3G download speeds

[thespirit3]

Hi All,

I've just moved from a Vodafone data cotract (using a PCMCIA/Cardbus data card) to an O2 data+voice contract (using my Sony K850i mobile).

Download rates from Vodafone were regularly 50-60Kb/sec. Download rates from O2 seem to peak at 15Kb/sec. My phone indicates I have 3G coverage, good signal strength, and is also displaying a 'H' icon; the Sony manual doesn't explain this but i assume it's indicating HDPSA.

I've tried connecting to the phone via USB *and* bluetooth and using both o2web and o2wap usernames. My connection is consistantly faster than GPRS but well below the advertised rates of 1.5+Mbit. Data transfer speed remains constant regardless of protocol used (http, ftp, ssh etc). Edit: I've also tested download speeds using the phone's built in browser - with same results (ie, the bottleneck isn't between the phone and computer).

I haven't previously had much joy with O2 technical support, so I'm hoping someone here can help!


Regards,


Steve
Bristol, UK

[thespirit3]

I've now spoken to O2 tech support and they can confirm I'm in 3G coverage, and I should be seeing 100Kb/sec speeds. They couldn't offer any suggestions as to my problem :(

Connecting to the GSM modem in the K850i and issuing the command ATI7 results in:-

Modem Configuration Profile

Product Type Terminal Adapter
Interfaces Bluetooth, RS-232, USB
Options OBEX, PPP, RLP, V42bis

OK

I've also tried the following commands (which I found listed on an OSX support site):-

AT+CGDCONT=1,"IP","mobile.o2.co.uk"
ATE1

Which has made no difference at all :(

Would anyone have any suggestions?


Thanks,


Steve

[Planner]

r99 would give you 300kbps... the fact that you are using HSDPA is slowing you down because the bottleneck is between the Node B and RNC. the yonly have 1 E1 and that simply isnt enough

[re:charge]

meh.... o2 3g is not really 3g as 3g is intended!! i get a good signal outside, none at home... not really a problem as i have broadband at home... it does seem to me though that o2 3g is just a way of boosting their GPRS services, nothing more :rolleyes: