Yes i know its only fast because hardly anyone is using it other than Evo lte and Gnex owners, but still its nice to finally get some decent data speeds... wats funny is that our U-verse at home is one third as fast as this...
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Visionikz03 said:
Yes i know its only fast because hardly anyone is using it other than Evo lte and Gnex owners, but still its nice to finally get some decent data speeds... wats funny is that our U-verse at home is one third as fast as this...
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I hate you lol hows the connection strength? Like does it disconnect alot?
How does lte work? Is it like wimax, based off of a wifi sort of function? Or is it a stable connection like 3g?
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Here in San Antonio:
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Here in San Antonio:
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Status bar says 3g, test says lte?
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because the screenshot was taken after i drove out of the LTE coverage area. i actually have tests of me sitting in a parking lot with those similarly dismal LTE speeds.
eshingsi still
merci pour le partage!
This was my best one in San Antonio so far. I took one this morning and got about 10mbps or so.
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I hate you lol hows the connection strength? Like does it disconnect alot?
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Lol, the connection strength isn't too shaby... It does disconnect often but that is because number one, the coverage is still somewhat spotty and two this phone has that "best connection" thing where it automatically picks the best coverage spectrum. So when i'm at home it always wants to pick my wifi since it's the strongest signal... the pic was actually taken while driving which was even more impressive... i wish there was a way to manually enable LTE like Wimax because sometimes you're in an area where u know there is 4g coverage cuz u got it b4 but the phone may not be scanning when u happen to drive thru that area. But once it is more widely deployed it will be like 3g where u can get it everywhere and provide a stable connection.
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How does lte work? Is it like wimax, based off of a wifi sort of function? Or is it a stable connection like 3g?
LTE is the next step 4th generation in wireless radio data transmission(although none of the carriers are actually providing true 4g speeds yet, the capacity is there)... unlike wimax it doesn't have a completely separate antenna that has to be manually switched on and off... its a different radio frequency but runs off of the same antenna as your standard 3g if im not mistaken... eHRPD tells the phone when to switch from 3g(CDMA) to LTE... as stated above once the deployment is widespread it will be a stable connection just like 3g... but thats years at minimum b4 we see that kind of coverage...
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I just got to try my i747 in an att 4G Lte area(San Diego) and I had speeds over 50mb/s! Can't imagine what speeds Lte advanced will bring us.
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This was my best one in San Antonio so far. I took one this morning and got about 10mbps or so.
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where in san antonio? the only speeds i've been able to produce from 4g are less than 2mbps.
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where in san antonio? the only speeds i've been able to produce from 4g are less than 2mbps.
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Northwest. 1604 and bandera area.
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Northwest. 1604 and bandera area.
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F'n seriously? That's where I live!! >:[
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F'n seriously? That's where I live!! >:[
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Like helotes? I'm in helotes right now and I have it.
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This is in duncanville and cedar hill Texas where I live, the top is my home internet and the bottom is where I was in a bad signal 3g area
Lol you all suck! I'm in the salt lake city area and almost feel like moving to het into an lte area. I didn't see my city area I'm the planned lte areas right now... but of course I still had to have the s3
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Don't waste your time moving lol. I live in Atlanta and its so spotty we might as well not have it. I don't get it at home or work. A few spots as you drive come on but what good is that? Quite disappointing really. However when i did get it and stopped, i got a 35meg test speed.
In Joliet, IN for business and I'm getting between 17 and 20 down and 4 to 6 up. Not bad considering I'm not getting anything in North Dallas where I live even though the Sprint Coverage map has me completely covered in LTE.....Sprint Coverage map sucks to be honest.
I have yet to see 4g LTE in my status bar and I live in SF area. Is there a toggle bar somewhere or in the settings area? I'm using blazer ROM
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I've had my g2 for about 4 months now and I'm quite happy with it. Rooted with perm s-off, running about 4 different roms, blahblahblah. I have the full data plan for my phone, and I've used it passed the data cap through all my billing cycles so far.
However, I live in hawaii. The data here is unbearably slow. Using speedtest, I see people with scores of 4mb down and 1mb up.
I average ALMOST 0.3mb down 0.9mb up. that's with 3g on, if you couldn't guess.
I've already tried flashing different radios for my phone, but it only minamally increases my data speed for a huge increase in battery consumption.
Am I stuck here, to wander a 2g world with my almost-but-not-really-4g phone? Help me out if you'd care to lend a hand, I'm kind of sick of seeing the buffer icon permanently on youtube.
Toodles.
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The phone is 4g. That doesn't mean your area has it though. Have you bothered to call you service provider to make sure you are connected to the proper tower? I had data speeds like yours but found my phone was trying to connect to a tower in a completely different city.
