There’s probably no better proving ground for 4G technologies than the International CES in Las Vegas. The show drew more than 150,000 in January, essentially bringing 4G to its knees.
I had brought a Verizon Jetpack 4G LTE mobile hotspot (MiFi 4510L) to the show, hoping to transfer some large video files while I was there. My first attempt to transfer a 500-Mbyte file came to naught when I noticed that only the violet LED on the device was blinking.
This meant that only 3G service was available. Throughout my entire stay at the show, I never saw the green light blink, indicating that Verizon’s 4G LTE service was available.
I ran a speed test on speedtest.net and got just 0.65 Mbits/s for the download speed and 0.36 Mbits/s for the upload speed (see the figure). That’s excruciatingly slow.
http://electronicdesign.com/4g/ces-proves-4g-lte-still-has-long-way-go
Now do you see why Verizon can't just let everyone have unlimited data? Unless you think unlimited sub 1 Mbps data is better than capped 4G. Of course people who enjoy that should go with Sprint.
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