I was wondering if anyone could answer my question. I know people here are more educated about these things than people at the Sprint forums.
"I have an Airvana connected to my router and its IP is DMZ'ed. It works great but the speed tests while connected to the Airvana are less than stellar. My internet is 10-15 mbits down and .5 mbits up. I have an Epic 4G and when I go to the Phone Information menu it shows that I am connected to EV-DO Rev. A and when I dial #99 I get the message that I am now within airave coverage. Now I understand the EV-DO Rev. A standard has a max down/up of 3,100/1,800 kbit/s but I don't get anything near that. The most I get is 1,200 kbit/s down and 500 kbit/s up with a ping of 125-200ms. I know the upload is limited by my internet but the download is not. I have gotten much faster download speeds from Sprint towers and usually the same ping if not lower. When I connect to wifi however, I get 10+ mbit/s down and .5 mbit/s up with a ping of 20-25 ms. The two things I don't understand is why I'm getting 1/3 of the 3G speed I should be getting and a horrendous ping.
The apps I use are speedtest.net app and the FCC broadband app. Both give consistent and similar results."
Even though Rev A has faster speeds than what you are getting, your Airvana will only go as fast or slower than your net connection. So you will only see your speed below 1,200kbit.
On a side note I am surprised that your Airvana unit works. I have been having issues for about 2-3 weeks now connecting to the Airvana.
The Ev-DO Rev. A standard does indeed dictate upto 3800kbit/s down, but you will rarely see anything about 1.2Mbit, even if you were right next to an empty tower. The 3.8Mbit/s number is really for *burst* transfer rates, not for continuous, linear transfer rates. Keep in mind that several things are affecting your data radio's performance, including RF noise from other sources nearby. 125ms+ ping times are *completely* normal. Even over 4G, your ping times won't be much better than 70-80ms. Rev. A was supposed to improve ping times (over Rev. 0, you could easily expect 200ms+), and to some extent it did. Keep in mind that your network connection and internet connectivity, time to your head end, etc., will all dramatically affect ping times.
On average, Ev-DO Rev. A transfer rates will be between 700kbit/s and 1.1Mbit/s (this is from extensive testing.) I have once seen sustained transfer rates of around 2Mbit, but it was a one-time occurrence, so possibly an outlier datapoint. The speeds you're showing there are really quite normal.
Recently installed an Airvana at my parents's house, it works *amazingly* well. Average throughput is right around the speeds you're quoting. Never had any connectivity issues with it within the network (as opposed to the "recommended" setup; I have set QOS on the router). The first-generation Airave constantly dropped calls, messed up GPS, and caused mayhem. The Airvana has been nothing but wonderful, and my parents finally have great coverage. GMaps and all aGPS-based apps work great, and all seems peachy; they got it right this time.
Thanks a lot for the info guys. I have been extensively testing internet speeds everywhere I go (New York City and Long Island, New York) and on average I still get slightly higher download speeds and lower pings from the towers but not by much. Another thing I noticed is that when connected to the Airvana the speed test apps "jerk" or stutter a lot when conducting the test but it's not noticable when using the device. I took a look at my DNS settings and IP on my phone and nothing matched my home network. This leads me to believe that the path to the internet is phone-->Airvana-->router-->internet-->Sprint VPN (or something similar)-->open internet. This would explain why you can use Sprint TV through the Airvana but not on wifi.
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Unless you have enabled QoS on your router and given the Airvana highest priority, it might be a good idea to have it on the outside of your network, e.g. modem -->airvana -->router -->PCs. This will ensure that the femtocell has absolute network priority, which it should.
Stuttering is confirmed, does the same for me as well. It's somewhat hit or miss though, and it can also happen at random when I'm testing against regular towers. As far as external IP goes, yes, it wouldn't make any sense for your phone to have an internal network IP, especially because it will be going outside your network at some point. So yes, the femtocell is essentially acting as a router and tunneling to another router outside your network.
I have an Airvana, but for data, almost always use WiFi at home.
