LTE is a lot faster, but in high traffic areas can be slower than 3G . The problem is congestion. When it’s rush hour in the city, it’s sometimes faster to take the back roads than the freeway. While 3G can be faster than LTE in rare circumstances, the norm is that LTE is much faster.
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4G tends to be around 4-5 times faster than 3G . 4G offers typical download speeds of around 14Mbps and typical upload speeds of around 8Mbps, with top theoretical download speeds of roughly 150Mbps and top theoretical upload speeds of around 50Mbps.
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