Verizon's 4G LTE network is now up and running ahead of schedule! It was supposed to be up at the end of the month but here I get to utilize my TB to its fullest potential half a month early! So far surfing the web is amazing, Hulu and Netflix stream flawlessly and downloads fly. Now to see how bad my battery life ends up...
4G LTE with 3 bars of signal using SpeedTest.net app:
Ping - 302ms
Download - 4762kbps
Upload - 3795kbps
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Grats! Now we need it in more parts of Indy (i.e. the parts I'm in, not downtown and by the airport).
Congrats! still cant get any sign of it in Noblesville.
Likewise none here either in noblesville
Seen it from indy to westfield Monday, soon as I got home no more 4G
Can't wait for this ****
Seems most of Indy is supposed to be covered now. I get a 4g signal about one block from my house but, sadly, no 4g at my house. Still, far better rollout than AT&T's "4g" service. The suburbs are probably next on the list.
the Verizon press release says 4G within the 465 loop
I had it to westfield a couple days before it was "officially" released, but now I don't!!
my guess is they attenuated the signal strength back some to limit signal loss in the burbs, who really knows, except them
http://news.vzw.com/news/2011/05/pr2011-05-23a.html
BINGO!!
got 4G LTE in westfield right now!!!
so excited, hope its at work too, in noblesville
Man, you guys are lucky. I don't even know when Indy is getting Wimax, let alone Danville and Avon.
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I live in Milwaukee, WI and even though I knew the city was not due to get 4G until summer, here I am surfing and downloading at insane speed!
I know the speed test app by speakeasy was giving skewed results but I've been testing using the browser version. I have been hitting around 13Mbits/sec download but only 1Mbit/sec upload.....so maybe it's more like 3.5G. (and yes, it days the network connection type is the phones settings is LTE, and the 4G symbols shows in the notifications bar)
Still, I am super happy with even this and I really hope it continues to work.
If anyone else has been seeing this (even in other cities) it would be interesting to hear about...and for further discussion, might anyone know what the cause of this "miracle" could be?
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most likely there are towers active in your city,and that city wide rollout is planned for summer. they may be in the testing phases too with a limited number of towers turned on. Portland is not listed as having 4g, but anybody in the north west portion of the city are getting it.. There are 2 towers active over there
I'm in a far, Northwest suburb of Chicago, Il. and the 4G LTE showed about twice.
Psosmith82: Yeah I was thinking it might be something like that... since I was rolling through other parts of the city today and noticed it was 3G only.
I'm really just hopping I don't 'lose' LTE connectivity for any reason (even thought I know it is not technically rolled out)
Good to know. I'll be down there in a few weeks for the Miller Park opener. Hopefully I can get 4g's when tailgating.
Hey, I live in Orlando and notice city above me have LTE and the map shows otherwise. So it might be beta testing some new towers which is great. Need to test this baby in a building and we should be superb. Love the phone and the network.
This is similar to the Sprint WiMax rollout in Los Angeles when I test drove an EVO 4G for a month last summer (June IIRC).
Sprint was just finishing up the tower installs in the downtown area and you'd see many reports of people getting WiMax signals for a half day or two and then nothing. Clearly what's going on in your case; enjoy the pleasant surprise!
where (about) in the city are you? I'm very close to state fair park and haven't seen 4g pop up even once yet.
though I haven't ventured towards downtown in the past week or so.
I just wanted to see if its just the service in my area or maybe I'm u using the wrong radio and ril on my phone, but I seem to get god awful dl/ul speeds on my phone even though it claims to be on h+/4g when I run tests or just I use the phone to surf. Guess what I'm asking is what are the speeds you guys/girls are getting, both up and down, in and around the new orleans area? At around 3 or 4 am ill get 3Mb down 1 up. On a daily basis though I see dl speeds of less than 1Mb and 150-250kbps up. speeds
I am down here in Thibodaux and when doing a speed test it is showing a server out of New Orleans. I am pulling download at appox. 2.25Mbps and Upload at appox 1.15Mbps. This is with the upgrade and I am not rooted sitting in my kitchen....I can get a little better when driving around the area...I will be your area later today and will run another.
I have the same issue in Florida. It's ATT imo. The phone has H+ but is running on hsdpa. That's 7.7 mbps 3G. Enhanced backhaul my ass. I contacted ATT corporate and will be waiting for a response.
North Louisiana Shreveport area, same very slow dl/ul running radio 4.11_m2 matching Ril. I agree it's ATT, My wife's new one is the same way.
In New Orleans now and I get about the same as I do in Thibodaux. My phone is not rooted.
its really annoying that they have up paying for 4g service but half the time its edge or a tiny bit better
Well your not actually paying any more for 4G compared to 3G........