I turned off my WiFi and did 3 speed tests on Airvana 3G using Speedtest.net app
Down Up
1.83Mbps 0.72Mbps
1.94Mbps 0.63Mbps
1.76Mbps 0.55Mbps
So my results are surprisingly good.
I'll take those numbers over 3G anyday
alestin said:
I have an Airvana, but for data, almost always use WiFi at home.
I turned off my WiFi and did 3 speed tests on Airvana 3G using Speedtest.net app
Down Up
1.83KB 0.72KB
1.94KB 0.63KB
1.76KB 0.55KB
So my results are surprisingly good.
I'll take those numbers over 3G anyday
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I'd hope that the down speeds are in Mbit.
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I'd hope that the down speeds are in Mbit.
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Silly me. sorry for the typo.
All are in Mbps
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I live in Philly proper and have been "war driving" with my 4G turned on looking for dead spots/speed testing. In general it seems like coverage has improved.
Speeds are pretty much what Sprint advertised using Speedtest.net from the marketplace. 1 Bar is consistently 2500-3500, 2 bars is consistently 3250-4000 and max bars tests at 3500-5000. I have yet to hit 6000 on Speedtest.net....
...on the phone. Imagine my surprise to see sub 75ms pings and 8000 throughput when tethered! After redoing the test on Speedtest.net I looked for some real life examples. I downloaded some trial software from Microsoft, update my Ubuntu installation and fired up some torrents. While I never hit 8000, I did see some nice sustained torrent downloads that were near 7000. The crazy was that I accomplished this with only 1 or 2 bars, in doors. I plan on testing it outdoors in better conditions.
Has anyone well experienced similar results?
tethered results are almost always faster, but I have no idea why
Same results. Tethering reports faster. Any throttling you've noticed on netflix, hulu? I'm just doing usb and not paying the thirty xtra for sprint hot spot...things seem fast but netflix keeps randomly reporting that speed has dropped and is adjusting playback quality...which takes forever!
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I live in Philly proper and have been "war driving" with my 4G turned on looking for dead spots/speed testing. In general it seems like coverage has improved.
Speeds are pretty much what Sprint advertised using Speedtest.net from the marketplace. 1 Bar is consistently 2500-3500, 2 bars is consistently 3250-4000 and max bars tests at 3500-5000. I have yet to hit 6000 on Speedtest.net....
...on the phone. Imagine my surprise to see sub 75ms pings and 8000 throughput when tethered! After redoing the test on Speedtest.net I looked for some real life examples. I downloaded some trial software from Microsoft, update my Ubuntu installation and fired up some torrents. While I never hit 8000, I did see some nice sustained torrent downloads that were near 7000. The crazy was that I accomplished this with only 1 or 2 bars, in doors. I plan on testing it outdoors in better conditions.
Has anyone well experienced similar results?
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Ahhh, Philly.
In northern Indianapolis, I get 2000 max. Usually 300-800....
i too cant get results over 3 mbs using the speedtest app, where as tethering i get 4-6 mbs with bursts of 8-10 mbs.. ive read somewhere (cant remember where) that the phone is capped, but when using it as a modem or tethering then its not
Logic would dictate that the browser or flash lite plugin is the cause of the slowness
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I live in Philly proper and have been "war driving" with my 4G turned on looking for dead spots/speed testing. In general it seems like coverage has improved.
Speeds are pretty much what Sprint advertised using Speedtest.net from the marketplace. 1 Bar is consistently 2500-3500, 2 bars is consistently 3250-4000 and max bars tests at 3500-5000. I have yet to hit 6000 on Speedtest.net....
...on the phone. Imagine my surprise to see sub 75ms pings and 8000 throughput when tethered! After redoing the test on Speedtest.net I looked for some real life examples. I downloaded some trial software from Microsoft, update my Ubuntu installation and fired up some torrents. While I never hit 8000, I did see some nice sustained torrent downloads that were near 7000. The crazy was that I accomplished this with only 1 or 2 bars, in doors. I plan on testing it outdoors in better conditions.
Has anyone well experienced similar results?
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Yeah me to, but I live near the Franklin mills mall so it might bebthe same area as you
those "free ps3" ads are really tempting. i wonder whose email address i should use?
