On Friday, September 21, 2012 4:21:37 PM UTC-4, iBoaterer wrote:
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On 9/21/2012 2:08 PM, wrote:

On Friday, September 21, 2012 1:25:29 PM UTC-4, iBoaterer wrote:

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It's completely plausible that Scot is near a 3G tower but on the fringe of a 4G tower, so he gets much better data rates with 3G.



I suppose you'd just make sure the display said "4G", no matter what the results?







Download speedtest from google play, test your phone at 3g and at 4g and

get back to me.



3G is MUCH faster! Of course, I have no 4G coverage here. :-)



All things being equal, of course 4G would be faster. You seem to be thinking that it's always equal in the real world, and you should realize it's not.



Do the terms "dropped packets", "corrupted packet retries", or "QoS" mean anything to you? Ever had a bad connection on a cell call, with missing chunks of speech? Ever had a dropped call? Ever been to a big event, and seen the data rate drop though the floor?



Also, some 4G sites have intentionally throttled back speeds as they get the infrastructure in place. You can get different speed results depending on where you are in the cell, and from cell to cell.



I'm getting tired of educating you. I'm sending you an invoice.





Exactly my issue with 4G... It just sucks around here, 3G is much more

stable and reliable... As to my "speed test" I have a decent phone, not

fancy but a workhorse by LG.



And your results were? Do you realize that the signal, whether 4 or 3g

comes from the same exact place?

You do realize that not every 3G tower has, or will get, a 4G install?

His nearby 3G tower may not hace a 4G package and array. It uses different antennas and RF equipment. Different frequency band. Larger range.