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T-Mobile has been busy all week rolling out 3G to dozens of new markets according to our friends at TmoNews. California, Ohio, North Carolina, South Carolina, Illinois, and several other states now have cities that are coming online. Thousands of Android users are getting to experience 3G speeds for the first time.
We know T-Mobile is working to upgrade their 3G network to HSDPA (7.2 Mbps) in 2009 and HSPA+ (21 Mbps) in 2010, but how fast is it right now? The T-Mobile G1 and myTouch 3G are capable of HSDPA 7.2, but I do not believe any markets reach that speed yet. From the reports I have read, T-Mobile 3G data speeds tops out around 1 to 1.5 Mbps down and 384 Kbps up.
How fast is 3G data on your Android phone?
Download the Xtreme Labs Speedtest and post your results (make sure WiFi is turned off). I have been running the test for several days and the fastest downloads I get around my place are 500 Kbps. The best results have come when I was outside. Run the test a couple times and share what you find.
Please post your results in the following format:
Carrier and phone
Location
Max download
Max upload
Example:
T-Mobile myTouch 3G
Corpus Christi, TX
Download: 531.4 Kbps
Upload: 134.1 Kbps
For a sneak peek at T-Mobile HSDPA+ check out the hands on report from PCMAG.
Update (9/26 21:47): From what I can tell, the current T-Mobile 3G network is capped at HSDPA 1.8 Mbps. Their is also HSDPA 3.6 Mbps, but it appears T-Mobile has skipped that speed in favor of launching HSDPA 7.2 by the end of 2009. I’m trying to get further information to clarify this.
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T-Mobile G1
Austin, TX (1.5miles SE of Downtown)
Download: 674.0 Kbps
Upload: 134.8 Kbps
T-Mobile G1
Portland, OR (right in the heart of downtown)
Download: 566 Kbps
Upload: 148.1 Kbps
Why does this app need access to fine GPC (Your Location) and Phone Calls? I can see it needing Internet access but the rest?
If you click “Menu”, then “History”, you’ll see that it tries to record the location of each test so you can know where you get the best signal. It has access to Phone Calls because that’s how it knows whether you’re on 3G or Wifi, and that’s how it sends & receives data to measure download & upload speeds.
The internet access is because of the “About” page. When you click the link, it has to go somewhere. To do that, it has to have access to the internet.
INSIDE
T-Mobile G1
Plano, TX
Download: 829.1 Kbit/s
Upload: 138.7 Kbit/s
I’ll probably try it outside tomorrow.
Rogers HTC Magic
Montreal, Qc, Canada (which has HSDPA already.)
Download: 2282.5 Kbps
Upload: 254.9 Kbps
Dang, I’m jealous. My city has only had Tmo 3G for a few months so I’m not sure how long before they turn on HSDPA.
INSIDE APARTMENT (5th floor)
T-Mobile G1
Lower East Side, Manhattan, New York
Download: 1203.8 kbits/s
Upload: 141.3 kbits/s
T-Mobile myTouch 3G
Boston, MA
Download: 786.5 Kbps
Upload: 138.6 Kbps
Palm Desert, CA
Download : 605.5 kbps
Upload : 143.9 kbps
We just got 3g this month and the coverage is minimal at best. As I travel around the area I’ll lose my connection to 3g and switch back to Edge. Sometimes when I’m just sitting in my house it’ll switch between the two as well. : /
T-Mobile G1
Chicago, IL (20 miles SW of downtown)
DL: 682.3 kbps
UL: 138.9 kbps
INSIDE
T-mobile G1
Brooklyn, NY
Download: 555.5 Kbit/s
Upload: 130.7 Kbit/s
T-Mobile G1
Austin, TX (12 miles NW of Downtown)
Max download: 884.2 Kbps
Max upload: 128.8 Kbps
T-mobile g1
Kansas City, MO
851.7 down
137.5 up
T-mobile g1
Salt Lake City, UT
510.6 down
132.7 up
*Inside
We just got 3g coverage this week!!
