Blazing Fast tether speeds!

[QMaverick]

Today I tethered my phone to download a file--it downloaded at anywhere between 5 and 6 mb/s. It topped out at 743 kbps! That's insane! Over a cellular network! I live in Ohio, and work near North Canton--not exactly the fastest EV-DO (3G) speeds around here.

However, after tethering for a certain amount of time, my connection seems to just stop. Has anyone else run into this problem? I have to reboot the entire phone sometimes to get a data connection back.

Edit: I'm using a rooted Droid 1 and wired tether (WiFi Tether worked too)

 

[mwhartman]

It may be that VZW stopped your connection!

 

[dezymond]

I tether every now and then and never lose my connection when I disconnect from my pc.

What tethering program are you using?

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[QMaverick]

I'm using Wired Tether and WiFi Tether...those are the actual app names.

I reboot my phone when this happens and I get data back, but it even happens to me over extended periods of time tethering, which is weird.

 

[deaf leppy]

I've had the same exact problem, never figured out what exactly was causing it. It only ever happened when I was using a lot of bandwidth, specifically downloading numerous files through a torrent while tethered. I would have full 3G, start the tether, start the downloads, wait about 5 minutes, and then I would lose service. A reboot fixes the problem. I could use the tether for normal purposes though, like surfing the web, for extended amounts of time without losing service.. Very strange.