Has anyone noticed faster data?

**WPGHTC** · 02-09-2012, 08:05 AM

I have been getting crazy download speeds lately. Has anyone else noticed?

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**jcalder** · 02-09-2012, 09:51 AM

I was barely able to pull 1 Mb/s at Futureshop on Pembina yesterday around 2 in the afternoon.

10 would be more like it.

**Derfel** · 02-09-2012, 09:55 AM

I've been averaging 3 Mb/s, with a low of 1.5 and a high of 4.

**Sighter** · 02-09-2012, 10:32 AM

Its pretty random. Every once in a while at the right spot and time of day I can get 8mbps just outside the north perimeter.

The fastest I ever tested was wifi tethered (less reliable reading?) to my laptop 12.9mbps.

**Astylis** · 02-09-2012, 01:03 PM

Originally Posted by Derfel

I've been averaging 3 Mb/s, with a low of 1.5 and a high of 4.

Same here. I am on the west side of the province.

**Felchy** · 02-09-2012, 02:28 PM

I'm getting the same crappy speeds (< 2000 Mb/sec) I always get during the day in downtown Winnipeg.

**stuntboy** · 02-10-2012, 03:28 AM

Nice speeds....I noticed a little increase on my nexus s. I hope to grab a galaxy nexus later today, being a true 4g phone I just might hit 1∅

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**WPGHTC** · 02-21-2012, 09:14 AM

Random speed test North of Gypsomville.
Asus Transformer Prime tethered to my Galaxy Nexus w/ wifi hotspot.

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**stuntboy** · 02-21-2012, 10:09 AM

@WPGHTC are your Galaxy Nexus just stock or rooted? If roooted what rom ? Besides the speedtests are your speeds like this constant with other apps while downloading? I can pull a great speedtest but to be able to keep a good speed going while dl'ing a tvshow off usenet is a rariety.

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**WPGHTC** · 02-21-2012, 11:38 AM

I am 100% stock. Non rooted. Using Yakju 4.0.2. (100% Google, not Samsung controlled)
I hate roms. I have yet to find a rom that is stable enough for me.

My speeds have been very consistant. On my nexus s 3-5 mbps. Galaxy s ii was about 4-6 mbps. The galaxy nexus gets 5-10 mbps.

I love the fact that my downloads and uploads have been so consistent. I use drop box like crazy and my phone tears apart my home connection for upload speed .
The only place I have issues is unicity.
For some reason I only get 2-5 mbps there.

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**Derfel** · 02-21-2012, 11:58 AM

Tried a speed test this morning in East Kildonan - 4.5 down, 1.1 up. My phone maxes out at 7mbps, so that's a pretty impressive speed for what I need. It is certainly more consistent in terms of speed than a month ago.

Wonder if it has anything to do with the LTE promise for the end of 2012?

**WPGHTC** · 02-21-2012, 12:42 PM

Long-term Evolutionary is great, but doesn't make a difference to non LTE hardware. I think MTS has just opened up the taps a little...

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**Derfel** · 02-21-2012, 01:13 PM

Originally Posted by WPGHTC

Long-term Evolutionary is great, but doesn't make a difference to non LTE hardware. I think MTS has just opened up the taps a little...

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That's what I was getting at - perhaps allowing for more bandwidth to towers? I'm not sure how that works...

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**WPGHTC** · 02-21-2012, 06:14 PM

HSPA+ has a theoretical download speed of 88mbps and an upload of 22mbps. Like all internet service they just throttle it.

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**win7463** · 02-22-2012, 06:52 AM

MTS uses a single carrier with a max bandwidth of 21Mbps down and I think 5.76Mbps up. Most phones don't support 21Mbps down. MTS must of done something because during peak times I was getting 0.5Mbps at best. Now I get 2-3 consistently. I am getting the same off peak speed as before so it seems more like they tweaked the system, at least here in Thompson.

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