Can anyone confirm, in a non-LTE market, if HSPA+ speeds approach the max real world downlink for category 10? That is, 14Mbps theoretical and a max real world of ~12Mbps. I haven't seen anything over 4Mbps down, ever, with my original Titan. And there was a theory that it was a OS setting that AT&T employed on their Titan. So if the Titan II shows proper HSPA+ speeds then I'd have to conclude that the theory was correct.
I am also hoping that the consumer refresh 3 will address issues like this.
I can't confirm that, but I can say I'm VERY diasappointed with the bandwidth available to my Titan II on 4G and LTE. It's the same as on 3G with my focus - between 4 and 6 Mbps.
I have no doubt that AT&T is throttling the bandwidth while they tout "super-fast 4G/LTE speeds". Some marketing BS for sure.
If they are not throttling then maybe they upgraded only the wireless radio edge equipment but the data is sent across the same over-sold over-subscribed backbone network and aggregation routers.
I'd love for someone at AT&T to explain why my 3G Speeds = my 4G speed which = my LTE speed.
And that's just for download speeds. 4G and LTE upload speeds pale in comparison to 3G Upload. (3G was about 2.5-3Mbps and 4G/LTE both seem to be less than 1Gbps.)
LAME!
And think about it... why would AT&T want to offer faster speeds? Wouldn't they prefer that you connect to WiFi where available and not use their network bandwidth? If they offered truly faster speeds, who would bother with WiFi (given both are avaialble)? Unless you were approaching your data limit on at&t, then you might switch over.
Same reason they don't offer unlimited data plans to use the WiFi hotspot feature. They don't want everyone getting rid of their home Internet connection and using their Cell Phone carrier's network.
</my paranoid, conspiracy theory rant>