How fast is your 3G on EVO with Sprint

[bogdaddyEVO]

Hey All,

I am test driving an EVO for 30 days and one of my main uses for this phone will be wifi hotspot (rooted) to link up my computers / other devices while on the road. So far I have not been that impressed with my 3G speeds with WifiTether. I am getting anywhere between .80 and 1.2mbs according to Speedtest.net app, and when I stream Netflix it def. pauses throughout.

Is this common for Sprint? I am in S. California (San Diego). I need to decide if I would be better off with the new Droid X from VZW, or forbid something from AT&T.

Any thoughts would help!. I am running flipz second update ROM, the updated PRL (I tried the Alltel / Verizon PRL but it was slower) and an updated radio.

Thanks

 

[Kedar]

I'm ... eastward, at South Carolina.
Very different place...

... You're going to have to check with locals I guess. However, I just wanted to say when I go to Columbia, SC (capital)... then I get awesome speeds. I tether at my university a lot (still doesn't have wifi everywhere), so it works out for me. Pages load at pretty decent speeds. It feels like I'm using a slightly slower DSL... It doesn't bother me at all.

You might be in a 4g area though. Check it out.



Edit: I'm tethering right now. My connection is slow as I'm in a small town in SC.
However, webpages like Yahoo load up in like 5 mississippi seconds.
Precentral loaded up in 9 seconds. Same with Android central.


This was a bad test... It thinks I live in Kansas... weird. Again, my 3g isn't that great in this small town. Good enough, but I'm usually on home wifi, heh.

Anyway, tethering with Sprint's connection = fast. I wouldn't worry too much unless you're expecting 1-3 second webpage loads.

 

[bogdaddyEVO]

Hey Man,

Unfortunately no 4G in San Diego yet... My real hope was to be able to stream netflix without hiccups... I too am getting about a 1.0mbs like you. When I tested Verizon it was closer to 1.6-1.9.

Maybe they need some more time to deal with all the new Evo owners. I really love the phone so I am hoping I can keep it.

 

[milk242]

I also live in San Diego and test driving the evo. Att 3G is only faster than sprint when you are using it late at night ( 3am). Sprints 3G speed is sustained throughout the day. I have no experience with verizon.

 

[uh60james]

This is from Birmingham, AL. Not too bad for 3G IMO.

 

[bogdaddyEVO]

Hey Milk,

I tested an Iphone 3GS unlocked using wifi tether and my laptop was getting almost 3mbps during the afternoon with ATT. My wife's Pre Plus gave 1.6 - 1.9mbps down, and the EVO is giving like .9-1.2 Mbps.

Maybe it was a fluke with the Iphone? I would expect VZW to be a bit stronger then sprint....

 

[milk242]

On my 3GS I was getting about .95 download and I did the test several times. It is probably due to the overcrowded AT&T towers in my area. On the evo, I was getting ~ 1.6 downloads during the afternoon and night on 2-3 bars of signal. At night the 3GS is a different story, it downloads at about 2.8.

When comparing uploads, I get significantly better speeds on the evo compared to the iPhone. Most likely a limit to AT&Ts 3G technology.

 

[jpdaballa]

I was actually down in san diego last week for business ( i live in la) and I had to turn on tethering to use my ipad, i had 3g around 11 30 pm and i had gotten 1.4 mbps down and .61 mbps up.

From my experience, anywhere from 1.4 - 2.5 doesn't make a difference when loading pages, only when downloading files.

 

[DroidNRH]

400kbs in my part of DFW. My AT&T is averaging 2.5mb

 

[VKitty]

I need to decide if I would be better off with the new Droid X from VZW, or forbid something from AT&T.

I am not familiar with the EVO at this time, but the others are a good choice.


Verizon offers the droid (good android choice) Or the Pre Plus with Free wifi tethering that works flawlessly.


AT&T also Offers the Pre Plus, no free wifi tethereing, and they have changed their data policy ($25 for only 2gb data)

 

[VKitty]

Isn't there also a problem with poor WiFi on the EVO?


There is a sticky about it.

 

[cjmedina]

I'm in vista just north of san Diego. Average is 2mb lowest I've gone before it 1mb. I have problem stream netflix

 

[dahlberg123]

Isn't there also a problem with poor WiFi on the EVO?


There is a sticky about it.

I believe the outcome was that it lacks a little in range but offers marginally better throughput; could be wrong though.

 

[MissJennell#IM]

Hey Milk,

I tested an Iphone 3GS unlocked using wifi tether and my laptop was getting almost 3mbps during the afternoon with ATT. My wife's Pre Plus gave 1.6 - 1.9mbps down, and the EVO is giving like .9-1.2 Mbps.

Maybe it was a fluke with the Iphone? I would expect VZW to be a bit stronger then sprint....

That definitely depends on where you live. Where I am, middle of nowhere in Oregon, Sprint is better than vzw.

 

[forumsid987]

My speeds are similar to those posted in photos. Slightly higher upload speeds at times.

 

[RayStinkle]

If it helps your comparison, I'm in socal an hour north of san Diego, on ATT and get around 2mbps consistently.

 

[kkacatin]

1.8-2.2 Mbps peak on Oahu, Hawaii.

On average its about 1.3 Mbps.

 

[charliegrs]

Maybe Im wrong about this, but isnt streaming netflix on your laptop tethered to your phone asking a bit much? I mean streaming video is very bandwidth intensive. Its kinda surprising to me anyone thinks it would work well over a wireless 3G signal. I would never even attempt it. To me, tethering would be good for basic internet browsing, at the most I would go on youtube with it, since the phone can do that on its own im sure it works fine on a tethered laptop. I think many of you are overestimating the abilities of a 3G signal.

 

[xorg]

I stream Netflix just fine and in HD with 4G using Wireless Tether. A friend does it with 3G and it's lower quality but it works.

 

[estebancam]

I don't understand what the deal is...

For a 3G network,1.2-1.5 is a great range of speed. I am always getting around that area with Sprint anywhere I go. With my friends Verizon Droid, he is always getting 700kbps. I almost always double his speeds on sprint.

Moral of the story is that 1.2mbps is not slow for 3g.