WIFI poll

[garrett]

The Speedtest app shows 1,589/819 on 3G & 2,398/1,007 on WiFi at home. Netbook WiFi download is 8,000+, so there's a bottleneck in the Droid.

you should get more then that.... try it again.

i get 2600/809 on 3G and 7800/1006 on wifi so the speed difference for me is quite large wifi is more then 3 times faster then the 3g speeds.


from my laptop on wifi i get over 20,000 down and 15,000 up.... i wished the droid would fully utilize those speeds.

 

[Martin030908]

I have a great signal for 3G at my house. Wi-fi gets turned on for file transfers between my Droid and PC and if I'm home doing some sustained browsing. For the quick website check I just leave it on 3G.

 

[hipkik]

I use the wifi on my phone only when I feel super lazy and use the remote droid app as a mouse and keyboard while I lean back in bed lol

 

[droidfannd]

My DROID works flawlessly with my home WiFi network...and I notice a considerable speed improvement for data functions.

 

[listenman20]

i use WiFi at home and have tried several public hotspots with no problem. i get spotty service at home on 3g. so the wifi makes browsing go faster.

 

[SSHGuru]

On my Droid I get 13521 down 1033 up.

I use it exclusively in my 3g proof home. No problems ever. When I cross the street to my friends house it connects to his automatically.

 

[filterbox]

I use the WiFi at home and on airplanes with no problems. It's so much easier to pull out my droid instead of my laptop on planes.

 

[NickWgnr]

I only use WIFI at home... I get good 3g coverage everywhere I go so there really is no need.




Wagner :motdroidvert:

 

[natediddy1120]

I don't ever use wifi and haven't really tried...had it since 11/21/09...but haven't ever had the need for wifi...

 

[bacalao]

I use wifi a lot when I'm going to dedicate some time for browsing. I get good reception all over tampa (north south east and west). I have at least four different wifi profiles saved and they connect automatically. Like another said, very handy in the old school buildings.

 

[RW-1]

Good signals in my area, but do set it to use my network at home if I'm inclined.

 

[Tojus]

I use Wifi at school and here at home. For some reason I seem to get much better battery life when I have it turned on, even with a strong 3G signal.

 

[JhankG]

I get great 3g reception at my house but still use my wifi because it is a lot faster. The two really don't compare for me.

 

[KZIWarrior]

I use wi-fi for certain things:
http://www.droidforums.net/forum/droid-faq/5616-howto-wifi-mount-your-droid.html

But I use my laptop for most of my internet use at home. Why use a 4" screen instead of a 17" screen? And the speeds can't compare (though I will say I'm pleased with both the 3G service area and the speed).

 

[aaf709]

I use it at work and sometimes in other places, although I sometimes turn it off. For example, when I was at Borders (free WiFi) I tried to use the Amazon app. It could take a picture, but then gave me a network error. Then I turned WiFi off and it went through right away. Same thing with BettrFlickr. There it said I had no pictures until I went to 3G.