orangecrushv
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Crap those LTE speeds are going to force me to update my u-verse package to stay on wifi at home... 
Your test is in Philly. The rootmetrics test linked took place in Chicago.
I'm personally glad to be with AT&T. Looks like they're taking their time in rolling out LTE with pay off in the end compared to Verizon's quick patch jobs.
I won't get LTE near Detroit area for a while but at least their 4G speeds are very good.
What kills me is that when you go to any ATT store in Chicago and run tests from their phones, you get ~20Mbps, but as soon as you step outside the store plummets down to ~5. How can they be allowed to deliberately mislead their customers.
I agree that AT&T 4G LTE coverage is better in the South Florida area. However, if you live in Miami or along the coast is much better to get Verizon as their 4G speeds are generally faster. I always have 4G LTE wherever I go - however some people are no so fortunate.I agree with you. Verizon came through and put in LTE service along the coast of South Florida, but coverage in the inland suburbs is spotty (3G coverage is great everywhere, of course). AT&T completely coated the area with LTE. There isn't really any part of metropolitan south Florida that isn't covered by AT&T LTE.
That's because they have some boosters or what ever they are called inside the store. I asked the sales rep why the phones all have 5 bars, and mine outside gets 2 or 3 and was told about the equipment that boosts the signal.
I'm personally glad to be with AT&T. Looks like they're taking their time in rolling out LTE with pay off in the end compared to Verizon's quick patch jobs.
I won't get LTE near Detroit area for a while but at least their 4G speeds are very good.
I'm personally glad to be with AT&T. Looks like they're taking their time in rolling out LTE with pay off in the end compared to Verizon's quick patch jobs.
I won't get LTE near Detroit area for a while but at least their 4G speeds are very good.
Verizon's LTE coverage in many areas of my market feels like a patch job, because in the same location that my Verizon iPhone 4s gets 4+ bars of voice/3G coverage, my Verizon LTE iPad only gets 1-2 bars of LTE coverage (and piss-poor data speeds).Quick patch jobs? Verizon had over a year lead time in rolling out LTE over AT&T. They are ahead because they started earlier not because they are half assing it.
Quick patch jobs? Verizon had over a year lead time in rolling out LTE over AT&T. They are ahead because they started earlier not because they are half assing it.
FYI Verizon has over double the bandwidth for LTE in most cities than AT&T - meaning more capacity. Getting all these iPhones on LTE will be pretty telling to how the AT&T network will stand up. There are already a lot more LTE devices on Verizon than AT&T and Verizon is still doing fine.
Verizon's LTE coverage in many areas of my market feels like a patch job, because in the same location that my Verizon iPhone 4s gets 4+ bars of voice/3G coverage, my Verizon LTE iPad only gets 1-2 bars of LTE coverage (and piss-poor data speeds).
This is in VA's largest market, and Verizon has had LTE here for coming up on a year now.
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Oh good. That means there will be plenty of bandwidth for me to use when I fire up my iPhone 5 this Friday.
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I live near Richboro, PA.
Actually, I'm in pretty much the CENTER of Verizon's LTE coverage of this market.You're in the most remote and at the edge of Verizon's LTE coverage.