This is very interesting: as more cell users have access to LTE, the LTE networks are becoming more crowded, which…

This is very interesting: as more cell users have access to LTE, the LTE networks are becoming more crowded, which may explain decreases in LTE speeds.

In retrospect, I may have witnessed this myself when Sprint first lit up their LTE towers in Madison in Nov 2013 and I got on almost immediately. I noticed that it was really really fast at the time, but recall being less thrilled a year later. I never actually measured the LTE bandwidth carefully so I’m not sure this was a true cause or if I’m imagining a pattern in the noise…

Originally shared by Abraham Williams

http://twinprime.com/lte-has-slowed-by-50-in-the-us/