How Fast Are Capped 2G Speeds? LTE vs 3G vs 2G Data Speed Test!
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- čas přidán 10. 09. 2024
- Many plans include unlimited 2G data after your high speed allotment. Ever wonder how fast 2G speeds actually are? In this video I compare LTE vs 3G vs 2G cellular data speeds.
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Fun facts: This video was originally filmed in 2016 for RingPlus. They were interested in testing how the different data speed caps impacted network performance and usability for various tasks such as web browsing, video streaming, and music streaming.
They were able to change the data speed cap of my plan on the back end so I could test the performance. This video took multiple days to shoot, edit, and compile the results. Hopefully it wasn't too weird hearing 2016 Stetson end the video :)
And special thank you to RingPlus for making this video possible. 🙏🏻
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Overview of LTE, 3G, & 2G Speeds - 0:12
Sending a Text Email - 1:30
Receiving a Picture Email - 1:50
Sending a Picture Email - 2:35
Sending a Picture iMessage - 3:20
Playing a CZcams Video - 4:10
Loading a Text Based Website - 5:04
Loading a Website with Images - 5:39
Music Streaming Test - 6:50
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Have you ever gone over your high-speed data limit? What did you think, were the capped 2G speeds usable for you? I think they are SLOW.
*TIMESTAMPS*
Overview of LTE, 3G, & 2G Speeds - 0:12
Sending a Text Email - 1:30
Receiving a Picture Email - 1:50
Sending a Picture Email - 2:35
Sending a Picture iMessage - 3:20
Playing a CZcams Video - 4:10
Loading a Text Based Website - 5:04
Loading a Website with Images - 5:39
Music Streaming Test - 6:50
I would say yes 2G is unusable and heck 3G is barely usable for the mainstream user as people are always on Facebook, Tik Tok, CZcams Snapchat and ect just anything that has a autoplay feature/content enable on, I say 3g is only usable for chatting, email and streaming music that's it not social media site/app
I agree. 2G or 3G is basically only usable in an emergency to send an iMessage, WhatsApp Message, or Facebook Message, or to send an email or something. Anything that's not strictly text-based takes forever to load.
Yeah that's an other good way of saying it I agree with you
2G data speeds are so annoying and unusable. It requires a whole ton of patience. It is hard to believe that 2G was considered cutting edge at one point in time!
@@markmcintyre1219 I agree! I'm excited for 5G and can't wait for networks to continue improving on speeds and reducing issues with congestion.
I get 2G data speed after the 4G high speed has run out.
2G is insanely slow, but it is much better than having no data at all.
I'm satisfied with it.
As a 1980's and 1990's child, I grew up with 2G speed.
2G is much better than having no data at all.
agreed. Btw if you want better load speeds for youtube videos on 2g, “invidious” is an open source lightweight youtube clone for people with slow speeds
Not really, for me nothing works. Stuff will load and then just stop on 2G speeds. It might as well be no data for me sadly
Things were lighter weight back then, so you wouldn’t have needed faster speeda
I remember back in my high school days during gym class when one of us had a phone and had a video to show, we would all play Hackey Sack or Basket ball for like 5 minutes so the video could fully load, lol. It's cool to see just how much speeds have improved from just 6-7 years ago.
Hahaha, I remember one time Verizon had an outage and students in high school were legitimately convinced the principal shut off their data! 😂
Stetson Doggett 😂😂, that’s hilarious. Our principal changed the WiFi password because too many people were FaceTiming during class
@@supersaiyanbolt3594 At least you had WiFi! Our WiFi was blocked from students. You had to use cellular data.
@@StetsonDoggett Our wifi is locked down
i’ve been living on 2g speeds my whole life what do you mean it’s slow. i get 4k streaming after 149 hours of downloading, it’s insane.
I feel bad for you because I use 5g😅
I'm satisfied with the 2G speed.
Sure it's slow, but it's better than no data at all.
I use mmWave 5G
lol
@@younggranny8337 I use mmWave 5G if you use low band 5G or mid band 5G I feel bad for you I can download 1080p stream in just of a blink
I really like this type of video. It gives you real world speed on what providers are actually providing!
I'm glad you enjoyed it :)
@@StetsonDoggett Was this on Ringplus
Yes it was on ring plus
@@StetsonDoggett I really enjoyed the video. I got a question for you. I have Boost Mobile 6 GB plan. If I run out of data I think they will throttle me at 128 kbps (I hope it isn't 64 kbps). I like to listen to podcast on Stitcher or Pocket Cast. If I had only 128 kbps would I be able to download the podcast? I can't stand for audio to be stopping and starting.
