This might help in purchasing a new phone...

[FastFord19]

Droid X
Verizon 3g
Sitting in traffic on 635 and Montfort

Test Date: Oct 25, 2011 5:48:37 pm
Connection Type: EvdoA
Server: Dallas, TX
Download: 1626 kbps
Upload: 618 kbps
Ping: 217 ms

Latitude: 32.92502
Longitude: -96.79213

[johnny--2k]

HTC Evo 3D
Dallas, TX

3G:

Ping: 121ms
DL: 719kbps
UL: 718kbps


4G:

Ping: 79ms
DL: 8515kbps
UL: 1457kbps

[STANGGT40]

wow, i was under the impression that verizon was significantly faster than att and that 4g was blazing fast...most of the 4g speeds seem to be just a little faster than 3g speeds, and verizon apparently isn't all it's cracked up to be.

[STANGGT40]

1 A sim that had never been in an iPhone

2 A first gen 2g iPhone+ data cable(I have 2 at my disposal)

3 A pc w/iTunes and 15-20mins.

There's more detail to it but that's the gist.

so, somehow you automatically get put on an unlimited plan by doing this, or do you have to call att?

[Tx Redneck]

so, somehow you automatically get put on an unlimited plan by doing this, or do you have to call att?

perform a hard reset, insert sim, sync, purchase $20 unlimited plan, wait till your acct reflects the change online, go to corp store with normal device and have them grandfather to other phone. The cost will increase to $30 though.

[projectPONY]

Just did this test with on my EVO 4G and it says the closest server is in Temple. why is it not Dallas or FTW?

[Tx Redneck]

It bases it off gps, if it doesn't get a good lock it'll pick the wrong server. You can manually select the server to use by pressing tools at the bottom.