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Average 3g speeds?

So... ive been pushing like 700 kbps down and 400 up. What about you? Sprint PRL only please. Thanks.
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lilman355 said:
So... ive been pushing like 700 kbps down and 400 up. What about you? Sprint PRL only please. Thanks.
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PC mag tested 21 cities, you're a bit above the average they got.
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For me it depends on where I am at. They recently repaired the tower closest to my work so I have been averaging around 2 Mbs up at work. At home I average around 150 Kbs up, almost unusable.

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PC mag tested 21 cities, you're a bit above the average they got.
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So where the hell did they get 2.2 mbs? That's insane haha. Thanks man! Appreciate it! Is it up to date?
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lilman355 said:
So where the hell did they get 2.2 mbs? That's insane haha. Thanks man! Appreciate it! Is it up to date?
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The most recent I've seen - either may or June this year.
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I'm lucky to get 500kbps down and 100kbps up on Sprint, most times its 2-3 know, that's why I run a Verizon prl. I don't know how they get away with calling those speeds 3g when any other provider in town gets at least 1mb down.
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IT ALL DEPENDS ON TOWER TOWER TOWER! It is limited BY THAT ONE TOWER! it has nothing to do with city *unless the city like has NO fiber or something* If there is good fiber in the city, and depending on the area/tower you're on. you can get 2+M down and 1M up.. I get this on a normal basis. because my city has fiber. lol! But They REALLY need a better 4G network here. on an average, I get 6-8M down and 1.5up on 4G. BUT GUESS WHAT! EVEN ON 4G, I HAVE SEEN IT GET LESS THAN 3G SPEEDS LIKE CHICAGO! All depends on area, amount of people, and technology in that area.
NOW I WISH I WOULD STOP SEEING THREADS LIKE THIS! omg! lmao. I find it funny that people are like, "omg i'm getting 400kbs" lol. are you even connected to a sprint tower? that's a SPRINT OWNED tower!
OH YEAH, FORGOT TO ADD. WHEN LOOKING AT RATE OF DOWNLOAD.. YOU MUST ALSO LOOK AT YOUR PING! TIME IT TAKES FOR YOUR PHONE TO TALK TO THE SERVER. PING HAS A DIRECT RATIO with how many bars you have and rate of the connection at that exact tower.

My town must have no fiber at all then because it doesn't matter what sprint tower I connect to within a 30 mile radius I get the speeds I posted earlier, early morning mid day middle of the night all the same. My ping times are fairly low usually below 500ms. So maybe you should help sprint out around here, because in the same locations I can use a Verizon prl and have a lower signal and higher ping and still pull 1-3mbs. I'm doubtful its towers I think its sub par equipment running the towers.
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500 ms ISN'T LOW! wow! 50 is low. 500 isn't. goto a sprint store near you and check another android phone to make sure it isn't your phone or something. Then again, if you're not near a city. what you got is likely what you're going to get.

Well I'm in a city, and actually this EVO does better than the 4 epics I went thru. I was lucky with them to get 1000ms ping. Now I can say the areas I been in that have 4G are ok, but officially we aren't suppose to have it here yet. No place in Oklahoma does for that matter. Sprint is either having trouble with the majority of their towers here or something. Just about every other provider here like tmobile, ATT, cricket, and us cellular all have faster data, I'm not trying to say sprint is bad or throw them under a bus just stating how my experience has been. With going thru 4 epics all of which had the same slow data speeds, when they could actually get data, and now an EVO I don't see how I could get all of them to have the same slow speeds in various areas of town. Just my experiences.
Edit: just ran some speed tests and ping of the 4 I ran was 110-140ms, down average was around 600kbps upload was average 200kbps. That's all with a full (pegged) signal from a sprint tower.
who cares what this says anyways

Sprint just got done boosting towers in oklahoma. I stated the plan for sprints tower plan in another thread ( 3g issues) . Goodbye iden and now instead of many small cellsites . They are moving towers into one cell site and a frequency from 800 mhz to 2.5 ghz in one cell site

