Curve 8900 EDGE Speed Tests

**ranxoren** · #1 01-09-2009 -

Report your results here :

Your connection is : 3.69Mbps
You are 18.43 times faster than EDGE

Im telling you, Rogers EDGE is ridiculous

Even tethering on my MBP from my 8900 is fast.
Loving it !

dbest1a · #2 01-09-2009 -

What site did u go to to do those tests?

~via BB (wap.pinstack.com)~

**ranxoren** · #3 01-09-2009 -

www.testmyiphone.com
Then it knows youre not on an iPhone and allows you to do a speedtest anyways.

dbest1a · #4 01-09-2009 -

Ok kool gonna try.
~via BB (wap.pinstack.com)~

snipes mcgee · #5 01-09-2009 -

Does RIM's data compression for the BB hinder those speeds at all?

**ranxoren** · #6 01-09-2009 -

it doesnt hinder them lol it's what makes a EDGE blackberry access the internet faster than a 3G one.
My Javelin, Flip or Storm KILL my Bold speed test wise as well as day to day browsing.
The only time the Bold kills them all is when it comes down to tethering. But like i said the Edge speed is way enough for me when i tether as I usually have my 3G usb stick on me anyways.

dbest1a · #7 01-09-2009 -

Your connection is: 3.38 Mbps (3382 Kbps)
You downloaded at: 413 kB/s
You are: 16.91 times faster than EDGE.
Test key: y544Rb951Y
Test time: 1/9/2009 01:59:01 PM
Connection type: non-iphone
Test type: Download
Tested from: Computer or other mobile device
Latency: 26160.75 ms
Att edge bb bold.
~via BB (wap.pinstack.com)~

**ranxoren** · #8 01-09-2009 -

Now do the same thing on ATT 3G Bold.

RSCStacker · #9 01-09-2009 -

Download: 3.430000000000000159 Mbps (3426 Kbps / 418 kB/s)
Upload: 0.080000000000000001 Mbps (76 Kbps / 9 kB/s)
You are: 17.13 times faster then EDGE.
Download key: g1438Cc2680I
Upload key: w1867Xu1894X
Test time: 1/9/2009 02:14:19 PM
Connection type: non-iphone
Test type: Download & Upload
Tested from: Computer or other mobile device
Latency: 26857.75 ms

AT&T Bold

~via BB (wap.pinstack.com)~

wibbly · #10 01-09-2009 -

Quote:

Originally Posted by snipes mcgee

Does RIM's data compression for the BB hinder those speeds at all?

Yes, sorry, but the test is quite useless for Blackberrys. It doesn't understand that BB data goes through RIM's proxy servers that strip out all sorts of stuff that the BB can't use anyway. It recons my GPRS (not even EDGE) service is running at 1.76Mbps. *40Kbps* odd would be doing well LOL!!

wibbly · #11 01-09-2009 -

Quote:

Originally Posted by ranxoren

www.testmyiphone.com
Then it knows youre not on an iPhone and allows you to do a speedtest anyways.

See above post. I knows you're not on an iPhone but DOESN'T know how to deal with a BB.

bajanbastard · #12 01-09-2009 -

~via BB (wap.pinstack.com)~these results that a got are litterally unbelievable. Lol. Your connection is: 3.9 Mbps (3899 Kbps)
You downloaded at: 476 kB/s
You are: 19.5 times faster than EDGE.
Test key: v244Or3100Y
Test time: 1/9/2009 02:40:36 PM
Connection type: non-iphone
Test type: Download
Tested from: Computer or other mobile device
Latency: 14661.75 ms

bajanbastard · #13 01-09-2009 -

~via BB (wap.pinstack.com)~im on GPRS as well. The 8900 smokes a bold using the same data network. I know that for fact

wibbly · #14 01-09-2009 -

Quote:

Originally Posted by bajanbastard

~via BB (wap.pinstack.com)~im on GPRS as well. The 8900 smokes a bold using the same data network. I know that for fact

It may be that the 8900 makes better use of the AVAILABLE bandwidth than a Bold, but 400Kbps isn't possible, even on EDGE. The test is BROKEN.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gprs

**ranxoren** · #15 01-09-2009 -

Lol then i apologize about using a broken test.
Any links for a good BB one ?

All i can say anyways is that with my own test : my eyes lol.
Any BB on Edge smokes the Bold be it on facebook.com cnn.com pinstack.com any page i visit.