Thanks. Ill try to get there at some point, next time I'm in the city. I'd love to see how mine does in such a strong signal/low network use area. Of course testing it on a different day isn't a real indicator, but still.
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Thanks. Ill try to get there at some point, next time I'm in the city. I'd love to see how mine does in such a strong signal/low network use area. Of course testing it on a different day isn't a real indicator, but still.
I'll address this one. You have 2 bars, probably on the low side of signal strength of 2 bars.
I get those speeds at the office, because the clearest tower is over a hill. Drive up the hill, and I can get 30's on 3 bars. Signal strength and other variables are in play here, but IMHO, you are getting good speeds.
I get my 58M when I'm very close to a tower. Just be glad that we aren't provisioned with a 14M top speed right now
edit: after looking at your tests even more closely, you are probably capped at 14M, but maybe not. Your sub 100ms ping times are nice though!
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I think NYC is probably the strongest Verizon LTE market since the entire Manhattan island is covered with dark fiber and most of it is owned by Verizon being a local ILEC. It's insane how fast Galaxy Nexus is when paired with LTE
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I think NYC is probably the strongest Verizon LTE market since the entire Manhattan island is covered with dark fiber and most of it is owned by Verizon being a local ILEC. It's insane how fast Galaxy Nexus is when paired with LTE
dark fiber is when you don't own the fiber.
If Verizon is the local ILEC, then if they are using dark fiber, it's not their fiber.
We provide a ton of dark fiber for VZW.
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My phone seems to be a LOT worse than my Thunderbolt was for transfer speeds. I was getting 14-15G down and 4-5G up on the 'bolt, but my GNex is topping out around 10G down and about 800-900M up.
VERY disappointed with network performance of the new "flagship" phone from Verizon!
Anyone else seeing this or do I just habe a bum phone?
VERY disappointed with network performance of the new "flagship" phone from Verizon!
Anyone else seeing this or do I just habe a bum phone?
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I'm looking at about three times faster throughput on Nexus and half the latency than what I used to have on my Thunderbolt. Not sure what the issue could be on your Nexus.
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I am getting 30+ down and 15+ up in Arlington/Alexandria. Check my thread http://androidforums.com/verizon-galaxy-nexus/468923-verizon-lte-real.html
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I'll address this one. You have 2 bars, probably on the low side of signal strength of 2 bars.
I get those speeds at the office, because the clearest tower is over a hill. Drive up the hill, and I can get 30's on 3 bars. Signal strength and other variables are in play here, but IMHO, you are getting good speeds.
I get my 58M when I'm very close to a tower. Just be glad that we aren't provisioned with a 14M top speed right now
edit: after looking at your tests even more closely, you are probably capped at 14M, but maybe not. Your sub 100ms ping times are nice though!
Any idea on why I'd be capped? I have unlimited data. The are only a few reason why I'd return my GNEX for a Rezound. I just wish I could know for sure that If I got a Rezound that I'd have a better signal and better speeds but the Rezound at the mall for some reason wouldnt connect to 4G. I kick myself in the butt if I swapped out phone and come to find that both get the same speeds in the end.
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How can you prove that you're capped? You're most certainly not capped, but the location, weather conditions, time of the day, tower load all come into play and you can't always get perfect link. It's not your personal fiber to the phone line, it's airlink shared by hundreds or thousands of users connected to that same tower.
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IIRC this was the original HWM for the 4G devices. Call VZW or go wardriving to find a nice 4G signal. Make sure you are not driving, like park the car, then do a speedtest or two.
It's probably more the lower signal, but it's hard for me to tell from here, sitting in front of my computer.
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9 down and 4 up is a joke.. many people don't have that with cable modems... I live 10 miles east of DC and also only get 9 down and 4 up... but I am pretty happy with that... my last 3g phone would get 1.5 down and .5 up.. max...
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Right so you are getting exceptional performance on LTE on 9/4!!! Gotta love the LTE experience!