Has anyone noticed really inconsistent 3G speeds?
Often I'll get well over 1 mbps download rates, but sometimes its disgustingly awful.
For example, 3G(not 1X) just netted me this:
68 Kbps or 0.1 Mbps (8 kB/s)
:|
(Sprint btw)
Speed depends how many bars show up when you're using Ev. Zero or 1 bar could get the result you listed, but it will be awesome if you have full bars.
That really isn't true on a cdma network. I also have seen large variance in mobile network speed, probably just from heavier traffic on sprints network.
I've had ranges from 2.1mb/s to 300kb/s on 3G.
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intx said:
Has anyone noticed really inconsistent 3G speeds?
Often I'll get well over 1 mbps download rates, but sometimes its disgustingly awful.
For example, 3G(not 1X) just netted me this:
68 Kbps or 0.1 Mbps (8 kB/s)
:|
(Sprint btw)
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Yeah, I get that every day. Most noticeably Mon-Fri.. I live in the Detroit area which in my opinion, barely has 3g as it is. Forget ever getting 4g here.
Anyway, after 9am my internet is unusable for anything except gmail telling me I have new emails. Even then sometimes the connection times out. Pings of over 1000ms and speedtest speeds like I'm back in 1994 on dial-up (3.4 kB/s).
2 other co-workers of mine have hero's (both stock, i'm running cm 6.0 nightlys) with the same problems.
I've called and complained a few times to which they tell me it's my phone. But no, it's not. It's your network!
started two weeks ago, I could feel that 3g speed was dramatically slower than before. speedtetst shows ~300kbps. I went to sprint store today. There are two EVOs in the store. Interesting thing is: one of them has similiar 3g speed as mine, another one is really fast ~ 1.7Mbps - 2Mbps. watching sprintTV & youtube are really enjoyable. nothing is different from software&hardware. I can't image how come the performance of the devices are way off each other. Is it EVO or Sprint?
I also noticed this in a weird way. Rebooting my Evo will give me significantly different speeds / pings.
Think is had to do more with the towers. Sprint tends to jump from tower to tower quite often, even if the tower is futher away. I get pretty poor speeds in KC, but when I go to Wisconsin, get 3 to 4 times the speeds. So it is possible for two phones right next to each other to have different speeds, if they are on different towers. Look up antennas apps in the market and see what tower you are connected too, and how often it changes towers while you are stationary.
I tried antennas, it did not work well on EVO. Just found that we have partial 4G coverage around bay area. I tested it out today. the speed is pretty amazing inthe range of 3M - 7M bps . Hopefully we could have all coverage of 4G.
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I also noticed this in a weird way. Rebooting my Evo will give me significantly different speeds / pings.
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during reboot, I think there are couples of things going on: initializing RF driver/firmwire and re-registration of cell, handshake on the fly to finalize signal/channel/speed rate etc which might result different quality of connection.
Hey guys,
I've used Speedtest religiously to test both OTA data and WIFI since I bought my Epic. Recently (I believe since I went to a GB ROM) Speedtest comes up with bogus results (proven).
In fact, I get different results depending upon the ANIMATION QUALITY setting!!
ANIMATION QUALITY @ default: 12Mbit WIFI
ANIMATION QUALITY @ minimum: 18Mbit WIFI
speakeasy.net/speedtest result : 22Mbit (my fiber cap)
The 3g and 4g results have been equally hampered. I register on average 1/2 the BW with speedtest than I do with any other method, like speakeasy.net.
I've been rackin my brain for a couple of weeks regarding my crappy 3g speeds, and it turns out its actually Speedtest - no real change other than that program not functioning properly since changing ROMs/Kernels.
Just in case I might save someone a massive headache like I've been having ... there you have it.
Running Marcusant's Revival V1 and Samurai 3.3.0 60hz/250mhz GPU.
(It's a GREAT combo!)
Cheers, everyone. Happy holidays!
I always run it at minimum quality. It says in the settings section that it loses accuracy with higher quality.
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I think you're right, I turned the animation all the way to and my 3g readings are 7 times faster!
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I think you're right, I turned the animation all the way to and my 3g readings are 7 times faster!
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About a 50% improvement on mine with animation slider all the way to the right. Strange, as I'd hope one would have no effect on the other.
I think this problem started when I switched to a GB ROM. Hopefully an update will address this.
In the meantime, just browse to speakeasy.net/speedtest to check your BW.
You guys who chimed in also on GB?
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I think this problem started when I switched to a GB ROM. Hopefully an update will address this.
In the meantime, just browse to speakeasy.net/speedtest to check your BW.
You guys who chimed in also on GB?
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I think you can assume just about everyone is. But I seem to remember this being an issue with the app on all versions, actually.
Checking Http://www.SpeedMatters.org from both my phone and computer gave me accurate results. I know it's not as handy as an app, but it works!
Guys, keep in mind that numerous factors affect your bandwidth:
Bandwidth cap provided by ISP
Shared connection
Quality of connection to speedtest server
Number of hops to speed test server ("internet distance")
Occasionally the weather
Time of day (peak internet usage hours)
1. While some ISPs allow subscribers to exceed their rate plans, you will still be limited at some point by your ISP.
2. Cable broadband "shares" your connection to the ISP--more people in your area served by your cable ISP = less bandwidth for you, to a degree. Also, if someone else on your local network is streaming Netflix or downloading the latest patch for BF3 they will be hogging bandwidth.
3. "Quality of connection" can mean a myriad of things, including #4.
4. A "hop" refers to a router, gateway, switch, etc. that your data must be routed through. Each hop adds roughly a millisecond to your overall ping. The higher your ping, the lower your maximum achievable bandwidth will be.
5. Weather can adversely affect connections, especially wireless connections.
6. While the time of day in and of itself is not a factor, this affects when the peak loads on the internet will be. Generally, you will see higher, more stable test results during off-peak times, such as the early morning hours.
This is by no means an exhaustive list, nor did I go very in-depth with any of my explanations. For more, check the Broadband Reports FAQs. You'll have to dig around a little (check the DSL FAQs, there's a lot of general bandwidth stuff in there), but the place is a goldmine of broadband knowledge.
Thanks for that, however, in this case specifically, speedtest consistently falls short exactly the same amount. That is very good evidence that the issue is not due to "other" factors. My bandwidth as measured in browser has been super consistent also - always nailing my fiber bandwidth cap without fail.
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Guys, keep in mind that numerous factors affect your bandwidth:
Bandwidth cap provided by ISP
Shared connection
Quality of connection to speedtest server
Number of hops to speed test server ("internet distance")
Occasionally the weather
Time of day (peak internet usage hours)
1. While some ISPs allow subscribers to exceed their rate plans, you will still be limited at some point by your ISP.
2. Cable broadband "shares" your connection to the ISP--more people in your area served by your cable ISP = less bandwidth for you, to a degree. Also, if someone else on your local network is streaming Netflix or downloading the latest patch for BF3 they will be hogging bandwidth.
3. "Quality of connection" can mean a myriad of things, including #4.
4. A "hop" refers to a router, gateway, switch, etc. that your data must be routed through. Each hop adds roughly a millisecond to your overall ping. The higher your ping, the lower your maximum achievable bandwidth will be.
5. Weather can adversely affect connections, especially wireless connections.
6. While the time of day in and of itself is not a factor, this affects when the peak loads on the internet will be. Generally, you will see higher, more stable test results during off-peak times, such as the early morning hours.
This is by no means an exhaustive list, nor did I go very in-depth with any of my explanations. For more, check the Broadband Reports FAQs. You'll have to dig around a little (check the DSL FAQs, there's a lot of general bandwidth stuff in there), but the place is a goldmine of broadband knowledge.
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As far as m.b.p.s. on down and uploading speeds? Where I live inside my home I get 50-80 m.b.p.s. on downloading speeds and 10-30 m.b.p.s. on my uploading speeds with my T-Mobile samsung Galaxy s9 plus device.I was just wondering if you guys we're getting roughly the same speeds as I'm getting or if your are receiving aloe faster speeds than I'm getting. Thanks In advance!!!
