Internet speed is increasing and, with 4G, 5G, and Fiber-optic broadband, download speeds are unbelievably fast compared to a few years ago. But not all have high-speed internet connections, so downloading large files from the internet is a tricky job…
The 3G internet speed on your Android phone varies with networks and phone models. Poor signal strength, signal congestion and device model will also contribute to poor 3G connection speed. If you have root access and your cellular network supports Van Jacobson style TCP/IP header compression, you can double your 3G internet speed. Read on to know how it is.
If you are using Microsoft’s new operating system Windows 8 (Release Preview), there is a quick way to reduce the amount of Internet data usage. Windows 8 has an option to turn on and off the auto update of device drivers and apps on metered internet connection. It may helpful, if for example you’re using a limited data plan for browsing the Internet like mobile broadband.
Some functionalities of a mobile phone may not be required for all time, for example, Mobile internet (Wi-Fi/3G/GPRS), Silent mode, Airplane mode, GPS and Bluetooth, etc. Although, all these features can be enabled or disabled manually, most often people forget to do so and went into trouble. Here is how to automate such features in our Android phone with a little app called Connection Planner.