I'm not sure if my speeds are ACCURATE with this test, but I generated a 3 Meg completely random binary file, placed it on a server overseas where I can get about 4Mbps downloading it to my PC via FiOS. I then downloaded it over an FTP program onto my phone. It seemed to take about 1 minute to download, which I calculate to be about 0.4Mbps.
Looking at the method used by MobileSpeedTest, it seems to generate "." over and over again in an HTML comment field. To me this is a HIGHLY invalid test, as this can easily be experienced by the simple means of text compression. Seriously, how hard is it to compress 3 megs of "." over and over again over a network? Even dial-up modems got faster speeds from text compression.
I'm not sure if the bandwidth of the 3G or the technology employed will still max out at 3.6Mbps even with text compression or not. So take it however you want to, but MobileSpeedTest's test just uses repetitive text. And most bandwidth intensive functions on the Internet these days do not involve just text.
After Thought: This could just mean the G1 doesn't have HSPA+ support. But I'm not banking on that. By now I'm sure T-Mobile would have said something.
Also while I am not in Philadelphia, I am in the general suburbs in a town bordering the city along the "main line" section of the area.
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Jouva @ Nov 5th 2009 3:11AM
I'm not sure if my speeds are ACCURATE with this test, but I generated a 3 Meg completely random binary file, placed it on a server overseas where I can get about 4Mbps downloading it to my PC via FiOS. I then downloaded it over an FTP program onto my phone. It seemed to take about 1 minute to download, which I calculate to be about 0.4Mbps.
Looking at the method used by MobileSpeedTest, it seems to generate "." over and over again in an HTML comment field. To me this is a HIGHLY invalid test, as this can easily be experienced by the simple means of text compression. Seriously, how hard is it to compress 3 megs of "." over and over again over a network? Even dial-up modems got faster speeds from text compression.
I'm not sure if the bandwidth of the 3G or the technology employed will still max out at 3.6Mbps even with text compression or not. So take it however you want to, but MobileSpeedTest's test just uses repetitive text. And most bandwidth intensive functions on the Internet these days do not involve just text.
Jouva @ Nov 5th 2009 3:20AM
After Thought: This could just mean the G1 doesn't have HSPA+ support. But I'm not banking on that. By now I'm sure T-Mobile would have said something.
Also while I am not in Philadelphia, I am in the general suburbs in a town bordering the city along the "main line" section of the area.