Here's some news. Talked to a tech today for awhile resolving an account issue. During our conversation I asked about deployment plans. Here is the top five things they said they're doing:
1. Rolling out LTE upgrades to current 4g towers. Which may cause temporary service loss of data.
2. Upgrading all towers along the interstate system in their current footprint to hspa and to LTE in larger cities with 4g already deployed.
3. LTE will roll out in large cities with 4g first that have completed upgrades.
4. Metropcs lte towers may be given greenlight for us to roam on until the switchover (which is contrary to previous statements)
5. Acquire more 1900mhz and AWS spectrum for more buildouts of hspa and LTE.
They're also looking at possibly doing unlimited data with tether soon. But no word on pricing or availability.
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does that mean I can use unlock AT&T phone with T-mobiles LTE contract OR any unlock LTE phone?
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does that mean I can use unlock AT&T phone with T-mobiles LTE contract OR any unlock LTE phone?
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No clue. I'm just repeating what the tech told me.
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Im here at the one of the tmobile store in california. A regional manager is here today at the store. I ask him if our note 2 will need any update to use the new lte services when it out. He said no! He told me there actually installing lte towers right now in la and oc county! No wonder my service is been off and on today! Just did a speedtest and wow its getting faster and faster! !!
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Yeah my speeds have been spotty the past few days
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Same here in San Jose CA. I assumed its due to towers being upgraded. Download speeds have gone down but upload has gone up slightly. I was a bit concerned but I figured its due to some upgrades their doing. Hope my download speeds picks back up.
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Same in pittsburgh. Speeds have been **** the last few days.
sent via note 2 in boss mode @ quad core 1.9 ghz
No big change antioch ca here
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San Diego seems untouched...
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Dallas has been becomming spotty. Lewisville, irving, and coppell. Dunno much bout carrollton though
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does that mean I can use unlock AT&T phone with T-mobiles LTE contract OR any unlock LTE phone?
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If the phone can support Band 4 LTE (which I do not think AT&T uses for their LTE), it can support it.
These threads seem silly, because what tech and care know is far from the truth. Also to whoever thinks that you don't need a update for lte, you are most certainly wrong. We just got LTE installed on the towers on our building and it is not working on my note. But other notes in the building we have for testing have LTE up and running just fine. Unfortunately these notes were sent already put together, so whether it was a update or a sim card is hard to tell because I haven't got hands on time alone with them yet. Another possible solution is a provision, through one of tmobiles systems for troubleshooting I have seen lte settings for a phone line specifically but wouldn't have the information to properly set it up.
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My speed are even faster today!!!
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My speed are even faster today!!!
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NICE! Where are you located?
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NICE! Where are you located?
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Southern California. I also live in las vegas!
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Have experienced crap downloads but in South Phoenix where I live im 5 miles away from the nearest TMO advertised tower (and coming from cricket, its still fast in my mind) but this past few weeks I have experienced better speeds but more intiguing is my connectivity has gone haywire at times resulting in excessive batter consumption (periodically)... hoping this is LTE configs at work but its all a waiting game at this point
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Los Angeles has been loss of data and very slow data at times mostly all the time spoke with tmobile rep she said she dont see no problem
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Hope something happens soon. I'm kinda hating the slow speed I'm getting lately.
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I know dude where are u at ? City?
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Mine is slow too at times. Used to get 27mbps now average between 15 to 19 never over 20. I'm in sd
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Just want a quick spot to check lte service around the country. I travel alot and wanna be able to share locations as well.
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Seriously google is your friend.
http://s4gru.com/
Browsing suck on this network this app runs faster. i can't do nothing on 3g Browsing . But using this apps knowing the locations from this app i use everyday helps. It's really bad in illinois 3g is horrible. I just came from T-Mobile a month ago.
I keep my phone on cdma all the time to save battery.
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Not gonna be LTE in my area for awhile but 3G in my are has much improved.
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i have it on my gs3 im in houston northwest area
im on sprint
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Just want a quick spot to check lte service around the country. I travel alot and wanna be able to share locations as well.
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Recently where I work, we had a meeting with Sprint network engineers and corporate Sprint sales people and I asked them when we should expect LTE to be in our area (West Texas more specifically Abilene, TX)
The engineer said that we should get LTE here in late 2013, third or fourth quarter
In translation to me, that means early to mid 2014! HAHA
I can't wait, I gave up a 4G phone to hop to the S III with LTE radio to be ready for it
I bought a gn2 unlocked off craigslist for $450.00 cash.
Purchased a solavei wireless sim card.
60 bucks a month no throttle after any amount of data used.
Great coverage averaged 14 mbps down. Hmm with speeds like these hard to see how sprint stays with these guys.
