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marscandybars
18th May 2007, 10:43 AM
Hey guys, i want to do a quick poll. Ever since the free T-mobile wap went down i had to transfer to run my ineternet off the blackberry service (which still runs thru wap.voicestream.com). But since then, i've had dramatically low download speeds. With the free wap, i'd get a download speed from 160-180 kbps. Now with the $20 blackberry plan, im getting download speeds of around 80-118kbps. When connecting my device to a laptop to use as a wireless modem, it is noticeable... its like i just got my dialup service again in the 90s :p... please post your results. Thanks!
donniesd
18th May 2007, 04:06 PM
To make it fair, What are you using to conduct the tests. What is your locations. What time are you running these? Are these form your phone or from you tethering?


My speeds have gone up since they cut off the lechers. :D :D :D
marscandybars
18th May 2007, 07:29 PM
To make it fair, What are you using to conduct the tests. What is your locations. What time are you running these? Are these form your phone or from you tethering?


My speeds have gone up since they cut off the lechers. :D :D :D


www.bandwidthplace.com and cnet broadband tests are what i have been using. Tests were run from a browser on my laptop using the phone as a modem.

The other night i got 169 kbps download, which is a lot better, but still around the range of what i got when wap internet was free in the past year. so i don't see an improvment in speed, but at least its within the ballpark of the old free wap speed. I do my tests in the afternoon and evening, and i get about the same results; give or take 10 kbps

I do find it odd that we all pay 20-30 dollars a month for phone internet when home DSL internet is $30 :-p
donniesd
18th May 2007, 07:51 PM
I do find it odd that we all pay 20-30 dollars a month for phone internet when home DSL internet is $30 :-p

But you cna take phone internet anywhere, Your DSL is tied to one place.
WDS Josh
18th May 2007, 10:15 PM
$20-$30 is too much for EDGE. i'm surprised t-mobile gets away with it. sprint is $15 for EVDO, VZW is $30(i think) for EVDO. i guess cingulars is $40(again..i think) but it's 3G.
marscandybars
19th May 2007, 02:38 AM
But you cna take phone internet anywhere, Your DSL is tied to one place.

Yah but other networks offer 3G for the same price which is SUBSTANTIALLY faster. T-mobile is $29.99 for speeds less than 200kbps... which is rather irritating to use as an internet connection on my laptop when at home i'm getting 5Mbps download speed :p