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LTE-A Network speeds?
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dangetti
06-12-2014
Anyone in London and on EE or Vodafone getting LTE-A (might show as 4G+)

If so what network, location and speed are you getting?

I headed to London about a month ago with a Note 4 on EE and got 99Mbps max near westminster, but heading back tomorrow and Monday with a Mate 7 and Alpha and both EE and Vodafone SIM

Would be interested to see other results from users
The Lord Lucan
06-12-2014
144 on the press launch. Samsung. One of the pics used in a few articles is actually mine Think we managed 146 at one point but I doubt the speed tests are that accurate at these speeds though (too small a file on cellular!)
dangetti
06-12-2014
What would you suggest the best way on mobile to get these speeds reported if the app is too small a file
eforce
06-12-2014
Originally Posted by dangetti:
“What would you suggest the best way on mobile to get these speeds reported if the app is too small a file”

Thinkbroadband does some test files.

http://www.thinkbroadband.com/download.html
jchamier
06-12-2014
Originally Posted by dangetti:
“What would you suggest the best way on mobile to get these speeds reported if the app is too small a file”

Think broadband's testers have been shown to work at gigabit speeds. Flash tester only works if you tether but there is the HTML tester http://labs.thinkbroadband.com
iGeek2014
06-12-2014
Am going to be in Central London a week tomorrow so am hoping to see which parts of the City are LTE-A enabled on Vodafone..
dangetti
07-12-2014
Very limited LTE-A from what I have seen

However at Victoria station I hit 149.74Mbps on an Alpha using Vodafone!

https://twitter.com/coolsmartphone/s...022337/photo/1
Step666
07-12-2014
Whilst I haven't experienced it personally (wrong end of the country), a guy I know who works for EE saw screenshots of 280-something Mbps.
That was during testing prior to the public announcement though, I think.
GreenLantern
07-12-2014
Get 4G+ on my Alpha with EE Dan & Phil Sim

70-80-90mbit down with 30-40mbit up.

This is during the daytime though so normal network load constraints in Central London apply.

Obviously both bands used by EE can be being used by other handsets in single banded mode - taking away from speeds I would guess.

Again have a funny feeling EE whitelist speedtest websites though.
japaul
07-12-2014
Had to drive into central London early this morning and with a Cat 6 phone to try out I gave Vodafone's LTE-A a go. Not too shabby this GPRS is it?

http://www.speedtest.net/my-result/a/1072970702
http://www.speedtest.net/my-result/a/1072969735
http://www.speedtest.net/my-result/a/1072964413
http://www.speedtest.net/my-result/a/1072962749
http://www.speedtest.net/my-result/a/1072962452
http://www.speedtest.net/my-result/a/1072961773
http://www.speedtest.net/my-result/a/1072961470

Various London servers except Vodafone's own (which always seems to be capped and never goes above 100 which is a problem as most of the Vodafone tests default to it). All tests used ~200-300MB.
Zebb
07-12-2014
Perhaps the networks should limit the number of speed tests per month?
japaul
07-12-2014
Originally Posted by Zebb:
“Perhaps the networks should limit the number of speed tests per month?”

Haha no chance of Vodafone doing that when they can charge you for the data.

Anyway that's probably my quota of Voda speed tests for the next year. I'm really only interested in running them to test extremes where there is something new to try out which pushes the tech along or sometimes if I think there's a problem. Need to run a few to make the results valid.
jchamier
07-12-2014
Originally Posted by japaul:
“Had to drive into central London early this morning and with a Cat 6 phone to try out I gave Vodafone's LTE-A a go. Not too shabby this GPRS is it? ”

Nice ! I'm waiting for iPhone 6s and it better be Cat6 (or better) by then.

Wonder if by 2020 Vodafone will get LTE out of the M25
The Lord Lucan
07-12-2014
What were the speeds like after 9am..

Looks good but it seems EE & Voda could improve latency a little in London over LTE-A.
Should be less in London..
dabotsonline
08-12-2014
Originally Posted by The Lord Lucan:
“Looks good but it seems EE & Voda could improve latency a little in London over LTE-A.
Should be less in London..”

Does (for instance) SK Telecom's LTE-A service offer less latency in Seoul?
M1kos
08-12-2014
I got 95mb down on Vodafone outside Victoria station on a non cat 6 Sony Xperia z2 but nowhere else was anything like as fast
Gigabit
08-12-2014
I find it ridiculous that Vodafone invest money to make their LTE network faster in London when a grand total of two devices can use it. They than have the arrogance to leave the rest of the country running like absolute shit.
jabbamk1
08-12-2014
Originally Posted by dabotsonline:
“Does (for instance) SK Telecom's LTE-A service offer less latency in Seoul?”

From what I've seen. Its always under 50ms.
jabbamk1
08-12-2014
Originally Posted by Gigabit:
“I find it ridiculous that Vodafone invest money to make their LTE network faster in London when a grand total of two devices can use it”

More than 2 devices can use it.... way more.

Also EE are investing in this as well.

Not sure I see your point. Its a bit like saying O2 should have never bothered with DC-HSPA+...
Gigabit
08-12-2014
Originally Posted by jabbamk1:
“More than 2 devices can use it.... way more.

Also EE are investing in this as well.

Not sure I see your point. Its a bit like saying O2 should have never bothered with DC-HSPA+...”

Name the more than two devices that support LTE-A.
japaul
08-12-2014
Originally Posted by Gigabit:
“I find it ridiculous that Vodafone invest money to make their LTE network faster in London when a grand total of two devices can use it.”

Almost every 4G device on sale benefits from it.
jchamier
08-12-2014
Originally Posted by Gigabit:
“I find it ridiculous that Vodafone invest money to make their LTE network faster in London when a grand total of two devices can use it. They than have the arrogance to leave the rest of the country running like absolute shit.”

I think your point is that Voda should have concentrated on rolling out LTE and HSPA+ to their locations that are still GPRS only, before investing in LTE-A.

That I agree with 100%. As a corporate Vodafone customer (without 4G) the lack of 3G hampers business. I personally have to use my EE phone as a hotspot for my work phone in lots of locations.

I think EE (and maybe 3) should be investing in LTE-A and Vodafone/O2 should be planning for it, as they ramp up capacity.

I suspect Vodafone are panicking and want to show they are doing the "new stuff" to avoid losing customers in the city.
jabbamk1
08-12-2014
Originally Posted by Gigabit:
“Name the more than two devices that support LTE-A.”

Well every LTE device will benefit in a way.

Those that support LTE-A are listed here.

http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_...h_LTE_Advanced
Gigabit
09-12-2014
I know of two devices that support Cat6 LTE.
japaul
09-12-2014
Originally Posted by Gigabit:
“I know of two devices that support Cat6 LTE.”

Well there's more than two in the list posted and that number is only going to increase. But the point you are missing is that you don't need Cat 6 to benefit. Just having access to the extra spectrum is helpful in itself and even the devices that can't use 2600 are better off as the band they are using will be less congested with the devices that can use 2600 being pushed to that.
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