T-Mobile USA Upgraded to HSPA 7.2Mbps – Blazing Fast on Nokia N900
January 5th, 2010 • Mark Guim • Filed Under •
T-Mobile has completely upgraded its entire 3G network to HSPA 7.2Mbps today according to Phonescoop. I busted out my Nokia N900 to test the speeds here in New York City and I was able to get about 6Mbps downloads and at least 1Mbps uploads!
Here are three consecutive speed tests from Speedtest.net. Yes… the Nokia N900 can actually run that website in the web browser unlike most, if not all, current phones in the market.
Does this mean AT&T have to stop saying they have the nation’s fastest 3G network?
lance wex on 5 January 2010:
I tested it in Austin, Tx today with poor results–same speed I always get. about .85Mb/s download, .15Mb/s up.
blacksheep242 on 5 January 2010:
Yeah, my speeds are pathetic here in Phoenix, AZ.
My results with T-Mobile on my Nokia N900 in Phoenix:
Speedtest.net using local server (average out of 3 tests)..
Both 3G and 3.5G: latency – 389ms
download speed – 0.97 Mbps
upload speed – 0.22 Mbps
For comparison, via my Wi-Fi on a 12 Mbps connection from Qwest transmitted on a “N” router. Phone 12 inches away from router:
latency – 67ms
download speed – 5.8 Mbps
upload speed – 0.8 Mbps
I have never seen anything over 6 Mbps over Wi-Fi on the N900, however I can easily hit 11.5-12Mbps on my PC. Makes me think that the N900 can't handle the speed??!! I digress. My 3G and 3.5G speeds are pathetic here.
lance wex on 5 January 2010:
I just tested on my Road Runner cable service, and the N900 had 8.49Mb/s download. This varies a lot though when I retest. (.44Mb/s upload).
Mark Guim on 5 January 2010:
Thanks for the test. Pretty awesome that I was getting 3G speeds faster than cable.
Rico on 6 January 2010:
I am also getting crapola in Austin:
Download 0.99 Mb/s
Upload 0.13 Mb/s
Ping 512ms
This is consistent with what I have gotten for the last few days, so I would say rollout hasn't hit ATX
arempee on 6 January 2010:
3G connections here in DALY CITY CA and SOUTH SAN FRANCISCO CA is not that good!…
Aaron Raymundo on 6 January 2010:
That is insane. Bums me out how the N900 can only use EDGE on AT&T
Speednut on 6 January 2010:
Getting 0.52Mb/s down & 0.55Mb/s up in Silicon Valley's golden triangle and the phone indicating “3.5G”. :-p
@Mark Guim – If I go into settings -> Internet Connections -> “Connections” button -> select “T-Mobile Internet”, then “Edit” button -> Connection Type: GPRS, press “Next” button -> Access point name: is set to “epc.tmobile.com”
Do you have anything different in this field? Just wondering if I buggered up the network settings?
dennys padilla on 6 January 2010:
hello i was using this phone for 2 or 3 weeks ,is the best phone ever,but i am on att networks so u kknow no 3g available,so i decided keep the samsung i8910 sorry about that really i wanted keep this n900….
dennys padilla on 6 January 2010:
yeah thats why i return it…..so bad
dennys padilla on 6 January 2010:
hehehe you are lucky man….i envy you hahahaha
Maciek on 7 January 2010:
Mark,
What data plan are you provisioned for? I'm not sure if it makes any difference but I moved from G1 to N900 and never changed my data plan to “Smart Phone”. Do you know if Android plans may be throttled in any way? If I go to mobilespeedtest.com I get 2.5 Mb/s with 3 MB file test. On Speedtest.net I only max out at 1 Mb/s.
lance wex on 7 January 2010:
I too went from the G1 to the N900, and get similar results from those tests. I found a better test at my3gspeed.com. Very similar results to speedtest.net. I am in Austin, FWIW.
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anniekhan1990 on 12 March 2010:
Wow! That's really good. Seems quite impressive.
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anniekhan1990 on 12 March 2010:
Wow! That's really good. Seems quite impressive.
Regards,
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