Thanks I appreciate that. I am using a Pantech UML290, usually in a cradlepoint MBR95 router. That said, I owe VZW an apology. I whacked half a tree from in front of my house that was in the line of sight to the tower 7 - 10 miles away and I'm getting 14 down/10 up this morning.

My RSSI went from the high -seventies to the high -sixites and the LTE SINR went from mid single digits to the mid teens as measured by the router. More importatnly though, the graph of the two was much less erratic (straight line). I was under the impression that LTE was much less sensitive to obstrucion than EVDO but apparently not, at least not directly in front of a yagi.