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Im paying for 4g and i was wondering is there any way to get 4g on any rom since im getting an "H" connection which is REALLY SLOW.
On roms H IS 4G. You have EDGE (2G), 3G(duh) and H (which is HSPA+ aka 4G).
If you are getting a slow connection it is most likely just your area and there is nothing you can do about it. Flashing a new radio might help, but that isn't guaranteed.
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It was blazing fast before and now its really sloow. same exact location.
did you go over your limit therefore being throttled?
H is 4G. It stands for HSPA+. You're either getting throttled, or there is a network problem in your area.
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It was blazing fast before and now its really sloow. same exact location.
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Blame T-Mobile it sounds like. They may be doing work in your area, if it doesn't alleviate then give them a call and complain. Might get something for your trouble.
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i dont think its t-mobile since my dads phone (non rooted) runs =4G tremendously. Samsung android phone
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i dont think its t-mobile since my dads phone (non rooted) runs =4G tremendously. Samsung android phone
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You're probably being throttled.
I agree, it sounds like you're being throttled. You need to watch your data consumption especially if you tether a lot. I've known people who have tethered their Xbox and blown through 5GB in very short time.
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hmm so how do i stop from begin throttled not in like bandwidth saving tactics but when will i return to full speed?
till billing cycle its over
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=18735765
Found a potential data unthrottle solution!!?!
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hmm so how do i stop from begin throttled not in like bandwidth saving tactics but when will i return to full speed?
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It lasts for the rest of the billing cycle. At the start of the next cycle, you get your soft cap level back...
Just caught the news this morning that t-Mobile and orange networks (everything everywhere) are going to roll out 4G in the UK from next month. They are going to use the existing 1800 mhz spectrum.
Question is, will my international HTC One X be compatible? On the spec for the phone, 1800 mhz is compatible over gsm, but will it work with this new 4g?
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Its doubtful I would say considering the 4G one x has different hardware
Be interesting if an update could make it work though
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Appears they are doing this just in time for the Iphone 5 release date.
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if it supports 1800mhz then i think i would support it. (with possibly a firmware update)
the reason the 4g one x needs different hardware is because the frequencies etc they use for 4g in america are different than in uk, hence the need for different hardware.
NO.
What technologies a phone supports are down to the hardware in it. The phone would need a chip to encode and decode the 4G signals.
The most advanced technology the One X (international) supports is DC-HSDPA which is Dual Cell HSDPA giving a theoretical maximum of 42 Mbit/s.
The phone doesn't have any hardware for LTE and therefore cannot support it with a simple software upgrade.
It won't be rolled out till 2013 most likely, they wouldn't release it out of the blue, most likely iPhone launch time next year
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F*** OFF about the Iphone 5 has nothing to do with it! Admittedly the UK needs to update the mobile infrastructure but I seriously doubt it has anything to do with the iphone 5 launch lol. Ministers have been discussing updating the network because it is too slow. I work in retail and we have Mobile card payment terminals and when the network is busy we can't take any payments. So this to me seems more important than the iphone 5 launch. Just my two cents
Curious - there must be some sort of plan/ strategy to allow devices to connect to this network. What is the point if nothing current in the UK could use it without special chips?
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Curious - there must be some sort of plan/ strategy to allow devices to connect to this network. What is the point if nothing current in the UK could use it without special chips?
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Well, it's a chicken, egg scenario.
This is soo.... The 4g LTE 1800 is in Portugal since january of this year. The uk soffer some delay. Nothing about iphone 5 cause this delay!
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Everything Everywhere have apparently been working with Huawei on USB / MiFi modems to make use of the network, which is estimated to be ready around October.
It is also worth noting that Three have now been sold some capacity from Everything Everywhere - but they are not allowed to use it until September 2013.... which seems a bit pointless.....
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Everything Everywhere have apparently been working with Huawei on USB / MiFi modems to make use of the network, which is estimated to be ready around October.
It is also worth noting that Three have now been sold some capacity from Everything Everywhere - but they are not allowed to use it until September 2013.... which seems a bit pointless.....
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Interesting. Let's see how this pans out
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The whole decision from ofcom seems dodgy to me,
O2 have been running a 4G trial for a year now and the first UK network to do so, but ofcom only gave permission to Orange/T-mobile?
