AT&T LTE found to be faster than Verizon's
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1. bolaG posted on 21 Dec 2011, 10:55 16 3
Thats great, but a fair comparison would be to compare ATT speed with VZW when VZW first released their LTE network, meaning there was almost no congestion.
12. beatsandmelody posted on 21 Dec 2011, 12:18 3 3
Exactly. When Verizon's LTE first went live it had phenomenal speeds but every tech writer made sure to mention that speeds would probably drop when more subscribers did and sure enough, they did. Thankfully, they dropped to the level that Verizon has advertised as real world performance so good on them. What does AT&T expect their real-world throughput to be once they've switch a significant portion of their subscribers?
16. Droid_X_Doug posted on 21 Dec 2011, 12:39 4 0
Features and function (and hopefully price) is where carriers should be competing, because the consumer wins. Buying up competitors is not the way to compete.
Personally, I hope AT&T and VZW go balls to the wall competing in the LTE space. It will have the side benefit of forcing Sprint to step up its game and the same for T-Mo. Nothing like a 4-way catfight. Consumers win.
26. codymws posted on 21 Dec 2011, 15:32 1 2
Exactly! When LTE first came to my area (Portland, OR), I was getting speed in the upper 40 Mbps!! And even now I'm almost always in the 30's.
39. remixfa posted on 21 Dec 2011, 19:56 2 0
you guys have already hit the main point on that. its easy to look fast when no one is on the network. Lets do the test again in a year and see what it looks like.
2. baileyboy posted on 21 Dec 2011, 10:58 14 8
Show me AT&T's LTE coverage... that's what i thought.
21. corporateJP posted on 21 Dec 2011, 14:18 2 1
:D
And what little there is, there is nobody using it to tie up the speed at this time..
43. ledbetterp3 posted on 22 Dec 2011, 00:21 2 2
That's not what the post is about... Seriously, it's not, go somewhere else...
4. Penny posted on 21 Dec 2011, 11:05 10 5
Bottom line speed isn't as important to me as coverage and reliability. If they can match Verizon in that regard, then I would actually commend them.
5. bossmt_2 posted on 21 Dec 2011, 11:05 8 6
Question is, is this based on lab tests or field tests. Are you the same distance from each tower? How many users are accessing said tower? etc. LTE has a much higher bandwidth than 3G but it's still gonna have speed variability depending on a ton of factors.
Consumer tests like this are good if you're the consumer in that spot, but for most of the people in the country this is worthless.
6. vzwing posted on 21 Dec 2011, 11:15 14 4
I could not imagine a more premature and technically flawed comparison of AT&T's LTE network performance vs VZW's. It's like comparing two 747's, one loaded and the other empty, to see which one takes off quicker. Duh!!
7. bossmt_2 posted on 21 Dec 2011, 11:23 2 2
Also another factor is the device, there's a reason most times network speed tests are done on Broadband Access Cards, because there's nothing like hand placement that can screw up the radio. Think about the iPhone death grip. If the skyrocket and Vivid have better radio placement for how they ran the test, that could also skew the results.
All that said, I actually expect AT&T's network to be faster now, LTE is scary to a lot of mobile broadband providers because it's unknown what the network capabilities are so I wouldn't be shocked if AT&T released theirs a bit more to make up for the nearly a year longer that Verizon is on the market
8. jd829 posted on 21 Dec 2011, 11:34 12 1
Relax fanboys, it says right here:
"Metrico did make it clear that it should be kept in mind that Verizon has been building its network for about a year and there are far more subscribers on it than on AT&T's network, so that could have affected the results."
Now everyone unbunch their panties and have a merry christmas lol
30. Phullofphil posted on 21 Dec 2011, 16:17 1 2
well that's why there should have been more research one before releasing this unfinished not accurate reports. Just like calling hspa or whatever its calls an others 4g. Also even the iphone4g is confusing in that it is misleading and most people believe what there reading and among other things it gives salesmen the ability to mislead people. I don't really care if att is faster. As of right now the servers we get our data from mos likely not be able to give the data fast enough to really differentiate between the two in real-life situations. Also with large files people will use WiFi more often to cut back on usage. The only difference is transfer from device would be different. The most important flaw is I get such different readings every speed test and download and uploading files that there is no way that's accurate. I have had a 38 mg download and a 24 upload max reading.average 20 and 10 respectfully on a crowded network. This report is worthless. Five years from now it will matter to me and I might switch carriers.
41. remixfa posted on 21 Dec 2011, 19:59 2 1
no matter how long you hold your breath, HSPA+ will still be officially considered 4G by the IPCC. LTE, Wimax and HSPA+ are ALL considered 4g if they can break 13mb/s. I dont really give a crap what "tech" it is or how many "Gs" are assigned to its name, as long as its fast and not battery draining. 42mb/s "4G" without the LTE battery drain is just fine by me.
Wait... why is sprint calling wimax 4g again then?? :)
9. Ivey_BOl posted on 21 Dec 2011, 11:36 1 7
At & t are some 4G LTE LEECHES!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! With their whole 16 cities on LTE Fall Back!! Verizon FTW
10. Jon.916 posted on 21 Dec 2011, 11:46 7 5
I live in Sacramento, CA and sell Verizon as an indirect rep. for VZW and AT&T. Verizon provided us a Droid Razr. The speeds I am getting consistantly are 28-34 mbps down, and 12-14 mpbs up. Those are the same speeds I saw when the network was launched in mid June. I don't really see how you can make an argument about bandwidth and congestion when the network that has been active for 6 months has stayed at the same speed. People are buying Verizon 4G LTE phones like crazy now, but the network was virtually empty in June and July. If AT&T's speeds are higher, they are higher. AT&T deserves a most criticism of what it gets, but when a network is faster, no amount of cheerleading is going to change that.
31. Phullofphil posted on 21 Dec 2011, 16:27 1 1
I think your phull of it. Your telling me you get the exact same readings every time. I don't think so. You must own and iphone. I do agree what's faster is what's faster. A the same time it way to early to tell. If art gets the exact same readings every time than well that would be way better. Most important is why do I care sorry all.
