wireless speed test, smartphones

trekkie · **Posted:** March 14th, 2011, 12:22 am

http://www.pcworld.com/article/221931/4 ... sts.html#tk.rss_news

full story in the article. but i knew there was a reason my droid seemed very slow compared to the people that had the iphone.

Adbot · **Posted:** March 14th, 2011, 12:22 am

Bryan · **Posted:** March 19th, 2011, 9:13 pm

AWS + T-Mobile = Pretty **** fast.
HSPA+ + T-Mobile's so-called "4G" Branding = Lol, also pretty fast.
T-Mobile being in the lower half of the American cellular subscriber base = **** quick upload speeds.

With the Verizon Thunderbolt, reviews have been popping up all over the place that the LTE speed is comparable to home internet. Holy crap, is LTE fast as hell...but I've also read that the upload speed will significantly decrease across your country as more and more people purchase lTE devices.

Now I only wish the Bell Atrix got it's HSUPA unlocked...

Pennstate315 · Runite Member 5-25-10

w00t! go AT@T. All my friends try to tell me how fast Verizon is, dosen't look like it.

King Kulla · **Posted:** March 20th, 2011, 6:35 pm

And of course, to throw the graphs out of proportion, AT&T just bought T-Mobile.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20110320/bs_afp/usgermanytelecomcompanymerger_20110320191430

trekkie · **Posted:** March 20th, 2011, 10:22 pm

i know KULLA! that is nuts. maybe we can finally have service with att here.

i never saw verizon as being fast. but then having the best speed means nothing if you cannot get a signal.

Minepure79 · **Posted:** March 20th, 2011, 10:27 pm

so since att, just bought t-mobile. what does this mean in a sense of service and speed for att now?

Adbot · **Posted:** March 20th, 2011, 10:27 pm

trekkie · **Posted:** March 20th, 2011, 10:33 pm

either it will become a lot better.

OR they will completely tick off millions of t-mobile users who ended up having to deal with att's terrible service.

Minepure79 · **Posted:** March 20th, 2011, 10:36 pm

well if you think about it. they wont have to deal with their crappy service..because they now own t-mobile. so they willl have the same service if not better
also AT&T service is not crappy everywhere, i live in the northwest and i get full bars everywhere i go.

trekkie · **Posted:** March 21st, 2011, 1:12 am

different areas give different service. but here around SF, while ATT works, many areas become a complete dead zone. there a few places where verizon dies but usually when that happens with me, it's because i'm in an area that is deep in a building.