Verizon 4G LTE Speed Test Results: POST EM' HERE!

[mariol90]

26.54746,-81.88871 (usually the LTE signal is terrible around this area, right where a tower with 1X/EVDO is)

not sure what was up a few days ago but pings were terrible (also all close to a tower with 1X/EVDO, and it may have LTE but i had no data right when i passed the tower, strangely):


26.56248,-81.94535



26.56904,-81.94345


26.55321,-81.91124


26.54802,-81.87461

I was also having a lot of data problems around 2PM, and when you're trying to use google maps to find a place (I wasn't driving), it's slightly difficult without data. 3G wasn't even working, and I still had no data for a few minutes after rebooting.

around the airport yesterday:


26.53329,-81.76719



26.54383,-81.75307

at one point around the airport, LTE actually dropped. there are antennas somewhere at the airport area and i've seen the signal in the -60s so that shouldn't have happened. the signal strength was around -110dBm at that point.

i went to orlando for christmas and used my phone internet a bit. it's all 3G until you're basically in orlando, even some parts of I4 right outside of orlando either have no LTE or it kept dropping. but there was one place we drove through (lake placid) where the 3G was terrible. same thing on my brother's droid 3.


27.32775,-81.37764
i couldn't even get a web page to load. the speed test i tried after that was even worse.


my thunderbolt was defective, so is it possible my stratosphere is also defective too? or is it just the network? besides my phone always switching between 3G and 4G and the outages, data is pretty solid at home.

edit: apparently i have the same data dropping issue at home. i don't think it happens as often though.

[AlexKidd1977]

my thunderbolt was defective, so is it possible my stratosphere is also defective too? or is it just the network? besides my phone always switching between 3G and 4G and the outages, data is pretty solid at home.

The sad state of LTE smartphones, if you ask me, is they still aren't ready for prime time. They all have serious short-comings, be it battery life, or poor radio performance or something else. I don't say that from experience since I can't be buying new phones every month, but I have followed most phone launches here on the forums and right after each one there's usually a sea of complaints about them all and then it dies down as people either settle with the fact that they'll always be plugged into a wall, or the performance isn't the greatest anywhere/everywhere they want to be and they're ultimately okay with that.

That's kinda my impression, is all. My Xoom tablet works great, always. But it also has a massive surface area for a nice roomy antenna and a 6500 mAh internal battery to back up the radio, so it doesn't likely pull any attenuation or other trickery to reduce power usage and that's my guess on why it always works so good.

If the radio chip makers can get low power models out the door and finally get the antenna design optimized then there's room for LTE to really shake things up.

--Kidd

[Extraordinary]

[fraydog]

The sad state of LTE smartphones, if you ask me, is they still aren't ready for prime time. They all have serious short-comings, be it battery life, or poor radio performance or something else. I don't say that from experience since I can't be buying new phones every month, but I have followed most phone launches here on the forums and right after each one there's usually a sea of complaints about them all and then it dies down as people either settle with the fact that they'll always be plugged into a wall, or the performance isn't the greatest anywhere/everywhere they want to be and they're ultimately okay with that.

That's kinda my impression, is all. My Xoom tablet works great, always. But it also has a massive surface area for a nice roomy antenna and a 6500 mAh internal battery to back up the radio, so it doesn't likely pull any attenuation or other trickery to reduce power usage and that's my guess on why it always works so good.

If the radio chip makers can get low power models out the door and finally get the antenna design optimized then there's room for LTE to really shake things up.

--Kidd

Don't forget VoLTE. When that is enabled that will take a lot of stress off of eHRPD.

[Extraordinary]

Also had some amazing 3G results in this area too.

3G, wireless tether to netbook:

[milan03]

Very nice!

[WiredGuy]

57/7 from nyc, lower Manhattan.

Sent from my Galaxy Nexus using Tapatalk

[CPGustafson511]

Here are my bests.

Syracuse, NY






Lansing, MI

[Trocks797]

Very nice speeds yall!

[Extraordinary]

Tests from the past week:
All on Thunderbolt's

[timvideo]

http://www.speedtest.net/result/1713652311.png

[WiredGuy]

Yesterday and today from the same location, NYC on a Galaxy Nexus.

[milan03]

Yesterday and today from the same location, NYC on a Galaxy Nexus.

That's the Verizon's one year old network in NYC for all the non believers hehe

[johnhere]

That's faster than my car on premium gas. Can't wait to get a 4g phone.

[Extraordinary]

This was on my Thunderbolt (which has slower speeds compared to other devices) around 2pm CST, peak time, busy 3 lane each way road next to huge freeway interchange, close to airport... and signal was showing 0-1 bars on 4G (not sure if that is related to 4G signal), inside building.



Test right after: