Midband speedtest Megaathread

funnyname

in dublin 2 tonight and got this speed using my samsung galaxy phone

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getting outa hand lately the old internet... still I have 5 bars of signal and this has been going on quite a bit lately, I know weather is a factor but it's taking the piss

3 is probably also getting raped with every jimbo jones constantly transferring data over their lovely smartphones :pac:

downwithpeace

This is the best I've been getting at this time for the past few weeks, fine before 19:00 and back to fine after 23:00/23:30.

-=al=-

Bit more reasonable tonight

leemurta

You can see the times I tested on the pictures,

downwithpeace

Pings a tad high but I don't really mind.

Test again in 2ish hours for peak speeds.

Second test.

ubuntulinux

http://www.speedtest.net/result/1665521566.png

warlikedave

Merry Christmas Folks - May as well do a speed test while I am browsing the net. Never seen my upload speed so high lol :P





Have a great one folks

yuloni

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jay93

Not to bad at all upload is well good

jay93

sligthly better now we shall see how slow it goes during peak times tomorrow

jay93

Download Speed: 14722 kbps (1840.3 KB/sec transfer rate)
Upload Speed: 1904 kbps (238 KB/sec transfer rate)
Latency: 59 ms
Wed Jan 04 2012 02:50:49 GMT+0000 (GMT Standard Time)

Above test done on Three network again highest i've ever seen !!!:)

Schorpio

jay93

yuloni

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warlikedave

Condi wrote: »

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Router or MiFi?

yuloni

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warlikedave

how does the Huawei E1820 compare to the e122 may i ask?

http://shop.three.ie/catalogue/products/view/huawei-e1820-black/50303/T010019 is the modem im looking at - is it any good with this router?

do you do any gaming on that connection may i ask?

if i was to get the e1820 with it - id need this Zoom models 4501 and 4506 require firmware revision 1.0.6/1.0.4 or later - so is it easy to apply firmware updates to this router?

yuloni

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warlikedave

Thank you for all the info Gonna cost a fair amount to get this stuff in - between the router and the modem it will be over 100 euro - ouchie shall see if its worth the price tho - might get the modem first and test it out to see if i get the speeds garenteed

alasdair606

your all lucky this is what i get in the sticks of co longford? ment to be a nbs area?

delito

alasdair606 wrote: »

your all lucky this is what i get in the sticks of co longford? ment to be a nbs area?

They are contracted to provide:

Min (at cell edge) 1.6Mbps
Max (at cell centre) 6.8Mbps
Maximum contention ratio 22:1

Under the NBS contract, 3 is required to deliver guaranteed service standards with respect to product speeds, contention ratio, customer interface, wholesale service, reporting and marketing.

http://www.dcenr.gov.ie/Communications/Communications+Development/National+Broadband+Scheme/NBS+FAQs.htm

alasdair606

Yea that's what I was told . I'm going to try and find out if a repeater will help or see if they have any kind of antenna for the roof?

delito

alasdair606 wrote: »

Yea that's what I was told . I'm going to try and find out if a repeater will help or see if they have any kind of antenna for the roof?

If your signal is good and speed/ping is low a repeater will be of no benefit, congestion would be the more likely problem.

warlikedave

delito wrote: »

If your signal is good and speed/ping is low a repeater will be of no benefit, congestion would be the more likely problem.

Repeaters are problematic anyways - they basically act as a closed router - it repeats the 3g signal that it recieves so that your modem can then access the signal the repeater is recieving from its location. in theory its a ok idea but i found it to be utter rubbish - i got disconnects and it stuck on wcdma AKA basic 3g which was aweful. I found that the b260a router worked a hell of a lot better with a few tweaks mind you :P .

However it all depends on what your best signal is in your house (took me a while to find but it was alot easier with the router) and the contention ratio is in your area. Another failing of 3g technology is that the actual cell range/signal shrinks more and more when the number of users increase on that cell

ye should get the repeater for free anyways so try it out anyways

delito

warlikedave wrote: »

Repeaters are problematic anyways - they basically act as a closed router - it repeats the 3g signal that it recieves so that your modem can then access the signal the repeater is recieving from its location. in theory its a ok idea but i found it to be utter rubbish - i got disconnects and it stuck on wcdma AKA basic 3g which was aweful. I found that the b260a router worked a hell of a lot better with a few tweaks mind you :P .

However it all depends on what your best signal is in your house (took me a while to find but it was alot easier with the router) and the contention ratio is in your area. Another failing of 3g technology is that the actual cell range/signal shrinks more and more when the number of users increase on that cell

ye should get the repeater for free anyways so try it out anyways

Think of a repeater as a mirror bouncing light into your room, it wont make the light it gets any brighter than it already is, it just deflects, but like you said thats the theory and not always the case (if ever )

The b260 truely is a better alternative to the dongles, mifi units and even the repeaters. Add something like this is if you really want a constant full signal if you dont already get it with a b260 that is or just to boost your wifi signal around the house.

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/12DBi-3G-antenna-HUAWEI-broadband-routers-CRC9-Plug-/300439843450?pt=UK_Computing_Networking_SM&hash=item45f39c327a

alasdair606

Yea I do think it's congestion because where my mifi modem sits on my window it has full bars . I love the idea of the b260a but it's max 7.2 meg and I'm assuming three will be doing upgrades and stuff so I don't want to be limited . My wifi works well in the morning I would be getting 3-4 meg ad very high upload and low ping . In the evenings my upload is always fast than my download . It sits at 2 meg where my download would be around .5 meg and less. I might just go in to my local three store ( I don't realy deal with India at all to much work ) where the guy in three is really help full and ask him about the b260a and the repeater . If not I am actually finished my contract ( I had one year of good service then it just got slowly worse ) anyway I'm going to look at www.lastmile.ie which is ripplecom in my area ? They would seem to be better being a fixed wireless service? ........ God I miss my UPC .... I had 25 meg up in Dublin ... also what do u use walkerdave? Cause that a unreall connection! Look at the ping!

trevortronics

My 2 networks today:



Thats a Huawei E1820 via a Edimax 6200nlite




This is a Huawei E353 via a Dovado 4GR

warlikedave

alasdair606 wrote: »

Yea I do think it's congestion because where my mifi modem sits on my window it has full bars . I love the idea of the b260a but it's max 7.2 meg and I'm assuming three will be doing upgrades and stuff so I don't want to be limited . My wifi works well in the morning I would be getting 3-4 meg ad very high upload and low ping . In the evenings my upload is always fast than my download . It sits at 2 meg where my download would be around .5 meg and less. I might just go in to my local three store ( I don't realy deal with India at all to much work ) where the guy in three is really help full and ask him about the b260a and the repeater . If not I am actually finished my contract ( I had one year of good service then it just got slowly worse ) anyway I'm going to look at www.lastmile.ie which is ripplecom in my area ? They would seem to be better being a fixed wireless service? ........ God I miss my UPC .... I had 25 meg up in Dublin ... also what do u use walkerdave? Cause that a unreall connection! Look at the ping!

5 bars of HSPA on a b260a router - it was during off peak that was :P but this is my usual peak time speed betwen 3 and 4 mb but tonight its a bit contended

alasdair606

mine tonight at what should be a uncongested time? its crasy....... im going to look at the b260a before i get a repeater .