Verizon admits it can't handle LTE demand in major cities

[dpham00]

I thought I'd share my experience. I was near a Verizon Wireless store and could see the tower in Fargo.

I went inside to discuss my results and they told me that they are tired of it to because they have trouble activating new phones.

My town is 130,000 or so people and this has been going on for about 6 months or so.

Before, I had wonderful service and when you go to the next town over it's great again. I get 10mg or better.

Go Fargo North Dakota!

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Something is wrong there. Call Verizon customer service to discuss.

You can also try to use "Android signal status" app from the play store. It should give you the signal strength. This was taken near a lte tower. The tower you are at might have been a voice tower only

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[bontjes]

Something is wrong there. Call Verizon customer service to discuss.

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I did and they agree. They told me that my region is the fifth busiest in the nation. They said that they are putting a temporary truck with a tower until they can build a new tower.

They mentioned that it is coming by the end of the year.

If not I'm going to become a thorn in their side. I'll pay regular visits to the store. I don't want a credit or anything besides service that I pay for.

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[dpham00]

I did and they agree. They told me that my region is the fifth busiest in the nation. They said that they are putting a temporary truck with a tower until they can build a new tower.

They mentioned that it is coming by the end of the year.

If not I'm going to become a thorn in their side. I'll pay regular visits to the store. I don't want a credit or anything besides service that I pay for.

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I didn't realize Fargo war that crowded. Yeah, it could be overloaded tower. Hopefully they will fix it. Otherwise I might suggest that you force the phone into 3g mode. You may get faster speeds

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[bontjes]

I didn't realize Fargo war that crowded. Yeah, it could be overloaded tower. Hopefully they will fix it. Otherwise I might suggest that you force the phone into 3g mode. You may get faster speeds

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Yeah I have to just stay on wifi all the time. What I'm really tired of for now is how it kills my battery. Even my GPS struggles. It spends 10 minutes searching when I'm in this region. I can only conclude that it's the local network.

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[jasoraso]

Fargo and North Dakota in general have had the highest growth in their economy in the country for the last 3 or so years.

I think the Verizon issue in Fargo is a result.

I didn't realize Fargo war that crowded. Yeah, it could be overloaded tower. Hopefully they will fix it. Otherwise I might suggest that you force the phone into 3g mode. You may get faster speeds

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[Almeuit]

http://news.cnet.com/8301-1035_3-57614938-94/verizon-ceo-our-ny-wireless-problems-are-nearly-fixed/

They fixed it now.. According to the CEO.

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[dpham00]

http://news.cnet.com/8301-1035_3-57614938-94/verizon-ceo-our-ny-wireless-problems-are-nearly-fixed/

They fixed it now.. According to the CEO.

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Fixed is relative i guess. Though it is running much better than before at my work in LA

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[Almeuit]

Ouch .

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[dpham00]

Ouch .

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At my work, speeds are bad. But other carriers have congestion issues too, plus other carriers have connectivity issues, despite being in a very densely populated area

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[bontjes]

http://news.cnet.com/8301-1035_3-57614938-94/verizon-ceo-our-ny-wireless-problems-are-nearly-fixed/

They fixed it now.. According to the CEO.

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No fix here. I just got a new phone and watched them have issue's getting new phones to activate because of the crappy speeds.

This image was December 9 only blocks away from the corporate store.

I'm getting sick of it. They did say though that they are working on it.

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[Central n ohios best]

No fix here. I just got a new phone and watched them have issue's getting new phones to activate because of the crappy speeds.

http://img.tapatalk.com/d/13/12/10/ve2equha.jpg

This image was December 9 only blocks away from the corporate store.

I'm getting sick of it. They did say though that they are working on it.

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I never had LTE speeds that low even when I was on vzw those are bad bro. My lowest LTE speeds was 15 mb.

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[Almeuit]

Man Bontjes that is extremely painful. That was pretty much as bad as my 3g speeds when I was on Sprint .

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[binaryhermit]

My lowest LTE speeds was 15 mb.

I've seen as low as about 6 mbps. Not that 6 mbps isn't fast enough.

 

[ultravisitor]

Chicago. Moto X.

 

[dpham00]

Got the update for my note 3 which enabled advanced wireless services and speeds increased a lot at work, even faster speeds than my Thunderbolt and back then it was the only 4GLTE smartphone on Verizon.

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[anon(394005)]

The last couple months I've been seeing some slower than normal speeds (in the single digits) around central Alabama (Birmingham). But in the last week they're back up, now averaging around 20 down 15 up, often higher. Yesterday saw some peak speeds back up to around 50 down. Overall it's noticeable in using the phone itself or as a hotspot (via Foxfi).

 

[bontjes]

You all have it so nice!

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[dpham00]

You all have it so nice!

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Where you are doesn't have band 4 activated?

The note 3 with the latest update is band 4 capable and I saw substantial increase in speed at my work were speeds were slow, though no where near as bad as your situation

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[ihtc]

Here in NYC area, im in long island city right now outside of midtown, speeds are horrid. Over the last year they have been just terrible. AT&T and Verizon have done a role reversal here. 3 years ago you could barley load a web page on ATT now its like that often with verizon. I have an Iphone 5S and a Moto X on verizon so both support AWS. The AWS Coverage is spotty as i used an S4 to attach myself to some of the AWS towers and got decent speeds in the 25-30 range. Point is I just want my phone to work like it should and I'm tired of hearing upgrades are coming and my service being so random (some days i get 5-6mb/s which is good enough for web browsing etc), Other days I get useless speeds and it is hurting my daily work flow. Issue is I have 4 lines under contract and not ready to spend $1000 on early term fees to switch and lose my unlimited data just yet... but I am getting close.

 

[bontjes]

Here in NYC area, im in long island city right now outside of midtown, speeds are horrid. Over the last year they have been just terrible. AT&T and Verizon have done a role reversal here. 3 years ago you could barley load a web page on ATT now its like that often with verizon. I have an Iphone 5S and a Moto X on verizon so both support AWS. The AWS Coverage is spotty as i used an S4 to attach myself to some of the AWS towers and got decent speeds in the 25-30 range. Point is I just want my phone to work like it should and I'm tired of hearing upgrades are coming and my service being so random (some days i get 5-6mb/s which is good enough for web browsing etc), Other days I get useless speeds and it is hurting my daily work flow. Issue is I have 4 lines under contract and not ready to spend $1000 on early term fees to switch and lose my unlimited data just yet... but I am getting close. View attachment 96734

That's what I'm getting in Fargo ND! Have been for months now.

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