verizon vs at&t speeds

[kimchicowboy]

hey folks,

just for fun, i tested my coworker's at&t network (via speedtest.net's app on her iphone) with my verizon network (via the same app on my droid).

i noticed my ping results were considerably lower (~200ms vs her ~700ms). but the overall download and upload speeds were similar. she was complaining about her network speeds really slow on her phone. any ideas what could be causing the discrepancy?

[cruelpupet]

latency is a bigger issue with lots of small files (websites)

[nate el bueno]

Processor speed can have an effect on download speed as well. I was watching some videos of the nexus one versus the iphone 3GS. the nexus one (on t-mobile) was smoking the iphone on at&t, which is obviously faster than t-mobile. This probably isn't an issue with your comparison unless your coworker is using the iphone 4 (1ghz) vs the droid (600mhz underclocked to 550)