reported that the WiFi speed is now affected on the Surface Pro 3 after applying the latest firmware update that the software titan released as part of this month’s Update Tuesday cycle. What’s worse, the limited connectivity issue was not completely fixed, as was the initial impression. Microsoft’s Community forums are now filled with threads and posts complaining of painfully slow downloads on some tablets. And it appears that the root of this new problem is the new WiFi adapter driver that Redmond rolled out this month. Several users got hit by this issue after installing the new version:
“I’ve checked some of the posts and it seems there are some wifi issues. From speedtest.net, I have downloads speeds of 12mbps, while my friends windows 8 computers have around 40. Also, for some reason, my upload speed on speedtest.net is 75mpbs, so I don’t understand why downloading is so much slower than uploading. I’ve installed all the firmware updates, most recently one just a couple of days ago that seemed to fixed my upload speed from 12–>75. Any reason why download speed is so slow? In practice it’s even slower than 12mpbs, I was downloading a 400MB for 20 minutes.”There are claims that the problem lies with the 2.4GHz band, and this impacts the Surface Pro 3. But Microsoft is yet to release an official statement on this, or on the prevailing limited WiFi connectivity bug that has affected the Pro 3 since launch, as it did the older models in the lineup, including the Surface RT and the original Surface Pro. For now, we wait. And it’s going to be a slow wait for some, those that have a lot to download.]]>
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Unacceptable. Need to spend less on comparing the SP3 to a macbook and more on fixing functional issues.
Yep. This is supposed to be the product that shows how great Microsoft’s tablets are compared to the iPad and macbook. These issues do not help this.
I think they have enough money to do both, besides the ad guys can’t program.
Anyone can post there, it doesn’t matter if they have a SP3 or have their facts right. Can’t Eye On Windows afford a SP3 so we can have First hand information.
I feel that your condemnation is out of proportion with the evidence, like lynch mop lingo.
“Get the torches and pitch fork, let’s kill the ogre!”
I remember them posting a review of it in the beginning of it’s release. However, haven’t heard much since then. I would love an update on it.
i can confirm have a SP3 and i just changed the ssid for the 2.4 ghz and the download speed is back up to 5MB/sec on the 5GHZ bandwidth (2.4 still sucks at 60kbps)
Care to share? I’m dying over here in school