Comments on: SpeedTest Your BlackBerry Upload & Download Speeds Free

By: Bold Speed issue - BlackBerry Forums at CrackBerry.com

Bold Speed issue - BlackBerry Forums at CrackBerry.com — Tue, 23 Jun 2009 02:08:01 +0000

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By: kelly

kelly — Tue, 28 Apr 2009 03:10:03 +0000

I see no posts on a speed test for the BB 8350I
Using the Extream Lab speed test for the 8350I
Upload 23.93 Kbits
Max upload 26.09 Kbits
Download 6.93 Kbits
Max download 42.37 Kbits
That is not the best only the test I ran right before this post

By: davidland200

davidland200 — Thu, 12 Mar 2009 13:50:40 +0000

216.27dl
95.96ul

By: Rene Garcia

Rene Garcia — Thu, 12 Mar 2009 11:02:57 +0000

Here are the Speedtest results for my Blackberry:

Connection Type: Carrier
Avg. Download Speed: 137.16Kbits/s
Max. Download Speed: 414.09Kbits/sHere are the Speedtest results for my Blackberry:

Connection Type: Carrier
Avg. Download Speed: 137.16Kbits/s
Max. Download Speed: 414.09Kbits/s

Avg. Upload Speed: 35.56Kbits/s
Max. Upload Speed: 98.42Kbits/s

By: Derek Brown

Derek Brown — Mon, 09 Mar 2009 23:41:26 +0000

Sprint 8830 World Edition
OS 4.5.0.135

Connection Type: Carrier
Average Download: 390.54Kb/s
Maximum Download: 424.9Kb/s

Average Upload: 70.59Kb/s
Maximum Upload: 75.75Kb/s

By: Adrian

Adrian — Fri, 06 Mar 2009 01:25:52 +0000

Orange Romania Pearl 8100
Not BIS or BES, just Wap edge
104.49 115.25
98.53 119.23 kbit/s

It is surprising to see you Americans and Australians have so low speeds on 3G and BES. I thought I am third world.

By: Polskasweetie

Polskasweetie — Thu, 05 Mar 2009 18:28:26 +0000

Mar 05 09:11:36
London, UK

Here are the Speedtest results for my Blackberry Bold:

Connection Type: Carrier
Avg.Download Speed: 280.58Kbits/s
Max.Download Speed: 304.19Kbits/s

Avg.Upload Speed: 81.56Kbits/s
Max.Upload Speed: 108.45Kbits/s

By: Adam

Adam — Thu, 05 Mar 2009 16:32:27 +0000

Rogers Bold 3G

Connection Type: Carrier
Avg.Download Speed: 2082.41Kbits/s
Max.Download Speed: 2639.48Kbits/s

Avg.Upload Speed: 84.06Kbits/s
Max.Upload Speed: 88.18Kbits/s

By: macallik

macallik — Thu, 05 Mar 2009 14:46:41 +0000

Connection Type: Carrier
Avg.Download Speed: 139.28Kbits/s
Max.Download Speed: 170.64Kbits/s

Avg.Upload Speed: 43.56Kbits/s
Max.Upload Speed: 51.07Kbits/s

By: mactron

mactron — Thu, 05 Mar 2009 13:32:54 +0000

haha

By: mactron

mactron — Thu, 05 Mar 2009 13:32:04 +0000

Avg.Download Speed: 2234181.8

With Blackberry Storm O2 Germany

By: Wibbly

Wibbly — Thu, 05 Mar 2009 13:08:11 +0000

… I noticed you did indeed say these tests should use uncompressible data.

By: Wibbly

Wibbly — Thu, 05 Mar 2009 13:06:29 +0000

*MY* network will not support 80Kbps+. RIM’s BIS *DOES* do data compression (most vendors don’t realise this, or design assuming the BIS isn’t in the path), so if the test is using uncompressed data, then it’s deffo broken.

I don’t think the Cisco app supports the 8900.

What’s needed is for the test data that’s sent to be compressed random data. If it’s a jpg (for example) that’s a particularly bad choice as images are recognised as such and subject to further compression.

By: DavidB

DavidB — Thu, 05 Mar 2009 12:03:33 +0000

@Wibbly:
GPRS provides data rates of 56-114 kbit/s. 80 is well within the range.

Have you tried the Cisco speed test app recently mentioned?

Also, these speed test apps in general use uncompressable data exactly because of such caching sites in the path between you and them. Caches are pretty smart and recognize data they should not try to compress and just pass it through.

