How fast is the Wi-Fi at your local hotspots?

**The Hustleman** · 08-03-2012, 06:27 PM

Just out of curiosity, how fast is the Wi-Fi at the hotspots that you connect to most often?

Screenshots encouraged!

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**The Hustleman** · 08-03-2012, 06:28 PM

here's Starbucks.

Pretty disappointing

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**Eclipse2K** · 08-03-2012, 09:12 PM

This is my average and it goes up to 20 MBPS or a bit more. My phone is my hotspot lol. I connect my tablet and laptop to it on the go. I don't use public as I want my data secured.

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**The Hustleman** · 08-04-2012, 08:04 AM

Originally Posted by Eclipse2K

This is my average and it goes up to 20 MBPS or a bit more. My phone is my hotspot lol. I connect my tablet and laptop to it on the go. I don't use public as I want my data secured.

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Lucky you.

In 2 years when Sprint has rolled out lte I'm going back and canceling Comcast lol

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**Eclipse2K** · 08-04-2012, 05:49 PM

Originally Posted by The Hustleman

Lucky you.

In 2 years when Sprint has rolled out lte I'm going back and canceling Comcast lol

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I would never cancel my Comcast because its way better than LTE. You can't have an optimal gaming experience on LTE and that's one reason I stick with it.

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**The Hustleman** · 08-05-2012, 08:46 AM

Originally Posted by Eclipse2K

I would never cancel my Comcast because its way better than LTE. You can't have an optimal gaming experience on LTE and that's one reason I stick with it.

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good point for a pc gamer.

I'm not, so it's irrelevant for me

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**Synycalwon** · 08-05-2012, 08:50 PM

Most hotspots are probably not going to be very fast as the hotspot provider will use a slower speed connection to keep costs down. Although there could be exceptions in some high traffic areas. Anyway, myself I avoid hotspots for security reasons, don't trust them due to their open nature (too easy for someone to sniff your data across the open network). I don't even use my phone on my own secured/locked down home Wi-Fi. But that's primarily because it's shamed by Verizon's LTE. Despite that, I still wouldn't use LTE as my only or primary Internet; don't want to put all my eggs in one basket and others in the house still need Internet when I'm not home.