[iPad] Chicago AT&T LTE slow?

[supernet33]

I can never get full signal with my AT&T iPad 3 LTE.
When I do a speed test I get around 6mb download /4mb upload.

Anyone else in Chicago land have this issue?

 

[Gregintosh]

What part of the city are you from? I know when I had AT&T getting reception anywhere near downtown, Lakeview, Lincoln Park, or those areas around there was very difficult. It is part of the reason I am a Verizon customer now.

 

[el.jeffe58]

It likely does not apply to you, but out south in Frankfort, I use AT&T for my iPhone and have always usually gotten 3 bars or under signal strength; on my new iPad, I decided to give Verizon a shot from things I've heard. 5 bars at most times with the iPad. Glad my instincts were right. Good luck in Chicago to you...

I can never get full signal with my AT&T iPad 3 LTE.
When I do a speed test I get around 6mb download /4mb upload.

Anyone else in Chicago land have this issue?

 

[StrikeIII]

The funny thing is that I've tested both the Galaxy Skyrocket and Tab on AT&T LTE and consistantly get over 11Mbps but my iPad only around 5Mbps. I wonder if AT&T is throttling down iPad users since they know it will sell a lot of units. If so, then they are making a big mistake and forcing people to go Verizon. I'm going to exchange our 3 test units from my work over to Verizon. AT&T needs to get their ***** straight.

 

[wmrdunn]

Slow LTE

I'm having the same problem as SUPERNET in Naperville, but I haven't seen an area in Chicago where I'm clipping at true LTE speeds. In contrast, I saw an iPad on Verizon in Springfield hit 48 megabytes per second this week.

 

[MJedi]

See my thread here where we compare our LTE speeds in Chicagoland.

https://forums.macrumors.com/threads/1345654/

 

[KPOM]

I've heard that LTE is slower in Chicago than most of AT&T's other LTE-enabled cities because they have only half the available spectrum as they do elsewhere. That means that they can't handle as many users before it starts slowing down.