I can get 20MBPS down and 15 MBPS uploads on this phone, but my MS is around 110.
Does anyone know of any tweaks or changes I can make to improve the MS/ping?
Thanks!
MS just stands for milliseconds. You can't really talk about improving the ms
Anyway, ping is just the measurement of the time it takes for a signal to get to the server and back. It's a physical distance. The only way to improve it, is to move closer to the server.
On a mobile device, the signal is required to travel via mobile masts, and satalites, hence the ping will be higher than your desktop's wired link. You can't really improve it.
Hope this helps!
Chris.
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MS just stands for milliseconds. You can't really talk about improving the ms
Anyway, ping is just the measurement of the time it takes for a signal to get to the server and back. It's a physical distance. The only way to improve it, is to move closer to the server.
On a mobile device, the signal is required to travel via mobile masts, and satalites, hence the ping will be higher than your desktop's wired link. You can't really improve it.
Hope this helps!
Chris.
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I know what ping and latency and MS are, but thanks for the help.
I don't think you are right. Can't different radio/modem drivers change things? What about tweaks? For example, on Windows running Leatrix Latency Fix lowers latency a TON! Is there anything like this for a android phone? (Galaxy S3 - Verizon)
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I know what ping and latency and MS are, but thanks for the help.
I don't think you are right. Can't different radio/modem drivers change things? What about tweaks? For example, on Windows running Leatrix Latency Fix lowers latency a TON! Is there anything like this for a android phone? (Galaxy S3 - Verizon)
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No, because of the nature of HSDPA (Even H+) you can't really get low latency, maybe around 100 milliseconds at best. The real low latency wireless currently on market is probably LTE, which still would get you around 20 - 50ms versus. 5-10ms on a wired connection.
Connection speed itself has nothing to do with latency 5mbps connection on same technology would have exactly same latency as 10mbps one. Higher speed connection technologies just tend to be bit more advanced infrastructure and that way have less latency.
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MS just stands for milliseconds. You can't really talk about improving the ms
Anyway, ping is just the measurement of the time it takes for a signal to get to the server and back. It's a physical distance. The only way to improve it, is to move closer to the server.
On a mobile device, the signal is required to travel via mobile masts, and satalites, hence the ping will be higher than your desktop's wired link. You can't really improve it.
Hope this helps!
Chris.
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No, because of the nature of HSDPA (Even H+) you can't really get low latency, maybe around 100 milliseconds at best. The real low latency wireless currently on market is probably LTE, which still would get you around 20 - 50ms versus. 5-10ms on a wired connection.
Connection speed itself has nothing to do with latency 5mbps connection on same technology would have exactly same latency as 10mbps one. Higher speed connection technologies just tend to be bit more advanced infrastructure and that way have less latency.
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I have Verizon's LTE 4G service.
So shouldn't I be able to get around 20-50MS?
Any ideas?
Zacharybinx34 said:
I have Verizon's LTE 4G service.
So shouldn't I be able to get around 20-50MS?
Any ideas?
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*sigh*
You're in the wrong f'ing forum, this is the forum for the INTERNATIONAL VERSION.
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*sigh*
You're in the wrong f'ing forum, this is the forum for the INTERNATIONAL VERSION.
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My bad.
Sorry
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My Thunderbolt is rooted and LTE is live throughout campus down the road from me at Notre Dame. I get 4G speeds on my Thunderbolt just fine, all the way up to 40mbps down and 15mbps up.....But when I tether to my laptop, I get 2-3mbps down and 1mbps up AT BEST!
I have tried every free tethering app out there, both wireless and wired.
What am I doing wrong? Is there some sort of trick to doing it?
Thanks!
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My Thunderbolt is rooted and LTE is live throughout campus down the road from me at Notre Dame. I get 4G speeds on my Thunderbolt just fine, all the way up to 40mbps down and 15mbps up.....But when I tether to my laptop, I get 2-3mbps down and 1mbps up AT BEST!
I have tried every free tethering app out there, both wireless and wired.
What am I doing wrong? Is there some sort of trick to doing it?
