Ok so I thought I'd contribute a bit and start a topic regarding what people thought of AT&T's LTE network.
I got an iPhone 5 the day they came out and was getting some amazing speeds. Like 15 Mbps down and 6 Mbps up. But within a few weeks of having my phone I started noticing dramatic drops. I live on Los Angeles and in the city I now get 2-3 down and less than 1 up. So what I would do with my iPhone was turn off LTE and too my surprise the 4g network was doing leaps and bounds better. About 6-8 down but still less than 1 up.
Now I have my new galaxy note 2 and still don't have the best of LTE but 4g is still giving me the high downloads I was seeing on my iPhone 5. So for the most part I keep my LTE shut off on my phone though turning it on and off isn't as easy to do on android as it was on my iPhone. Unless anyone knows a toggle I can add some how?
Anyways just thought I'd start this little discussion to see what everyone else thought about their LTE in their area. Personally I think it's a joke how expensive AT&T is and how poor quality their bandwidth is. If it's gonna be expensive it ought to work great. But I guess that's just how things go with all carriers. Well love to read your guys' thoughts.
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Sounds like your LTE network is saturated with users. It was bound to happen:thumbup:
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Sounds like your LTE network is saturated with users. It was bound to happen:thumbup:
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thats what i figured but whats good is since most people dont know how to turn it off it leaves my 4g network wide open haha. even though my phone wont boot again now after trying to boot with no sim card in it, back to the forums i go.
how does one force 4g mode from lte?
Take out your sim card. Turn your phone on. Go to your dialer and dial *#2263#
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The nearest lte to me is 50ish Mbps but on the other end of town its only 10mbps average
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Daaamn where's that?
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I get a consistent 30-40 down
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I tested mine last night I was getting 25KBS.!!
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elhefe420 said:
I tested mine last night I was getting 25KBS.!!
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Thats very slow. Thate 2G
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Welcome to Los angeles
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Was down in Sacramento this morning. .. ran a couple of SpeedTests... blazin' fast LTE network.
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Welcome to Los angeles
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Hey down in Diego I get 50+mb down!
LOL
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Wtf! Am I the only one getting hosed!
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This is middle of the night. Off peak hours. Koreatown. Middle of Los Angeles.
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Unfortunately I only get hspa+ in my area but in Allentown, PA about 45 minutes away I got these LTE speeds on rt. 78. Wish I had LTE in the Poconos
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I get no more than 12mb down/9mb up in Margate/Coconut Creek/Boca Raton, FL area and that is at NIGHT when no one is on. During the day, the HSPA+ is faster.
I usually get 10-15 mbps in Tulsa Ok. I have seen 50+ a couple times. Unfortunately I don't get LTE anywhere I go on a daily basis. I can get it by going 2 blocks south of my house, but my daily commute takes me north away from any coverage. Still happy enough with hspa+ as I usually get 4-5 mbps which is plenty fast to do anything I really need to do on my phone.
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I drove through San Diego over the weekend and saw 60 down 14 up.
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elhefe420 said:
Take out your sim card. Turn your phone on. Go to your dialer and dial *#2263#
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what does that do? if it turns off lte somehow ( please include how ), then how would it then be reversed to turn lte back on?
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I have been running speed test around NYC for the pass couple of days in Manhattan and Brooklyn and am getting great 3G speeds, I usually have to turn 4G to have anything load even mobile sites I had to use 4G and now I don't even use 4G unless am downloading a big file. FINALLY!! SPRINT LOL
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Its all in the network upgrade lol.
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Nice ping! What modem are you running?
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revamper said:
Nice ping! What modem are you running?
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Am running the EL29 modem
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daniel4653 said:
Its all in the network upgrade lol.
