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trenzterra

Joined: Jan 26, 2005
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Posted: 2006-09-09 07:58

I heard that 3G can have speeds of up to 384kbps... How do I achieve this?

With my current 3G phone I only get GPRS-ish speeds... like 3kb/s.

arthur

Joined: Dec 23, 2001
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Posted: 2006-09-09 09:56

Are you in G3 coverage? I made speed test few minutes ago an I can reach 330 kbs (or 41 kB/s) on download and about 70 kbs (or 8 kB/s) on upload.

trenzterra

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Posted: 2006-09-09 12:01

I am in 3G coverage...

bart

Joined: Feb 03, 2002
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Posted: 2006-09-09 12:12

you have 3G subscribtion? what country and what operator?

With Ericsson and Nokia gone: we must keep their spirits alive and buy JOLLA or YOTA

trenzterra

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Posted: 2006-09-09 12:25

SingTel in Singapore.

I tried downloading something in 3G through the ISP portal and it went 13kB/s... then i tried using 2G and the speed moves about 10kB every 2 seconds..

Didn't try much though as GPRS is fairly expensive here.

The 3kb/s I mentioned are from overseas site.

[ This Message was edited by: trenzterra on 2006-09-09 11:27 ]

trenzterra

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Posted: 2006-09-09 13:34

So is 13kB/s considered 3G?

Kimi

Joined: Nov 21, 2001
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Posted: 2006-09-11 09:49

13kByte/s must be UMTS. GPRS can be a max of 76kBit/s so about 7 or 8kByte/s.
Your net UMTS speed depends on how many other users are on the base station and how many time-slots your provider reserves for data access.
I get 35-40kByte/s regularly here in Switzerland, if reception is good. More you cannot expect, but that's quite reasonable. About 5 years ago that was my max. DSL internet speed!

[ This Message was edited by: Kimi on 2006-09-11 08:49 ]

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