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Depends. On my carriers network (Freedom) my phone displays lte and I pulled 100Mbps down with 25Mbps up yesterday. Today, I was roaming on either Telus or Bell and my phone showed 4G instead of lte and I got a whopping 5Mbps down.
On Wifi, I can max my 350Mbps internet connection and my lan speeds are usually upwards of 800Mbps.
On my home wifi, i max out my bandwidth. 220Mbps down and 20Mbps(Virgin UK). Mobile data on 4G at home, 197Mbps down and 49Mbps up (EE UK). I do get slightly higher download and upload speeds sometimes whilst out and about in London. Had similar speeds on the Note 8 as well, so for me, nothing changed.
Hope this helps.
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As far as m.b.p.s. on down and uploading speeds? Where I live inside my home I get 50-80 m.b.p.s. on downloading speeds and 10-30 m.b.p.s. on my uploading speeds with my T-Mobile samsung Galaxy s9 plus device.I was just wondering if you guys we're getting roughly the same speeds as I'm getting or if your are receiving aloe faster speeds than I'm getting. Thanks In advance!!!
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Tmo unlocked s10+ sd
186/40 down/up on TMO.
650+ both ways wifi
I get this much...
Edit. Shoot. Cant upload pic.
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We I get 520 down 36 up. On LTE+
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30 Mbps Download (Max 50 Mbps download) and 96 Mbps Upload on my Wi-Fi.. I dont know whats the issue with my wifi.. all my phones give similar speed (a bit less than s10+ though). Over ethernet I get around 70 to 80 Mbps download and 85 Mbps Upload. I'm on 100 Mbps plan.
My lte has been turd slow, like 30mbps no matter where I'm at. Verizon, anyone else having this issue?
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30 Mbps Download (Max 50 Mbps download) and 96 Mbps Upload on my Wi-Fi.. I dont know whats the issue with my wifi.. all my phones give similar speed (a bit less than s10+ though). Over ethernet I get around 70 to 80 Mbps download and 85 Mbps Upload. I'm on 100 Mbps plan.
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Check the bandwith of the channel (20/40/80) and if you are using channel aggregation, your downstream channel is probably too crowded for your current settings
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240/20 (my plan) on wifi no issues,
Average of 60/15 on LTE, some locations are way less (10mbps) some others are way more (200mbps), but thats the normal stuff here
I found though that this is the best modem i've used (including phones and actual modems) regarding agreggation, my S8 drops aggregation faster, generally once it reaches 1 bar of signal (like indoors), while my S10+ just keeps going along, it generally drops it only once the signal is really poor
But because of that ,it is much more hesitant to drop to HSPA+, which is a technical problem per say, as here HSPA+ as really good coverage overall and its clean (constant 20mbps) due to everything moving to LTE.
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Check the bandwith of the channel (20/40/80) and if you are using channel aggregation, your downstream channel is probably too crowded for your current settings
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240/20 (my plan) on wifi no issues,
Average of 60/15 on LTE, some locations are way less (10mbps) some others are way more (200mbps), but thats the normal stuff here
I found though that this is the best modem i've used (including phones and actual modems) regarding agreggation, my S8 drops aggregation faster, generally once it reaches 1 bar of signal (like indoors), while my S10+ just keeps going along, it generally drops it only once the signal is really poor
But because of that ,it is much more hesitant to drop to HSPA+, which is a technical problem per say, as here HSPA+ as really good coverage overall and its clean (constant 20mbps) due to everything moving to LTE.
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Well, I tried everything possible for a possible increase in download speed but nothing worked. Everytime I did a test from Ookla it showed around 30 Mbps, but when I download something from PlayStore and Calculate the time using stopwatch, the speed comes out to be 83 Mbps Download.
I have 500MB/s at home and my S10 gets upwards of 350± . Newer ASUS router, 5GHz using Ookla Speed Test. It's a beast of a phone and Beasty bandwidth capabilities! Love it!