For the first time in years I have been thinking of bouncing. From sprint to another Carrier . The blazing data speeds have me mezmerized. Solavei rides on tmobiles network. But at that price it may be worth a switch.
Bought the 2nd gn2 for a work phone. Gonna wait and see if sprint builds out the lte network in my area. But it's sad when I go back to my sprint gn2 and speeds won't pay 512 kbps on average.
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Great more sprint 3g speed sucks thread. I often wonder how are these thread phone related.
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Great more sprint 3g speed sucks thread. I often wonder how are these thread phone related.
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I did the post just for you.
Honestly your best rebuttal would have been not to post.
Wasnt about how crappy sprints 3g is. But more about how fast tmobiles network is.
Been a sprint customer 15 years nothing new to me.
Hopefully the softbank acquisition helps Fix that.
And the post is phone related its a phone forum.
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probably stolen
Checked it with tmobile first
To make sure it was clean.
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HSUPA+ compared to EVDO lol. If HDUPA+ on tmobile was always 14-15mbs download then they would have no need to roll out LTE. Thing is HSUPA+ cant maintain that speed.
Uh... nvm I am not going to explain... congrats on your unlimited highspeed data through tmobile.
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HSUPA+ compared to EVDO lol. If HDUPA+ on tmobile was always 14-15mbs download then they would have no need to roll out LTE. Thing is HSUPA+ cant maintain that speed.
Uh... nvm I am not going to explain... congrats on your unlimited highspeed data through tmobile.
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HSPA+ ? Trust me even still in the dfw areas it's good averages 6 to 15Mbps. They don't need to roll out lte but normal consumers don't understand differences between 4g technology. And t mobile is truly using 3g but when pushed to its ultimate limits it hits 4g like speeds. But they don't people that obviously.but that's why gsm is so much better than cdma and other stuff too lol
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Thanks for the clarification
I appreciate the knowledge.
I'm also wondering when tmo gets the iphone. How much the network will suffer.
Just like the other carriers I presume.
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Thanks for the clarification
I appreciate the knowledge.
I'm also wondering when tmo gets the iphone. How much the network will suffer.
Just like the other carriers I presume.
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Is Tmobile still "unlimited" - 5-10GBs then throttled to hell or is it like Sprint's unlimited?
I have tmobile and one of their major slogans sort of is "the only truly unlimited data plan". Ive used like 30 gigs of data the month I have owned my note 2 and have never been throttled. Usually get around 27mb 19 down. I notice no change in speed.
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I have tmobile and one of their major slogans sort of is "the only truly unlimited data plan". Ive used like 30 gigs of data the month I have owned my note 2 and have never been throttled. Usually get around 27mb 19 down. I notice no change in speed.
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looks good in Atlanta
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Thanks for the clarification
I appreciate the knowledge.
I'm also wondering when tmo gets the iphone. How much the network will suffer.
Just like the other carriers I presume.
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Only through being unlocked with SIM card.last time I checked.
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Is Tmobile still "unlimited" - 5-10GBs then throttled to hell or is it like Sprint's unlimited?
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No they have a plan that's 5 and 10Gb with hotspot that's throttled but if you get the unlimited 4g plan it's cheaper and better setting how we can all get hotspot for free.
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If Sprint were to release EvDo RevB or even RevC, it'd pull speeds of up to 30mbps, too. Problem is, lte becoming the new standard, it'll evolve the fastest and its cost efficient for Sprint in the long run (also cost efficient for any carrier.) This is why everyone's going to lte.
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I didn't start this to bash sprint just amazed a Tmo data speed.
I still have my sprint account with 2 lines
I'll end up selling the tmo note 2 sooner or later. I am really looking forward to Sprints new owners making major changes. Hopefully we. Get 1 year. Upgrades back. That kept me on sprint
Despite slow data and the plans $$$
But. Being A Japanese. Company I'm. Wondering if these. Guys. Have gsm plans in the future.
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I didn't start this to bash sprint just amazed a Tmo data speed.
I still have my sprint account with 2 lines
I'll end up selling the tmo note 2 sooner or later. I am really looking forward to Sprints new owners making major changes. Hopefully we. Get 1 year. Upgrades back. That kept me on sprint
Despite slow data and the plans $$$
But. Being A Japanese. Company I'm. Wondering if these. Guys. Have gsm plans in the future.
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Actually, I think softbank is a CDMA Carrier. I could be wrong though.
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GSM certainly has its advantages, that's why I was with T-mobile previously. The HSPA is getting pretty fast at it's peak, but there are so many times when you don't get those numbers if you are in a heavily used area.
