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Finally got connected to LTE at my office.

Coppell, TX (About 5 miles from DFW Airport)

4G
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LTE
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3G on my phone
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Using the iPad at work (no open wifi) was the main reason I went with the 4G. I'm happy with the results :)
 
aka777 said:
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, Verizon’s LTE service promises to be best in class. AT&T is dedicating 10MHz across the board because that’s 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 isn’t 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 Verizon’s 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
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So where's both services are comparable now (where both available), AT&T's is going to get worse faster than Verizon as more customers activate LTE?
 
Disappointed

I'm in the San Diego area, specifically in Poway in the north county. I originally intended to get an AT&T flavor of iPad 4G, but scaplers at the Apple store I was at, grabbed all the white 64GB models. I choose to try Verizon instead, disappointed that I would only be getting 2GB for $30 rather than the 3GBs that AT&T is offering. Creating a hotspot is something I'd like the ability to do, but it's not something I'll need regularly. Market pressure I'm sure will force AT&T to make it an option, but probably for a premium charge. The big unknown is which carrier would be faster, since AT&T offers LTE in my city.

Here are my results on Verizon LTE in Poway, outside of San Diego:

Down: 10-11 Mbps
Up: 7-8 Mbps
Signal strength is 4 out of 5 bars

I was hoping for a lot better. It's raining outside so that may be slowing me down. Otherwise, if it doesn't improve, I'm going to exchange mine for the AT&T model.
 
Khryz said:
So where's both services are comparable now (where both available), AT&T's is going to get worse faster than Verizon as more customers activate LTE?
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Not necessarily. Verizon is using 20MHz for LTE on the 700 band nationwide. It's a 10x10 deployment. AT&T is using 20Mhz for LTE on the 700 band in some markets as well, such as Dallas, Houston, and NYC. In markets where they don't have enough spectrum, they are using 10MHz for LTE in a 5x5 deployment. Charlotte and Chicago have 5x5 deployments right now; that limited spectrum means the speeds will be limited to less than 40Mbps. However, AT&T plans to supplement their 700Mhz LTE with AWS LTE (1700Mhz on the downside/2100Mhz on the upside). They just haven't done it yet. That's why their version is the one sold worldwide. In addition, all 3 Canadian carriers use the same frequencies for LTE and HSPA+ as AT&T; right now, Bell, Telus, and Rogers use LTE in the AWS band with plans to supplement on the 700 band. They also all have HSPA+ on the 850 and 1900 bands.
 
Well, I finally got to do my Midtown Manhattan test (Verizon LTE) and it's a bit all over the place.

The first time I got download speeds of about 3Mbps. The second time it went to 4.5, and just now I got 8.7. Upload speeds are slow (about 160 kpbs). However, considering that I often get NO upload or download speeds on AT&T's HSPA+ network, it seems pretty decent. At least it's workable.

I was getting speeds about 16Mbps down and about 10Mbps up at my home (and during the weekend).

I have 3 bars of LTE signal here.
 
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zzoomp09 said:
my fastest so far... averaging between 10-30Mbps down / 10-15Mbps up / 70ms
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Where was this taken? I'm in Hudson County too.

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KPOM said:
Well, I finally got to do my Midtown Manhattan test and it's a bit all over the place.

The first time I got download speeds of about 3Mbps. The second time it went to 4.5, and just now I got 8.7. Upload speeds are slow (about 160 kpbs). However, considering that I often get NO upload or download speeds on AT&T's HSPA+ network, it seems pretty decent. At least it's workable.

I was getting speeds about 16Mbps down and about 10Mbps up at my home (and during the weekend).

I have 3 bars of LTE signal here.
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AT&T or Verizon?
 
I have not activated ATT data as yet. Will the speed indicator in the upper left show the LTE indicator or do I actually have to activate first. Was hoping to gauge coverage before activating.
 
appleii2mac said:
Where was this taken? I'm in Hudson County too.

