From Philadelphia International Airport on Saturday, February 18, 2012, at 9:50am.

Airport Wi-Fi provided by AT&T: 2mbps down, 2mbps up (granted, better than many “free” wi-fi signals). Verizon 4G with my Samsung SCH-LC11 Mi-Fi device: 10mbps down, and 5.8mpbs up.

Enough said.

6 Responses

  1. I love my 4G device. Sad but true : it beats my “DSL” connection from Century Link in Seattle for both up and down by miles.

    Comment by SEABrad on February 18th, 2012 at 12:12 pm

  2. Wow. That’s better than my AT&T DSL!

    Comment by aadvantagegeek on February 18th, 2012 at 1:49 pm

  3. Do you get unlimited data?

    Comment by aadvantagegeek on February 18th, 2012 at 1:50 pm

  4. 5GB for 50 per month. More than I need and will drop to 2GB when I can.

    Comment by Marshall Jackson on February 18th, 2012 at 2:05 pm

  5. Part of the reason the speed is so good is that penetration is low at this point. When the network gets more congested, speeds will be slower.

    Comment by mark on February 18th, 2012 at 4:00 pm

  6. That is true. So far I’ve not seen lower than 6mbps down though, but that same location was only 2mbps up….so it can vary. I’m still very happy with Mi-Fi though.

    Comment by Marshall Jackson on February 18th, 2012 at 4:08 pm

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