i was at work today and walked across the street to get lunch and ran a speedtest while waiting for food, for the first time EVER i topped over 1Mbps, i ended up getting 4Mbps and thought it was a fluke, so i ran it again and got about the same result, ecstatic i went back to work and ran another test and i was back at my usual 1Mbps speed i was wondering if anyone else noticed a speed difference today in StL(if so where are you).
also when i was running the legend to slide ROM last night for a little bit i noticed my signal was constantly switching between H and 3G(and i have it set for 3G ony though i guess H falls under 3G)
Im located in Elizabeth. At home i get 2mbps and while at school or in Ny i get 4mpbs. Check my signature
ok i talked to some t-mo reps and tower techs and found that they have been flipping switches all day(unfortunately they have been going on and off)
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After much hounding of T-mobile, they finally gave me HSDPA access a few weeks back.
Anyroad, in the last two weeks, I've noticed that HSDPA connectivity is springing up all over the London area and where signals were once awful with standard G speeds, I'm finding that even 3G is working now.
Looks like I switched onto T-mobile at the right time.
and halfway across the world Ive noticed the same thing in New Jersey. AT&T has rolled out UMTS+HSDPA almost silently, yet it happens. My hometown, I went to sleep one night with EDGE and woke up the next morning with a nice little "H" where the "E" used to be. That was pretty frigging cool. Hopefully 3G will be rolled out at my college by next semester so when I show up I don't have to deal with the abysmally slow school provided internet.
I work and travel in and around the washington dc area and I live in frederick maryland. when I first got the evo (day one), the 3g speeds in my area were really good. Say 2MB up and 2MB down. Now I get between 512K down and it's really erratic. Today I'm traveling and am in the NJ area and the speeds are horrible here too.
These are major markets for any carrier. Anyone noticing the same? Could it be congestion perhaps??
Haven't really been checking exact speeds, but just using the browser I have noticed it being slower lately. I was getting nervous it was something internal that might have changed from flashing all these different roms. I doubt it though, hopefully its the network getting ready for 4g!!
same here. when I first got the evo, very quick data speeds. close to 2mb down at work and still descent speeds at home. Now Im roaming in my house half the time, ran a speed test last night and twice got 25kbs, before I would give 750kbs - 1mbs! Called Sprint twice now and they said they have outages through Pennsylvania. Not sure whats up but they said it will be fixed soon. initially they claimed no issues then after prodding them to check the tower, they changed their tune a little. I do get good data in most places but clearly they are having problems in certain areas of Pittsburgh.
been really slow in philly past few days 3g and 4g. seems to have gotten better this morning... 4mbps on 4g and 1.2 on 3g
Blame the world cup
Pretty sure the drop on network speeds is from everyone watching the world cup on sprint tv...
Notice the same... very fast 3g (2mbpsish) speeds June 4th to 6th... after prl update and ota update... very slow (about 500ish)... I went into Samsclub the other day to get a second evo for gf... and noticed 2mbps on 3g again...
My geography hasn't changed...
I work in Hunt Valley, Maryland. The first week, my data was snappy. Now my 3g is crawling. CS did say there were towers down in that area. I live in York, Pa and my data still runs fast there so I'm guessing it is a tower issue. Hopefully they get this fixed ASAP...
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I live in Jacksonville Florida and have the same issues. DL is about 300 kbps average. This really sucks. Hopefully they are tweaking the towers for 4G or something. We have 4G now sprinkled around Jacksonville and Orange Park Florida. Rumor has it that Sprint is going to fully unleash 4G in August (Jacksonville).
I'm in the Denver Tech Center area and it seems like Sprint is fixing the 3G issues. I'm seeing about 1.5Mbps average now.
I'm in Totowa NJ for meetings today, and I'm picking up a decent 4G signal where last week there was none. It keeps connecting and disconnecting, but I managed to get a few speedtests in, and pulled 6748kbps down and 1038kbps up as the fastest, with averages about 5500-6500kbps down and 1000kbps up.
nice.
I'm in Bloomfield and I get 4g no problem at my house. About the same speeds you saw using the speedtest.net website (not the app) so it's flying. I take the train from NYC every day and I can generally pick it up while in Jersey but it disconnects alot (while on the train). Doesn't disconnect at my house although I got some of those Error 61 bad PCS username/password errors last night, but it didn't seem to affect anything.
Bayonne nj 4g dl speed 9320 ul 1983....wow.
