iPad iPad 3G vs iPad Wifi+MyWi: Speed Test Results

[jjahshik32]

So, I double posted by accident. Get over it.

The OP was doing download tests while you were simply surfing the Internet. You can't compare battery life using these 2 different tests.

Fair enough about his battery life test compared to mine but my point is in general who's going to use their iPad to continuously download things? Maybe a small app from the app store here and there but most likely almost everyone will just surf the web and stream videos.

Basically what I'm trying to say is that my battery test is more realistic.

 

[cheekyjeremy]

Here in Houston, TX, the iPad 3g is only slightly slower than wifi. I tested the 4 options I have available to me, and they are (from left to right) as follow:

iPad 3g - 2.37mbps download
iPad tethered through miwi - 1.97mbps download
iPad tethered verizon mifi - 1.72mbps download
iPad through wifi - 2.5mbps download

http://gallery.me.com/cheekyjeremy/100269/Speedtest/web.jpg

 

[imacdaddy]

Whats the point of this test if the 3G connections are coming from the same carrier and same cell tower? Of course the speeds will be relatively the same.

A better test would be iPad 3G vs iPad via MiFi on another carrier or using Sprint 4G.

But thanks anyway.

 

[cheekyjeremy]

imacdaddy, I gave you ipad 3g vs iphone tethering, vs Verizon vs wifi. What's missing with that ?. Sprint blows chimps, so it hardly counts as you'd be stuck on Sprint

 

[imacdaddy]

imacdaddy, I gave you ipad 3g vs iphone tethering, vs Verizon vs wifi. What's missing with that ?. Sprint blows chimps, so it hardly counts as you'd be stuck on Sprint

Actually My comment was to the OP. I didn't see your post until I posted.

I'd like to see a wifi signal comparison between the iPad models and if the 3g+wifi is better because the back is different.

 

[cheekyjeremy]

I couldn't find any relevant difference on wifi speeds between the iPad 3g and and the standard wifi only ipad. The numbers were pretty much the same

 

[tttexxan]

Last time I checked free was free!! My wifi plenty fast tethered to my iphone while all you suckers pay the man

 

[pkdoyle]

imacdaddy, I gave you ipad 3g vs iphone tethering, vs Verizon vs wifi. What's missing with that ?. Sprint blows chimps, so it hardly counts as you'd be stuck on Sprint

Jeremy, have you actually tried Sprint's 4G or was your comment just you being cheeky? I think you guys have 4G in Houston don't you? I am in the Dallas area and we have it here but I have not had the opportunity to try it.
Also, I am wondering why your WiFi is so slow. When I am at home I consistently get 13-18Mbps! It rocks!

 

[bosox2009]

Location: near Boston
Server: Boston

WiFi
Verizon FIOS (wireless G w/FIOS router)
19.2 Mbs down
4.5 Mbs up

3G
2.4 Mbs down
287 Kbs up

Source: speedtest.net iphone app

 

[Travisimo]

Location: Quad Cities IL/IA
Provider: Mediacom cable

WIFI
15 mbs DOWN
2 mbs UP

3G
3 mbs DOWN
.33 mbs UP

Using Speedtest.net iPhone app. Results were different each time I ran the test over 3G. I averaged 3 mbs down which I thought was pretty good, with some bursts over 4 mbs. Upload was much slower.

 

[cheekyjeremy]

Jeremy, have you actually tried Sprint's 4G or was your comment just you being cheeky? I think you guys have 4G in Houston don't you? I am in the Dallas area and we have it here but I have not had the opportunity to try it.
Also, I am wondering why your WiFi is so slow. When I am at home I consistently get 13-18Mbps! It rocks!

You know, we were both complaining that the wifi seemed slow last night too, so it may have just been a network issue. i'll reset it today and see if it makes any difference. As far as sprint goes, they have some great things and some terrible things. As mentioned, I am out on the road about 300 days per year with 9 other people. We have a selection of phone and networks, and the t-mobile and sprint folks really suffer out there compared to the att and verizon folks. In the LA/NY area, Verizon blows att apart, but truthfully, for most of the rest of the country, the att folks beat the verizon folks.

The drop outs that happen on calls etc to me when I am in NYC/LA, never seem to happen to me in Houston (or really anywhere else for that matter).

I am sure the sprint 4g mifi thing is excellent for some, and in some areas, for me it's really a pricing issue on that one.

 

[moviecouple]

Curious what Adblock is that Advil is referring too?

 

[markyr17]

My Results

Here are the results for the 3Gs tethered with my wifi iPad.

Note: The previous tests were done using my 3G tethered to my iPad. I am from upstate, NY where we just recently got 3G coverage, and so far, it has not disappointed one bit.