Looking at the time stamps on those results, you did a test in the early morning and late at night. I think if I did a test at 1AM, I'd get some pretty fast speeds. Doing a test at noon will probably get you much lower speeds.
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iPhone 5 Likely to Support AT&T '4G', Widening Speed Gap Over Verizon
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Looking at the time stamps on those results, you did a test in the early morning and late at night. I think if I did a test at 1AM, I'd get some pretty fast speeds. Doing a test at noon will probably get you much lower speeds.
I'm using a Sumsang infuse 4g and getting 6-9mbps with my highest being 9.99mbps in the O.C (SoCal)
Holdout wimp
So I didn't hold out for the refreshed MBA and have a 2 month old MBA now, 'm enjoying it greatly and would not change if I could.
With that said, I expect to hold out for the IP5 until September. Hopefully there are no big delays.
So I didn't hold out for the refreshed MBA and have a 2 month old MBA now, 'm enjoying it greatly and would not change if I could.
With that said, I expect to hold out for the IP5 until September. Hopefully there are no big delays.
I want 4g so bad, websites will load 1.23 seconds faster!!!
Beyond waiving your carrier epeen and bragging about speedtests, what is all the concern with 4g?
Data caps are here and will continue to get worse, reaching the cap even faster is not good.
Currently its not so hot with battery life and coverage is spotty for a lot of areas.
I can see the use if your are tethering and down/uploading a lot of data, but unless carriers continue unlimited plans (which they won't), it's going to be overkill in many situations.
I was playing with a co-workers new Nexus S 4g or whatever it's called and they didn't even know that it had 4g, so I turned it on, but then realized there wasn't much I could use the extra speed for and turned it off for her, because she had no use for it, even though I think she is paying 4g tax for it...
Beyond waiving your carrier epeen and bragging about speedtests, what is all the concern with 4g?
Data caps are here and will continue to get worse, reaching the cap even faster is not good.
Currently its not so hot with battery life and coverage is spotty for a lot of areas.
I can see the use if your are tethering and down/uploading a lot of data, but unless carriers continue unlimited plans (which they won't), it's going to be overkill in many situations.
I was playing with a co-workers new Nexus S 4g or whatever it's called and they didn't even know that it had 4g, so I turned it on, but then realized there wasn't much I could use the extra speed for and turned it off for her, because she had no use for it, even though I think she is paying 4g tax for it...
I live in an area with mostly EDGE coverage as well. I've never upgraded my original EDGE-only iPhone because I'm still grandfathered in on the original data pricing ($10/month for EDGE data including 200 texts). Upgrading to any of the newer iPhones would add $240 a year to my AT&T costs. Maybe the iPhone 5 will have enough new features to make it worthwhile, but I'm young, and $240 in savings compounded over the next 30-40 years will be worth a lot later in life. I doubt having web pages load a bit faster right now is worth it. EDGE also has an often overlooked benefit - few dropped calls compared to 3G.
I wish I would've done the same. Had the original iPhone, skipped 3G, but upgraded when 3GS came out. I am on the 200 MB/month plan (stupidly paid unlimited until a few months ago), which is still a ridiculous $15/month, I think. No 3G where I live, & data is rarely used as I try to find wifi hotspots since Edge is so slow. LMFAO, AT&T....gimme 3G service w/ reliable voice please.
What??? Of course Verizon's 3G is faster than AT&T's edge or 2G, but Verizon's 3G is slower than AT&T's 3G and that's a fact. And what's so funny about AT&T iphone jumping between LTE and HSPA+? Are you saying that Verizon iphone jumping between LTE and their 3G is better/faster? By the way you do know that Verizon's 3G is really like 2.5G and that's why it's slower. Like HSPA+ is like 3.5G. Fact is that AT&T offers faster mobil broadband.
All debates about Verizon and at&t aside... this is a good step at this time. If this is what they are able to do without sacrificing form factor or battery then it is a good interim move. LTE really is not built out enough for them to make sacrifices with the design just to incorporate it.