Comments on: T-Mobile says HSDPA 7.2Mbps Upgrade is Complete

By: TheUnlockr

TheUnlockr — Sat, 01 May 2010 12:37:04 +0000

Lamont,

That will never change. That’s because the x7500 doesn’t have TMobile’s 3G frequencies in it.

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By: lamont

lamont — Fri, 30 Apr 2010 20:19:02 +0000

x7500 advantage indianapolis ,indiana-downtown never had 3g ever only edge

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By: hayden keller

hayden keller — Sun, 04 Apr 2010 16:46:56 +0000

I noticed the speed increase. A few days ago I was only getting 100kbs speed with 40-100kbs transfer rates. Now I get up to 3.2mb/s with 100-500kbs transfer speeds. Its amazing. Using this on my laptop just replaces a home broadband connection completely.

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By: Theodor Jean_Paul

Theodor Jean_Paul — Mon, 22 Feb 2010 01:03:01 +0000

I would add, to be fair, speed for 3G is greatly dependant on your RF environment and your distance to the cell tower.

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By: Florin Ciubotaru

Florin Ciubotaru — Sun, 21 Feb 2010 14:14:16 +0000

Ok!
I have a big interference from wireless telephonnes Dect.6.0(1920_1930 MHz) ! in BTS uplink frequencies!(Romania).
FCC good work for US and Canada …

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By: Matt

Matt — Wed, 03 Feb 2010 03:15:32 +0000

on mobilespeedtest.com on a 2mb file I can get 3meg down quite frequently on the 3G on WA. 21meg on cell phones I can even imagine.

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By: TheUnlockr

TheUnlockr — Tue, 02 Feb 2010 04:42:32 +0000

Rydr,

Never seen speeds that high in FL on any iPhone, except on WiFi.

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By: rydr

rydr — Tue, 02 Feb 2010 01:27:37 +0000

I can tell you I have seen IPhones do speed tests up to 3000 kbps in 2 different places in Florida. 1 was in Fort Lauderdale with speeds ranging between 2100 kbps and 2600 kbps. About 50 miles north in WPB I witnessed 2500 kbps to 3000 kbps. These were both IPhone 3GS. Being a N1 owner on Tmo I could only get up to 980 kbps in WPB and 700 kbps in Fort Lauderdale.

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By: nick

nick — Mon, 01 Feb 2010 15:38:04 +0000

just did speed test from xtremelabs speedtest with 4 of 5 bars and 3g connection and download was 318.2kbps and upload 195.4kbps upload i wish mine was up to jons speed cause im in vegas a big tmobile city lol ooh well hopefully soon right

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By: TheUnlockr

TheUnlockr — Fri, 15 Jan 2010 00:58:53 +0000

Jon,

NICE! Thats the first good one we’ve heard! Thats an upgraded 3G for sure

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By: jon

jon — Thu, 14 Jan 2010 19:28:44 +0000

Speed tests done with both services both on 3G with 2 bars:

With XtremeLabs Speedtest:
Download: 1872.4 kbps
Upload: 162.4 kbps

With SpeedTest.net:
Download: 1928 kbps
Upload: 374 kbps

alright T-MO!

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By: TheUnlockr

TheUnlockr — Thu, 14 Jan 2010 02:36:05 +0000

Jeff,

Not too bad, but definitely not the speed were should expect if they were done with their network upgrade, so hmmm.
Thanks! Glad to help!
Nice, ya shoot me an email if you see anything interesting (don’t get in trouble though).
Send Us a Tip

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By: Jeff

Jeff — Wed, 13 Jan 2010 17:56:22 +0000

Did do a speed test (extreme labs) and with 2 bars my Max DL was 384kbs, Would LOVE to see my phone shoot to 7+. I do live in Utah, and we were one of the last places to receive 3g (about 4 months ago) so possible that upgrade is not truly complete with T-Mob. 3bars test gave me 700kbs (698) and I am inside my apt, but next to the window so it runs good. 4bars (outside) resulted in only 398.3kbs (weird)… So seems to average 500kbs. Which is fine, just to make sure it was not my phone I went wifi and it ran at 4038.6 max (Comcast) Running MyTouch w/root Ahman Rah Recov w/1.6.3 Donut ROM released on 1/8/2010. Love the website man, thanks for helping me take the worry out of the root process. I work for Verizon Wireless (Cust Care) so if you need any inside scoop I got that. We just saw the new(er) Palm Pre and its sibling the Palm Pixie.

