LTE Max in Ottawa

[Alph]

Is this working in Ottawa yet? For those of you with phones that support it, are you noticing the improved throughput? What kind of numbers are you getting?

If you're a heavy data user, is the improvement in connectivity worth an early upgrade?

Thanks in advance.

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[RogersAndrewNP]

Hey guys,

Are there any Ottawa people with LTE Max compatible devices that can comment on Alph's questions?

Thanks,

RogersAndrewNP

[mbazdell]

LTE Max is just normal LTE with a new name.

http://mobilesyrup.com/2013/05/01/rogers-rebrands-parts-of-its-network-to-lte-max-with-emphasis-on-2...

[Meowmix · Accepted solution]

Hello mbazdell


Actually LTE Maxx is ONLY on devices with 2600 Mhz. So its not really rebranding it. Devices with AWS (1700/2100Mhz) on Rogers, Bell, Telus, Fido, Virgin are called LTE devices. 2 different things. Also LTE & LTE maxx are a bit different. LTE is 20-40Mbps where when i use my S4 & Q10 with LTE Maxx i get 50-80mbps. That is the difference

[davej13]

I have an S4 but it looks like only 4G in Stittsville.

I ran a couple tests on mobilespeedtest and got between 4046 kbps and 5066 kbps (hmm they first display the result in all caps so I thought it was 4MBps).  I'll run another test back in Ottawa tonight to see if there is a difference when the LTE icon shows up.

[Alph]

So a buddy of mine has an S4 and I ran a set of network speed tests while holding his phone and mine ( an S2 ). Consistently, in an area of Ottawa that has always given me good LTE results, the S4 was at least 50% faster but usually 100% faster.