“WAIT, WHAT?! LTE?!?! DO A SPEEDTEST!!!!”
He ended up pulling down 10.4 Mbps, which is pretty good… is it bad that I was hoping for 20+Mbps? Still, 10+Mbps is plenty of bandwidth for Facebooking on the go and watching YouTube clips without buffering.
As it turns out, next Sunday is when AT&T will officially be flipping the switch on for LTE here in the Lou, along with 11 other markets. I would probably go out on a limb and say that once the LTE network is officially in service with only a few thousand St. Louisans being able to utilize it, we should be seeing speeds far greater than 10 Mbps… more like 20 Mbps. Possibly 30 Mbps. Possibly 40 Mbps. Possibly 50 Mbps. Maybe even higher!
I have already committed to jumping back on an AT&T cell plan once my Sprint contract is up, I just need to decide between the new HTC One X or wait for the Samsung Galaxy S III. Over the past 2 years with my HTC EVO 4G, I’ve noticed a severe lack of data speed using a CDMA network (Verizon, Sprint) versus a GSM network (AT&T, T-Mobile). Heck, most of the time my EVO’s 4G Wimax speeds are slower than AT&T’s 3G speeds! Even though Verizon may have the headstart on AT&T in terms of LTE coverage, I would much rather prefer to fall back to an HSPA+ connection (avg: 3-5Mbps) than an EVDO Rev. A (avg: 1-2Mbps).
Source: Slashgear
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Just turned on my lte on the new iPad today. Att said it actually rolled out a couple of days ago. I live in ofallon MO and was able to pull a 25.6 down and a 7.2 up. I consistently get 20 and 7.
That's awesome, Bradava! I actually read the source article wrong... it was only claiming Bloomington and Muncie, Indiana as well as Bryan-College Station, Texas as the markets officially getting LTE yesterday.
But as I mentioned in the article, it seems to be live in some capacity already... at least in Webster Groves and O'Fallon MO. Props to you on grabbing that 20+Mbps! I'm hoping that's the norm, perhaps the 50-60Mbps numbers were just to "flex their muscles" on an empty network. Sounds like they decided to cap it down in order to ease the LTE transition.
And 7Mbps up is very much appreciated, I hope Apple unleashes Facetime over LTE for you real soon. Enjoy that new iPad!
Yes I have sprint now and plan to switch to att also. Sprints 3g speeds just kill me here in Ofallon some of the time there is no 3g at all. You are right my 4g speeds are sometime slower then att 3g speeds!
just got confirmation this morning, AT&T 4G LTE is officially live in the Lou! For those of you with LTE-capable devices, let 'er rip!
Matt: I'm waiting patiently for either the HTC One X or the upcoming GSIII for my next handset