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Data speeds - all carriers USA

Sepero

Linux Guru
Collecting Throttled AND Unthrottled Data Speeds

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Carrier: Carrier Name
Throttled: No (or answer yes if you have exceeded your monthly cap and the speeds you are posting are the throttled speeds for your carrier)
Location: City, State
Device: Make/Model

3 measurements of each (in text)-
Ping: time in milliseconds
Upload: speed in megabits per second (Mbps)
Download: speed in megabits per second (Mbps)

Additional: Optionally include any other info that you think may be related to your speeds.

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Make Certain your device WiFi is OFF (of course :)). You can use these apps to get measurements: Speedtest.net, Internet Speed Test


Thanks to everyone who helps! This list will help others get a better idea of what carrier speeds are possible in different areas. Please make sure to fill in all fields. Do not post a picture of your speeds. If you have a comment or would like to address some else's post, please do so on the discussion thread. Let's keep this thread clean and on topic. Thanks

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Carrier: MetroPCS
Throttled: Yes
Location: Thonotosassa, Florida
Device: LG Motion 4G LTE

Ping: 187ms 191ms 232ms
Upload: 0.11 0.11 0.11
Download: 0.20 0.21 0.14

Additional: The speed stays roughly the same for the day and night, and I appear to get similar speeds in Tampa and surrounding areas.
 
Carrier: T Mobile
Throttled: No
Location: Gilbert S.C.
Device: Samsung Galaxy S2 SGH-T989

Ping: 540ms 493ms 502ms
Upload: 0.02 0.02 0.03
Download: 0.04 0.04 0.04

Posting an image of my coverage before all the that sux posts ;)

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Carrier: VZW
Throttled: No
Location: Austin, TX
Device: Samsung Galaxy Nexus, JDX Rom v13.2, Leankernal

Ping: 100ms 128ms 93ms
Upload: 0.84 0.72 0.68
Download: 0.82 0.59 0.55

Additional: Located 12 miles from the city center. Inside the city, we get blazing 4g, but at home where this is measured, we only get a constant 3g, day or night.
 
Carrier: Verizon Wireless
Throttled: No
Location: Hamlin, NY
Device: Samsung Galaxy Nexus (4.2.1)

Ping: 132ms, 127ms, 140 ms
Upload: 0.13 Mbps, 0.10 Mbps, 0.13 Mbps
Download: 0.34 Mbps, 0.62 Mbps, 0.55 Mbps

This wasn't where I live, I'll post those tomorrow. Not worth posting at night because towers aren't congested and thus inflate real world numbers.

Edit: New Data
Throttled: No
Location: Rochester, NY
Device: Samsung Galaxy Nexus (4.2.1)

Ping: 94ms, 116ms, 107ms
Upload: 4.87 Mbps, 1.98 Mbps, 1.70 Mbps
Download: 3.98 Mbps, 8.67 Mbps, 6.41 Mbps

Pretty variable IMO.
 
Carrier: Sprint
Throttled: No
Location: Tampa, FL
Device: Samsung Epic 4G Touch (4.2.2)

Ping: 152ms, 103ms, 116ms
Upload: 0.85Mbps, 0.78Mbps, 0.91Mbps
Download: 10.73Mbps, 9.92Mbps, 10.56Mbps

I guess I'm one of the few lucky ones that don't have **** speeds on Sprint. :rolleyes:
 
Carrier: T-Mobile
Throttled: No, only after 5 gb.
Location: Jacksonville, Florida
Device: HTC Amaze 4G (from Telus, unlocked)
Ping: 57
Upload: 1.41 mb
Download: 11.06 mb

I am beating up Verizon, sprint and at*T's 3g with my umts hspa+ on T-Mobile. :D it is MUCH faster than sprint wimax and their 3g.
 
