results, and users in other countries will also see better results as we will have better international carriers.

sanPietro98 · Jul 24, 2008, 01:46 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by lewisd23

I can say that they can be very accurate. But sadly most aren't that great, and give inaccurate results because the testing method they use is quite bad. For example any speedtest site that uses a image to test the speed of your connection will always be inaccurate for 2 reasons. 1. The test file size stays the same, no matter if your connection is 512kbps, or 10mbps. and 2. Images can and do get cached by the browser so the second time you run the test you could be pulling the image used from the cache of the browser not from the sites server.

Our speedtest works in the same way a desktop level speedtest does, but is designed to be light weight for the iphone. It is very similar to the way the testmy.net speedtest works to be able to give the user a 6 - 8 second speedtest.

That was very helpful. Thank you for responding. And thanks for making your site.

thechidz · Jul 24, 2008, 01:46 PM

check out my speeds in my sig. that was from an aircard though, taking my sim out and using it on my MBP

Jul 13, 2008, 11:34 PM	#52
ibelite macrumors newbie Join Date: Jul 2004	25 kbps :( I am from Brooklyn NY...and for some reason on my 3G phone i get SLOW speeds, 25kbps...or 0.02MBps,,, vs 1.14 Mbps WTF!!! Anyone here from Brooklyn experience slow 3G? Also...when i am on Edge i have 5 bars, when i am on 3G I have 1 bar, can anyone explain?

Jul 14, 2008, 12:29 AM	#53
cdd543 macrumors regular Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Denver to Nashville and now back to Denver:)	try http://www.dslreports.com/mspeed I get between 500-600kbps consistently on a good 3g signal here in Nashville, TN. Use the larger file sizes for an accurate result. __________________ MacBook Pro Unibody. White iPhone!

Jul 15, 2008, 10:26 AM	#61
Poeticashes macrumors member Join Date: Jun 2008	0.1-0.3 mbps...that's with full 3G service in the Apple Store...I was getting terrible results and thought it may have been my phone. An Apple Store employee's original iPhone beat my phone loading both L.A. Times and NY Times.com. Also ran the test on 1 or 2 of their phones and it comes up the same... (I am in Wash DC/Baltimore area) __________________ 17" uBMP 3.06 ghz 4GB RAM 500 7200 RPM, iPhone 3GS 32 gb black, Luxo iMac, iPod Touch, iPhone 3G 16 gb black.

Jul 19, 2008, 08:17 PM	#67
slabbius macrumors member Join Date: Aug 2006	In the orlando area I got 1.41 Mbps in my apartment, where typically, it would struggle to hold an EDGE connection __________________ 15" 2.33GHz MBP, 2GB RAM, 120GB HD 15" 2.53Ghz MBP, 4GB RAM, 320GB HD 8GB 2G iPhone 40GB ATV I know, how to use question marks?

Jul 19, 2008, 11:37 PM	#68
ivtecDOu macrumors 6502 Join Date: May 2008 Location: mass	didnt work __________________ black 8 gig 3g pwned 8 gig first gen iphone- 4 other ipods Last edited by ivtecDOu : Jul 24, 2008 at 11:02 AM.

Jul 13, 2008, 11:03 PM	#51
animenick65 macrumors 6502 Join Date: Sep 2006	I'm only getting 362 kbps on my 3g iPhone. Not sure why.

Jul 14, 2008, 12:42 AM	#54
dlamin517 macrumors 6502 Join Date: Jul 2008	testmyiphone.com doesnt work for me. when i click start test it loads and then it doesnt give me a result

Jul 14, 2008, 01:04 AM	#56
jecapaga macrumors Demi-God Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Southern California	I'm getting just under 500kbps. The strange part is I'm getting that both when my phone shows barely one bar and when I'm elsewhere where I had full bars. I just assumed the speed would increase at least some when the reception bars were full.

Jul 14, 2008, 05:04 PM	#57
nevesis macrumors regular Join Date: Jun 2007	Here in lower westchester county, NY I am getting a 0.02mbps on 3G, and the same on Edge. Edge allows me full bars of service, and 3G gives me about one or two. Its absolutely abysmal. I am on the phone with AT&T right now trying to figure out why.

Jul 15, 2008, 11:06 AM	#62
mjones77 Thread Starter macrumors newbie Join Date: Jul 2008	Took a nose dive today

Jul 18, 2008, 03:25 PM	#64
mjones77 Thread Starter macrumors newbie Join Date: Jul 2008	Been getting around this all day today in north miami-dade from http://testmyiphone.com But then I get upto delray beach and can't break 700kbps Both had 4 bars of 3G. Must be the level of usage in the area.

