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iPhone 3G Study Shows Regional Differences in Speed

Quite useless information...
3G speed even changes from one city to another...it highly depends on the number of customers per BTS.....

BTW, this is my experience in ITALY:

Wind ------> average 1-1.2mbit

TIM -------> 2mbit with peaks above 3mbit

Vodafone --------> didn't try

H3g (Three) ----------> average 1,2mbit


Test performed using a 3,6mbit-capable device.
Of course under coverage. (medium sized italian city)
 
Just tested mine at my office (no wifi here, but tested EDGE and 3G). I had four bars of 3G and five bars of EDGE. I'm pretty happy with the results.

3G: 1.11 Mbps
EDGE: 0.17 Mbps
 
ATT College Station, TX averages about 450 any time I run a test. Not a helluva lot better than Edge.
 
meaningless

Without data and controls on how it was taken this means nothing. In upstate NY I can see huge differences in transfer rates based on the time of day and day of the week.

That doesn't even take into account times that a reboot was required to get back to normal speeds.

Dave
 
manhattanboy said:
Well I'm in the USA in a major city and at work I only get 696 kbps despite FULL bars 3G.
And for kicks I only get 128 kps on EDGE despite full bars.
AT&T sucks and needs to improve the situation ASAP
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Hey, you're getting more than the advertised "twice as fast" (as EDGE) at least. ;)
 
gianly1985 said:
Quite useless information...
3G speed even changes from one city to another...it highly depends on the number of customers per BTS.....
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In possible support of this theory, I get the same signal most places in London (carrier-o2, full bars, 3G lit) that I got during a recent holiday in San Sebastian (Spain, carrier-Movistar, which I think is a brand of Telefonica).

(yeah, not really looking forward to the bill, despite turning off data roaming whenever I could...)

However browsing and downloading speed in San Sebastian was noticeably faster than it is in London - at all times.
 
I participated... it's VERY unscientific. It doesn't survey dropped calls or ANY call quality issues - ONLY download and upload speeds. It doesn't account for people who are moving - walking or driving, etc, etc. Personally, my own issues are related to being indoors and/or covering the bottom third of the phone with my hand. If I'm outside and I don't cover the bottom, the service is fine. I can get strong signal outside, walk inside and it'll drop to EDGE (some places, not most). The Wired survey doesn't even ask people what time of day the test was done.
 
Australia

It is said that Australia is the world's slowest 3G yet Telstra is equal 3rd fastest - Telstra is not only Australian but also I think the largest 3G network in the world. Ok, it's not cheap but you do tend to get what you pay for in this world and at least we have a choice of 3 (yes three) providers!!!!
 
dendent said:
It is said that Australia is the world's slowest 3G yet Telstra is equal 3rd fastest - Telstra is not only Australian but also I think the largest 3G network in the world. Ok, it's not cheap but you do tend to get what you pay for in this world and at least we have a choice of 3 (yes three) providers!!!!
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Relax man. It says the lowest average speed is in Australia (not saying that Telestra specifically is the slowest carrier). The other telecoms that carry the iPhone in Australia must then be slower than Telestra.
 
millar876 said:
well there's another argument for sticking with my 1st gen iPhone. I get between 500kbps and 767kbps over edge. And I don't even get 3G as work or home anyway
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Strangely, EDGE seems to be much slower here in Europe but 3G is a lot faster than in the US. Don't know why that is - I never got more than 200kbit/s out of my EDGE connection but 3G gives me 1.5mbit/s here

peter
 
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