Doesn’t appear that any change in speeds have occurred as of yet jn the Washington DC area after Verizon’s announcement of it’s AWS-based XLTE rollout Monday. 700mhz LTE devices are still suffering from a congested network, and speed test.com tests on an iPhone 5s see no apparent increase in speed.
Today Verizon introduces an expanded LTE footprint it dubs “XLTE”, which is based on the AWS spectrum it purchased from the U.S. government. XLTE promises to be twice the speed of LTE. In some markets, this will likely mean that the amazingly fast speeds we saw in the first weeks of LTE deployment may return….
People have a right to know by whom they are attempting to be persuaded. – Former Acting FCC Chairman Michael Copps.