Real World 3G Speeds - freshlymobile.com

Just a quick note to share some recent 3G speed tests during my recent trip to Las Vegas, Cupertino (CA) and back to Seattle. All tests were performed on an Apple MacBook (2.2 GHz, Core 2 Duo, 4 GB ram), an AT&T 881U HSDPA/HSUPA USB modem card and Speakeasy’s test servers (http://www.speakeasy.net/speedtest/).

Just Before CTIA Wireless Show

I assume that AT&T engineers had been hard at work to tune the network just prior to this year’s CTIA show as my speeds were the fastest I’ve tested.

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Download speeds clocked in at just under 2 mbps while uploads were a very strong 1.4 mbps.

Near the Apple Campus

While Las Vegas was very strong Cupertino, CA wasn’t too shabby either. The results below were taken near Apple HQ.

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Again a strong showing with 1.9 mbps down and 1.4 mbps up.

Home again

I re-ran the tests in my office at the University of Washington in Seattle. These are pretty typical of the rates I have seen in other parts of the country.

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Looks like my HSUPA train ride is over, but things are still a very usable 1.5 mbps down and .5 mbps up.