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skent
Since 08 Aug 2011
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 Wed Jun 13, 12 9:58 pm 4G? (non kite related question) |
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Just curious whether Hood River gets 4G service/reception from AT&T or Verizon?
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eric
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| Wed Jun 13, 12 10:11 pm |
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| I often get NoG reception from AT&T in Hood River |
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Nak
Since 19 May 2005
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Camas
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| Thu Jun 14, 12 5:31 am |
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| AT&T 4G (LTE) is only in select major metropolitan areas right now. Portland isn't one of those areas yet, and I imagine it's going to be a long time till HR is. |
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registered
Since 12 Jul 2005
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tsunami
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| Thu Jun 14, 12 6:10 am |
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Yeah you only pay for the 4g phone and service.
Hardley anywhere has it.
It would cut into the bottom line.
Better grow the gov and fix it.
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Inept_Fun
Since 14 Apr 2005
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| Thu Jun 14, 12 9:03 am |
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Yeah I doubt Hood has 4g with anyone yet. I have t-mobile and I dont even get 3g in this bizz.
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DROCK999
Since 31 May 2007
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| Thu Jun 14, 12 12:15 pm |
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4G is a marketing gimmic, it really doesn't exist
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Nak
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| Thu Jun 14, 12 1:37 pm |
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| DROCK999 wrote: | | 4G is a marketing gimmic, it really doesn't exist |
 Seems like, till you find it. Layovers in Atlanta I get 25 - 30 Mb/s downloads and 20 - 25 Mb/s uploads. It'll definitely be nice when it gets to Portland in a year or so. |
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shred_da_gorge
Since 12 Nov 2008
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| Thu Jun 14, 12 3:11 pm |
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I hear Hood River has CABLE TV now!
Just not reliable electric service... |
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Inept_Fun
Since 14 Apr 2005
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| Thu Jun 14, 12 5:16 pm |
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| DROCK999 wrote: | | 4G is a marketing gimmic, it really doesn't exist |
I get 4g when Im living in Salt Lake City and it really is fast. Im surprised that Salt Lake got it before Portland!
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Matt E.
Since 22 May 2008
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| Thu Jun 14, 12 5:31 pm |
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| My Iphone 4s with At&t says it is running at 4G next to how many service bars I have. I'm in Portland, pretty sure it says the same in Hood River though.... |
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Weaz
Since 23 May 2012
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| Thu Jun 14, 12 5:40 pm |
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It's 4g over telegraph wire....
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Dern
Since 11 Jul 2010
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| Thu Jun 14, 12 6:22 pm |
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| I get 4g with Sprint in Vancouver and Portland. It's spotty, though. I get good enough 3G at Jones to post an OSR and in Hood River I can browse the internets at the event site. |
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Nak
Since 19 May 2005
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Camas
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| Thu Jun 14, 12 7:40 pm |
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| Matt E. wrote: | | My Iphone 4s with At&t says it is running at 4G next to how many service bars I have. I'm in Portland, pretty sure it says the same in Hood River though.... |
When it says 4G it's 3G. It has to say 4Glte to be 4G. AT&T...  Plus, I don't think the Iphone is real 4G (LTE) capable. I could be wrong about that... As far as Sprint: | Quote: | | Sprint will undoubtedly boast about the speed of their 4G LTE network as a selling point for the HTC EVO 4G LTE, but keep in mind that this network is not widespread. In fact, Sprint has not turned on the 4G LTE network yet. Once it does, the Sprint 4G LTE rollout will start in Baltimore and Kansas City, followed by expansions in Atlanta, Dallas, Houston and San Antonio. Shoppers who don’t live in these areas will not enjoy the 4G LTE speeds of Sprint’s network until 2013. |
With any of the carriers, it's easiest to get the SpeedTest.net app and test your connection to see if you actually have 4G. In Portland with AT&T, you're really lucky to get 5Mbps downloads. That's 3G. If you're not showing at least 15Mbps you're on 3G. Or your carrier is so slow that what they call 4G might as well be 3G. I've seen up to 35Mbps in some cities, although 25Mbps seems to be more typical. |
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Inept_Fun
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| Fri Jun 15, 12 8:59 am |
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Nak you are correct, the iPhone 4s isnt even 4g capable. Guess they are saving that for the next one which is sure to drop within the next few months.
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shred_da_gorge
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| Wed Jun 20, 12 1:59 pm |
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Portland was one of the first cities to roll out 4G... it's just that it was WiMAX (think Intel territory). This was done under the brand CLEAR with lots of financial backing by Sprint. NAK is correct in pointing to the competing standard LTE (backed by Qualcomm) which has gained far more widespread adoption (i.e. Verizon, AT&T, MetroPCS providers in US, Nokia in EU, Huawei variants in China). I doubt highly there are towers for any of the 4G standards (WiMAX, LTE, EV-DO) in the Gorge, regardless of what any phone says.
BTW AT&T's 3G was poorly implemented so it didn't take advantage of a good deal of 2G backbone in most of the country (including the Gorge). I kept a dual-mode (digital/analog) 2G phone for nearly a decade, alongside an AT&T 3G phone for two of those years (would have been less if not for the contract). One of the downsides of modern bandwidth use (and crappy phones with internal antennas) is that voice allocation suffers the most, so gone are the days when you "could hear a pin drop" (Sprint's early ad campaign) - say hello to the days of barely hearing conversations. |
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Cap
Since 12 Mar 2008
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| Wed Jun 20, 12 9:21 pm |
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I am currently getting 4 bars of 4G AT&T on my iPhone in Hood River. 4G is noticeably faster than 3G.
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Nak
Since 19 May 2005
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| Wed Jun 20, 12 10:35 pm |
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| Cap wrote: | | I am currently getting 4 bars of 4G AT&T on my iPhone in Hood River. 4G is noticeably faster than 3G. |
Nope. The Iphone is only 3G capable. What you're getting is HSPA+, which--while a little faster than HSPA--is still only 3G. The 4G symbol is just AT&T marketing. When you're getting AT&T's real 4G it'll say 4GLTE. Which is WAY faster than any 3G. Like 10 times as fast. Faster than my home cable internet. |
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