3G download speeds jump

[opjones]

My wife got the Bolt last Thursday and of course I had to do speed tests over and over again and look in aww at the speeds. I then checked my Droid X and I was getting around 2 mbps, topping out around 2.3 mbps. Well today I was messing with my X, just loaded up Liberty, so I decided to run a speed test. To my amazement I hit 6.4 mbps download on the speedtest app, did it again and hit over 5 mbps. I thought something may have been wrong with the app, so i tethered to my desktop, went to speedtest.net and ran the test. First one was 4.9, second was over 4 and a third was above 5 mbps. Any idea what is going on here? I am in metro detroit, which has 4g coverage. I understand there is no way my 3g phone can be using the 4g, but I've never seen these kind of speeds before.

 

[jerseyboy357]

Those custom ROMs are pretty cool huh? :}

 

[Ace4]

You sure it wasn't connected to a wifi?

 

[opjones]

I'm pretty sure I was not on wifi, I get over 10 mbps speeds on wifi. Just ran some tests and it seem to be back to normal speeds. For some reason yesterday it was smoking fast. I'll have to see if that happens again.

 

[RHChan84]

Im barely getting 1meg on 3g and around 10meg on wifi at home.

 

[Ace4]

You're lucky, on 3g I get 100-300 kbps down usually, but 50-500 kbps up.

 

[strikeback03]

I'm in Rochester, NY (has LTE) and haven't seen any great speeds, though also on stock ROM

 

[TallyHo]

Here in Denver my 3G is 1.5M Down and 850K up. Not too bad, but not what I was used to on ATT. Heck, at least I get coverage in the mountains though.

Can't wait until a 4G phone that has all new features comes out, instead of these half breeds that are out now.