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Broadband Related => Mobile broadband => Topic started by: Weaver on November 14, 2021, 10:06:18 PM
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I tried speedtest.aa.net.uk with my iPad’s 4G i/f (WLAN disabled) and the measurements were 19 Mbps down / 3.9 Mbps up.
How does that rate for 4G or 3G ?
After the test I noticed the iPad was showing 3G in the status indicator at the top rh corner of the screen. I am not in a good place in the room; I would say that I don’t have a line of sight to the basestation. The basestation is I think at an angle off to the left hand (north) side of the east-facing bedroom window, in the shadow of what is possibly a thick heavily-built wall, but not quite sure.
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Good Evening Weaver, could you confirm the iPad model number, if that's over 3G HSPA+ https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/High_Speed_Packet_Access
That's pretty decent.
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It is, I think, a v4 (purchased April 2021) iPad Pro largest screen whatever that is. In Settings > About :: model number :: "MXF52B/A" and "A2232".
Was a new model iPad Pro released late this spring? If so I think I screwed up and should have waited, but my iPad Pro v1 was getting very unreliable and I was rather desperate.
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I've no idea how that compares to a newer model, but it's an eight core gigabit LTE device according to everymac:
https://everymac.com/systems/apple/ipad/specs/apple-ipad-pro-12-9-inch-4th-gen-a2232-wi-fi-lte-cellular-hong-kong-taiwan-specs.html
It can aggregate bands to get up to speeds of 1000/100 in perfect conditions, so a speed of 19 down and 4 up within a property is pretty decent.
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Is that speed 3G or LTE?
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Is that speed 3G or LTE?
Probably 3G, as Three's current LTE bands do not penetrate buildings that well.
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I'm sure this is slightly different on different iOS devices, but on my iPhone 7, it says "4G" or "3G" in the top-left corner of the display, next to the signal strength indicator and mobile network name.
I also have the option to force 3G or 4G if I go to:
Settings -> Mobile data -> Mobile Data Options -> Voice & Data
You could try forcing it to 3G and see if that makes any difference to your speeds.
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Those are very useable speeds and if you had an outside antenna I'm sure you could improve on them considerably.
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Much of the time, I don’t get any visible 3G/4G status indicator in the top right hand corner.
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Much of the time, I don’t get any visible 3G/4G status indicator in the top right hand corner.
If it's like my phone you won't when using a wifi connection.