AT&T deploying software fix for slow upload speeds over next few weeks
By Nilay Patel 
posted July 26th 2010 5:44PM
posted July 26th 2010 5:44PM
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Still slow in the Chicago burbs.
Was getting 60 kbps upload in Cleveland past couple of weeks. Seems to be fixed now. Getting 1.4 Mbps down, 1.6 up (go figure).
@RoverRadio
Nah...Lebron took that with him....haha
Sorry i had to. =)
Well I'm at 776 kbps down and only 63 kbps up in Denver... partially fixed???
Fixed for me,
1.8 Mbps down
1.2 Mbps up
No love in Salt Lake City
128kbps up.
@jamesm801
Phoenix is still in the dark as well.
I'm still confused as to why they are claiming this to only affect iPhone 4 users.. My 3GS is still only getting exactly 100 Kbps max upload and it should be getting higher also. There still seems to be more to this than is being mentioned.
@chilimost The iPhone 4 is a penta-band phone and takes advantage of different bands for greater upload bandwidth. The 3GS is capped at 356k uploads, I do believe.
@Funkendoodles
Yes, I can understand that, which is why I think that the issue is not limited to the devices that they are claiming.. Ever since this issue started, I am limited to around 90-100kbps, well short of the 300-400kbps I used to get. Something doesn't add up..
3G in the US still has a better upload speed than my home broadband, stop complaining!
Just tested here in Seattle.
Downloaded 2732 kbps
Uploaded 2018kbps
iPhone 4
@krewger Ping was at 229ms
Been getting 1400-1500kbps up the last couple weeks... Detroit area
Well, both my Nexus One and iphone 4 are super fast on AT&T. :) Central New Jersey.
1500-1600 down
1200-1300 up
Up is good but need more down speed...
They definitely fixed North NJ. Download too is the best I've ever seen...ran the the test 3 time on my iPhone 4 and even rebooted to make sure it wasn't a fluke.
4.26Mbps down
1.61Mbps up
http://www.speedtest.net/iphone/47811624.png
F U AT&T!!! I hate you!!! J/p
I ran a speed test over the weekend... I had a download speed of 5.3 Mbps... And I have the upload of 1.7 Mbps. So it looks like they already fixed the issue. I also my browser loads faster than before... I live in NYC and I own a iPhone 4
I just got 1748 up on my iPhone 4. 3754 down.
in soviet russia, carrier slow YOU
I'm in South Jersey and we are good to go again with fast uploads! Nice job AT&T
Now only if AT&T would make more 3G towers across the country to fix spotty coverage they have now.
Weird! Here in Philadelphia, I'm getting 617 DL and 1609 UL on an iPhone 4 (on ATT). I'm getting the inverse of everyone else!?
Not fixed in Omaha, NE. Downstream is 2500-3500kbps, up won't break 100.
alright and can Apple please learn something? Can they stop making these "updates" full 300 mb downloads? An update should not involve a full OS download everytime. They should do OTA updates like Palm and Android.. I hate having to plug in my phone to iTunes and go through the time consuming update process every single time!
Dallas (75204) Home of AT&T...
Download 506 kb
Upload 422 kb
Second time...
Download 263 kb
upload 442 kb
Totally sucking it! Never has been good...
It's been fixed in NYC for a few days now.
551.9 KB/s down, 206.9 KB/s up, 307ms latency. That beats both Verizon and Sprint's EVDO speeds, and only a tick slower than Sprint's supposed 4G. Only T-Mobile's high-speed network can trump that.
@themyst
I have a higher speed than those numbers you posted and T-Mobile it inly goes up to 2mbps and 1.6mbps... I ran speed test for t-mobile few times yesterday and I'm in NYC. For AT&T I got 5.3mbps and 1.7mbps.
Test Date: Jul 22, 2010 3:54:43 PM
Connection Type: Cellular
Download: 4686 kbps
Upload: 1135 kbps
Ping: 258 ms
A detailed image for this result can be found here:
http://www.speedtest.net/iphone/47128388.png
@nicklera Tacoma . WA
Good day to all,
I would like you to know that I'm super happy as I have a super fast connection provided by Tmobile now. I used speedtest.net in my best spec. (hardware) SAMSUNG VIBRANT (rooted to FROYO - can beat IPHONE 4 in all aspects - i will give designs to APPLE) and I got 6.5mbps then 2.6 uploads in Houston then when I tethered it in my netbook then use again the speedtest.net I got this http://www.speedtest.net/result/853126141.png ( 25.84 MBPS down - 1.54 MBPS up ) Its mind blowing, then my latency_ping test are between 45ms-60ms in my location-shadow creek ranch in pearland (a bit outside of downtown Houston) then 70ms-150ms in other locations. I did the test between 9:30am-10:00am even many people starting to use the service as my CLEAR internet if that time of usage will be horrible.
I have CLEAR now in the house that I'm paying for $40/month (I bought the modem) no leasing fee, just $40/month. That internet of mine hit the highest was 16mbps in early in the morning between (2am-5am) but before or after that time I will hit only 3-6mbps download then 800-900kbps upload unlike Tmobile who has 1mbps-3mbps upload.
I'm always travelling around Texas & I found out that Austin,Houston,Dallas & San Antonio has the highest download speed to compare to any cities when I compare in Westcoast & Eastcoast cities.
Then if ever they will make more fiber optic backhaul, they can minimize the latency problems others have now.I used to have that problem in my location but now its GONE.
I'm not the kind of person wasting time to bash any company but now I will because I was with AT&T and they are full of lies company as I had my iphone 3gs & my wife & we never seen more than 2mbps connection the whole of Texas or whenever I am in California or New York.
All PEOPLE WHO WILL SAY THEY SEE 3MBPS OR BEYOND (its not real), THEY ARE AT&T PEOPLE OR JUST ANYBODY WHO WANTS TO DEFEND AT&T EVEN AT&T DOESN'T CARE FOR THEM.
Mine is real experience with my wife... I work in IT company & I always use the one that I think is not just cool & good looking but I can tweak & use the heck of it whatever it can offer unlike iphone that YOU can just unlocked & jailbreak (like what i do) but android & windows can be hack & put lots of fast & best ROM that apple iphone cant do.
Our iphone is now an mp3 player in our cars, wants some pictures? Then my wife using the EVO as her company pay for her monthly then she just bought the EVO from Sprint. Its a sweet phone but the speed is not consistent & theres time it will be switching a lot of times from 4g to 3g.
But still wayyyyy better than verizon & AT&T. Take note, only Tmobile & Sprint didn't have the cap now they will just throttle you if your beyond 10gb but no more paying overages (Tmobile all speed then sprint in 4g mode-no throttling).
Can Verizon & AT&T do that? Nope & never because AT&T made the worse decision in lowering the internet usage to 2gb for $25 (Tmobile has $20 for unlimited no cap with super duper fast internet versus 1 mbps by AT&T) then Verizon is thinking now to do that also-per usage internet as Sprint & Tmobile will go for no capping.
Theres a lot of fanboys especially in APPLE stuff like iphone that has the basic stuff that was available 10 years ago but Steve Jobs will say its magical & unbelievable, he's the no. 1 liar in the world (I have a friend who still working in APPLE) I'm just new here in Texas as I'm from California & worked with IT company near APPLE. But Texas is the best place to make money now (hehe) then cheaper way of living...He said to me that Steve Jobs is very good in marketing hype but he's not the real guy who's thinking & making apple stuff to work, he's just the marketing guy of APPLE. Then all of his components are made mostly of ASUS,SAMSUNG & LG (not APPLE as other blindly knows) only software & design are theirs, I can attest to that, so wheres APPLE real component parts - NONE.
They are just a big marketing & design company, if you don't believe go to California (to their main headquarter) see if they building any pieces of material to use for their products - none, most of what they are doing is just software & how to market their product. I was there with my friend & I know what I'm saying. Ask ASUS,SAMSUNG & LG then FOXCONN, they will tell you that no parts are made by apple, they will give the design then what materials will use ( APPLE ) then they will wait for delivery and they will use their technology & manpower to build APPLE products ( FOXCONN ).
FANBOYISM towards APPLE is not bad but you should know the reality of what the company you like & love to what they really offer to you & if they lying to you. Even if APPLE will sell ipoop& ibrick, those fanboys will still buy as long it has APPLE logo on it.
Back to Tmobile, they are the company to watch for & they are not like AT&T that will make advertising 1st before they will do the action, as tmobile will do the work & everything before they will announce in a simple way unlike AT&T like APPLE, they love marketing hype like shortage of Iphone in the 1st day as they know how many people will go & get them but they will not release many units to show they don't have unit to sell, believe me or not those iphone & ipad was made already & its millions now in FOXCONN factory but they will release only hundreds thousands then it will show to their system they don't have stock anymore even they have more, for the people to be more excited & feel the APPLE products are so good that people lining up & their hysteria in getting in store or online, thats MARKETING 101, YOU HAVE TO MAKE PEOPLE EXCITE IN YOUR PRODUCTS THEN THEY WILL THINK YOUR PRODUCTS IS SO GOOD THAT PEOPLE NEED TO WAIT FOR LONG TIME.