But i average 1.2 - 2.0 mbps in hotsprings arkansas

Miami.
1114 kbps download
660 kbps upload
349 ms ping
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fastest data I have ever received
check my video out it speaks for its self. 9000kbps. i would love to see faster by any one. with video proof

954 said:
check my video out it speaks for its self. 9000kbps. i would love to see faster by any one. with video proof
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Sorry I forgot the video ..
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JTRZoHVMaQE

954 said:
Sorry I forgot the video ..
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JTRZoHVMaQE
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100% BS. 100%. EVDO can't go that fast. it's technically impossible. most likely its a issue with the speed test and nothing with what you did.

detusueno said:
100% BS. 100%. EVDO can't go that fast. it's technically impossible. most likely its a issue with the speed test and nothing with what you did.
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Thanks for the lack of input. Figure out some way to contributede to the question why. That is the true speed. Anyone who is knowledgeable feel free to give input. If the speed test is broke detusueno is highly intelligent.
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Well here in Southfield ,Mi I've hit decent 3g speeds. About 1.2mbs
Though when connected to one bar of Wimax I've clocked 5.4mbs, just wish they'd expand to in-building coverage here.
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I got 1100 today I can live with that. My new ROM kicks asprin
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I live in Vegas and inside the house on my recent test i got 114ms DL 475 UL 304 ON 3G, and 119ms DL 1851 UL 1150 ON 4G. Outside i get way better speeds tho.

[Q] Best ROM/Kernel/Modem Combinations?

There has been discussion, but has anyone found the magic formula? I know many people say the modem is completely independent of the ROM. But others have made the argument that data speeds are married to both.
So, what is your ROM/Kernel/Modem combination and data speeds as well as your location?
I'm in North San Diego County on AOKP B34 ROM, FD24 KERNEL, and FD19 modem. This is not a very good marriage. But Sprint 3G speeds in San Diego suck, have sucked, and probably will suck for the immediate future. Best DL speeds have been 800 kb/s and uploads at around 200 kb/s.

Modems work different for every phone..so there is no "magic combination" sorry =(
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EK02 is the best modem for me all around. I'm running it on EL29 with decent battery life. I get around 3.5 hours of screen time by the end of the day no underclock or undervolt.
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EK02 is the best modem for me all around. I'm running it on EL29 with decent battery life. I get around 3.5 hours of screen time by the end of the day no underclock or undervolt.
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I see you're from pgh, have you tried the fc24 modem yet?

Ttrain721 said:
I see you're from pgh, have you tried the fc24 modem yet?
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Yep. I've tried all of them in monroeville and they are terrible for 3G. I'm hitting an average of 1 mbps down with 100 ping at Duquesne university. It randomly peaks at 2 mbps.
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I'm lucky if I get 300kbs down and over 100kbs up on a good day...
Nevermind did a speed test this morning hit 1232kbps down, 667kbps up...
Ping 112ms very suprising...

It sounds funny reading that 1Mbps is terrible. I haven't exceeded that kind of speed outside of Wifi since I switched to Sprint. My last test had communication failure at ping. not kidding! ROFL---FML 15 more months and I'm out.

jamesissocool said:
It sounds funny reading that 1Mbps is terrible. I haven't exceeded that kind of speed outside of Wifi since I switched to Sprint. My last test had communication failure at ping. not kidding! ROFL---FML 15 more months and I'm out.
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Wow, I average 8mbps on 4g. I love Sprint, never had a problem.