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The phone is 4g. That doesn't mean your area has it though. Have you bothered to call you service provider to make sure you are connected to the proper tower? I had data speeds like yours but found my phone was trying to connect to a tower in a completely different city.
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There's kind of no tower in, around, or relatively close to hawaii. The closest tower is in L.A I believe, which is the one I'm connected to. So no matter where I go on the island, the signal stays around there.
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You're not getting 2G speeds. 2G speeds is edge which is at BEST and THEORETICALLY a little under 250 kbps. You're doing decent for 3G. If it was a 4G connection you'd see "H" instead of "3G".
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There's kind of no tower in, around, or relatively close to hawaii. The closest tower is in L.A I believe, which is the one I'm connected to. So no matter where I go on the island, the signal stays around there.
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That doesn't seem possible. there has to be some sort of cell towers on one of the islands there. Carriers use each others towers at times to. I know the internet out there can get screwy at times so I understand your frustrations...write your local congress person lol
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That doesn't seem possible. there has to be some sort of cell towers on one of the islands
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You're right, the OP can't possibly be correct about there being no cell towers in Hawaii. The max range of a GSM tower is about 22 miles in the best of conditions, and almost always much less. Towers have to be placed as close as 1/2 mile apart in some terrain or urban conditions. 1 to 2 miles apart is average in many conditions.
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You're not getting 2G speeds. 2G speeds is edge which is at BEST and THEORETICALLY a little under 250 kbps. You're doing decent for 3G. If it was a 4G connection you'd see "H" instead of "3G".
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I actually do have the H. I wouldn't be bugging out so much if I was running speedtest with only 3g xD
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ohshootrawr said:
I actually do have the H. I wouldn't be bugging out so much if I was running speedtest with only 3g xD
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Is your phone rooted? If not, it's gonna show H no matter if you are on 3G of HSPA+.
tazz9690 said:
Is your phone rooted? If not, it's gonna show H no matter if you are on 3G of HSPA+.
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I'm rooted sir.
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I'm rooted sir.
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Even if you're rooted, that symbol will not show unless you've got a theme or rom that is set to show HSPA+ in the status bar.
Download mobile signal widget, it will tell you whether or not you are actually on HSPA+.
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Even if you're rooted, that symbol will not show unless you've got a theme or rom that is set to show HSPA+ in the status bar.
Download mobile signal widget, it will tell you whether or not you are actually on HSPA+.
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I'm running the Ultimate Droid, CM7, LiquidMetal, MT4G, and MIUI roms on my phone. All of them shows hspa in the status bar. Except for miui, but miui is weird. Haha. The widget said I'm connected to hspa+.
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Lets see your 3G speeds with Sprint! Post away!
hmmmm it's still slow but better 3g than photon
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mine.
chicago. 7:45am. quicker than normal. sad.
geez I'd kill for those speeds. In Denver, I hover around 200Kb/s down and 100Kb/s up. And usually 200-350ms latency.
My Evo OG takes about 1.3-1.6 DL and .93 UL on the reg at work all day. I will hopefully have this phone sometime this week when they start to ship and I'll let you know my variance, if any.
-Xont!c
I wonder if I can be compensated for the rep that lied to me saying that we could still use wimax as the LTE network is being built.
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I wonder if I can be compensated for the rep that lied to me saying that we could still use wimax as the LTE network is being built.
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Im sorry but why would you believe a rep when WiMax is not listed in the specs?
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ilostmypistons said:
Im sorry but why would you believe a rep when WiMax is not listed in the specs?
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Because everyone knows it is illegal for a rep to lie or have no idea what they are talking g about.
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523 ping... almost done downloading with no needle moving, then this:
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Atlanta 3g
Pensacola, FL
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Jahspree said:
Atlanta 3g
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You mean HOTlanta
jameswerk said:
Pensacola, FL
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That Sucks
tethering my phone right now due to a power outage:crying:
speeds:
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That Sucks
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Sprint sucks... ):
Austin, Tx
(admittedly I get terrible reception in the house)
Yeah well if you run speed tests in the late night/early morning hours, of course you're going to get good numbers. The network isnt as congested as the daytime and normal evening hours when people are awake.
Suburbs of San Antonio, Tx...normally weak 3G
(Using Sprint EVO 4G LTE)
On a good day 3G:
.90 Mbps down and .60 Mbps up with 290 ms ping
Rarely got 4g wimax to connect on my Og EVO in the burbs.
FWIW...Lte is lighting up off and on...assume testing as we are one of first cities to get Lte. Speedtest all over the place:
Best 8.65 Mbps down and 8.98 Mbps up and 113 ms ping
Lowest 5.22 Mbps down and 5.27 Mbps up and 110 ms ping
Also notice stronger 3G signal but not really faster speeds while they are testing. Would be thrilled if I could get consistent lte anywhere near early test speeds...especially after people start using it.
