bandwidthplace.com for speed tests

[Guest zoidster]

Firstly please don't think I am trying to tell anyone how to suck eggs - my knowledge of this stuff isn't great , so the last thing I want to be doing is telling anyone they are wrong

But I have seen this site mentioned frequently regarding HSDPA speed testing since I joined here

I personally tried it out on the M3100 when I first got HSDPA enabled - and it returned around 800kbps( :D )

but since cracking my M3100's screen ( :D ) I have gone back to using the trusty universal (which isn't HSDPA capable ... is it ? )

I did a speed test out of curioustiy and got a reported speed of 862kbps :D

I then switched to GSM and got a report of 182kpbs !!

(I cleared cache & cookies between all tests BTW )

Not trying to be a smart arse - but this test appears to be the guage that the majority are using to test there Hermes HSDPA connections - So I thought I should report my findings

[Guest richard_d]

Firstly please don't think I am trying to tell anyone how to suck eggs - my knowledge of this stuff isn't great , so the last thing I want to be doing is telling anyone they are wrong

But I have seen this site mentioned frequently regarding HSDPA speed testing since I joined here

I personally tried it out on the M3100 when I first got HSDPA enabled - and it returned around 800kbps( :D )

but since cracking my M3100's screen ( :D ) I have gone back to using the trusty universal (which isn't HSDPA capable ... is it ? )

I did a speed test out of curioustiy and got a reported speed of 862kbps :D

I then switched to GSM and got a report of 182kpbs !!

(I cleared cache & cookies between all tests BTW )

Not trying to be a smart arse - but this test appears to be the guage that the majority are using to test there Hermes HSDPA connections - So I thought I should report my findings

Try www.dslreports.com/mspeed

It seems pretty accurate - 38kps GPRS 378kps (only just got HDSPA enabled! - will try later)

Richard

[Guest mike-oh]

Try www.dslreports.com/mspeed

It seems pretty accurate - 38kps GPRS 378kps (only just got HDSPA enabled! - will try later)

Richard

I'm on standard wnw and haven't asked for HDSPA enabled. i've been impressed with the internet speed and tried bandwidth place about 5mins before reading this thread! I got 720ish kbps! so is this achieveable through just 3G or is HDSPA enabled? and how do I tell?

cheers

mike

[Guest Dr Who]

I don't even remotely trust bandwidthplace TBH. The other suggested site 'feels' more realistic.

[Guest billybear]

I don't even remotely trust bandwidthplace TBH. The other suggested site 'feels' more realistic.

I agree :D

With bandwidthplace I was getting speeds of 1.2Mbps without HSDPA enabled :D :D

But with http://www.dslreports.com/mspeed got a more realistic <400kbps. With HSDPA enabled now get >800kbps+ :D

Also see thread I-got-HSDPA-added-to-my-account

[Guest spacemonkey]

OK, dslreports 1Mb test on my HSDPA enabled gave about 780 kbit/sec, 0.450s latency and 11s d/l time

That's running through pauls proxy with good DNS servers \o/

I agree :D

With bandwidthplace I was getting speeds of 1.2Mbps without HSDPA enabled :D :D

But with http://www.dslreports.com/mspeed got a more realistic 800kbps+ :D

Also see thread I-got-HSDPA-added-to-my-account