Ttrain721 said:
Wow, I average 8mbps on 4g. I love Sprint, never had a problem.
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Its probably a PA thing. Sprint has been horrible in San Diego. Every metro area has 4G except San Diego. But even AT&T 3G is 10 times faster than Sprints 3G.
I had unlimited plan and left AT&T because they throttled me. But, even when they throttled me, it was faster than Sprint.

jamesissocool said:
Its probably a PA thing. Sprint has been horrible in San Diego. Every metro area has 4G except San Diego. But even AT&T 3G is 10 times faster than Sprints 3G.
I had unlimited plan and left AT&T because they throttled me. But, even when they throttled me, it was faster than Sprint.
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The city 2 spots ahead of San Diego don't have 4g & is bigger metropolitan area .....http://www.infoplease.com/ipa/A0763098.html
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The city 2 spots ahead of San Diego don't have 4g & is bigger metropolitan area .....http://www.infoplease.com/ipa/A0763098.html
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Go figure! It makes no sense at all not to have cities with high pop densities without 4G (or well serviced 3G). Yet, Sprint finds a way to avoid the common sense virus.

T-Mobile internet speed in the bay area

I'm thinking of ditching sprint for tmo and I wanted to see how tmo speed is specifically in the bay area. If you can include city I would greatly appreciate any input. Thank you.
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Hi, I'm from New Jersey, but as of right now I'm currently on a seven day vacation in San Francisco. Sadly I've noticed more of a 4G to Edge switch more frequently whenever I use my S3 in the west coast rather than the east coast.

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Hi, I'm from New Jersey, but as of right now I'm currently on a seven day vacation in San Francisco. Sadly I've noticed more of a 4G to Edge switch more frequently whenever I use my S3 in the west coast rather than the east coast.
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Wow that's not good. About how fast when you do get 4g and how slow is edge?
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I've never actually speed tested, but 4g is fast enough to surf and email to your liking, while with edge your loading a page, sitting down able to look around a bit and then its finish loading. So yes, I dread whenever I get edge. However, I have no idea how fast Sprint speeds are.

San Francisco has one of the worst reception areas for almost all carriers. Data connection always drops too in my past experience and I use to frequent SF a lot. AT&T was by far the worst in the bay area. back with G2, I was maybe getting 5mbps around L.A. but SF was about 2mbps. upload 1mbps in both region. Tmobile have horrible upload speed but, in my experience, best download speed.
For a cellphone, I don't need upload speed much so I'm happy with the faster DL speed. too much ping to game and stuff with it.

vctkiller said:
I've never actually speed tested, but 4g is fast enough to surf and email to your liking, while with edge your loading a page, sitting down able to look around a bit and then its finish loading. So yes, I dread whenever I get edge. However, I have no idea how fast Sprint speeds are.
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Sprint 3g right now is about the same. I wait a little bit and then the page will start to slowly show bits and pieces and then its done. With wimax on my evolution 3d pages loads instantly. 3g right now is averaging .4mbps. Earlier at a friends house in south San Jose I was getting .2mbps. I was trying to download 1.2mb app and it took about a minute. So if I were to dl a larger file I'd be in trouble.
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djricekcn said:
San Francisco has one of the worst reception areas for almost all carriers. Data connection always drops too in my past experience and I use to frequent SF a lot. AT&T was by far the worst in the bay area. back with G2, I was maybe getting 5mbps around L.A. but SF was about 2mbps. upload 1mbps in both region. Tmobile have horrible upload speed but, in my experience, best download speed.
For a cellphone, I don't need upload speed much so I'm happy with the faster DL speed. too much ping to game and stuff with it.
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I'd take 2mbps over .4 anyday. Thanks for the input.
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WWell I just switched and now I'm kinda regretting it. On my way home I was testing my speed and was getting about 7-11mbps using speedtest app so I was really excited....til i got home. In my home in San Jose I can barely get a signal and I'm constantly going on Edge. I live in a 2 story home with regular drywall walls. Edge for me is way worse as I'm only getting .02 - .04 mbps and web browsing is non existent. If I open up maps, I get gps lock but the map is just grid and it stays like that for a long time. Eventually map will show up but once I zoom out I get grids again. Texting takes forever to send. Phone calls will sometimes cut in and out. Majority of the time I get 1 bar and sometimes zero. Even at 3 bars edge is awful. My bed is by the window so I guess the area were I live just sucks. I may just have to go back to my evo 3d which I was getting good wimax and phone signal.
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Post your speed test!

