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Verizon 4G coverage impressions

Now that we have had our phones for a few weeks is anyone else out there amazed at how good the coverage is on the new 4G network. Coming from Sprint with the EVO I am just amazed. Been two 3 different 4G cities in 3 states and have been impressed everywhere. Anyone else?
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man i wish i were in a 4g area. sadly, i only have 3g here in northwest indiana but chicago has 4g so i am hoping that 4g will be here within the end of the year.
how does 3g compare to 4g for you?

shock2sys said:
man i wish i were in a 4g area. sadly, i only have 3g here in northwest indiana but chicago has 4g so i am hoping that 4g will be here within the end of the year.
how does 3g compare to 4g for you?
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It's a LOT faster.

cypherx82 said:
It's a LOT faster.
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There's the understatement of the year.

I travel to boston and nyc alot for work and I LOVE 4g...hate coming back to western ma where there isn't any yet haha
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I travel between NY and Philadelphia for work on weekly bases and basically have nonstop 4G coverage.

the entire east coast of FL is blanketed with 4g and working there way west
unfortunately my house is in the grey area

its honestly the biggest cell phone revolution since 3G lol... its really incredible.

I had 4G for about 10 minutes yesterday morning, then they turned it off. I was pissed. Guess they were testing. I hope that means they're going to light it up soon.
I was only pulling about 4.5-6.5 Mb/s.
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GutterIsATool said:
I had 4G for about 10 minutes yesterday morning, then they turned it off. I was pissed. Guess they were testing. I hope that means they're going to light it up soon.
I was only pulling about 4.5-6.5 Mb/s.
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It will be that way for 4 weeks or so, thats what they did here. They will up the speeds also after they load test etc. After that period of time they just leave it on

inzandity said:
I travel to boston and nyc alot for work and I LOVE 4g...hate coming back to western ma where there isn't any yet haha
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Lol I live in the heart of Boston downtown to be precise and there's 4g everywhere here. Am very impress but I feel like when ever my phone drops 4g for whatever reason 3g seems so slow now. But some time I have to force the phone to 3g just conserve battery that's a damn shame Verizon because 4g is amazing. But Verizon still have to optimize the yell out of it beside the battery drain some time it hangs before starting to download data or load a page, got embarrass trying to show off to a friend. But no problem with 4g here wow you guys without 4g are definitely missing out but at least you got the unlimited 4g plan before it they change it.
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shock2sys said:
man i wish i were in a 4g area. sadly, i only have 3g here in northwest indiana but chicago has 4g so i am hoping that 4g will be here within the end of the year.
how does 3g compare to 4g for you?
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Same situation here.... :/
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I am right in the city of chicago but outside downtown. I had sprint and the evo and their 4g was seriously terrible. Could only get a poor connection when the phone was balanced on the window ledge with the window open. The 4g would not go through the newer vinyl windows. I also could never get a signal inside most other buildings. I could literally only get it reliably when I was totally out in the open (even outside my house at ground level I could not get a connection). So, wimax on sprint's frequency sucks. I paid my $140 etf and switched to verizon where I pay $10 less per month f*** sprint.
verizon LTE 4g coverage is just amazing. Im on it right now in an interior room of my apartment nowhere near a window. I get 4g everywhere I go, I am never nervous about the connection dropping. This is how a network should function. Sprint is just awful and i will never use them again in my life. I would seriously get a land line before I got sprint wireless again. Verizon is so impressive to me.
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4G LTE in Syracuse, NY

I spoke to a rep yesterday saying that Syracuse will be online with Verizon LTE by the end of June - about ten minutes ago I had 4G LTE signal with approx 10 Mb/s DL and 5 Mb/s UL. It lasted for about 5 minutes and then went back to 3G. My guess is they are going through final base-station/radio testing before turning it on.

I've been posting for the past 3 months about 4G being on once in a while in Syracuse.
Even had it in Watertown last week for 15 minutes.
Life is good, and is getting better!

4G in watertown...never thought that place would see 4g lol
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Now only if pulaski could get LTE...doubt it. We can hope right?

brownat said:
4G in watertown...never thought that place would see 4g lol
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Yup, towers were upgraded last summer. :-D
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My parents live outside of Binghamton and I when I go to visit I go through Albany. I think they need to show some love in the Southern Tier but Syracuse is getting very close. That being said, I want to get some towers up here in Maine but that isnt likely any time soon.

yeah I've been hearing June or July since winter so I'm hopeful... and it's nice to see others on here from Syracuse!