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you must be in an area where they haven't throttled your normal phone data usage yet. i've tried out 4G in a few places and seem to get around 3 - 5Mbps max (1 - 3Mbps average) with my phone as is. when i tether it's slower.
and yes, i've tried different rom/kernal/radio combinations
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you must be in an area where they haven't throttled your normal phone data usage yet. i've tried out 4G in a few places and seem to get around 3 - 5Mbps max (1 - 3Mbps average) with my phone as is. when i tether it's slower.
and yes, i've tried different rom/kernal/radio combinations
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They have not "throttled " my data either because I'm getting great data speeds.
As for tethering. When I was doing that I was getting a little less than what my smartphone got. But my tablet was still getting 12-15Mbps download speeds.
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My Thunderbolt is rooted and LTE is live throughout campus down the road from me at Notre Dame. I get 4G speeds on my Thunderbolt just fine, all the way up to 40mbps down and 15mbps up.....But when I tether to my laptop, I get 2-3mbps down and 1mbps up AT BEST!
I have tried every free tethering app out there, both wireless and wired.
What am I doing wrong? Is there some sort of trick to doing it?
Thanks!
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You know a why? Because 14 megabits per second is about 2.5 megabytes per second
give or take a little
Now the speedtest app measures using megabits, your computer uses megabytes. See the confusion?
It's a clever sales 'trick' to say 20 megabits per second instead of about 3.5 to 4 megabytes. And I think it's a dirty little trick that they shouldn't use
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You know a why? Because 14 megabits per second is about 2.5 megabytes per second
give or take a little
Now the speedtest app measures using megabits, your computer uses megabytes. See the confusion?
It's a clever sales 'trick' to say 20 megabits per second instead of about 3.5 to 4 megabytes. And I think it's a dirty little trick that they shouldn't use
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I think I'll buy that explanation. And I'll agree it's stupid as hell since NOBODY uses bytes to measure serial data transfer. It's ALWAYS measured in bits. And there's reasons for it, too. ...just further confirms my belief that bandwidth tests are total BS.
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I think I'll buy that explanation. And I'll agree it's stupid as hell since NOBODY uses bytes to measure serial data transfer. It's ALWAYS measured in bits. And there's reasons for it, too. ...just further confirms my belief that bandwidth tests are total BS.
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I never understood everyone wanting to post number in bits, since I'd say a good amount of the forum have no idea what megabits means in terms of their download speeds (other than more is better), but as you said, it's just a way for ISPs to make it look "super fast." It's about as relevant to most people as me telling the average American how fast I am driving in kilometers per hour or the current temperature in Celsius.
I suspect the reason no one posts their speed in bytes (despite most speedtests allowing you to change to that in the settings) is because of the same reasoning. When someone finds a user friendly app or browser that defaults to telling you your speed in kilobits per second, let me know, but until then showing everyone your bandwidth in Megabits per Second is silly. I mean even wget and curl on the command line use kilobytes by default, lol.
Not sure the megabit/megabyte explanation is completely accurate. It may be in this specific case but in general bits are always used for network traffic measurements (speedtests, nic speeds, etc) and bytes for storage measurements (hdd/sd space, etc). Unless the OP manually changed how it was being measured (or used a different site/tool than on the phone) which I suspect isn't the case since he would know he did it, it should still be in megabits.
Someone else noticed slower speeds when tethering to certain hardware but for some reason I can't remember the reasonable explanation for it at the time.
@OP: try tethering another device/phone and check through it.
I suppose this assumes the OP is using a similar tool/site (i.e. tried speakeasy on both).
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I never understood everyone wanting to post number in bits, since I'd say a good amount of the forum have no idea what megabits means in terms of their download speeds (other than more is better), but as you said, it's just a way for ISPs to make it look "super fast." It's about as relevant to most people as me telling the average American how fast I am driving in kilometers per hour or the current temperature in Celsius.
I suspect the reason no one posts their speed in bytes (despite most speedtests allowing you to change to that in the settings) is because of the same reasoning. When someone finds a user friendly app or browser that defaults to telling you your speed in kilobits per second, let me know . I mean even wget and curl on the command line use kilobytes by default, lol.
