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Sprint LTE Discussion

So, of all of you who have received there coveted Galaxy Nexus on the 20th like i, when switching the network mode to LTE/CDMA, is there ANYONE?! who has LTE Coverage and was able to produce a speed test?
Cause there is currently no LTE service in my area (Falls Church, VA).

I won't even bother for a while I live in San Jose CA. reports say San Francisco should have it soon and I work up there. I'll try soon up there.

Well it'd be a long shot and spotty at best. Sprint hasn't officially launched a single LTE market afaik.

I got my nexus on Sunday and the employees at the sprint store told me that they were told that sprint is scheduled to flip the switch for lte network on April 30. By the way I live in San Antonio tx.
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Ya, Sprint hasn't launched any LTE networks yet. The date is still up in the air right now. Expect it by summer though.

http://s4gru.com/index.php?/topic/212-network-visionlte-deployment-running-list/
Check for updates on LTE rollout in your area - great site with many XDA peeps

If it isn't up by May 9 I am making a trip to Austin and Sprint LTE test area is Waco so I will stop in Waco and try to connect to LTE and give some speed numbers.
Hell for all we know Sprint has blocked us from connecting to LTE even if it is out there until it's fully rolled out.

c5pfe said:
I got my nexus on Sunday and the employees at the sprint store told me that they were told that sprint is scheduled to flip the switch for lte network on April 30. By the way I live in San Antonio tx.
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I hope they switch it on. I'm in Houston and 3g speeds aren't great and I got this phone because of the LTE
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4g in San Antonio
Around the intersection of 281 and Bitters in San Antonio, there is 4g coverage.
Using the speed test app, I got 15mb down and 10up.
Pretty damn amazing to me.
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This is the only place I have found so far.

nightauthor said:
Around the intersection of 281 and Bitters in San Antonio, there is 4g coverage.
Using the speed test app, I got 15mb down and 10up.
Pretty damn amazing to me.
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This is the only place I have found so far.
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Yeah that is fast but not as fast as Verizon lte... Hopefully that was just a low end sprint lte speed test.

DarkManX4lf said:
Yeah that is fast but not as fast as Verizon lte... Hopefully that was just a low end sprint lte speed test.
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They only use half the spectrum of what Verizon has deployed so the downlink should be peaking at about 37mbps on Sprint's unloaded LTE. And since there is really no one on the network, you should be able to see those speeds if the network is properly configured.
Post some screenshots from speedtest.app.

nightauthor said:
Around the intersection of 281 and Bitters in San Antonio, there is 4g coverage.
Using the speed test app, I got 15mb down and 10up.
Pretty damn amazing to me.
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This is the only place I have found so far.
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What was the ping time, if you could sir
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It was around 150. Won't be in that area till 2pm tomorrow... post screenies then.
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My 4g icon came on while in a part of town in Olathe, KS a suburb of KC. Didn't do a speed test though, sorry. If I see it come on again I will stop and see what I get then let you all know.
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So does anyone have a definite answer as to when sprint lte will be turned on in the first cities announced?
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Got some screenshots.
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Got some screenshots.View attachment 1022720
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Wow.... that's awesome. I can't wait for it to be turned on here in Houston.
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latinoboi30 said:
Wow.... that's awesome. I can't wait for it to be turned on here in Houston.
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You're in Houston? Oh god, how can you live with the 200-400kbps 3G speeds lol. Sorry, I'm not trying to bash any Sprint customers as I know in some area's it's great, but I also had Sprint once in Houston and it's terrible.

That's great you got late. Mmm kind of slow since there is not that many late devices right now on sprint but we'll see in the future thanks for posting
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You're in Houston? Oh god, how can you live with the 200-400kbps 3G speeds lol. Sorry, I'm not trying to bash any Sprint customers as I know in some area's it's great, but I also had Sprint once in Houston and it's terrible.
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Yeah, the 3g here in Houston is horrible, so that's why I'm waiting for them to switch on the LTE
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Does TMo always fall to edge when no 4g? No 3G?

Does T-mobile have anything between 4g and edge network? No 3G? Mine is either 4g or edge.

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Does T-mobile have anything between 4g and edge network? No 3G? Mine is either 4g or edge.
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4G on TMobile is the 3G network with enhanced back-haul. So Edge is the fallback for 3G.

