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I am in Long Island, NY and consistently get between 5.5-6.5 down and around 1.1 up. Pretty good.
 
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Download/Upload: 5.10Mbps/1.10Mbps here in Dallas, Texas. The hardware is an AT&T locked iPhone 4 16GB. I'd imagine a 4S would be picking up between 7-10Mbps/1-3Mbps so to answer your threads question YES.
 
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