[Q] why is 4G LTE so slow in illinois? - AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717

theres a thread in the general section where everyone is posting up their LTE speeds and its ridiculous. everyones is so damn fast! ive seen up to 70 mb download on there.
me however, im lucky to get 11 mb dl and 7 mb up

kevinallen4325 said:
theres a thread in the general section where everyone is posting up their LTE speeds and its ridiculous. everyones is so damn fast! ive seen up to 70 mb download on there.
me however, im lucky to get 11 mb dl and 7 mb up
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Are you in the middle in the LTE area or out on the fringe? I don't have LTE in my area but when traveling to KC with my Skyrocket, I was eager to see it in action. As soon as LTE kicked on in North KC I began speed tests. Most represent 7mb DL and 2-3MB Up. However when moving further into the city it took off to 26-40 DL and 7-10 UP. I now have the Note so we will see if its different.
Where in Illinois is this by the way? I will be traveling there frequently for work each month and will check it out.

Are you sure your in LTE area? Look at your phones 4G icon, does it say 4G or 4gLTE? The reason I ask is because your getting speeds of 3g/HSPA+ not LTE (obviously). Many think that when it says 4G that means they are on the LTE network, I myself fell for this trickery.

Chief Geek said:
Are you sure your in LTE area? Look at your phones 4G icon, does it say 4G or 4gLTE? The reason I ask is because your getting speeds of 3g/HSPA+ not LTE (obviously). Many think that when it says 4G that means they are on the LTE network, I myself fell for this trickery.
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This, I had to explain this to my wife as we dont have 4g where I live yet but her phone had the 4g logo. Same goes for LTE, you may be in a 4g area however LTE is only in a handful of cities at the moment. Mainly big ones. So like if you live in Joliet or southern Illinois more than likely you dont have LTE.

Same here
Well im in the Chicago area, where I know for a fact it's LTE. And my phone status says im connected to the LTE network, but I too get slow speeds around 2-3 Down and 4-5 Up...my so called 4G from T-mobile was faster out here in Chicago. Dont get me wrong the highest ive seen from my AT&T LTE was 19 Down, but most of the time 2-3 Down

This article is from last September so a little old, I skimmed through it. Maybe it can help answer your question. http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2393286,00.asp

tim4w5 said:
Well im in the Chicago area, where I know for a fact it's LTE. And my phone status says im connected to the LTE network, but I too get slow speeds around 2-3 Down and 4-5 Up...my so called 4G from T-mobile was faster out here in Chicago. Dont get me wrong the highest ive seen from my AT&T LTE was 19 Down, but most of the time 2-3 Down
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That's brutal.. Verizon LTE when I had it in Chicago was always 30-40 mbps:/
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yeah im positive im 4g lte my phone shows it and checked the coverage map on the att. site.

I am jealous of some of those nunbers. I work I the downtown core of Toronto ON Canada. I'm on the Rogers LTE network and the best I have ever got is 12.6 D/L and 5.8 U/L.
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hawkeye2188 said:
This, I had to explain this to my wife as we dont have 4g where I live yet but her phone had the 4g logo. Same goes for LTE, you may be in a 4g area however LTE is only in a handful of cities at the moment. Mainly big ones. So like if you live in Joliet or southern Illinois more than likely you dont have LTE.
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hahaha i'm in Joliet, IL and my HTC Vivid shows 4G LTE and i get the same speeds as the OP

I live in a small town called Bethalto, IL outside of St. Louis, MO. AT&T hasn't officially launched LTE here but they are testing it as my phone has started to show LTE the last week or so. I live about 45 minutes away from the city and I'm still getting 20 Mbps down.
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kevinallen4325 said:
theres a thread in the general section where everyone is posting up their LTE speeds and its ridiculous. everyones is so damn fast! ive seen up to 70 mb download on there.
me however, im lucky to get 11 mb dl and 7 mb up
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It's slow here in Los Angeles too I get around 3-4 here
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I'm in the northern suburbs of Chicago and I get about the same slowness all the other IL people have reported.
Here's two tests taken at my parent's house, where I had 3/5 bars of LTE and a third on their comcast just to make sure it wasn't the host I was connecting to:
Fastest I've ever seen was on a major highway (my wife was driving just north of the city limits where I had 24Mbps or so down.
//edit: This is on a galaxy note, but I had similar results on my LG Nitro HD

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[Q] It's T-mobile data faster than ATT & Verizon?