Yup is more like 3.5 or 3g on steroids, really fast but when you on edge is more like sprints network sometimes (at least where I am)
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jgalan14 said:
Yup is more like 3.5 or 3g on steroids, really fast but when you on edge is more like sprints network sometimes (at least where I am)
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I did not find Tmobile to be very fast at all, not compared to Verizon. I had a Tmobile Dell Streak 7 and it was extremely slow compared to my wife's Razr.

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I did not find Tmobile to be very fast at all, not compared to Verizon. I had a Tmobile Dell Streak 7 and it was extremely slow compared to my wife's Razr.
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Well is not as fast as lte but much better then Verizon or sprints 3g from personal experience it does really good where I use it
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been on tmobile for 4 years. the fall back is Edge. 3g appears very rarely
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I was on Verizon until last weekend. I had a Galaxy Nexus, and wife had a RAZR. Neither was as fast as this (when Im on 4G)

Holy crap that is fast. Hopefully my speeds on long island are that fast. So technically being that tmobile is 3g on steroids and not true 3g, battery life doesn't really suffer then?
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davwman said:
Holy crap that is fast. Hopefully my speeds on long island are that fast. So technically being that tmobile is 3g on steroids and not true 3g, battery life doesn't really suffer then?
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No compare to wimax or lte but it does compare to edge tho
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Tmobile has the best download speed but the crappiest upload speed where I live (Los Angeles area). However, upload is enough for normal internet usage since you usually don't upload stuff over cell phones..at least not I and most other people I know

davwman said:
Holy crap that is fast. Hopefully my speeds on long island are that fast. So technically being that tmobile is 3g on steroids and not true 3g, battery life doesn't really suffer then?
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I'm getting 4.5-5hours of on screen time. Easily 2+ hours over my galaxy nexus with the extended battery.

Your answer is on page 32 of the manual, page attached.

Thanks for posting that. So my question then is how come I've never seen "3G" on my phone?its either "4G" or "E".

stevessvt said:
Thanks for posting that. So my question then is how come I've never seen "3G" on my phone?its either "4G" or "E".
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Because T-Mobile thinks people are stupid and like to call their 3G network 4G. 4G is HSPA and HSPA+ combined to them.
Also it says "only seen while roaming" so they must not roam over 3G much.
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Well is not as fast as lte but much better then Verizon or sprints 3g from personal experience it does really good where I use it
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Where in Vegas are you? I'm in north Las Vegas and my speeds don't look that fast Max I've had was 6mb down
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Snook321 said:
Where in Vegas are you? I'm in north Las Vegas and my speeds don't look that fast Max I've had was 6mb down
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I live in summerlin which I get really good speed, work on Craig Rd and Camino al Norte which I get decent up to 10mbps sometimes but if you go towards Centennial and aliante it gets a bit slower, where you located?
This test I just took is at mlk and Craig
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jgalan14 said:
I live in summerlin which I get really good speed, work on Craig Rd and Camino al Norte which I get decent up to 10mbps sometimes but if you go towards Centennial and aliante it gets a bit slower, where you located?
This test I just took is at mlk and Craig
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Centennial and Bruce. Just took another test and it went to 9mbs down.... its getting better
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Snook321 said:
Centennial and Bruce. Just took another test and it went to 9mbs down.... its getting better
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That's good, either way north Las Vegas and some spots on Las Vegas could be hit or miss but much better than sprint that I used to have, att has a good network but I find it too expensive
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Sprint LTE is live!

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http://s4gru.com/index.php?/topic/1496-lte-is-live/
I've spent time traveling around the Kansas City, KS metro area, and it seems most places are lit up now, especially in Olathe. Average speeds are a little disappointing considering these towers should have very little load. I've done approximately 350 speed tests so far.
I'm getting a consistant average of 10mbps down/up around the entire metro, with highs of 13mbps down/up and lows of 8mbps down/up during the day. Late at night speeds are 15mbps down/up around the metro for me. In my basement I only get about 6-7mbps down/up (with 0-1 bars) no matter the time of day.
The latency is outstanding! I've had pings as low as 42ms. The highest I have seen is 70ms, and the average is about 55ms. Great for remote desktop and video chat
I'll keep this updated with my findings. Highest test I have pulled so far has been 20 down/15 up.

Don't think so. Not here in Dallas yet.
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Noticed it too in Blue Springs, MO!
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Doesn't look quite as fast as Verizon late though
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Still very decent.
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With a signal like that, I get 28-33 Mbps down on Verizon.