I DO believe this app (as well as most other speed tests) is using TCP though. So it is not a good indicator of MAX streaming speed since TCP has to wait for every packet to be acknowledged, but it is good at indicating relative speed for web surfing and such.

I for one would LOVE to see these folks launch a web site where one can prowl that stats and see google maps mashups of results. Be a great time waster to be able to surf around a map and see “heat” indications of speeds folks get since this app could easily get either gps or cell tower info and have it in their results. Of course ask the user first before snagging any data and DO NOT pull any identifiable info (no ESN, IMEI, PIN, email address, etc.) since some would have privacy concerns.

By: LawTownPoPo

LawTownPoPo — Thu, 05 Mar 2009 10:10:59 +0000

5. Here are the Speedtest results for my Blackberry: VZW 8330 4.5.0.77Hampstead, NH Connection Type: CarrierAvg.Download Speed: 56.96Kbits/sMax.Download Speed: 59.52Kbits/s Avg.Upload Speed: 20.72Kbits/sMax.Upload Speed: 53.6Kbits/s by LawTownPoPo on 2009-03-04 at 2:26 pm 6
Then at the same place @
Thu, Mar 5, 2009 05:09:17
Connection Type: Carrier
Avg.Download Speed: 162.38Kbits/s
Max.Download Speed: 281.86Kbits/s

Avg.Upload Speed: 58.61Kbits/s
Max.Upload Speed: 72.6Kbits/s

By: Wibbly

Wibbly — Thu, 05 Mar 2009 10:04:36 +0000

This app is BROKEN, like every other speed test app for a Blackberry I’ve tried. It reported over 80Kbps download on my GPRS 8900. My GPRS network isn’t capable of 80Kbps!!!

I think this may be because the data is going through the BIS, which is is further ‘compressing’ the data used for the test. So the app thinks it’s got all the data quicker but actually it’s just because there’s less of it as it goes through the BIS.

By: Joe

Joe — Thu, 05 Mar 2009 06:38:03 +0000

VZW 8330
Tampa, FL
Avg Download 117.77Kbits/s
Max Download 165.99Kbits/s
Avg Upload 32.96Kbits/s
Max Upload 75.64Kbits/s

By: Nate

Nate — Thu, 05 Mar 2009 05:38:34 +0000

8830/4.5.0.101
Verizon Wireless

Connection Type: Carrier
Avg.Download Speed: 1211.95Kbits/s
Max.Download Speed: 1626.78Kbits/s

Avg.Upload Speed: 61.59Kbits/s
Max.Upload Speed: 66.75Kbits/s

By: Berry Reporter - Speedtest to Test Your BlackBerry’s Download and Upload Speed

Berry Reporter - Speedtest to Test Your BlackBerry’s Download and Upload Speed — Thu, 05 Mar 2009 02:25:14 +0000

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By: moestepp

moestepp — Thu, 05 Mar 2009 01:50:52 +0000

Verizon EVDO strom 346 mAx download

By: DavidB

DavidB — Thu, 05 Mar 2009 00:01:24 +0000

(above post should have been 4.7.0.109)

8830 4.5.0.131
Manassas VA

Connection Type: Carrier
Avg.Download Speed: 91.9Kbits/s
Max.Download Speed: 118.25Kbits/s

Avg.Upload Speed: 25.97Kbits/s
Max.Upload Speed: 75.87Kbits/s

By: DavidB

DavidB — Wed, 04 Mar 2009 23:58:10 +0000

9530 4.5.0.109
Manassas VA

Connection Type: Carrier
Avg.Download Speed: 381.03Kbits/s
Max.Download Speed: 381.03Kbits/s

Avg.Upload Speed: 348.09Kbits/s
Max.Upload Speed: 387.59Kbits/s

By: Luis Merlos

Luis Merlos — Wed, 04 Mar 2009 23:38:16 +0000

there was an update this afternoon Avg.Download Speed: 458.35Kbits/s
Max.Download Speed: 458.35Kbits/s

Avg.Upload Speed: 59.36Kbits/s
Max.Upload Speed: 75.87Kbits/s

Tmobile Edge

By: grayzweb

grayzweb — Wed, 04 Mar 2009 23:02:38 +0000

BlackBerry 9530 Storm VZW in NE Ohio

down 186.68
max. down 186.68

up 120.93
max. up 135.86

By: amikhnov

amikhnov — Wed, 04 Mar 2009 22:46:22 +0000

BlackBerry Storm (Verizon) in Santa Cruz, CA (inside a building)

Down: 1,277.51 Kbits/s
Max Down: 2,189.9 KBits/s

Up: 76.28 KBits/s
Max Up: 86.5 KBits/s