I had in my hands the opportunity of test the 3 companies
For T-mobile my Vibrant 2293 up 1094 down
For ATT IPhone 4 1235 up 724 down
For Verizon Hero 994 up 596 down
I Think the results speak by theyself
I'd venture to say it depends a lot on where you are, since carriers are always building out their networks at different rates in different places.
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ag4vr said:
I'd venture to say it depends a lot on where you are, since carriers are always building out their networks at different rates in different places.
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Yeppers, tmob stinks in my area...
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that was in orlando florida
vibrantuser said:
that was in orlando florida
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I'm in Jacksonville & had ok service with tmob, at&t is a bit faster up here & now I'm on sprint with the unofficial 4g service which beats them both atm of course, but will hopefully get better when they officially launch it and stop screwing with the towers...
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maxomus said:
I'm in Jacksonville & had ok service with tmob, at&t is a bit faster up here & now I'm on sprint with the unofficial 4g service which beats them both atm of course, but will hopefully get better when they officially launch it and stop screwing with the towers...
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No one is on the network. If no one was on T-Mobile's 3G network you would be seeing 6Megs regularly on a 7.2HSPA device. I can also post up some 14Mbps+ speed tests from T-Mobile but these speeds are impossible with the devices used to get them..
Depends on the area. For example, here in Aurora sprint gets me 300 down Ans 500 up, very bad. Tmobile is fastest wrh 1.5mbps down and 600up. In Georgia, it's opposite.
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I live in Atlanta. T-mobile is faster than AT&T in my neck of the woods. AT&T has *slightly* better coverage
Hit 4085/1319 in Vegas today, T-Mobile
I live in Atlanta and this is my speed pretty much all over the city, even in the outskirts and suburban areas
Seeing all the DL speed in MB, I am assuming all your phones are rooted and lag fix installed? Thanks.
I fall right between Jax and Sav... I get overflow from both and as long as your ina good are TMO has the fastest serv... not the most reliable bc of all the switching from E to 3g..
But in this small town some 3g is better than no 3g but on bad weather days I have to switch to 2g only bc of all the flip flopping..
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nguyenmd said:
Seeing all the DL speed in MB, I am assuming all your phones are rooted and lag fix installed? Thanks.
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My 3g speeds are the same pre and post rooting/lag fix, between 2 and 4 down
I live in Clearwater (Tampa Bay area) Florida and I can max out speeds on my G1 regularly. Tallahassee, on the other hand, has probably the worst data coverage I've ever seen for Tmo. It's a very rare thing to even see EDGE in Tallahassee.
booch137 said:
I live in Clearwater (Tampa Bay area) Florida and I can max out speeds on my G1 regularly. Tallahassee, on the other hand, has probably the worst data coverage I've ever seen for Tmo. It's a very rare thing to even see EDGE in Tallahassee.
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They just got 3G
booch137 said:
I live in Clearwater (Tampa Bay area) Florida and I can max out speeds on my G1 regularly. Tallahassee, on the other hand, has probably the worst data coverage I've ever seen for Tmo. It's a very rare thing to even see EDGE in Tallahassee.
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Dont be mad for it, haha, In Puerto Rico T-Mobile dont have 3g, We have EDGE only, In this days we are receiving 3g signal sometimes, They are introducing it but its a little bit late
vibrantuser said:
Dont be mad for it, haha, In Puerto Rico T-Mobile dont have 3g, We have EDGE only, In this days we are receiving 3g signal sometimes, They are introducing it but its a little bit late
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PR 3G just went live too. Beggars can't be choosers.
Network speeds is a varying thing. Now if You go by what they tell you then Tmo is first with 21mbps, Sprint second with 10mbps, Then AT&T with 7.2mbps, and lastly Verizon with 1.8mbps or is 2.4mbps. Either way you'll never get those speeds well using Sprint I get close or more with their 3G depending on the day though.

