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sototoro
05-31-2011, 03:15 PM
I returned my PB because when I tried the bridge browser it was extremely slow. Worked great wifi but I wont be in a wifi area. I did not want to change my AT&T unlimited data plan to a tethering plan because they told me I would lose the unlimited. Please comment on the speed of the bridge browser and the speed of tethering, especially with a blackberry. Thanks
southwestcomm
05-31-2011, 04:01 PM
Your WiFi connection is much faster than the AT&T 3G connection. Has nothing to do with the PB or Bridge.
aiharkness
05-31-2011, 04:47 PM
Your WiFi connection is much faster than the AT&T 3G connection. Has nothing to do with the PB or Bridge.

True, but the bridge is very, very slow for some -- as in broken slow -- right now. For me, it was fine with the .1710 OS version, but not with the current mass released version .1868. And this is even when the smartphone is connected on wifi.

At the OP, I suspect if you had held on for an OS update you would have been happy.
schultcj
05-31-2011, 08:09 PM
mine does not show a bridge browser The rest of the bridge apps work well any suggestions on why my bridge browser icon does not show up?

I'm using an ATT Torch
ifonline
06-01-2011, 05:45 AM
Your WiFi connection is much faster than the AT&T 3G connection. Has nothing to do with the PB or Bridge.

It does have something to do with Bridge. While a WiFi connection is generally faster than a 3G connection, there are significant issues with the Bridge Browser that impact performance. In other words, performance isn't too bad when tethered via BlueTooth to a BlackBerry phone on 3G, but when Bridged to the same phone, performance suffers significantly.
sototoro
06-01-2011, 03:01 PM
Your WiFi connection is much faster than the AT&T 3G connection. Has nothing to do with the PB or Bridge.

Wow, your reply has nothing to do with anything!
Thiego-uk
06-08-2011, 06:32 AM
Im not too sure about the speed but someone pls confirm. Tethering and bridging on BB to PB should be the same speed so the only difference would be that bridging doesnt require a extra data plan. Its just like browsing on your BB but visualizing on the PB.
sototoro
06-08-2011, 02:38 PM
Thats my point. It is not the same. The bridge browser sucks, very slow, almost un-usable. I would like someone thats tethering (without the bridge) to talk about the speed of the browser compared to Wifi. Thanks
knottyrope
06-08-2011, 02:42 PM
tether is slower than wifi unless you have a 4g device to speed it up.
hack_mole
06-09-2011, 01:34 PM
Fixed in new version
knottyrope
06-09-2011, 02:49 PM
Fixed in new version

of what?
ZombieBerry
06-09-2011, 04:23 PM
I think his post was in response to sototoro.
Thiego-uk
06-10-2011, 05:53 AM
I would like someone thats tethering (without the bridge) to talk about the speed of the browser compared to Wifi. Thanks

Anyone can comment on tethering compared to bridging.
Thanks
Thiego-uk
06-10-2011, 05:55 AM
Thats my point. It is not the same. The bridge browser sucks, very slow, almost un-usable. I would like someone thats tethering (without the bridge) to talk about the speed of the browser compared to Wifi. Thanks

Do you happen to have a slow browser on the BB? could be that your have slow speed where you browsing.
knottyrope
06-10-2011, 03:38 PM
Wonder what smartphone OP has.

if 2g it will be much slower
waihekepedro
06-11-2011, 02:34 AM
Anyone can comment on tethering compared to bridging.
Thanks
ok try this for size
speed test on bridge browser thru bb bold 9000 669ms d/l 610kbps

speed test on bridge browser thru bb torch 9800 271ms d/l 1.03mbps

speed test on browser thru bb torch 9800 tethered 351ms d/l 1.05mbps

speed test browser thru wifi 114ms d/l 4.54mbps
sototoro
06-11-2011, 06:39 PM
Wonder what smartphone OP has.

if 2g it will be much slower

Bold 9700 ATT os5
sototoro
06-18-2011, 09:56 PM
Fixed in new version

Can you please specify what os version you are using on your BB, on the Playbook and Version of Blackberry bridge. Thanks
aiharkness
06-19-2011, 06:58 AM
Sototoro, the speed of the bridge browser seems to be back to normal with PlayBook OS 1.0.5. My BlackBerry smartphone is 9700/5.0.0.714.
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DaveTheA
06-20-2011, 07:20 AM
I'm using a 9700 with OS6...the Bridge Browser is not great, but I find it to be useable...
rcab
06-25-2011, 07:07 PM
I am using torch on ATT and I am getting any where from .62 to .98Mbps using the bridge. It is not the greatest speed but it is sufficient enough that if i want to surf the web I try to use bridge and the PB instead of using the Torch when I am not at my laptop or on wifi.