What should verizon 3g speeds be

In reality, if you use too much data in a month — even if you pay for one of these plans — your carrier might drastically slow your connection down. If you go over your plan's cap, you won't have to pay overages, but your data might be so slow that you won't be able to do very much online other than load mobile websites and check e-mail.

So, while your plan might be technically unlimited in the sense you can use as much data as you want, you're still effectively locked into a data cap because of the slower speeds your carrier might impose after you go over. Recently, the major carriers have added tiers to their unlimited data plans with larger caps of high-speed data. It's confusing.

I took a look through the so-called unlimited plans offered by the big four U. They all have some perks that attempt to make the plans more enticing, like free TV, international data or a subscription to Netflix, depending on the carrier.

But I want to show you, specifically, what the term "unlimited data" actually gets you in each case. If you're interested in the other perks, click the link to each plan below. If you hit these ceilings, Verizon reserves the right to slow your data speeds. The entry-level Go Unlimited is unique. Unlike the more expensive plans, there's no guarantee of a certain about of high speed unlimited data you can use without seeing throttling.

Verizon explained to me that "data may be temporarily slower than other traffic during times of congestion" at any point during your usage. Indeed, it was 3G that made smartphones truly feasible. In doing so, it changed the way millions of people communicate, and set the stage for even more advanced mobile technologies such as 4G. To be technical, 4G stands for "4th generation" mobile data protocol. But as a growing band of 4G users will tell you, it's all about the speed. Now, what is 4G LTE?

It's a term used for the particular 4G protocol that delivers the fastest mobile Internet experience. Some experts even refer to it as "true 4G. That's why we measure the 3G speeds of the top four US carriers. Notice that Verizon Wireless has low 3G speeds in this comparison, but a lot of that is offset by the fact that it has so wide of a 4G LTE coverage, that 3G speeds on this carrier are of lesser importance.

Take a look at the scores, metro by metro, right below. Another key component of a good connection that provides satisfactory web-surfing experience is latency, or the ping.

The lower the results in this category, the faster pages will load, the less lag there is in gaming, and the happier the user. Latency comparison in milliseconds. The last, but not least component of a satisfactory experience with carriers is coverage.