What's going on, I do agree that it creates unfair competition to give permission to someone but not others.
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I don't miss the UK much regards to net speeds and such. Had 4G LTE here in Denmark for a good year now already. Good to see UK catching up.
Bit unfair that everything everywhere will have a huge advantage over the other providers until next year when the 4G auction comes around
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They'll almost certainly roll it out in phases - it will get SOME press but not enough to stun the nation etc. There'll be some limited devices / dongles and possibly test handsets using it - whilst it's debugged and the glitches ironed out...
THEN
They'll wait for a flagship device (like the iPhone) and launch a huge marketing campaign claiming to be the fastest and only 4G network etc etc. Possibly even have an exclusive launch of a device for a month or two before other carriers get the flagship device.
They might also have some services launching at the same time (VoD or similar) - but we shall see.
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They'll almost certainly roll it out in phases - it will get SOME press but not enough to stun the nation etc. There'll be some limited devices / dongles and possibly test handsets using it - whilst it's debugged and the glitches ironed out...
THEN
They'll wait for a flagship device (like the iPhone) and launch a huge marketing campaign claiming to be the fastest and only 4G network etc etc. Possibly even have an exclusive launch of a device for a month or two before other carriers get the flagship device.
They might also have some services launching at the same time (VoD or similar) - but we shall see.
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Apparently most of the kit is already in place, they have been installing it into existing towers for the last several months - probably because they knew that OFCOM could only ever approve it or risk backlash from "delaying the roll out of superfast broadband across the nation"
The Government and OFCOM have already admitted that Mobile Broadband will make up a large part of the UK Broadband rollout - and in particular in rural areas is essentially the most cost effective option. For instance in Greenlaw in the Scottish Borders where I am, we get full Freeview, DAB, SKY, Freesat and I connect to the exchange at 8128k - but there are no street cabinets - we connect direct to the exchange, the only thing BT could ever do to bring Fibre to our village would be FTTP and do you really think BT are going to spend that sort of money for 43 business lines and 423 residential ones..... Meanwhile I get a pretty decent Three UK mobile signal which I rely on whenever Freedom2Surf/Pipex/Tiscali/Opal/Talk Talk (I have no idea who I'm with now - they have been taken over too many times) falls over and generally gets me lower pings and higher bandwidth than my fixed broadband does. If Three offered Unlimited broadband (like they do on the One Plan) that could be used to host servers and connect all my computers too for around £25p/m I would drop the fixed line in a flash and go Mobile.....
4G mobile broadband from Three (or anyone to be honest - but none of the other networks offer anything faster than 2G where I am) could be a very viable option for people who don't have any alternatives Lets face it - I'm looking at around 2020 if I have to rely on BT....
Can't wait for 4G In UK but I have a feeling once it's been out for a while and most people have 4G capable phones it will be dog slow just like 3g
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I've done a google search and its a 4g 1800 MHz not 4g LTE so it should work hopefully on tegra 3 version shame I took my contract with 3
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I've done a google search and its a 4g 1800 MHz not 4g LTE so it should work hopefully on tegra 3 version shame I took my contract with 3
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What you said doesn't make sense.
It is 4G, it is LTE, it will be on 1800MHz, and it won't work with the Tegra3 One X.
I read it on google I will try and find the link again sorry if I'm wrong just shareing what I had read but you carnt believe everything from google my bad
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THEY DO NOT EVEN HAVE IT !!! I just spoke to a cust servc rep and I'd originally called to ask if LTE connectivity would be rolled out in the 4.1.2 update and she said at this time Tmo doesnt even have LTE connectivity . There is a on-going merger between Tmo and metroPCS and metroPCS DOES have LTE or is in the process now of getting it and she said when that merger is complete T-mo will be in the process of merging LTE network into their service as well . She said late quarter 2013 we may see it but not for now.
Also she said there was no ETA on the 4.1.2 update So thats that .
Also Just another little heads up. I'm sure many of you know this already but I didn't . On the unlimited 4g plan offered with this device. It's not really unlimited 4g . It's unlimited internet. I saw on my device it said 2gb high speed data. And so I asked what the 2gb was seeing it was sold as unlimited 4 g . And well she explained once you hit 2gb of usage your internet is throttled to DIALUP speed =O . And offered a truly unlimited 4g plan for another 10/month . Just for all the people that may have been confused as I was what was up with the 2gb on the usage.
