iPhones on Two Different 3G Networks Compared

Well I got a call from Smartone-Vodafone today and they explained to me that at the time of testing, there was maintenance going on with their network at Cityplaza where the test was performed. I was a little sceptical of this response, but I did go and test with my colleague again and it seems that the speed of our phones is now Smartone better or similar to his 3HK phone.

I do feel that browsing in other areas of HK has improved so I hope this means that with the influx of people using their unlimited data plans, they have upgraded their internet browsing network. For the moment, I am happy with the network performance.

Yes, I had been speaking to Smartone-Vodafone's Lam Pink, the past several days. He also told me that their technical team claims that "network maintenances" were being performed at each of the locations and at the times I was doing my test.

I had express my concerns with this explanation from their technical teams. As you had said, performing maintenance at one location may be believed but al 3 different locations at many different days and time is very hard to believe. Unless they are referring to their main or proxy services.

In either case, they want to perform the same tests I did at the three locations, I agree to do so. Although, I did tell him that if they want to do comparison test with an iPhone on the 3 HK network, they will have to contact you also.

is there a good "internet test" website? I've used 3 different sites to test smartone's hspda speed on my htc hero and i'm getting 0.5Mbps to 3+Mbps depending on the website. I do notice that webpage loading seems slower on my hero compared to my friend's iphone on 3.

I got the 3+Mbps at HK Int'l airport.

A consistent web site to test is a local (HK) web site that neither belongs to 3 HK or Smartone-Vodafone. Something that reasonable amount of graphics, Javascript and HTML. For that I would suggest CathayPacific.com

Ken, how are you determining the downlink speed? I presume you are referring to the downlink speed.

Here are the websites I used, and another app I downloaded called Xtremelas Speedtest.
www.mobilespeedtest.com
m.mobilemultimedia.be
As you can guess, I'm not very technical