LTE service seems a long way off, but it's still ahead of fixed-wired systems when it comes to that coveted 100+ Mbps benchmark. GSMA is projecting that LTE will be deployed and allowing consumers to access speeds of up to 186Mbps (the max speed LTE's been tested to reach) before traditional broadband providers are able to improve their fiber optic cables. As you can imagine, it is very costly and time-consuming to replace an entire network of physical cabling, while creating new wireless networks obviously doesn't require such physical labor and is much more cost-effective. Wired broadband providers have a HUGE job ahead of them as the wireless industry goes 4G - it seems inevitable that wireless service will surpass traditional fixed-wired offerings quickly as 3G gives way to 4G.