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The reason serial data transport is usually measured in bits and parallel data transport is measured in bytes is because serial transport must take into account transmission protocol and QoS overhead, whereas parallel data transport usually doesn't because much of those controls are handled via sideband. For instance parallel SCSI: SCSI3 (U2, U160, U320) specifies a 68 pin twisted pair, actively terminated data cable. Only 16 of those pairs are data channels though, the remaining 18 pairs are there for ID, QoS, and control protocol. In serial applications, such as SAS (Serial Attached SCSI), those features must be integrated, usually in a packet method, with the data stream, usually incurring a 20% tax on actual data throughput across the interconnect. Serial data ratings include that 20% as part of the data rate, whereas parallel data ratings usually do not. Therefore, a U320 implementation of SCSI can realistically achieve near the theoretical maximum of 320 megabytes per second (310 MB/s is pretty much bus saturation in practice) of real data transfer. However, a serial implementation of SAS rated for 6Gbit, transferring a theoretical 750MB/s, in practice will only transfer roughly 600MB/s assuming a mean protocol/QoS overhead of 20%. That's a significant loss of throughput, however, the loss isn't assumed. Some methods of serial transport take up more bandwidth with protocol, some less. It's not technically accurate to describe a physical interlink's transport capabilities in terms of what the applied protocol can provide since that can change. For instance, 1Gbit Ethernet can move 1Gbit, however, the protocol applied over that topology can vary yielding different actual data throughput results.
That's why serial is always measured in bits and parallel in bytes.
I Understand that WiFi is Quicker than 3G but lately is been really Noticeable! 3G has been Really Slow... Anyone else having Horrible Connect time on 3G?
It almost sounds like you don't know what you mean when you're tossing the term WiFi around lol.
My 3g is faster than my WiFi. God damned 14.4 dial up in my house. (Lolz. JK)
I haven't noticed 3g being slower significantly. It's up and down, but not more than normal.
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It almost sounds like you don't know what you mean when you're tossing the term WiFi around lol.
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In What way? I'm Not a Noob...
I'm Simply Asking if it's just me and my phones location or if Anyone else is Having the Same Problem?
3g speeds will fluctuate and there isnt a real good way to tell if they are affected greatly outside of personal experience, we can't tell you if something is affecting your local tower, only you can
your addition of the wifi comment is why you were questioned, if you were asking simply about the 3g speeds then you bringing up the statement about wifi is extraneous and unnecessary
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In What way? I'm Not a Noob...
I'm Simply Asking if it's just me and my phones location or if Anyone else is Having the Same Problem?
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Well with this added information, you seem to be comparing WiFi speeds and 3G speeds at various locations. Do you know what WiFi is? It is independent of your carrier's network and depending on your 3G speeds (actually, probably not right now due to ****ty network speeds on Sprint) that a local WiFi connection will always be a lot faster.
Basically what I got from you is that your WiFi is faster than your 3G. I would say, duh.
I'm having so many issues, I've escalated to a Director level and the ***** Kathy Ortega won't do ****... **** SPRINT!
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Well with this added information, you seem to be comparing WiFi speeds and 3G speeds at various locations. Do you know what WiFi is? It is independent of your carrier's network and depending on your 3G speeds (actually, probably not right now due to ****ty network speeds on Sprint) that a local WiFi connection will always be a lot faster.
Basically what I got from you is that your WiFi is faster than your 3G. I would say, duh.
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I Understand All That man... But Usually my Wifi speed Isn't Light Years Faster then 3G but Lately it Is! I keep seeing commercials about companies Slowing Down Speeds I'm Wondering if that could be the case?
There are a few threads about really slow 3g speeds. So I wouldn't say its just you.
I was wondering if on an unrooted phone can you tell your phone to use 1x instead of 3g because the speeds may be better due to a stronger signal?
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DJ1994 said:
I was wondering if on an unrooted phone can you tell your phone to use 1x instead of 3g because the speeds may be better due to a stronger signal?
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Ok I will bite, how slow is your 3G? Even if your 3G is very slow it is still highly unlikely that you would get 1xrtt that is faster than your 3G speed. 1xrtt is very slow. It peaks just shy of 20Kb/s, but real world speeds are likely to be more like 7.5-13Kb/s.
If you are unhappy with your 3G speed you could setup one of the custom PRLs to allow you to roam on Verizon's 3G towers. They are way better, and way faster than sprint in nearly every region.