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I haven't run too many speed tests as I know it's fast enough for me 
Happen to be driving around a lot today and the wife ran a test while riding down interstate 285 in Atlanta and pulled this
Happen to be driving around a lot today and the wife ran a test while riding down interstate 285 in Atlanta and pulled this
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I've seen as high as 48 down and 12 up but I lately I've only been seeing 8-10down and around the same up
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highest score to date in Clemson, SC: 14.89 down, 8.02 up
i usually average 10-12 down and 5-7 up with my GNex. average scores on my thunderbolt were 6-7 down and 3-5 up, so i am still a believer in reporting issues, not signal issues on the GNex.
i usually average 10-12 down and 5-7 up with my GNex. average scores on my thunderbolt were 6-7 down and 3-5 up, so i am still a believer in reporting issues, not signal issues on the GNex.
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Talked to a Verizon rep today and LTE speeds are a known issue with the GNex. There should be an update coming out in the next 1-2 weeks to address the problem.
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LTE speed is not issue with Gnex as you can see here. It's plenty fast. The only thing is it's reading signal strength differently.
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So if I got a Rezound would I see a difference? Or is my location just the problem? I really want to find out, I have until January 15th to return my device.
Here is a few speedtests/signal strength around my house, I mostly get just 1 bar, 2 bars here and there and 3 bars on rare occasions. I picked the 3 closest servers to my location.
Here is a speed test/signal strength on my way to the VZW store, about 1/2 a mile from my house. I used random servers on this one.
When I go to the VZW store, about 3-4 miles from house I did a speed test w/ there demo Nexus. Both phones got 4 bars and the same speeds, give or take 1-2mbps. Both phones seem to get the same speed that I get here at my house, where I usually have 1-2 bars.
So is my location just the problem for me, would I see better speeds with a Rezound in my house? I know that the people getting 70mbps are rare but man I feel really left out.
Here is a few speedtests/signal strength around my house, I mostly get just 1 bar, 2 bars here and there and 3 bars on rare occasions. I picked the 3 closest servers to my location.
Here is a speed test/signal strength on my way to the VZW store, about 1/2 a mile from my house. I used random servers on this one.
When I go to the VZW store, about 3-4 miles from house I did a speed test w/ there demo Nexus. Both phones got 4 bars and the same speeds, give or take 1-2mbps. Both phones seem to get the same speed that I get here at my house, where I usually have 1-2 bars.
So is my location just the problem for me, would I see better speeds with a Rezound in my house? I know that the people getting 70mbps are rare but man I feel really left out.
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I actually got a slightly higher speeds with Galaxy Nexus than the Rezound. Had the Rezound for about three weeks, got as high as 70mbps. On my nexus I peaked at 71.4mbps, and pushing over 60mbps on a daily basis.
It's safe to say Nexus is giving me more consistent LTE throughput.
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So you feel left out because some others are getting over 70Mbps speed?
Your LTE speed seems to be perfectly fine to me. We were living with 1~2Mbps 3G speed not too long ago.
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All I know is my nexus would drop from 4g to 3g in many structures. I may have had a bad one, who knows. But my rezound keeps a 4g signal quite well entering structures.
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That's what I keep reading. I hate to switch phones, to a Rezound, just for the speed, but If I would see a big difference I'll def do it. I just don't want to swap phones that come to find out later that my home is just in bad 4G spot or something. I did enter my address into that 4G coverage map on VZW and it showed that I'm in the red, but I'm guessing that thing is pretty much useless. But like I said, If I could know for a fact a Rezound would fix my issue I'd return my SGN tomorrow.
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Well for me, it was the video quality but I understand your conundrum well. I wasn't sure if it was normal or going to be addressed or what. But in my case I knew the LCD panel in the rezound would "fix it" (in the sense that the issues I was seeing would be hidden by the LCD display). There are no guarantees that a rezound will perform better for you. HOWEVER, I think at least now, the rezound does seem to perform better inside structures and in marginal signal areas. Whether a software update can improve things on the Nexus is what many Nexus owners are hoping for, but it's anyone's guess if it'll happen in reality. :/
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