# How long does firmware upgrade via AirVantage take?

**URL:** https://forum.sierrawireless.com/t/how-long-does-firmware-upgrade-via-airvantage-take/21286
**Category:** Connectivity and Cloud Services
**Created:** [August 24, 2020, 12:05am UTC](https://forum.sierrawireless.com/t/how-long-does-firmware-upgrade-via-airvantage-take/21286 "2020-08-24T00:05:31Z")
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### Author: ![nsmithtelcoantennas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/c0e974/32.png) [@nsmithtelcoantennas](https://forum.sierrawireless.com/u/nsmithtelcoantennas)
#### Post date: [August 24, 2020, 12:05am UTC](https://forum.sierrawireless.com/t/how-long-does-firmware-upgrade-via-airvantage-take/21286/1 "2020-08-24T00:05:31Z")

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Roughly how long should we expect it to take for AirVantage to complete a firmware upgrade, given the module has a fast LTE connection (around 60Mbps download)?

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### Author: ![nsmithtelcoantennas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/c0e974/32.png) [@nsmithtelcoantennas](https://forum.sierrawireless.com/u/nsmithtelcoantennas)
#### Post date: [August 24, 2020, 12:15am UTC](https://forum.sierrawireless.com/t/how-long-does-firmware-upgrade-via-airvantage-take/21286/2 "2020-08-24T00:15:37Z")

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Answering my own question - it took mine 21 minutes.

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### Author: ![mlw](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/forum.sierrawireless.com/mlw/32/3706_2.png) [@mlw](https://forum.sierrawireless.com/u/mlw)
#### Post date: [August 24, 2020, 6:21am UTC](https://forum.sierrawireless.com/t/how-long-does-firmware-upgrade-via-airvantage-take/21286/3 "2020-08-24T06:21:56Z")

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@nsmithtelcoantennas

Its also highly dependent on the module you are doing this with, typically the download isn’t what takes the time.

Regards

Matt