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Ok I will bite, how slow is your 3G? Even if your 3G is very slow it is still highly unlikely that you would get 1xrtt that is faster than your 3G speed. 1xrtt is very slow. It peaks just shy of 20Kb/s, but real world speeds are likely to be more like 7.5-13Kb/s.
If you are unhappy with your 3G speed you could setup one of the custom PRLs to allow you to roam on Verizon's 3G towers. They are way better, and way faster than sprint in nearly every region.
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In my area my 3g speeds is about 5 kB/s. 1x is definitely faster.
One option is to use wifi at your house as I am sure 95% of home ISPs are much faster than 1x and possibly 3g.
Outside of your house you may want to use 1x or the Verizon prls but be careful, you roam too much and Sprint will cancel your line(s).
I think I might take DJ's angle on this... there are rare occasions where I have the weakest signal available too and 3g just won't do anything. Nothing will load, yet it acts as if there is signal. I wouldn't mind seeing if 1x would do something in these instances - would be better than being at a stand-still.
However, flipping this around... I have noticed that when I do get bumped to 1x while I'm doing something on the web (streaming music, navigation, etc), it stays in 1x until I'm done using data - even in areas I know I normally would get strong 3g speeds. Is this just a limitation where switching or even scanning for 3g would drop whatever data stream there is and not be able to pick up where it is or just have to restart?
You guys having 3G speeds that are as slow as you describe are likely not experiencing slow 3G, but actually only connected to 1xrtt. Sprint for some reason has the ability to tell our phones they are connected to 3G, but if you run a diagnostic it will tell you that you are in fact connected to 1rxtt not evdo-a. So apparently they can spoof the 3G icon to show up. Total BS. So that honestly sounds like what is happening.
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Ok I will bite, how slow is your 3G? Even if your 3G is very slow it is still highly unlikely that you would get 1xrtt that is faster than your 3G speed. 1xrtt is very slow. It peaks just shy of 20Kb/s, but real world speeds are likely to be more like 7.5-13Kb/s
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False, unless you're referencing kilobytes and not kilobits, in which case when you refer to kilobytes, you capitalize the B. Uppercase B = byte, lowercase b = bit. Real world 1xRTT bandwidth should peak around 140ish kbps (averages probably below 100). I've seen 80+ myself a number of times. The important thing to keep in mind about 1xRTT is you don't even have to fully saturate your bandwidth before the latency skyrockets.
However, I will agree that even if your 3G is slow, it's still probably faster and more responsive than a good 1xRTT signal.
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If you are unhappy with your 3G speed you could setup one of the custom PRLs to allow you to roam on Verizon's 3G towers. They are way better, and way faster than sprint in nearly every region.
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If you are going to give this bad advice out, put a disclaimer on it stating that force roaming to Verizon could get your account cancelled.
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If you are going to give this bad advice out, put a disclaimer on it stating that force roaming to Verizon could get your account cancelled.
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Had I provided the link or the method to do it there would have been a disclaimer about that possibility for my own liability. However as these people all signed contracts they would know that already. Unless you are an idiot and don't read every last bit of every term and condition before signing, or don't understand what you read. Now if that is the case they have far more problems than any trouble I could get them into. I would be courteous and issue a reminder before providing the method, but as far as you trying to shift responsibility on to me, I think it is a load of horse ****. No person has any business signing a contract they haven't read or haven't understood. So "my bad advice" from your perspective is really a moot point. That's great that you don't agree with the method, you have your reasons I'm sure, but I personally have unlimited roaming, that's something I pay for. I've read my contract and I stay within the confines of those terms. If these people read their's I'm sure they will too.
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False, unless you're referencing kilobytes and not kilobits, in which case when you refer to kilobytes, you capitalize the B. Uppercase B = byte, lowercase b = bit. Real world 1xRTT bandwidth should peak around 140ish kbps (averages probably below 100). I've seen 80+ myself a number of times. The important thing to keep in mind about 1xRTT is you don't even have to fully saturate your bandwidth before the latency skyrockets.
However, I will agree that even if your 3G is slow, it's still probably faster and more responsive than a good 1xRTT signal.
