Wifi is faster on my iPhone than on my laptop!

[macbook yes]

The internet on my computer is getting progressively slower. I have no idea why.

Speedtest.net:

Laptop:
DL .38 Mb/s
UL 1.04 Mb/s
Ping 84ms

iPhone:
DL 1.5Mb/s
UL 3.85Mb/s
Ping 360ms

I'm not downloading on either one. How do I fix this?

 

[wordoflife]

What is CE Macbook?

Anyways, plug in your Macbook via ethernet and see what the results are.

www.speedtest.net

 

[macbook yes]

CE macbook was a joke when the alum mbp first came out.

When plugged into ethernet (with my 3 inch cord behind the living room bookcase)

DL 2.6
UL 10.3
Ping 23

I thought that upload was supposed to be lower than download?

 

[dukebound85]

What is CE Macbook?

It is a silly monker used by those who bought an aluminum macbook and want to make it sound cooler than it is....Collector's Edition Macbook

 

[wordoflife]

It is a silly monker used by those who bought an aluminum macbook and want to make it sound cooler than it is....Collector's Edition Macbook

Wow, haha. Gotta love people.

CE macbook was a joke when the alum mbp first came out.

When plugged into ethernet (with my 3 inch cord behind the living room bookcase)

DL 2.6
UL 10.3
Ping 23

I thought that upload was supposed to be lower than download?

Not necessarily, but most of the time, yes. What speeds are you subscribed for?

 

[macbook yes]

I have no idea. It comes through my apartment complex. Everyone pays $10.

 

[promemorex]

If you have cable internet like comcast, the speeds you get will vary to what people in your neighborhood is doing at that specific time.

You can't really compare the internet on your iPhone and internet on your MBP because the internet comes from the iPhone comes from 3G at&t and elsewhere from your MBP.

 

[EHVio]

If you have cable internet like comcast, the speeds you get will vary to what people in your neighborhood is doing at that specific time.

You can't really compare the internet on your iPhone and internet on your MBP because the internet comes from the iPhone comes from 3G at&t and elsewhere from your MBP.

.......wifi.......

 

[LightMast]

If you have cable internet like comcast, the speeds you get will vary to what people in your neighborhood is doing at that specific time.

You can't really compare the internet on your iPhone and internet on your MBP because the internet comes from the iPhone comes from 3G at&t and elsewhere from your MBP.

Hey, genius, he said the WiFi is faster on his phone than on his MBP.

 

[nebo1ss]

The internet on my computer is getting progressively slower. I have no idea why.

Speedtest.net:

Laptop:
DL .38 Mb/s
UL 1.04 Mb/s
Ping 84ms

iPhone:
DL 1.5Mb/s
UL 3.85Mb/s
Ping 360ms

I'm not downloading on either one. How do I fix this?

Something could be running on your Macbook that you are not aware off. Run the Activity monitor and look at CPU. Disk usage and network numbers.
If you were downloading a large file on the Macbook when you ran the test, it could explain it. It could also explain why the DL speed was less than the UL speed.

 

[sauer228]

I have no idea. It comes through my apartment complex. Everyone pays $10.

Sounds like you're getting what you pay for. Was the speed test on your iPhone using 3G or Wifi?

 

[macbook yes]

Both were using Wifi.

firefox-bin
WindowServer
sh

are the top three and neither of them are using more than 5%.

 

[Alleyoop]

I am having the same problem. I used to hate surfing the web using wifi on iPhone because it was so slow compared to my Powerbook! Now I got a new MBP i5 and it is slower than the iPhone! Can barely use it for going online-I posted about it before too and still trying to figure it out!