Hope this helps /
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I ask it tmo will have lte in 2013 there slowly uping the speeds this from a teck
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I ask it tmo will have lte in 2013 there slowly uping the speeds this from a teck
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Uhmmm , I'm sorry sir / ma'am I have no idea what you said .
Lte should be rolling out by early next year. As far as slow updates blame sammy not tmobile. I will admit tmobiles data is spotty depending on where you go. Not as bad as sprints data and a heck of alot cheaper than verizon.
I thought everyone already knew this. How did you get the idea that lte would be here sooner. They are currently refarming which will help with certain things, but lte will not be out till 2013.
And since we are on the subject of not knowing. Tmobile will finally be getting the iphone in 2013. My wife and son currently use our old att iphones but get edge service. Part of the refarm is to support iphones. In Denver, they now get 3g. In 2013 there should be full support for the iphones.
I typically get great speeds and sometimes on par or better than verizon. As mentioned, not always as good as verizon but much cheaper. Also much better than sprint or att here in Colorado.
I think your English isn't too good. Your grammar is all over the place. Anyhow, I heard tmo is doing a deal with Verizon for lte as well... I guess no one really knows for sure until it actually comes out.
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You are on the Unlimited - Plus Data plan (2gb high speed) and not on Unlimited Nationwide 4G Data plan (true unimited). I know this is confusing because they both show up in the Classic Unlimited - Unlimited Nationwide 4G. I made sure that I got onto the Unlimited - Plus Data plan within the Classic Unlimited - Unlimited Nationwide 4G which is truly unlimited. Of course only on the non-hotspot plans. Why do they make the wording so confusing?
Trying to make sure you are getting the right plan package can make you go crazy.
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THEY DO NOT EVEN HAVE IT !!! I just spoke to a cust servc rep and I'd originally called to ask if LTE connectivity would be rolled out in the 4.1.2 update and she said at this time Tmo doesnt even have LTE connectivity . There is a on-going merger between Tmo and metroPCS and metroPCS DOES have LTE or is in the process now of getting it and she said when that merger is complete T-mo will be in the process of merging LTE network into their service as well . She said late quarter 2013 we may see it but not for now.
Also she said there was no ETA on the 4.1.2 update So thats that .
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I knew that. Sometime in late spring or summer for LTE.
The new Android version will end up coming to us at that point. But this is something that the customer service would not know at this point in time. Samsung will add their fixes within that version at that time. So T-Mobile doesn't even have that yet. This is downside of using a non-Nexus device. We have to wait for the updates to go through the chains.
Sounds like someone bought a phone on a network without doing any basic research about that network or the plans they offer.
T-Mobile has previously said they would have LTE until next year, and it's pretty clear which plan is the only one that offers truly unlimited data.
Relax, switch plans or return the phone.
Verizon service is much better overall than T-Mobile in my experience in terms of coverage and building penetration. With a good signal I can get 20Mbs down with TMo on the Note 2, fair pings (latency), and about 2Mbs upload. On Verizon with a GS3 I've seen 30 down and 10 up on LTE with phenomenal pings. YMMV.
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As far as slow updates blame sammy not tmobile.
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Nope, blame T-Mobile (and every other carrier) for the slow updates. I had an unlocked Note 2 before switching to T-Mobile and their Note 2.
My international version got regular (every few weeks) large OTAs just fine. The carrier is always to blame for delays as Samsung clearly pumps out regular OTAs to their non-carrier branded version all the time. These revisions would easily work on any branded device, minus any show stopping radio issues (which isn't the issue here). Samsung builds and releases enhancements quite frequently only to have the carriers sit on it and tinker with the software to their liking.
It's a well known fact that the carriers are the problem. They need to "test and certify" (lol) each software revision for their network..and of course apply their crapware boot screens and apps before releasing an OTA, hence the delay.
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THEY DO NOT EVEN HAVE IT !!! I just spoke to a cust servc rep and I'd originally called to ask if LTE connectivity would be rolled out in the 4.1.2 update and she said at this time Tmo doesnt even have LTE connectivity . There is a on-going merger between Tmo and metroPCS and metroPCS DOES have LTE or is in the process now of getting it and she said when that merger is complete T-mo will be in the process of merging LTE network into their service as well . She said late quarter 2013 we may see it but not for now.
