Re: Useless LTE in Seattle (Downtown, West Seattle)
ratatosk
Enthusiast - Level 2

For the sake of comparison, I did some testing of other carriers in the same parts of downtown Seattle where the VZW network is falling over. Both AT&T and T-mobile are performing consistently adequately (downlink speeds >= 3Mbps). Both were using HSPA+ - phones weren't locked onto LTE.

Of course, given how quickly the VZW LTE network hit the capacity wall, it is impossible to know what the situation will look like a year from now. This kind of decline really makes 2 year contracts questionable.

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