[Brazos]

What about Houston?

xracer1994, on 08 May 2012 - 10:08 AM, said:

Phoenix is the fifth larges city in the United States. Why weren't any tests done here?

[waldojim]

Yargs, on 08 May 2012 - 06:14 PM, said:

From the Wikipedia entry for Yogi Berra: "On why he no longer went to Ruggeri's, a St. Louis restaurant: 'Nobody goes there anymore. It's too crowded.'"

Great minds think alike.

"Great minds don't think alike, for that is why they are great”
--Derek Weidl

[Yargs]

waldojim, on 08 May 2012 - 08:03 PM, said:

Yargs, on 08 May 2012 - 06:14 PM, said:

From the Wikipedia entry for Yogi Berra: "On why he no longer went to Ruggeri's, a St. Louis restaurant: 'Nobody goes there anymore. It's too crowded.'"

Great minds think alike.

"Great minds don't think alike, for that is why they are great”
--Derek Weidl

My favorite Yogi Berra quote:

"I never said most of the things I said."

[MichaelElling]

You have to include backhaul link to cellsite as well in your "number of variables" impacting the variability between sites in same town on same network. Super job gals and guys!

[MichaelElling]

Does the type of phone and software generation have an impact? They gave you the best phones, and it would be interesting to see if there is variability amongst devices on the same network. Lastly, would love to see how voice-rec (siri, droid) performance as a 3rd real-world application/measure, since that requires a fairly clean and consistent signal.

[MichaelElling]

karps, on 08 May 2012 - 03:28 AM, said:

In a city, at least for now, there is always a land-line phone if you need it. The real place for cell phones and their data capabilities is when you're traveling. How about data speeds on I-80 between Des Moines and Omaha, or I-90 between the Twin Cities and Fargo? How's the coverage in central Arkansas or the Mojave Desert? That would actually be a useful article. Nobody lives in those big cities anymore - it's too crowded.

The FCC produces a coverage map; a link is after this note. Read and weep! From personal experience, I'd say 3G coverage/consistency in most urban/suburban coverage gets graded a "B", with a lot of defaulting to 2G and wifi during congestion periods or poor coverage (inbuilding and outdoors) areas. The FCC map indicates very little 3G coverage in rural and outside urban areas in tertiary markets. Lot's of 2G or no coverage. That's an "F" in my book. 4G? Maybe a decade away, although Verizon is trying to work with ILECs to use as a wireline replacement. We need that and other solutions! http://tiles.mapbox....s-oct-2011-data

This post has been edited by MichaelElling: 10 May 2012 - 11:43 AM

[MichaelElling]

One last thing. You probably could have done a wifi speed test at each location to compare to 3 and 4G. Difference would have been worth noting (especially upstream for large file transfer and 2-way video; oh yeah, another app!), especially as most phones have single stream n radios capable of 30mbs. Always next time. Good job again!

[MindWatcher]

Where is Phoenix in your cities list? It is the 5th or 6th largest city in the USA. How can you ignore such a market? Intel is building their largest 22 nm factory in theis area. This is now a techie city.

[alfredfreitas]

waldojim, on 08 May 2012 - 09:08 AM, said:

karps, on 08 May 2012 - 03:28 AM, said:

In a city, at least for now, there is always a land-line phone if you need it. The real place for cell phones and their data capabilities is when you're traveling. How about data speeds on I-80 between Des Moines and Omaha, or I-90 between the Twin Cities and Fargo? How's the coverage in central Arkansas or the Mojave Desert? That would actually be a useful article. Nobody lives in those big cities anymore - it's too crowded.

do you realize how contradictory that single statement is?

I wonder if you've heard of "tongue in cheek"?

[alfredfreitas]

karps, on 08 May 2012 - 03:28 AM, said:

In a city, at least for now, there is always a land-line phone if you need it. The real place for cell phones and their data capabilities is when you're traveling. How about data speeds on I-80 between Des Moines and Omaha, or I-90 between the Twin Cities and Fargo? How's the coverage in central Arkansas or the Mojave Desert? That would actually be a useful article. Nobody lives in those big cities anymore - it's too crowded.

Thaks for the comment. I nearly fell off my chair. That was great!

[reor]

waldojim, on 08 May 2012 - 09:08 AM, said:

karps, on 08 May 2012 - 03:28 AM, said:

In a city, at least for now, there is always a land-line phone if you need it. The real place for cell phones and their data capabilities is when you're traveling. How about data speeds on I-80 between Des Moines and Omaha, or I-90 between the Twin Cities and Fargo? How's the coverage in central Arkansas or the Mojave Desert? That would actually be a useful article. Nobody lives in those big cities anymore - it's too crowded.

do you realize how contradictory that single statement is?

I think it was a joke - Yogi Berra would be proud!

Yogi might also say, "It's all the data you can use, until you use it up." Referring to the data-capped "unlimited" service that can cripple even the coolest new smartphone. . . and your wallet.

Good point about flyover country, sometimes you can't even get 3G.

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MattWu, on 07 May 2012 - 06:43 PM, said:

I don't believe the Verizon 4g numbers in this report. With my Galaxy Nexus, in Dallas I was getting about 30-40 Mbps, and in LA I get about 20 Mbps downloads.

No you weren't.

[RheinheartBenjamin]

I have to say I'm doubtful of the diligence of the researcher they sent to Boston: several test sites show EXACTLY THE SAME data which is, ahem, *unlikely*

[EMath]

Next time you're in Chicago, how about you test somewhere useful like, oh, I don't know, the Central Business District? Why on earth were you only testing out in the neighborhoods? The Loop has half a million people every weekday, and 90%+ of them use smartphones and might actually find your test useful. The people in McKinley Park? In Lawndale? In Bronzeville? They like fast speeds too, I'm sure, but all those areas added together still have fewer smartphones in use than the Loop. Next time you come to Chicago, please, for the love of all things holy, how about actually doing your tests where people use their phones?

[mhmz]

Speedtest(s) are fickle in that you need to choose a different one for each location to some extent.

The only real test that should be done for accurate speed in official testing is choosing a large usenet service and downloading large files with at least 8 connections

This will tell you your exact top sustained speeds better than anything else on earth.

[Cypher]

How does T-Mobile have double the speed on 3G in comparison to 4G in some areas?

[ChrisM123]

I think you have some great results however I think the test is somewhat innaccurate if your trying to sample the "nation" you have not sampled in any of the fly over states. Why is that?