T-Mobile myTouch 3G
Seattle, WA
Download: 829.7 kbps
Upload: 138 kbps
inside – T-Mobile mytouch
Tampa, FL
764.7 down
129.1 up
Rogers Wireless HTC Dream
Vancouver, Canada
Download: 1349 kbit/s
Upload: 260 kbit/s
Not too shabby
T-Mobile G1
Seattle, WA
Download: 812.9 Kbps
Upload: 152.6 Kbps
It’s faster when I’m not in my apartment.
T-Mobile HTC Dream/G1
Arlington, VA
Download: 690.6 Kbps
Upload: 119.2 Kbps
I have my doubts… this thing says my 3G is nearly twice as fast as my wifi. And neither number was outstanding. I have a feeling that we are killing each other’s times by running these at the same time. I had a 300k change between consecutive tests in the same location.
I had a difference of 200-300k over the span of a couple days inside vs outside.
For me this was over the course of two minutes, lol. I didn’t move the phone an inch so the signal should not have changed at all.
Vodafone HTC-Magic
Ciudad Real, Spain
Down: 1668,8 Kbit/s
Up: 144, 8 Kbit/s
T-Mobile G1
Neptune Beach, FL (Jacksonville)
Download: 718.4 Kbps
Upload: 138.3 Kbps
I’ve noticed it starts out slow and slowly climbs to that speed every time I connect. I guess that explains why web browsing on 3G doesn’t feel much different than EDGE – it never has time to climb to the higher speed. Is this normal for 3G? Or is it a battery saving method by Android?
T-Mobile G1
West Bloomfield, MI
Download: 254.6 Kbits/s
Upload: 114 Kbits/s
INSIDE APARTMENT (4th floor, 3 bars)
T-Mobile MyTouch
Lower East Side, Manhattan, New York
Download: 885.1 kbits/s
Upload: 131.2 kbits/s
Tmobile G1
Location: Harlem, New York
Download: 960 Kbit/s
Upload: 140 Kbit/s
I really need to move out of Australia… we’re going to end-up being the stoneage of the digital revolution.
Vodafone HTC Magic (aka T-Mobile myTouch 3G)
Location: Wollongong, NSW, Australia (1 hour drive south of Sydney)
Max Download:
– Test 1: 424.2 Kbit/s
– Test 2: 297.1 Kbit/s
– Test 3: 620.7 Kbit/s (surprising)
– Average: 447.3 Kbit/s
Max Upload:
– Test 1: 59.1 Kbit/s
– Test 2: 60.3 Kbit/s
– Test 3: 37.4 Kbit/s
– Average: 52.3 Kbit/s
Paying AUD$69 per month on 2 year contract with 1GB data limit per month.
T-Mobile HTC Dream/G1
Arlington, Northern California
Download: ?
Upload: ?
What’s 3G?
Unfortunately I’m still in an EDGE only area for now. Supposed to get 3G some time around Q4 2009.
Rogers HTC Magic
Bolton,ON,Canada
Down::2098kbits/sec
Up:228
T-Mobile G1
Bayside, NY
Download: 600.3 Kbps
Upload: 117.8 Kbps
T-Mobile
New York,NY (bad weather)
Download: 691.1 Kbps
Upload: 125.0 kpbs
Was much faster for Wired’s 3g test
Network: Singtel (Singapore)
Rom: Amon_Ra (latest)
Test 1 (Indoors)
Average Max download speed: 392.7 kbits/s
Run 1: 359.6 kbits/s
Run 2: 428.4 kbits/s
Run 3: 390.1 kbits/s
Can’t seem to test upload speed though, not sure why. Will try it out again when I’m outdoors.
T Mobile: G1
Souther Cali.
389.2
122.0
Mine BLOWS!
