tigersharkdude
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^^are you pinging off of a tower near MIT?
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It is truly 4G. It's the fourth generation that made a major step in wireless technology. We had this discussion over in the new section.I ran speedtest.net from my macpro and I get 11 down and 8 up with @ 3 bars of LTE (I don't like calling it 4G cuz its truly not 4G)
The first couple of weeks I was getting 25-30 but lately I have been getting 10-17. Never lower than 10 but I am curious why the drop? Don't get me wrong it still downloads songs in about 2 seconds so it is still super fast but I like the bigger numbers.
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i don't think we'll see a drop off at all. Verizon is very well prepared and are putting up new towers as we speak besides we already have 4 LTE phones available with probably only 2 more coming this year....We're Good !!!
btw this rant is sparked by apple saying 14.4 Mbps is as fast as real world 4g speeds
Isn't that the problem AT&T had when the iPhone was released and their network couldn't handle all the iPhone users?What they don't tell you is that latency is greatly reduced on LTE as compared to HSPA+, and that the LTE node can handle much more capacity without speed degradation.
14.4 theoretical Mbps is nice until the latency kills the download speed and the node is at full capacity.
Brandon
Definitely true though for me, the farther I away I get from DC the faster my speeds. In DC I get around 10mbps down and 3 up but in the Metro area, I get around 25 down and 6 up.My 4G in the Baltimore/Washington area kills. Download ranges from 15-30mps. Up is 4-8mps. Both change all the time.
For me, moving to VZW's 4G is similar to the change from dial-up to broadband, in that I find I use my phone for more things since access is so fast. Not to mention that 4G works inside buildings like 3G never could.
VZW's 4G has totally exceeded my expectations.
The first couple of weeks I was getting 25-30 but lately I have been getting 10-17. Never lower than 10 but I am curious why the drop? Don't get me wrong it still downloads songs in about 2 seconds so it is still super fast but I like the bigger numbers.
What they don't tell you is that latency is greatly reduced on LTE as compared to HSPA+, and that the LTE node can handle much more capacity without speed degradation.
14.4 theoretical Mbps is nice until the latency kills the download speed and the node is at full capacity.
That's saying nothing about network latency, however, where LTE will continue to outshine HSPA+. In that case, it does arguably make sense to associate DC-HSPA+ with real LTE and call it real 4G, but until DC-HSPA+ or at least HSPA+ with MIMO it is almost without doubt still 3G*. Obviously USA carriers' attempts to pass off HSPA+ 14.4 or even 21.1 as "4G" is immediately laughable marketing, but DC-HSPA+ is arguably real 4G.
I typically see 20 - 25 down and 8 - 10 up. DroidForums