Carrier Wars: Next up, Sprint
Welcome back to Carrier Wars, the ongoing feature where we ask our readers to post their 3G speed test results, we collect the data and dish the outcome, and then a bunch of people whine about said outcome in the comments section. So far we have AT&T clocked in with raw averages of 933kbps down/180kbps up and Verizon Wireless on the books with raw averages of 701kbps down/322kbps up. Next up to bat: Sprint. While Verizon and AT&T bicker about who has the nation’s “fastest” or “most reliable” 3G network, Sprint is apparently flying under the radar by advertising “America’s most dependable 3G network”. Well Sprint fans, it’s time for you to break out those 3G handsets and latch on to Sprint’s uber-dependable network — we want your speed test results.
Please post your test results in the comments section of this post and you get extra points for linking a screenshot. We only care about 3G and we absolutely must know what handset you’re using; again, this is to separate EV-DO Rev. A and Rev. 0. So what are you waiting for Sprinters? Get moving!
Note: Don’t forget guys, we want phone model, average download speed AND average upload speed! If you’re wondering how to perform a speed test on your phone, check the first few comments below for links to various options.
Here are the Speedtest results for my Blackberry:
Connection Type: Sprint The Now Network
Avg. Download Speed: 358.98Kbits/s
Max. Download Speed: 697.29Kbits/s
Avg. Upload Speed: 170.8Kbits/s
Max. Upload Speed: 375.36Kbits/s
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Blackberry 8330
Los Angeles -Westside
1.67 Mb/s using 250K file
2.34 Mb/s using 3M file
http://www.mobilespeedtest.com
2.79 MBPS Down: With Sprint Palm PRE
Hi!
I know this is LATE, but I wanted to chime in.
Los Angeles, San Gabriel Valley
BB Pearl 8130
DOWN
Max – 805.53 Kbit
Avg – 781.8
UP
Max – 281.0 Kbit
Avg – 141.82
Transferred 512kb in .24 seconds
Your current bandwidth reading is: 16.67 Mbps
which means you can download at 2.08 MB/sec from our servers
17067 kbps
don’t know much about phones or carriers, but it’s a lot faster than anything i’ve had before, i’ve tried them all. Just switched to sprint, not bad so far. speed is 1.28 mb/sec per mobilespeedtest.com. what is ev-do, exv, rev 0 etc.
blackberry 8330
D/L speed 45.12 Kbits/s
Max D/L speed 179.47 Kbits/s
Upload speed 22.56Kbits/s
Max U/L speed 50.56 Kbits/s
Chicago, Illinois