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AT&T users: 4 vs. 4S download speeds?

I'm in Oxford MS and currently we have tons of extra people here due to the Ole Miss vs Alabama football game. So it is really hard to get a proper speed test with the cell towers being overloaded. I just ran a speed test and got really surprising results considering how crowded it is right now.

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midnightfalcon said:
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How do you know your on hspa+ vs regular 3G because my understanding was AT&T never completed the rollout.
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You can check ATT's coverage map. They indicate where their hsdpa+ area is.
 
WannaGoMac said:
That's huge speed variation!

My friend in Seattle does endless complaining about his AT&T service -- dropouts and unreliable. Have you found it better with the 4s?
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I haven't made any phone calls with the 4S yet so I can't really comment on whether calls get dropped. In general I've found AT&T to be an okay service provider.
 
gillybean said:
I haven't made any phone calls with the 4S yet so I can't really comment on whether calls get dropped. In general I've found AT&T to be an okay service provider.
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IT's looking more and more I need to switch to Verizon. AT&T has in theory these great speeds, but it's so unreliable connection that the data always times out for me and calls often never arrive to my phone

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kgeier82 said:
Still getting <1mbps DL here in Baltimore. iPhone 4 32gb refurb. None too happy
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Thank you! Why is AT&T so slow in the mid-atlantic? I am in DC, and my fastest download I have seen is 2.5Mbps -- typically 1.5mps, though lows 0.5
 
Verizon sucks

I got 5.2mbps on AT&T. On my Verizon iPhone I got 0.32mbps in the same area (Seattle.) I DON'T CARE IF DON'T GET 14mbps, it is always going to be much faster than Verizon. I love canceling my Verizon contract!

You pay $30 for crappy data that doesn't penetrate walls well, and $25 on AT&T for faster data. All for 2GB/Data. :D
 
I'm loving the data speeds on my 4S. I'm getting 2x-3x the speeds I was with my iPhone 4 in the same places and am getting 6-8 Mbps pretty consistently. The best my old phone usually got was 3 Mbps.
 
My AT&T speeds have been noticeably better, but my wifi is much faster than the 4.
 
HXGuy said:
I'm loving the data speeds on my 4S. I'm getting 2x-3x the speeds I was with my iPhone 4 in the same places and am getting 6-8 Mbps pretty consistently. The best my old phone usually got was 3 Mbps.
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Where?

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josh3326 said:
I got 5.2mbps on AT&T. On my Verizon iPhone I got 0.32mbps in the same area (Seattle.) I DON'T CARE IF DON'T GET 14mbps, it is always going to be much faster than Verizon. I love canceling my Verizon contract!

You pay $30 for crappy data that doesn't penetrate walls well, and $25 on AT&T for faster data. All for 2GB/Data. :D
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All I know was just last night, in a bar, Verizon friends had 3g able to text and pull up web pages. My great AT&T service couldn't get signal until I switched it manually to Edge.
 
My brother got a 4S. It is pretty fast compared to my 4. Might have to upgrade after all. AT&T in North Charlotte is getting 5.1Mbps down and 1.0Mbps up. I've consistently gotten 4.4Mbps around my house.
 
I exported my Speedtest history to an Excel file and deleted the wifi results. There's a significant improvement in 3G speed over my iP4 (which is everything dated before 10/14/11, obviously).
 

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At home I have a microcell.

Go about 2 mbps down, .2 up.

That up sure sucks...anyone have any thoughts on that.

Have Airport Extreme 5th gen.
 
Looks like all the North Texas people are repping the AT&T speeds well. :cool:

I've always loved AT&T speed/service in the Dallas area. I averaged 3-4 Mbps on my iPhone 4 and now I'm averaging 5-6 on my 4S.

I've run about 10 tests so far on my 4S in Dallas and have yet to get anything under 5.5 Mbps.

It's funny all the general AT&T hate around the country but it's fantastic down here (I guess it behooves AT&T to have good service in their home city, lol). I obliterate all my friend's speeds on Verizon.

And wow, Seattle! :eek:
 
My 4s is doing much better than my 3gs. In my room, my 3gs would average about .5-1mb down, and .05 up, the 4s gets about 5.5 down and 2-3 up.
 
james92se said:
Looks like all the North Texas people are repping the AT&T speeds well. :cool:

I've always loved AT&T speed/service in the Dallas area. I averaged 3-4 Mbps on my iPhone 4 and now I'm averaging 5-6 on my 4S.

I've run about 10 tests so far on my 4S in Dallas and have yet to get anything under 5.5 Mbps.

It's funny all the general AT&T hate around the country but it's fantastic down here (I guess it behooves AT&T to have good service in their home city, lol). I obliterate all my friend's speeds on Verizon.

And wow, Seattle! :eek:
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Texas has fantastic AT&T coverage, because that's AT&Ts headquarters.
 
WannaGoMac said:
IT's looking more and more I need to switch to Verizon. AT&T has in theory these great speeds, but it's so unreliable connection that the data always times out for me and calls often never arrive to my phone

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Thank you! Why is AT&T so slow in the mid-atlantic? I am in DC, and my fastest download I have seen is 2.5Mbps -- typically 1.5mps, though lows 0.5
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I'm in Philly and average 2.5-3 down.
 
New York /New Jersey area are getting very crappy 3G speeds. Yesterday I was getting 6 Mbp d/l, now it's like one or two for some reason today, with a awful upload.
 
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