T-Mobile G1 (cyanogen 4.0.4)
Sammamish, WA
Download – 792.1
Upload – 156.9
T-Mobile G1 (cyanogen 4.0.4)
Jacksonville, Florida
INSIDE
Download: High 826 kbps and Average 486kbps
Upload: pretty constant at 110kbps
Test outside throughout day tommorrow. But same as WIRBLIX takes a bit to get higher speeds. Anyone eles know why?
T-Mobile G1 (Cupcake)
Houston, TX (Off of 290 + 34th at Hostgator.com Office)
Download – 870.0
Upload – 128.7
T-Mobile G1
Denver, CO (Inside my house)
Download: 542.3 Kbps
Upload: 124.5 Kbps
Carrier and phone tmobile g1
Location st petersburg fl
Max download 660.3
Max upload 128.5
Carrier: Rogers HTC Magic
Location: Calgary, AB
Max DL: 2498.7kbps
Max UL: 262.3kbps
HTC Dream
Lucca, Italy
Download: 4200.3 Kbps
Upload: 1201.5 Kbps
T-Mobile G2 (HTC Hero)
Vienna, Austria, Europe
Download: 905.5 Kbps
Upload: 426.4 Kbps
Not sure that you care about foreign users, but here you go:
Carrier and phone: T-Mobile UK / T-Mobile G1
Location: Sheffield, UK (on the ground floor in the hotel)
Max download: 175.4 Kbit/s
Max upload: 165.3 Kbit/s
I can post more from North of England later, as I’m just visiting Sheffield for a weekend.
Carrier and phone: O2 UK / HTC Hero unlocked
Location: London, UK (SE1, Southwark)
Max download: 360.3 Kbit/s
Max upload: 302.4 Kbit/s
Tele2 Samsung Galaxy
Lund, Sweden
Download: 2235.7 Kbps
Upload: 384.6 Kbps
My carrier has got (up to) 6Mbit/s whera I am. Seems like Sweden and Canada is the fastest for now. Wohoo!
T-Mobile G1
Park Forest, IL (Inside 2nd floor)
Download: 1230.2 Kbps
Upload: 136.1 Kbps
Carrier and phone: Orange IL, HTC Hero
Location: Tel Aviv, Israel
Max download: 2124.2 Kbit/s
Max upload: 417.8 Kbit/s
Inside
T-Mobile myTouch 3G
Grand Prairie TX
Download: 1123.8 Kbps
Upload: 130.5 Kbps
I ran this about about a week ago and its was half of that speed! Wonder if they are upgrading my area?
Tmobile MyTouch 3G
Download : 715 Kbits/s (max 763 Kbits/s)
Upload : 122 Kbits/s (max 126 Kbits/s)
San Diego, CA
T-mobile Mytouch 3g
Download – 1180.5 Kbs (Max – 1242.6 kbs)
Upload – 144.1 Kbs (MAx – 152.8 kbs)
Location San Antonio TX
(Here is the fastest I have in m history using 3G)
Rogers HTC Magic 32a
Quebec, QC, Canada
Download: 3136.8 Kbps
Upload: 345.2 Kbps
rogers HTC magic
Montreal, Qc
Downtown
Download: 3959.9 kbit/s
upload: 326.7 kbit/s
T-Mobile G1
Wilmington, Delaware
Download: 617.4Kbit/s
Upload: 135.0Kbit/s
T-Mobile myTouch 3g
Download: 1180.3 kbps
Upload: 118.6 kbps
Carson, CA
T-Mobile G1
Phoenix, AZ
Download: 907.3 Kbps
Upload: 138.1 Kbps
T-Mobile G1
North Las Vegas, NV
Download: 367.2 Kbps
Upload: 115.7 Kbps
T-Mobile MyTouch 3G
Dearborn, MI
Download: 786.6 kbit/s
Upload: 130.9
not bad.
