New speed record on "4G"

[HeyCori]

I'm in a 3G area and decided to do a speed test using the bandwidth app. It hovered around .50Mbps and then suddenly shot up to 34.81Mbps. I was like, "WTH." Too bad I don't always get speed like that in 3G areas, lol.

I'm on AT&T using the Titan.

 

[Jeff Kibuule]

I'm in a 3G area and decided to do a speed test using the bandwidth app. It hovered around .50Mbps and then suddenly shot up to 34.81Mbps. I was like, "WTH." Too bad I don't always get speed like that in 3G areas, lol.

I'm on AT&T using the Titan.

Yeah.... considering AT&T's HSPA+ network is only a theoretical 21Mbps, you got a false positive. That's why multiple benchmark tests are run. Sorry.

 

[HeyCori]

Yeah.... considering AT&T's HSPA+ network is only a theoretical 21Mbps, you got a false positive. That's why multiple benchmark tests are run. Sorry.

I figures as much. There's no way I was actually hitting 34Mbps while on 3G.

 

[eric12341]

That bandwidth app is very unstable and unreliable when it comes to measuring data speed. I usually use TestMyNet app or the dslreports site to test, both of which will give better results than bandwidth.

 

[jimski]

But did Bandwidth report an average speed of 34.81Mbps or just spike. I have found the app to be very consistent. And the only one that can give me any kind of LTE feedback.

Sent from my Lumia 900 using Board Express Pro

 

[Laura Knotek]

Free Speed Test also works with LTE.

 

[yuerolling]

the same to me, no that stable !! you can also use the Free Speed test !!

 

[jimski]

Yep. Verified that Free Speed Test is now showing LTE results, similar to Bandwidth. Last time I tried it on 4/20/12, I got 0 results with LTE (app would time out with no result).

I am a little troubled by that fact that although I deleted the app the same day I tried it, when I reinstalled yesterday and ran a test, the results page showed my previous tests from 4/20. Where was that data stored? On my phone or their servers? Why wasn't it deleted when I deleted the app?

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[selfcreation]

lol

the Samsung FOCUS caps you at 7.2MBS never mind the 21MB from HSPA+ .. LOL

and the titan caps at 14.4 MBS.... lol

:straight:

 

[N8ter]

Microsoft Research has a speed test app in the Marketplace. Use that, it's actually accurate.