Also she said there was no ETA on the 4.1.2 update So thats that .
Also Just another little heads up. I'm sure many of you know this already but I didn't . On the unlimited 4g plan offered with this device. It's not really unlimited 4g . It's unlimited internet. I saw on my device it said 2gb high speed data. And so I asked what the 2gb was seeing it was sold as unlimited 4 g . And well she explained once you hit 2gb of usage your internet is throttled to DIALUP speed =O . And offered a truly unlimited 4g plan for another 10/month . Just for all the people that may have been confused as I was what was up with the 2gb on the usage.
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Congrats, you just posted two basic facts almost everyone with two seconds of research should have found out at a minimum before even considering moving to T-Mobile.
This is a stupid thread everyone knows the LTE situation, why in the world make a thread about what customer care says. Do you really think they get info thats up to date if you really need to know that bad, tmobile is testing LTE in select markets not with customers though. They have been working on refarming for customers while preparring for LTE. Also the data plan situation can be found on there website pay for unlimited data and get unlimited data otherwise it will be slowed while you will still have data it will be significantly slower. Do more research if this is news to you, updates with bloat and taking longer is nothing new in the US no matter what carrier you will always see some delay some wait more then others could be worse we could be waiting as long as vzw customers waited for ics on the thunderbolt. At least what software we have was usuable without major bugs that would have made an update necessary for our phone to function. Threads complaining are silly know what you buy first before you buy it.
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Is it really that serious? I think my 8-15mb down is good enough
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We will have LTE soon
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Is it really that serious? I think my 8-15mb down is good enough
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This. I get anywhere from 10-30 on average & thats plenty good enough for me.
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You are on the Unlimited - Plus Data plan (2gb high speed) and not on Unlimited Nationwide 4G Data plan (true unimited). I know this is confusing because they both show up in the Classic Unlimited - Unlimited Nationwide 4G. I made sure that I got onto the Unlimited - Plus Data plan within the Classic Unlimited - Unlimited Nationwide 4G which is truly unlimited. Of course only on the non-hotspot plans. Why do they make the wording so confusing?
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Yes it can be confusing, but you're over complicating it.
For the record, just say all plans have "unlimited" data, meaning no data overages
The 2GB, 5GB, and 10GB give that much 4G data, then drop down to 2G speeds after.
"Truly unlimited" is unlimited 4G data, period, with no hot spot feature available.
The 5GB and 10GB (only) include the hotspot feature for free.
Whether classic or value is irrelevant.
Most people know this, but for anyone who was confused by your post.
Has anyone tried to use a different apn?
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Is it just me, or does anyone else not want Lte? I was on Verizon Lte before I switched to T-Mobile. T-Mobile is just as fast and my battery life is insane. I'm not sure if Lte will bring a noticeable increase in speed, but it will decrease our battery life.
The advantage to LTE will primarily be the low latency it should have. The second big advantage will hopefully be upload speeds similar to the download.
T-Mo's dual channel HSPA+ ramps up to some fairly competitive download speeds, which is great for streaming or large file transfers, but the latency is very high, which makes things like web surfing seem slower than on other networks. It takes noticeably longer for pages to start loading than on Verizon or AT&T. I have accounts on all three and frequently do side by side testing.
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I sometimes write like I am talking to them in person. Which doesn't always come across clearly in writing.
Basically we knew all this. And though it is not always as clear as it should be, if you do your research then you will know what you are buying into.
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This is a stupid thread everyone knows the LTE situation, why in the world make a thread about what customer care says. Do you really think they get info thats up to date if you really need to know that bad, tmobile is testing LTE in select markets not with customers though. They have been working on refarming for customers while preparring for LTE. Also the data plan situation can be found on there website pay for unlimited data and get unlimited data otherwise it will be slowed while you will still have data it will be significantly slower. Do more research if this is news to you, updates with bloat and taking longer is nothing new in the US no matter what carrier you will always see some delay some wait more then others could be worse we could be waiting as long as vzw customers waited for ics on the thunderbolt. At least what software we have was usuable without major bugs that would have made an update necessary for our phone to function. Threads complaining are silly know what you buy first before you buy it.
