[poll] 3G / HSDPA Speed test. Phone v Dongle ( or mod )

[Jonny Blond]

After getting a great deal with t-mobile to use my existing HSDPA Mobile and sim as a bluetooth modem. ( requiring no mods ) for £7pm ( 10gig p/m fair usage ) I want to see what speed everyone on “mobile broadband” is getting.

I’m pulling around 400kbps in speed tests ( HSDPA & Bluetoothing to sammy ). but I can’t relate it to anything. Browsing is great, i can stream video from iplayer ( normal quality, and runs smoothly if i allow a min of buffering at start )

i just wondered if the dongles ( especially t-mobile ones ) are faster ( even thought t-mobile told me there the same )

BTW FYI: you can still use the phone as normal ( calls txt’s etc ) while its connected. could be a good cheep solution to the 3g issue

[s162000]

I have a Vodafone 3G dongle and I live in Cornwall where 3G coverage is quite patchy. I get a “poor” or “very poor” signal generally so I never get over 200kbps, which is adequate for me.

The speed you will get will depend entirely on signal strength. So it would only be a fair playing field if you tried a 3G phone and dongle from the same network in the same locatiion?

[Jonny Blond]

yer there are loads of variables. just trying to gather the average speeds over the uk. to get an idea where my connection lies. i will report back when i try different locations.

[Sideburnt]

WMWifiRouter is a great application, and does just this;

You have the option of limiting the quality of images so that browsing loads much snappier, you hardly even notice for 90% of the page you’ll visit. But makes the world of difference to your d/l limit and load times.

[Jonny Blond]

fire fox compresses the image quality alredy knowing the speed its downloading pictures. you can overwright the setting if you want too

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