T-mobile LTE-U disappointment. What's your speed?

[corvette72778]

I thought when I got my T-Mobile S8 I would have ultra fast gigabit internet. Not.

https://newsroom.t-mobile.com/news-...rder-amazingness-and-ludicrous-lte-speeds.htm

My speed is fine but I don't get the new internet speeds. Pretty deceptive advertising if you ask me. I'm in North Jersey.
Post your T-Mobile 4G LTE speeds and location.

 

[Aquila]

Re: LTE-U disappointment. What's your speed?

Does your area have the 5 ghz spectrum being utilized and/or multiple aggregation?

 

[corvette72778]

Re: LTE-U disappointment. What's your speed?

North Jersey

 

[corvette72778]

Does your area have the 5 ghz spectrum being utilized and/or multiple aggregation?

I wouldn't know. Im guessing my area doesn't have it on yet based on my 14 mbs speed.

 

[Almeuit]

I thought when I got my T-Mobile S8 I would have ultra fast gigabit internet. Not.

https://newsroom.t-mobile.com/news-...rder-amazingness-and-ludicrous-lte-speeds.htm

My speed is fine but I don't get the new internet speeds. Pretty deceptive advertising if you ask me. I'm in North Jersey.
Post your T-Mobile 4G LTE speeds and location.

I don't see it as deceptive. Anything a carrier claims is very area dependent. Just because they say their network can do something doesn't guarantee you're going to see it where you are.

 

[corvette72778]

I don't see it as deceptive. Anything a carrier claims is very area dependent. Just because they say their network can do something doesn't guarantee you're going to see it where you are.

No area has it.

 

[Almeuit]

No area has it.

Exactly -- so where is the deception?

 

[corvette72778]

Exactly -- so where is the deception?

They give you the perception that you will have LTE-U when you get the S8. Fact is there is no LTE-U.

 

[Almeuit]

They give you the perception that you will have LTE-U when you get the S8. Fact is there is no LTE-U.

I don't see that. From reading the article it talks about LTE-U with a direct link to the article that talks about it coming in Spring 2017. The article simply mentions it has the capabilities.

So .. I see it all laid out.

 

[icwhatudidthere]

Latest thing I could find was they're still in testing:

T-Mobile launching some LTE-U now, LAA on the horizon | FierceWireless

That said, gigabit LTE doesn't mean you will get gigabit speeds yourself, unless you're the only device on the tower.

 

[digitalbreak]

This is what I get in my area with my T-Mobile S8

 

[corvette72778]

This is what I get in my area with my T-Mobile S8

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That's Pretty fast. Do you think that's LTE-U?
What speed did you get before your S8?
You cropped the 4G LTE off in notification bar.

 

[digitalbreak]

I don't know if it's LTE-U and this is the first time I am checking the speed after seeing your post. Here is the uncropped version as well.

And here is my speed test in my iPhone 7 Plus. Seem like they are same as my S8:

 

[103Softail]

Just for comparison, this is on S7 Edge in Adelaide, South Australia.

 

[103Softail]

Just out of interest, this is on my S7 Edge, 4G, in Adelaide, South Australia.

 

[krabkakes95]

This is sprint on 4g LTE near Seattle.

 

[sfla99]

This is in a low signal area as can be seen with this image but TMobile speeds look good.

 

[jamezr]

This is pretty normal for me...

 

[theelite1x87]

They've also mentioned that gigabit LTE speed is basically theoretical. You will not see 1Gbps speeds outside of a lab. Period.

 

[digitalbreak]

This is farther away but in a much open area. Getting awesome LTE T-Mobile speed here than my home: