AIS - Has anyone any experience with data for LTE and non LTE Phones?

[RichardThailand]

I have two phones. One with LTE and the other without. It seems that mobile data is faster on the one with LTE.

Has anyone any similar experiences or is it perhaps more to do with the phones than to do with which has LTE?

[2008bangkok]

Well LTE is 4g so that should make it faster than 3G

[Upnotover]

I have an LTE phone on AIS but as far as I know AIS doesn't offer 4G so I always have a 3G HSPA+ connection.

[Chicog]

LTE is about the fastest "flavour" of 4G there is.

It's an old chestnut oft posted here, but here is a description of sorts:

• 3G: Third Generation. Networks were upgraded for the most part between 2004 and 2007 to allow for much more data traffic. Your 3G data may be traveling under CDMA, WCDMA, GSM, UMTS, or a number of other terms and frequencies, but all you need to know is that your carrier either has or does not have 3G coverage in the area you’re going to be living or working. The technical details you can look up for yourself, but “vanilla” 3G basically provides data rates at up to or around 2Mbps (that’s 2000Kbps).
• 3.5G: Although some new networks should properly fall under this heading, everyone is opting for “4G” branding instead, mostly because it’s sexier.
• 4G: Fourth Generation. This term is (like the others) essentially a marketing term when emplyoed by carriers. As the different carriers and telecoms roll out faster data networks, some thought they would own the “4G” term by applying it to their network, though the name has little to do with the actual capabilities. While the actual term “4G” has been standardized to mean something none of them offer yet, what you’ll likely be sold on is one of the following:
  -HSDPA, HSUPA, HSPA, HSPA+: High Speed Download/Upload Packet Access (+ designates the “Evolved” newer spec). This is a major upgrade to existing 3G networks that allows for (but does not currently actually show) speeds up to 21Mbps at the moment. T-Mobile is using this, and the G2 is currently the only phone using the network, though the MyTouch 4G will as well when it hits the streets. I found my speeds maxed out at about 8Mbps here in central Seattle, which is about as fast as the average broadband connection, and a huge improvement over 3G. The HSPA+ spec does allow for much higher bandwidths, but 21 appears to be the limit for the short- to medium-term.
  -LTE: Long-Term Evolution. This is intended to replace 3G networks altogether, and provides a major speed boost and improvements on the way different types of data are transmitted. Verizon’s LTE-based test networks are currently showing 10-15Mbps, though the technology theoretically supports more than ten times that amount of bandwidth. AT&T is planning an LTE network as well, which they’re planning on launching in 2011, but at the moment they’ve activated HSPA+ at a good number of sites around the country.

My LTE here gets me between 30-40Mbps depending on the carrier.

Other 4G flavours seem to top out at about 10-12.

That's here in the sandpit though.

I don't know if LTE is properly deployed in Thailand or if it's another flavour of 4G (which I think can theoretically go up to 42Mbps these days). You'll need to check with your carrier.