I hope people will get it now as I want you to be more well aware of what those companies been doing to you, they making you follow them even they are shortchanging you.
I want to share more my ideas, experience & knowledge about all these stuff - just don't go with the hype, test drive it - tweak it & if you feel it has everything u want & its more cheaper - go for it... you can email me at sir1honda@aol.com ( i can give you the best advice in telecommunications & computers stuff if I have enough time to answer)
To all those people bashing each other because you like this or that, think first & I suggest that research in google, buy it, test drive it & tweak it - like me then don't defend what you have that you feel is not giving you the real deal. WE LIVE ONCE NOT TWICE , LIVE TO THE FULLEST ( get the best stuff that you think is appropriate & can make things more easier to you not just LOOKS & BRAND NAME of the products.
Always take care gurls & guys... GOD BLESS YALL...
@sir1honda
Wow wa a story.
@sir1honda Do a barrel roll
HAHA, ATT SHOULD JUST ADD A PROGRAM CODE FOR THIS APP THAT DETECTS ITS ATT SIGNAL AND GIVE A CORRECT READ OUT OF WHAT THE SPEED OF DOWNLOAD/UPLOAD SHOULD BE, CHEAP IDEA ..... JUST THINK ATT OF THE MILLIONS YOU COULD SAVE......
iPhone 4 with 4.01 update slow download onset 1MB Upload 50/80 KB
When I first got the phone it was screaming @ 4+ MB Upload. & almost 1MB
So what happened AAT or Apple?
What's up with that?
Back to normal here in Olympia, WA.
4.3Mb/1.4Mb
http://i27.tinypic.com/ek2mc.jpg
okay, just tested on my nexus one(tmobile). So, these are the comparisons:
TMo: Download:5342 Upload:596
ATT: Download:2507 Upload:98
Fastest network?? NOT. and tmobile is a fraction of the monthly bill.
Just saying but 3G on my iPhone is faster than the internet I get at home... :(
My t-mobile 3G is twice as fast.
My speeds in Williamsport, PA are:
Download: 2 kbps
Upload: 5 kbps
No joke. That's full signal. I'd kill for those speeds.
Good day to all,
I would like you to know that I'm super happy as I have super fast connection provided by TMOBILE now. I used speedtest.net in my best spec. (hardware) SAMSUNG VIBRANT (rooted to FROYO - can beat IPHONE 4 in all aspects - ONLY that I will give design department to APPLE) and I got 6.5mbps then 2.6 upload with LATENCY of 55ms in Houston then when I tethered it in my netbook then use again the speedtest.net I got this http://www.speedtest.net/result/853126141.png ( 25.84 MBPS down - 1.54 MBPS up )
Its mind blowing, then my latency_ping test are ALWAYS between 45ms-75ms in my location-shadow creek ranch in pearland (a bit outside of downtown Houston) then 80ms-150ms in other locations.
I did the test between 9:30am-10:00am even many people starting to use the service as my CLEAR internet if that time of usage will be horrible.
I have CLEAR now in the house that I'm paying for $40/month only (I bought the modem) no leasing fee.. That internet of mine hit the highest was 16mbps in early in the morning between (2am-5am) but before or after that time I will hit only 3-6mbps download then 800-900kbps upload unlike Tmobile who has super fast download & upload.
I'm always travelling around Texas & I found out that Austin, Houston, Dallas & San Antonio has the highest download speed to compare to any cities when I compare in Westcoast & Eastcoast cities.
Then if ever they will make more fiber optic backhaul, they can minimize the latency problems others have now. I used to have that problem in my location but now its GONE.
I'm not the kind of person wasting time to bash any company but now I will because I was with AT&T and they are full of lies company as I have iphone 3gs & also my wife, we never seen more than 2mbps connection the whole of Texas or whenever I am in California or New York.
All PEOPLE WHO WILL SAY THEY SEE 3MBPS OR BEYOND (its not real), THEY ARE AT&T PEOPLE OR JUST ANYBODY WHO WANTS TO DEFEND AT&T EVEN AT&T DOESN'T CARE FOR THEM. THERE LATENCY-PING IS HORRIBLE ALSO.