Slightly Disappointing 4G LTE Speeds

Got this bad boy earlier and im still getting adjusted to the screen size. Being my first AT&T 4G LTE device i wanted to put it through the paces. Did a **** load of speedtests and the mean is in the range of 8Mbps-10 and a few spikes above that. Being that this is a 4G LTE next generation network I'm a little disappointed there. My XYBOARD consistently gets over 15Mbps. Hell, my old HTC Amaze on T-Mobile even got ridiculous 15+ Mbps speeds on HSPA+. What's wrong with AT&T's network? No one is even on it yet.
I'm in SoCal, specifically the Long Beach area. I'm seeing other people get downright stupid speeds of 50+ Mbps. What's the difference between my area and yours? Is it possible that AT&T has done more work on certain areas than others? I really hope these speeds increase in the future. 8-10Mbps isn't much better than what I get on HSPA+.
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It would be the back end is congested more then likely ... if that is LTE in your area.
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I get about 30mbs in the San Francisco bay area...and up to 18mb in some HSPA+ areas.
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I've never gotten under 30 in Orlando, with peaks of 56
im up in sacramento and dont get lte for some reason and att coverage map shows we get it here so not sure why im not getting it
Pretty disappointing speeds here in Los Angeles as well, hitting around 5-8 megs, on my thunderbolt I would rarely see under 12.
Is AT&T known to upgrade areas with better speeds as time goes on?
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I got 52mbps in the food for less across the street from my apt.
East Bay San Francisco in Danville/San Ramon getting 57+ down and 10+up when I go up on a hill in the middle of the valley. Normal LTE down on the street though is about 35+ down and around 6+ up. Usually have about 3 bars, but if you happen to have 5 then you will have the 50+.
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I got like 8-10mbps just now up in north nj where I seriously doubt they even have lte coverage so I'm not even going to complain as thats fine with me
Willanhanyard said:
East Bay San Francisco in Danville/San Ramon getting 57+ down and 10+up when I go up on a hill in the middle of the valley. Normal LTE down on the street though is about 35+ down and around 6+ up. Usually have about 3 bars, but if you happen to have 5 then you will have the 50+.
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Gone in 60 seconds.
That should be ATT's motto for their LTE service at those speeds with the caps.

4G LTE in Detroit!

