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Live/Work in 4G, 4G soon, or 3G nework?

Hey future Evo owners. A lof of talk has been going around to say that the phone is not worth it unless you live in a 4G area, so I was curious if you guys live in a 4G area now, in an area that will soon be 4G (like NYC and LA this summer), or in a 3G area. I could not find how to make a survey, so I am just going to post the question...
I am in a 4G soon area.

Sprint posted that the Orlando Florida area will be getting 4G by end of summer

I don't live or work in a 4G area, however it's only about 25 minutes away (Tacoma, wa) so whenever I go to the "Big City" I'll have 4G.
Well worth it to me.
It'll probably bleed down here soon enough anyway.

the huge 4.3 screen is worth it! your eyes will thanks you!

Portland, OR resident here... the city where it all started
4G coverage here should be quite good since WiMAX has been live the area for ~1.5 years or so.

Live in Atlanta, so I'm covered with 4G. Pretty excited.

I go to school in a 4G area 9 months out of the year, but right now I'm stick in a town that probably won't get 4G for quite some time. Honestly, I doubt I will ever use it outside of showing off to friends thanks to campus wifi and 4G's terrible signal penetration.
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In Oklahoma with 3g until next month when I am moving out to Vegas 4g all the way.

StammesOpfer said:
In Oklahoma with 3g until next month when I am moving out to Vegas 4g all the way.
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Congrats dude, I lived in vegas for awhile, I miss it :/
I'm in phoenix, no 4G here(i know, 5th largest city in the US or something and no plans even, wtf.

I was surprised to find 3 cites in North Carolina have 4G coverage. Not exactly disappointed though...

I wanted the Evo for the phone, and couldn't care less about 4G until I realized last night that I have Clear coverage at work and am on its border at home! Now I'm completely overwhelmed!
I can't wait until tomorrow!

[Q] Another 4G question.

How would I know if I broke my 4G if its not in my area? I took a long road trip last month with 4G turned on and I don't think I ever saw it on. I was on the interstate the areas that should have had it. I'm planning on going to atlanta for thanksgiving and would like to fix it before then as my aunt is an iphone user. I think I can figure out how to fix it but I'd rather make sure its broken first.

Interstate? If you had given us more details on like a state location name, like CA or NV or NY, I can tell you that in 2011, Sprint will have 4g signal towers working in the western states of USA, and the eastern states like NY, Viriginia, and some others in the eastern part of USA have their signal on 4g towers already and have reported good 4g signals with their htc phones.

Acutally, yamaford, buddy...we got a long way to wait for 4g anyhow, look at this sprint coverage map on 3g, then look into the tabs on the right section of the map page, click on 4g connection with sprint devices, and u can see like Topeka has a big area around its capital for 4g service...and some others, but that's all I can think of about 4g atm, it will slowly continue to put up 4g signal towers until and after 2011.
http://coverage.sprint.com/IMPACT.jsp?ECID=vanity:coverage
The people with the 4g services have HTC Evo 4g, so your not gonna break your 4g at all, just make sure u keep it switched on or off to test around new areas. GL

I think my Question was taken the wrong way. I know the areas I drove through have 4G ( I85 Charlotte and Greensboro N.C.) but does it reach the HWY or what. I really don't understand where its transmitted from. same towers as 3G? The reason I ask about breaking it is that I have been a flashoholic from day one. I've had them all. Im on VirusROM now and I did find out that my keys are still there. Haven't checked the M.A.C. address yet.

4G Coverage Towers
Here is a link to check where the 4G towers actually are and what areas they specifically cover. Sprint does not own their own 4G towers. They teamed up with Clearwire to roll 4G out.

[Q] CLEAR 4G is ON in South Florida. Sprint?

Clear appears to have turned on their 4G system in South Florida yesterday and I can see that they have from viewing their "solid" coverage on their CLEAR app available from the android market.
My question is.... are you guys down here in the South Florida area getting 4G on your Evo's?
If Clear is switched on, shouldn't the Sprint 4G be turned on too? I ask because I get no 4G on my phone anywhere on the east side of Miami, Fort Lauderdale and Palm Beach for that matter. I'm afraid my phone's 4G radio is dead...maybe from the dreaded missing RSA certs after rooting. Please let me know what you guys are experiencing down here with 4G since CLEAR switched the system on yesterday so I can make a determination if my phone is dead and have to go stand in line at Sprint tomorrow.
Thanks all!

I was just in Ft. Lauderdale last week and I was getting full 4G signal with about 7Mbps down and 3Mbps up.

Thanks Jeremiah....I guess I'll call Sprint tomorrow and head over to the store to see what's up with my phone.

No problem man good luck.

When will Sarasota/Bradenton Florida area get Sprint 4G?

Just wondering if anyone knows when the Sarasota / Bradenton Florida area can expect to see Sprint 4G coverage. Closiest coverage area is about 30 miles north in a town called Gibsonton, just south of Tampa.
Thanks

im already receiving spotty coverage. they seem to have two towers in sarasota already; one on clark and one on 17th and one by oneco in bradenton. their coverage map is a little optimistic with coverage but from my 3rd floor apartment i can pick it up.

Thanks Bro, my office is just west of the Blue Dolphin car wash on Cortez. I do not have 4G here. But your news is good and I see light at the end of the tunnel.
Thx again....