T Mobile G1
Bromsgrove, UK
Download: 637.2 Kbps
Upload: 176.6 Kbps
T-Mobile G-1
(S) Minneapolis, MN
Max download: 775.6 Kbps
Max upload: 124.6 Kbps
Austin, tx, 4 miles north of downtown.
Outside, partly cloudy.
Mytouch3g cyan 4.0.4
726 up
135 down
T-Mobile G-1
Somerville, MA (indoors, 3 bars)
Max download: 512.3 Kbps
Max upload: 133.1 Kbps
Tmobile G1
Lawrence, KS
Max download 435.3 Kbit/s
Max upload 38.95 Kbit/s
Tmobile MyTouch3G
Spanaway, WA
Max download 987.1 Kbit/s
Max upload 288.35 Kbit/s
T-Mobile G1
Northern Tucson, AZ
Max Download: 30Kbit/s LOL
I get 3G in center of city, up here I don’t get shit =(
3 (three.ie)
Ireland
Max D. 1933 kbits/s
Max U. 169 kbits/s
T-Mobile G1
central NJ
DL: 761.8
UL: 123.1
WiFi
DL: 4179.9
UL: 639.5
NTT Docomo HT-03A (i.e. HTC Magic/myTouch 3G)
Kawaguchi, Japan
Download: 2111.1 Kbps
Upload: 145.4 Kbps
INSIDE APARTMENT (3rd floor, 2 bars)
T-Mobile MyTouch (rooted with QTeknology HERO ROM 1.6)
Fremont, CA
Download: 811.1 kbits/s
Upload: 147.5 kbits/s
Carrier and phone: TMobile UK (G1)
Location Wiltshire, England
Max download 403.7Kb
Max upload 168.8Kb
Vodafone, HTC Magic
Barcelona, Spain
Indoors
DL: 1521
UL: 160
T-Mobile G1
Honolulu, HI
maxzDL: 693.8
maxUL: 132.6
Carrier and phone: T-Mobile UK / T-Mobile G1
Location: Carlisle, UK
Max download: 244.9 Kbit/s
Max upload: 124.5 Kbit/s
T-Mobile G1
Saint Paul, MN
Download: 541.1 Kbps
Upload: 31.8 Kbps
Jealous of the peeps outta the US LOL…
Location: ATL, GA
Phone: pink myTouch
Down: 675.5
Up: 148.0
T-Mobile G1
Phoenix, AZ (just N of Sky Harbor Airport)
Download: 630.7 Kbps
Upload: 153.8 Kbps
T-Mobile G1
Scottsdale Airpark
DL: 402.6 Kbps
UL: 85.3 Kbps
We just got service here about 3 months ago…it’s not that good. Slow and spotty but way better than no service.
T-Mobile G1
Boston, MA – Inside my house
82.6 Kbit/s
14.8 Kbit/s
I only have EDGE inside my house, for whatever reason.
T-Mobile G1
Boston, MA – On my back porch for 3G signal
541.6 Kbit/s
83.2 Kbit/s
Portland, OR (Suburbs 15 miles out in either direction)
Avg up: 490 kbits
Avg dn: 130 kbits
Blech.
G1
Fredericksburg, VA
Down: 534 kb/s
Up: 116 kb/s
Although, I have to say I’m not sure this is the most accurate way to measure the speed. I get 1+ mb/s when I’m tethering my G1 to my laptop (using the speedtest.net benchmark).
T-Mobile G1
Raleigh, NC (3G last week)
Max download 799 kb/s
Max upload 137 kb/s
3G only works outdoors here though? Is that normal?
T-Mobile G1
Indianapolis, IN
Download Outside: 791.5
Download Inside: 136.0
Upload Outside: 675.6
Upload Inside: 126.6
Oops…
Should be:
Download outside: 791.5
Upload outside: 136.0
Download inside: 675.6
Upload inside: 126.6
Sorry!
