From the
Orlando Sentinal
AT&T brings faster mobile speeds to Universal Orlando
AT&T is boosting mobile Internet speeds at Universal Orlando with a "Data Superhighway."
Officials today at the wireless carrier said they activated three 4G LTE mobile Internet cell sites that will allow their customers faster download and upload speeds for pictures, streaming music, video, social media, and other content on their mobile devices.
"Each of these cell sites on their own has more capacity than any other individual AT&T cell site in Florida," said AT&T spokeswoman Gretchen Schultz. "Together [they] create a "Data Superhighway" that allows more data traffic to flow on these three sites."
A February report by RootMetrics, an independant group that measures mobile performance, showed AT&T offered the fastest data download transfer speeds in Metro Orlando.
However, some of the wireless carrier's service in the theme park area is spotty.
The RootMetrics report shows average AT&T data download speeds at Universal Orlando fluctuate between 29 Mbps (enough to stream music) to virtual black holes with speeds of 90 kbps -- especially around the Wizarding World of Harry Potter.
The crowds of visitors at Universal Orlando using their mobile devices at once in such a concentrated area will certainly lower a wireless carrier's performance. Obstructions, including rides, trees, and other large theme park building will slow speeds to a crawl in some areas.