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Old 03-16-2010, 09:41 PM   #14
carstensen100
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Default Use Sierra instead of RIM

Hi All,

I did some speed testing. I'm getting much better speed using Sierra (as vendor). Using RIM gave me about half the speed.
I used Speakeasy Speed Test for testing.

I'm not sure why this is - am I the only one seeing this?

It's as if using RIM (as vendor) only gave me EDGE speed where Sierra gave me 3G speed.

Sierra:
Download Speed: 1621 kbps (202.6 KB/sec transfer rate)
Upload Speed: 354 kbps (44.3 KB/sec transfer rate)

RIM:
Download Speed: 668 kbps (83.5 KB/sec transfer rate)
Upload Speed: 356 kbps (44.5 KB/sec transfer rate)

Thanks.
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