I remember getting 64k speeds on my mum's phone back when I was a lil kiddo. I miss the 2000s
The government need to force these carriers to eliminate 2g speed completely. It’s just ridiculous. Great video. 👍🏼👍🏼
Thank you! And yeah, 3G speeds would be much better than 2G.
Most carriers are shutting down their 3g and 2g networks and repurposing them for 5g
2G is better than absolutely NO data at all.
@@redchojnowski7159 I don’t think it’s that bad it’s like 4g for me I hardly see a difference. And it’s unlimited
Guys! These speeds are 2G and 3G LIKE speeds. The 3G and 2G networks are completely gone. You're being throttled to "2G speeds" and they're saying 2G to describe how slow it is.
Now this is the content I subscribed for
Crazy Helpful and crazy how no one else ever made this video
I'm surprised you were even able to load speed test with 2G speeds in the first place
It might had been better to understand to just place the more common name like LTE, 3G, 2G under each one of the phones!! Good video tho!!
I can live with 3G speed;however, I've found 2G speed unusable even for casual use.
Same...With these budget plans im concerned although i dont use lot of Data on my phone if i did happen to once using that 2G would be unusable. I can live with 3G...Up until about 3 years ago thats what i was doing.
@@letsgonow5641 my first 4g mobile phone was a Redmi note 3 and yes, 4g at this time wasn't that blazing fast, it was pretty much about 15 Mbps speed was more HSDPA plus speed than 4g. HSDPA plus and 4g are so fast for my daily use that I'm not even considering having a 5g router or smartphone in my home.
My pocket Dlink router can also be configured on 3g and 2g but 2g is trash
@@danteerskine7678 I never really upgraded my phone kept using them. My first 4G phone was a little over 3 years ago. For years just used 3G. Recently my phone broke and upgraded to a 5G. Although i wasnt even considering 5G. 4G was perfectly acceptable to me. I can get by on 3G because i dont use my phones data much. 2G however is not. About same time i made the post i had to use my phone as a Hot Spot and got throttled down to 2G it was unacceptable. It would have maybe been ok 10 years ago but not now..
@@letsgonow5641 I know. I would find it unacceptable to see my internet speed of 20 Mbits per second drop to a miserly 100 kbps. But for the 5g, I still wouldn't consider buying a 5g smartphone but maybe a 5g SIM card router like the Netgear Nighthawk.
heres a list of typed connection speeds that Stetson was talking about
LTE - 4G LTE speeds itself
512k - 3G EvDo or HSPA speeds
256k - 2G Edge speeds
128k - 2G GPRS speeds
64k - Dial up speeds
64k is just a sliver faster than dial up but it's still slow
In India we get.
256k in 4g.
Fucking shit.
These companies are killing you.
This "capped at 3G speeds" giving you 512 kbps is really false marketing. 3G/HSPA+ can easily give you 10 mbps, I remember getting 20+ back in the day if I was within line of sight of the cell tower. So they just limit you to 512 kbps and call that "3G speeds", which is false marketing but I guess it's not illegal for some reason.
even normal 3g is at least 1 - 2 mbps
Very interesting. Thanks.
You are welcome.
RIP Ringplus
They were definitely an interesting idea for a cell phone carrier. Miss them. 😥
Thank god my service provider in Canada offers 256k download speed and not the 128k or lower. Here we don't get much of anything when it comes to mobile plans and choices.
Yeesh, I'm sorry to hear it! Wish the data speeds were faster for you.
Have you done any video on boom! Mobile? I was looking for a network for when I leave the country in a few months
I have the T-Mobile One promo and I have 256K whenever I travel outside the U.S :)
That's if you have the one/magenta plus plan/feature which cost extra for that otherwise it's at 128kbps
Erwin Soto no when T-Mobile started the One/plus like a month or 2 they had a promo called T-Mobile one Promo and it is equal to T-Mobile one plus for free
Yes I know your right which was a secret promotion on John legere slow cooker and I have it to but it's not the norm and we are the exception
Also they also had the T-Mobile kickback which give you back $10 if you didn't use 2GB in a given cycle lol
Nice but I always buy local SIM cards when I travel abroad, very cheap SIM cards with LTE speeds .
Guacho yea I know but it’s good to know that I have a lil bit faster speed if local sim are not available
Quick question does tello use 256kb or 128kb does anyone know?
Older video, the speed test app looks like the older ver
Yup! As I mentioned this was originally filmed way back in 2016.
Thank you for your hard work. It helps me understand what to expect if go abroad with t-mobile free data with 128kbps
Thank you for doing this test!!!
Anything less than 3G speeds in the 2020s should be illegal 🤣
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I know friends of mine who have no data at all........not even 2G speed.
2G data speed for CZcams is manageable.
It's better than nothing at all.