Official speed test

Network: Sprint/3G
Throttled: No
Ping: 104, 120, 121
Down: 1.03mb, 0.69mb, 0.74mb
Up: 0.81mb, 0.88mb, 0.84mb
Location: Upstate, SC
Device: Samsung Galaxy S3
 
Carrier: MetroPCS
Throttled: No
Location: DFW, TX
Device: LG Motion 4G

Ping: 49, 45, 55
Upload: 3.18, 2.51, 4.33 (Mbps)
Download: 6.25, 8.00, 4.43 (Mbps)

Additional: These three are from various locations around the North Dallas, Irving, and or Garland areas. I can't remember precisely where, but as you can see, a couple of good speeds and some mediocre. But all better than the 3G speeds we were getting on Metro.


New results:

Carrier: MetroPCS
Throttled: No
Location: Richardson, TX
Device: LG Motion

Ping: 41, 54, 48
Upload: 3.88, 4.68, 4.69 (Mbps)
Download: 15.38, 13.00, 9.19 (Mbps)

As can be seen by the times, I did the tests all in the same place and one after the other.
 
Carrier: Verizon Wireless
Throttled: No
Location: Mt Pleasant Michigan
Device: HTC Droid DNA

Ping: 77, 60, 65
Upload: 0.54, 8.92, 9.78 (Mbps)
Download: 2.79, 38.87, 22.25 (Mbps)

Additional: Almost couldn't believe it when I nearly hit 40.
 
Carrier: T-mobile
Throttled: No
Location: Rochester, NY
Device: Nexus 4

Ping: 683, 616, 717
Upload: .82, 1.85, 1.75
Download: 5.93, 5.71, 5.14
 
Carrier: MetroPCS
Throttled: No
Location: Bakersfield, CA
Device: Samsung Galaxy S3 4gLTE

Ping: 85, 88, 87 (ms)
Upload: 3.78, 3.88, 3.89 (Mbps)
Download: 3.27, 3.90, 3.23 (Mbps)

Additional: OMG, my speeds tripled! I was lucky enough to pull 1mbps a month ago. :D
 
Carrier: Metro PCS
Throttled: No
Location: ?
Device: Lg Motion 4G

Ping: 128, 2536
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Upload: 0.10, 0.09, 0.09
Download: 0.13, 0.2, 0.7
 
Carrier: MetroPCS
Throttled: No
Location: Ocala, FL
Device: LG Spirit

Ping: 107, 109, 110
Upload: 0.51, 0.81, 0.65
Download: 2.23, 1.51, 2.07


Bruce in Ocala, FL
 
Carrier: Verizon 4G
Throttled: No
Location: Phoenix, AZ
Device: LG Spectrum 4G

Ping: 48, 89, 110
Upload: 9.04, 11.03, 10.83
Download: 24.15, 26.26, 26.64

Additional: This area has High data speeds for the big 4 besides sprint. My co worker gets near 20.0 on Tmo. This was during peak hours on 3 different test servers (to rule out server lags). During other times of day the data speed is near double down and up with same ping.
 
Carrier: MetroPCS
Throttled: No
Location: Thonotosassa, Florida
Device: LG Motion 4G LTE

Ping: 118ms 105ms 120ms
Upload: 0.99 1.29 0.93
Download: 2.11 2.35 2.27
 
Carrier: Verizon 4G
Throttled: No
Location: Denver, CO
Device: Motorola DROID Maxx

Ping: 47, 34, 45
Upload: 14.39, 18.58, 7.01
Download: 21.33, 18.21, 23.38
 
Metro pcs unthrottled
Boston MA
Samsung avant

Ping 38ms
Up 12.18,15.2,14.8 mbps
Down 6.9,11.5,9.26.9,11.5,9.2 mbps


Throttled

Ping 98ms
Up 1.08,.86,.43 mbps
Down. 12,.18,.242mbps

I'm in a high high coverage area. Throttled speeds are supposed to be 3G as opposed to 4G, but as clear from my results they are even slower than 2G

If I call metro says they show I'm reaching speeds of..... Insert number here... I used ookla speedtest
 

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