The title says it all. Post a picture of your speed test. Also if you want post modem and ROM you use.
I hope in the long run this little thread can help people when it comes to info on modems and setups people are using.
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Im running Calkulins GB v3.0 with the ff11 modem

FF18 ota rooted.
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And this is how I got out of my contract and why I'm leaving Sprint next week after 10 years. This is actually a good speed test for me.

How did you manage to get out of your contract?
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Here is mine, I believe I was on Blazers 4.1 or possibly stock EL29.

3G speeds for me suck bad. Here's mine.
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Im getting around 1mbps download all hours of the day after a little work i use to get .7mbps and lower .Im using agats 2.0 with Wicked Sensations 1.5 . Modem is ff18 with a 11119 PRL until the prl Swap my data was crap . I can't get the screen on here but heres a link http://db.tt/87PlLhCN
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Read 'em and weep.

Stock FF18 rooted FF18 modem, ridiculous speeds
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I've been using Sprint for years, their 4G service for over a year now and I've never seen speeds anywhere near what I've seen past few days... it's crazy. I'm hitting 13mb at night, 11mb during the day... I'm VERY pleased right now, it's like years of struggle and their rewarding me.
Rom is straight up Cyanogen 9.

For me, ping times double on ICS.
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ih8sense said:
I've been using Sprint for years, their 4G service for over a year now and I've never seen speeds anywhere near what I've seen past few days... it's crazy. I'm hitting 13mb at night, 11mb during the day... I'm VERY pleased right now, it's like years of struggle and their rewarding me.
Rom is straight up Cyanogen 9.
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Any chance we can a few more details like where?

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Any chance we can a few more details like where?
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From playing around past several days, it's all around the pacific northwest, Oregon, Washington, etc.
My guess is they're upgrading towers for LTE. 3G speeds are still the same though, that is to say, beyond belief terrible. But 4G has gone nuts. I might try to find a Sprint store in the area and check to see if LTE is live yet.

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From playing around past several days, it's all around the pacific northwest, Oregon, Washington, etc.
My guess is they're upgrading towers for LTE. 3G speeds are still the same though, that is to say, beyond belief terrible. But 4G has gone nuts. I might try to find a Sprint store in the area and check to see if LTE is live yet.
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So you say your wimax 4g speeds have gone up as a result of the network vision work? I thought that was for lte and 3g improvements only? Can anyone else comment on that?

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So you say your wimax 4g speeds have gone up as a result of the network vision work? I thought that was for lte and 3g improvements only? Can anyone else comment on that?
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Beats me as to whats going on... all I know is I've never seen a speedtest result beyond 7mb or so on a GOOD day, now even during busy hours I'm hitting 11, 12, 13... maybe so many Sprint subscribers have cancelled their service due to poor network speeds there's simply now an abundance of bandwidth. lol :laugh:

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Read 'em and weep.
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speeds are so bad he didn't even let the test finish.
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ih8sense said:
Beats me as to whats going on... all I know is I've never seen a speedtest result beyond 7mb or so on a GOOD day, now even during busy hours I'm hitting 11, 12, 13... maybe so many Sprint subscribers have cancelled their service due to poor network speeds there's simply now an abundance of bandwidth. lol :laugh:
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Notice the same here in Orlando, 4g speeds have never been higher. Could it be people switching to LTE devices and getting off of wimax?
Edit: unnamed rom, ff18 modem
Swyped from my Samsung Epic™ 4G Touch.

