4G teases Gainesville, Fl

[soccerfon711]

As of around 11:00PM Tuesday night, 4G is up and running strong in Gainesville, Florida.

Speed test app on my thunderbolt is show a maximum of 19.85 Mbps down and 9.87 Mbps up in with 4 bars.

My thunderbolt hooked up to my computer through easy tether is showing a maximum download speed of 9Mbps. The mobile hotspot gives me about 14mbps max download speed. Both easily fast enough to watch netflix in HD.

On the fringe of 4G coverage near Santa Fe College where I work, I can get 4G with the switch app. (by putting it to LTE only mode) Otherwise it tends to want to go back to 3G. Even still, using easytether, I get 6Mbps download speed on my computer! On the very edge of coverage!

Anyway, I'm a new member. I've been following this thread for info ever since I found the site and thread looking for info when 4G blipped on in Gatortown!

I live like two blocks from campus (south of archer, off of 13th st) and 4G is a no-go for me. But thanks for telling me about switching to LTE-only mode. I'll have to do that tomorrow when I am on campus.

 

[terminalinfinity]

I live like two blocks from campus (south of archer, off of 13th st) and 4G is a no-go for me. But thanks for telling me about switching to LTE-only mode. I'll have to do that tomorrow when I am on campus.

Just a note, at least for me it takes a moment (maybe 45 seconds to a minute) for my tbolt to lock on after switching to to LTE mode.

 

[soccerfon711]

Just a note, at least for me it takes a moment (maybe 45 seconds to a minute) for my tbolt to lock on after switching to to LTE mode.

Yeah, I waited for about a minute and 1x came on; was never able to get up to 4G. Then I went on campus and got some pretty great results.

However, I noticed that 4G is very patchy in Gainesville. In Tampa, you could go 10 miles in any direction and still be locked in. In Gainesville, while walking around the UF campus I experienced 4G, 3G, and 1x switching constantly. Most of the time it was 3G, occasionally changing to 4G for a minute or so. I am definitely a bit disappointed. Since it is rather new, I hope they are able to buff up the coverage in the near future.

(And I tried to switch to LTE only mode on campus and it only stayed on 1x. I was in the library, but I thought 4G was supposed to be able to penetrate buildings better than 3G?)

 

[terminalinfinity]

Verizon Coverage Map & Wireless Services | Verizon Wireless
^Very detailed 4g coverage map. Select "4G" data and zoom into gainesville. At my house I'm constantly at 4G. Same at the mall and anywhere on Newberry Road.

 

[soccerfon711]

Verizon Coverage Map & Wireless Services | Verizon Wireless
^Very detailed 4g coverage map. Select "4G" data and zoom into gainesville. At my house I'm constantly at 4G. Same at the mall and anywhere on Newberry Road.

Yeah, my apartment is in an extended 4G area. When I walked out of my apartment this morning I got 4G right away. But the map claims that the whole campus is covered by 4G, but there were spots on campus that I could not get it. Like I said, it would pop-up from time to time, but it would not lock for more than a few minutes.

 

[Andrew Ruffolo]

Tempting. Just graduated in '10 and I love to go back up to Gainesville... I like the 4G coverage in Florida already.

 

[terminalinfinity]

A new record for speed. Thought I would share it. Got this off 13th Street towards Wal-mart

 

[mannw1977]

That is SWEET. They are turning the switch on 6/16/11 in Indianapolis IN. I hope you enjoy the G force of LTE.

 

[jrmarinojr]

GO GATORS!!!

 

[terminalinfinity]

Verizon expanded 4G service in Gainesville today. They added towers in west Gainesville, adding coverage well past I-75. No additional coverage eastward though.

 

[speedtrip]

Verizon expanded 4G service in Gainesville today. They added towers in west Gainesville, adding coverage well past I-75. No additional coverage eastward though.

I noticed that very thing .

 

[terminalinfinity]

I noticed that very thing .

They also upgraded a tower in Alachua. Pretty good coverage if you ask me, with Ocala, Alachua, and Jacksonville coverered