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Originally Posted by WilsonFourTwo
Haven't run Speedtest in a while (6mths??) but just did it right now...At home (Central Calgary, 3G, 4 of 5 Bars on iPhone): 8.82Mbps Down, 0.63 Up
I'd say this is about typical....although I know I've seen previous down speeds in the 2Mbps range. Dunno if the iPhone makes a difference the Nexus 4 I've been running for the past year or so.
The speeds certainly do fluctuate but I don't think I've ever considered them 'poor' or unsatisfactory. It's always gotten the job done (Streaming MLB.TV in the park, social media, etc)
Wind is (imo) a solid provider selling an average product at cheap rates. It's a quality choice for the masses but there will undoubtedly be some people where they're simply not the right choice.
I still think that the "OMG, I don't get coverage in ABCDE" stories are highly exagerated. Not that they don't happen, but I've never dropped a signal and thought "This never happened with Telus or Rogers". And for a company that is just creeping up on 5 years, I think they're doing really well with coverage/speed/quality.
What I'm interested to do is pop out to North Airdrie (it only take 10 minutes from downtown, right?) and run speedtest while roaming. That could be kinda interesting. I have no idea what to expect....do companies throttle roaming speed?
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Yeah, it's not that big of a deal for me as I mainly just stream music, but I have been testing everywhere I go and the highest I have gotten is 3Mbps so there must be something up with my phone. Tech support was supposed to call me back about it but they haven't yet, so I guess I just learn to live with it.
My Koodo phone consistently gave me 3-4Mbps so it's probably not worth double the price to get not much more speed anyways.