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Sprint’s Chicago 4G Initial Speed Tests
I’ve been upgraded to Sprint’s 4G WiMax. I’ve tried it for all of 10 minutes. The connection (coming out of downtown on the Metra) was a little spotty. I keep getting disconnected. It’s unlikely but possibly the fault of my laptop (the Lenovo T400 seem to have trouble holding a WiFi connection, but AT&T and Sprint 3G mobile broadband seem fine). Anyway, here’s the speed test results:
1.047 Mbps download isn’t bad. However, I’m extremely happy about the 657 kbps upload. That’s going to be some good VNC.
A little further out (near the Grand/Chicago stop on the Metra Milwaukee District West line), I got the following:
2.3 Mbps down and 731 kbps up. Nice! Hopefully, the connection holds stable.