Funny, when 3G rollouts were first announced I remember reading reports of users claiming they could run a bus of computers off their cell phone's 3G connection - that it was really as fast as broadband. Real world results would seem to indicate something quite different.

Anybody know how Verizon's Express Network speeds compare to Sprint PCS?


In any case, location: Wallingford, CT (06492). Here's my results:

BandwidthPlace.com

64.6 kilobits per second
Communications 64.6 kilobits per second
Storage 7.9 kilobytes per second
1MB file download 2.2 minutes
Subjective rating Slow

Info
Date & time Sunday, November 30, 8:21PM*
Test type IDT4 Free
Connection type Wireless: 3G
Region Connecticut
Data size 605KB

DSLReports.com

Your download speed : 53286 bps, or 53 kbps.
A 6.5 KB/sec transfer rate.
Your upload speed : 66844 bps, or 66 kbps.
Your connection hardly qualified as broadband, at least in that test

Toast.net

Loaded 414,161 bytes in 50.312 seconds from TOAST.net server.

33.6K Modem: 16-27K

56K Modem: 34-45K

ISDN/I-DSL: 100-120K

Your throughput: 66 K

Cable/ADSL: 229-950K

T1: 1078-1300K