What speeds do YOU get on GPRS?

I'm trying to build up some idea of speed maximums on GPRS. A friend of
mine says the absolute maximum is about 17k. I don't get anywhere near
that. Is the speed even, ie same up and down? What is your maximum speed
and which network do you use?

We are finding Orange PAYG does around 5k.

How much faster is 3G? And can being in a 3G area improve standard GPRS?

Is 3G coverage already as good as GPRS coverage?

Does 3G use the same network transmitters, or different ones?

Thanks
Steve

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"Steve" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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> I'm trying to build up some idea of speed maximums on GPRS. A friend of
> mine says the absolute maximum is about 17k. I don't get anywhere near
> that. Is the speed even, ie same up and down? What is your maximum speed
> and which network do you use?

I use a Vodafone GPRS Datacard on PAYG for my laptop and that connects at
56.7k

miav wrote:
> "Steve" <[email protected]> wrote in message
> news:[email protected]...
>
>>I'm trying to build up some idea of speed maximums on GPRS. A friend of
>>mine says the absolute maximum is about 17k. I don't get anywhere near
>>that. Is the speed even, ie same up and down? What is your maximum speed
>>and which network do you use?
>
>
> I use a Vodafone GPRS Datacard on PAYG for my laptop and that connects at
> 56.7k
>
>

That's kilo-BITS-per seconds, I suspect the OP meant kilo-BYTES-per
second, which is roughly the same.

miav wrote:
> "Steve" <[email protected]> wrote in message
> news:[email protected]...
>> I'm trying to build up some idea of speed maximums on GPRS. A friend of
>> mine says the absolute maximum is about 17k. I don't get anywhere near
>> that. Is the speed even, ie same up and down? What is your maximum
>> speed
>> and which network do you use?
>
> I use a Vodafone GPRS Datacard on PAYG for my laptop and that connects at
> 56.7k

Is that 56.7Kbytes as in 500k broadband or 56.7kbites as in 56k modem?

I have found using my new phone which is an o2 xda exec, with a 3g sim, that
when i am in a 'u' area, i get really good speeds, i did a linetest, and got
300kb.......

Gaz

Steve wrote:
> I'm trying to build up some idea of speed maximums on GPRS. A friend of
> mine says the absolute maximum is about 17k. I don't get anywhere near
> that. Is the speed even, ie same up and down? What is your maximum speed
> and which network do you use?
>
> We are finding Orange PAYG does around 5k.

I'm getting about 3K/sec (24kbits) just now on Orange PAYG - mind you I
am travelling at 70mph on the motorway just now! (as a passenger ) - I
think it normally goes up to 4-5K/sec when stationary. Certainly
haven't seen it going up as fast as 17k.

Cheers

Alan

miav wrote:

> I use a Vodafone GPRS Datacard on PAYG for my laptop and that connects at
> 56.7k

I think you'll find that's the speed of the serial connection between
the GPRS card and the PC, not the actual speed of the connection, which
could be lower.

Alan J Robertson wrote:
> Steve wrote:
>> I'm trying to build up some idea of speed maximums on GPRS. A friend of
>> mine says the absolute maximum is about 17k. I don't get anywhere near
>> that. Is the speed even, ie same up and down? What is your maximum
>> speed
>> and which network do you use?
>>
>> We are finding Orange PAYG does around 5k.
>
> I'm getting about 3K/sec (24kbits) just now on Orange PAYG - mind you I
> am travelling at 70mph on the motorway just now! (as a passenger ) - I
> think it normally goes up to 4-5K/sec when stationary. Certainly
> haven't seen it going up as fast as 17k.

Just to confirm - stationary rate is 48kbps (5.7Kb/sec).

Cheers

Alan

PS Hats off to Orange CS this evening - called to apply extra and it
said it hadn't been applied. Called again and it was applied
successfully. Then checked balance - £2 deducted and two sets of
unlimited browsing on a/c! Phoned and spoke to a chap in CS - very
friendly and helpful - said he couldn't remove the 2nd extra (limitation
of their system) but happy to credit the £1 - asked him if he wouldn't
mind adding back the 25p too (due to having to call CS) - happy to do
this. Shame their automated system had a problem but they were very
helpful & efficient in putting it right

[email protected] declared for all the
world to hear...
> Just to confirm - stationary rate is 48kbps (5.7Kb/sec).

The Orange network itself tops out at 43.2 so your speed is not
reliable.
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Regards
Jon

Jon wrote:
> [email protected] declared for all the
> world to hear...
>> Just to confirm - stationary rate is 48kbps (5.7Kb/sec).
>
> The Orange network itself tops out at 43.2 so your speed is not
> reliable.

Yep, fair enough Jon - I blame IE myself! Was downloading a 1Mb test
file and it took a while to average out enough to report a proper speed
- I was a bit quick off the mark previously. Left it running for longer
this time and it gradually fell to 5.36K/sec and seemed to stay fairly
steady there - this would seem to be more in line with the 43.2 you
mentioned.

Cheers

Alan