I am using my N9 on At&t 3G network using the default APN settings.

While using the speed meter app to test the connection speed the max I get is around 900kb/256 kb for download and upload respectively.

However, if I tether my internet connection and test the connection speed through my laptop with speedtest.net I am seeing connection speeds like 2.5 mb/ 700kb for download/upload.

Is it as simple as the N9 hardware is not able to support faster connections? Or is there something that I could do to improve my connection speed in N9.

Thanks in advance for all insights.