Mine is real experience with my wife... I work in IT company & I always use the one that I think is not just cool & good looking but I can tweak & use the heck of it whatever it can offer unlike iphone that YOU can JUST unlocked & jailbreak (like what i do) but android & windows can be hack & put lots of fast & best ROM that apple iphone cant do.
Our iphones is now just mp3 players in our cars, wants some pictures?
Then my wife using now the EVO as her company pay for her monthly bill and she just bought the EVO from Sprint. Its a sweet phone but the speed is not consistent & theres time it will be switching a lot of times from 4g to 3g.
But still wayyyyy better than VERIZON & AT&T. Take note, ONLY Tmobile & Sprint didn't have the cap now they will just throttle you if you go beyond 10gb but no more paying overages (Tmobile all speed then sprint in 4g mode-no throttling).
Can Verizon & AT&T can do that? Nope & NEVER because AT&T made the worse decision in lowering the internet usage to 2gb for $25 (Tmobile has $20 for unlimited no cap with super duper fast internet versus 2 mbps by AT&T & VERIZON) then Verizon is thinking now to do that also - per usage internet, as Sprint & Tmobile will go for no capping.
Theres a lot of fanboys especially in APPLE stuff like iphone that has the basic stuff that was available 10 years ago but Steve Jobs will say its magical & revolutionary, he's the no. 1 liar in the world (I have a friend who still working in APPLE) I'm 3 yrs. now here in Texas as I'm from California & worked with IT company near APPLE. But Texas is the best place to make money now (hehe) then cheaper way of living...He said to me (my friend) that Steve Jobs is very good in marketing hype but he's not the real guy who's thinking & making apple stuff to work, he's just the marketing guy of APPLE. Then all of his components are made mostly of ASUS,SAMSUNG & LG (not APPLE as other blindly knows) only software & design are theirs, I can attest to that, so wheres APPLE real component parts - NONE.
They are just a big marketing & design company, if you don't believe go to California (to their main headquarter) see if they building any pieces of material to use for their products - none, most of what they are doing is just software & how to market their product. I was there with my friend & I know what I'm saying. Ask ASUS,SAMSUNG & LG then FOXCONN, they will tell you that no parts are made by APPLE, they will give the design then what materials will use ( APPLE ) then they will wait for delivery of the parts and they will use their technology & manpower to build APPLE products ( FOXCONN ).
FANBOYISM towards APPLE is not bad but you should know the reality of what the company you like & love to what they really offer to you & if they lying to you. Even if APPLE will sell ipoop& ibrick, those fanboys will still buy as long it has APPLE logo on it.
Back to Tmobile, they are the company to watch for & they are not like AT&T (they are saying they are the fastest even they have only 7.2mbps then going to 14.4 end of this year) that will make advertising 1st before they will do the action, as TMOBILE ( FASTEST WIRELESS INTERNET COMPANY IN USA NOW - HSPA+ 21 MBPS then 42 MBPS by 2011) will do the work perfectly before they will announce in a simple way.
Unlike AT&T and APPLE, they love marketing hype like shortage of ipad & iphone 4 in the 1st day as they know from their experiences about the 1st 3 generations iphones how many people will go & get them but they will not release many units to show they don't have unit to sell, believe me or not those iphone & ipad was made already & its millions in FOXCONN factory but they will release only hundreds thousands then it will show to their system they don't have stock anymore even they have more, for the people to be more excited & feel the APPLE products are so good that people lining up & there is hysteria in getting in store or online, thats MARKETING 101, YOU HAVE TO MAKE PEOPLE EXCITE IN YOUR PRODUCTS THEN THEY WILL THINK YOUR PRODUCTS IS SO GOOD THAT PEOPLE NEED TO WAIT FOR LONG TIME.
I hope people will get it now as I want you to be more well aware of what those companies been doing to you, they making you follow them even they are shortchanging you.
I want to share more my ideas, experience & knowledge about all these stuff - just don't go with the hype, test drive it - tweak it & if you feel it has everything u want & its more cheaper - go for it... you can email me at sir1honda@aol.com ( i can give you the best advice in telecommunications & computers stuff if I have enough time to answer)
To all those people bashing each other because you like this or that, think first & I suggest that research in google, buy it, test drive it & tweak it - like me, don't defend what you have that you feel is not giving you the real deal. WE LIVE ONCE NOT TWICE , LIVE TO THE FULLEST ( get the best stuff that you think is appropriate & can make things more easier to you not just LOOKS & BRAND NAME of the products.
Always take care gurls & guys... GOD BLESS YALL...