Verizon LTE in Santa Cruz, California.
Avg 5.5 MB/s down & 3.3 MB/s up. Yes, that's megabytes per second, not megabits.
Screenshot:
http://cl.nil.gs/451K1z043p0u3J3B1G07
That's just ridiculously fast. Cable companies should be freagin ashamed of themselves and their crappy overpriced service.
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Something interesting to considering regarding LTE:
How LTE is configured for deployment
LTE supports deployment on different frequency bandwidths. The current specification outlines the following bandwidth blocks: 1.4MHz, 3MHz, 5MHz, 10MHz, 15MHz, and 20MHz. Frequency bandwidth blocks are essentially the amount of space a network operator dedicates to a network. An operator may choose to deploy LTE in a smaller bandwidth and grow it to a larger one as it transitions subscribers off of its legacy networks (GSM, CDMA, etc.).
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Verizon Wireless has been dedicating 20MHz for LTE all across the board, since it has a nationwide 20MHz block of spectrum available for LTE. Combined with excellent backhaul, Verizons LTE service promises to be best in class. AT&T is dedicating 10MHz across the board because thats all the free space it has, though it makes up for it with much better backhaul, so the performance differential between Verizon and AT&T isnt noticeable right now. However, when AT&T gets more LTE customers, the difference will become clearer.
Less spectrum means that fewer customers can obtain the same high speeds that Verizons LTE customers get when connected to any particular cell. LTE can support up to 200 active data clients (smartphones, tablets, USB modems, mobile hotspots, etc.) at full speed for every 5MHz of spectrum allocated per cell. That means that if a particular tower has 20MHz of spectrum allocated to it, it can support up to 800 data clients at full speed. There are ways of supporting more data clients per 5MHz, but doing so requires sacrificing speed and capacity, as the 200-per-5MHz ratio is the optimal configuration.
http://www.extremetech.com/mobile/110711-what-is-lte/2
