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Rogers Stronger HSPA/3G Signal?

Kind of a stupid topic but thought I would ask. Has anyone else in the Thornhill/Vaughan area noticed much stronger HSPA/3G signal strength?
In my entertainment room in the basement I used to get NO HSPA/3G signal and always switched to Edge (2G) so I can make and receive phone calls. I would also get about 1-2 bars in 2G (Edge). Today however I noticed that I got full bars HSPA/3G and they stay full. I thought it was a bug and noticed my iPhone also had full bars.
So anyone else or am I just bugging out?
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theMaDHakkeR said:
Kind of a stupid topic but thought I would ask. Has anyone else in the Thornhill/Vaughan area noticed much stronger HSPA/3G signal strength?
In my entertainment room in the basement I used to get NO HSPA/3G signal and always switched to Edge (2G) so I can make and receive phone calls. I would also get about 1-2 bars in 2G (Edge). Today however I noticed that I got full bars HSPA/3G and they stay full. I thought it was a bug and noticed my iPhone also had full bars.
So anyone else or am I just bugging out?
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Where the he'll is Thornhill/Vaughan
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Sorry should have been more clear. Its Rogers Canada Toronto Ontario.
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You can use something like Open Signal Maps to see the towers around. They probably just put up a new one near your house...
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I have no idea but I'm getting nearly 7000mbps in my basement lol.
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7000Mb/s or 7000MB/s?
Anyway, regardless of units, you seem to have a super internet connection using HSPA+/HSPA
My guess is 7Mb/s.

Net speeds in north Ga

Ok so I have had this phone for a few weeks. Tried every radio my signal is get but on a speed test best I have got is 35k down and upload will not even test!!!! I can send pic msg cause the connection is to slow. I can surf the net but it tajes forever.. is there sumin i am missing?
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Ya depending where you are there isn't even T-Mobile service up there. If there is it's only the slowest edge version. Your in vzw territory.
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casperi said:
Ya depending where you are there isn't even T-Mobile service up there. If there is it's only the slowest edge version. Your in vzw territory.
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I second this. You must be in Verizon land. I was up in Tocoa not too long ago and had to fight to get a signal. You can see from my sig that I get decent speeds. That was an old test I did with my HD2 about a year ago. I get MUCH faster speeds now with my SGS2.

Yup all gsm coverage ends at 400/60 at the shell station. Beyond that the only place you will catch a stray signal is at the top of blood mountain on hwy 129. Anyway from dilangoga "sp" is all vzw. You lose a signal again if your on vzw going out of town and.then pick it up again for a few when u get into suches. Then lose it until you get into the most corrupt police town in the US Blairsvile.
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Sprint LTE speedtest

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:

cnstarz said:
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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master acehole said:
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.
4rth said:
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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peanut1596 said:
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.

cnstarz said:
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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peanut1596 said:
Northwest. 1604 and bandera area.
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F'n seriously? That's where I live!! >:[

cnstarz said:
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
Thanks

how fast are your 3G speeds?

Hey so I have a question for you guys. How fast are your 3G speeds? I'm asking because my gs3 won't go over 600 kb even at my best service. And my wifi is also extreamly slow. The wifi doesn't make sence to me Cuz my Droid x2 uses the same wifi and it gets triple the speed that my gs3 gets. Any one have the same problem or have a solution for this?

My WiFi is fine. 3g sucks.

Los Angeles 90019
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Here's our blazing 3G speeds in Raleigh, NC.

MadFlava said:
Here's our blazing 3G speeds in Raleigh, NC.
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Damn. Not even 56k.

I almost fell over when I ran this at my work...on one bar lol. Running totally unrooted stock LG8.
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Just ran the wifi one and earlier this morning did the speed test down the road from my house.
Edit: However... look at some of the other tests down below...signal blows up around here, although I keep getting told just wait for LTE... I'm waiting...

MadFlava said:
Here's our blazing 3G speeds in Raleigh, NC.
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LOL, that's about what I get when I'm roaming on your network(I'm with US Cellular). I thought it was just cause I was roaming.

I can't say the words "Sprint", "3G" and "Fast" in the same sentence without laughing (or crying) :laugh:
This is in the Denver area:
Ping: 366 ms
Down: 23 kbps
Up: 326 kbps

woodardhsd said:
LOL, that's about what I get when I'm roaming on your network(I'm with US Cellular). I thought it was just cause I was roaming.
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Nope.. its because the network here absolutely sucks. Ive done battle with Sprint for over a year about the crappy signal here and gotten nowhere.

Here are mine. Funny thing is I live in a very small town in Western New York and we got 2 Network Vision towers put up recently with 4 more on the way lol. But hey I'm not complaining
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Here's my results from around the St. Louis area.
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I'm also in St Louis, here are my 3G speeds and Wifi speeds
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Did another 3G speed test (out of the valley) and got much better results.
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I get about 600 here in phoenix. No 4g here

I've seen MAX almost 2 Mbps. Average speed is about 1. Pittsburgh area.

I just got 446 kbps this morning but 9507 kbps tonight. No 4g and 905 nightly cm10. It seems things run better a day or two after flashing. Could be my imagination.
OK forget it, I had the wifi turned on ... "if it's too good to be true..."

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I puked some coffee when I got this today. Proof that the Vision tower upgrades are a funky reality at the moment.
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I was in NYC, and got 1.9 mbs down in Queens, and the Bronx, as well as in DC last week.

What a difference a few feet makes!

So recent T-Mobile subscriber, it's a decent service but I'm still keeping my verizon unlimited for home internet!

Did you do a few trials and not just take one or two tests at each location? And btw, nice place

Yeah many times, its like speeds cut off completely right there,

T Mobile makes a repeater device that will rebroadcast the cell signal over a limited area like 50 feet. You just have to put the device in a spot that has a good signal it can use to repeat.
Basically it is your own mini cell tower.
Dial 611 from your t mobile phone to ask a customer service rep more
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I get LTE here at my work. If I walk a few shop down but still inside the same building I only get 4G.

Skipjacks said:
T Mobile makes a repeater device that will rebroadcast the cell signal over a limited area like 50 feet. You just have to put the device in a spot that has a good signal it can use to repeat.
Basically it is your own mini cell tower.
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Well - it's weird, just a few feet and the speeds are half'd. Pretty sure I'm still connected to the same tower.

T Mobile will sell you one, guarenteed
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Skipjacks said:
T Mobile will sell you one, guarenteed
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Aren't they like 500 bucks? xD I got a cell-fi from eBay for 90 bucks. Only boosts 4g (that's all I get anyhow) but it really really helps. Just trying to get one more bar out of it..
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T-Mobile sent me an RS2 Cel-Fi booster.

Forgot to add, they sent it free for being a new customer and hoping I stay a long time.

Okay, I found out the difference.