Jul 19, 2008, 07:08 PM	#65
newyorksole macrumors 6502a Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: LongIsland/NYC	I am in a strong 3G area and in my house I got 419 kbps using 3G.. not so good is it?

Jul 19, 2008, 08:13 PM	#66
elistan macrumors regular Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Dallas, TX	I played around with some 3G demos at a couple different Apple stores near me. The first store only had one bar of 3G signal, and got about 0.1 to 0.2 mbps - about the same as my EDGE iPhone. The second store had four bars of signal, and got 1.2 mbps. Both tests were through testmyiphone.

Jul 24, 2008, 11:06 AM	#69
ivtecDOu macrumors 6502 Join Date: May 2008 Location: mass	got this on edge even though it says 3g or wifi it was on edge __________________ black 8 gig 3g pwned 8 gig first gen iphone- 4 other ipods

Jul 24, 2008, 11:26 AM	#70
sanPietro98 macrumors 6502 Join Date: May 2008 Location: 28.416834,-81.581214	How Accurate? How accurate are these speed testers? And which one works best? I'm in South Jersey, and I ran speed tests (using 3G) on three different sites: www.inetworktest.com --> 572 kbps www.iphonespeedtest.com --> 428 kbps www.testmyiphone.com --> 1135 kbps (1.14 Mbps) It seems that testmyiphone.com uses a much bigger data transfer. So could the difference in speed be attributable to the initial TCP connection time? In other words, does it take a long time to connect, but once connected it is pretty fast? __________________ "Don't Blink. Blink and you're dead. Don't turn your back. Don't look away. And don't blink. Good Luck."

Jul 24, 2008, 11:57 AM	#71
Mad Mac Maniac macrumors 6502a Join Date: Oct 2007	So far I have only been getting sub 500kbps speeds.... on 3g... I've been getting similar results for wifi. So my questions is this. Is it the testing websites? Is it a defect in my iphone? Is it an at&t 3g problem? I sure hope this gets better..

Jul 24, 2008, 12:50 PM	#72
pugnut macrumors 6502 Join Date: Jul 2007	Test

Jul 24, 2008, 01:32 PM	#73
lewisd23 macrumors newbie Join Date: Jul 2008	First off I want to let you know that I am the creator and owner of testmyiphone.com and I'm going to answer a few of these concerns that some of you seem to have. First off the problem where the test would not take you to the results page has been fixed, as far as we can tell, I changed a few things this morning and I have not had the problem at all since I made the changes this morning, so I'm pretty sure that problem has been fixed. The problem ivtecDOu had a few posts up where gave him a wifi like result even though he is connected on edge. This is caused by the unique key that we use for each test. When a speedtest is taken it is given a 12 digit key to identify the test, some times what happens is that key is already in use so when you are taken too the results it pull the results from the first test with that key. We are working on a fix for this, and it will be up real soon. This does not happen often though, only about once for every 1000 tests taken. Its just really annoying when it does happen and I will fix it. sanPietro98 asked how accurate are these speedtest sites. I can say that they can be very accurate. But sadly most aren't that great, and give inaccurate results because the testing method they use is quite bad. For example any speedtest site that uses a image to test the speed of your connection will always be inaccurate for 2 reasons. 1. The test file size stays the same, no matter if your connection is 512kbps, or 10mbps. and 2. Images can and do get cached by the browser so the second time you run the test you could be pulling the image used from the cache of the browser not from the sites server. Our speedtest works in the same way a desktop level speedtest does, but is designed to be light weight for the iphone. It is very similar to the way the testmy.net speedtest works to be able to give the user a 6 - 8 second speedtest. Every time you take a speedtest at testmyiphone.com it does a small 256kb test, then we do some stuff to determine the larger test that needs to be run so you can get a accurate test up to a max file size of 10mb. By doing this we can give you the most accurate results, of any iphone speedtest. Our speedtest server is located in Montreal Canada, we will be moving to server in Dallas, Tx very soon. Once we do that users on the west coast will have much more consistent results, and users in other countries will also see better results as we will have better international carriers.

Jul 24, 2008, 01:46 PM	#75
thechidz Banned Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: New York City	check out my speeds in my sig. that was from an aircard though, taking my sim out and using it on my MBP

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