Please Help, Q9h 3g and internet incredibly slow..

[DUTCH]

Originally Posted by George Knighton

You said you switched to a 3G SIM, but did you also make sure your account had 3G services turned on?

If you go to http://dslreports.com/mspeed , what is your tested speed?

When I try this test from Opera on a stock ATT 9h, I get an error message that my browser does not fully support Javascript, and it cannot do the test.

What can I do to fix this? TIA.

[George Knighton]

Originally Posted by DUTCH

When I try this test from Opera on a stock ATT 9h, I get an error message that my browser does not fully support Javascript, and it cannot do the test.

What can I do to fix this? TIA.

It'll probably do this with all of us, but within about two seconds it will go on to the site after realising that JAVA is supported by the browser.

If your device is an exception for some reason, then you could always try Internet Explorer.

In my experience, however, all phones get forwarded to the test regardless of the message.

[DUTCH]

Originally Posted by George Knighton

It'll probably do this with all of us, but within about two seconds it will go on to the site after realising that JAVA is supported by the browser.

If your device is an exception for some reason, then you could always try Internet Explorer.

In my experience, however, all phones get forwarded to the test regardless of the message.

I'll have to try IE, because Opera kept giving that message. Thanks.

[DUTCH]

Originally Posted by George Knighton

It'll probably do this with all of us, but within about two seconds it will go on to the site after realising that JAVA is supported by the browser.

If your device is an exception for some reason, then you could always try Internet Explorer.

In my experience, however, all phones get forwarded to the test regardless of the message.

Both Opera and IE will go to the website, but when I click on the Speed Test link, it displays the same error message and goes back to the opening page for the link. No speed test happens.

[mexiken]

Originally Posted by pgreenbe305

EV-DO doesn't seem as fast I thought it was "sold" to be. I get nowhere near the speed AT&T customers (apparently) get. I did 3 runs, and here are my results. I have 1 to 3 bars at all times, and get great call quality (never drop calls here, either). I used the website (BBR) mentioned in this thread on PIE. I know decent differences between the technology, but is it just me that didn't know GSM 3G is faster than CDMA 3G (EV-DO)? What gives...

I'm on VZW with an EV-DO connection, and get the following results:

1st attempt
Size: 1MB
Speed: 234kbit/sec
2.729s latency
36.663s d/l time

2nd attempt
Size: 1MB
Speed: 121kbit/sec
1.565s latency
69.196s d/l time

3rd attempt
Size: 1MB
Speed: 391kbit/sec
3.088s latency
23.49s d/l time

Most people don't unfortunately. Verizon likes to tout that its Rev. A is as fast as our 3G (which is really like 3.5G because of HSDPA) but they'll only tell you that when you bring it up to them. I don't know how fast Rev. A actually goes, but they're standard EV-DO is definitely not as fast as HSDPA.

UMTS and EV-DO are similar, speedwise. But in a sense, HSDPA is a technology that came after UMTS, and thus I said its kinda like 3.5. Its a seperate technology that was developed to increased speed. And because our 3G towers took longer to come up than Verizon, AT&T implemented HSDPA in virtually all towers. They were actually the first company in the WORLD to deploy a HSDPA centric network. So enjoy. You are on the fastest mobile network in the US

It might not be as fast as everyone wants or wishes it was given the claims, but its still the fastest there is.

[ninjaap]

Originally Posted by mexiken

They were actually the first company in the WORLD to deploy a HSDPA centric network.

What do you mean by centric network? I know they use a different frequency but haven't Europe and Asia been on 3G for years now?

[mexiken]

Originally Posted by ninjaap

What do you mean by centric network? I know they use a different frequency but haven't Europe and Asia been on 3G for years now?

3G is a very generic term for radio protocols. It encapsulates most protocols developed after 1xx and EDGE.

However, HSDPA is more of a 4G speed, but not quite. Its a bridge between the 2, so its like a 3.5G in simple terms.

Yes, other countries had "3G" before us. But AT&T was the first mobile company to deploy HSDPA onto their network. Its faster than what most tech savvy people call 3G, which is UMTS on the GSM/TDMA roadmap. Like I said, because AT&T was late to the game with 3G (although still WAY ahead of T-Mo, which makes me think it wasn't completely AT&T's fault), they pretty much simultaneously deployed UMTS (it can do voice and data), and HSPDA (which, like EDGE, is a data only protocol). And that protocol, HSDPA, is what AT&T first deployed in any 3G network in the world. I don't know if the other 3G networks have caught up, but for a while at least, AT&T was the fastest mobile network, data wise, in the entire world.

Maybe I should write a sticky about this. Its a bit much to explain.

[kareljack]

Oddly enough, I get better speeds with IE. I get between 600 and 700 kbps while opera mobile gives me between 300 to 450 on average.

[ninjaap]

Originally Posted by mexiken

Maybe I should write a sticky about this. Its a bit much to explain.

Do it! I would love to read up on that...

[Lyle Beach]

Originally Posted by DUTCH

When I try this test from Opera on a stock ATT 9h, I get an error message that my browser does not fully support Javascript, and it cannot do the test.

What can I do to fix this? TIA.

I am getting the same message?! won't work for me??