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iansltx
join:2007-02-19
Austin, TX

iansltx

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Chicago update

Of Chicago's 1100+ cell sites (credit: S4GRU), around 64% now have Samsung Network Vision equipment powering them. Of those sites, many are 3G-only (less dropped calls due to equipment handoff issues with Motorola gear) or 3G+800 (more voice/messaging coverage due to using a slice of old Nextel spectrum). However Sprint just might have more LTE enabled cell sites in the area (250+) than either AT&T or Verizon (well, they have to...700MHz goes farther than PCS).

...and with that teaser, come over to »s4gru.com for more info...
chgo_man99
join:2010-01-01
Sunnyvale, CA

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in some portions of CHI suburbs, I saw this noon only .3-.5 mb/download compared to 10mb upload on lte on at&t network.
NiteSn0w
join:2010-12-24

NiteSn0w

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If you're getting .3-.5Mb/s on Sprint LTE than you're almost out of range of the tower. Sprint LTE will yield 37 Megabits down and 18 Megabits up.
iansltx
join:2007-02-19
Austin, TX

iansltx

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...in ideal conditions, with no one else on the tower. Gee, thanks for setting unrealistic expectations (I've hit 35.6M down, 13.5M up with absolutely no one else on a sector, at maximum modulation in both directions).

Realistic speeds for the time being, when you're within a few miles of an LTE tower (not 3G, not WiMAX) are around 15M down, 5M up. Upload speeds will be lower than on AT&T or Verizon, generally speaking, because upload channels generally aren't congested and you have twice the bandwidth there to start with...well, AT&T doesn't in Chicago but 700MHz also travels farther so you can actually modulate at 16QAM wherever.