Comments on: How should I test 3G broadband on a train?

By: Gish Domains

Gish Domains — Wed, 10 Sep 2008 03:03:15 +0000

Try a LogMeIn/VNC/RDC connection to another pc that is connected.
If it drops or lags you will see it.

By: marshall

marshall — Tue, 09 Sep 2008 05:43:57 +0000

Start up a game of canasta on yahoo.com

the platform was built sometime in the 80s and is likely to fall over when connected to cable internet. if you're going to test it, test it. shouldn't eat into your download limit too much.

By: Michael

Michael — Tue, 09 Sep 2008 03:37:12 +0000

ping http://www.google.com /t

By: vv

vv — Tue, 09 Sep 2008 02:32:39 +0000

Streaming internet radio.

It's OK on my all-stations line (suburban Sydney). It will be a challenge I think for the speed you are going. Increasing your player's buffer might help for a while, I think.

By: Kristi

Kristi — Tue, 09 Sep 2008 01:29:15 +0000

I will be travelling from Darwin to Adelaide over the next couple of weeks and will be testing Optus 3G coverage with my iphone. I am hoping to upload photos to my blog map along the way, but I am expecting that this will be very hit and miss. I may have to wait until I get to Adelaide at the end of the trip!

According to the Optus coverage map, 3G reception exists in Darwin and Adelaide, but not much in between.

By: Anthony Caruana

Anthony Caruana — Tue, 09 Sep 2008 00:10:55 +0000

I’m a fan of the basics. Find an address you can ping from ‘Net and do a ping address -t