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2010-07-10
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Originally Posted by Deaconclgi
Thanks for the clarification. Here's hoping they upgrade my area soon.
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2010-07-11
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Originally Posted by Deaconclgi
I disagree with you on the bandwidth throttling. they do throttle your bandwidth at least in sf bay area. i have used it in many different places and it never goes above 1mbps. people have reported in various forums. consider yourself lucky and enjoy it as long as it lasts.
Tmobile does not throttle speeds on granfathered plans. You will get whatever speed the tower that you are connected to is capable of. DO NOT UPGRADE TO A HIGHER PRICED PLAN! You will get the same speeds and pay way more for it. I have the 5.99 Tzones on 5 lines. I have gotten over 7Mbps and I have a video showing speeds over 6Mbps on 3.5G
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t6DqZC0SZZk
Also, having a 3.5G signal does NOT mean you will get 3.5G speeds. All that means it that you are connected to a 3.5G capable tower. You will not get faster speeds until the backhaul and bandwith of that tower has been fully upgraded. I watched a 3.5G signal on my N900 with less than 1Mbps for 2 Months before Tmo hit the switch and activated the 4G speeds on Atlanta area. The HSPA+ rollout is just an upgrade to the towers. If your N900 displays 3.5G and you dont have 4G speeds yet, be patient, the upgrade is almost finished in your area and you WILL enjoy faster speeds at lower prices.
Dont ever let Tmobile trick you out of your tzones access. It is the same internet as the more expensive plans.
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2010-08-02
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@ Magical Unicorn Land
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Originally Posted by stlpaul
I want to follow-up, within the last week T-Mobile upgrade the network here in St. Louis. I was happily surprised when I downloaded a 100mbyte file and the speed was 650kbyte/sec
You guys are lucky... my T-Mobile 3G is worse than EDGE on AT&T. I've been extremely disappointed.
I think the problem here is coverage is so poor. Despite T-Mobile online map showing full coverage everywhere, I get such a weak signal. That surely doesn't help my speed.
very nice. I still have signal strength issues, but when I actually get 3G and strong signal it is really fast.
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2010-08-03
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@ Chicago
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Originally Posted by EE3547
I'm in Chicago and have never tested above 2.5 MBps. Oddly, when I run the speedtest.net applet it thinks my phone is in Washington DC.
anyone else seeing sporadic bumps in chicago? check out below!
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2010-08-31
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@ Westside
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website shows my location as seattle, but i'm pretty sure i'm close to one of the towers by LAX...
Last edited by frostbyte; 2010-08-31 at 04:44.
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2010-11-10
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Anyone in the Boston area test their HSPA+ speed? I'm still getting very slow download speeds. Before the HSPA+ upgrade, I was getting a steady 900 Kbits to 1Mbit (which is slow), now I barely get 600 Kbits on my N900. Anyone have issues in Boston too? Was hoping for a more blazing fast network here. I was in NY in the summer, I get 5 to 6 Mbits consistently. What's up with Boston ?
