Droid and Wireless-N Router

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I have a N-router. When I connect my droid to my network the speedtest results are not that much different than the results off of the 3G speed. I expected a significantly faster speed using my wi-fi at home vs. 3G.

Is it the type of router, or just that the phone is limited in speed. Last result using speedtest.net

Down: 1.63 mpbs
Up 1.08 mbps

using 3g:
down: .97
Up: .24

Result using my laptop:


So it just a difference in hardware capabilities or what?
 
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therock

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My wireless is 12.974 Mbps down and 1.127 Mbps up.
My 3g averages .400 Kbps or .4 Mbps up and down but my cell signal at home is adequate at best.
 
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That wireless speed is on your phone? Are you on an N-router or G, or what? See I was expecting speed closer to my laptop's speed.
 

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mine sucks too on my N linksys but on a open network close by, i get like 6meg down. drives me nuts, but i don't think there's a fix for it.


around 1meg adv for 3g makes it easier thou
 

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Same, I get 12mbps down at work, but at home with a linksys wireless N router I barely get 4-5 even though on my computer I get 32mbps down (road runner turbo).
 
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its a phone. it doesnt go faster because you hook up to wifi that can send data faster. this aint magic folks...the phone can only process information/data so fast.
 

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Still if you have a phone that is wireless G capable it should be able to get up to 54mb/s when connected to wireless. Obviously that's going to be bottlenecked by your actual service speed, but it should be significantly faster than 3G.
 
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