It popped on and off a few days ago in Syracuse.
Edit. Just repeating what op said. Didn't realize syr had this many.

I'd like to see it in Rome. Haha
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I'm there today. That would be nice.
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hopefully binghamton area is next

midnight assassin said:
I'm there today. That would be nice.
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What are you doing in Rome?
BAMF Thunderbolt

still haven't seen it up, even for short periods of time...I did get to use it for a weekend while i was in Rochester and I can't wait til it hits here!

Visiting the rents.
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Nice. I live in Rome for the time being until I finish my degree and move to Rochester. Btw... 4g in Rochester is lightning fast.
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Some one mentioned 4g in Watertown..awesome...maybe i'll see it here in Potsdam next year,but i'm not gonna hold my breath!

I went to school in potsdam..surprised that place even had 3g
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I wouldn't be surprise if they had it at the border in Massena, they have it at the border in Alex Bay, too.
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I work near Downtown Syracuse and my 4G icon appeared again this morning, this time for a bit longer than it did earlier in the month. My business rep. did tell me LTE will be here by the end of summer (this was back in like February)... whenever I see "4G" pop up on my phone, I email her as she has a TBolt. She doesn't confirm anything, but does say that if I am getting LTE connectivity, that is a good sign that they are testing and the activation is coming soon!

I wonder how far out of Syracuse it will reach. I have family in Pennellville and Central Square.

4G LTE now in Cleveland Ohio .. Wahoooo

Was just outside with my brother enjoying the night air .. when all of a sudden I noticed the LTE symbol show up on my phone .. Cleveland, Ohio .. now has LTE
EDIT: On a side note, BEFORE ANYONE ASKS "What is that Widget?" .. answer is here http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=26301627&postcount=4

Congrats!! I was equally excited when it got turned on here! On a side note, even though there is a thread about it, someone will ask where that widget is from! I lol
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scoot05redss said:
Congrats!! I was equally excited when it got turned on here! On a side note, even though there is a thread about it, someone will ask where that widget is from! I lol
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Good point .. and that was my thread originally LOL .. Edited original posting with link in case

Oh I am so mad and jealous. Was just in Ohio this weekend. Hope I can get some LTE here in the mid south soon
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mattcooksey1 said:
Oh I am so mad and jealous right now. I was just there visiting Kings Island this weekend and was hoping to get a taste of LTE since its unavailable here! Missed it by *that much*
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Well .. you missed it by also about 220 miles !!! Kings Island is Northeast of Cincinnati in Mason, Ohio .. I'm in Cleveland .. LOL

Ha! I misread the title. My bad. Well Cincinnati didn't have LTE either and I was still depressed. Lol
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Awesome... Keeping my fingers crossed for Columbus!

LordGeek said:
Well .. you missed it by also about 220 miles !!! Kings Island is Northeast of Cincinnati in Mason, Ohio .. I'm in Cleveland .. LOL
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Do you happen to know anyone from the Tisher last name? Saw you were from N. Olmstead on the weather app.

Congrats..
And uh, AT&T, anytime you want to grace that state sandwiched between NY and MA with LTE, ummm.. we'd be VERY appreciative. Just a suggestion..

Thanks for the widget link. I'm in love with it.
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AT&T just Officially announced LTE for Cleveland
http://www.att.com/gen/press-room?p...ess+RSS+Feeds)&utm_content=Google+Feedfetcher

dvandam said:
Congrats..
And uh, AT&T, anytime you want to grace that state sandwiched between NY and MA with LTE, ummm.. we'd be VERY appreciative. Just a suggestion..
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Sooooo Vermont or Connecticut??
Not to rub it in, but crazy fast LTE speeds in the boston metro area. 20-30mbps down average, high score of around 57mbps.
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Columbus generally turn up shortly after the Cleveland market. I live in the Mentor area, 20 minutes east of Cleveland and it is on here as well. I was speed test on my Vivid, Lumia and Skyrocket and was averaging around 20-30Mbps and maxing at 50 on the Skyrocket.