I keep getting intermittent LTE signals in Detroit. I wonder if AT&T is finally releasing it for Detroit?
Screenshot of LTE signal.
I also did a speed test with HSPA+ and 4G LTE connections.
jchubb01 said:
I keep getting intermittent LTE signals in Detroit. I wonder if AT&T is finally releasing it for Detroit?
Screenshot of LTE signal.
I also did a speed test with HSPA+ and 4G LTE connections.
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Hate to say it, but I hope your area's LTE speed goes up. See my LTE speed test results (In Toronto)
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=29513160&postcount=53
eugenekim618 said:
Hate to say it, but I hope your area's LTE speed goes up. See my LTE speed test results (In Toronto)
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=29513160&postcount=53
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I hope so as well.
They do not have 4G LTE in Detroit for AT&T yet, or at least have not officially announced it.
AT&T have actually been pretty good about updating the towers. they were, brace yourselves for a shock, AHEAD of schedule in Nashville.
Promised it by the end of summer, got it in May lol
Anyone here around Grosse Pointe? Any LTE there? How are the LTE speeds currently for those in Michigan, getting faster? Any sort of official confirmation from AT&T yet?
Thanks
So far, I have been in Downtown Detroit, and between that and Ferndale no luck with LTE, but I am hopefull.
This video uploaded back in March shows LTE panels sitting by a tower in Plymouth so when it does launch it will probably be all of metro Detroit that gets it. I'd expect it in all of Detroit metro very soon.
http://youtube.com/watch?v=WVhhA2xQfSU
has anyone seen anymore panels popping up ?
Just got some LTE 4G Love in Ferndale! it's about 8:30. turned off my WiFi cause it was being wonky and a 4G symbol showed up from the old H or H+
Most of the ATT Detroit LTE system goes live tonight.
Always Wireless said:
Most of the ATT Detroit LTE system goes live tonight.
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sweet.. you work for ATT or have some inside knowlage? right now i am getting a lot of 4G shutting off, if i turn on airplane mode on and then off it goes back to 4g
I noticed on my Note the 4G LTE symbol tonight. I looked all over the web for an announcement and AT&T's site says "end of 2012". I just finished chatting with tech support and they confirmed that Detroit and several other cities are now live on LTE. I laughingly mentioned the whole by the end of the year comment and the tech said "well September is almost the end of the year." AT&T usually takes "end of the year" comments to mean the beginning of the next year.
Anyway, LTE is live in Detroit!
Soon traverse city and the U.P. Because of the collage.
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The UP lucky they even get 3G right now, I don't think they're getting LTE anytime soon.same with Travers
== Yea.. I tapped that!
AT&T's LTE service is live and kicking!
Just tested several times using the Speedtest.net app and got the average speed of over 30 Mbps! Nice~
eatonjb said:
The UP lucky they even get 3G right now, I don't think they're getting LTE anytime soon.same with Travers
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Lte is in traverse for Verizon lte is in up by the collage from sprint.
But i do know a fact can't say how i know but traverse city will have it sooner than you think. It is Michigans hottest vacation area.
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I also woke up to a 4g LTE connection
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Full 4g bars! Wow my cable internet is now a dinosaur.
Just got 3800kbps speedtest in Oakland County! :good:
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Just got 3800kbps speedtest in Oakland County! :good:
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3800? or 38000?
3800 is not great unless im thinking of something else?
my best so far has been like 28000

LTE

Does anyone know of tmobiles LTE plans? I switched to tmobile under the impression my area already had LTE. I'm in Elgin,Illinois. If I go 10 minutes down the road to south Elgin they have lte. It seems a lot of my immediate surroundings do except Elgin. It's not a huge deal because the hspa+ is still getting 10-12 dl speeds. But just curious if anyone knows what cities they're currently working on or planning on in the future
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kevinallen4325 said:
Does anyone know of tmobiles LTE plans? I switched to tmobile under the impression my area already had LTE. I'm in Elgin,Illinois. If I go 10 minutes down the road to south Elgin they have lte. It seems a lot of my immediate surroundings do except Elgin. It's not a huge deal because the hspa+ is still getting 10-12 dl speeds. But just curious if anyone knows what cities they're currently working on or planning on in the future
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I don't know how far each signal extends from the towers, but i can tell you that i live in WPB, FL. From my work Location in NPB i get no LTE signal. My co-workers on verizon and at&t do. A few blocks down the road, i notice there is a bridge i always seem to be waiting for. It get's LTE there. I also get it in my Home in LW - so south of WPB. all of these areas within 20 miles. Before getting the phone i checked the coverage map and it indicated 4GLTE available BOTH Home and Work locations.
Hendge said:
I don't know how far each signal extends from the towers, but i can tell you that i live in WPB, FL. From my work Location in NPB i get no LTE signal. My co-workers on verizon and at&t do. A few blocks down the road, i notice there is a bridge i always seem to be waiting for. It get's LTE there. I also get it in my Home in LW - so south of WPB. all of these areas within 20 miles. Before getting the phone i checked the coverage map and it indicated 4GLTE available BOTH Home and Work locations.
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Hm well I hope my area eventually gets it. It's not too big of a deal. Even with the hspa+ I'm getting between 10-15 downloads.
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[Q] Other carriers and my Sprint LG G3????

