Thursday 19 January 2012

Wireless / Cable Speeds.


HSPA+: 21 Mps theory max (I get about 7-8Mps )
LTE: 150 Mps theory max (10-35Mps typical)
802.11n 25-33 Mps (300Mps theory max)
802.11g  20 Mbps avg
802.11b  5.5 Mbps avg
10 BaseT 10Mbs theory max
100 BaseT 100Mbs theory max
Gigabit 1000 max 890Mbps (up to Hard drive limit)

The thing they don't really tell you is that Theory max really is just a theory, you have overhead / convert to Bytes.. (divide by 8) your Mbps doesn't look as nice. Generally you get about 50% of the maximum rating assuming you haven't already maxed out your channel or the technology like a celluar antenna is within decent range and isn't overloaded with people just like you.

Also keep in mind it's not only download speeds you want.. it's upload speeds and they are typically horrible even in wired situations..


because of the new broadban abilities it's recommended that you use this http://www.terago.ca/speed-test/Default.aspx as it's capable of up to measuring 100MBit.. (like you can afford that lol)

to give you actual bandwidths that can be expected by various technologies.

http://web.forret.com/tools/bandwidth_real.asp

1 comment:

  1. the new N is up to 600Mps but I believe it's just channel bonding.. Still unsure if that's widely supported.

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