Oh yeah, Sprint is flying in northern California. :crying:
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Austin, Tx
(admittedly I get terrible reception in the house)
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It's that good? WOW! Here in Round Rock, TX I get this while standing outside...
I'm hoping that sprint is actually adding 4g lte in my area. My phone has had 1x for 12 hours now but with decent data speeds? Anyone else go through this before you received lte
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Hmmmmmmmm.....
"ALL LTE discussions here, where, when, how fast!"
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1824897
Yeah....
Also, S4GRU.com for all your LTE info. But yes, Most have weird things go on while upgrading.
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ive been seeing a LOT of 1x lately in the long island, NY area
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ive been seeing a LOT of 1x lately in the long island, NY area
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4g in LI is a secondary market, but I bet they are already starting to change to Network Vision. The whole Island will have 4G LTE by mid to late 2013. As soon as the NYC market is finished your area will get a LTE bath.
I saw on the S4GRU map that Queens and parts of Hempstead was already being worked on for Network Vision.
yeah ive been hoping those predictions are true... i work in queens and am in NYC often, but haven't had to much 1x experiences there yet...
hear NYC should be by the end of this year, so hopefully wont have too long of a wait...
Dying for some LTE in the city and Bx, my phone is pretty much like a dummy model when I'm at work.
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1824897
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I would love lte in the RGV.
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LTE was worth the wait
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I'm hoping that sprint is actually adding 4g lte in my area. My phone has had 1x for 12 hours now but with decent data speeds? Anyone else go through this before you received lte
If that is CM I see it might just be a bug where it isn't displaying 1X/3G properly.....
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LTE was worth the wait
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Hope you still get those speeds a year from now when everyone has LTE phones and is on the network...
just usable internet would keep me happy.
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FNM
Was in Atlanta for a short time today. Wish this was Jacksonville Florida lol.
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humdrum2009 said:
Was in Atlanta for a short time today. Wish this was Jacksonville Florida lol.
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Did you test the LTE in Jacksonville yet?
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Did you test the LTE in Jacksonville yet?
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I tested twice and live in the heart of jax getting less than 7 the whole time.. is that normal
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digiblur said:
Did you test the LTE in Jacksonville yet?
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New test taken just now literally across the street from a sprint store haha in jax haha
32256 area
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Do you mean normal for Jacksonville or normal for LTE? As far as LTE, I guess it varies...Like I live in a spotty LTE area right now and pull anywhere between 5-9mbps but when I go down near Jerome Ave in the Bronx, I'm always pulling 20's. Today I got 33.29mbps in that same neighborhood. We'll all get there...hopefully sooner than later.
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Do you mean normal for Jacksonville or normal for LTE? As far as LTE, I guess it varies...Like I live in a spotty LTE area right now and pull anywhere between 5-9mbps but when I go down near Jerome Ave in the Bronx, I'm always pulling 20's. Today I got 33.29mbps in that same neighborhood. We'll all get there...hopefully sooner than later.
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Well I just noticed 4g come on today so I'm sure jax well only get better as towers turn on
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Lord Syrics Jr. said:
Well I just noticed 4g come on today so I'm sure jax well only get better as towers turn on
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Yep. Not a whole lot on just yet but enjoy the fact they are letting you guys test it way early.
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Lord Syrics Jr. said:
New test taken just now literally across the street from a sprint store haha in jax haha
32256 area
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Where was this? Can you map it next time via Sensorly?
I have been actively discovering lte sites in Jacksonville for a few weeks now. Is this off the i95/ BayMeadows exit?
This is the BayMeadows tower for me.
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I haven't seen Lte in jax
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I haven't seen Lte in jax
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Where in Jax are you? There's a lot of lte active now. Check out the Sensorly maps. (Sensorly.com or download the app from Google play.)
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I haven't seen Lte in jax
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Looks like 3 or 4 sites so far that people have found.
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Damn some of these lte speed tests are slower compared to Verizon/AT&T. Hopefully when the Sprint upgrades roll out a bit more, speeds will be faster.
That's from Arlington, VA.
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Ascertion said:
Where was this? Can you map it next time via Sensorly?
I have been actively discovering lte sites in Jacksonville for a few weeks now. Is this off the i95/ BayMeadows exit?
This is the BayMeadows tower for me.
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This is South side and bay meadows.. the publix there.. now I'm not getting above 6.5.. How did you get so high
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This is South side and bay meadows.. the publix there.. now I'm not getting above 6.5.. How did you get so high
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LTE is very signal strength dependent. EvDo RevA's (Sprint's 3G) speeds don't deteriorate unless it reaches a very low signal threshold. Next time you connect to the LTE site at Publix, open up your debugging menu and screenshot the LTE engineering screen and post it here.