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By: TheUnlockr

TheUnlockr — Mon, 11 Jan 2010 02:49:03 +0000

The_Sleeve,

Did you see the link I posted? From Samsung’s page showing 2100 NOT in the Behold I? lol (I’ve worked with T-Mobile for a long time, I know not to trust what comes up on the screen 100% lol).
But ya, regardless plenty of T-Mobile phones only have 1700, so someone help me explain this (prove me wrong, I’m totally ok with that. I just want an explanation for 1700 only one way or another lol)

FYI, can we continue this convo over at 3G Revelation to keep it on track?

You work on the inside, love to hear what you find…

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By: Engineer

Engineer — Sun, 10 Jan 2010 22:14:50 +0000

remixfa,
I saw an article like this about VOLGA on an lab LTE network in Europe. The technology is on its way, but may not be just around the corner. The connection reliability for VoIP seems to be the main challenge to meet consumer expectations. I suspect the first LTE devices will likely be data only until the transitions between networks becomes seamless. I don’t work in product development so it is purely my opinion.

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By: remixfa

remixfa — Sun, 10 Jan 2010 05:15:31 +0000

correct me if i am wrong, engineer, but didnt nokia just finish the VoiP problem for LTE?

http://www.xchangemag.com/hotnews/nokia-siemens–alcatel-lucent-complete-voip-o.html

Besides, all that i have read and understood so far is that the first LTE phones, which are slated for launch shortly if things go right, are going to be LTE for the data side and CDMA for the voice side, until they can wane off the legacy CDMA network sometime down the road. Pretty much the same thing they did with the analog network a few years ago.

Here in Jacksonville,FL, there isnt a speed increase so far.. at least on the west side of town ;(

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By: Dennis

Dennis — Sun, 10 Jan 2010 01:41:01 +0000

Sorry about responding so late. Down loaded Xtreme labs speed test and ran a test. Got 538kbps. Does not seem like 7.2mbps to me.

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By: the_sleeve

the_sleeve — Sat, 09 Jan 2010 09:05:12 +0000

Unlockr,

Yea, I was looking at the Behold I. I read your 3G Revelation post way back when I just never really looked into it too much. The Gravity 2 only shows “Band IV” but the Memoir shows both “Band I and Band IV.” I believe band iv is just 1700 right? The Highlight shows 1700/2100…BUT the fact remains that the Gravity 2 only shows one band and it does 3G, I play with them all the time at work…hmmmmmm

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By: Engineer

Engineer — Sat, 09 Jan 2010 08:26:22 +0000

Open the PDF version and check again.

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By: TheUnlockr

TheUnlockr — Sat, 09 Jan 2010 06:48:52 +0000

The_Sleeve,

Really? Cause Samsung told me no 2100… You looking at the behold II? I’m talking about the Behold I.
Check what your specs say for the Memoir and any other 3G phones.

Here is Samsung’s specs on the phone on THEIR website, no 2100… tell me what you think (I’ve been trying to figure this out for a year now lol):
http://www.samsung.com/us/consumer/mobile/mobile-phones/t-mobile-phones/SGH-T919CNATMB/index.idx?pagetype=prd_detail&tab=spec

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By: the_sleeve

the_sleeve — Sat, 09 Jan 2010 06:36:42 +0000

Unlockr,

I work for T-Mobile’s tech support and the Samsung Behold, for an example that you gave, shows that it has 1700/2100 UMTS band support on the page that we look at for specs on all of our phones. I know you had mentioned other phones as well, but it seems that there is mixed info here. What other phones did you say only showed the 1700 band?

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By: jessica

jessica — Sat, 09 Jan 2010 06:15:18 +0000

i tried doing the speed text on my nexus.. the app ran kinda buggy. there were words on top of words and i couldnt read it

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By: TheUnlockr

TheUnlockr — Sat, 09 Jan 2010 02:00:07 +0000

Engineer,

I actually spoke to Samsung and those phones use 1700 for download and they do NOT have 2100 in them. So give them a call

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By: shatterv2

shatterv2 — Fri, 08 Jan 2010 12:28:08 +0000

Quadruple post ^^

Speed testing now

DL: 907kb/s
UP:99kb/s

DL:800kb/s
UP:230+kb/s

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