Wow you guys really dont have 4g over there yet that sucks. Hopefully soon!!!!!

Nope, we don't. Had to drive up to Gibsonton to try it out the 1st time and even then it was spotty. A good job does take time however....

I'm south of you in Ft. Myers, and very very spotty 4G coverage just started popping up here too. I haven't actually been able to do anything on 4G yet, thats how weak it is, but at least it's a start, right?

ah, gotcha, thanks for the update and YES, a good job does take time.....

I live in Bradenton and work in Sarasota off of fruitville and honore near i75 , and can pick up a connection for MAYBE 2 minutes at a time . Near the Sarasota airport however I've picked up a signal for a decent amount of time ... hope it's coming soon, especially since Verizon's LTE kicks in on Thursday in SRQ / Bradenton

slickrick54 said:
Wow you guys really dont have 4g over there yet that sucks. Hopefully soon!!!!!
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Im in Long Island,NY with no 4g..That really sucks....

Sarasota Bradenton is large and there is just a little bit in sarasota and none in Bradenton

I'm in a so called "best" coverage area and still get spotty 4G outdoors and none indoors.
I'm just outside of Tampa.

old post but update news
I am able to get 4g lte downtown b-town but kind of on/off
Cortez and 14th st area 4g lte 3-4 bars
Between university and fruit ville on 75 4g lte 2-3 bars but drops out quickly.
Wish I knew where that tower was...

Sprint LTE Coverage Map (NYC)

http://www.sensorly.com/map/4G/US/USA/Sprint/lte_310sprint
It's not official because those are just test towers that Sprint is keeping lit, but it gives us NYC guys some hope that LTE will fully roll out sooner than later. Since I've been checking, the area around Bryant park popped up, and both Bronx/Harlem coverage seems to have grown. I've had the Note II since launch and this thing is just a beast, the only thing holding it back is LTE coverage. When it's hooked up to WiFi it absolutely decimates any other smartphone that I've played with.

This roll out is too slow I heard theres really only one test tower in Bronx . I live in Brooklyn and spend a lot of time in Manhattan seems like ill have to take a train ride to the Bronx just to get a little taste of LTE.

The test towers in Harlem are very real. My cop buddy was on patrol there and found it while driving around yesterday. Personally, I'm not a fan of going to sketchy neighborhoods so I'm going to check the spot by Bryant Park next time I'm in that area.

Im sorry 38,579+ towers in two years slow? About as slow as a rabbit on speed. Also, with the investment they just got. They'll most likely be slapping rockets and skates to the rabbit.
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For the Queens guys (like myself), it looks like LTE is starting to trickle out in the Whitestone/College Point area (weird the map shows the strongest coverage on/around the Whitestone Bridge...lol). I'm not sure if this is an error, but being that I take that bridge all the time and live only 10 minutes or so from the area, I'm going to go check it out this weekend. Will report back with my findings.
For the Bronx guys it would seem your coverage area has grown significantly since I first posted. You lucky bastards.

LTE has to come in Staten Island soon and North Jersey!

the 3g is making me miss my dial up modem from 99, im in staten island and im getting 28 down/ 300 up on a regular basis now, that horrible, i even might just esn swap back to my s1/s2 for go back to wimax

chessx said:
the 3g is making me miss my dial up modem from 99, im in staten island and im getting 28 down/ 300 up on a regular basis now, that horrible, i even might just esn swap back to my s1/s2 for go back to wimax
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Qft.... Sad but true.

4G / LTE @ harlem
DarkManX4lf said:
Qft.... Sad but true.
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along Broadway Ave...137th street City College [1] train subway station

diapholom said:
along Broadway Ave...137th street City College [1] train subway station
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< = Jealous :silly: .. Still sitting on 3G, They are scheduled to start in my city in a week or two... CANNOT WAIT

diapholom said:
along Broadway Ave...137th street City College [1] train subway station
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This is looking good. Slower than AT&T and Verizon but still good.

Got my first taste of LTE when I was doing some work @ Bronx HS of Science last week but I wasn't too impressed to say the least.
Clocked 4M down and 1.5M up (that's the best of 5 tests too), nowhere near my expectations. I've easily gotten those speeds on WiMax.

I'm heading to Manhattan on Friday. How's the data looking for MSG & W 63rd ish areas?

Bro I'm in SI too and I have such ****ty service on most of the Island. Forget LTE, I would like some decent 3g

I live close whitePlains road lm about toTake a walk to checkout the speeds
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Nice to see it's spreading closer and closer to me...Then I won't have to go outside or be by my window :laugh:
The most I get by my house is 9+ down & about 3 up.
I did hit 31.67mbps down & 10.43mbps up when I was down by Jerome and Burnside in the BX earlier. That was saweeeet!

Seems like Sprint is showing the most love to the hoods 1st. Burnside wow!!
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Need my Upper East Side fix! Let's get some LTE testing love over on E70th and 1st.

I was in a area of S.I. where a new tower or a upgraded tower was in place. If you go outside you get full 3g speeds. If you go inside a building my 3g went from full 3g down to 4-5kBps....terrible...

No LTE in brooklyn
I go between Manhattan, Brooklyn, and Queens not one drop of LTE. I was by MSG no LTE I wanna know how sprints giving the BX LTE but yet not manhattan seems ass backwards.