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Is this Galaxy Nexus speed test legit?

That's like 4 times the speed of my cable internet at home. If it's that fast I will sell my GSM Gnex, and switch to Verizon immediately. Getting speeds that quick would be well worth paying $20-30 more a month.
 
that is crazy fast... but with the data plan.. can you really afford to use it in replace of your home cable?
 
xmetalfan99 said:
If you were grandfathered in to unlimited, i would say yes.
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This is what gets me about people going gaga over ultra-high speed LTE. What are they going to use it for? The majority of people don't have unlimited wireless data and most are capped at maybe 1-3GB per month, with very stiff penalties for going over.

Using LTE I suppose Facebook will load faster. Won't make much difference, if any, for streaming music. Not going to be downloading or streaming any HD movies with it, because of the data cap or fair usage policy etc.

TBH I think the Youtube video might be faked.
 
My coworker has the Thunderbolt, his speed test speeds were around 30 down and 10 up. That's just crazy.
 
I'd say legit, i've hit a max of 40Mbps before on my razr, average is around 20-25. I have 80% reception too
 
why would it not be legit?

I get 35 down and 12 up constantly on my rezound. He might just be in a better area.

Have you all never used 4G before?
 
Those speed tests seem about right for an LTE device. I've a Galaxy Skyrocket and I get similar results as in the video whenever I have 4-5 bars (best is 48.9) With dozens of others that are around 40-45. 1-2 bars is much more common though and those speeds are on average between 12-25 mbits.

The problem with having phones with blazing fast internet like this is that I can use all of 2gb/month of data in a matter of hours if I really wanted to.

I'm in Toronto btw. I've also got unlimited Data for the next 4 months because Rogers screwed up a credit that I was supposed to get. After my unlimited data runs out though I'll have to be careful with streaming and such.

I think it's safe to assume there will be better data plans when more LTE devices come out, as 2gb seems like nothing.
 
I saw speeds over 40mbps down regularly on my Rezound and Thunderbolt but that was usually in the middle of the night during normal hours it was usually between 8mbps and 20mbps down .

I just returned my rezound and went back to my incredible until the Nexus gets released and I miss 4g in a bad way everything is soooo much slower. Streaming music especially with my 4g phones you could have pandora on high quality and it never need to buffer last night on my Incredible it had to buffer a couple times over 45minutes of streaming . Facebook loads slower , web pages seem to take a lot longer (not slow but 4g it's almost instant)

For 4G Verizon is by far the best IMO I have a EVO and I've never seen over 15mbps down and usually it's between 2mbps and 7mbps down .

Glad I have unlimited data as I'm only two weeks in on my Verizon plan and I've already used 8.5gigs
 
76ford90lx said:
All you guys/gals have caps on your internet usage? That sucks.
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I have ask though, is 'unlimited' really unlimited and not subject to any kind of fair usage policy or other quotas? So often I've seen things like "Unlimited data *" from carriers. Note the asterisk *.

Mind you I don't have any data caps on my laptop USB modem EVDO internet usage. It's pre-paid, it runs out, just pay some more. NO stiff penalties.
 
mikedt said:
I have ask though, is 'unlimited' really unlimited and not subject to any kind of fair usage policy or other quotas? So often I've seen things like "Unlimited data *" from carriers. Note the asterisk *.

Mind you I don't have any data caps on my laptop USB modem EVDO internet usage. It's pre-paid, it runs out, just pay some more. NO stiff penalties.
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for phones in usa...

sprint is only one that gets unlimited... but the speeds are not always so good. they kind of suck right now!

tmobile says they are unlimited.. but at 2gb(i think) they slow your speed down to a crawl..

verizon.. and att.. has tiered plan.. expensive...but old clients have been grandfathered in on the unlimited plan.
 
These speeds look legit to me. My normal in Albany NY is 40mb down and 12-15mb up and that's pretty consistent.
 
My LTE Galaxy Nexus on a 4G network:

Test Date: Dec 15, 2011 10:13:03 am
Connection Type: Lte
Server: Herndon, VA
Download: 12.52 Mbps
Upload: 12.15 Mbps
Ping: 90 ms
 
Coming from a 4G phone already, I know with Verizon and CDMA/LTE mixed mode, the bars ALWAYS represent your CDMA signal because the CDMA radio is always connected to the network. Voice is exclusively done over CDMA 1xRTT so this is what you always see. Therefore, however many bars you have, even with the 4G symbol up, does not represent your LTE signal. In fact, at least through Gingerbread, I don't think it's possible at all to query the signal level for the LTE radio. Again, this is for CDMA/LTE mixed mode Verizon handsets. AT&T's stuff actually hands off full service between HSPA and LTE. Would be curious if something was changed in ICS to accomodate the ability to get the LTE signal independently.
 
Lefort1 said:
Boston, MA
2 bars 4G

5-7Mbps d/l
2-3Mbps u/l

:(
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That is as low as you'll ever see, I usually seen my DL in the Teens but during peak business hours my phone has similar downloads as yours . I wouldn't really worry , it blows away WiMax best at LTEs worst
 
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