I just wondered something, when i do a speed test it tells me the speed of my wifi which tells me spot on, now when i did it on my 3G connection it came out at 1.48mbps download and 0.24 mbps upload, thats more than my home broadband?

Is that right? i didnt think 3G was THAT fast?

 

so yes a totally reasonable outcome

 

http://itunes.apple.com/app/speedtes...300704847?mt=8

 

Oh right, so you can get up to 14mbps download and 5.8mbps upload, why is mine so low then? Could it be my location/ signal strength

 

yes correct, 3g is a very directional wave length unlike 2g so the slightest movement and the transmitter can lose focus

 

im sure 3g is only good for 384kbps , and 3.5g hsdpa is good for up to 7.2mbps on some networks.

I pretty much only get 1 meg on t mobile

 

i think in the UK we cant get the 14.0 but only can get 7.2 max

due to the technology being used in the uk

 

Also depends on how many others are using it at the same time.

Watching 1 youtube vid is the equivalent of 500,000 text messages!!!!

I work for O2

 

Ok cheers mate, ive got it now.

Actually my 3g signal is pretty low in my village and is always switching to 2g etc every 10mins, but in town i get a good signal so ill give it a go when im in town

Interesting

 

indeed, my dad was working for HP contracted to o2 a few years back and did a lot of the installation of the pre pay machines, etc and was always involved in migrating different countries over to GSM v3 and says its very sensitive.