3G & 3GS Speed Test Survey

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motorwayne

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# 37427 13-Jul-2009 12:47

There has been a suggestion that the iPhone 3G is having issues with switching to HSDPA on the VF network which enables higher speeds.

Can a dozen people post their UP/DOWN load speeds directly from their phones here please. Some people are enjoying high speeds 1.3Mbps and above in 3G areas and some are only getting 113kbps in 3G areas. I'd like to get some evidence of what is actually going on around the traps.

Please post 3G or 3GS and then your test results.

Cheers

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Human
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# 234673 13-Jul-2009 12:55

motorwayne: There has been a suggestion that the iPhone 3G is having issues with switching to HSDPA on the VF network which enables higher speeds.

Can a dozen people post their UP/DOWN load speeds directly from their phones here please. Some people are enjoying high speeds 1.3Mbps and above in 3G areas and some are only getting 113kbps in 3G areas. I'd like to get some evidence of what is actually going on around the traps.

Please post 3G or 3GS and then your test results.

Cheers

You've also gotto remember that some cell sites are in the process of being upgraded (in other words, might not be)
So they will generally achieve much lower speeds.

It was till this morning that I could finally achieve 1.5mbps on my tower (prior to that, i was getting 0.68ish)
So it most likely is not actually be a problem with the iPhone itself.

motorwayne

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# 234676 13-Jul-2009 12:55

3G

Download: 117 kbps

Upload: 94 kbps

Ping: 350 ms

motorwayne

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# 234679 13-Jul-2009 12:57

Not really interested at this point is "why", just "what"

Cheers though

ZALMAN

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# 234697 13-Jul-2009 13:39

3G not on vodafone just thort id thow it out there so you can compare to something

motorwayne

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# 234704 13-Jul-2009 13:57

After ON/OFF switched

motorwayne

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# 234930 13-Jul-2009 21:30

Surely there are others? IS this too much effort?

bcourtney

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# 234941 13-Jul-2009 21:50

haha, give it a couple of days! A good chunk of us are still waiting for our 3GS phones to be delivered :P

corksta

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# 234955 13-Jul-2009 22:10

iPhone 3G in Takapuna, Auckland, on Vodafone.

Down = 672kbps
Up = 334kbps

This is about the typical maximum for me since about the beginning of the year, but usually I'll hit around the 400-500 mark download. Prior to that I would I would easily get 1.3-1.4Mb but that is now just a distant memory.

For me it's not so much the speed but that the iPhone drops back to GPRS at the drop of a hat when on a call, web browsing, etc, regardless of how strong the 3G signal is. Another reason why a move to Telecom is attractive.

stagnant16

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# 234966 13-Jul-2009 22:28

Down = 42kbps
Up = 82kbps

10:30pm - Pukekohe

Down = 87kbps
Up = 102kbps

8am - East Tamaki

motorwayne

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# 235235 14-Jul-2009 16:38

more?

peteflynn

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# 235268 14-Jul-2009 17:37

palmerston north 3gs 5:36pm

dl:296kbps
ul:83kbps

Pete

dodjy

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# 235287 14-Jul-2009 18:31

Hamilton 3GS 5.26pm

d: 1191kbps
u: 477 kbs

fairly happy with that

corksta

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# 235664 15-Jul-2009 14:16

Blazing speed.......

Mt. Wellington, Auckland, 2.10pm inside a building with 3 bars of 3G coverage

Down: 0.10Mb
Up: 0.29Mb

What good is 3GB of data when you are getting speeds like that?!

stagnant16

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# 235668 15-Jul-2009 14:24

Botany Downs 1pm

D: 1270kbps
U: 295kps

Was so excited I nearly wet myself!!

harrylin

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# 235897 15-Jul-2009 23:28

I used to get this Kind of speed every single time I have signal. (I forced my iPhone to 3G signal only, it can't receive 2G signal, so my iPhone couldn't fall back to 2G)

dl 1100
ul 300

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