said by Matt:said by mike656:I wish my Sprint EVDO service was that fast, the fastest speeds i've had are over 2mbps. BTW Hoover AL is about as rural as Cary NC if you know the triangle, used to live in Cary and have family nearby Hoover in AL.
Quick stats:
Birmingham Metro Area (including Hoover): 1.2 million
RDU Metro Area: 1.1 million
The RDU area has roughly twice the population density (2800 sq/mi vs 1500 sq/mi) in roughly the same amount of space and has overall, much more affluent residents, therefore, much higher penetration rates of cell service.
I consider the area he is in to be relatively rural when compared to the rest of the country, hence his high speeds. If you suddenly took away half or more of the users in an area like RDU (or NYC), you'd see the congestion problems disappear and speed tests more in line with the OPs.
We do have a pretty dense population to cell phone coverage if you look at it as we do not have as many cell phone tower's because of city regulations. So 1 cellular tower is covering about the same amount of people as 5-6 would in NYC or Atlanta. Now it's not overpopulated but far from rural compared to other part's of the South.
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