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qobi 2010-03-11 17:31

T-mobile USA bandwidth
 
What kinds of data rates are people getting with T-mobile in the US on their N900? I live in West Lafayette IN and my N900 consistently gives 5 bars and reports either 3G or 3.5G. Yet with speedtest.net, I never get more than 1.1Mb/s download either locally on the device, tethered via USB, or tethered via bluetooth. Sometimes I get far less, 200-300Kb/s, sometimes as low as 20-50Kb/s. Yesterday I tried in Chicago (Hyde Park) and also got abysmally low data rates even though it also reported 5 bars and 3G or 3.5G.

I have the even more plus plan and use epc.tmobile.com as my APN.

manavs 2010-03-11 17:40

Re: T-mobile USA bandwidth
 
I get 300Kb/s in Tucson, AZ with 5 bars. I'm on the same plan with Tmobile using the epc APN.

cddiede 2010-03-11 17:48

Re: T-mobile USA bandwidth
 
In the Washington DC area, I average between 480kbps to 695kbps on T-Mobile using the internet2.t-mobile.com APN.

alphazero1 2010-03-11 17:59

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Used epc.tmobile.com as my APN since day one.

Getting avg of 600k in Los Angeles.
Once, I get up to 1.2mbs in City of San Gabriel, CA.

Make sure you are on the t-mobile smart phone data plan, not Android.
Android plan will work, but not optimized. (I was getting only 200-400k, before the switch). Price is the same for switching.

Hope this help.

Dinho 2010-03-11 18:03

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I get 800 kbps to 1 Mbps download speed with 3.5G in Macon, GA, using epc.tmobile.com APN.

mike_3000 2010-03-11 18:17

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can anyone tell me if i get the regular cheap data plan from t-mobile, the $10 one, if that will work the same as the smart phone data plan thats $30 i think, or does having the smart phone data plan really make a difference?

lemmyslender 2010-03-11 18:22

Re: T-mobile USA bandwidth
 
500-800 internet2 in ohio 3.5g *edit* $10 plan

osomanos 2010-03-11 18:34

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I just ran a quick speed test from speedtest.net and this is what I get:
1.1 Mbps down
0.33 Mbps up
I'm in Washington DC and have the $5.99/mo T-zones plan

dsawhney 2010-03-11 18:45

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800-900 kbps with internet2 in SoCal, 10$ data plan

gregc2009 2010-03-11 18:46

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I just got 1.66Mb/s down .25Mb/s up with the $10 plan using internet2.voicestream.com APN (www.speedtest.net)


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