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I know I thought they was BSing thou lol they even sent me a email last week telling me they are doing upgrades in my area but I was aight whatever. SHOW ME THE SPEEDS but apparently they wasn't
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javan966 said:
I know I thought they was BSing thou lol they even sent me a email last week telling me they are doing upgrades in my area but I was aight whatever. SHOW ME THE SPEEDS but apparently they wasn't
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Hahah yeah just got something in the mail from them saying they are improving speeds too
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javan966 said:
I have been running speed test around NYC for the pass couple of days in Manhattan and Brooklyn and am getting great 3G speeds, I usually have to turn 4G to have anything load even mobile sites I had to use 4G and now I don't even use 4G unless am downloading a big file. FINALLY!! SPRINT LOL
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no go for me in the bronx. still slow but 4g is right where it needs to be!
You must be living directly under a tower or the force is strong with you. Nothing happening at my end.
That's the speed we got in Buffalo NY(150-250kbps).
Buffalo-the second largest city in NY always gets **** last,even Rochester has 4g.
But when i was in Rochester i tried 4g and it was almost the same as 3g about 700kbps which is the speed t mobile had 4 years ago with better ping on their 3g+,lol.
Does anyone have problems with their 4g network in Houston,TX ?I been with T Mobile for 2 weeks and it was great then past 2 days my phone stuck on edge ! Does anyone know if they're fixing the network or updating it .Anyone having problems like this ?
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I live in Alvin but Work in Houston (59 @ the beltway), I have too say the service is fast, usually get about 8 meg or 9 download speed, maybe you're being throttled.
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Being throttled using 3 gigs so far ? I also have unlimited data no throttled
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Not sure then, what part in Houston? Maybe a bad tower were you're at.
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By beltway 8 and 35 area ,by pearland
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All good here by 610 and I-45...
I work by the Museum District and all is good there as well.
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Being throttled using 3 gigs so far ? I also have unlimited data no throttled
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How much are you paying for data every month? The $20 package will net you all the data you want, but only the first 2GB will be faster than Edge.
Mine's been pretty much the same, although they did announce that they have completed the 1900 refarm for Houston. So it might've been during that period when they're tinkering with the towers.
I live in houston too. What I did was set network mode to WCDMA mode only instead of automatic selection because for some reason it favors Edge in some areas. But since we're in houston, we're covered by HSPA+ so no worries
and i'm by 288/bw8 and the towers here suck since theres nothing around but still pretty good if i'm not on the first floor of my house
You can check network coverage here
http://t-mobile-coverage.t-mobile.com/Map.aspx
The last few days the service has been kind of hit and miss for me but overall its great.
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The last few days the service has been kind of hit and miss for me but overall its great.
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me too and phone calls got crappy today all of a sudden must be because of all the tower work they are doing here for the new signal
The Sugarland and Missouri City areas have been fine for me. I haven't noticed any difference.
Loss Wages getting some LTE love... SOON!
http://www.tmonews.com/2013/01/t-mo...arket-launch-happening-before-end-of-january/
Great, hopefully Houston next month
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So, I wonder when we'll be able to turn on LTE on our Note 2s.
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Lucky me I live in Vegas
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Jaimesco12 said:
Lucky me I live in Vegas
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Me too can't wait
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Awesome news. Can't wait to see this in action.
which data plan will it available? i mean like i have the unlimited data plan. is that mean i will have unlimited LTE data plan?
Tmo also just announced an LTE variant of the GS3. It is getting serious. So much for guys saying "no LTE until 2014"...
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Love it! I'm in Vegas, I wonder when we will be able to use LTE on our Note 2
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The obvious question is when will the Note2 update with the new modem roll out? Hopefully in 3 weeks when LTE goes live in Vegas? I smell a road trip!
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The question is... what if they take months just to deliver a new modem...
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Tmonews just mentioned a software update for the note 2. Didn't mention any specifics though. I'd bet it will coincide with the initial markets go-live.
This is starting to play out just like the installation techs said it would when they installed the new equipment at a local tmo tower.
