Mobile phone HSDPA speedtest

Strulf

As i want to buy an iPhone i wonder which provider i am to chose. o2 says it is providing "up to" 7.2mbit/s, but 3 has a nice offer (1gb for 10€) with 3.6mbit/s as well.

so now i wan't to know wether there's a wide difference between the providers.

Please name the location, phone and the provider you're using and make the bandwith clear wether you mean kbits or kbytes.

I testet the speed at work with the phone of a colleague:

Dublin (actually not in the center)
iPhone
o2
~700kbit/s

Which i found very dissatisfying. That's not normal, is it?


Btw, there's an app called "speedtest.net" in the App Store for those using an iPhone.


Cheers

Sebastian

Jonathan

It's 7.2 mbps for EVERYONE on that cell.

Walkman

Cork city centre. Using a SonyEricsson w910i on 3. Got 952kb/s

long_b

N82 on 3, Dublin City Centre.8 AN
Hit 2.4 Mb/sec.
Could have knocked me over with a feather.

Rsaeire

Certain handsets are capable of faster speeds than some networks support and certain networks are capable of faster speeds than some handsets support.

Example 1:
The iPhone is capable of up to 3.6 Mbps, but if used on a network capable of up to 7.2 Mbps, such as Vodafone or O2, the maximum speed available is up to only 3.6 Mbps.

Conclusion = The handset is the limiting factor.

Example 2:
The Sony Ericsson XPERIA X1i is capable of up to 7.2 Mbps, but if used on a network capable of up to 3.6 Mbps, such as 3, the maximum speed capable is still only 3.6 Mbps.

Conclusion = The network is the limiting factor.

mcguyver

has anyone tired mobilespeedtest.com

Strulf

Rsaeire wrote: »

The iPhone is capable of up to 3.6 Mbps

Is it? Or was it just for the example?
If yes, do you have a source to that information?

Rsaeire

Strulf wrote: »

Is it? Or was it just for the example?
If yes, do you have a source to that information?

There's an article on Gearlog that confirms the HSDPA speed of the iPhone is 3.6 Mbps; this was confirmed after Gearlog spoke with Apple's Greg Jozwiak.

Strulf

Thank you.

Strulf

*push* Noone else? 2,4mbit sounds perfect, i would like to have more comparable informations

CivilEx

Strulf wrote: »

*push* Noone else? 2,4mbit sounds perfect, i would like to have more comparable informations

Don't know if you were interested in Vodafone. Variable results

Turbo33

Hi,

I have a 3GS iphone on Three network, the customer service in the shop told me that their cell network is on 7.2 speeds now, but when i do speed tests on the iphone i always get around 2.5 M download, i have tested this in Cork, Dublin, Dundalk. Meath in various locations but i can never get over 2.5M download. my internet APN setting on the iphone 3GS is 3ireland.ie
Has anyone that got a 3GS got greater speeds on any 7.2M HSDPA cell network?