AT&T vs Verizon Speedtests (Test Drive Through Houston)

[pogiboi]

Hopefully this helps someone on the fence between ATT and Verizon. This may only make sense to those in Houston. Took a drive today and took some speed tests on an ATT and Verizon iPad.

Drive Route:
ROUTE

Montrose@W. Alabama
Verizon 5.25/6.27
AT&T 27.12/26.43

Montrose@Allen Pkwy
Verizon 13.72/9.68
AT&T 11.88/15.99

Montrose@Washington
Verizon 13.26/8.67
AT&T 19.46/10.83

Washington@Yale
Verizon 15.49/7.85
AT&T 17.59/10.27

Washington@ Shepherd
Verizon 0.76//0.25 (Lost LTE)
AT&T 8.77/8.40

 

[SCAR504]

Test Date: Mar 16, 2012 3:03 PM
Connection Type: Verizon LTE 4G Cellular
Server: Houston, TX
Download: 12.78 Mbps
Upload: 4.74 Mbps
Ping: 59 ms

 

[pogiboi]

Test Date: Mar 16, 2012 3:03 PM
Connection Type: Verizon LTE 4G Cellular
Server: Houston, TX
Download: 12.78 Mbps
Upload: 4.74 Mbps
Ping: 59 ms


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Despite ATT being slightly faster (much faster in some cases), i think i'm sticking with Verizon due to the hotspot feature.

 

[BFizzzle]

Slightly faster is an understatement

Blazing fast here in south Austin tx

 

[rkahl]

I'm sitting in my office (interior building) in Austin with 1 bar signal. AT&T LTE with 17 mbps down and 27 up.

 

[zkaslow326]

Speed Test

What buttons do you need to push to do a speed test?

 

[BFizzzle]

I'm sitting in my office (interior building) in Austin with 1 bar signal. AT&T LTE with 17 mbps down and 27 up.

Same here two bars most the time, can't believe how fast the upload is.

 

[SCAR504]

That was with only 2 bars.

 

[rkahl]

Walked over to the windows of my building and got 30 down and 30 up!

 

[Bob Coxner]

What buttons do you need to push to do a speed test?

http://appshopper.com/utilities/speedtestnet-speed-test (free)

There are others but this is the one pictured above.

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Cult of Mac is trying to put together a national map of 3G/LTE speeds. Help contribute to it:

http://www.cultofmac.com/153625/help-us-put-together-a-worldwide-ipad-3g-lte-coverage-map/

 

[orangebluedevil]

Good stuff thanks. I'm in Houston and bought both also. I agree with all your numbers. Kind of hoped AT&T would be 20+ but it's still awesome.

Everyone in Austin can just wait until all the extra sxsw antennas leave. Let's see it then for real world.

 

[Peanut207]

AT&T LTE is blazing fast!

 

[Dextor143]

Thanks, now I think I will get the AT&T