DevilsPGD <DeathToSpam@crazyhat.net> wrote in
news:2ck045h859dl02n0u2rtbcvvjl1psdf4d4@4ax.com:

> I can do about 70Mb/s sustained across my WiFi, speedtest.net from the
> browser reports about 12Mb/s across the same WiFi, so 9Mb/s seems to be
> the iPhone's independent limit.
>

I find that simply AMAZING, seeing as how the iPhone is an 802.11b/g device
who's absolute maximum dream speed is 54Mbps!

http://compnetworking.about.com/od/w...stis80211g.htm

It does NOT support the proprietary Linksys or Netgear 802.11g 108Mbps
extensions, which makes this speed test you tout simply a lie!

54Mbps would only take place in space or a screen room or way out in the
boondocks, with no other wifi signals present to crash against
it....another dream world we'd all wish we could have.

70Mbps is simply wrong. Can't tell from here why, but it's not gonna
happen on that tiny processor running on 802.11g. iPhone doesn't support
802.11n, which, even then would never reach 70Mbps except in the boondocks
where no other wifi signals are present.

Makes one wonder if the iphone app isn't made to make someone's device look
much faster than it will really go....sorta like a motorcycle or jetski
speedometer, 20-30% "optimistic"....(c;]


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Larry

Now, tell me it runs 8Mbps at Starbuck's ATT wifi in NYC during lunch......