speed test, very slow

[slingxshot]

Hello,

I am in Long Island, NY sprint blackberry 9330 (curve 2). I am getting only 300kbps on speed tests (with full 5 bars, 1EXV)

I used to have an older phone (8830), I was able to get over 1mb.

What is the deal? Anyone else having this issue?

It is frustrating. I am getting playbook and I am not browsing web with those speeds.

Thanks!

[dakid2k6]

What are you using to test the speeds?
You could call sprint to see if there is a tower down. I know me I got 199-225 speeds before I got my airave. Service inside my apt sucks.
I don't blame you for not liking those speeds. I wouldn't nither. Espcially since you got faster speeds on an older model.

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[Slingbox]

Originally Posted by slingxshot

Hello,

I am in Long Island, NY sprint blackberry 9330 (curve 2). I am getting only 300kbps on speed tests (with full 5 bars, 1EXV)

I used to have an older phone (8830), I was able to get over 1mb.

What is the deal? Anyone else having this issue?

It is frustrating. I am getting playbook and I am not browsing web with those speeds.

Thanks!

Sprint network has been getting major overhaul the last 4 months towers getting updated.
With that comes sad sad data speeds for many until updates are complete

More info:
Sprint Newsroom | Sprint Announces Network Vision – A Cutting-Edge Network Evolution Plan With Partners Alcatel-Lucent, Ericsson and Samsung

[slingxshot]

Originally Posted by dakid2k6

What are you using to test the speeds?
You could call sprint to see if there is a tower down. I know me I got 199-225 speeds before I got my airave. Service inside my apt sucks.
I don't blame you for not liking those speeds. I wouldn't nither. Espcially since you got faster speeds on an older model.

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I am using mobilespeedtest.com, last run 380kbps... how about you guys?

[Slingbox]

2 results at top were at shopping mall in Radio shack store. Not bad but not good they took hit.

[mustangboy88]

These are my speeds. Should I talk to Sprint about it?

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Typed on my CyanoSavaged SuperEvo.

[Slingbox]

Originally Posted by mustangboy88

These are my speeds. Should I talk to Sprint about it?

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Typed on my CyanoSavaged SuperEvo.

Give them a call but don't expect much info from level 1cs

When I called CS they were in total denial tower issue was present so convo got ugly. They ended up transferring me to 2nd level tech support were they gave the low down about tower work in my area with estimated completion date.
A week later speeds were better then ever before.

[rdiddy_25]

I don't trust that site much anyways, look at what it says my speeds are with my Tour



Would be awesome if it was that but I know its BS

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[papped]

The test seems to totally break if you do a larger file test...

1mb test reports something stupid like 3053kbps

[slingxshot]

i called sprint, they reset the connection to what it was before, tether i get 400-800kbps, I dunno what i get on the phone since I cant get a reliable speed test program.

[rdiddy_25]

I ran the 2MB test and got 5594 kbps on my Tour. I'd say that between 400-800kbps sounds about right

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[eve6er69]

On my blackberry I get different speeds with different browsers. I can definetly say that the native browser is miles slower than the opera browser.

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[papped]

That's because Opera Mini reports false speed reports. Opera mini renders webpages on a server then just pushes the page to the browser or sends input from the phone to the server page, so the rendering and reported speed is just the server speed, not the phone itself.

[eve6er69]

ahh i understand now. it is still a faster browser imo

[cheech4]

Ummm where can i get this speed test? I had it in my bold 9650 but lost it when i got my Style... Does anyone have or can provide a link???? THANK YOU