Note that Chad wrote that this was his measured speed. However, it's also worth noting that: Some systems give you fast burst speeds for a short duration. Smallish downloads and web pages will be fast but big downloads will slow down.
I've also heard it claimed that some companies try to improve their speedtest.net or similar results in ways that may or may not be sneaky. My iPad feels faster on LTE than on DSL at home. Finally, re: shared vs. dedicated: it all ends up going to a shared link eventually. The only question is whether that shared link is a fat enough pipe. A cable modem company with aggressive architecture could be better than a DSL provider with a small 'net connection. Thanks, gopi@iPhone On Dec 8, 2012, at 11:53, Duncan Champney <[email protected]> wrote: > Cable speeds are a lie. Their quoted speeds are theoretical, > never-seen-in-real-life speeds. In practice, you share the pipe with > everybody else on your POP and it slows down. > > FIOS on the other hand is real, dedicated capacity. Dunno about LTE once it > starts getting saturated. > > Duncan > > Sent from my iPad > > On Dec 8, 2012, at 2:25 AM, Kevin Callahan <[email protected]> wrote: > >> We still use WiFi when available (including at home) for battery reasons, as >> you say. But it is interesting that cable service, at 20-30Mbps, over the >> wire, fiber optics, etc., is that much slower (1/2-1/3 speed) than cellular. >> >> K >> Sent from my iPad with Retina Display >> http://www.kevincallahan.org >> >> >> >> >> On Dec 7, 2012, at 9:35 PM, objectwerks inc <[email protected]> >> wrote: >> >>> >>> On Dec 7, 2012, at 9:17 PM, Kevin Callahan wrote: >>> >>>> >>>> My wife got her iPhone 5 on AT&T here in West Seattle. LTE speed is quire >>>> remarkable. Speedtest.net app: up to 56 Mbps down and nearly 20 Mbps up. >>>> Why use Comcast + WiFi anymore? >>> >>> Data limits and probably battery life. >>> >>> My comcast is 20mbs to mid 20mbs real measured and 6-7mbs up. Works for >>> me. And I don't run into data limits issues. And I kind of think that >>> wifi is less taxing than LTE on the device battery though I don't know that >>> for sure. (Plus for me, LTE does not reach out to my neighborhood). >>> >>> And I have Comcast anyway with all my "normal" machines in the house. >>> >>> >>> Chad >>> - >>> >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> iPhone-talk mailing list >>> [email protected] >>> http://www.omnigroup.com/mailman/listinfo/iphone-talk >> >> _______________________________________________ >> iPhone-talk mailing list >> [email protected] >> http://www.omnigroup.com/mailman/listinfo/iphone-talk > > _______________________________________________ > iPhone-talk mailing list > [email protected] > http://www.omnigroup.com/mailman/listinfo/iphone-talk
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