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Study shows US has slower LTE wireless than 60 other countries

30 points by prando 9y ago

mschuster91 9y ago
Warning, this article on Android (Chrome) redirects to a fake Amazon page after ~10-15s read time which adivertises "you have won a free iPhone 7" and hijacks the "back" button. I'm not surprised Yahoo went downhill when such crap passes through the ad quality controls.
vortico 9y ago
I'd say that's reasonable considering it's the fourth largest country in land area and its population is spread much more evenly than Canada or Russia. And despite this, the article says the availability ranking is #4.
- rando444 9y ago
  I don't know about reasonable. I mean if they have the availability then this just means their networks are the problem. The telecoms in the US should have much better networks, especially after stealing hundreds of billions of dollars from US taxpayers for promises that were never delivered.[0][1] [0]https://www.ntia.doc.gov/legacy/broadbandgrants/comments/61BF.pdf https://www.ntia.doc.gov/legacy/broadbandgrants/comments/61B... [1]https://www.amazon.com/Broadbandits-Inside-Billion-Telecom-Heist/dp/0471660612 https://www.amazon.com/Broadbandits-Inside-Billion-Telecom-H...
  - StillBored 9y ago
    This reminds me of the fact that it seems in Austin, the TWC/Charter merger seems to have done little to improve the speeds, despite a small price hike... Yet, it seems that the city is now covered in shiny brand new ford transit vans with Spectrum emblazoned over the sides. If they put 1/2 the effort into upgrading the network they seem to be putting into advertising and buying new vans then I wouldn't still be jealous of my coworkers with google fiber given that DOCSIS 3.1 is 4 years old and my modem is still locked at a fraction of the now ten year old DOCIS 3.0 speed.
ActsJuvenile 9y ago
LTE follows "scout's honor" model of self-certification. You can get your mostly-3G backhaul to show LTE on customer's screens if you so please.
berbec 9y ago
I live in Manhattan, on the Upper East Side, a fairly upscale neighborhood. I struggle to reach 12mbps with T-Mobile. There are sections of the NYC subway where I hit 40mbps. The vast difference in LTE quality even in such a dense market as New York City amazes me. You'd think the number of subscribers per square foot would mean there would be a tower on every block. Let's not talk about the lack of Fios...

30 points by prando 9y ago

Warning, this article on Android (Chrome) redirects to a fake Amazon page after ~10-15s read time which adivertises "you have won a free iPhone 7" and hijacks the "back" button. I'm not surprised Yahoo went downhill when such crap passes through the ad quality controls.

vortico 9y ago

I'd say that's reasonable considering it's the fourth largest country in land area and its population is spread much more evenly than Canada or Russia. And despite this, the article says the availability ranking is #4.

rando444 9y ago
I don't know about reasonable. I mean if they have the availability then this just means their networks are the problem. The telecoms in the US should have much better networks, especially after stealing hundreds of billions of dollars from US taxpayers for promises that were never delivered.[0][1] [0]https://www.ntia.doc.gov/legacy/broadbandgrants/comments/61BF.pdf https://www.ntia.doc.gov/legacy/broadbandgrants/comments/61B... [1]https://www.amazon.com/Broadbandits-Inside-Billion-Telecom-Heist/dp/0471660612 https://www.amazon.com/Broadbandits-Inside-Billion-Telecom-H...
- StillBored 9y ago
  This reminds me of the fact that it seems in Austin, the TWC/Charter merger seems to have done little to improve the speeds, despite a small price hike... Yet, it seems that the city is now covered in shiny brand new ford transit vans with Spectrum emblazoned over the sides. If they put 1/2 the effort into upgrading the network they seem to be putting into advertising and buying new vans then I wouldn't still be jealous of my coworkers with google fiber given that DOCSIS 3.1 is 4 years old and my modem is still locked at a fraction of the now ten year old DOCIS 3.0 speed.

ActsJuvenile 9y ago

LTE follows "scout's honor" model of self-certification. You can get your mostly-3G backhaul to show LTE on customer's screens if you so please.

berbec 9y ago

I live in Manhattan, on the Upper East Side, a fairly upscale neighborhood. I struggle to reach 12mbps with T-Mobile. There are sections of the NYC subway where I hit 40mbps. The vast difference in LTE quality even in such a dense market as New York City amazes me. You'd think the number of subscribers per square foot would mean there would be a tower on every block. Let's not talk about the lack of Fios...