The Verizon people remind me of the 4s guys who can't affor the iPhone 5. They pull the "there isn't really a difference ". They are just mad they can't surf/talk or can't get the iPhone.5
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The Verizon people remind me of the 4s guys who can't affor the iPhone 5. They pull the "there isn't really a difference ". They are just mad they can't surf/talk or can't get the iPhone.5
I'm in the UK, just north of London (Hertfordshire). Network is Three.
Did a bunch of tests to different servers in the area - most are in London though so tend to give skewed results. Will re-test in a few days once my number transfers over and everything settles.
Did a bunch of tests to different servers in the area - most are in London though so tend to give skewed results. Will re-test in a few days once my number transfers over and everything settles.
Sigh, can't believe how horrible ATT's LTE service is in the Chicago area. If it weren't for the ability to simultaneously use voice and data, I'd of been on Verizon right now.
LTE I guess went live this week in Sacramento, CA this week for AT&T. But I haven't seen any speedtest results from my area. Curious to see what the speeds are
doesn't look too shabby! I'm curious what kind of signal do you get indoors/outdoors with 3?
My friends who have AT&T never have more than three bars on their iPhones. When they go inside of a building, it drops down to one bar or even "searching..."
It's ATT, I wouldn't hold my breath. Their LTE has been piss poor since launch, and considering how far behind they are in market deployments compared to Verizon, I won't expect them to go back and fix anything for a couple years at the least. If I wasn't on a corporate account, I'd of moved ages ago.
Walnut Creek, CA
My "4G" (non LTE) speeds were between 8-10 Mbps. Still faster than my cheapo home Wifi of 6Mbps
My "4G" (non LTE) speeds were between 8-10 Mbps. Still faster than my cheapo home Wifi of 6Mbps
for those posting, can you please put your city, state please & thank you
<----- Look to your left.
Its true. They've convinced themselves it doesn't matter.
It does.
I can't imagine having to hang up a call to check an email or check a movie show time. It would feel so limiting.
Seems fairly stable signal wise. I'm actually in a self-converted garden office, which is basically a thick-wood log cabin style shed, which I've insulated and turned into a 'propper' room.
The reason I bring this up, is that because I've had to use some pretty expensive/beefy insulation (as its a shed!) it acts as a signal block. I'm effectively inside a silver tinfoil box, which would weaken signal.
That said, inside here I get 4 bars easily. If I step outside it's still 4 bars, sometimes getting 5.
It's certainly a hell of a lot better than my cheapo ZTE-Blade (Android 2.2) was getting on T-Mobile. The most I ever got on that was about 2mbps, and that was in Hatfield (about 5 mins away) where T-Mobiles head offices are. In here I was lucky to get 1mbps.
I'm stress testing the connection at the moment. I've got it running spotify, whilst downloading all my apps, and also got it tethered (didnt even expect it to be enabled by default!) to my macbook air. All seem to be running at a very acceptable rate considering this isnt running LTE yet!
Overall very happy!
My Wifi (802.11n) result is below.
I am not at all happy with the 802.11n performance (my iPad3 gets near 60Mbps and my 4S gets >30Mbps), and I plan to replace my router today to see if it makes a difference. My wired throughput is about 80Mbps on FiOS.
I am not at all happy with the 802.11n performance (my iPad3 gets near 60Mbps and my 4S gets >30Mbps), and I plan to replace my router today to see if it makes a difference. My wired throughput is about 80Mbps on FiOS.
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But does it actually work in N. VA? My problem when visiting is that it seems to be fast on SpeedTest but it takes forever for anything to load. I'd imagine that's just network congestion and wouldn't change on the 5.