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I'm a long time VzW customer and always had great connectivity and speed.
last month or so though LTE speed has been TERRIBLE.  I can't get above 0.20Mbps download and even less up!
at first I thought it was my device, a Galaxy Note 2, but when I was recently in NJ it registered 39.29 down and 13.93 up.
I Returned home and tried out my LTE ipad and my wife's LTE Samsung Galaxy S5 Had the same very slow speeds.
what gives VZW? At this rate I may have to try AT&T...

Well, my theory is simple:  My phone is set to lock to a weak XLTE over a stronger LTE much like my last phone connected to 4G over a stronger 3G signal.  They say you only get pushed over to XLTE in congested areas.  My area is 2 blocks off of the major main streets and business areas.  So, I think I'm in the fringe XLTE area and given my location and city, I have one of the few XLTE ready phones at the moment (around here) and that's why I get pushed over to the weaker, but less congested band.  So, right now, having an incompatible-with-XLTE phone would be faster, ironically. 

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