[Ben]

http://www.speedtest.bbmax.co.uk/
Download Speed: 1352 kbps (169 KB/sec ) Upload Speed: 313 kbps (39.1 KB/sec )

http://www.thinkbroadband.com/speedtest.html
Speed Down 1130.29 Kbps ( 1.1 Mbps ) Speed Up 239.50 Kbps ( 0.2 Mbps )

--- www.bbc.net.uk ping statistics ---
10 packets transmitted, 10 packets received, 0% packet loss
round-trip min/avg/max/stddev = 105.520/124.138/165.415/15.821 ms

--- www.google.com ping statistics ---
10 packets transmitted, 10 packets received, 0% packet loss
round-trip min/avg/max/stddev = 132.303/180.538/252.484/40.445 ms

Real world download speed test from Microsoft.com: 140KB/sec (1120kbps)

[mickeyc]

I get less lag from T-Mobile 3G here in Loughborough

$ ping -c 10 www.google.com
PING www.l.google.com (209.85.227.103) 56(84) bytes of data.
64 bytes from wy-in-f103.google.com (209.85.227.103): icmp_seq=1 ttl=242 time=127 ms
64 bytes from wy-in-f103.google.com (209.85.227.103): icmp_seq=2 ttl=242 time=118 ms
64 bytes from wy-in-f103.google.com (209.85.227.103): icmp_seq=3 ttl=242 time=128 ms
64 bytes from wy-in-f103.google.com (209.85.227.103): icmp_seq=4 ttl=242 time=118 ms
64 bytes from wy-in-f103.google.com (209.85.227.103): icmp_seq=5 ttl=242 time=127 ms
64 bytes from wy-in-f103.google.com (209.85.227.103): icmp_seq=6 ttl=242 time=118 ms
64 bytes from wy-in-f103.google.com (209.85.227.103): icmp_seq=7 ttl=242 time=138 ms
64 bytes from wy-in-f103.google.com (209.85.227.103): icmp_seq=8 ttl=242 time=128 ms
64 bytes from wy-in-f103.google.com (209.85.227.103): icmp_seq=9 ttl=242 time=136 ms
64 bytes from wy-in-f103.google.com (209.85.227.103): icmp_seq=10 ttl=242 time=135 ms

--- www.l.google.com ping statistics ---
10 packets transmitted, 10 received, 0% packet loss, time 9090ms
rtt min/avg/max/mdev = 118.530/127.823/138.824/7.149 ms
$

See my comparison of 3g latency on three uk networks (https://secure.grepular.com/blog/index.php/2009/04/23/3g-networks-latency-comparison/)

[Ben]

Welcome to Talk3G!

Not a massive improvement, but an improvement none the less. I get pretty poor signal, I think if I were closer to the mast I could match your results there. The air interface seems to be where most of the delays take place.

HSPA is only so good, though. I believe there are still technical limitations stopping us getting into wired territory. Hopefully LTE will bring further improvements.