Having said that, I switched to Sprint because they are implementing the next wave of GSM (READ: LTE-A) before T-mobile will be finished with their GSM network (Read: HSPA+42)
I just switched from Sprint and I have to say that I'm extremely impressed. I'm in Canton, Ohio and Tmobile is faster then both Sprint and Verizon.
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Im in socal!
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this is at my house where I have awful signal... look at my bars
I wish I would have given Tmobile a chance much sooner than I did.
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I check my speed from time to time here are my latest results the .07 is when I was throttled I hit my 5gb limit on purpose.
â„Galaxy Note ll
metro atlanta. with 4 bars best I got was 26down. 10up. with 2 bars it's around 10/1.5
Here ya go!
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How are you guys getting these speed? I'm getting an average of 3MB to 5mps down and 1mps up in Downtown LA.
Speed tests
Eastbay ca
Did get 21+
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east bay san francisco.
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I wish I would have given Tmobile a chance much sooner than I did.
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Same here! I just switched as well, data speeds are anywhere from 10-100x faster than Sprint. Seriously don't know why I put up with Sprint for so long...
Anyway, good to see you over here. My last phone was a Sprint Epic, so I remember you from those boards. Even used your ROM exclusively for a long time
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How are you guys getting these speed? I'm getting an average of 3MB to 5mps down and 1mps up in Downtown LA.
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I was assume it could be multiple things. Buildings in your area, interference, and the amount of ppl using T-Mobile in your area can all cause you to get less than expected speeds.
Sprint vs Tmob
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I just switched from Sprint and I have to say that I'm extremely impressed. I'm in Canton, Ohio and Tmobile is faster then both Sprint and Verizon.
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Hi ptf, I have the Note II on Sprint and am about to go return it and switch to TMob, are you happy you did? I am only worried about differences in the phone (if there are any negatives) and of course coverage and speeds.
I love that Tmob is GSM since I do travel int. And I can get a small bus plan so my bill is only $50/month compared to $70 w Sprint.
I just replied to you in the Sprint forum
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Wind mobile in Canada where we don't have DC HSPA+ ):
My speeds are adequate for my needs...
Hastily spouted for your befuddlement
Mostly getting 12-16 Mbps in the area I live, most I've seen was 22Mbps / 3.5 Mbps (upload)
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Any NYC speeds test??? i wanna get this phone this week
Not too shabby
To contrast, this is on my wifi at home. For shame, Cox.
Loss Wages getting some LTE love... SOON!
http://www.tmonews.com/2013/01/t-mo...arket-launch-happening-before-end-of-january/
Great, hopefully Houston next month
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So, I wonder when we'll be able to turn on LTE on our Note 2s.
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Lucky me I live in Vegas
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Lucky me I live in Vegas
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Me too can't wait
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Awesome news. Can't wait to see this in action.
which data plan will it available? i mean like i have the unlimited data plan. is that mean i will have unlimited LTE data plan?
Tmo also just announced an LTE variant of the GS3. It is getting serious. So much for guys saying "no LTE until 2014"...
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Love it! I'm in Vegas, I wonder when we will be able to use LTE on our Note 2
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The obvious question is when will the Note2 update with the new modem roll out? Hopefully in 3 weeks when LTE goes live in Vegas? I smell a road trip!
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The question is... what if they take months just to deliver a new modem...
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Tmonews just mentioned a software update for the note 2. Didn't mention any specifics though. I'd bet it will coincide with the initial markets go-live.
This is starting to play out just like the installation techs said it would when they installed the new equipment at a local tmo tower.
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Great, hopefully Houston next month
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I'm right there with you! Considering our city is one of the biggest in the country we should be getting it not too long after release. We are one of the first receiving upgrades like that. The network reform for example...
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I'm right there with you! Considering our city is one of the biggest in the country we should be getting it not too long after release. We are one of the first receiving upgrades like that. The network reform for example...
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Yep, we are usually next after las Vegas, I live in Pasadena near 610 and 225.
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S.f hopefully we get soon
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I just read this online, how cool! :thumbup:
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North Jersey also
Outside of where I work there were guys working on a tower. I asked them who were they worked for.... They told me Tmobile and they were putting in LTE ...that was in Elizabeth NJ... he said by the 13th it would be working.
Sure hope the they hurry up. I'm still on 2G here at work and it's infuriating.
I assume since they were gonna use the 2G frequencies for LTE I might finally be able to pull at least 3G here?
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NYC should be soon also. Towers are more than likely already wired for LTE. Of course my speeds now are pretty great. No complaints.
I am SO TEMPTED to switch back to T-Mobile for the Note 2 and their upcoming LTE network.
1900mhz & AWS 3G bands
LTE capability
save loads of $$$$
TRULY unlimited HSPA/LTE data
Fast data speeds during phone calls
Hate AT&T, but love how their network is mature. My friend's T-Mobile phone likes to occasionally switch to E.
