Verizon achieves multi-megabit per second on LTE (USA)

www.WirelessFederation.com/news: Achievement of multi-megabit per second peaks out of the Long Term Evolution (LTE) networks has been revealed by Verizon Wireless after the tests in Boston and Seattle. An average downloads of up to 12 Mbit/s using the new technology is still being promised by the telco.

Capability of peak downloads of 40 Mbit/s to 50 Mbit/s has been reflected by the test sites through the trials along with and peak upload speeds of 20 Mbit/s to 25 Mbit/s.

It has also been promised by the company that LTE network will offer speeds “significantly faster” than “current or promised 3G network speeds.

When a mobile user is on a network without too many other users on it and are located close to a cell site are likely to hit peak speeds on any wireless network. As the distance from the base station increases and more people comes on a network, the wireless performance will get worse.

The position of the user also affects the performance. The test were being carries out Verizon in Boston and Seattle since August 2009 involving streaming video, file uploads and downloads, and Web browsing, as well as VoIP calls over the LTE network.