Caulk ROM 3.0, modem ek02 also in the Miami area only Wimax I don't use 3g lol
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So according to sprint the average lte speed isn't going to be much better than wimax?http://www.sprint.com/landings/lte/index.html?ECID=vanity:lte

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So according to sprint the average lte speed isn't going to be much better than wimax?http://www.sprint.com/landings/lte/index.html?ECID=vanity:lte
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Have you looked at the ping differences?

Philadelphia and LTE

Hey, has anybody noticed any lte testing in philly area? Does anybody know if we're next for the turn on?

yes I get LTE in Northeast today, just a moment.

Good to know that even if for a moment, I will have LTE

This is great news! I wonder if the signal will be strong enough yo reach me across the bridge and up near Burlington city. Maybe I won't be limited to get it when I go in for food or Phillies. lol
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rofl i called an at&t rep today and asked him to give me a guesstamate of when lte will be available in jersey he says to me "Im going to be honest with you sir..... you live in jersey....... jerseys always last....." lmfao i wished i could shoot myself

Take this with a grain of salt, but I know a well ranked agent who is pretty close with a certain "Tiffany" who some of you may have heard of, and supposedly the Phila switch is going to be flipped sometime in the third week of August. Don't get your hopes too high because there are bound to be hiccups along the way, but I'm sure I'll hear more as we move into August. CANT WAIT!!!
Edit: Just in time for shared everything plans lol.. At least it's going to be optional.

How will I be able to tell if I have LTE active will it say it next to the 4G icon?
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Yes it will show LTE by the signal strength in status bar.
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Yes it will show LTE by the signal strength in status bar.
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No clue who Tiffany is, but LTE while drinking Margaritas is good enough for me if true.

Oo I'm excited then because the hspda in my area is a nice speed
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lte
I want LTE in Sacramento, Verizon has it.so ATt shouldnt be to far behind them.

They just turned it on last week in my area
South Florida

You guys that live in the areas where it is turned on, how fast is it compared to the regular 4G
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Waiting for ATT - LTE here in Salt Lake - By the years end is all we hear..
Had 45mbps downloads in Phx on LTE damn.. I need that - lol

Damn 45mbps down? Wtf
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You guys that live in the areas where it is turned on, how fast is it compared to the regular 4G
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well i was never technically on 4g down here but i went from about 6-8mbps to 20 mbps
they turned it on from miami north to west palm and I am in the most northern part so im assuming the fort lauderdale - miami area probably has the better speeds than i do here, but it is alot faster

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well i was never technically on 4g down here but i went from about 6-8mbps to 20 mbps
they turned it on from miami north to west palm and I am in the most northern part so im assuming the fort lauderdale - miami area probably has the better speeds than i do here, but it is alot faster
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I cannot wait until it gets turned on I Philadelphia
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Same here I'm in Philadelphia. Don't quite get why at&t skipped us in the first deployment.
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Metro areas that had "sufficient" 3G coverage were automatically skipped through the first and sometimes second pass of LTE implementation.
Squeakiest wheels got the grease first, is what I've heard and read.
Incidentally, don't be too upset about this, as LTE (from personal experience) has not been all that great anyway. I've been in Chi, Miami/Ft.Laud, DC and Baltimore and only in one of those markets (frigging Baltimore of all places!!) was I getting better than 11Mbps down and better than 6Mbps up (i got 17Mbps down, 10Mbps up). Both DC and Miami/Ft.Laud were marginally slower than my home WiFi which is typically around 10Mbps down and 6Mbps up, and Chicago was absolutely pathetic all three times I've been there since Feb, coming in roughly on par with Philly-area HSPA+/4G.
Incidentally, my experience has been with this phone as well as my Note i717, both top-end devices.
Plus, remember that even a strong LTE signal (let alone a weak one, god forbid....) will drain the piss out of your battery, a heck of a lot quicker than good old fashioned HSPA+.
Just my $.02.
-Ryan

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So I'm at the Norristown Transportation center and I got LTE for a quick second but couldn't take ****ing screen shot with that motion bull****
EDIT: I got it to work and it came back just in time.
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