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its really annoying that they have up paying for 4g service but half the time its edge or a tiny bit better
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i live in natchitoches and they just turned on 3G after a year of delays and its been going on and off all day with peoples phones, like theirs super spotty coverage but the best speeds i got were 2.2 down and 0.8 up
Bossier City Area
My speeds are very similar to yours...
I get about 1 down at BEST... and I struggle to get that.
I've gotten up speeds of 150-300 the majority of the time but have seen this spike to 1Mb inconsistently with some radios.
I'm on Coredroid. My most consistent results are using the AT&T OTA radio from April 29th.
http://www.maximumpc.com/article/news/att_lte_network_going_live_sunday
The cities included in this initial wave are Atlanta, Chicago, Dallas, Houston and San Antonio. Although users in those metro areas will still have very few LTE devices to choose from. Unlike Verizon, which has multiple LTE handsets, AT&T has no phones compatible with the new network. AT&T launched a data stick and a portable hotspot for the LTE network last month. The carrier has also started selling a massively overpriced Android tablet, the HTC Jetstream.
sweet im in San Antonio for a little while, now for AT&T to get some phones for me to use !!!
Now if they could hurry up and increase the HSPA+ speeds. I'm still only getting 3.5mb download and 1mb upload in downtown Dallas.... iPhone 3gs gets about the same download speed, although only half of the upload speed.
Come to the other side of the Metroplex. Downtown Fort Worth and I am getting 5-7mb down, 1.1-1.3 up. I can't wait for the Holiday with LTE. That will be SO sweet.
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Come to the other side of the Metroplex. Downtown Fort Worth and I am getting 5-7mb down, 1.1-1.3 up. I can't wait for the Holiday with LTE. That will be SO sweet.
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X's dos my brotha from anotha motha.
Saved and Texan by the grace of God, Redneck by choice.
I know the Inspire is not a LTE phone, but just launching the network upgrade has helped me to see vastly improved data speeds. I also know the Speed test app is not accurate, but I have never seen it pull these kind of speeds, especially consistently.
Well, I would like if it came out in Madison soon... (and when AT&T has more LTE Android phones)
Ok I live an hour away from Houston. Do you think I would still be getting LTE? Also do we need a new sim card or anything or does it automaticly happends?
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Ok I live an hour away from Houston. Do you think I would still be getting LTE? Also do we need a new sim card or anything or does it automaticly happends?
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first of all you would need an LTE capable phone....the inspire is not
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Ok I live an hour away from Houston. Do you think I would still be getting LTE? Also do we need a new sim card or anything or does it automaticly happends?
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As mentioned, you would need a LTE phone first. But, being an hour away from Houston, I wouldn't run out and buy one when they become available. I live in the outskirt of Houston and HSPA+ is non existent at home. In Houston where I work, as posted, I am just now seeing the true benefit of HSPA+. Probably some bottlenecks from ongoing upgrades being freed up, maybe a little congestion as well.
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Knowing how AT&T operates, I'd imagine they opened up more bandwidth to the land-based lines to the area first to make sure their LTE debut went well and you're just seeing some of that extra bandwidth.
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I know the Inspire is not a LTE phone, but just launching the network upgrade has helped me to see vastly improved data speeds. I also know the Speed test app is not accurate, but I have never seen it pull these kind of speeds, especially consistently.
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Turn off your wifi, Comcast customer.
"at&t 4G? lol. It's more like 0.4G"
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Turn off your wifi, Comcast customer.
"at&t 4G? lol. It's more like 0.4G"
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I'm not as stupid as you. I know when I'm on wifi. Here is the proof.
Here are some from earlier today. The first two were indoors, a large metal building with offices above on the second floor. The first run was bad, only 2800kbps, but I did hit 4916kbps on the second. I then went outdoors and tested a lil slower than yesterday, but not by much, 6485-7767kbps. I know we can't put too much stock in the Speed Test app, but there is some consistency and I'm getting much higher runs than I had been. Also, it seems to be reading my wifi at home with some accuracy.
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I'm not as stupid as you. I know when I'm on wifi. Here is the proof.
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lol.
Then why do you make statements like LTE network is improving the throughout of a HSPA+ phone on the 3G stack?
"at&t 4G? lol. It's more like 0.4G"
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lol.
Then why do you make statements like LTE network is improving the throughout of a HSPA+ phone on the 3G stack?
"at&t 4G? lol. It's more like 0.4G"
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Show me where I made that statement. I stated that since the LTE launch, my data speeds have suddenly increased and I'm finally seeing true hspa+, and that is a fact. I provided a couple of possible reasons for this, as someone else cited a possibility as well. I know what you saw. You saw the hosted by Comcast in the screenshot. Lol. Anybody with half a brain would know that there would have been a wifi icon in the status bar if I was on wifi. Next time you open your mouth, try not to put your foot in it. Your little signature says it all. Just because you are in a crummy area, doesn't mean it is like that everywheres.