With 6mbps, you have a rather low (-110dBm to -115 dBm signal strength). If your signal strength is high, then you should experience better speeds.
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Damn some of these lte speed tests are slower compared to Verizon/AT&T. Hopefully when the Sprint upgrades roll out a bit more, speeds will be faster.
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Sprint's in a position where they simply don't have the spectrum to deploy anything greater than a 5x5mhz carrier per market. This means LTE speeds will max out at about 38mbps, and even this is under extremely favorable conditions.
But worry not for Clearwire alone has more spectrum than Verizon does, and Clearwire, starting mid-2013 will be deploying LTE advanced on a 20x20mhz carrier! This means speeds will be up to 90mbps. Hang in there because even with Sprint's LTE maxing out at 38mbps, it's still very fast and the best part...unlimited.
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LTE is very signal strength dependent. EvDo RevA's (Sprint's 3G) speeds don't deteriorate unless it reaches a very low signal threshold. Next time you connect to the LTE site at Publix, open up your debugging menu and screenshot the LTE engineering screen and post it here.
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How do I show this?
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Haha yes!! Just now at work (publix location)
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Haha yes!! Just now at work (publix location)
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##debug# dialer code, sprint is the password. Lte engineering screen will have everything listed there.
Nice speeds.
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But since LTE will be on every tower unlike the other carriers, there will be less people on each LTE carrier than the other guys.
And do you really need higher than 35 megabits on your phone... hell no. I'd be happy with 3 or 4!
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But since LTE will be on every tower unlike the other carriers, there will be less people on each LTE carrier than the other guys.
And do you really need higher than 35 megabits on your phone... hell no. I'd be happy with 3 or 4!
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Haha yeah I don't really see the point in it either except for downloading large files.
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In here at the Thunder Canyon Brewery in Downtown Tucson Arizona.
Got some good 3G speeds.
Well not that good but fastest I've had haha.
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Slower than my avg lol. I avg 2.2down and 1.5 up consistently
I like to break stuff!
Nice.
Wish I had constant speeds like that.
Tucson is so behind.
Wish we had 4G already.
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devynbf said:
Nice.
Wish I had constant speeds like that.
Tucson is so behind.
Wish we had 4G already.
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I live in the middle of nowhere so our towers are packed beyond capacity and NV upgrades started a few months back
I like to break stuff!
I consistently get less than 10% of your download speed
At least Tucson has usable 3g. Come to Phoenix and you will average .3 mbps.
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ac16313 said:
At least Tucson has usable 3g. Come to Phoenix and you will average .3 mbps.
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Holy crap.
Sprint needs to get on this ASAP.
devynbf said:
In here at the Thunder Canyon Brewery in Downtown Tucson Arizona.
Got some good 3G speeds.
Well not that good but fastest I've had haha.
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Let's talk about pain... specifically the 2nd picture (I guess I'll get some responses like 'at least you have A signal'):
(Note that the first picture shows a speed test with LTE connected...)
devynbf said:
Holy crap.
Sprint needs to get on this ASAP.
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Yes they do , fast. What is funny is that my upload speed is double what my download is. Check it out.
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Anything below 100k is from my desk at work in downtown Portland, Oregon. Gotta love the 7/473 one. The 300k+ ones are from my living room in the burbs where I have wifi so I never use 3g there. I hope the LTE service is not so lackluster at work...
I'm in phoenix and my speeds are perfectly fine.
I would espect better speeds for paying 10 extra dollars a month for advance data. I have to use wifi most of the time when i am indoors.
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I would espect better speeds for paying 10 extra dollars a month for advance data. I have to use wifi most of the time when i am indoors.
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well, my fastest speeds are at work (the tests at around 3am)
I work inside of a big steel building where sprint is basically the only carrier that gets perfect service inside my building. They've been upgrading the tower near my work a lot too. Last year I wasn't even getting half my current speed
My fastest speed might come close to matching your slowest test. The test result I see around hete are barly three digits, at 500kps down and 300up.
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Let's talk about pain... specifically the 2nd picture (I guess I'll get some responses like 'at least you have A signal'):
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At least you have a signal
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I feel kind of bad for you guys... I average about 2.5 down at my house on 3g I'm Baltimore, 25+ on lte ..
Swyped from my Galaxy Note II on the Now Network
My area doesn't have lte. Lol.
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I hit this a few times.
Sent from the best phone on the planet, Apple take Note...........
My 3g tests used to go to reston... lol. A little better speeds but I get lte everywhere now...
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Really depressed
TirithXiato said:
My 3g tests used to go to reston... lol. A little better speeds but I get lte everywhere now...
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After reading all of these posts, I'm quite depressed and upset.
No LTE for Corpus Christi, TX
3g .03 mb
boo