Ipad 4g question?

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Originally Posted by HydrogenCyanide

I now have a Bell LTE card in my iPad 4g. I was in downtown Toronto today for work but never saw my 3G icon change to LTE or 4g or anything like that. The internet seemed snappy and I did verify that LTE was enabled in the settings menu.

Any idea's???? Does the iPad simply not display the LTEmor 4g icon? Was i not getting switched over to the LTE network?

Did you check the coverage map to make sure you weren't in one of those pockets without LTE? Even so, I am finding the '3G' (as shown on the ipad) from Bell much stronger at the same bar strength than Rogers. For instance, I got the same download clock speed (10mbps) with Bell at 4 bars 3G than with Rogers 1 bar LTE during my personal tests.

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This LTE is pretty damn impressive. I know I'm not in any of the core areas but I've seen as high as 32mbps middle of the day in Vaughan. The WiFi at my work runs at half that tops.

[HydrogenCyanide]

Are you using Bell? When you on LTE does the iPad say it or does it still say 3G?

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Originally Posted by HydrogenCyanide

Are you using Bell? When you on LTE does the iPad say it or does it still say 3G?

Yes, I'm on Bell. When on LTE, the tablet does say LTE instead of 3G. Haven't been out of Vaughan with my iPad, and the most bars I've seen was 3/5. The average speeds are 20-26 mbps down, but I've seen 30+ numerous times (these speeds are faster than my home internet, crazy!).

Now, this is based on my own testing, and it could vary depending on different areas, but my Bell 3G speeds are faster than Rogers LTE. To compare, a 4 bar "3G" speed on my iPad returned roughly 10mbps down, whereas I got that from a 1 bar Rogers LTE. This is in Vaughan, curious how it would be in other regions.

Clearly if you look at the coverage maps, as listed before, the Bell one appears to be more honest (looks like Swiss cheese) whereas the Rogers maps shows a big blob to well north of where I live but those speeds are not attainable.

And of course, this is the present state. As time moves on and they continue to upgrade, it should improve for both networks. But for now, if you are a Vaughan resident, you're better off with Bell LTE