I was driving down the NJ Turnpike today, and noticed that I was getting 4G service from about exit 5 down to exit 3, strongest around ex 4. Encouraging...from that, and the other posts in this thread, it's north and south of me. Hopefully it'll keep working its way closer...
let the fist-pumping begin
Ive been spending my Summer in NJ and NY. I was on the boarder line of Belleville and i also be in Bloomfield Nj and ive never got a 4G signal not even a little connect and disconnect
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Ive been spending my Summer in NJ and NY. I was on the boarder line of Belleville and i also be in Bloomfield Nj and ive never got a 4G signal not even a little connect and disconnect
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I don't think 4G goes as far as 3G signals......little reluctant to say where in Bloomfield I am, but suffice to say I definitely have been getting 4G service. It's only been for about the last 3-4 weeks or so. Maybe I'm just closer to the towers?
4G in Old Bridge! Sweet! It ends about 1/4 mile away from my house, but that's all I need! It's not super fast here, but still gets around 3Mbps.
There's also 4g in passaic, clifton, hackensack, and Elizabeth NJ. I haven't check any where else because I'm always drive and don't look at my phone.
Passaic 4g question.....
I've always kept the 4g radio off because I wasn't expecting the service to be available in Jersey but out of curiosity the other day I put her on and BEWM!
One question though, it connects to 4g for only about 10 secs and then disconnects. Is this the normal functionality of the 4g connection or does this only happen in test areas where 4g isn't official? I've read threads in the development section that go into changing the timeout of the reconnect and would have no problem doing so, just wondering if there's something wrong with my rooted phone or if this is normal.
I get 4g in Newark and around bloomfield, I don't get it in fairfield or rt 46
Elmwood Park is live.
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Nothing in Clifton
I think there is another thread about this.... but I get 4g in Newark, Elizabeth and some parts of union
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Nothing in Clifton
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I get 4g in Clifton by the Clifton/Passaic border.....right by the supermarket and the strip club ;-)
my evo won't stay connected for more than 10 seconds if the phone is idle...
ie: the phone connects to 4g....I don't do anything.....it will automatically disconnect...and then reconnect automatically...then the whole process just keeps looping.
If I do "use" the internet connection while on the 4g network....it stays connected.
I posted a video on youtube of my download speeds with this connection....
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=26PlfJM70v8
Since the end of November, most of Texas, it seems, has had a drop in speed/service quality with Sprint's 3G and 4G networks.
In Austin, I would regularly get between 1 and 2 mpbs download on 3G, and up to 6 on 4G. After the end of November, I get between 100-500kbps, if anything, and 4G service has been halved.
I called Sprint and they said that the outage is still in effect and they are working on it. I have experienced the slow network in Austin and Dallas. Very frustrating.
Anyone else?
San Antonio has had some issues as of late. I'm not a heavy data user, but definitely noticed a slowdown.
i live in austin and by my house (campus/hyde parK) speed across 3g has remained pretty constant. im in a low lying area so i have no 4g there
at work (arboretum area) i work at the top of a hill and prefer 4g to work wifi. I can normally get 3-4 and have even got 6 or 7 a handful of tests. i have never seen 3g anywhere (on my evo obv) above about 800 kbs. where are you that you have seen 1-2 mbps? cedar park? round rock?
for reference i just downloaded the 58 mb 3.7 update over 4g in about 2 or 3 minutes.
I live in South Austin, William Cannon and Manchaca, basically, and would always get over 1000kbps there, even though I am in a valley and don't have the best signal.
At work, by Zilker Park, and downtown I consistently used to get between 1 and 2 mbps. I never see 1mbps anymore.
Here is a copy of the email I got back from Sprint Support:
Dear Mr. _____:
We regret any frustration this matter may have caused. Our records indicate that there is a trouble ticket open for the Austin area. Customers may experience connectivity issues during this time. We are currently investigating this matter for the root cause of the issue.
Sincerely,
SprintCares
Im in San Antonio as well and it has defiantly been throttled down. you might want to try this little tweek it helped me alot since im on the line of 1604 and service really craps out there.
http://forum.ppcgeeks.com/htc-evo-4g/124138-increase-call-quality.html
ps u need to get ur MSL
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Im in San Antonio as well and it has defiantly been throttled down. you might want to try this little tweek it helped me alot since im on the line of 1604 and service really craps out there.
http://forum.ppcgeeks.com/htc-evo-4g/124138-increase-call-quality.html
ps u need to get ur MSL
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service around 1604 has sucked bad lately, same with out in helotes, and just about everywhere i go normally.
I live in Houston and I noticed a some what slower data rate here since about the middle of November... I had rooted my phone and thought maybe i would get better connection with it being rooted and nothing changed... I havent called Sprint yet because I have been so busy, but maybe after the holidays I will call them and see whats going on.
per the rep i just talked to, tower down affecting (wouldn't say where it is) San antonio, and a handful of other south texas cities, brownsville, san B____ something. and a city in west texas.
said national 3g coverage is down, probably due to the winter storms, but i doubt any towers i receive coverage from have been affected.