On a side note, has anyone experienced terrible battery life with that widget?
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Liquidmetal6 said:
On a side note, has anyone experienced terrible battery life with that widget?
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Not at all .. I'm running the latest SkyICS from Sean (as seen in my signature) .. using the Nova Launcher Prime and the widget .. Regular usage for daily business, I'm getting anywhere from 16 to 28 hours (28 on a light day).
Overall .. excellent.

Wickidmasshole said:
Sooooo Vermont or Connecticut??
Not to rub it in, but crazy fast LTE speeds in the boston metro area. 20-30mbps down average, high score of around 57mbps.
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CT. If Vermont (or New Hampshire) gets it first we riot (maybe.)
I got to experience LTE speeds when I was in NY and ATL recently and I averaged over 30mbps. I'm sure this is to do with the networks not being taxed so much. I can't wait for the new iPhone to be released which will slow down those LTE speeds due to excessive bandwidth use, much like they did to their 3G network. Knowing my luck we will get the iPhone 5 before we get LTE here.

dvandam said:
CT. If Vermont (or New Hampshire) gets it first we riot (maybe.)
I got to experience LTE speeds when I was in NY and ATL recently and I averaged over 30mbps. I'm sure this is to do with the networks not being taxed so much. I can't wait for the new iPhone to be released which will slow down those LTE speeds due to excessive bandwidth use, much like they did to their 3G network. Knowing my luck we will get the iPhone 5 before we get LTE here.
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Oh how i hate the iPhone..... I highly doubt Vermont would get it before you.. NH maybe... But i would think you CT guys would be high priority for some LTE love with all the casinos and what not
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Yeah I got 3MB/s when I was there yesterday. AWESOME

LordGeek said:
Not at all .. I'm running the latest SkyICS from Sean (as seen in my signature) .. using the Nova Launcher Prime and the widget .. Regular usage for daily business, I'm getting anywhere from 16 to 28 hours (28 on a light day).
Overall .. excellent.
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Strange, when I used that widget with the weather I had some crazy battery drain because it wanted to poll every minute, which was the latest option.
(also running skyics)
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Youre now just getting it? I'm in Akron/Canton/Stow area and we've had it for 2 months now.. Strange.
It kind of makes sense as to why yesterday, in the basement of Great Lakes Brewery (Holy Moses is my new favorite beer, btw and they have GREAT food), i was getting 28/19. I then went to the RHCP concert. It was a great day. Ohh yeah, i had a connoli from the west side market too. It was awesome. and free icecream. It was wonderful. haha
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4G LTE

So how long did your area (City/Town) take to fully turn on your 4G? Reason I'm asking is because today all day I had 4G which I was shocked to see because I'm not in a 4G area. Obviously this means that they are testing it I would assume?
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I had never noticed them testing in my area (Duluth, mn) until the day they said it was scheduled to be turned on.
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Yeah I didn't think they did but this is the second time in the last month that it's been switched on for a bit and then just randomly goes away. Speeds were amazing today though when It was on :thumbup:
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Mine in Pocatello Idaho turned on last Friday. As far as I know there weren't any tests.

smashedpumpkins said:
Mine in Pocatello Idaho turned on last Friday. As far as I know there weren't any tests.
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Pocatello idaho lol
iSheep... iSheep... Meowww that's Apple

I didn't have a 4G phone when they were turning it on. Blaine, Mn

In my town it has taken over a year yo get good 4g service from Verizon. A yr ago I had to put my phone in the Window to get one bar of 4g ad now today I get full service anywhere in my place. The best download speed I have gotten was 19mbps.. But that was at night and the network wasn't loaded down
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ModdedS3 said:
In my town it has taken over a year yo get good 4g service from Verizon. A yr ago I had to put my phone in the Window to get one bar of 4g ad now today I get full service anywhere in my place. The best download speed I have gotten was 19mbps.. But that was at night and the network wasn't loaded down
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I get anywhere from 40 - 50 mbps down

I'm over in Oregon and there is still no 4G i my area. From what I heard is that Verizon contracted a company to lay the cables and then they sub contracted it to Century Link. Well CL dropped the ball and now we have to wait even longer for 4G.

4G was on when I moved here. Awesome signal everywhere!! That's what I love about living near D.C.
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I hate to say it, but the iPhone helped with this issue. A lot of new towers were brought online for their 4G launch.
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guthrien said:
I hate to say it, but the iPhone helped with this issue. A lot of new towers were brought online for their 4G launch.
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This is true. I wish Apple would have implemented NFC in the iPhone 5. You know if they would have, it would soon be supported all over!! As much as we all don't like to believe it, Apple/iPhone influences a lot of technology in other fields.
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Haha. Can't answer these. Had full time 4G in Houston since Tbolt was released. Have to drive 50 miles to find 3G.

