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On 9/22/2012 9:37 AM, Meyer wrote:
On 9/22/2012 7:40 AM, iBoaterer wrote:
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On Friday, September 21, 2012 4:21:37 PM UTC-4, iBoaterer wrote:
In article , says...

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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says...

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.

That's COVERAGE NOT SPEED.

You don't have a clue as to what 3 pontoon just said, do you?

Yeah, my 3G is so so.... My 4G is slooooooooow... if you consider
non-existent slow. I will say this on more time. Around here, and in the
boondocks, 4G is so spotty and ****ty, when we get a 4G connect, we
reboot the bug to get another signal. I don't really care if Kevin
believes me or not, he has the same elitist "city dweller" attitude that
everybody gets exactly the same services available as us out here in the
suburban areas and that we should base our needs on what they have
available... These are the same folks who would try to get me to live my
life in a Chevy Volt or on Public Transportation...