This is the 2008 Review. Click here for the 2009 Sprint Mobile Broadband Speed Review.
With these speeds you can expect to stream music and video, download a song or large documents without much of a problem.
| Sprint Speed Tests | ||||
| Date | Download Speed | Upload Speed | Speed Test Site | Location |
| 5/07/2008 | 371 kbps | 46.4 KB/s | 241 kbps | 30.1 KB/s | Speakeasy.net | Tallahassee, FL |
| 316 kbps | 39.5 KB/s | 204 kbps | 25.5 KB/s | Speedtest.net | Tallahassee, FL | |
| 415 kbps | 51.8 KB/s | 123 kbps | 15.4 KB/s | Sprint.com/speedtest | Tallahassee, FL | |
| *N.B. The speeds between what Sprint advertises for EVDO-Rev. A and 0. Traffic on the network may be higher than usual due to ‘rush hour’ causing lower speeds. | ||||
| 5/18/2008 | 1005 kbps | 122.7 KB/s | 265 kbps | 32.3 KB/s | Speakeasy.net | Tallahassee, FL |
| “ | 958 kbps |116.9 KB/s | 157 kbps | 19.2 KB/s | Speedtest.net | Tallahassee, FL |
| “ | 958 kbps | 116.9 KB/s | 157 kbps | 19.2 KB/s | Sprint.com/speedtest | Tallahassee, FL |
| *N.B. Test location has changed. Closer to city center. Lower traffic slower on Sunday may be lending to better speeds. |
||||
| 6/25/2008 | 380 kbps | 46.4 KB/s | 153 kbps | 18.7 KB/s | Speedtest.net | I-10W-Pensacola/ New Orleans |
| 6/26/2008 | 2345 kbps | 286.3 KB/s | 362 kbps | 44.2 KB/s | Speedtest.net | Marriot, New Orleans |
| 6/27/2008 | 2482 kbps | 303.0 KB/s | 353 kbps | 43.1 KB/s | Speedtest.net | Marriot, New Orleans |
| 6/27/2008 | 1320 kbps | 161.1 KB/s | 289 kbps | 35.3 KB/s | Speedtest.net | I-10 East, New Orleans |
| *N.B. These must be the bursts of speed Sprint advertises. They do exist! | ||||
If you’re in an urban area where you can get a surge of high speed such as I did in New Orleans, then you practically have a mobile cable connection.
However, if you’re getting your album or movie fix (legally of course), stick to your cable or DSL connection at home for now to be careful about going over the 5 GB limit. However, if you learn how to play your cardsright, you may just be able to do it. Lesson 1 of Mobile Broadband Buyer’s Guide covers exactly how to do that.
The speeds available can definitely do that especially if you’re using P2P software like Bittorrent. Thankfully, Sprint has updated their tools online to allow you to check your usage.
I also tested to see what speeds would be like using uTorrent. Here’s what it’s looking like:
Curious to see how your speed matches up? Use the speed test tool below to check your speed.
While the speeds are good for mobile broadband, other providers can prove to be faster. As you can see, they fluctuate depending on what area you’re in. The advantage here, though, lies in the freedom of mobility.
With Sprint, you can enjoy mobile broadband while cruising down the highway at 70 mph to make those half a day road trips seem like minutes. Check your Sprint coverage area to see if you can do just that…
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10
[...] Also packed into this guy here is EVDO Rev. A technology for speeds up to 3.1 Mbps on the downlink and 1.8 on the uplink. I’ve personally never gotten 1.8 uploading and I don’t know anyone who has. Typical speeds look like this. [...]