Author Topic: LTE: The Future Wireless or OMG! FAST WIRELESS INTERNETS!  (Read 2122 times)

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LTE: The Future Wireless or OMG! FAST WIRELESS INTERNETS!
« on: April 24, 2011, 09:37:37 PM »
So my wife and I are in Milwaukee tonight taking in a Jonathon Coulton concert.  I brought with a Novatel Wireless LTE Mifi that I just bought earlier this week. $49 on a 2-year contract.  I've been waiting for this particular device to come out becuase I've been wanting a wireless hotspot to replace our Sprint Broadband card and since Verizon is first at rolling out the newest wireless standard.  I didn't want to be stuck with something for 2 years that didn't take advantage of it. (Verizon's LTE rollout schedule is supposed to be on most of their network by the end of 2012.)  Milwaukee wasn't listed as a current LTE city, but I hoped that maybe they would be testing it since Milwaukee is supposed to go official by the end of this year.  I was thrilled (yes I'm such a geek) to see that the LTE indicator in my the Mifi lit up when I turned it on in the hotel room after the concert.  My wife was clicking through her Pet Society and she said it's never been so fast even at home. (Which is 30Mbit Charter connection, so I think I'm going to have to do some troubleshooting on her laptop when I get back home.)  Here's the results from a speed test to Chicago.



So freaking awesome.  This is the FUTURE baby!!


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Re: LTE: The Future Wireless or OMG! FAST WIRELESS INTERNETS!
« Reply #1 on: April 24, 2011, 09:56:31 PM »
wait... on your phone!? are you fraking with me!?  :o

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Re: LTE: The Future Wireless or OMG! FAST WIRELESS INTERNETS!
« Reply #2 on: April 25, 2011, 08:13:47 AM »
holy shit that's fast!    on speed test, i'm running a

how is the upload so fast... this is from my computer right now.


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Re: LTE: The Future Wireless or OMG! FAST WIRELESS INTERNETS!
« Reply #3 on: April 25, 2011, 11:29:09 AM »
on your phone?!?!? no way!

my computer on the crappy wireless router is :




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Re: LTE: The Future Wireless or OMG! FAST WIRELESS INTERNETS!
« Reply #4 on: April 25, 2011, 07:46:33 PM »
I don't have an LTE phone... yet.  I have one of Verizon's LTE hotspots.  It's a device that fits in the palm of your hand that allows up to 5 Wifi devices to get data over Verizon's network.  It looks like this: http://www.verizonwireless.com/b2c/store/controller?item=phoneFirst&action=viewPhoneDetail&selectedPhoneId=5633&deviceCategoryId=13

You know what I just realized... I could play Xbox Live over this. :)
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Re: LTE: The Future Wireless or OMG! FAST WIRELESS INTERNETS!
« Reply #5 on: April 26, 2011, 07:09:51 AM »
I don't have an LTE phone... yet.  I have one of Verizon's LTE hotspots.  It's a device that fits in the palm of your hand that allows up to 5 Wifi devices to get data over Verizon's network.  It looks like this: http://www.verizonwireless.com/b2c/store/controller?item=phoneFirst&action=viewPhoneDetail&selectedPhoneId=5633&deviceCategoryId=13

You know what I just realized... I could play Xbox Live over this. :)


Gorram right you could!