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4g in miami

Any word on when 4g will be coming to south Florida the guy I got my phone from. It should be out this month or next any news on this tried searching

I don't know about next month, but I'm relying on this as the definitive source of information:
http://miamiherald.typepad.com/cache_carey/2010/03/sprint-4g-coming-to-south-florida-this-year.html

I've spoken with people from Clear and Sprint. 4G doesn't come to Miami until Nov/Dec

Damn. That sucks I'm really surprised to hear that I was hoping. Sooner then that

Just an FYI
I have picked up a 4G signal while driving on I-95 south toward Downtown Miami. This has happenned twice already.
Since I am driving I could not really test it and I lose the signal quickly.

Any new update on this that's pretty cool u got reception that must mean not that far away

guyver2077 said:
Just an FYI
I have picked up a 4G signal while driving on I-95 south toward Downtown Miami. This has happenned twice already.
Since I am driving I could not really test it and I lose the signal quickly.
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To add to that, I got signal while on Flamingo Road heading North about 2 miles from the 595 bridge.
I couldn't test as I was driving but the phone mentioned a signal but quickly dropped it.

lolz mclollerson said:
To add to that, I got signal while on Flamingo Road heading North about 2 miles from the 595 bridge.
I couldn't test as I was driving but the phone mentioned a signal but quickly dropped it.
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I live by flamingo and 595 LOL No signal at my house I will have to try driving north couple miles and see if I can find it, there is a Radio Shack and a Walmart that way so I guess it's possible one of them has a tower on thier roof.

Me and my brother have both picked up and sustained a faint 4g signal right off i95 and the golden glades interchange at our friend house

my wifes father actually works for a company that has a contract with Clear here in Florida. they are actually working on towers on the east coast and yes miami also. he says that because of bad communications and issues with Clear's wimax setup on the towers here in florida, have lead to them having to redo towers and such adding/removing hardware from the towers and doing the tedious setups over again on most of the towers that were already finished. the company her dad works for is actually pissed about the issues that have come about, because they are Clear's issues and fault. his company is having to redo alot of towers for little or nothing because of the contracts that were put into place at the time of bidding. this is all what he has told me and again hes nly hearing this stuff from hear say within the company he works for. but he also knows that Clear/Sprint are very aware of 4G coverage sucking/spotty/buggy at best. my recent trip to Atlanta i seen issues with the service. i believed it had to do more with me being root and stuff that comes with it then Sprint/Clears fault at the time. after speaking with her dad over the holiday i feel differently now. see he really knows little about what I/we do here and he knows more about what the service acts like for "normal users" and from the discussions with hm ive found out that "normal users" have all the same issues we do. even he notes Wimax/4G is a crappy service as of now and he feels like hes setting things up that arent being thought through very well. idk just thought id share. i live in central florida so 4G is a no go for a while for me :/

toastcfh said:
my wifes father actually works for a company that has a contract with Clear here in Florida. they are actually working on towers on the east coast and yes miami also. he says that because of bad communications and issues with Clear's wimax setup on the towers here in florida, have lead to them having to redo towers and such adding/removing hardware from the towers and doing the tedious setups over again on most of the towers that were already finished. the company her dad works for is actually pissed about the issues that have come about, because they are Clear's issues and fault. his company is having to redo alot of towers for little or nothing because of the contracts that were put into place at the time of bidding. this is all what he has told me and again hes nly hearing this stuff from hear say within the company he works for. but he also knows that Clear/Sprint are very aware of 4G coverage sucking/spotty/buggy at best. my recent trip to Atlanta i seen issues with the service. i believed it had to do more with me being root and stuff that comes with it then Sprint/Clears fault at the time. after speaking with her dad over the holiday i feel differently now. see he really knows little about what I/we do here and he knows more about what the service acts like for "normal users" and from the discussions with hm ive found out that "normal users" have all the same issues we do. even he notes Wimax/4G is a crappy service as of now and he feels like hes setting things up that arent being thought through very well. idk just thought id share. i live in central florida so 4G is a no go for a while for me :/
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I'm in West Palm probably not too far from you. I hope they get this right and it doesn't take forever. That speed would be sweet...

