Midband speedtest Megaathread

monster1

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monster1

monster1 wrote: »

Mother of god ...where did you get that result may i ask? and are there many people using mobile internet or vodafone where you tested what speed?

monster1

I got that in Templeogue earlier on today, its not as good tonight

William Powell

warlikedave wrote: »

Mother of god ...where did you get that result may i ask? and are there many people using mobile internet or vodafone where you tested what speed?

Don't forget that speedtest.net isn't always accurate. I've seen it report Mobile Broadband conections of 30Mbps before.

still must be the new HSPA+ upgrades only in dublin and cork

downwithpeace

Speeds are fine, getting almost double what's shown in downloads at times but it's weather effected at the moment so it has the habit of giving 0Kb just as quick :P

Thargor

Meteor Broadband in Galway, not bad, Im liking it so far actually, just got rid of UPC after they put us on the most expensive package, regular browsing of my email, boards and reddit etc is pretty much identical, and I can take it home with me now, very happy.

ixiathor

And thats not bad .. had it down at 0.38 earlier ..

Small wonder I had a fit of rage listening the Eamonn Ryan mouthing off last week about tripling the broadband take-up in this country over the past 3 years. Been in this house 7 years and still no sign of ever getting a fixed line BB connection. Having to rely on mobile BB sucks!

Slightly later pingtest



Ix

my latest speeds - had to do it a few times to be damn sure.....must be testing out the new HSPA+ service or simething.....

ixiathor

ixiathor

The prosecution rests ....

delito

warlikedave wrote: »

my latest speeds - had to do it a few times to be damn sure.....must be testing out the new HSPA+ service or simething.....

E1820 Huawei 21.3 / 5.78 ?

delito

delito wrote: »

E1820 Huawei 21.3 / 5.78 ?

HSPA+ is 21mb and 5.8mb upload i think so i think your modem is compatible but do a google search and see what you find...dont think its live in most three areas...it could be that i was logged on when they were just trialling it for the first time so i think these speeds are going to be very rare for the next year at least...

ixiathor

yuloni

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overthebridge

Limerick City. Using Huawei E172
It was peaking at over 5mb down and over 1mb up today.

CelticTigress

Is this good?



First time I've EVER seen speeds over 4
and three pips showing for first time

Also first time I've seen an upload speed over 1

CelticTigress

CelticTigress wrote: »

Is this good?



First time I've EVER seen speeds over 4
and three pips showing for first time

Also first time I've seen an upload speed over 1

Yep thats pretty good - nice latency and decent speeds both ways...:D

CelticTigress

warlikedave wrote: »

Yep thats pretty good - nice latency and decent speeds both ways...:D

Pity it didn't last! Still, it was exciting at the time!

CelticTigress

CelticTigress wrote: »

Pity it didn't last! Still, it was exciting at the time!

what happened?

Irish Steve

Wimax has arrived in Ashbourne,

Results from earlier, see more detailed comments in the Wimax thread.





That's every bit as good as I've been getting from Fixed broadband, as long as it stays that way, I shall be happy for a while

Steve

Irish Steve

Irish Steve wrote: »

Wimax has arrived in Ashbourne,

Results from earlier, see more detailed comments in the Wimax thread.





That's every bit as good as I've been getting from Fixed broadband, as long as it stays that way, I shall be happy for a while

Steve

All depends - ive heard issues about access to router being limited and trotelling of p2p services and issues with xbox live connectivity....its still no substitute for fixed i think tho although alot of complaints have come in about eircom as well but they have let thier infrastructure collapse...mostly good things about UPC though and magnet for the most part. It all depends I suppose.

non fixed wireless (mobile and nomidic wimax that imagine is using plus the other providers of 3g as well) isnt stable steady solution expecially in regards to latency generally but do let us know how your experience goes over the long run

ixiathor

CelticTigress

warlikedave wrote: »

what happened?

I tested again later in the day - probably more people online, so it was back down to under 3.

