LTE Speeds?

**Droid800** · 11-07-2011, 12:41 AM

So for those that got a Vivid and are in an LTE market, what speeds are you seeing?

**alphanumer1c** · 11-07-2011, 01:49 AM

I was in an area between Baltimore and DC and got over 44 Mb/s using the speakeasy speed test on the browser. Dont quite remember the upload speeds though.

**CEaton** · 11-07-2011, 11:37 AM

Here are my tests from today.

1 bar lte in Rockville, MD 17mbps down, 9 up.
4 bars, same area, 39mbps down, 15 up

Of course I'm on a crappy 2gb plan, so who cares.

**fonewiz** · 11-07-2011, 01:29 PM

Here in San Antonio I am getting over 30 down and 7-10 up consistently. Worst I have seen down is like 15.

**shift_louie** · 11-07-2011, 01:58 PM

My best here in Houston is 41.60 up and 13.85 down.

**ajonesma** · 11-07-2011, 02:03 PM

these are some awesome speeds for AT&T

**devorama** · 11-07-2011, 02:18 PM

Just tested the Vivid inside the AT&T store in downtown Chicago. Speedtest never topped 2.5Mbit/sec download. The Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket next to it was similarly slow. Both averaged about 2Mbit/sec. The Atrix 2 and Focus S next to them (both HSPA+ phones) were getting about 1Mbit/sec average. So the LTE phones were faster but still rather slow.

**sep2006** · 11-07-2011, 06:19 PM

Originally Posted by Louie417

My best here in Houston is 41.60 up and 13.85 down.

I believe you mean 41.6 DOWN and 13.85 UP

**shift_louie** · 11-07-2011, 07:31 PM

Originally Posted by oct2006

I believe you mean 41.6 DOWN and 13.85 UP

Thank you for catching that.

**jimmiekain** · 11-08-2011, 01:14 AM

Today vzw announced that they will double everyone's data access for no extra charge. Hopefully AT&T will follow the leader and do the same, then these blazing fast speeds will be useful.

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**CBMC** · 11-08-2011, 01:20 AM

Those speeds are pretty impressive. Though I remember when I first got my thunderbolt I was seeing 30 MB on Verizon, now I see around 16-18 mbps.

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**bigboi0206** · 11-08-2011, 03:30 AM

The highest I've gotten so far is 50.9 mbps down and 12.3 mbps up in San Antonio! The sales rep was pissed when he saw I was on unlimited LTE.

**knighthawk321** · 11-08-2011, 10:44 AM

Originally Posted by bigboi0206

The highest I've gotten so far is 50.9 mbps down and 12.3 mbps up in San Antonio! The sales rep was pissed when he saw I was on unlimited LTE.

Poor Bunky! That's his problem for waiting so long to get on the smartphone bandwagon. Gotta love being grandfathered in with a true unlimited plan. Gotta love those bandwidth rates, too. I just hope they stay that way.

**blopez24** · 11-08-2011, 11:27 AM

Originally Posted by knighthawk321

Poor Bunky! That's his problem for waiting so long to get on the smartphone bandwagon. Gotta love being grandfathered in with a true unlimited plan. Gotta love those bandwidth rates, too. I just hope they stay that way.

i wish so too. Reality will probably mean it wont though. I think it has a good chance to stay that way if the tmobile/att acquisition goes through.

**dwaynewilliams#WN** · 11-13-2011, 04:29 PM

Speeds are going to be high until people start to big down the network. They just released their first LTE phones so there isn't a lot of traffic now.

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**fonewiz** · 11-13-2011, 10:23 PM

Originally Posted by dwaynewilliams

Speeds are going to be high until people start to big down the network. They just released their first LTE phones so there isn't a lot of traffic now.

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Well, the technology is there and it works. Overselling the crap out of it is another story all together.

Don't really care that much about 40mb data speeds on my phone anyhow. I just want it to work reasonably well when I need it. At some point, fast enough is fast enough. Your not going to get the data that fast from most servers anyhow.

Besides, what's the point really in all the carriers giving us super fast data then tell us we can only use it sparingly or we go over our limits. We are all a bunch of suckers with this whole data thing. Really, if you think about it we are taking it all the way they want, hook, line and sinker!

Nice to know I can go really fast if I want to give a lot of money to my carrier for overage fees.

In the end, it only works for me because I am on WiFi most of the time anyhow.

**knighthawk321** · 11-14-2011, 01:33 PM

Originally Posted by fonewiz

Well, the technology is there and it works. Overselling the crap out of it is another story all together.

Don't really care that much about 40mb data speeds on my phone anyhow. I just want it to work reasonably well when I need it. At some point, fast enough is fast enough. Your not going to get the data that fast from most servers anyhow.

Besides, what's the point really in all the carriers giving us super fast data then tell us we can only use it sparingly or we go over our limits. We are all a bunch of suckers with this whole data thing. Really, if you think about it we are taking it all the way they want, hook, line and sinker!

Nice to know I can go really fast if I want to give a lot of money to my carrier for overage fees.

In the end, it only works for me because I am on WiFi most of the time anyhow.

I gotta agree that folks just jumping on the smartphone bandwagon are getting boned by these tiered data plans. I'm fortunate enough to be grandfathered to my unlimited thanks to coming from a Berry. It's one more thing to chain me to ATT in order to keep it.

**fonewiz** · 11-14-2011, 01:38 PM

Originally Posted by knighthawk321

I gotta agree that folks just jumping on the smartphone bandwagon are getting boned by these tiered data plans. I'm fortunate enough to be grandfathered to my unlimited thanks to coming from a Berry. It's one more thing to chain me to ATT in order to keep it.

I have been on the bandwagon for a long time but I left ATT about a year ago for Sprint. Data network on Sprint was miserable in my area. So, unlimited data seems pointless when the network sucks. Yeah! Unlimited attempts at trying to access a freakin' website when I need info in a hurry.. Not fun. Back int he day, Sprint had the best data network in my area, not the case anymore.

Anyhow, got fed up with Sprint and took the easy out of my 4 lines of service when they made a change to their contract a while back. Moved back to AT&T but I am on tiered data now.