Personally I don't use mobile data myself, except on a couple occasions where domestic broadband wasn't available and I used it as a substitute, but even then, the speeds you could get didn't even begin to approach the theoretical capabilities of 3G, let alone 4G/LTE.
It would be interesting to see world-wide figures for actual real-world mobile data speeds. I doubt that more than 10% of mobile users have access to real speeds in excess of 10 mbps. I only have experience of Ireland and Australia, and in both cases sub 6 mbps was the reality.
That was probably the limitation of the server you connected too. When I use switch.ch, a mirror for many opensource projects, I easily push the theoretical, MS OneDrive as well, that's why I praise it so much, their the fastest cloud service I have ever used, helps that they have a brand new data facility here.
In Switzerland as well, nutty fast and cheap, I pay about 55 a month for unlimited, 150mbps, more like 110, but still, no cap and I always have at least 20GB+ downloaded a month. U.S. is years behind us.
Ireland here. This is what I can get, also on Vodafone:
Don't know how I put up with it...
For a phone that’s not bad, then again the fastest I’ve ever encountered is my home ISP and that’s only 10 megabits (and never used data on a phone). I guess LTE’s ludicrously faster than this…
And I don’t even have the Connemara as my backdrop.
Apparently your only on 3G, which is faster then any us 3G.
It's amazing how theoretical speeds are never met in the U.S, which you pay apparently $50 month for 5 Meg's and 2 gb limitand $160 (on cheaper side too) for 10 gb. This making most apps reject cellular.
I think a light just went on ... So ... is 'roaming' to allow connections to carriers other than your own that have agreements with your own? I thought it meant to look for cell towers from your own carrier. /slaps forehead
I remember roaming happened as soon as you left your state or designated 'home' area. US carriers will usually have an agreement to allow its traveling users onto another network, and vice versa.
I remember roaming happened as soon as you left your state or designated 'home' area. US carriers will usually have an agreement to allow its traveling users onto another network, and vice versa.
That's one thing that's kind of nice here in Switzerland, we don't have roaming, just when you leave the country, which is not really a big deal considering how small out country is, you can go from one end to the other in just over a few hours. Man were tiny, but we have big hearts and big wallets. You want to hear something crazy, a typical Mc Donalds worker brings home about 3,800 USD a month that's our lower class.
I seriously hope this is not true. Ever since its initial announcement at the end of 2012 ( Yes, 2012! ) MDM9x25 never got any traction on the market. And it has only shipped in Standalone or USB Modem.
Why? Because it is power hungry, and to use LTE-A you are required to have two Front End to work with it. Which is not going to happen in a Smartphone. Or unless Qualcomm decide to tweak and fine tune its MDM9x25.
The current Gen MDM9x35 is already shipping and available in Samsung LTE-A version. The only reason why Apple may be hesitant to use is because it is built with 20nm TSMC, which is completing with Apple A8 on Fab capacity.
But then TSMC have had since June to stock pile up all the Modem Apple may required.
Apparently your only on 3G, which is faster then any us 3G.
It's amazing how theoretical speeds are never met in the U.S, which you pay apparently $50 month for 5 Meg's and 2 gb limitand $160 (on cheaper side too) for 10 gb. This making most apps reject cellular.
Maybe faster than Verizon or Sprint 3G, but nowhere close to what I got with AT&T's 3G... more like 4-5 Mbps.
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Personally I don't use mobile data myself, except on a couple occasions where domestic broadband wasn't available and I used it as a substitute, but even then, the speeds you could get didn't even begin to approach the theoretical capabilities of 3G, let alone 4G/LTE.
It would be interesting to see world-wide figures for actual real-world mobile data speeds. I doubt that more than 10% of mobile users have access to real speeds in excess of 10 mbps. I only have experience of Ireland and Australia, and in both cases sub 6 mbps was the reality.
That was probably the limitation of the server you connected too. When I use switch.ch, a mirror for many opensource projects, I easily push the theoretical, MS OneDrive as well, that's why I praise it so much, their the fastest cloud service I have ever used, helps that they have a brand new data facility here.
All that and fresh Toblerone!
mmmmmmmm
All that and fresh Toblerone!
mmmmmmmm
....and legal prostitution, yes we have it all.
Ireland here. This is what I can get, also on Vodafone:
Don't know how I put up with it...
For a phone that’s not bad, then again the fastest I’ve ever encountered is my home ISP and that’s only 10 megabits (and never used data on a phone). I guess LTE’s ludicrously faster than this…
And I don’t even have the Connemara as my backdrop.
I only passed through once, I was on the Orient Express. Looking out the window as snow fell, it looked a beautiful country.
It's amazing how theoretical speeds are never met in the U.S, which you pay apparently $50 month for 5 Meg's and 2 gb limitand $160 (on cheaper side too) for 10 gb. This making most apps reject cellular.
I remember roaming happened as soon as you left your state or designated 'home' area. US carriers will usually have an agreement to allow its traveling users onto another network, and vice versa.
I remember roaming happened as soon as you left your state or designated 'home' area. US carriers will usually have an agreement to allow its traveling users onto another network, and vice versa.
That's one thing that's kind of nice here in Switzerland, we don't have roaming, just when you leave the country, which is not really a big deal considering how small out country is, you can go from one end to the other in just over a few hours. Man were tiny, but we have big hearts and big wallets. You want to hear something crazy, a typical Mc Donalds worker brings home about 3,800 USD a month that's our lower class.
I seriously hope this is not true. Ever since its initial announcement at the end of 2012 ( Yes, 2012! ) MDM9x25 never got any traction on the market. And it has only shipped in Standalone or USB Modem.
Why? Because it is power hungry, and to use LTE-A you are required to have two Front End to work with it. Which is not going to happen in a Smartphone. Or unless Qualcomm decide to tweak and fine tune its MDM9x25.
The current Gen MDM9x35 is already shipping and available in Samsung LTE-A version. The only reason why Apple may be hesitant to use is because it is built with 20nm TSMC, which is completing with Apple A8 on Fab capacity.
But then TSMC have had since June to stock pile up all the Modem Apple may required.
Apparently your only on 3G, which is faster then any us 3G.
It's amazing how theoretical speeds are never met in the U.S, which you pay apparently $50 month for 5 Meg's and 2 gb limitand $160 (on cheaper side too) for 10 gb. This making most apps reject cellular.
Maybe faster than Verizon or Sprint 3G, but nowhere close to what I got with AT&T's 3G... more like 4-5 Mbps.