4G sighting in Grand Rapids, MI!

**ChevyStorm88** · 05-03-2011, 09:49 AM

While working near the intersection of Kalamazoo and Burton yesterday, I noticed I was running 4G LTE! We were traveling as I noticed and once I arrived back in the downtown area I was back to 3G, BUT I was able to test one website successfully (Android Central of coarse). I'm sure it was just a tower test I happened to notice, and my Verizon rep agrees. Either way; exciting news!!!

**mclarryjr** · 05-03-2011, 10:23 AM

Good news now they just need to start heading to the north/east to the tri city area which is suppose to have 4G by the end of this year.

**adaorange** · 05-03-2011, 11:47 AM

Haven't noticed anything yet but I am on the east side of gr . I will keep an eye out though.

**ChevyStorm88** · 05-05-2011, 08:50 AM

My VZ rep is saying we should be live in June, so lets keep our fingers crossed...

Mclarry,
What the heck is going on with the Wings!?

**everclear0411** · 05-05-2011, 06:44 PM

I haven't noticed anything at Eastern and 44th, but it's good to see that this side of town is going to be covered soon!

**djousma** · 05-31-2011, 08:34 AM

I'm at the area of Burton, and East Paris, SE, and currently have 4G coverage! woohoo. Fast!

**rice_ike** · 05-31-2011, 08:35 AM

hi android central this is just a posting test

**Nitros7** · 05-31-2011, 08:43 AM

No way why did I have to go to work today!!

**adaorange** · 05-31-2011, 08:56 AM

ooh, i will be driving in that area (burton/east paris) today, I'll check for it.

uhm! uhm! I just turned my wifi off and we are getting 4G in Cascade! yay!

**ChevyStorm88** · 05-31-2011, 09:13 AM

Just jumped to 4G Downtown GR!

**Nitros7** · 05-31-2011, 11:05 AM

This is depressing... by the time I get back to GR I bet it will be off again...

**uflac1105** · 05-31-2011, 11:43 AM

Very Nice. I live by Rockford. I will test when I get home form the north country tonight. My VZW rep said that all of West Mich should have 4g lte very soon!

**Nitros7** · 05-31-2011, 01:04 PM

Originally Posted by uflac1105

Very Nice. I live by Rockford. I will test when I get home form the north country tonight. My VZW rep said that all of West Mich should have 4g lte very soon!

Go live date is the 16th of next month if I remember correctly.

**djousma** · 05-31-2011, 02:43 PM

Still active. Has been so all day.

**xxtsxx** · 05-31-2011, 03:46 PM

any chance they will bring it to Brighton? lol i wish but i doubt it

**djousma** · 06-01-2011, 05:28 AM

Just announced this morning on local TV WoodTV8 that LTE is on for good in metro GR. They quoted VZW as saying the engineers completed the rollout early, and turned it on.

"But a company spokesperson said the network is now active in the Grand Rapids area, which reportedly will cover Cascade Township, East Grand Rapids, Grandville, Kentwood and Wyoming"

"The other Michigan communities expected to get Verizon's LTE network on June 16 are:
• Flint, Flushing and Grand Blanc.
• Lansing, Dewitt, Dimondale, East Lansing, Haslett, Holt, Laingsburg, Okemos and Waverly.
• Ann Arbor, Brighton, Plymouth, Walled Lake and Ypsilanti."

**ChriZ#AC** · 06-01-2011, 09:36 AM

I'm in Caledonia and the 4G speed is incredible. The test I ran last night showed 14.6Mb down.

**Nitros7** · 06-01-2011, 11:25 AM

Originally Posted by ChriZ

I'm in Caledonia and the 4G speed is incredible. The test I ran last night showed 14.6Mb down.

Really?!?! I live in Wyoming and I have not hit 4G at all yet.

**xxtsxx** · 06-01-2011, 02:10 PM

Originally Posted by djousma

Just announced this morning on local TV WoodTV8 that LTE is on for good in metro GR. They quoted VZW as saying the engineers completed the rollout early, and turned it on.

"But a company spokesperson said the network is now active in the Grand Rapids area, which reportedly will cover Cascade Township, East Grand Rapids, Grandville, Kentwood and Wyoming"

"The other Michigan communities expected to get Verizon's LTE network on June 16 are:
• Flint, Flushing and Grand Blanc.
• Lansing, Dewitt, Dimondale, East Lansing, Haslett, Holt, Laingsburg, Okemos and Waverly.
• Ann Arbor, Brighton, Plymouth, Walled Lake and Ypsilanti."

Your my hero!
you literally made my day thanks

**loonie01** · 06-01-2011, 05:55 PM

I work and live in Detroit and the 4G speeds are fast as hell. I can get anywhere from 8 Mps to 20 Mps. No lie. the 8 is usually downtown Detroit.

**ChriZ#AC** · 06-02-2011, 08:29 PM

UPDATE:

So this 4GLTE network seems to be doing the same thing as all the rest of the coverage areas around the country. Signal keeps going to 1X. I noticed that I'll have 4G, then make a phone call, then straight to 1X. It's been in and out the last couple days.

**everclear0411** · 06-02-2011, 11:29 PM

Same here. In and out of 4G pretty consistently the last 3 days. The 4G/3G handshake (or whatever) seems to be working much better with the new update (despite the occasional reboot, which oddly has only occurred in the last few days too. ). I've only seen 1x a couple of times, the same thing that happened when I was in Detroit during the national 4G outage.

Small price to pay as an early adopter.