I live in Mineral Wells, a small town about an hour west of Ft. Worth, and I haven't really noticed a significant drop. I don't have access to Wifi or 4G, freaking boondocks, all I have to base this on is my 3G service.
I just ran a test off of a server in Austin with the SpeedTest app, and got:
Download: 139.6 kB/s
Upload: 82.8 kB/s
Ping: 175 ms
What do y'all think, good numbers?
Yea thats San Benito, I grew up there. Its been kinda slow recently here. but I dont notice. I am always on wifi when I get into the house.
Have been seeing the same thing here in NE San Antonio (IH 35 N & 1604) just tested again with 4G and got 3.55 mbs down & 0.85 mbs up. 3G 0.70mbs down & 0.26 mbs up. I have seen up in the 6.0 mbs when I first bought phone in October.
prosper (north of dallas) 3g sucks eggs. 4g is kinda spotty, but there.
I have wondered why service was lagging so bad. I have been driving around Dallas all day today trying to load maps and it has taken about 5 minutes per page over 3g. Can't get a decent 4g signal to stick and haven't been able to for the past month. I have noticed a major decline in signal strength/speed. I use mine mainly for the hotspot and it has definitely dropped in speed in the past month. I now get about 100 kbps if I am lucky. I hope they fix something soon.
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I have wondered why service was lagging so bad. I have been driving around Dallas all day today trying to load maps and it has taken about 5 minutes per page over 3g. Can't get a decent 4g signal to stick and haven't been able to for the past month. I have noticed a major decline in signal strength/speed. I use mine mainly for the hotspot and it has definitely dropped in speed in the past month. I now get about 100 kbps if I am lucky. I hope they fix something soon.
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There are updated radio's for the Evo and it helped get my speeds back up. I am in Richardson and both 3g and 4g had slowed to half. Now 3g is back to normal and 4g is close to what it was a few months back.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=715485&highlight=radio+combo
If you are not on the new 3.70 build number only flash the radio and wimax update to the latest. DO NOT UPDATE PRI IF YOUR NOT ON 3.70!!
Seems like Sprint finally fixed whatever was the problem this weekend. On Saturday, suddenly my phone was finally getting over 1000kbps on speedtest.net and seemingly working like it used to.
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prosper (north of dallas) 3g sucks eggs. 4g is kinda spotty, but there.
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down the road in aubrey 3g is spotty at best... !!! although the home agent hack did help somewat but its still disappointing speeds not to mention with the entire north dfw metroplex exploding in population u would think they would have 4g blanketed by now but nope...
I have been unable to connect using 4G. 3G works very slowly. I can click the 4G widget to establish a connection, I get a 4G icon at the top with full signal bars. But unable to connect to any web sites or even the android market.
This seems to be happening in a lot of places. NYC is trash right now.
Mine has been quite goofy lately. It will connect with bars but like you said, then nothing will connect. I noticed it the last week trying to run a speed test to show a friend. It couldn't connect to a server, so that demo went REALLY well.
EDIT: Popped your Cherry
4g philly has been horrid all day until like 10pm...... try connecting to 3g by the art museum? impossible
YES in philly my 4g just dosnt work... Neither does my fiances on her evo... I got full bars but can't use it.... Glad I'm not the only one.. Means it'll be fixed soon
Edit: the independance day show was great
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I'm not in Philly but maybe 1hr northwest in Reading and that happened to me yesterday. 4G on and couldn't connect to the net or market and even tried a little speed test and nothing. I did noticed it back around 9 or 10 in the night, so maybe it will be a half a day for you guys.
I'm currently about 5min outside Philly but I hit a tower in the city for 4G. I'm able to access sites but randomly pages will fail but if I reload they will end up loading the second time. I've heard issues in other cities so maybe it's a Sprint problem.
Update for 4G
3996 kbps down
1369 kbps up
In north Philly today
Problems again... Anyone else?
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Problems again... Anyone else?
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Yep, they started all over. No connection to 4g
I had the same problem in Moorestown, NJ this afternoon. Near Philly. 3G and 4G both dropped out for a while. Better for the past 30 minutes or so...
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I had the same problem in Moorestown, NJ this afternoon. Near Philly. 3G and 4G both dropped out for a while. Better for the past 30 minutes or so...
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yeah i was at the moorestown mall around 1 and connected with full bars but no go on the internet... went down to cherry hill mall and bam 10mb down, 1.8mb up... 3g has been better too, 1.3mb down and 700k up