I'll take unlimited and slower over faster and tiered any day of the week. Plus... screw Verizon and their nazi attitudes. Lol.
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adrynalyne said:
With a signal like that, I get 28-33 Mbps down on Verizon.
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Why do you constantly troll people?
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ryanguhr said:
I'll take unlimited and slower over faster and tiered any day of the week. Plus... screw Verizon and their nazi attitudes. Lol.
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You really think Sprint is going to stay unlimited with LTE that long?

Don't see why not that's their "thing".
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Here's what I get on Verizon w 3 bars not SUPER fast everywhere like fan boys may have you think.
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Don't see why not that's their "thing".
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Because they're broke, losing customers, and that's all they have to try to get people to stay. If they start improving and rolling out this LTE network widely and (gasp) maybe gain customers, they'll cut unlimited data just like AT&T and Verizon.

Actually I think spring will implement something like ting wireless sooner or later
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So we'll just see what happens. It's in the future big rip.
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martonikaj said:
Because they're broke, losing customers, and that's all they have to try to get people to stay. If they start improving and rolling out this LTE network widely and (gasp) maybe gain customers, they'll cut unlimited data just like AT&T and Verizon.
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Yeah, if that happens it'll suck. But all your VZW bootloaders will be encrypted and signed, your internet results will be sold to the highest bidder and your bill will be triple ours. Now get the hell out of our We Love Sprint Party!

gfropr said:
Here's what I get on Verizon w 3 bars not SUPER fast everywhere like fan boys may have you think.
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Here is a result while doing 70mph.... not too shabby ? Sprint LTE
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captblaze said:
Here is a result while doing 70mph.... not too shabby ? Sprint LTE
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Are you in Chicago or just connected to that speedtest server
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sweeet I hope Boston gets some love soon :l

BrianDigital said:
Actually I think spring will implement something like ting wireless sooner or later
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There's no money in that compared to running postpaid services. And they sell wholesale service to Ting already. Why would they turn themselves into a prepaid carrier? Think Sprint would go out of business before they did that.
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Yeah, if that happens it'll suck. But all your VZW bootloaders will be encrypted and signed, your internet results will be sold to the highest bidder and your bill will be triple ours. Now get the hell out of our We Love Sprint Party!
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I don't care that the bootloaders are encrypted on Verizon. I'm never going to be a customer there either... I like how you assume that just because I tell you that Sprint will dump UL data that I'm a Verizon customer.

Gonna Switch

I am about to switch to T-Mobile...
You guys want some Odexed Blue?
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hell ya we do :good:

strongsteve said:
I am about to switch to T-Mobile...
You guys want some Odexed Blue?
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I Have no idea what that is, but yes. And thank you!
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My body is ready
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Nice more option . I say do it
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How much better is T-mobile?
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strongsteve said:
How much better is T-mobile?
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Cheaper, great customer rep. Coverage is good In cities. Unlimited data
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adolfo778 said:
Cheaper, great customer rep. Coverage is good In cities. Unlimited data
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In cities makes me nervous. Do they just have absolutely no signal when driving from city to city (in between them?)

Ascertion said:
In cities makes me nervous. Do they just have absolutely no signal when driving from city to city (in between them?)
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They have EDGE outside of metropolitan areas. You'll almost always have voice signal. Everywhere.
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They have EDGE outside of metropolitan areas. You'll almost always have voice signal. Everywhere.
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I alternate between 4g and 3g here in cali
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adolfo778 said:
I alternate between 4g and 3g here in cali
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California probably has more priority than Ohio haha. I know all of the Chicago area has HSPA everywhere too though as does the highway up into Wisconsin.
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Man you have no idea, how much better it could be , what city are you on? And yes I want some blue, my background, sprint for 2-3 years, had evo lte, nexus s, epic touch, epic touch 2,iPhone 4s,evo 3d, etc. Got tired of there BS moved to tmobile I couldnt be any happier ill say you do it, another developer is well welcome
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In cities makes me nervous. Do they just have absolutely no signal when driving from city to city (in between them?)
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Actually, its mostly just in rural areas where you lose high speed data in my experience. Tmobiles alwas been good about covering major highways, especially Interstates.
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Man I had sprint for the past 10 years and tried many phones. Galaxy 3 (sprint) Iphone 4s, Epic Touch, Epic 4g, Evo 4g, Evo Shift, Motorola photon, Evo 3d, Sanyo 2700, Sanyo 4900, Sanyo vm5500, Blackberry Tour, Sanyo 7400, Sanyo 8200, samsung moment.
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What are the differences between Sprint and T-mobile platforms? How easy would it be to port my odexed blue? Also, does t-mobile utilize carrier IQ?
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What are the differences between Sprint and T-mobile platforms? How easy would it be to port my odexed blue? Also, does t-mobile utilize carrier IQ?
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Yes tmobile has carrier IQ and I don't think it would be too hard as long as you use tmobile base(people here seems to like wifi calling a lot) I'm not a developer but I look around and read a lot, Myn can give you some insight, he is planning to release his warm series for all carriers so he might be able to help you
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Damn.. carrier iq might be a deal breaker.
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Damn.. carrier iq might be a deal breaker.
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Why not root and remove it?
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Boston and surrounding suburbs have great HSPA+ SPEEDS. Now with the unlimited data plan T-Mobile is the best Carrier. Been with T-Mobile over 5 years, also have a Verizon account with great LTE speeds but IMO T-Mobile is the best.
Thanks T-Mobile.
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Damn.. carrier iq might be a deal breaker.
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Scary stuff.
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Wow sprint has upped there game!!

