LTE User Experience Depends on How Often You Default to 3G, if Only Episodically

Tests by Root Metrics illustrate potential end user experience of their Long Term Evolution device and network, and the real-world experience when accounting for the times the 4G network will default back to the 3G network. In a pure LTE comparison between AT&T and Verizon Wireless, AT&T had a slight edge in LTE throughput.

After including defaults back to 3G, Verizon Wireless had the better average performance.



Measured performance, when both LTE and default back to 3G was measured, gave an edge to Verizon Wireless in the 15 cities studied, Root Metrics Root Metrics reports.