After some test on my Huawei E170 modem and advises from Starhub, I thought that my Starhub Huawei E170 Mobile Modem is already optimum and the speed is due to 3G connection.
I was totally wrong!
My friend just got hold of the new E1750 modem with Starhub, using the same 7.2Mb broadband plan. So, I tested out the speed using the same environment (different laptop, same model), IE8 and same website.
The picture above is the Starhub Huawei Modem E1750.
These are the results from http://speedtest.sg website. I was shocked at the differences!
E170 (Test time: 2:15pm)
Download Speed: 1895 kbps
Upload Speed: 851 kbps
This is the result from E1750. (Shocked!)
E1750 (Test time: 2:00pm)
Download: 3833 kpbs
Upload: 1689 kpbs
And here are the screen shots of the Statistics information.
E170
Max: 275 kb/s
Here is the results for E1750
E1750
Max: 2100 kbps (or approx. 262 kb/s)
Conclusion
Seriously, I can only think of hardware, software and (SIM card?) that is the cause. I have checked the settings on E1750. They have the same settings as my E170.
So, if you have any idea what could be wrong, please let me know. The differences in download and upload speed is almost 2 times!
November 28th, 2009 at 11:44 pm
OK, that’s it. I’m getting the E1750 when I renew my plan early next year.
November 29th, 2009 at 4:46 am
haha.. Now, Starhub support is helping me to figure a way out..
April 24th, 2010 at 10:22 am
Hi Joe, any follow up from Starhub on this? Thanks
April 24th, 2010 at 1:38 pm
They have. But I am not thrill. Here is our email exchange. http://bit.ly/aq7hN3
May 21st, 2010 at 11:00 pm
i think the reason why you all not getting minimum 60 – 80 % of 7.2 is because the modem e170 doesnt support 7.2mbps! it can only support 2mbps. that is the damn problem. im experienceing it now. you dont believe me check out huawei website. and you’ll be surprised.
May 25th, 2010 at 10:45 pm
I recently signed up for the StarHub 7.2 Mbps service (e1750) and I get about 250Kbps/60Kbps on my MacBookPro and ~300Kbps/80Kbps on My Dell E4300
When I use a Torrent application, the data rate falls to zero and I need to disconnect/reconnect…
So all is not well.
I see some vague references on Huawei support forums for a firmware fix that support staff may mail out to individuals, but no source of this mysterious firmware on the web.