speed tests of 3G

[citivolus]

I thought it would be interesting to see how the Shift performs in speed tests of its 3G modem. There are many factors involved of course but this is unscientific. I would think it's better to run this test from within Snapvue if possible, assuming you've hacked it and installed a browser. Please post your country, test site used, and download/upload speeds.

[rpawly]

ATT San Antonio 3G HSDPA Full Signal

WM6 Opera HTML isp.cingular.com
1. 418 Kbs down
2. 501 Kbs down
3. 424 Kbs down
4. 663 Kbs down
5. 398 Kbs down

Average 480 Kbs down

Vista Firefox Flash isp.cingular.com
1. 591 Kbs down / 262 Kbs up
2. 796 Kbs down / 245 Kbs up
3. 678 Kbs down / 244 Kbs up
4. 721 Kbs down / 277 Kbs up
5. 692 Kbs down / 222 Kbs up

Average 696 down/ 250 Kbs up

[abp]

Hi

Anyubody knows what speed the 3g modem supports? would it support 7.2 mbit?

Regards

Allan

[michael85]

Hi

Anyubody knows what speed the 3g modem supports? would it support 7.2 mbit?

Regards

Allan
No sorry, in the specifications they tell the max is 3.6 :(

Quote from site:
HSDPA: Up to 3.6Mbps for download and 384kbps for upload UMTS: Up to 384kbps for download and upload
http://www.htc.com/europe/product.aspx?id=15784

[rpawly]

No sorry, in the specifications they tell the max is 3.6 :(

Quote from site:

http://www.htc.com/europe/product.aspx?id=15784

There is no provider supporting 3.6 downs right now. The max i have heard of is 1Mbs down / 256 up

[michael85]

There is no provider supporting 3.6 downs right now. The max i have heard of is 1Mbs down / 256 up
It's supported here in the Netherlands.
They are even going to 7.2 (I thought it was that) this summer. :D

[foxmeister]

There is no provider supporting 3.6 downs right now. The max i have heard of is 1Mbs down / 256 up

Yes, that rather depends on where you are based. In the UK, several of the networks support 3.6Mbs, and they are supposedly upgrading in the very near future to 7.2Mbs.

One of the advantages of being in small, densely populated, country I suppose! :)

Regards,

Dave

[rpawly]

is anyone in UK actually getting 3.6 or the spec provides for it?

[foxmeister]

Last time I checked the speed on T-Mobile, I was getting 1.8Mbs, but that was quite a while ago now.

I've got a 3 SIM too, so I'll give it a try when I get the chance and see what I get on both networks.

Regards,

Dave

[rpawly]

i would be curious to know, att here at least in my city is not that fast. i just ran quick from my phone not the shift and got 651 Kbs

seems from my rudimentary search 600-700 is norm for att HSDPA here in the states.

[wu5262]

is anyone in UK actually getting 3.6 or the spec provides for it?

I am getting 3.2 most of the time, i am in London and use Vodafone sim, it's really the Shift that is limit the speed since if i use the HSDPA Adapter that comes with my sim card, i can get up to 7.2. Shift only support up to 3.6....

[Pawel062]

the chipset inside if i remember correctly can go up to 7.2mbps on hsdpa and on hsupa its something like 5. something. just matter of i guess enabling the faster speeds.

[wu5262]

the chipset inside if i remember correctly can go up to 7.2mbps on hsdpa and on hsupa its something like 5. something. just matter of i guess enabling the faster speeds.

On Shift's spec, it's saying it can only support up to 3.6mbs

[koala996]

On Shift's spec, it's saying it can only support up to 3.6mbs

maybe it has been test only on a 3.6 Mbs .. but can go further... don't know