Im not a cellular network engineer but I have some experience with corporate wireless networks. We are in the midst of the holiday season and people are crowding around shopping areas, buying their first 4g device, and Verizon is still building out their LTE network. I wonder if towers are load balancing users based on increased density.
Increased 4g subscribers
A still growing network
Maybe Verizon is getting to a point where they need to play catch up.
Today I was in a shopping area where I'd normally get -75 db on LTE. I got -102. I drove across town where there were far fewer people and got -74db. I had no problem maintaining this signal strength inside our local Kroger.
Let me know your thoughts and remember its not fair to compare a CDMA signal strength to LTE signal strength. They are different broadcasts and frequencies. Since (as I believe to be true) LTE can hold more clients per tower Verizon may not have LTE on every tower in LTE coverage areas just yet. We are still in the deployment.
maybe it was -76 but you get the point.
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Short and sweet question:
Is it normal to only have access to Verizon's 1G network when using the force roaming feature, and not 3G?
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Better question: Does Sprint and Verizon's roaming deal allow for 3G roaming? Don't remember off the top of my head, but I'm fairly sure it doesn't.
drmacinyasha said:
Better question: Does Sprint and Verizon's roaming deal allow for 3G roaming? Don't remember off the top of my head, but I'm fairly sure it doesn't.
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As far as I know, the agreement between Sprint and Verizon is for voice only. Some people claim to have been roaming with data on Verizon towers but I have yet to see proof of that...
trobb09 said:
As far as I know, the agreement between Sprint and Verizon is for voice only. Some people claim to have been roaming with data on Verizon towers but I have yet to see proof of that...
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I get data over the 1g connection, but it is ~ 20 kb :ยค(
If roaming didn't include data, why would Sprint put a 200Mb limit on data roaming?
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Here's a way to use Verizon's 3g
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=696073
Hey guys, I just got a sprint Galaxy S II (Epic 4g touch) and I previously had a EVO and it seems like the galaxy s2 has really slow 4g speeds compared to my evo. I was able to get 6-8 Mbps downloads on 4g on the evo but on the epic 4g, I only seem to be able to get half of that (3-4 Mbps) in the same locations. Anyone else have this same issue with the phone?
no, but isn't 3-4 just as good as 6-8mb if you are streaming, browsing. I figure you wont see that much of a differnece is 3-4mb is plenty fast enough. I good 4g coverage I get anywhere from 4-8.
I just did a SpeedTest and got 7.5 Mbps download which is pretty good for me. I don't expect much more than that.
Also your download speeds constantly change depending on location and overall network traffic.
I come from Verizon and even their awesome LTE network speeds fluctuate quite a bit. A few day ago I only got about 4 Mbps down at a certain point during the day.
No network is perfect.
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Indoor at my home (SoCal) all from 4G and the last is Wifi
I am in hollywood, one of the first 4g areas, and I am 1500kbps down. I am about to loose it, as I just got this phone an hour ago.
Where I used to live, i get about -103dBm in cell phone signal and can pull about 3-5Mbps
I just moved to a new area, and on average (number wise), get about -99dBm to -103dBm in cell signal , but my data speeds have dropped tremendously!!!
I can barely get 1Mbps. It's so slow! I still have the H+ next to the signal bars. So I know I'm not getting edge or 3G speeds.
I can no longer tether It's that bad.
Any tips/ tricks/ that can help me? I would appreciate it!
I'd move back...thank god for cable and wifi
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Well I think there is nothing to do..
you can try these tweaks which hardly makes 3G faster:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=982082
Code:
ro.ril.hep=0
ro.ril.hsxpa=2
ro.ril.gprsclass=12
ro.ril.enable.dtm=1
ro.ril.hsdpa.category=8
ro.ril.enable.a53=1
ro.ril.enable.3g.prefix=1
ro.ril.htcmaskw1.bitmask=4294967295
ro.ril.htcmaskw1=14449
ro.ril.hsupa.category=6
If you perform a seance with 10 candles lit around the device in a dimly-lit room you will be granted special LTE speeds on your GSM hardware.
And, don't forget to tell it, "It puts the lotion on it's skin!!"
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Msg your service provider? Maybe they'll understand.
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I can only pick up HSDPA where I live, are these speeds normal? They seem pretty low to me. The SUPER low ones are Edge. I really wish they would hurry up and finish their restructure.
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I agree, I'll actually get complete service dropouts in Houston on my acro s.
Sean
The Xperia s is only 14.4mbps hsdpa
Its not a phone for downloading stuff
But you should probably get faster speeds
You need to get a 42mbps device imo.
Even 21mbps is kinda sucky depending on networks
But I'm not from the U.S
I think the average I get from a good carrier is around 3 -7mbps and on my HTC one xl I get 7 - 10 on average. Faster upto 15mbps in dc hspda area
Isn't it more compatible on AT&T networks? Or are you in an area where they upgraded the T-Mobile networks?
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Isn't it more compatible on AT&T networks? Or are you in an area where they upgraded the T-Mobile networks?
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I'm in an upgraded area. Before all we had where I live is edge.
What's really weird is that when I went to florida I picked up 3g, but here in socal all I get is HSDPA. Does the network use different frequencies there or something?
Houston is the same, it on their new structure but not all over.
Sean
LTE WENT LIVE IN NJ @ 7:19AM AND ITS CRAZY FAST. NYC SHOULD BE NEXT IF THEY HAVEN'T ALREADY WENT LIVE.
I WAS doing some coding on the new AIDE app and I lost service for a sec then LTE kicked in. I been on it all day.
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That's equivalent to Verizon's LTE I was getting in New Brunswick, NJ. Out in East Brunswick I would occasionally get 50 mbps on Verizon's LTE and my ex would get the same on AT&T's LTE, now that's crazy fast but still this is pretty damn good. Apparently we have it here too in Mount Laurel, NJ because the other night just for the hell of it I switched the network mode to LTE/GSM/WCDMA when I was home in Vineland just to see if I could get it and was still on HSPA. I was wondering why my signal kept dropping out on my morning commute, I just looked now and it's because I'm connected to an LTE tower but there isn't an IP address. So they weren't bull****ting 2 weeks ago when the T-Mobile rep said that we'd have it soon in NJ, even though Verizon has been telling me for over a year that my city would be getting LTE "soon".
Looks like T-Mobile is on a roll...
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Does the bar show LTE when in an LTE area or still indicates 4G?
(I'm in Linden NJ)
(Never mind .... found a photo in another thread with the answer)