Hey! I have had a rough winter with money and Sprint kind of dumped me after 7yrs of service with no issues with me paying the bill! Anyway I just got this phone recently and hate for it to be a paper weight or media player only so I wanted to know if I have any options other than the Sprint network? I am not a complete rookie I have it rooted and running Barepop at the moment so any advice, help, or info would be greatly appreciated! I hope I don't make anyone angry by posting here. Thanks!
Well it depends if you are ok with like 3G-4G i use t-mobile prepaid some times I went to walmart and got a sim kit for $35 I got unlimted call text and like 5GB's of LTE. Sadly though you cannot get LTE because the phone does not support the LTE but I get like 15 mps 4G and like 10 mb 3G witch is still faster then sprint's LTE and 3G combined. You will have to flash a GSM rom from the android develoment thread right now there is no GSM unlock on for ZV8. You could also try simple mobile I just recomend you go to walmart and look around the celluar area they have a couple sim kits.
1619415 said:
Well it depends if you are ok with like 3G-4G i use t-mobile prepaid some times I went to walmart and got a sim kit for $35 I got unlimted call text and like 5GB's of LTE. Sadly though you cannot get LTE because the phone does not support the LTE but I get like 15 mps 4G and like 10 mb 3G witch is still faster then sprint's LTE and 3G combined. You will have to flash a GSM rom from the android develoment thread right now there is no GSM unlock on for ZV8. You could also try simple mobile I just recomend you go to walmart and look around the celluar area they have a couple sim kits.
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lol you have to be kidding right!!!
15Mbps is faster than Sprints LTE and 3G combined???
Check out the screenshot and mind you I am not too close to a lte tower. i had like 3 bars when i ran this test.
33Mbps your 15 dont even come close. And since sprint is one of the only carriers to pffer true unlimited date i easyly run over 20 gigs per month without slowing down.
Alls im saying is get your facts straight.
Wow guess your lucky most people complain about getting only like 10 mbps (sprintsucks facebook page)
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lol you have to be kidding right!!!
15Mbps is faster than Sprints LTE and 3G combined???
Check out the screenshot and mind you I am not too close to a lte tower. i had like 3 bars when i ran this test.
33Mbps your 15 dont even come close. And since sprint is one of the only carriers to pffer true unlimited date i easyly run over 20 gigs per month without slowing down.
Alls im saying is get your facts straight.
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that's the fastest I've ever seen a Sprint!! around here the fastest sprints I've seen are about 10mbps
Thanks for the info!
I am pretty sure I was getting about 25mbs DL speeds on Sprint here in Savannah but I can live with anything over 2-3mbs. I already have a Cricket account and Sim card but I am trying to figure out the best method to get it working on my G3. Cricket is now on the Att network so signal quality is decent and LTE speeds. Anyone who can give me a little guide to get it working on the Sprint G3 I would be VERY GRATEFUL!
my Galaxy Mega on T Mobile got near 40mbps here
ingoljosh said:
lol you have to be kidding right!!!
15Mbps is faster than Sprints LTE and 3G combined???
Check out the screenshot and mind you I am not too close to a lte tower. i had like 3 bars when i ran this test.
33Mbps your 15 dont even come close. And since sprint is one of the only carriers to pffer true unlimited date i easyly run over 20 gigs per month without slowing down.
Alls im saying is get your facts straight.
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He does have his facts straight what you are showing is Sprint's "Spark" LTE network. Their normal LTE network doesn't go above 12 Mbps even with full bars. You are lucky enough to be in an area where spark is enabled, most places don't have spark network enabled although sprint is rolling it out as fast as possible. Their overall speeds are very dismal (with exception of spark LTE).
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He does have his facts straight what you are showing is Sprint's "Spark" LTE network. Their normal LTE network doesn't go above 12 Mbps even with full bars. You are lucky enough to be in an area where spark is enabled, most places don't have spark network enabled although sprint is rolling it out as fast as possible. Their overall speeds are very dismal (with exception of spark LTE).
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Sorry I was unaware that there was a normal LTE. i thought Sprint LTE was all SPARK.
Guess i didn't have MY facts straight. :cyclops:

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