Net10 byop AT&T speeds are capped

[Tim-of-NC]

I have found that the speeds on Net10's byop program are capped to speeds no more that 7.5mbps. I have tested this throughly over about a month running multiple speed tests in different locations at deferent times. The peak speeds have always been between 7.2 to 7.46mbps. When running a speedtest the speeds will jump up to around 8.5 at first then back down to mid 7s which is plenty fast. I have been right next to a tower been in different locations late at night all the same results. I don't know if this applies everywhere but at least it does in Greensboro NC to Raleigh and everywhere in between. I'm not saying this is slow or a deal breaker because it isn't it's just something to keep in mind.

All test were done on my 21mbps capable ATRIX 2

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[jgrobe]

Any idea how fast the uncapped AT&T speeds are?

[Tim-of-NC]

Any idea how fast the uncapped AT&T speeds are?

Yeah same areas with post paid AT&T are 10 to 12mbps unfortunately I didn't have someone with me at all times to test everywhere. But at 2am in a spot where I was postpaid getting 9 to 12mbps I got the same below 7.5mbps result. What's odd is the results were all .02mbps off from one another even using different servers like 7.24mbps vs 7.26mbps over 3 test.

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[gedster314]

On my internationl GNote I get 4 to 8 Mbps where I live with Net10 and when I use my ATT IPad sim with the same phone within a minute I get the exact same. Pages on Net10 seem to load a little slower though. Page will load about 3/4 and the hesitate for about a second and then finish loading. I see the same when I use the ST APN too.

[Tim-of-NC]

Well again it may just be my area next time my bud is with me I'll do it again and take pics of the results. I tested multiple servers for the best latency and speeds and the results were the post paid at&t phone on hspa+ got faster speeds than my phone and mine will never see above 7.5mbps. One of the towers was about 13miles from where I live and doesn't cover a city mainly the highway and I was literally within 1/4 mile from it at 2am and still never saw above 7.5mbps. When I had post paid same spot same phone around the same time I saw my highest test of 13.4mbps with the lowest of around 9.5. I know there's alot of factors weighing on the results but the consistency can't be ignored.

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[silentjudge]

OP, this is correct. ST and NET10 don't get the optimized routing and thus have slower speeds and higher pings. Our data goes through AT&T servers in Chicago or Atlanta and that adds latency. 4G phones on AT&T use the 'pta' APN, which we don't have access to, that gives them more optimal routing and thus faster data speeds.

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[cherishzm]

What?? I only get 2.56Mbps with AT&T ST SIM on my iPhone 4s

[silentjudge]

What?? I only get 2.56Mbps with AT&T ST SIM on my iPhone 4s

It depends on the tower your connected to and what kind of back haul is has and how busy it is when you tested.

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[james42519]

be glad you get that. lucky if i get 3 megabit.