It really is better than nothing at all.
have you ever done a boost mobile review? if not can you do it?
So going to make a comment because I have an idea and two it helps the engagement of the video. But I would love to see you use a speed for a solid day. Using apps like Amazon', maps, Google searches, banking apps ECT and give your experience. Thanks
Best channel on CZcams 🙌
I was going to say, that is slow LTE, even with Sprint. But it being filmed a few years ago makes sense. I use sprint, and it is most of the time, not that slow.
Yes, I was thinking the same thing while I was editing it! I wish I had been able to film more recently. I know in Boston I've hit 200Mbps down on Sprint, and in my area on newer phones I typically around 30Mbps. Still, even the 8Mbps speeds acted as a decent comparison.
@@StetsonDoggett Yeah, the highest I have gotten is close to 150 in an airport. I can't wait to see what Tmobile will be able to do with Sprints spectrum.
how were you able to cap the data speeds? id like to try it out as im gonna move to a plan and id like to try to get firsthand use.
This video is very in accurate in my experience with my sprint phone anything less that LTE and over 90% of things just don't work. NO CZcams, No Facebook, No Google Maps, Maybe text and phone calls that's about it.
Unless its an offline maps
Fun fact: In Germany your data is capped at 32 Kbit/s after having used up your data (usually around 3 GB up to 40 GB). And these contracts are still not cheap.
Same in Spain…
Some cap it at 64
But even that it’s way to slow to do anything 😅
at least you guys have some kind of connection even if it is capped, in Brazil once you hit your data limit the connection is completely gone
Depends on the provider, it can sometimes be as low as 16kbps upload, but usually it‘s 64kbps down/up now.
For capped international roaming, it‘s usually 256kbps. O2 sometimes throttled to 1 MBit/s a few years ago.
That’s ridiculous speed. Increase to 2mpbs you could browser and watch any video without buffering
T-Mobile 3G is misleading because 3G it self achieve higher than that speed (512kbps) be all they got going for is that they say there 3G only runs at that speed and not like the full 3G capability speed which is higher then that speed
You talking about H+ which is technically 3G+ regular 3G was 2mbps tops so 500kbps ain't far from reality
Honestly these speeds suck. But so do data caps. They really need to switch to speed tiers like home broadband instead. But usable speeds not this 128kbps crap everyone but verizon (who instead throttles down to 600kbps) is using.
Your audio is so good 😍
Quick question about the merger...will my LTE system change? What I mean by this is that will I have more options for like LTE, 3g, 2g, etc. Sprint had LTE and 3g and you could barely change anything. Also will my phone now be on GSM or will still stay as a CDMA phone?
T-Mobile will migrate the Sprint frequencies and LTE bands to the T-Mobile network. The back end will change to combine all the LTE bands under one network and make it seamless to switch between them. As a Sprint customer, you will gain access to the T-Mobile network. Your phone will be using GSM technology.
@@StetsonDoggett Is this a good thing...? I really want to make sure about this because this merger took a while to really succeed.
I had supposedly 2g capped from Open Mobile the data was 10-9 kb after wasting the 4g data imagine a month on that no youtube etc even if you put it at 144p takes you 5 mins for 30 seconds video
Great video
If only I didn't love HBOGO and now HBO MAX, I'd go down to the mid tier unlimited AT&T post paid plan. I never burn 100GB of data in a month. I love my Unlimited Elite plan, but 80 per month (not including my device payment and insurance) is kind of steep. I'm glad I have an autopay discount and a signature plan doscount.
Yes exact same situation here although I'm not on a device payment plan anymore because I paid off my note 9 really quick and skipped the note 10 although I'm gonna soon have the note 20 to finally have a 5g phone and also I use Verizon get more unlimited plan with the same exact phone already payed off and yes I'll be getting the note 20 on Verizon as well. I usually put down more than half on my devices to start then pay them off within months. It's honestly the best way to go if you can swing it although everybody has a different situation. I'm just not willing to pay less anymore for low quality service. Did T-Mobile years ago and regardless of what others say it isn't equal or above AT&T and Verizon even today in any aspect. Those fast speeds and decent call quality last a few miles and that's it. In a mall or building T-Mobile is non existent. Forget about going on long road trips with T-Mobile. Hopefully pricing gets much better for the big 2 carriers but we'll see.
@@SINCITYJ they're talking grandfathered plans for everyone that's already on postpaid service, and price increase for new customers that come on board post TMobile and Sprint merger
What's app text will work on 2 G ? Anyone , thanks
Is The Verizon start worth it?? Can you compare all the major carriers' unlimited basic plans???
Also please keep in mind that the carrier makes a lot of different. For example, a reliable AT&T connection with 10mbps is much faster then a sprint 50mbps. A sprint unlimited LTE is completely useless, your better off going with a capped 8gb LTE from at&t because you can actually USE it.