Miami is on the official list for the Nov/Dec but I have also heard of people finding 4G in Orlando and over near Daytona. Up here you can connect to it but are still unable to use it.

I too live on flamingo and 595 lol...just to day on 595 around nob hill i saw it pop up then go way...the worst is at my work..(ft. laderdale) all day 4g comes in and out in the building im in...i can never actually connect to it it just says its available but when i click on it nothing happens then pops up again a few min later...strange thing is a coworker would put his evo right next to mine and wont pick anything up at all...we know his phone works bc he used 4g in DC a bunch of times...
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I got 4g notifications in Ft.Laderdale and 595 area but cant connect.

Clear tower climbs
As the last guy mentioned. I work for a radio shop and I was at a tower site where clearwire has been hanging the 2.3/2.5 ghz antennas and samsung base radios on this specific tower in delray. The system there is in test mode as the IP switches on them aren't fibered in yet. When I talk to the tower crew next week I will ask them for more exact ETA's on the tower/building sites they are doing down here.

Lebron to Miami 4g up next lol I'm just playing but I did get 4g reception on 595 to

xHausx said:
Miami is on the official list for the Nov/Dec but I have also heard of people finding 4G in Orlando and over near Daytona. Up here you can connect to it but are still unable to use it.
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I live over in East Orlando and I pick up a lot of 4G signal, but it always stalls out at obtaining an IP address. As I head over towards downtown Orlando and the west side of town, there is less and less 4G around. I'm hoping that 4G is turned on soon. It's a bit of a tease seeing the signal and not being able to use any of it

soundbyte said:
As the last guy mentioned. I work for a radio shop and I was at a tower site where clearwire has been hanging the 2.3/2.5 ghz antennas and samsung base radios on this specific tower in delray. The system there is in test mode as the IP switches on them aren't fibered in yet. When I talk to the tower crew next week I will ask them for more exact ETA's on the tower/building sites they are doing down here.
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Any news on this? I'm starting to pick up signals in Davie but can't connect.
Thanks!

Any update on this
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I can confirm 4G is working in Pembroke pines on pines blvd between university and flamingo. was getting 4mb down 1Mb up

FYI:
There is already a "4G in Miami" thread on here. There's a lot to read about if you want to find 4G spots here. There are a few confirmed placed in Miami and Broward where 4G is active.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=756209&page=13

It's official...June 27th. 4G goes live in STL!

Just came back from my local Sprint store and asked about the spotty service and they said 4G live on the 27th

jgarozzo said:
Just came back from my local Sprint store and asked about the spotty service and they said 4G live on the 27th
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Decent news, but I'll believe it when I see it.

Sprint is soft launching 4G in Salt Lake City on the 24th and officially launching in August. Some areas are already active and I have been able to pick it up in pockets around town.
Coverage will go from Salt Lake City to the point of the mountain (for those not familiar with SLC that's about 130 blocks). I'm told most populated areas will be covered.

gthing said:
Sprint is soft launching 4G in Salt Lake City on the 24th and officially launching in August. Some areas are already active and I have been able to pick it up in pockets around town.
Coverage will go from Salt Lake City to the point of the mountain (for those not familiar with SLC that's about 130 blocks). I'm told most populated areas will be covered.
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That'll be interesting; it may be the first time I'll get to use 4G because I will be visiting my sister in SLC this July.
*sigh*... not sure why San Francisco is being deployed so late (considering that the Bay Area is the epicenter of technology).

liquidkernel said:
That'll be interesting; it may be the first time I'll get to use 4G because I will be visiting my sister in SLC this July.
*sigh*... not sure why San Francisco is being deployed so late (considering that the Bay Area is the epicenter of technology).
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When are you scheduled for? This "soft launch" is coming two months before the scheduled release so you might be getting it earlier than you think.

gthing said:
When are you scheduled for? This "soft launch" is coming two months before the scheduled release so you might be getting it earlier than you think.
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There are some people reporting 4G coverage in parts of SF already (according to Engadget). But when I picked up the phone opening day, the Best Buy rep said no more than 2 months for SF.
I'll try different parts of SF (such as downtown) and see if there is coverage there.