HTC Hero
Hungary (Szeged), Vodafone
Down: 427 Kbit/s
Up: 366 Kbit/s
T-mobile MyTouch 3G
Boston
Download: 506
Upload: 121
T-Mobile G1
Berlin Germany, T-Mobile
inside:
Down: 1022 Kbit/s
Up: 298 Kbit/s
Starhub (Singapore)
HTC Hero
down – 1799 Kbits/s
up – 230 Kbits/s
T-Mobile myTouch 3G (running cyanogen 4.0.4)
Santa Cruz, CA (Westside, by the boardwalk)
Download: 648.3 Kbps
Upload: 146.0 Kbps
Just got 3G tonight. =)
Telmore 3G, Denmark
Download: 1496.3 Kbit/s
Upload: 409.2 Kbit/s
Vodafone Spain Magic
Seville, Andalucia
Download: 1560 Kbps
Upload: 156.1 Kbps
Vodafona (HTC Hero)
Rotterdam, Netherlands
Download: 2308.9 Kbps
Upload: 198.9 Kbps
t-mobile myTouch 3G
outside the bookstore at st.edward’s university in austin, texas
download speed – 721.8 Kbits/s (Max: 722.0 Kbits/s)
upload speed – 130.3 Kbits/s (Max: 131.9 Kbits/s)
T-Mobile G1
Norwalk, CT
Download: 419.4
Upload: 111.7
Cincinnati Bell Unlocked Mytouch 3G
Cincinnati, OH
Download: 1890.3 Kbits/s (Max: 1902.9 Kbits/s)
Upload: 262.8 Kbits/s (Max: 268.7 Kbits/s)
T-Mobile G1
Gothenburg, Sweden
3 (tre.se, not T-Mobile)
Download: 3148.6
Upload: 154.6
HTC Magic
Olgiate Olona, Italy
Coverage: 3G
Down: 396 kbit/s
Up: 96 kbit/s
T-Mobile G1
white plains NY
Download:747.1 kbit/s
Upload:132.6 kbit/s
Vodafone New Zealand
Auckland
HTC Magic
down: 1037.4 Kbits/s
up: 335.6 Kbits/s
Inside house and surrounded by a few large trees
T-Mobile G1
Nederland, Tx
Download: 554.1 Kbit/s
Upload: 133.9 Kbit/s
T-Mobile myTouch 3G
Tempe, AZ
Download: 649.8 Kbps
Upload: 150.5 Kbps
T-Mobile Mytouch
Lewisville (Dallas), TX
Download: 1746.6 Kbit/s
Upload: 140.2 Kbit/s
Can someone let me know if this is good enough?
o2 germany, samsung galaxy
location: ludwigsburg
down: 1320.9 Kbits/s
up: 347.6 Kbits/s
T-Mobile G1
San Francisco, CA
(Sitting on Ocean Beach)
Download: 956kb/sec
Upload: 147kb/sec
dload: 2187
upload: 383
stockholm, sweden (buried inside my office building)
T-mo G1
Sapulpa, Ok (3G, heck we’re lucky to have broadband out here…)
inside
DL:199.4 Kbit/s
UL:41.1 Kbit/s
T-Mobile MyTouch3G
Cincinnati (no 3g yet) inside:
DL: 166.2 Kbits/s
UL: 33.0 Kbits/s
T-Mo G1
At Baltimore/BWI
DL 725.5
UL 124.9
Same device in Hartford, CT
DL 654.8
UL 141.1
T-Mobile, Motorola CLIQ
Phoenix, AZ (test ZIP: 85053)
DL: 699.9
UL: 137.3
T-Mobile myTouch 3G
Phoenix, AZ
Download: 2016.1 Kbit/s
Upload: 357.2 Kbit/s
Verizon Droid Eris
Arlington, VA (inside)
Down Max 1764.9 kbit/s
Up Max 187.7 kbit/s
how do you check the speed on the cliq