So I live in Spokane WA my wife sent me this image of there new network speeds she is getting now bare in mind we used to get 76kbps to 100kbps. Very happy when I get back from training 5 months of hell Almost done hooah
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So I live in Spokane WA my wife sent me this image of there new network speeds she is getting now bare in mind we used to get 76kbps to 100kbps. Very happy when I get back from deployment I will to hooah
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I get about 18 mbs down!

On 4g lte smart one :what:
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Walterboro, SC
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Full bars... nice.
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Somehow, sitting in the same exact spot, after a few mins, it magically switched to 4G:
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bsanto9 said:
So I live in Spokane WA my wife sent me this image of there new network speeds she is getting now bare in mind we used to get 76kbps to 100kbps. Very happy when I get back from deployment I will to hooah
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Thank you for serving our country.

Your welcome I believe in freedom and I will fight for it tooth and nail!!!!!
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How about this for progress(or lack there of) in a major city. Big thumbsdown to Sprint in Dallas area.

I did want to say I got promoted last week I'm now an e5 Sgt US Army this is a big accomplishment for me and I'm the proudest i can be to be apart of a great branch and of our troops everywhere and please keep our soldiers in your prayers. Hooah!!! And thanks for all the nerds and geeks out there because without you guys I wouldn't have a way to satisfy my geekdom. :beer: cheers to USA
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bsanto9 said:
I did want to say I got promoted last week I'm now an e5 Sgt US Army this is a big accomplishment for me and I'm the proudest i can be to be apart of a great branch and of our troops everywhere and please keep our soldiers in your prayers. Hooah!!! And thanks for all the nerds and geeks out there because without you guys I wouldn't have a way to satisfy my geekdom. :beer: cheers to USA
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Big congratulations. :good: Stay safe and thank you for your service.

Vdubtx said:
How about this for progress(or lack there of) in a major city. Big thumbsdown to Sprint in Dallas area.
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I feel you. It's the same in Austin, no LTE.
Yet, somehow, ****ing Waco, Texas has LTE.

HanMan5000 said:
I feel you. It's the same in Austin, no LTE.
Yet, somehow, ****ing Waco, Texas has LTE.
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Round Rock got some LTE action yesterday!!! I am closer to Manor but it must mean Austin is close!
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In Orlando... they are working on the towers recently.. I hope this is a sign of things to come
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Humzaman said:
Full bars... nice.
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By default on Sprint phones the bars only indicate VOICE coverage. They have nothing to do with 3G EVDO or 4G LTE reception. I have aseen a few custom ROMs that split the bars into two for voice and data, but the regular software doesn't make this distinction.
There is a chance you could be connected to one tower for voice but evdo is down on it so you are using a different tower for data, and an even higher likelihood with LTE since most towers haven't been upgraded yet.

Top one is from this evening in New Braunfels. Nice.

bsanto9 said:
So I live in Spokane WA my wife sent me this image of there new network speeds she is getting now bare in mind we used to get 76kbps to 100kbps. Very happy when I get back from deployment I will to hooah
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Hey Santo, I have to agree. I live up in Marysville Washington and I used to only get 30-120kbps from 3g. Now I'm up to like 1mb. It could be the new phone radio technology to though
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HanMan5000 said:
I feel you. It's the same in Austin, no LTE.
Yet, somehow, ****ing Waco, Texas has LTE.
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Must be you phone, I get LTE and better 3G than that I stay in Dallas and I'm all over the city
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Been getting good service in Hawaii in the past few months
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4g is live in rockford Illinois on one side of town where i work. The slow speeds still persist at home no 4g .
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