AT&T 4G LTE in Chicago..????? Horrible

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tim4w5

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I was killing these speeds with my T-Mobile 4G.....
 

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bbgt2

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I can't see ur pic but yes Chi towns lte speeds suck.
Highest I ever got as 16 down 8 up. Sick.


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bbgt2

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Ill post another pic when I get home on the desktop, but on a consistent basis I'm getting 4 down and 2 up

Oh snap! That's fakked up. Call ATT and have them reset ur LTE settings. That's wayyyy slow. Almost Edge. Have u flashed a custom ROM or are u stock?

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wase4711

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I live in the sw burbs of Chicago, and I am getting anywhere from 4-16 down, and 2-9 up; coming from Sprint, where you were lucky to get 1 meg down, I am totally blown away by these speeds...but, I guess its all relative!

Just got this phone sunday, and I am very impressed so far
 

technillion

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How deep in the city are you tho...

I found that anywhere downtown, in the loop area or between buildings, 4G speeds were terrible..something like 3-6...but when I go more than 10 miles south, north or west of downtown, I was hitting 22-25!
 

ryandelman

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I was in Naperville a few weeks ago and will be there again next week and am dreading having to use LTE because with it being sloth-like slow in Chicagoland, the LTE will drain my battery even more than better equipped LTE areas which already put a heavy burden on the battery.


Just hoping the hotel I'm staying at has Wifi like the last one did.... lol

-Ryan
 

wase4711

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I was in Naperville a few weeks ago and will be there again next week and am dreading having to use LTE because with it being sloth-like slow in Chicagoland,
-Ryan

"sloth like slow"? total exaggeration, man...
like I said, people are really spoiled, when they say that 6-15 megs down on a phone is "sloth like slow"...
Us Sprint refugees think that speed is rocket-like...
 

ryandelman

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"sloth like slow"? total exaggeration, man...
like I said, people are really spoiled, when they say that 6-15 megs down on a phone is "sloth like slow"...
Us Sprint refugees think that speed is rocket-like...

its all relative....

Coming from Sprint, you're used to watching paint dry faster than you can down/upload a 5kb file.

Not so with us ATT peeps. Trust me, ATT is not without it's well-documented problems also, but a major metro area like Chicago having slow-ass-sloth LTE is beyond unacceptable when the bar of precedent has been set so much higher, in much smaller areas. Charlotte for instance!!!

I'm not comparing Sprint w/ATT for LTE speeds. I'm comparing Chicago with Charlotte of all frigging places, and Chicago comes in WAY second best there.

That's a joke no matter how you slice it.

-Ryan
 
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wase4711

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yeah, I guess its all relative; I assume I will get spoiled over time, and have problems with 5-15 meg d/l speeds//
Fortunately, in my home office on wifi, I get almost 40 megs down, so, in every way, especially coming from Sprint, I an thrilled with my speeds.
I havent rooted yet, only having the phone for a few days, and I want to learn all about it first, but I can only imagine how it will be rooted, tweaked, and dialed in completely!
 

SteveSlimer

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I was just in an elevator in my office building in the South Loop and got 3 down and 3 up. Try that on T-mobile (which I just switched from).
 

bbgt2

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Very nice read, thanks. I just dont understand how some other guys are getting 40+Mbs DL and 20+Mbs UL speeds, makes us here in Chicago look like we are on dial up. I know Chicago was rated as slowest ATT LTE in the nation but this article says we are on par with what we are getting. Either way I am happy with the speed but its a drug we all wanna go faster faster. :D
 

wase4711

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Very nice read, thanks. I just dont understand how some other guys are getting 40+Mbs DL and 20+Mbs UL speeds, makes us here in Chicago look like we are on dial up. I know Chicago was rated as slowest ATT LTE in the nation but this article says we are on par with what we are getting. Either way I am happy with the speed but its a drug we all wanna go faster faster. :D

unless you see actual screenies of people getting that kind of speed, I wouldn't take much stock in it
I get around 40 meg downloads on wifi in my home office, but otherwise, I can't imagine seeing that on any carriers data network...eventually, that will probably be the norm, but not for now..
 

bbgt2

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unless you see actual screenies of people getting that kind of speed, I wouldn't take much stock in it
I get around 40 meg downloads on wifi in my home office, but otherwise, I can't imagine seeing that on any carriers data network...eventually, that will probably be the norm, but not for now..

Check this thread out, has some Speed Test results. Again I am happy with the speeds I am getting just hoping ATT updates their towers in Chitown as they have been saying they would.
 

hegemytouch

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I went to NYC the first time with an lte phone...got awesome speeds

Galaxy Note
 

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