Web N Walk Pro - How Fast at 3G only?

[Hands0n]

I have just performed a speedtest using Thinkbroadband.com (formerly Adslguide.org.uk). The results are:-
Downlink = 349.03Kbps
Uplink = 112.21Kbps

I'm a bit surprised at the Uplink speed as I was expecting nothing more than 64Kbps for a bog-standard 3G connection.

Windows reports the connection at 460.8Kbps which is probably what the Nokia 6280 modem is reporting back to it.

Performance (here and now) is not too dissimilar from my terrestrial broadband link (10Mbps Telewest) in terms of how fast web pages display. It is noticeably slower, but only by degrees.

The Nokia 6280 does not support HSDPA - come upgrade time I'll be wanting something with the ability to make practical use of T-Mobile's UK-wide HSDPA network. Good results are being reported by some.

[Ben]

That upstream does seem a little off... my tests on Vodafone gave less than half that. The best way to get real stats is to upload and download a large file and see what KB/sec rate it flatlines at - then do the maths from there.

Talking of Vodafone - been using the WRT54G3G due to some bad packet loss issues over ADSL. Life saver. If only we had HSDPA coverage.

[miffed]

I have noticed the upload speeds on T-mobile always seem to come up fast when I have treid speed tests

I have tried

The Bandwidth Place
Thinkbroadband
Speedtest.net ( By far the prettiest ) and they all report pretty consistantly on my broadband connection and my W & W connection

Here are my latest results on W & W

Date 11/02/07 08:57:00
Speed Down 158.74 Kbps ( 0.2 Mbps )
Speed Up 172.39 Kbps ( 0.2 Mbps )

......So my upload is faster that the download , lol !

There is one thing that makes me wonder , and I may be right off the mark here , but whan you have HSDPA Enable on W&W , it is put onto your account as "HSDPA 384K UPLINK" - is it possible that having HSDPA enabled faster upload speeds , even for those using vanilla 3G equipment ?

If anyone can tell me how to "test" this , I'd like to have a go !

[Hands0n]

How did you get HSDPA turned on with your W&W? Was it just a simple call to CS? I might just give that a go myself seeing as I get such good downlink where I live and work - it really is a solid 3G almost everywhere.

[miffed]

It is simply a case of phoning and asking for it (by name -384k hsdpa uplink )

you will probably be told you can't have it for one reason or another , so hang up and try again ! After a couple of calls youll get a cs rep that will just say "ok" and apply it - took me a couple of attemps , but when i eventually was successful the lady acted is if i were asking for the most natural thing in the world !

[Ben]

Do you think the "384k hsdpa uplink" product is what has cannabalised your download speed? If so perhaps it's better to stay away for now...

[miffed]

No , for some reason the speed has been up and down for a few days now (noticed this browsing on the phone) - D/load speed is *usually* between 240k & 340k - but recently it has been pootling along a speeds not much faster than normal GPRS
I used my (plain £7.50) W & W for some nodem action while I was waiting for sky broadband last week , I wonder if this has been detected and they are reducing my speed because of this ?

Having said that , just done a couple more tests and am getting speeds of 250kbps - surely a restriction would bring it down to a max of something like 64 - 128kbps to be worthwhile for them ?

[Hands0n]

Their T&Cs say that they will contact you if you break FUP,then if you do it again or consistently they'll throttle your throughput. I don't believe that they'll just pull the plug on you without any prior slap on the wrist.

Could you be suffering from some effect of localised cell breathing? Where's our mast man when we need him