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Great, hopefully Houston next month
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I'm right there with you! Considering our city is one of the biggest in the country we should be getting it not too long after release. We are one of the first receiving upgrades like that. The network reform for example...
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I'm right there with you! Considering our city is one of the biggest in the country we should be getting it not too long after release. We are one of the first receiving upgrades like that. The network reform for example...
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Yep, we are usually next after las Vegas, I live in Pasadena near 610 and 225.
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S.f hopefully we get soon
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I just read this online, how cool! :thumbup:
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North Jersey also
Outside of where I work there were guys working on a tower. I asked them who were they worked for.... They told me Tmobile and they were putting in LTE ...that was in Elizabeth NJ... he said by the 13th it would be working.
Sure hope the they hurry up. I'm still on 2G here at work and it's infuriating.
I assume since they were gonna use the 2G frequencies for LTE I might finally be able to pull at least 3G here?
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NYC should be soon also. Towers are more than likely already wired for LTE. Of course my speeds now are pretty great. No complaints.
I am SO TEMPTED to switch back to T-Mobile for the Note 2 and their upcoming LTE network.
1900mhz & AWS 3G bands
LTE capability
save loads of $$$$
TRULY unlimited HSPA/LTE data
Fast data speeds during phone calls
Hate AT&T, but love how their network is mature. My friend's T-Mobile phone likes to occasionally switch to E.
I have been getting 20 mbs down and around 14 mbs up. Anyone getting better then this?
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Really I have seen people clock in anf 60 dl.
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This was in Sacramento last week....
View the speedtest in my signature. The OPs speeds seem to be on the lower end of things for AT&T LTE. I've seen much higher than mine, and a lot of people get around what I get.
Wow. Every speed test I've seen is super good. Mine never even really goes pass about 4mbps download and about 1.5 upload. Im in the denver area.
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Just stayed in northwest Georgia last week and was getting 30-50mb down about 20 up. Thats crazy.
Perfectly happy with my 5-10mb down at home.
I did use 4gb of data in georgia though.
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jdc5 said:
Wow. Every speed test I've seen is super good. Mine never even really goes pass about 4mbps download and about 1.5 upload. Im in the denver area.
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Colorado in general sucks for speedtests... I get MAX of 7 down and 3'ish up. Not Lte though.
Well im on the jedi xp9 and im not even sure if I got LTE because it just show "h"
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i used to pull down 40-60mbps in the metro atlanta area on my old LTE skyrocket but on my note 2, i've been averaging 15-20mbps. other cities i've traveled to, i was seeing 30+.
i got the skyrocket right at launch and it was samsung's first at&t LTE phone so i'm guessing that the network's bandwidth was hardly being used but with the iphone 5, gs3, and note 1 & 2, there's a lot more congestion which is driving the speeds way down.
I recently had about 45 down and 25 up around Detroit since there's like no one there haha
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Well im on the jedi xp9 and im not even sure if I got LTE because it just show "h"
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I get 4g signal when in LTE zone. .using the same jedi xp9
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Fastest ive got so far. I did the test right in downtown Denver after getting out of class.
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I envy you guys. I'm in saturated SoCal and i'd be lucky to peak in the 10-15mbps. I might as well turn off LTE
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Wow. Every speed test I've seen is super good. Mine never even really goes pass about 4mbps download and about 1.5 upload. Im in the denver area.
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I had this problem when I first got my NoteII. I was coming from a NON LTE device so when I switched the phone they didn't put me on a LTE plan. If you are in a good area where they have LTE give AT&T a call and make sure you are on a LTE plan. Also if you are on a custom ROM you may have the wrong APN settings.
On LTE I am getting 55 down 35 up all times of day.
Columbus, Ohio
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Here were some of my recent LTE speed tests.
Just checked my phone about an hour ago and looks like I'm getting lte signal out in pompano beach florida. Anyone else in the area getting lte?
I work in pompano.
Arouns copans and federal and have never seen LTE there
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Network conects to lte but no data.
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