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Once again I'm getting crap for trying to help.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=35844706#post35844706 <------ here is atleast 1 person that didnt know
So this thread is for him / her
You people need to relax. If you feel the information in any given thread doesn't pertain to you . DONT READ IT. I mean what can I say? I didn't know this info before the woman told me.
Also I wasn't complaining again was just posting for people that may not have known . Mods I'm doing my best not to go off a a curse laden tirade right now. Just so you know. :good: xD
since I've had my gnex these are my favorite highlights of verizon service
1. LTE started at 25 megs it's now at 10
2. My unlimited contract is technically still valid but for some reason I can barely ever break 4gb since they stopped offering it
3. Following my internet service Verizon now pre compresses data like pictures sent to my phone = crappy resolutions
4. 2 years after the launch of LTE the service area has steadily declined
5. Google voice magically stopped working on the first day of last months billing period = 140 extra dollar bill they wont discount
6. They dont improve the signal they rewrite the software to display more bars
7. When you go to the speed test app magically your phone is faster, something Samsung was recently caught doing
8. This month our 17% employee discount mysteriously needs to be renewed - they forgot to notify us - last time we went for 11 months without it. And we can't do it online.
9. My phone has problems charging but they claim the internet is lies about it being a charging port issue even though I can wiggle it fixed in front of them.
10. bloatware
11. Mysterious connection delays that they say is "solved" by purchasing a new phone
I know I have some more, the point being that before you go out and get a Verizon phone because it's supposed to the best service, look around and make sure it still is.
In my area Wyoming. Verizon really screwed up and sold alltel to at&t. Verizon used to piggy back on alltel towers and alltel was the main cell provider. At&t is now turning off the old alltel service on the towers and making them gsm only. Seems like my service gets worse monthly now and some areas like where I work have quit completely but att that was non existent before is full bars on my work phone. If it wasn't for their better costumer service and having unlimited data I would be done. They day they say no more unlimited data I say goodbye. Probably go back to dumb phone as I can't afford a 12gb data plan.
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since I've had my gnex these are my favorite highlights of verizon service
1. LTE started at 25 megs it's now at 10
2. My unlimited contract is technically still valid but for some reason I can barely ever break 4gb since they stopped offering it
3. Following my internet service Verizon now pre compresses data like pictures sent to my phone = crappy resolutions
4. 2 years after the launch of LTE the service area has steadily declined
5. Google voice magically stopped working on the first day of last months billing period = 140 extra dollar bill they wont discount
6. They dont improve the signal they rewrite the software to display more bars
7. When you go to the speed test app magically your phone is faster, something Samsung was recently caught doing
8. This month our 17% employee discount mysteriously needs to be renewed - they forgot to notify us - last time we went for 11 months without it. And we can't do it online.
9. My phone has problems charging but they claim the internet is lies about it being a charging port issue even though I can wiggle it fixed in front of them.
10. bloatware
11. Mysterious connection delays that they say is "solved" by purchasing a new phone
I know I have some more, the point being that before you go out and get a Verizon phone because it's supposed to the best service, look around and make sure it still is.
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Not that I'm terribly happy with Verizon, but I'm not sure what you mean by some of these?
1. Probably congestion with all the 4g phones.
2. How can you not get more than 4gb? Does your service stop?
3. How would this do this without extra local software?
4. 4g service is pretty extensive in my area, but it's no bigger than their 3g was and att now has much better coverage.
5. How would you suddenly be charged if Google voice stops working?
9. Likely crud in your micro use port. Sharpen a toothpick to get it out. I've had this from time to time.
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That's really odd. I will say that i've noticed a tad bit of slowdown in general on their LTE network but i would attribute that to the great increase of traffic compared to what it was when the Nexus originally came out.
I just broke 8 gigs of data usage this month, not sure why you are having problems. Do you have insurance on your phone?
I disagree with everything you're saying, OP.
The next town over, to this day, I get around 40 Mbps down consistently, and last month I used 17 GB.
Speeds and coverage depend on the phone of course, like the Droid RAZR M RIGHT NEXT TO MY GALAXY NEXUS was getting around 2x the download speeds.
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Is it really not that obvious? New phone have better radios hardware and software wise. When you upgrade your service and speeds will be better
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I just wanted to update my previous post about the service Wyoming. They actually are putting up towers and 4g in the middle of nowhere that was previously lost when they sold to att. So my service is actually getting better now. I have service now where I need it.
