how come my tmobile usa speeds are lower then other user that reported on here?

Does having a $9.99 tmo usa data plan with (internet2.voicestream.com) have any disadvantage over the $25 plan with (epc.tmobile.com)?

in regards to speed that is!!!

thanks!

T-mobile UK 3G, North East England:

0.09Mb/s download, 0.06Mb/s upload

Ridiculously slow compared to some here!

ähhh guys you know that these speed test are pretty much a waste of time?!

you expect that the route from the N900 to the server (which shows you the result) is... let's say comparable with a road that is turning into a highway (the bigger back bone of the ISP) and that there is no stop and go traffic on that street.
but that is wrong. first of all you don't necessarily use the shortest way to reach the server. then you don't know how the server is connected to the network (maybe it is a single line road).
and then there is the friendly police man on the street that say "oh sorry lorries has to queue in just one line, while busses and cars with more then one person in it can use all the other lines (priority of different packages)... just do say some of the things that could limit the throughput of your connection.

packages for these kind of speed test are not always the high priority packages for an ISP. similar to P2P traffic, it will be slowed down by some of them. not necessary your ISP but one of the companies between you and the server.

then you also have the limitation of your ISP/Phone company. maybe you are in an area with a lot of customers, so they tell you that you get a highly desirable HSUPA/HSDPA or just UMTS connection. your phone shows you that you get a 3.5g connection. but somewhere behind the link (phone <-> base station) your traffic is queued, just to allow everyone in your cell to browse the web.

there are so many things that will influence with these speed tests... you can't count them all.

.http://www.speedtest.net/result/772930497.png

wtf who was getting 6mbps down on local 3g connection? thats hell fast

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N900 on WindMobile

that's real slow bro. i think you should switch to another network operator.

Before you do switch to another network operator, it can be worth it to ring them up, and complain.

As with any service, the more complaints they hear from people the more mo bile operators will go to lengths to improve a service.

If its something like network coverage they can fix these issues quite easily. Something like speeds, can be alot trickier.

Still it is worth ringing them and lodging a complaint.

BUT, understand: it is practically impossible to get the full network speeds they offer "3.6Mbps/7.2Mbps".

Hope that helps.

wtf

I'm getting about 0.24 now. Still slow, but I'm aware that I'm in a poor 3G connection area, often switches between 2G and 3G!

I'm in a contract for the next 17 months, so no switching providers unfortunately!