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AT&T or Verizon?
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Verizon. If anyone has AT&T LTE results from Midtown, I'd be very interested, as well, as I am planning to get the LTE iPhone on AT&T when it is released. I still have an unlimited data plan for AT&T, but HSPA+ is virtually useless in Midtown Manhattan between 9:00am-6:00pm on weekdays.
 
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KPOM said:
Well, I finally got to do my Midtown Manhattan test and it's a bit all over the place.

The first time I got download speeds of about 3Mbps. The second time it went to 4.5, and just now I got 8.7. Upload speeds are slow (about 160 kpbs). However, considering that I often get NO upload or download speeds on AT&T's HSPA+ network, it seems pretty decent. At least it's workable.

I was getting speeds about 16Mbps down and about 10Mbps up at my home (and during the weekend).

I have 3 bars of LTE signal here.
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AT&T LTE I assume? If so that's pretty pathetic already considering LTE's theoretical maximum speed is 10x that.

I think I may try both Verizon and AT&T and test them in my office in Midtown to compare.
 
Khryz said:
AT&T LTE I assume? If so that's pretty pathetic already considering LTE's theoretical maximum speed is 10x that.

I think I may try both Verizon and AT&T and test them in my office in Midtown to compare.
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Way to leave out the fact he said it was Verizon LTE in an earlier post(which you quoted). Bias much?
 
KPOM said:
Well, I finally got to do my Midtown Manhattan test (Verizon LTE) and it's a bit all over the place.

The first time I got download speeds of about 3Mbps. The second time it went to 4.5, and just now I got 8.7. Upload speeds are slow (about 160 kpbs). However, considering that I often get NO upload or download speeds on AT&T's HSPA+ network, it seems pretty decent. At least it's workable.

I was getting speeds about 16Mbps down and about 10Mbps up at my home (and during the weekend).

I have 3 bars of LTE signal here.
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I also just did Midtown Manhattan test from high office room. I got 3.84 Mbps down and 0.17 Mbps upload on my Verizon iPad. I'm not terribly impressed. But I also have wifi here in the office so I don't need cell connection on my iPad here. This is midtown during the working day, so potentially peak activity time for a very crowded piece of real estate. Also the speed test that I did connected me to New Jersey, so it might not have been the most optimal connection.

I was getting between two and three bars of LTE service.

Incidentally, my office wifi is real good. But this is crazy. I just ran the test of the wifi. 36.5 Mbps download and 25.1 Mbps upload. That is about 10 Mbs on the download and 6 Mbps on the upload faster than my iPad 1 ever tested at.
 
TallManNY said:
I also just did Midtown Manhattan test from high office room. I got 3.84 Mbps down and 0.17 Mbps upload on my Verizon iPad. I'm not terribly impressed. But I also have wifi here in the office so I don't need cell connection on my iPad here. This is midtown during the working day, so potentially peak activity time for a very crowded piece of real estate. Also the speed test that I did connected me to New Jersey, so it might not have been the most optimal connection.

I was getting between two and three bars of LTE service.
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That was about what I got the first time, and it was also connecting to a server in New Jersey. The second and third times I ran it, I got higher speeds.
 
KPOM said:
That was about what I got the first time, and it was also connecting to a server in New Jersey. The second and third times I ran it, I got higher speeds.
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Interesting. I ran a bunch of speed tests over the weekend and those tests took a bite out of my 2 GB data plan (I'm well past 200 Mbs after these tests and the weekend use). So I might wait until later in the week to run another test or two after I'm back closer to budget on my data consumption.
 
My Galaxy S2 tethered to my Verizon iPad.

I'm on T-Mobile's $30 a month plan, so I'm glad I can use wifi calling from my iPad when I have no signal.

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Just tested my Verizon LTE iPad.

Wall Street, NYC

Ping 68 ms
9.78 Mbps Download
6.87 Mbps Upload.

I'm also on the 12th Floor, where reception is usually a little bit spotty.
 
Can someone please post a speed test for Verizon or compare it to AT&T for Chicago? I work downtown and would like to see which is faster in general.

Thanks!
 
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