I played with a tbolt yesterday speedtest info!!

[ZacHolley]

Ok so I went by the vzw store yesterday and they had a few bolts I was able to do a few speedtests on it it was around 12-15 megs download the upload file on speedtest app doesnt send enough data so im pretty sure the upload is skewed...

here is my speedtest.... no skype baked in either so ill be using tango to video chat!!! the phone was awesome I cant wait until tomorrow!!!

http://www.speedtest.net/android/38190751.png

 

[VideoEngineerAJS]

That ping is pretty impressive for a phone.

 

[Puterguru]

Is that MegaBYTE or MegaBIT ?

 

[ZacHolley]

your tellin me i have a droid x now it was so fast compared to this thing lol.... on my dx i get usually half a meg to 1.2 megs so i was downloading 7meg apps in the market in like 2 seconds !!

 

[RkyMtnHigh]

Is that MegaBYTE or MegaBIT ?

Small "b" = bit. That test is in Mbps. Megabits per second. If that was in Megabytes, I'd already be in line for tomorrow.

 

[ZacHolley]

speedtest is always in megabits per second... my home internet is 13megabits so the thunderbolt is as fast as my home internet.

 

[Mustang7303]

Is that MegaBYTE or MegaBIT ?

Speedtests and bandwidth claims are almost always MegaBIT. The small "b" in the graphic also indicated MegaBIT, where as a capital "B" would indicate a Mega BYTE.

There are 8 bits in 1 byte for those wondering why it matters.

 

[Carbon Stig]

Correct me if I'm wrong, but isn't this the first true 4G phone using LTE on VZW? Therefore, no traffic yet until the TB hits the streets tomorrow?

 

[RkyMtnHigh]

Correct me if I'm wrong, but isn't this the first true 4G phone using LTE on VZW? Therefore, no traffic yet until the TB hits the streets tomorrow?

Yes, but there are some LTE modems floating around. It is going to be interesting to see which areas get loaded up.

 

[Chrisy]

The air cards use LTE though, right?

 

[Chrisy]

I'll be able to try LTE out at the airport soon after.

Can I use wifi on the plane? How!?

 

[RkyMtnHigh]

The air cards use LTE though, right?

Air Cards and modems both.

 

[project.in.process]

those are some impressive numbers--


but i believe, reading somewhere else on this forum, that the speedtest app doesn't measure accurately. the only way to get a more precise reading is to go to speedtest.net on the browser and test through that.

still..i want to believe those high numbers

 

[ZacHolley]

its legit on the lte card i was getting 30 megs a second through a browser but that was with the pantech modem

 

[upz3]

I'll be able to try LTE out at the airport soon after.

Can I use wifi on the plane? How!?

Depends if the plane offers it. I was going into Tampa last week on US Airways and the plane had wifi on it. I used my iPad (work device, never would purchase) and my Eris on it.

 

[MarkyD311]

I also played with one at the VZW store today. This thing is sexy. The end.