Well this is interesting.
I was just biking home from Safeway when my HTC Thunderbolt made a noise. I looked at it, and found that the 4G LTE logo was now active. When I arrived home (about 10 minutes later) I opened up Speedtest to see if this was for real. According to the app, I managed a download speed of about 28 Mbps and an upload speed of 9.5 Mbps.
As far as I can tell no official announcement has been made by Verizon regarding 4G LTE coverage in the Portland area. To be more precise, I live just outside of Tigard, which is on the southwest side of the city. I’m a good 10 miles from downtown as the crow flies.
This is not the first time I’ve had this occur. When I was downtown about two weeks ago, the 4G LTE turned on for approximately thirty seconds, then disappeared. It’s been about 20 minutes since it turned on for my Thunderbolt, however. So maybe this time it’s for real.
Do you know anything about 4G LTE being turned on here? Let me know in the comments.
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