Verizon Seeing 40-50 Mbps In LTE Trials Though real downstream speeds will be 5-10 Mbps... According to a new press statement from Verizon, the carrier is seeing peak download speeds of 40 to 50 megabits per second and peak upload speeds of 20 to 25 Mbps in the LTE (Long Term Evolution) wireless broadband tests they're conducting in Seattle and Boston. As we've already discussed however, real world speeds are going to be closer to between 5-10 Mbps downstream. Other than their announcement of peak speeds, there's really nothing new in Verizon's announcement: they're launching the service in 25-30 markets this year, but we still don't know what kind of pricing, caps or overages Verizon has planned for the service. Indications are that Verizon wants to employ some kind of usage-based billing model.
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 | | Which markets? Verizon says 25-30 markets... have they announced which ones yet? Would be easy to setup a couple dozen small towns with a dozen sites and call it a significant launch.
Will be interesting to see how much backhaul they actually provide to each site. WiMAX too can perform that well if close to the site and enough backhaul provided.
Competition is good but I would prefer to see WiMAX succeed as it's controlled by IEEE and the consumer electronics industry is already tied in. LTE is controlled by the evil telcom industry and will have tight control over what devices make it to market. | |
|  | | | Re: Which markets? Qualcomm is involved in LTE. That right there should be enough reason to avoid it. They have gouged those of us on CDMA for a long time and they will do the same with LTE. Since they hold key patents it isn't like anyone will get around paying them something. | |
| | | | big markets, cant say witch ones but they are NOT talking about little towns. I think it will be similar to what AT&T has for 3g now | |
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Kansas City, MO | To cover 100 million People by years' end "We are on track to deliver an outstanding wireless data experience to customers in 25 to 30 markets covering roughly 100 million people by year's end," said Tony Melone, the firm's senior VP and chief technical officer, in a statement. | |
| beaups
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1 edit | Real world speeds? Karl,
How do you know that the real world speeds we'll see on Verizon LTE are 5-10mbps? I clicked the link but that had nothing to do with Verizon's deployment.
If it's really only 5-10 that's pretty fast but disappointing at the same time. | |
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| Re: Real world speeds? said by beaups:Karl, How do you know that the real world speeds we'll see on Verizon LTE are 5-10mbps? I clicked the link but that had nothing to do with Verizon's deployment. If it's really only 5-10 that's pretty fast but disappointing at the same time. That's because a single "device" has the network all to itself, the rest is guestimates and conjecture...
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| Re: Real world speeds? said by aztecnology:said by beaups:Karl, How do you know that the real world speeds we'll see on Verizon LTE are 5-10mbps? I clicked the link but that had nothing to do with Verizon's deployment. If it's really only 5-10 that's pretty fast but disappointing at the same time. That's because a single "device" has the network all to itself, the rest is guestimates and conjecture... Are you assuming that they tested the throughput with only 1 device? | |
| | | | | | Re: Real world speeds? Not to mention testing LTE on a cell site hooked into the same backhaul that is running 3G in the first place. In other words there are lots of devices being used already. | |
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|  rawgerzIn Debt we trustPremium
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Grove City, PA | It's 5-10x what 3G is now, and would actually have signal everywhere since it's 700Mhz.
If VZ does this right, it will really be popular with satellite users and even some DSL subs out in ATT/Qwst territories. That's assuming the mobile cards have plans without low or possibly no caps.
So in summary, since they have way more 700 spectrum than ATT, they can either be a lot of peoples' friends or just another enemy.
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kudos:15 | Re: Real world speeds? Maybe for you, but in Montreal we're on HSDPA/HSPA+ (3G), and we're *already* getting 5-10 Mbps in real-world speeds.
From my apartment, typical speeds when tethered to my iPhone (on Rogers) are about 5.3Mbps, limited to that because of the iPhone hardware being 7.2Mbps. Bell's network supports 21Mbps theoretical, I believe, so you should be able to see 10+ Mbps on their network.
If they're only offering 5-10 Mbps on 4G, then it's not about raising speeds as much as it is about providing those speeds more consistently, which is certainly a good thing. | |
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