Well seems like my city is lit up I've held 4G all day and I love it! I'm in cali in the high desert so its super exciting to finally have it. Honestly don't even wanna turn wifi on :beer:
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bc760 said:
Well seems like my city is lit up I've held 4G all day and I love it! I'm in cali in the high desert so its super exciting to finally have it. Honestly don't even wanna turn wifi on :beer:
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Hear that. Have unlimited data. No reason to ever use wifi as long as 4G is hot. :laugh:

Verizon Expanding on October 18

http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2410771,00.asp
Anyone here affected by this.One of the Towers is 100 feet from me literally. Can't wait
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I am near Tampa I've had it for a long time...you will Love it!!
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well i am hoping this will effect me as i live in vandalia il which is between highland and effingham and were the last one without 4g so im hoping the effingham expansion means through interstate 70.
Seems like every where out here is getting 4g around us in like the last month ive seen 4-5 towns get covered in 4g. (i drive around for work)

Jacksonville, FL
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No where close in MASS. Whatever, I have 4G anyway.

I live roughly 60 miles north of Syracuse, who appears to be getting 4G tomorrow. Anyone know if I'll be able to benefit, up here in Watertown?
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Nit3mare said:
I live roughly 60 miles north of Syracuse, who appears to be getting 4G tomorrow. Anyone know if I'll be able to benefit, up here in Watertown?
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I think they are expanding in Syracuse, not rolling it out. I am pretty sure they already have 4G. I am about 70 miles south of Syracuse and I am not expecting anything different by us. I am pretty sure that 4G has much shorter range so changes further away don't really impact surrounding areas.

xceebeex said:
I think they are expanding in Syracuse, not rolling it out. I am pretty sure they already have 4G. I am about 70 miles south of Syracuse and I am not expecting anything different by us. I am pretty sure that 4G has much shorter range so changes further away don't really impact surrounding areas.
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I was always under the impression that the nearest tower was in Utica, which was why we got 4G service in Syracuse. I could be totally wrong, though.
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Weird that they have that map there but it doesn't actually show all the current 4G. There is a lot more than they're showing on there.
And of course it is just a screen shot... of an interactive map.

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I was always under the impression that the nearest tower was in Utica, which was why we got 4G service in Syracuse. I could be totally wrong, though.
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Well according to the article in the OP, Syracuse is listed under the category of "expand the existing 4G LTE"...take that for what it is worth I guess.

I don't see what the fuss is about unless your on a grandfathered unlimited plan since with the new shared plans, Verizon lets you surf the web and check your email, anything else will drain your mbs for each month. Its totally bassakwards, they put up more towers rolling out 4GLTE, but with their new limitations, 4G speed is kind of irrelivent if you hardly get the chance to use it IMO.
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Regardless of how fast you use your GB limit (if you have one), I think most people would prefer faster speeds.

4g in vandalia today woot! I have unlimited data so it's sweet I have uverse Internet so I don't tether but 4g speeds are sweet.

Hour and a half away for me, that is if it is up at 12am. Can't wait.
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man 4g sux indoors though... Always drops to 3g in stores and pretty low signal at home that goes back and fourth between 3g and 4g.
Good signal full bars outside and it drops to 3g when u walk into stores noticed this in multiple towns.
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ExcludedDroid said:
Regardless of how fast you use your GB limit (if you have one), I think most people would prefer faster speeds.
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I have a year left on my unlimited contract with verizon if they ever switch me to a limited data plan ill leave. do they care maybe not but i am not gonna watch a youtube video then run to see where my data limit is on a damn widget for $29.99 a month data. its insane to me that people are willing to do this.
i dont use alot of data maybe 4gb a month my moms line uses about 2gb were both unlimited but its the idea that we would have to worry about how much data were using when i pay more for my phones internet then i do on my homes internet i shouldn't have to think about it. its my account with 3 lines i pay for my moms line fyi.
sorry i went off topic ;P

My city is on the list. I woke up to my phone showing 4g for the first time ever. Weird.

Fir business, I use at least 50gb a month.
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*would use
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