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Top Wifi speed on a 3G iPhone
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I know it uses 802.11g however I can't get anywhere near the 30Mbps. I can't get over 10Mbps.
Are you sure you're connected to an 802.11g access point? Could it be possible that you're connected to 802.11b which is 11Mbps??
You also likely don't have an Internet connection faster than 10mb, so you're not going to be able to get faster download speeds than that despite what your router and/or the chip are capable of.
What does the speed of my Internet connection have to do with the throughput of my iPhone???
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Hmm let's see, if your subscribed to a 5mb or 8mb data package from your ISP, then that's all your going to get. I have 20mbps package from my isp and the max I've gotten through to my iPhone is a little over 10,000kb/s
lostngone said:
Hmm let's see, if your subscribed to a 5mb or 8mb data package from your ISP, then that's all your going to get. I have 20mbps package from my isp and the max I've gotten through to my iPhone is a little over 10,000kb/s
Quite a lot!
As others have mentioned no matter how fast the iPhone can cope with you are limited to the speed of your internet connection in the first place.
For example at home I have ADSL and on my iPhone I get around 6.2Mbps downstream and about .4 upstream.
At work when connected to WiFi and sat next to the router I get 50Mbps down and up on my laptop the fastest speed I have ever had on my iPhone is 20Mbps down and up.
Although not really sure why on an iPhone you would ever really need more than 5Mbps?
you're not going to get 30Mbps with 802.11g; 27Mbps is about the max. as far as the iPhone 3G, I tested the device in a near perfect environment inside an anechoic chamber (RF isolation chamber) and could only achieve throughput around 9 Mbps.
I agree with this. I tested my iPhone with a 20 Mb/s and barely got anything above 3 Mb/s. Still, 3 Mb/s is quite fast considering its a phone.
I have a 100Mbps fiber connection, and usually test in the 60-70Mbps range on my Mac. I've never seen my iPhone over 7Mbps, though.
I just did two tests, back to back. On my Mac:
Thirty seconds later, the same server from my iPhone:
I'm sitting about three feet from my AEBS, which is showing the iPhone connected at -45dBm signal, -95dBm noise, and 54Mbps rate. Obviously the signal strength is fine, the connection is great, but the iPhone simply doesn't have the horsepower to process the incoming data very quickly. Whatever. It's fast enough.
I just did two tests, back to back. On my Mac:
Thirty seconds later, the same server from my iPhone:
I'm sitting about three feet from my AEBS, which is showing the iPhone connected at -45dBm signal, -95dBm noise, and 54Mbps rate. Obviously the signal strength is fine, the connection is great, but the iPhone simply doesn't have the horsepower to process the incoming data very quickly. Whatever. It's fast enough.
Huh???
I am not downloading or uploading anything off the internet for my tests. I am copying files between the iPhone and a computer that is plugged directly plugged into a TC.
Huh???
I am not downloading or uploading anything off the internet for my tests. I am copying files between the iPhone and a computer that is plugged directly plugged into a TC.
Ah right sorry, missed that.
There is still a lot that could impact the speed, any of the following located near the router:
- Cordless DECT phones
- Microwave
- Other mobile devices
- etc
I have a 100Mbps fiber connection, and usually test in the 60-70Mbps range on my Mac. I've never seen my iPhone over 7Mbps, though.
I just did two tests, back to back. On my Mac:
Thirty seconds later, the same server from my iPhone:
I'm sitting about three feet from my AEBS, which is showing the iPhone connected at -45dBm signal, -95dBm noise, and 54Mbps rate. Obviously the signal strength is fine, the connection is great, but the iPhone simply doesn't have the horsepower to process the incoming data very quickly. Whatever. It's fast enough.
I suppose that answers that then.
I have a 100Mbps fiber connection, and usually test in the 60-70Mbps range on my Mac. I've never seen my iPhone over 7Mbps, though.
I just did two tests, back to back. On my Mac:
ohhh i wish i had your connection, mine is so bad that from pm to 11.30pm actual download rate falls to ±150kb/s, its around 1.2mb/s normally.
DECT operates at 1.9 GHz and should not affect your WiFi operating at 2.4GHz. there are, however, other non DECT cordless phones operating at 2.4
Computing is always a lowest common denominator game. If you're using multiple pieces of hardware, the slowest one will determine how "fast" your machine is.
If your broadband connection is 1.5Mbps, a gigabit (1,000Mbps) router won't do you a bit of good with Internet speed. If you have an 802.11b (11Mbps) wireless access point, you won't see much use in the 802.11n (100+Mbps) devices.
It's the same deal with an eight-core CPU with 1GB of RAM. If you are slowed down by something needing more RAM, you have a lot of wasted CPU cycles with that machine. It goes on and on.
So in other words, your speed test TOTALLY depends on how fast your Internet connection is.
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No, that's not true at all. See my speedtest result above for proof.Michael CM1 said:
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No, that's not true at all. See my speedtest result above for proof.
I think I maybe worded it wrong. I know that the ISP speed isn't the lone factor. I think I've TOTALLY been watching too many surfer dudes talk or something. Your test results demonstrate how different speed components are effected pretty darn well. As you said, a slower CPU and less RAM lessens the effectiveness of whatever speed data connection there is.
I saw a rumor that the new iPhone was going to have a faster CPU and more RAM. Hopefully that'll speed stuff up because some apps seem to take FOREVER to download info. I'm really thinking about the AP Mobile News app. It takes forever just for a few headlines to change.
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Yeah, AP Mobile News is painfully slow. But I think that's more of an app bug than anything, because I don't really have that problem with any other apps. BTW, setting it to only keep stuff for one day helps a bit.Michael CM1 said:
