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4G LTE testing?
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Mr. Ed
Extreme Android User
That's odd Jay....I have been getting 3-12 MB down all over southern California
That was regarding battery life... so for those of you who have been on "regular" 4G and are now getting 4G LTE, did battery life suffer at all?
Mr. Ed
Extreme Android User
Mine seems to be a Tad better on lte...but not much.
Reggie3
Well-Known Member
When i got my SR they said I had to get a new LTE sim card with it and could not use my Captivate Sim Card.
Where have you seen it? Please confirm it is AT&T, not Verizon. (I have seen LTE from Verizon in Marin Co.)
spikeithard
Android Expert
I am in London Ontario and we dont have it until 'mid next year'. But Toronto has it. One night I drove through downtown toronto and nothing changed. Youtube videos still buffered at the same speed. does it only work in certain pockets of major cities like toronto? or should it be all over the city?
So far I've been in the City, the East Bay, and the Peninsula and got a good signal. I didn't see it in the South Bay. Haven't been to Marin County yet.
Mr. Ed
Extreme Android User
Exactly!
Two points & a question:
1. When I got my phone, I did not transfer my old sim into it. The new phone and sim seems to be all the "LTE plan" you need.
2. AT&T takes a lot of heat for its antiquated technology, but they seem to be rolling out LTE in (at least) their test markets quickly. SF was not even listed as a city that was planned to be in the first wave, but as dmunjal said, it's here. (19Mb/7Mb with a 40ms ping) in the Richmond District last night.
Q. Are the AT&T & Verizon LTE technologies the same? Can they share the LTE signal on a single tower unlike their GSM/CDMA incompatabilities?
1. When I got my phone, I did not transfer my old sim into it. The new phone and sim seems to be all the "LTE plan" you need.
2. AT&T takes a lot of heat for its antiquated technology, but they seem to be rolling out LTE in (at least) their test markets quickly. SF was not even listed as a city that was planned to be in the first wave, but as dmunjal said, it's here. (19Mb/7Mb with a 40ms ping) in the Richmond District last night.
Q. Are the AT&T & Verizon LTE technologies the same? Can they share the LTE signal on a single tower unlike their GSM/CDMA incompatabilities?
I have had a rather weak LTE connection here in the San Ramon Valley, but it disappeared today. I think that AT&T is just testing and it is switching on and off. It was on in San Diego over the weekend and it was really fast. I recorded 14.4 Mpbs down during this period. But again, LTE in Southern California is also on a test basis, it is not officially on as far as I know.
Let me tell you, it makes a huge difference, especially in web browsing. Complex pages download in 2 - 3 seconds, which is really amazing. A phone without LTE appears sluggish by comparison. It is a great advance.
For those asking about Verizon's LTE. It is a similar technology (an evolution of GSM) but at a different part of the spectrum. Obviously, Verizon phones are optimized to also connect with the CDMA part of Verizon's network. Thus, phones are not compatible across these networks.