Comments on: How Fast is Your iPhone 3GS Data Connection?

By: fewiofjewio

fewiofjewio — Sun, 01 Nov 2009 06:19:34 +0000

AT&T Seattle 150kbps down

By: Robert

Robert — Wed, 08 Jul 2009 23:19:12 +0000

Laval (Montreal) 3GS Rogers Highest avg: 4241 Normal range: 3700-4100 Tested using Speedtest app (Extreme Labs)

Also tested at various points during drive home from downtown Montreal to Laval from inside my car:

Downtown Montreal: ranged from 1600-2500 Other areas in Montreal: from as bad as 900 to as good as 3500. Typical range was 1700 to 2600.

Best results were in Laval from my 2nd floor condo with consistent results over 3700.

All uploads were between 230 and 260.

By: Mark

Mark — Wed, 08 Jul 2009 05:17:49 +0000

I can’t get full bars anywhere in my house. I’m on Rogers on the iPhone 3gs. in Mississauga Ontario, The best I got was 2.5 mb down. I’ll test it again next time I’m out. Somebody said they got over 6 mb down near sq1 mall!! That’s the other end of mississauga for me. I was there the other day using 3g, I was so worried about my battery dying while I was using the Internet that I didn’t think to do a speed test. Canadians pay way more for data, we better be getting faster speeds!

By: Louis St-Amour

Louis St-Amour — Sat, 04 Jul 2009 02:57:58 +0000

The reason why only Canadians see speeds above 6mbps is simple: Rogers has HSDPA at 7.2mbps speeds (theoretical) while AT&T doesn’t.

Speaking of which, I’ve been very pleased with my new Rogers modem, which I picked up for $100 with a $100 credit. I now get 9.4mbps down, 1mbps up on my 10mbps plan over wifi. (I used to avg. around 2-5mbps on my 7mbps plan.

I especially like how much speedier the new 3GS feels compared to my older 3G, even with the 3.0 speed improvements. Especially over wifi, I now feel like the 3GS can keep up with the data, whereas before I used to wonder if the phone was slowing it down.

I haven’t yet taken the 3GS out with me to explore Toronto’s network speeds, but you can bet I’ll do so tomorrow. In my house right now, I’m getting (with 5 bars of 3G, so we know bars don’t matter), 798kbps down, 148kbps up on the 3G network. I remember being near Sheppard & Bayview and getting 300KB/s down, which is pretty much 3mbps maxed out. (3000/8=375)

So I can imagine that getting 700KB/s (or roughly 7mbps) will not be unknown to me, but simply a bit rare. And Rogers loves to cap upload speeds in exchange for faster downloads, so I wouldn’t expect too much there. Still, if nothing else, I have to admit I love being in Canada for the iPhone on Rogers. I’ve a feeling that if I move to the States, the first thing I’ll miss is reliable, fast iPhone service. Just a hunch, I’m sure in many places I’m wrong, but ..

By: Clayton Kyler

Clayton Kyler — Fri, 03 Jul 2009 19:28:04 +0000

The bottleneck is likely not related to the hardware. Its the carrier. AT&T doesn’t like to give away much bandwidth for a $30 data plan.

By: Daniel

Daniel — Tue, 30 Jun 2009 05:56:01 +0000

Why do you think there is such a difference between what the iPhone 3G and iPhone 3Gs is capable of versus what they actually upload and download at? Presumably the fact that both phones are not downloading at what they are capable of suggests that there are hardware bottlenecks. Does anyone have insight into this?

By: Kevin Blanchard

Kevin Blanchard — Sat, 27 Jun 2009 08:39:43 +0000

I'm at full bars and I'm only getting 508kbs avg down and 249kbs up

Austin, TX

By: jojo10040

jojo10040 — Sat, 27 Jun 2009 00:37:29 +0000

oh yea im In Hollywood CA.

By: jojo10040

jojo10040 — Sat, 27 Jun 2009 00:36:53 +0000

Iphone 3GS

ATT: 1134kbps Down / 216kbps Up

By: Budwizer

Budwizer — Fri, 26 Jun 2009 22:14:00 +0000

I have a 3GS and am located in Richmond, VA. Tested both 3G and WiFi:

ATT 3G: 998kbps down / 235kbps up

WiFi: 15.61 Mbps down / 4.51 Mbps up