OP...do you mean st louis right?

Man... Phoenix area has to wait until March 2011.... oh well... My 3g as it is right now is pretty damn fast though.

the 24th isn't far off and the 4g is too spotty in SLC. Hopefully it becomes much better. I have seen 4g in Davis County (utah - north of SLC). I have heard of it in Ogden as well.

porthole said:
the 24th isn't far off and the 4g is too spotty in SLC. Hopefully it becomes much better. I have seen 4g in Davis County (utah - north of SLC). I have heard of it in Ogden as well.
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I'm trying not to worry to much because its of course not ready yet. I assume that they are going to have reasonably complete coverage. As it is now,its really odd though. You can drive down a street with 4g for 5 miles,and get perfect coverage,but as soon as you turn off on a side street,it goes out in less than a block anywhere along the route.

someone over at the Android Central forums posted something earlier today saying that he got a 4g connection in STL today. I work in Saint Louis but i have the 4g radio turned off. damn... should have tried it today while i was at work

Damn. I just moved from the Lu to Pcola fl.

St Charles just outside St Louis is up and running. It is weak but it's there

Just to give everyone an FYI. Currently there are 3 towers full operational in STL. They are on Olive/270, Page/270, and BigBend/40. Clearwire just finished the install on the roof of the 210 N tucker building today at around 3 PM. They are piggy backing off of switch and data on the 4th floor. They told me they should be turning that building up by Monday... We shall see when i get to my office on the 3rd floor.

well sh!t... maybe i should walk outside and see if i can get a connection

mejor said:
Just to give everyone an FYI. Currently there are 3 towers full operational in STL. They are on Olive/270, Page/270, and BigBend/40. Clearwire just finished the install on the roof of the 210 N tucker building today at around 3 PM. They are piggy backing off of switch and data on the 4th floor. They told me they should be turning that building up by Monday... We shall see when i get to my office on the 3rd floor.
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that's awesome man... thank you for the info.

4g
liquidkernel said:
That'll be interesting; it may be the first time I'll get to use 4G because I will be visiting my sister in SLC this July.
*sigh*... not sure why San Francisco is being deployed so late (considering that the Bay Area is the epicenter of technology).
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umm... if thats the case NY should have been gotten coverage.. hmppfff

My office is in Clayton, and I get 4G (20% weak) most of the time if I leave the Overdrive in a window. I have yet to get a reliable signal lock with my Evo. It is good to know where the towers are though, thanks for that info. I will have to drive around town a little more and check it out.
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mejor said:
Just to give everyone an FYI. Currently there are 3 towers full operational in STL. They are on Olive/270, Page/270, and BigBend/40. Clearwire just finished the install on the roof of the 210 N tucker building today at around 3 PM. They are piggy backing off of switch and data on the 4th floor. They told me they should be turning that building up by Monday... We shall see when i get to my office on the 3rd floor.
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I will see if I can get on the roof on Monday and get a picture of the structure.

Yeah, actually 4g was working in alot of parts of more downtown and surrounding area since a week before the release date of the evo, I read of a few people who went to I/O and came back and 4g worked. I tested it on the 5th at forest park and it worked, was getting 4mb down usually, but now when I tried today, I only got 1.8-2mb down now... Kinda sucks. And I don't get connection to my appt in ellisville.

[CLOSED] More HSPA+ Cities Announced!

