topic Re: Public Mobile LTE speed test in Get Support

Public Mobile LTE speed test

chrstyles — Tue, 04 Jan 2022 19:54:17 GMT

I did a quick speed test yesterday, here's a screenshot for anyone interested. Location is Scarborough/Toronto, 8:30pm, 2 bars, outside. Approximately 1km away from cell site.

http://m.imgur.com/LFTEWlN
http://m.imgur.com/Fy0ySUY

Re: Public Mobile LTE speed test

pmobile — Fri, 29 Jul 2016 20:05:58 GMT

Do you know if speeds are identical to Koodo and Telus? Just wondering if there is any cap at all on a sub brand.

Thanks!

Re: Public Mobile LTE speed test

Luddite — Fri, 29 Jul 2016 20:10:00 GMT

If there is a cap, it would likely only activate when a tower is overloaded. That is the system in the UK at any rate.

Re: Public Mobile LTE speed test

pmobile — Fri, 29 Jul 2016 20:11:02 GMT

Just curious, does that mean you are in the UK and not a PM customer??

Re: Public Mobile LTE speed test

spoolinx86 — Fri, 29 Jul 2016 20:54:28 GMT

Pretty good results. I don't know far I'm away from the cell tower but I'm getting 22.04mbps DOWN and 20.61mbps UP and a ping of 31 in Markham, ON.

Pretty solid I think, more than I need on a cell phone. 🙂

Re: Public Mobile LTE speed test

imm1304 — Fri, 29 Jul 2016 21:08:40 GMT

Not aware of any caps. I could not tell the difference when watching full HD videos on the same phones side by side... one with Telus and one with PM in my home. PM seems to keep up with Telus at least for me and the people around me.

Re: Public Mobile LTE speed test

pmobile — Fri, 29 Jul 2016 21:21:07 GMT

I had Koodo recently but never at the same time to do a side by side comparison with Public Mobile but from what I remember they both seem to be at the same fast speed. Not sure if reception bars are any indicator of speed but I did get full LTE bars on both at my home.

Re: Public Mobile LTE speed test

chrstyles — Fri, 29 Jul 2016 21:43:55 GMT

I think that the service is definitely reliable and that's the main point. There probably isn't much difference between PM and Telus' other flanker brands, maybe just the overall bandwidth usage but not the speed. A good thing is that customers get to utilize the resources of two radio networks combined that are both generally pretty reliable. The only thing Rogers for example boasts is higher pricing and faster LTE downloads (they choose to sacrifice uploads for higher download bandwidth), where Bell and Telus are better known for balancing the both and providing a more consistent connection. What I noticed in switching from Rogers to PM is that even though Rogers has more spectrum, the Telus/PM LTE coverage is actually better in many places and the speeds are very nice and reliable. In fact Rogers is known for advertising a "faster" network but in reality these are just burstable speeds, which convince the consumer to pay more. That's my view.

Re: Public Mobile LTE speed test

srlawren — Fri, 29 Jul 2016 21:52:39 GMT

@pmobile no, @Luddite is in Canada. He was using the UK as an example.

And no, I've seen zero mention of PM customers getting throttled vs. Koodo or Telus customers. I don't believe there is any.

Re: Public Mobile LTE speed test

kav2001c — Fri, 29 Jul 2016 23:12:01 GMT

Telus seems not to cripple it's sub brands anywhere near the level Bell/Rogers do

Re: Public Mobile LTE speed test

ckl — Sat, 30 Jul 2016 00:06:07 GMT

I just did the speedtest and got 42.65 down and 14.93 up on the west coast.

Re: Public Mobile LTE speed test

eyunie — Wed, 09 Nov 2016 20:21:04 GMT

I am a little disappointed that my speed test show 4.82 down and 0.35 Upload. Whyyyyyy is everyone else so much faster than mine. I am in Scarborough right now, should not be this slow.

Re: Public Mobile LTE speed test

imm1304 — Wed, 09 Nov 2016 22:10:23 GMT

Hey @eyunie, that is very slow for public mobile.

Can you verify that you have the LTE selected in the preferred network type if using Android, or enable the LTE from settings in iOS?

Which phone are you using?

Re: Public Mobile LTE speed test

eyunie — Wed, 09 Nov 2016 22:15:33 GMT

I am using one plus one. And it's on 4G network.

Re: Public Mobile LTE speed test

jeremyesq — Thu, 10 Nov 2016 01:37:23 GMT

@eyunie, were you inside a building when you did your test? From my condo balcony (in Scarborough) I got 38.2 down and 24.5 up

Re: Public Mobile LTE speed test

imm1304 — Thu, 10 Nov 2016 02:31:56 GMT

Just verify that in mobile network settings, the preferred network type is lte/wcdma/gsm auto

You can also try manual network serach and select Public Mobile LTE. See if it locks to the LTE network.

Quick question: Your phone normally says 4g/H+/H or LTE/4G/3G in the status bar? Just trying to determine if you have LTE connection or not.

Re: Public Mobile LTE speed test

eyunie — Thu, 10 Nov 2016 13:19:34 GMT

Before when I was on Rogers, I was always on LTE network.. Now it only goes to 4G for PM. I try to see if there are other network type to choose from. there is 4G, 3G or 2G.

I checked the I am connect to sp.mb.com.

Anyone using andriod have similar data speed as mine?

Re: Public Mobile LTE speed test

imm1304 — Thu, 10 Nov 2016 18:48:24 GMT

@eyunie, you will get much faster speeds once you connect to the LTE network.

Do a manual search for networks from network settings and see if you can connect manually to the Public Mobile LTE network.

Go to Phone and dial *#*#4636#*#* and choose Phone information. Set the Preferred Network Type to LTE/GSM auto (PRL). Turn off the radio and turn it on again. Go to the SMSC and click Refresh>> Update.

Re: Public Mobile LTE speed test

username — Sat, 19 Nov 2016 22:35:09 GMT

@eyunie

I'm getting similar speeds in Edmonton.

1~6 down, 0.5 up.

Using correct APN settings, and it's on LTE.

Popped a Rogers SIM in my phone and got 50Mbps. Put my PM SIM in another phone and still got ~6 down and less than 1 Mbps up (sometimes higher, but rarely above 1 or 2).

Going to test in a few other areas around the city... This is really disappointing so far.

Re: Public Mobile LTE speed test

akpo — Sat, 19 Nov 2016 22:43:38 GMT

iPhone user here from Scarborough, I get about 45mb/s download and 5mb/s upload, a lot faster than my Rogers LTE plan where I would usually have 4G/3G in my house. Right now I have LTE and 4G in my house with PM. Coverage seems better (sometimes I'd be driving or picked up a coffee/snack and Google Maps would not connect to data with Rogers).

Rogers upload speeds seems to be faster for me, but I currently download more than I upload, so PM is definitely better for me.