Sony C510 hitting 6.5Mb/s

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Paulthagerous

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Topic # 57608 18-Feb-2010 20:34

I am on holiday and have taken my C510 to tether with my netbook. Ran this speedtest:

I thought the C510 had a limit of 3.6 mb/s, but I guess it doesn't. My question is: given I am in central Christchurch, and assuming the phone has a max of 7.2mb/s, what is the fastest I am likely to see? I am purely curious, it is perfectly quick for me! Any other C510 owners who can shed some light?

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Reply # 300230 18-Feb-2010 21:21

It's a class 8 device so has a maximum of 7.2Mbps. 6.5Mbps is about as fast as you will get because you also have to factor in TCP overheads.

It's HSUPA capable as well with a maximum of 2Mbps upstream so 1.65Mbps is fairly typical.

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Reply # 300482 20-Feb-2010 09:14

Thanks for that, wasn't sure if it was an error or something! Was going to get a standalone data card, but for the times I am out of wifi the phone is more than capable.