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I don't know how to address all of your points, because I'm pretty sure some of them aren't problems with Verizon's network, but I can say that network speed was absolutely destined to decrease after the boom of LTE phones.
It's happened with every network after they hit a critical mass of LTE devices.
Network congestion is a serious problem that isn't easily solved. Throwing more towers at it can help mitigate the issue, but much of the problem boils down to limited spectrum- the same reason why populated wifi connections are unusable. It doesn't have to do with the routers being bottlenecked, it's simply the spectrum being overcrowded.
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Is it really not that obvious? New phone have better radios hardware and software wise. When you upgrade your service and speeds will be better
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No its not because I have a galaxy s4 on Verizon my girl has AT&T with a iPhone 5 and AT&T 3g/hspa is faster than Verizon's 4g/LTE/3g
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Same thing happened to me. My 4G is now almost non-existent at my house. Used to get 20mbs down. I still broke 80gbs last month (sick and staying at home) but speeds are a fraction of what it used to be.
I opened a T-Mobile line to test out their service in my area (LA/OC) and its pretty awesome. Dead spot here and there but nothing I didn't experience on Verizon either. Also wanted to test how true their unlimited data is. Its been 3 days and pushing 8 gigs. I bypassed the tether block as well. Looking good so far but still got 20 more days to go.
Also picked up an S4 with T-Mobile. Really blows my Gnex to shame. Tethering and charging doesnt turn my phone into a brick of fire. Its been a few hours and the phone is still very cool. Battery even lasts 2-3x longer than the Gnex even while tethering vs Gnex being idle. Its crazy.
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No its not because I have a galaxy s4 on Verizon my girl has AT&T with a iPhone 5 and AT&T 3g/hspa is faster than Verizon's 4g/LTE/3g
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Agreed, this is a common occurrence. LTE has a theoretical max of what, 100mbps? So eventually it *should* surpass HSPA+/HSDPA.
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No its not because I have a galaxy s4 on Verizon my girl has AT&T with a iPhone 5 and AT&T 3g/hspa is faster than Verizon's 4g/LTE/3g
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In context of the O.P's comment he is right. Within Verizons network if you update to a new device it will have better optimized software and radios compared to an older device that Verizon refuses to allow an update for.
my only issue with Verizon is their charging out the ass part
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I have been contemplating leaving Sprint for their terrible data speeds and lost promises of a reliable and fast data network and now read about yet another attempt at an even faster LTE network rolling out capable of 1GB/ps speeds.
I never got a reliable Wimax connection, still dont have a reliable LTE connection.
Do I really want to hold out hope and wait again for a real working network or just jump ship now [END RANT]
http://newsroom.sprint.com/presskits/sprint-spark.htm
October 30, 2013
Sprint Spark
Sprint Spark is a super-high-speed capability offering 50-60 Megabits per second (Mbps) peak speeds today with increasing speed potential over time.
Sprint Spark is a super-high-speed capability offering 50-60 Megabits per second (Mbps) peak speedstoday with increasing speed potential over time. Given Sprint’s spectrum and technology assets, it is technically feasible to deliver more than 2 Gigabits per second (Gbps) per sector of over-the-air speed.
Sprint demonstrated 1 Gigabit per second over-the-air speed on Oct. 30 at a Sprint lab near Silicon Valley, Calif.
I got real excited about this also since I'm in Tampa, but I have read in a couple places that you will have to have one 01 the new tri band phones . Iam thinking of leaving Spnnr de to the spotty service and am not sure if I want to renew for another two years to test this out
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But we dont have tri band on the note2 or note3
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Chaz187 said:
But we dont have tri band on the note2 or note3
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Yeah its pretty much useless if you dont have a triband phone.
And the only ones that are going to be triband so far are the Galaxy S4 mini, Galaxy Mega, LG G2, and the HTC one max....and I think some hot spot devices.
This is good news but im still jumping ship I'll wait till next year or so when they do have their network data on point and better tri band phones as to im not a fan of tge G2 or S4 mini or the mega or htc one max lol. T mobile is great in my area and they are at 20x20 mhz now so im just going to jump ship and get a note 3 on tmobile.
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I'll test this out once my Nexus five arrives since I am in Tampa.