Any body interested, we have a new prl - 25016
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Any body interested, we have a new prl - 25016
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i wish there was a way to flash it for us non stock users so we dont have to keep switching roms
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I would totally care but sprint doesn't seem to care about the Denver area. Theres wimax in like a 10 block radius and promises for years we'd get more.... Now they're switching to lte and more promises but for the last 3 years its always been their sucky 3g
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Same here in Salt Lake. Sucky/spotty 4g. No LTE in sight.
But at least I'm paying for someone to have lte. Cuz it sure ain't me.
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Phoenix is the same way. Promises after promises. Now it doesn't look like we get even basic 4g for years yet. Stuck with 3g on the maybe eventually network.
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I'm in nj and have spotty 4g so don't feel to bad
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I'm in nj and have spotty 4g so don't feel to bad
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VA area near TN, Pretty good 4g with a chance of LTE every now and again.
Hate to say it but I do miss Verizon service.
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i wish there was a way to flash it for us non stock users so we dont have to keep switching roms
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You can manually write whatever PRL you want with DFS CDMA Tool & a PC, regardless of which ROM you're on.
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Im in Atl and get 4G at home and work.
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You can manually write whatever PRL you want with DFS CDMA Tool & a PC, regardless of which ROM you're on.
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you have a link for that program? Would be pretty cool I'd we had someone fix the CDMA tools app or make us an easy "one click" sprint prl/profile updater.. If there is one already phase forgive the noobness....
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No you can't
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You can manually write whatever PRL you want with DFS CDMA Tool & a PC, regardless of which ROM you're on.
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To be able to connect to DFS you need to have DIAG mode enabled, and its only available in Stock roms and ASOP
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Same here in Salt Lake. Sucky/spotty 4g. No LTE in sight.
But at least I'm paying for someone to have lte. Cuz it sure ain't me.
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I was in SLC last month and had solid 4g in the neighborhood above the capitol. Didn't go too far from there so I can't speak to other areas.
I've literally traveled all over America due to being in a touring metal band, and I can honestly say that 1. Sprint's service ****ing SUCKS ****. And 2. 4G LTE is extremely spotty. Luckily at home here in Baltimore I have 4G all over, but anywhere other than the east coast, you're lucky to get LTE. I had great service when I was in Denver earlier this summer, but no 4G whatsoever if I recall correctly (And I don't, because Colorado is a... "Medical" state. )
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I've literally traveled all over America due to being in a touring metal band, and I can honestly say that 1. Sprint's service ****ing SUCKS ****. And 2. 4G LTE is extremely spotty. Luckily at home here in Baltimore I have 4G all over, but anywhere other than the east coast, you're lucky to get LTE. I had great service when I was in Denver earlier this summer, but no 4G whatsoever if I recall correctly (And I don't, because Colorado is a... "Medical" state. )
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That's why I love my state haha. But yeah sprint sucks out here
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I was in SLC last month and had solid 4g in the neighborhood above the capitol. Didn't go too far from there so I can't speak to other areas.
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I've literally traveled all over America due to being in a touring metal band, and I can honestly say that 1. Sprint's service ****ing SUCKS ****. And 2. 4G LTE is extremely spotty. Luckily at home here in Baltimore I have 4G all over, but anywhere other than the east coast, you're lucky to get LTE. I had great service when I was in Denver earlier this summer, but no 4G whatsoever if I recall correctly (And I don't, because Colorado is a... "Medical" state. )
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I lol'ed at the your description of how Sprint's service sucks...especially since I generally agree. But down here in Dallas, I get pretty great LTE coverage. I think because we were one of the first markets to launch LTE. In some places in town I get 30MB+ download speed so I cant complain. But in the outskirts of town and suburbs...it isnt nearly that good but I'll still usually be able to connect to LTE.
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you have a link for that program? Would be pretty cool I'd we had someone fix the CDMA tools app or make us an easy "one click" sprint prl/profile updater.. If there is one already phase forgive the noobness....
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I've got to take care of a couple things this morning, but when I'm done (probably about 2 hours) I'll post a full write-up.
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I flashed a stock rom to get the updated PRL. Looks good. What's different about it?
Also, I get pretty decent 4G coverage in Houston, Texas with Sprint, even out to the suburbs on the north side. It's not nearly as fast as the service I had with verizon, though, but it is at least consistent.
Once you get past the city limits on the east or south, though, both 3G and 4G get iffy.
I have awsome Sprint Airave coverage at home.
I hope someone makes a app like RoamControl that works with our Optimus G so my phone will work outside of my house.
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Another new PRL 25017
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