However this morning it's over 5.

szines

in Drogheda

szines

szines

not too shabby

ixiathor

and positively blisteringly fast for an instance

ixiathor

ixiathor wrote: »

and positively blisteringly fast for an instance

try the magnet speedtest - it tends to be a fairer reflection and there are no speed spikes with it - google for a link to it

downwithpeace

Nothing to complain about

same here

-Corkie-

I win...:D

-Corkie-

-Corkie- wrote: »

I win...:D

nice ping

jay93

:D

yuloni

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Condi

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your speeds are posible but it isnt HSDPA - its HSPA+

heres a basic outline:

3g - WCDMA: 0.5mbps and pings of 300 ms plus
HSDPA - 3.6mbps max and pings of 150 ms plus
HSPA - 7.2mbps max pings of 70 to 140 ms
HSPA+ - 14.4mbps or 21mbps max with pings of 70 to 140 ms. Downloads are dependent on base station and back haul upgrades

Note: speeds are are more accurate on an low contention area with good signal (3 bars or more)

your upload speed should be 4 times what it is though at least...ieither way those speeds cannot be HSDPA....HSPA/HSPA+ would be the protocol me thinks :P



My speeds have halved recently on speedtest.net but ive noticed that when im downloading a file its been running at 5mbps so im not sure how accurate speedtest is at the moment. Magnet speedtest or another speedtest service might help determine how accurate your speeds really are and to see if three have indeed launched HSPA+ (i saw a brief trial in my area with similar speeds to yours)

yuloni

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Condi

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if i remember correctly - when the NBS was officially announced it was decided that i-HSPA (basically HSPA) would be the main protocol in use so yep you got it right. HSDPA is a secondary protocol really that you recive if you cant get HSPA but indeed HSPA is the main protocol been used for the NBS

Reception isnt effected by the sim or account that you use by the way...it all comes down to signal, other users on the same cell and most importantly a good modem. Problem is cell range shrinks and sites get contended and thus speeds and latency fail - thats the achillies heel of this technology

yuloni

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Condi

Condi wrote: »

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That cant be HSDPA lol - something aint quite right there plus dashboards of the 3 mobile connect software can be inaccurate at times...did you try using other speedtests out there?

No problem dude - everyones insight and experuience adds to the understanding of the technology and the expereince of the service been used

You should recive the same service mate as far as i am aware...you are using a three sim card even if its pay as you go or NBS. you will have to confirm that but im on the border of an NBS area with an ordinary bill pay account and i get 4-5 bars of HSPA all the time with the rare exception of HSDPA when the weather is lousy

Im sure there will be another person here to either confirm or deny what im saying but as far as i am aware everyone has access to the same single network

Vodafone are the only ones that I know of that have a two tier plans out there...one for 7.2mb and another for thier new 21.6mbsp service in the major cities ( i think speed tiers in terms of the mobile networks are an unfair adition to an already muddied and poorly regulated sector of the irish broadband market and thats not taking into the account of the famous "unlimited" termonology)

jay93

speeds arn't to bad.my ping is always good 60-90ms most the time

delito

warlikedave wrote: »

HSPA+ is 21mb and 5.8mb upload i think so i think your modem is compatible but do a google search and see what you find...dont think its live in most three areas...it could be that i was logged on when they were just trialling it for the first time so i think these speeds are going to be very rare for the next year at least...

E1820 is only one they advertise with 21mb, but I meant is that the one you were using to get these speeds ! LTE is what they are upgrading to IIRC.

delito

delito wrote: »

E1820 is only one they advertise with 21mb, but I meant is that the one you were using to get these speeds ! LTE is what they are upgrading to IIRC.

HSPA+ is next upgrade planned...LTE cannot be rolled ouy on any commersial basis due to no suitable radio sprctrum been available for it until 2012. My e5830 is 21mbps compatible even tho the three website said different. In task manager and adapter settings it shows it. Ive had that modem for 7 months and only noticed an increase in speed above 7mb recently butnow its back to normal speeds. My b260a router is only 7.2mb capable.

Seanieke

In Enniskerry, it's BRUTAL, had to drive down into the village to do this test, page wont even load at home!

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Nice ping and awesome upload.....any idea why it wont work at home?

-Corkie-

Something seriously wrong today???:mad:

upaho

upaho

Shop staff appaling in Meteor shop in Blanch, no laptop to test returned stick & pin, couldn't give me a refund without box. Said I didn't want a refund, I wanted something better than dial up. Reluctantly got another stick. Asked what if the sim was the problem. Got another sim. Download up to 0.77Mbs. 20 minutes onto support clones.

Conclusion Meteor are rubbish!

double GG

3 speedtests for my 02 Midband, very happy with the results.