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AT&T HSPA+ speeds on iPhone 4S?
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SE Dallas, Pleasant Grove. I guess this is the only good thing about living in the 'hood - not many data hogs around here lol
If it's on 3G in an HSPA+ area, it's on HSPA+, there aren't two networks. Speeds can vary a lot from block to block in urban areas depending on how sectors are loaded and such.
In the hood in NYC, the iPhone gets about 250k. I guess those people are too poor to pay AT&T a lot of money for new iPhone and service, so AT&T builds them a crap network.
Interesting, I was around 26 Mile Rd and only got 5.5 Mbps.
Here in Houston I've never seen anything faster than 3.5 Mbps. Since we have LTE here I assumed the towers would have plenty of backhaul to handle things even on the HSPA side, but I guess not.
I think you should log into your att.com account and make sure you have a data plan for iPhone 4S. The 4S plan is HSPA+ and if you don't have that, you won't get good speeds.
Way to totally not answer the question being asked. Sheesh.
Aiko, You need to get into the field test or diagnostics mode, which takes a big long code, and then you can see the UMTS channel number. Those numbers then correspond to blocks of channels in PCS or CLR, which you can look up online. It's not exactly the easiest thing to do, but I have had fun watching mine switch from PCS to CLR as I death-gripped it hard enough.
That's because VZW current network is slower than AT&T until an LTE iPhone comes out.
It's a valid point though. The 4S data plan is different from previous iPhone plans, and provisions your phone with access to a different, HSPA+ specific APN. If you don't have it, you probably won't get HSPA+ speeds.
If I could get speeds like this at home, i would consider a cell modem instead of my wimpy dsl line (fastest available in my area)
Test Date: Dec 29, 2011 8:26 AM
Connection Type: Cellular
Server: Cincinnati, OH
Download: 6.99 Mbps
Upload: 1.16 Mbps
Ping: 118 ms
What are you qualifying as HSPA+?
Test Date: Dec 29, 2011 8:26 AM
Connection Type: Cellular
Server: Cincinnati, OH
Download: 6.99 Mbps
Upload: 1.16 Mbps
Ping: 118 ms
What are you qualifying as HSPA+?
Damn, I didn't know that. I'm glad I came into this thread. I thought I was being smart by just swapping out my SIM card to save on the activation fee.
i'm in the philly suburbs, the coverage map is hspa+ saturated but my speeds are horrible. 1-2mb on average. occassional bump to 3-4. some of you post higher 3g speeds lol. i'm jealous 
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i don't know... i know people have had different results with this. when i switched mine there was absolutely no difference.
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i don't know... i know people have had different results with this. when i switched mine there was absolutely no difference.
Actually, you don't know for sure unless you use speedtest.net to check your speed. AT&T has asked Apple to change the icon to either 4G or H+, but no word on whether Apple has agreed to do it. I guess we'll see with 5.1.
I was pulling around 7mbps a couple days ago. Today I'm pulling 5.5-6mbps. I think we recently got a backhaul upgrade here... before I'd be lucky to get more than 1.5mbps or so.
My upload is at 1mbps though. I think it's being capped - I know in the past I've gotten uploads as high as 2.8mbps
My upload is at 1mbps though. I think it's being capped - I know in the past I've gotten uploads as high as 2.8mbps
Yeah where I live, my DSL line sucks too, my carrier has much more speed (on 3G) than my home internet, but then again my DSL has true unlimited connection, no throttling whatsoever. I can reach 80 GB usage monthly without worrying about getting notice text
If only mobile carriers give you true unlimited (no BS, craps, throttling etc), I'd move to mobile modem for my home in a blink of an eye LOL
Just call them with your IMEI number. Or go to the ATT store. Shouldn't cost anything.