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As you can see I used capital K. I was responding on my phone and didn't notice the b was left lower case. If you do the math on the kbits you sourced you are in the range I posted.
I was getting consistently under 50 on speed tests in the auditorium I was in. It was 3g from the speed tests and the rooted phone next to me. I have a Verizon Orlando 11115 but i can't force roam I tried to buy roam control but its not in the market I have the app but no license. I see 1x around 100-120 a lot so I was thinking that would be a lot more usable than 19. I was just wondering if there is a way to turn off 3g but leave on mobile data which would be the 1x.
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You guys having 3G speeds that are as slow as you describe are likely not experiencing slow 3G, but actually only connected to 1xrtt. Sprint for some reason has the ability to tell our phones they are connected to 3G, but if you run a diagnostic it will tell you that you are in fact connected to 1rxtt not evdo-a. So apparently they can spoof the 3G icon to show up. Total BS. So that honestly sounds like what is happening.
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Maybe, but I thought that was an issue on stock rom?
Most custom toms will show 1x when you are on 1x.
right we were talking about the stock unrooted. This is not that big an issue for me as roam control is back in the market and my phone crashed so I decided to go ahead and root htc way.
I just got around to downloading the speed test app to see how fast me x2 is and after the first test here is what I got:
Ping:19ms
Down:4989kbps
Up:703kbps
Now I dont know much but something tells me that up speed is a little low.
Im on cm7 with the Mash up script and wifi on.
Will the numbers be different if Im on 3G? Are these numbers even remotely good?
Many thanks to all!!
Apps aren't always accurate. I'm not sure what you meant will it be different if I'm on 3G? Wifi and 3G will always differ, wifi is much faster depending on your provider, where 3g can lag at times
On 3g I usually hit 3d and 1 up
Where wifi I'm like 25 down 8 up out there about.
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Your ping time and up/down speeds can vary even when connected to the same tower or wifi network depending the congestion at any given time on the bandwidth provider's network, among other factors.
Your seemingly low upload speed could be attributed to other devices on the wifi network using the upload bandwidth allotted by the isp at the time you performed the speed test. It may also be the case the connection supplying the wifi network is 6Mbps down/1Mbps up. Your upload and download speeds while on wifi can only be as good as the connection from the isp regardless of the settings on your device or how many other devices are on the network.
For what it's worth, I have a Verizon 3G Network Extender plugged into my wireless router, meaning that both my WiFi and the Network Extender can only supply a connection that at best is only as fast as my cable modem's connection to Comcast. Eliminating all conflicting variables (e.g. no other devices on the network when running tests), my Droid X2's 3G upload and download speeds are consistently slower than when I'm on wifi.
19ms is a pretty good ping time, btw.
Lots of useful info. Thanks guys!
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I have also been curious and suspicious of my 3g data speeds. When I was stock and rooted with 2.3.4 I would get on average 20-30 kilobytes/sec in my house with a poorer signnal of -87dbm this is using speed test and checking the down up speeds with the mobile network app that puts the speeds up on the notification bar. I used that to monitor downloads and web browsing speeds which agreed well with speed test. In a good coverage area -67dbm I achieved pretty consistently 130-230 kilobytes/sec. I am now running eclipse 2.0.4 with CMDA build.prop edit to increase 3g speeds. I ve only noticed a doubling of speed when in -87dbma area nut otherwise I cannot achieve anyhigher than 300 kilobytes/sec. I wonder could my radio be weak or bad? I thought 3g speeds would but up to ~500 or greater in really good coverage areas.
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I have also been curious and suspicious of my 3g data speeds. When I was stock and rooted with 2.3.4 I would get on average 20-30 kilobytes/sec in my house with a poorer signnal of -87dbm this is using speed test and checking the down up speeds with the mobile network app that puts the speeds up on the notification bar. I used that to monitor downloads and web browsing speeds which agreed well with speed test. In a good coverage area -67dbm I achieved pretty consistently 130-230 kilobytes/sec. I am now running eclipse 2.0.4 with CMDA build.prop edit to increase 3g speeds. I ve only noticed a doubling of speed when in -87dbma area nut otherwise I cannot achieve anyhigher than 300 kilobytes/sec. I wonder could my radio be weak or bad? I thought 3g speeds would but up to ~500 or greater in really good coverage areas.
