3G is Live in the SF Bay Area!!!!

[jeffro01]

3G is live in the SF Bay area as of right now....

I walked away from my phone for 20 min and when i got back I had 3G service on my 6263.

I am about to pop the sim in my TM506 to grab some speed tests.

Jeff

[jeffro01]

Sadly since I am cheating by using the wap.voicestream.com apn from my blackberry sim, i keep having issues completing speed tests The failure occurs on the upload side, but I am getting average 900kbs with about 175-200 upload from my TM506 tethered to my MacBook Pro using bluetooth.

I am going to switch the data plan on my other SIM to total internet and test again later to provide actual verifiable speed tests.

Jeff

[ilvla2]

Is it only in SF, or in other Bay Area cities?

Edit-I am sure GBCUE will be happy when they start it up in Sonoma County and the North Bay

[gbcue]

I'm in Sacramento now, so I'm sure I'll be happy when they turn it on here and get the white G1s to the stores.

[ilvla2]

Oh, cool, I didn't know you had moved, where in Sac did ya move to?

Edit-I've lived in Sac, on Marconi Ave between Watt and Fulton, and down on Howe Ave near Fair Oaks Blvd. I like the area a lot! Anyway, I hope it all goes well for you over there

[gbcue]

I'm in Natomas.

[jeffro01]

I actually live in Walnut Creek, but since it's active here I would go so far as to say that it's active in the entire bay area per compass.

Jeff

[ilvla2]

Yeah, I agree, thanks for keeping us updated Jeff! Do you know when they'll turn it on in the North Bay?

[gregsmith59]

I actually live in Walnut Creek, but since it's active here I would go so far as to say that it's active in the entire bay area per compass.

I suspect you are right about that.

They have very recently cleaned up a lot of LAC numbering, which seemed to be in constant flux during the 3G buildout. For example, your 2G LAC 218 was recently split into 213+218+227 and boundaries were tweaked a little.

Do you happen to have a phone which will tell you what your 3G LAC is?

[jeffro01]

I doubt it, all i have to use is my 6263 and TM506 and I am not sure if either can tell me that info.

Jeff

[jeffro01]

Here is a speed test using internet2.voicestream.com now that I have added the total internet package on my "data" sim...



The upload is a little slow but.... And speedtest.net had me as my closest server being Phoenix AZ

Jeff

[Danny4G]

Hi Jeffro: I see the server used for the Speedtest is in Arizona. Is that the preferred test server when you check your speedtest on Speedtest.net ?

If you force the test to a local server, does your results vary a bit?

[jeffro01]

Yeah, Phoenix is the preferred test server. When i move it back to San Francisoco where I am closest to the downlink speeds are a little slower but the uplink is a little faster so....

Jeff

[Scottish Skyedance]

Here is a speed test using internet2.voicestream.com now that I have added the total internet package on my "data" sim...



The upload is a little slow but.... And speedtest.net had me as my closest server being Phoenix AZ

Jeff

the upload is not looking good
did you pick the best among several tests?

[jeffro01]

i have only tested a few times, i shall do more later.

One a side note, after doing some driving today there are several sites that don't appear to have 3G yet. I don't know if this is because they are still turning it on or???

I really hope that these sites will come online with 3G in the next few days.... That would be most unfortunate if they did not.

Jeff