DarkManX4lf said:
Yeah its pretty much useless if you dont have a triband phone.
And the only ones that are going to be triband so far are the Galaxy S4 mini, Galaxy Mega, LG G2, and the HTC one max....and I think some hot spot devices.
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And nexus 5!
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Guys this announcement is more about raising stock value than about better network speeds...
Itchiee said:
I'll test this out once my Nexus five arrives since I am in Tampa.
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I think Sprint indicated in a press release it would be enabled after launch, but maybe that only applies to another phone.
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jreuschl said:
I think Sprint indicated in a press release it would be enabled after launch, but maybe that only applies to another phone.
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It applies to all phones I think it was lg phones will be enabled in November or December and Samsung on january 2014 so wont probably be able to test it until that update is pushed.
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Sorry to burst your bubbles but it wont reach 1gps on devices..... if anyone thought that it may beat Verizons AWS LTE, in select markets. Go to S4GRU.com to learn more information, and upcoming devices, and network info.
No one really needs 1gps bandwidth on their mobile device unless you dont have internet at home even 1gps is still too much for that purpose. With that beign said anything over 100mbps for a mobile device is too much.
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shabgard said:
No one really needs 1gps bandwidth on their mobile device unless you dont have internet at home even 1gps is still too much for that purpose. With that beign said anything over 100mbps for a mobile device is too much.
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famous last words. I remember people saying that one needed 100MB hard drives either back in the 80's. Look at today.
And there is a push going for services provided by the cloud. I can see uses for more bandwidth, and even thought much. The biggest issue I see is more the limitations of the devices because of the hardware or software. Then again, I see smartphones just portable computers with phone service.
And even, and if, the service does hit, doesn't mean that the we're getting reliable and steady 1G throughput. I see it more as overall, we're going to be more bandwidth. And since it's suppose to be triband and switch quickly, hopefully that helps in the reliability, maybe even maintain, higher bandwidth.
I'm ditching Sprint as soon as my contract is up, fed up of no LTE in my area when everything else has LTE. Without wifi my phone is useless with slow sprint data speeds.
1FstYOTA said:
I'm ditching Sprint as soon as my contract is up, fed up of no LTE in my area when everything else has LTE. Without wifi my phone is useless with slow sprint data speeds.
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Greatest decision you could make, I know it's not the same for everyone and some people have great speeds with them but I friggin despise sprint so badly with their less than dial up like speeds, over here in Bakersfield, CA it's T- Mobile or Verizon or GTFO!
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Well... While I think 1Gbps is unrealistic down or up at the moment for an individual phone.... I do expect the backhauls for Tri-band LTE towers are being upgraded to 1Gbps. Japan has proven that there's a market for it with speeds as high as 150Mbps down (per phone!) so I certainly believe we're slowly heading that way. In addition, by moving up to that high of a backhaul now it should potentially avoid serious upgrades like they are doing now for a few years at least.
garwynn said:
Well... While I think 1Gbps is unrealistic down or up at the moment for an individual phone.... I do expect the backhauls for Tri-band LTE towers are being upgraded to 1Gbps. Japan has proven that there's a market for it with speeds as high as 150Mbps down (per phone!) so I certainly believe we're slowly heading that way. In addition, by moving up to that high of a backhaul now it should potentially avoid serious upgrades like they are doing now for a few years at least.
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To be fair...on has to remember why "4G LTE" is called "LTE". Because the actual 4G standard requires 1Gbps in low mobility applications (stationary, walking speeds) and 100Mbps for high mobility. The "LTE" moniker was created to bridge the gap until actual 4G tech like this came around.
Skripka said:
To be fair...on has to remember why "4G LTE" is called "LTE". Because the actual 4G standard requires 1Gbps in low mobility applications (stationary, walking speeds) and 100Mbps for high mobility. The "LTE" moniker was created to bridge the gap until actual 4G tech like this came around.
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Sadly I think we're still a way from there - even "LTE-A" will probably not reach that goal. Part of it is a lack of global 1Gbps global tunnels except in academia.... so even if you get 1Gbps local it may not do much if the file is hosted on a T1 equivalent line.
Considering what Comcast charges for their 100mbps service, I don't think that this will be something that will be covered under the $100 everything plan...
So this mean our Note 3 wouldn't have that capability?