What kinds of data rates are people getting with T-mobile in the US on their N900? I live in West Lafayette IN and my N900 consistently gives 5 bars and reports either 3G or 3.5G. Yet with speedtest.net, I never get more than 1.1Mb/s download either locally on the device, tethered via USB, or tethered via bluetooth. Sometimes I get far less, 200-300Kb/s, sometimes as low as 20-50Kb/s. Yesterday I tried in Chicago (Hyde Park) and also got abysmally low data rates even though it also reported 5 bars and 3G or 3.5G.

I have the even more plus plan and use epc.tmobile.com as my APN.

I get 300Kb/s in Tucson, AZ with 5 bars. I'm on the same plan with Tmobile using the epc APN.

In the Washington DC area, I average between 480kbps to 695kbps on T-Mobile using the internet2.t-mobile.com APN.

Used epc.tmobile.com as my APN since day one.

Getting avg of 600k in Los Angeles.
Once, I get up to 1.2mbs in City of San Gabriel, CA.

Make sure you are on the t-mobile smart phone data plan, not Android.
Android plan will work, but not optimized. (I was getting only 200-400k, before the switch). Price is the same for switching.

Hope this help.

I get 800 kbps to 1 Mbps download speed with 3.5G in Macon, GA, using epc.tmobile.com APN.

can anyone tell me if i get the regular cheap data plan from t-mobile, the $10 one, if that will work the same as the smart phone data plan thats $30 i think, or does having the smart phone data plan really make a difference?

500-800 internet2 in ohio 3.5g *edit* $10 plan

I just ran a quick speed test from speedtest.net and this is what I get:
1.1 Mbps down
0.33 Mbps up
I'm in Washington DC and have the $5.99/mo T-zones plan

800-900 kbps with internet2 in SoCal, 10$ data plan

I just got 1.66Mb/s down .25Mb/s up with the $10 plan using internet2.voicestream.com APN (www.speedtest.net)