Check my screenshot of prior tests and tell me if you see any improvement compared to yesterday and today. LOL.
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Peace my friends peace
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I'm good. I just don't appreciate someone implying I'm either stupid or I'm a liar. It certainly isn't inconceivable that while AT&T was building the LTE network here in Houston, they were improving the backhaul for hspa+. Whatever the source of the improvement, I'm thrilled to see true hspa+ speeds. It is something I never expected to see with my Inspire.
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The cities included in this initial wave are Atlanta, Chicago, Dallas, Houston and San Antonio. Although users in those metro areas will still have very few LTE devices to choose from. Unlike Verizon, which has multiple LTE handsets, AT&T has no phones compatible with the new network. AT&T launched a data stick and a portable hotspot for the LTE network last month. The carrier has also started selling a massively overpriced Android tablet, the HTC Jetstream.[/QUOTE]
No westcoast cities in the works??
They finally turned on hspa+ in okc ok I'm seeing 7-9 dl constanly ul still around 1 but better signal to at my use to get 10- 30 percent now 70 -95 crazy how just one day they just flipped it on finaly I use to leave my phone on edge as o could surf internet faster that way not anymore
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Unless my phone is playing a cruel joke, I'm on 4G right now.
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Sweet man! Have you done a speed test yet?
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It was just announced the past day or two that LTE is going to be active in Springfield and Kansas City MO starting November 17th. Verizon is probably running the necessary field tests to make sure that their network buildout in those area's can handle the traffic, etc hence the reason you are probably on 4G right now.
Haven't been to Springfield to test, but I was in St. Louis over the weekend and got some pretty amazing speeds there.
Up to 40Mbps, the Internet was flying by so fast, I didn't know what to do with all the speed. XD
I just got 4G the other day for the first time on my Charge in Nixa, MO
Jealous. The 4g in the STL area has become quite saturated.
Yep, 4G is up and running fine in Nixa! 22.4 Mbps down, 16.4 Mbps up. Speedtests are consistent at those speeds
HTC Thunderbolt and Motorola Droid Bionic
Should have mentioned this when Verizon told me but...
4G LTE just went live in Kansas City, MO.
Was previously told that it would go live today (November 7th), 10 days earlier than the planned November 17th date. Pretty awesome. Getting decent speeds here.
Am having all most zero dl in Dayton Ohio this morning and went to this site
http://www.cellreception.com/towers/towers.php?city=dayton&state_abr=oh
In checking towers for various carriers, tmobile shows only two--got to be an error--right?
I don't remember that number on other sites I checked in the past--
Saw this one too--
http://www.t-mobiletowers.com/towersearch.aspx?tabid=0&zip=45324
Maybe these are only owned towers--
This is why I bought by S1 outright--doubt if I will stay with TMO. Some areas may be great, but where I need it most--sucks--
Was hoping for 4g here soon as I was told Cincy had it rolled out over the last couple months and Dayton next. Not sure if they are done there yet.Of course 4g won't matter if signal stength sucks--
Or, maybe it is HTC phones, as my N1 faired no better--
I know how you feel. I was really ready to switch over to Verizon for their coverage but their phone sucks so I stuck with Tmo for the One S and cheaper plans.
The reception/radio on this phone sucks compared to my HTC G2. The 4G signal is too jumpy in Boston. Really left a sour taste in my mouth. I wish Verizon will have some decent phone when my contract is up in a year or so. I would consider breaking my contract if the price is right.
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Yes phone will be important. But, I will need local, good coverage.
I know TMobile has good value plans compared to the other big ones. But, if a have extemely poor coverage at my home and work, dosen't really matter.
BTW my speeds are back up, although I did flash a new oc kernel. But, probably just a weather or tower issue. Doubt if the stock kernel was at fault.
It's Allll good here in Akron. ;p
Average or 10mbps+
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yea, xxquicksh0txx
you got 42mb--
can't wait for that
there are areas here i get 10-12 on occasion, it's just where i use it most, signal strength is poor at best--i do have wifi at home--but sometimes it may be down
I live on the outskirts, so I get a week signal. Still 6 mbps, but its a hit or miss, it'll work for a minute and then buffer a movie for a whole minute untill it kicks it in high gear again.
My work, school, and most of my commute to everywhere I get decent signal.
Except when I go down to West Virginia, just moved here so I'm not sure of the highway, 77? Hardly any signal once you get past canton.
Roaming on Att is weird, sometimes it will let me roam and others or says my sim is no compatible.
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I thought you were in a 42mb area based on your sig pic speedtest
I guess it is what it is--just want to explore options when contract up