12-27-2016 11:59 PM - edited 01-05-2022 01:27 AM
Hello everyone,
I was wondering if everyone can share their speed test results for their area.
It would be nice if you can please include name of your city, area within the city and time of the test.
A screen shot of the test would be nice.
Please don't include your address or any personal information.
Thank you.
12-28-2016 04:24 AM - edited 12-28-2016 04:25 AM
These tests were done at my home in Calgary near the intersection of Old Banff Coach Road SW and Coach Hill Road SW using a Xiaomi Redmi Note 3 connected to PM LTE. There are cell antennas mounted on three condo buildings about 750m from where I live. As you can see, the speedtest results were much nicer when on the Telus server (first screencap) than on the Shaw one (second pic), which isn't all that surprising considering PM's ownership.
12-28-2016 09:38 AM
How do you guys find out where are the nearby towers?
12-28-2016 09:52 AM
@hardywang wrote:How do you guys find out where are the nearby towers?
There are a couple of Web sites and tools that use Industry Canada information to map cell sites.
For Ontario - I use LTE Widget that was written by a friend of mine, Steve Punter.
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.pcability.LTEWidget
Steve also has a web site with maps for Ontario showing locations of all the cell sites
12-28-2016 10:09 AM
hopetindall wrote:
Steve also has a web site with maps for Ontario showing locations of all the cell sites
Accoding to this web site there is no tower outside GTA. I also did some search some found several sites, the result was interesting since I live in London
12-28-2016 01:32 PM
@hardywang wrote:
hopetindall wrote:Steve also has a web site with maps for Ontario showing locations of all the cell sites
Accoding to this web site there is no tower outside GTA. I also did some search some found several sites, the result was interesting since I live in London
- https://www.cellmapper.net/map?MCC=302&MNC=880&type=LTE&latitude=42.947410546731916&longitude=-81.23... (provider as Bell/Telus FastRoam) shows there is no towers anywhere near downtown or north of downtown.
- https://www.cellmapper.net/map?MCC=302&MNC=220&type=LTE&latitude=42.95394413446856&longitude=-81.252... (provider as Telus) shows the similar result.
The purpose of that site is not to show a complete list of known tower locations. That site is mainly used to provide an apporiximation of site locations by using customer provided data. This way, it helps customers find potentially new towers and the estimated coverage area of those towers. If no one has ran the program in a particular area, no towers will show up on the map.
12-29-2016 12:07 AM - edited 12-29-2016 12:08 AM
In the spirit of being helpful, here is a speed test taking from a rather challenging location for cellular signal. This is taken today at Yorkdale Mall, The Bay lower level, at small kitchen appliances corner. The reason why my notification bar does not show a signal is because there is zero bars. The signal strength is actually 2 asu. Interestingly, I can load a web page just the same, although it takes a lot longer than usual when on LTE.
12-29-2016 01:34 AM
A complete tower map would be here: https://www.ertyu.org/steven_nikkel/cancellsites.html
Combine both Telus and Bell towers to get a good idea of tower locations.
12-29-2016 09:19 AM
@theoc198 wrote:A complete tower map would be here: https://www.ertyu.org/steven_nikkel/cancellsites.html
Combine both Telus and Bell towers to get a good idea of tower locations.
According to this the entire Saskachewan has no PM service?
12-29-2016 02:32 PM
@hardywang wrote:
@theoc198 wrote:A complete tower map would be here: https://www.ertyu.org/steven_nikkel/cancellsites.html
Combine both Telus and Bell towers to get a good idea of tower locations.
According to this the entire Saskachewan has no PM service?
@hardywang For Saskachewan, Sasktel towers must be added in as well.
01-15-2017 09:56 PM
Ottawa-Gatineau
Average after 2 months different locations
Download between 27 to 60 Mbps mostly in the 30s
Upload between 15 to 30 Mpbs
This should give an idea.