Ah... I really missed 2G speed as most of the places provides 4G and 5G nowadays. But most telcos provide 512kbps unlimited once hit FUP limit of 50GB-60GB for their so called "unlimited 3mbps" or "unlimited 6mbps". 512kbps is barely minimum to stream 360p videos and stream music at high quality at 256kbps AAC bitrate. But I heard that the quota based high speed 4G/5G data either cut off the entire internet or just slow down to 256kbps or 512kbps nowadays compared to back in the day where they provides 64kbps or 128kbps when hit certain limit of quota. Some just cut off the internet when hit the quota and need to top up the data to continue using.
T-Mobile says 2G ( 256k) but it's even near 1G most of the time around 10-12k up or down. I dumped T-Mo long time ago!
Can you pls review Family Mobile. How they are the worst Prepaid Plans seller. I am on it and is stuck with the phone. I can't transfer to another carrier using my phone after 1 year which is horrible.
So you can run Netflix on a fire stick 4k with a phones 3g unlimited hotspot?
Netflix at 1080p?
What cricket wireless uses?
Good to know
I’m here in 2020 and still only have a 128 connection.
I wonder when AT&T well start using 3G for their backup speeds and not the 128k 2G
When I run over the LTE cap on my AT&T Prepaid plan, the "2G speeds" are often 0.01-0.07Mbps, usable for email but not much else, such as social media.
That's typically what I've found too. Wish they were faster speeds.
In the 2020s and companies still throttle to 128 kbps and that should be illegal hahaha
Would these results differ if the phone had full coverage?
The only result that may change is the full speed LTE data. If anything, that would load the content faster. The other results were capped at specific speeds, so there should be no difference in performance even with better coverage.
Stetson Doggett, That’s what I thought. Though I do notice at least on Verizon in my northern Illinois area. Sometimes your data speed isn’t consistent when you have 1-2 bars but for the most part it’s usable.
I wonder on the video playback at what resolution they were trying to playback at?
I believe it was played back in "auto", so whatever CZcams deemed most appropriate given the connection speed. This is how I think most people watch CZcams videos, so it seemed to make sense to me. My guess is 360p for all of them.
Yeah I guess your right but I wish you would of gave better context for a broader audience and not just one perspective you know for a more piece of the pie, offering more contrast just like your music section as there people do notice a difference of quality but yet can't know why is that so i guess
Yeah, honestly me too. Unfortunately I hadn't thought of it at the time I recorded the video back in 2016, so I don't know for sure either. I'll keep this in mind for future videos though!
There's a special place in hell where 128k is the only speed available.
I like to add one thing that old speeds had less data to transfer because everything wasn't on internet like these days, webpages were simpler and less bloated so for surfing and downloading this test isn't accurate.
LTE for me better than 3g and 4g even if I am far away from signal places cuz when I enter my sim card into my laptop it works perfectly good with LTE signal and when I enter it into my phone which works with 2g 3g and 4g.. I don't feel comfortable with it..
Tello 64k is like have no internet at all
Warning: Hello Mobile is horrible. When you have a problem, there's no way to resolve it. They say they have customer service, but they don't. They won't delete your account. Good luck stopping the charges.
these are old versions of ios and apps
I never had a problem with 3g EVER. it was truly unlimited data tha th never skipped a beat. Nowadays you chose "unlimited" data and it never actually means unlimited. Valery sad they canned 3g for 5g just to throttle data. Gross
My 3G speed is 11 mbit, and on LTE 3 mbit
I thought this was an audiophile video, just kidding lte is like the Flac
My vodafone 4g speed is 33 mbps
I swear all of the ta servers are on the 56 kspeed cuz it takes 17 hours to load in 74 hours to load in your garage 85959595858 hours to respawn if you die 7473747574739305 hours to load out of you garoge and I'm not exatrating
My plan gives me 64 kigabytes 😭
Tellos capped 2g speeds are awful at 64kb max
Rohan Behera that makes my stomach hurt
LTE isn't 8mbit it's 300mbit.? You should try going to your settings SIM Cards > The Sim card you are using > Network type > and select 4g.
Mine is 512KPS
My internet faster than all those speed
Haha, Canada rockn 512k
You didnt do 5g
Not yet :)
@@StetsonDoggett do t mobile 5g BC they the only one with nationwide 5g on t mobile I bet getting 150mbps on speedtest app
@@StetsonDoggett that's with the LG v60 thinq 5g dual screen I got mine for 800 from t mobile
Tellos 2g is horrible
I can easily watch youtube with 64kb aftdq exhausting my daily high speed qouta
First?