For those considering a 3G connection

mejinks · 3 May 2009 at 22:34

With full signal but on 2G (GPRS) this is what I get:

Ross1234 · 3 May 2009 at 22:35

You get a blue space?

Edit, ahh it works now

NathanE · 3 May 2009 at 23:04

That's not 3G though...

fini · 3 May 2009 at 23:06

What did you expect on 2G?

esK` · 3 May 2009 at 23:31

Thats about as good as 2G gets lol

tolien · 3 May 2009 at 23:39

In fairness, you could get that sitting in Telehouse on GigE with Speedtest.net.

SlyReaper · 3 May 2009 at 23:46

What does that have to do with 3G?

My 3G connection maxes out at around 400kb/s ~= 50kB/s at max signal.

mejinks · 4 May 2009 at 00:21

My point is that even in a major town, coverage of 3G is still patchy at best. Also the latency is dire, so webpages are taking 5 minutes on average to load.

Mattus · 4 May 2009 at 00:52

That's about right for GPRS. Even in areas where you can't get 3G, EDGE should give you a much higher speed than that.

J.B · 4 May 2009 at 00:59

I think my mate said he could get near 2 meg when stationary.

Im the OP pretty sure thats the best GPRS speed you can get. Top tip would be check the EDGE & 3G coverage before opting for a 3G connection.

dbmzk1 · 4 May 2009 at 01:06

Just like everything else, including ADSL or cable etc, it is dependant on your location. You should really check that you can get a decent 3G signal in your area before ordering to be honest.

3G is good where I live and although I'd never use it as my main connection I do use it as a backup when my main net goes down or I decide to play with my router etc. It's pretty fast, get a good 500kb/s download from it usually and pings of ~120ms to UK sites.

radderfire · 4 May 2009 at 01:11

On Vodafone Mobile Broadband, in a 3G+ area, I'm currently getting this:

... a little more respectable, and certainly fine for general browsing.

Rgds

xb8browney · 4 May 2009 at 07:45

Orange 3G

Back to cable

Phemo · 4 May 2009 at 13:57

Speedtest.net can't give me a reliable result on my 3G connection as it doesn't seem to download enough. It reports 0.7mbit which isn't too bad, but in reality when I download a file I am getting over 300KB/sec (2.5mbit) which is pretty good really.

mejinks · 4 May 2009 at 17:34

Now I'm back home:

Or

http://www.thinkbroadband.com/speedtest/results/id/12414546648261631669.html

tibtib123 · 6 May 2009 at 10:27

nightmarish for the guy with 0.44
fair way from the server though I guess like all things speed gets siphoned off at various points? or its just plain slow?

Pulse · 6 May 2009 at 10:43

Speedtest.net didn't want to work on my N96, but on BBMAX, I got..

Operator: 3
Latency:578ms
Download: 857kbps ~ 104.61 kB/s
Upload: 121kbps ~ 14.77 kB/s

Edit: thank god the home one is a little better

Witor · 6 May 2009 at 12:09

mejinks · 6 May 2009 at 12:14

Nodirection said:

Wow, thats good for a 3G connection

dbmzk1 · 7 May 2009 at 00:43

mejinks said:
Wow, thats good for a 3G connection

It's not a 3G connection.

Even with a state of the art "3.5G" HSPA+ connection you would be lucky to get 14Mb/s even when right in front of the transmitter. And it's not available in Gibraltar (or the UK for that matter).