Can someone tell me if Verizon's 3G speeds will increase as more people go to 4G?I just can't give up my unlimited data for a different phone and don't want to pay full price,so I was hoping for a speed increase.Thanks in advance
It won't speed up much, if any at all. Verizon's 3G speeds are capped by the ability of the CDMA protocol that is used. CDMA maxes out at pretty low speeds. So if you're already getting around 2 Mbps DL speed, you won't see a jump. If its slower than that, you could theoretically see an uptick if tons of people switch and Verizon keeps all the 3G towers running.
3G CDMA ain't going away soon...
No, but Verizon is dropping some 3G towers as they expand 4G.
probably not as many as you seem to think.
3G is slated to be completely shuttered by 2021, however, Verizon execs have stated that depending on adoption and 4G coverage, this date could come much earlier. It should be interesting to see how it goes. With over 50% of smartphones on Verizon running 4G, they could easily begin rapid 3G shutdown in 2015-16.