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Best way to check mobile connection speed
(before someone suggests googling, I want to hear peoples actual experiences/recommedation)
What is the best way to check mobile connection speed over 3G. Do have have to download an app (something I'm reluctant to do in case it is filled with adware/spyware) or is there a mobile page where I can do this quickly and simply? Or should I just find a large-ish PDF and get a stopwatch? |
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The speedtest.net app is reliable and accurate.
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I Agree with Mancunian01 download the The speedtest.net app.
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Has anyone had spyware or adware problems after installing this?
At the end of the day this is just geeky curiosity so not worth screwing my phone up over. |
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Why would you think any app testing speed, or any app available in an app store would be full of spyware?
You'd never download anything with that line of thinking. I have the above app on my phone and have zero issues. |
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Speedtest.net is the most widely used one. It's got a quite a few different servers and it has a good interface. It's got small apps within the apps with the option to remove for a small IAP but there're not other problem with ad or spyware within either the iOS or Android version.
If you are on EE however I would recommend that you take a look at the Rootmetrics app, because it doesn't count towards the data allowance on EE. |
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Why would you think any app testing speed, or any app available in an app store would be full of spyware?
You'd never download anything with that line of thinking. ![]() My thinking was simply this. Why would anyone offer a free app, unless there was a way to make money out of it somehow? |
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Ha ha, just because I'm paranoid doesn't mean they are not out to get me.
![]() My thinking was simply this. Why would anyone offer a free app, unless there was a way to make money out of it somehow? Charging for an app doesn't mean they won't have issues and not charging doesn't mean it will. |
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There is speedof.me and bandwidthplace.com but an app is much more accurate.
You say why would anyone offer a free app unless you could make money, isn't it the same theory why would anyone offer a free website unless they could make money? The answer in both cases is that the revenue stream is usually advertising. |
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An app doesn't have to be more accurate. Speedtest.net and the others generally report your *peak* speed, not the average sustained.
Thinkbroadband now have a speed tester that works on mobile: http://labs.thinkbroadband.com/speedtest/ Worth comparing - on my WiFi connection I get similar speeds to Speedtest.net. |
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An app doesn't have to be more accurate. Speedtest.net and the others generally report your *peak* speed, not the average sustained.
Thinkbroadband now have a speed tester that works on mobile: http://labs.thinkbroadband.com/speedtest/ Worth comparing - on my WiFi connection I get similar speeds to Speedtest.net. ![]() A whopping 0.1meg/sec on GiffGaff HSDPA+, compared with 11 meg on the home broadband. Ouch indeed. |
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Ouch indeed.
Vodafone 4G on an iPhone 6: http://i.imgur.com/xQBYqO1.png EE 4G on an iPhone 6: http://i.imgur.com/G72t4Ng.png |
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EE's is pretty much always gonna be faster on 20mhz double speed unless there's severe congestion although Vodafone's upload wasn't great to be honest. The latency on EE was better as well which is equally important in my opinion.
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EE's is pretty much always gonna be faster on 20mhz double speed unless there's severe congestion although Vodafone's upload wasn't great to be honest. The latency on EE was better as well which is equally important in my opinion.
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I have actually heard good things about Vodafone 4g, where you can get it of course. I mean at the moment it's not EE but it can only get better.
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I have actually heard good things about Vodafone 4g, where you can get it of course. I mean at the moment it's not EE but it can only get better.
You can see why O2 went up for sale. |
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Giffgaff much faster today so maybe yesterday was a bad day for them.
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Giffgaff much faster today so maybe yesterday was a bad day for them.
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