Very cool thread- glad to see people hitting the 1Mbit barrier on a regular basis.
I will probably take advantage of the technology in late March before the promo unl. data plan goes away on the 31st. Sounds like with current upload speeds, however, that it's not quite enough to ditch your traditional broadband connection at home yet.
Thanks ... yeah that is some pretty low latency. Yeah a tracert would have told us more, but I imagine the ping would jump from low to high (from the cell phone to the tower) and stay there.
no. That's not a worthwhile measurement tool as I indicated earlier in this thread.
Just out of curiosity, why not? I'm asking because I originally suggested using them as a speed comparison tool when the aircard first came out. It just looked handy to be able to search for comparison reasons. I even emailed them to see if they would put up a mashup map so you could see the results on a map. They replied that if they got several results they may do it. I let them think it was their idea!
If there is a better site that's fine, but wouldn't you like to shut those EDVO 1.2's posters up?
I have been using HSDPA for several months now and I have had fairly consistent results. The only downside is that coverage is still weak in many areas. Here are the results of my latest test which is similar to my average:
Download Speed: 1030 kbps (128.8 KB/sec transfer rate)
Upload Speed: 117 kbps (14.6 KB/sec transfer rate)
Latency usually averages in the 100 - 200ms range.
I have been using HSDPA for several months now and I have had fairly consistent results. The only downside is that coverage is still weak in many areas. Here are the results of my latest test which is similar to my average:
Download Speed: 1030 kbps (128.8 KB/sec transfer rate)
Upload Speed: 117 kbps (14.6 KB/sec transfer rate)
Latency usually averages in the 100 - 200ms range.
Any idea what it may be with a phone on the device or tethering? Based on any similar experience.
Data transfer speeds while tethered should not change significantly. Latency does increase slightly but not enough to be a problem. I have used Verizon's EVDO service via a bluetooth tethered connection with good results. I was able to make a voip phone call with no noticeable latency. I believe my average ping times with Verizon's EVDO service were in the 200 - 300ms range. I have no way to test a tethered connection on Cingular as there are no HSDPA phones available yet. Most 1st generation phones are only UMTS capable. I would like to get hold of a HSDPA handset to test but as of today I have seen none.
Originally Posted by Sonix
Any idea what it may be with a phone on the device or tethering? Based on any similar experience.
Data transfer speeds while tethered should not change significantly. Latency does increase slightly but not enough to be a problem. I have used Verizon's EVDO service via a bluetooth tethered connection with good results. I was able to make a voip phone call with no noticeable latency. I believe my average ping times with Verizon's EVDO service were in the 200 - 300ms range. I have no way to test a tethered connection on Cingular as there are no HSDPA phones available yet. Most 1st generation phones are only UMTS capable. I would like to get hold of a HSDPA handset to test but as of today I have seen none.
I have a Sprint 6700 loner for a short tryout and just ran across this.
As a modem on Sprint's EV-DO network, the MM-7500 didn't perform all that well. Downlink speeds were around 480 Kbps, which sounds impressive—until you learn that immediately after, in the same location we got over 800 Kbps with a Novatel Wireless S620 card.
It's Sprint but I wonder. The really disappointing thing about this 6700 is at home I can't get EVDO! 2 miles down the road yes but hear no!
I do have to tell you as a phone I don't think I could deal with it and as a PDA my Axim is better. Go figure.
My downloads only averaged in the 400 - 500kbps range with Verizon using a Motorola e815. I hear that some users experience higher rates with their data cards yet I wonder if a lot has to do with tower congestion and signal strength. PC Magazine did a review of 3 separate EVDO cards side by side and one (Kyocera KPC650) consistently dowloaded ~100kbps faster than the other two. I would imagine that the quality of the radio, the antenna, network congestion, and ones location from the tower will all determine your ultimate transfer results.
It doesn't matter. A collection of results is far more valuable than someone's opinion.
sure, if you don't mind the unreliability of using a speed reporting device for mediums other than wireless data. You're not measuring the speed of cingular's network. Any way you'd like to slice it, it's not a valid test
Just out of curiosity, why not? I'm asking because I originally suggested using them as a speed comparison tool when the aircard first came out. It just looked handy to be able to search for comparison reasons. I even emailed them to see if they would put up a mashup map so you could see the results on a map. They replied that if they got several results they may do it. I let them think it was their idea!
If there is a better site that's fine, but wouldn't you like to shut those EDVO 1.2's posters up?
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