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I never considered radio quality when I looked at my speeds. Exactly how one would go about checking ones radio quality is far beyond me. Its definitely something worth exploring (in my opinion)
Right I would also need to test other 3g speeds on a different phone on the same networko in the same area to rule out network end probs. Plus I got my DROID x2 used so that might be it there. Also if the radio heats up from persistent use that might reduce efficiency and lower speeds.
Those are fairly decent speeds. For a mobile device, that's about what I would expect. Your ping, 19ms, means that it takes .019 second to reach from your device to the Verizon servers, then to the servers of the sites you are accessing, and then finally back to your phone. Anything less than 80ms is considered good, so you have an excellent ping.
And to clarify, your upload speed will never be as high as your download speed. It's a throttling mechanism used by all (and I do mean all) internet providers of any kind to prevent things like hogging their bandwidth with torrents and the like. It's essentially an industry standard.
Hey guys, I have fios with 50/25 mbps I can get around 40 with my laptop but my note is getting low teens. I switched from a wep security to wpa2 security whichever increased my wifi on my laptop but not on my phones (note 2 and ssg3).
Any ideas how to increase this? Am I missing a setting when connecting to wifi? At the moment, my 4g is faster than my wifi.
Upload speeds are fine... Actually higher than my download speeds. Seems like something is restricting my download speed.
Thanks in advance.
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Hey guys, I have fios with 50/25 mbps I can get around 40 with my laptop but my note is getting low teens. I switched from a wep security to wpa2 security whichever increased my wifi on my laptop but not on my phones (note 2 and ssg3).
Any ideas how to increase this? Am I missing a setting when connecting to wifi? At the moment, my 4g is faster than my wifi.
Upload speeds are fine... Actually higher than my download speeds. Seems like something is restricting my download speed.
Thanks in advance.
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I have FiOS as well and encounter the same "problem...". My chrombook gets above 40 Mbps and my Note 2 gets around 18-25 even standing next to my router...I just think its the way it is to be honest...I really don't know but just wanted to share that I'm seeing the same thing here...it really doesn't inhibit my experience at all 18-25 Mbps is perfectly fine for cell phone downloads etc.
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I have FiOS as well and encounter the same "problem...". My chrombook gets above 40 Mbps and my Note 2 gets around 18-25 even standing next to my router...I just think its the way it is to be honest...I really don't know but just wanted to share that I'm seeing the same thing here...it really doesn't inhibit my experience at all 18-25 Mbps is perfectly fine for cell phone downloads etc.
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Same set up here...with similar results. I did some research on this as my ipad2 (which is now in a drawer thanks to the Note 2 BTW) wasn't getting anywhere near the speed I would have expected despite it supposedly being N compatible (my lenovo laptop gets 45 Mbps down all the time). Best answer I could find is that not all wireless radios are equal and can't handle the same speeds.
I have a 25 download connection on FIOS, and am sitting in my living room about ten feet from my router. I just ran a test on my laptop and phone via speedtest.net, and got 24/5 on the laptop and 25/6 on the Note 2. Initially I was going to respond to your post and say I am used to the same result you are seeing, but I just proved myself wrong.
When I'm in other parts of the house however, I do tend to see more of a performance degradation on the phone vs. the laptop...I don't have any exact data at the moment since I'm feeling too lazy to walk upstairs and repeat the test, but I do know the falloff happens more rapidly on the phone with distance from the router.
This is what I get on my Comcast 50/15 connection.
Desktop hardwired: 59Mbps down / 12Mbps up
Desktop wireless: 55Mbps down / 12Mbps up
Note 2: 40Mbps down / 16Mbps up
My desktop on wireless connects at 144Mbps, while my Note 2 only connects at 72Mbps. Both are within 4' of the router. Both using the same SpeedTest.net server.
I've noticed a huge difference in WiFi speeds between the different radios, the one that had given me the best spotted on WiFi is VRAMC3. The one that gives me the best speed on LTE is L4. The speed definitely differs from which radio you flash, that's why I wish Samsung would give our devs access to their radio tools and let us build our own. I guarantee if they did we wouldn't see this kind of crap.
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