[olug] Bandwidth: Cox, Sprint, Verizon

[Jay Hannah]

Yesterday my primary Internet died. I tried to fall back on Sprint 3G (HTC Evo hotspot) and I can't stand it any more. (Sprint 4G is a joke that isn't funny any more.)

So I went out and bought a Verizon MiFi 4G hotspot card. Love it!

Below, some speed tests. My results:

- Cox cable modem (land line) is 5X faster than Verizon 4G (mobile).
- Verizon 4G (mobile) is 15X faster than Sprint 3G.

Keystroke wise: My new MiFi feels like land line. I can ssh to Linux servers and work in vi quite happily. From "anywhere."  :)  Sprint 3G was always painful at best.

Ping times to Google on MiFi are about the same as Cox cable modem. 

Total transfer cap: MiFi is $50/month for 5GB/month, or $80/month for 10GB/month. Sprint has no transfer cap. I don't know the equivalent pricing at Sprint.

I'd be interested to hear your thoughts.

Cheers,

j






http://www.speakeasy.net/speedtest/
   Choose a location: Chicago, IL

Cox cable modem (land line)
   Download Speed: 7759 kbps (969.9 KB/sec transfer rate)
   Upload Speed: 4239 kbps (529.9 KB/sec transfer rate)

   Download Speed: 8829 kbps (1103.6 KB/sec transfer rate)
   Upload Speed: 4334 kbps (541.8 KB/sec transfer rate)

   Download Speed: 8411 kbps (1051.4 KB/sec transfer rate)
   Upload Speed: 4388 kbps (548.5 KB/sec transfer rate)

Verizon Mifi 4G (mobile)
   Download Speed: 1014 kbps (126.8 KB/sec transfer rate)
   Upload Speed: 7354 kbps (919.3 KB/sec transfer rate)

   Download Speed: 2816 kbps (352 KB/sec transfer rate)
   Upload Speed: 5561 kbps (695.1 KB/sec transfer rate)

   Download Speed: 1189 kbps (148.6 KB/sec transfer rate)
   Upload Speed: 3589 kbps (448.6 KB/sec transfer rate)

Sprint HTC Evo 3G (mobile)
   Download Speed: 92 kbps (11.5 KB/sec transfer rate)
   Upload Speed: 83 kbps (10.4 KB/sec transfer rate)

   Download Speed: 72 kbps (9 KB/sec transfer rate)
   Upload Speed: 103 kbps (12.9 KB/sec transfer rate)

   ... I am not patient enough to run this test again.   :)