Is Verizon 4G LTE as fast as advertised?

We run some speed tests on the 4G network that Verizon launched December 5

By Julie Bort on Mon, 12/06/10 - 3:40pm.

Cool Tools columnist Keith Shaw takes a look at Verizon's 4G LTE network via the LG VL600 USB data modem. He compares advertised download/upload speed with what the network actually delivers. Don't want to spoil the video but I will say he declares the results to be "very good."

Is it worth the upgrade, and the fact that there are no unlimited data usage plans?

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Julie Bort is the online community editor for Network World. She is the editor of the Cisco Subnet, Microsoft Subnet and Open Source Subnet sites. She also writes the The Microsoft Update blog for Microsoft Subnet and the Source Seeker blog for Open Source Subnet. She is a contributor to other popular blog sites.