Is WCDMA 2100Mhz band faster than the 1900Mhz 3g wireless band?
As to the frequency or frequencies (2100 vs. 1900 MHz) there should not be any difference. However, from what I have read the posted (estimated speeds) will vary greatly based on how bust a tower is and distance from a tower. I use 3G on my laptop and my cell phone (Blackberry Storm) under the Verizon network. About once a year I spend several days at a Day’s Inn hotel in a place called Flatwoods, West Virginia. The hotel sits just about directly under a Verizon tower. There have been times I used 3G rather than the hotel Internet connection. I always have gotten great up and down speed. I did notice as I move away from the hotel (tower site) and back into the mountains that even with a good line of site to the tower as my signal level drops things really slow down. Not like I ran speed test but just an observation. In conclusion for what it’s worth I just assumed the key players in speed were distance from the tower (signal strength) and how busy any given tower was at any given time.
