Japan's cell phone reality: 398Kbps in download speeds
In reality you can get as much as 398Kbps in average download speed on your cell phone in Japan. This conclusion is made by Impress R&D after they tested about twenty thousand cases. They simply asked users of three national carriers to access a Flash-based site with a speed measuring counter. After they gathered enough data, the average download speed stood at 398Kbps. Assuming the handsets measured were all 3G devices these are meager results. 398Kbps is about what you are supposed to get for uplink (at least with DoCoMo's advertised FOMA HSDPA) while downlink should be in a range of several megabits per second. Well, we all know that in theory it should be perfect...
Source: Impress R&D via Nikkei Trendy
Labels: Survey data
by yaromir @ 7:58 AM
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advertised speeds are probably based on maximum possible throughput by technology. In reality this bandwidth is being shared by whoever is using the link at the same time. Other factors, such as distance to cell tower and interference also impede transmission speeds. Try testing your connection around 4am, and I guarantee it will be faster than in regular hours.
P.S. - have fun in Japan, and keep posting :)
we all know ads rarely tell truth. Other aspect is social behavior
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