I'm still wondering what your issues are? I can understand that with wireless speeds vary due to traffic, but if there were several entries in a given area and at different times it would give you another point of reference. I really am just looking for a source of information independent of carrier.
What device are you using HSDPA with? None of the 9 handsets listed in your signature support this protocol. Just curious...
There are no UMTS/HSDPA handsets yet. I'm using the AC860. Whadddaya think I'm a doof? I don't see many PC cards listed in peoples profiles.
PC cards are boring don'tcha know.
I'm considering also listing my car, home theater, shaving machine and rice cooker. It's all about the gadget and who's the biggest geek, isn't it? Heh!
I'm considering also listing my car, home theater, shaving machine and rice cooker. It's all about the gadget and who's the biggest geek, isn't it? Heh!
That would be true. This is catching up with Gadgets' instead of the Jones' here.
I find my self trolling to find out what the latest goodies are so I can be ready. I will say with the rate of inflation my gadget budget has decreased. I will more than likely have to just drool from a far.
Before I went SMT5600 I was considering the new Nokia devices. I was pleased with my 6620 enough to rethink going back to Nokia but I couldn't pass up the SMT5600. I'm glad I did. I'm only packing a handset and not a handset and an iPaq and I love it!
I'm still wondering what your issues are? I can understand that with wireless speeds vary due to traffic, but if there were several entries in a given area and at different times it would give you another point of reference.
The problem is you're not getting an accurate measurement if the ping makes a hop outside of the network. No need for me to explain it since the moderator already said it's valid
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Originally Posted by I have a phone
sure, if you don't mind the unreliability of using a speed reporting device for mediums other than wireless data.
I don't follow you. Sounds like BS, but maybe there's a real point there... How should a speed benchmarking method for wireless TCP/IP differ as opposed to a cable modem/DSL/fixed wireless method if any?
Originally Posted by I have a phone
You're not measuring the speed of cingular's network.
Right, you are measuring:
1. Your device's speed - in series with
2. Cingular's network speed - in series with
3. Cingular's connection to "the internet" speed - in series with
4. Cingular's internet backbone provider's performance - in series with
5. Speed Test Server's (STS) internet backbone provider's performance - in series with
6. STS connection to "the internet" speed - in series with
7. STS network speed - in series with
8. STS speed test server speed
and there's probably a few steps I left out....
I say "in series with" because any bottleneck along the way will drag down the entire process.
Originally Posted by I have a phone
Any way you'd like to slice it, it's not a valid test
Agreed, it's not a vaild test to measure Cingular's performance. However, it's a great test to measure what people ultimately want; fast internet access. So for a given test provider combined with the location of the client host, it's an excellent measure of that.
So then, how about providing a link to Cingular's speed test method? Is there one?
My fixed wireless providerhas such a thing. If anyone's interested, I can give a couple of caveats about using the provider speed test.
The good thing about the provider's speed test, is it gives their customers (and the provider) a yard stick for what the provider is responsible for.
The good thing about the dslreports style test is that it measures things the provider won't take blame for but is ultimately responsible for because that's what the customer uses the service for.
IMO you need to consider both types of tests really.
I keep hearing over and over about the dang Cingular/SBC/at&t network. Put your money where your mouth is, why don'tcha Cingular? Why not provide CWS speed tests for the HSDPA beta?
Currently in Phoenix and I'm using this ridiculous tool at dslreports.com called speed test something that only been used about 41 million times since 1999 (must be something wrong with it right ) and all I get is this:
2006-01-30 22:48:28 EST: 638 / 117
Your download speed : 638 kbps or 79.7 KB/sec.
Your upload speed : 117 kbps or 14.7 KB/sec.
Better upload speed than I've seen in Dallas but less throughout on the downlink. Even though I'm at -93 dBm right now I can't get above 1 mpbs. Still very good but not the >1 mbps I'm used to at -104 dBm in Dallas. It easy to get spoiled
Which speed test? there are about five on the page. I bet if you tried all five, you would get different results.
There's a lot more than 5. The main thing is - where is the connection to the Internet over Cingular's UMTS/HSDPA network. This can be found out through traceroute (tracert on Windows).
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Originally Posted by I have a phone
I don't see many PC cards listed in peoples profiles.
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