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[Xfaxman]

Can anyone tell me why sometimes the download speed is slower than the upload speed using the Mobley?

 

[fordmantpw]

Can anyone tell me why sometimes the download speed is slower than the upload speed using the Mobley?

Could be something as simple as activity on the tower, or possibly other activity through your Mobley (if you have anyone else on).

 

[BigBlue1]

It's related to the signal strength to the cell tower and the activity on the tower and elsewhere in your provider's network. I believe providers generally devote more bandwidth to downloads, since that's the largest use case, but at times when other downloads are happening but not much for uploads you can see what you're test shows.

As a total side note, but pertinent to this thread, I swapped from the Mobley to a Netgear Nighthawk M1/MR1100 device and my speeds have greatly improved. The M1 has 2x or 3x radios so data aggregation is much better than the 1x of the Mobley. It's a very nice upgrade.

Rob

 

[jcummins]

It's related to the signal strength to the cell tower and the activity on the tower and elsewhere in your provider's network. I believe providers generally devote more bandwidth to downloads, since that's the largest use case, but at times when other downloads are happening but not much for uploads you can see what you're test shows.

As a total side note, but pertinent to this thread, I swapped from the Mobley to a Netgear Nighthawk M1/MR1100 device and my speeds have greatly improved. The M1 has 2x or 3x radios so data aggregation is much better than the 1x of the Mobley. It's a very nice upgrade.

Rob

You mean you moved the Sim card from the Mobley to the Nighthawk? Or... How was this accomplished. A
s of late AT&T speed has deteriorated and I been using phone on Verizon with double the thru put.

 

[kcflhrc]

Or it could just be your device your running the speed test on. Do a wired test for real results and use the speed test for your ISP

 

[BigBlue1]

You mean you moved the Sim card from the Mobley to the Nighthawk? Or... How was this accomplished. A
s of late AT&T speed has deteriorated and I been using phone on Verizon with double the thru put.

Pop SIM out of Mobley, pop SIM into M1. Power up.

Some Mobleys received a firmware update to put a random PIN onto the SIM to discourage this. Search "mobley PUK code" if that happened to you.

 

[Xfaxman]

Or it could just be your device your running the speed test on.

Have two computers, both see the download slower than the upload.

Do a wired test for real results

What is a wired test?

and use the speed test for your ISP

I guess my ISP is AT&T since the signal to the mobley is from their cell tower:

 

[BigBlue1]

Have two computers, both see the download slower than the upload.

What is a wired test?

I guess my ISP is AT&T since the signal to the mobley is from their cell tower:

By 'wired test', he means run the speed test from a computer that is connected to your network wired via ethernet to your router, if you have one. Running a test over wi-fi has the *potential* to indicate slower results then are actually available at your modem device (the Mobley). An example of that would be if you were connected via a laptop in a far corner of your house with weak wi-fi signal to your router. In practice, for Mobley-type speeds this is unlikely to be an issue because wi-fi speeds are so much higher than your ISP connection. But when ruling out issues it is valid advice.

If you have no router and are connecting your computer or phone direct to the Mobley's wi-fi then just make sure you're close to the Mobley so you get a strong signal while testing.

Your ISP is who you are paying for your Internet connection. If you have a Mobley and the $20 AT&T 'Connected Car' plan your ISP is AT&T.

Rob

 

[Xfaxman]

Thanks. No router, just the Mobley.

The computer is getting a full strength signal from Mobley:

 

[cqaigy2]

It's related to the signal strength to the cell tower and the activity on the tower and elsewhere in your provider's network. I believe providers generally devote more bandwidth to downloads, since that's the largest use case, but at times when other downloads are happening but not much for uploads you can see what you're test shows.

As a total side note, but pertinent to this thread, I swapped from the Mobley to a Netgear Nighthawk M1/MR1100 device and my speeds have greatly improved. The M1 has 2x or 3x radios so data aggregation is much better than the 1x of the Mobley. It's a very nice upgrade.

Rob

I tried a Nighthawk, and my speed went down by alot. I went outside with it and moved around to see if i could get better, but couldn't. I admit to be pretty surprised, i thought it would be much better.