T-Mobile announced more cities now with HSPA+ during the myTouch release. Here's the list of cities:
With its latest expansion, T-Mobile’s HSPA+ footprint now includes Biloxi and Gulfport, Miss.; Denver, Colo.; Huntsville, Ala.; Knoxville, Tenn.; Myrtle Beach, S.C.; Norfolk, Va.; Omaha, Neb.; Phoenix and Tucson, Ariz.; Salt Lake City, Utah; San Francisco, San Jose, Oakland and Sacramento, Calif.; and West Palm Beach, Fla. T-Mobile expects to reach 100 major metropolitan areas and 200 million people in 2010.
Source: Tmonews.
Personally, the fact that San Jose is getting is best news ever as I get my phone tomorrow. Hopefully T-Mo expands more, bringing the love to more people around this part of town. Chicago gets all the love all the time!

Nice!
I was told by a rep that it wasn't comin in my area till November but this is really good news.
Thanks for the post...
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logicsans said:
T-Mobile announced more cities now with HSPA+ during the myTouch release. Here's the list of cities:
With its latest expansion, T-Mobile’s HSPA+ footprint now includes Biloxi and Gulfport, Miss.; Denver, Colo.; Huntsville, Ala.; Knoxville, Tenn.; Myrtle Beach, S.C.; Norfolk, Va.; Omaha, Neb.; Phoenix and Tucson, Ariz.; Salt Lake City, Utah; San Francisco, San Jose, Oakland and Sacramento, Calif.; and West Palm Beach, Fla. T-Mobile expects to reach 100 major metropolitan areas and 200 million people in 2010.
Source: Tmonews.
Personally, the fact that San Jose is getting is best news ever as I get my phone tomorrow. Hopefully T-Mo expands more, bringing the love to more people around this part of town. Chicago gets all the love all the time!
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Sacramento, Calif.
Can't wait!

no where on tmonews does it say these things maybe I looked it over can you provide a link?

SO these cities mentioned are HSPA+ live right now ?

Huntsville, AL \o/
We deserve it more than any other city in the state

Yes, Huntsville is the place to be in AL.
Too bad I live just outside of Huntsville where I only get edge. I look forward to having faster podcast downloads on the way to work though, once we get HSPA+.

chrimage said:
Yes, Huntsville is the place to be in AL.
Too bad I live just outside of Huntsville where I only get edge. I look forward to having faster podcast downloads on the way to work though, once we get HSPA+.
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Definitely. Awesome city although I was admittedly hesitant to move to the hick-state initially. Great place to be in the tech business. Hopefully Google brings that lovely fiber here...
I actually am in Hazel Green so only get edge and 3G in certain parts, but most of my phone-using day is in Huntsville area. 3G leaked from Huntsville out to Hazel Green rather quickly and I hope it does the same with HSPA+... Actually, the first day I saw 3G symbol ever was within Hazel Green limits on my way to work with my new G1 one day...

mt3g said:
no where on tmonews does it say these things maybe I looked it over can you provide a link?
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It was the same post as their myTouch HD launch. TMo announced it, see if you can confirm it by reading a press release perhaps.
It's not updated at TMo's official website, but it should be here pretty soon.

Jorsher said:
Definitely. Awesome city although I was admittedly hesitant to move to the hick-state initially. Great place to be in the tech business. Hopefully Google brings that lovely fiber here...
I actually am in Hazel Green so only get edge and 3G in certain parts, but most of my phone-using day is in Huntsville area. 3G leaked from Huntsville out to Hazel Green rather quickly and I hope it does the same with HSPA+... Actually, the first day I saw 3G symbol ever was within Hazel Green limits on my way to work with my new G1 one day...
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Couldnt agree more with the fiber comment, this town(Huntsville) could definitely use it, especially considering the massive growth its experiencing right now.
Ive noticed the HSPA+ for about a week now, I used to get intermittant HSPA connections on my myTouch slide a few weeks back, but nothing solid, however in the last week I had nothing but HSPA connection no matter where I was at, including the freakin psuedo-bunker I work in, which I had problems even getting Edge in before.

ellessidil said:
Couldnt agree more with the fiber comment, this town(Huntsville) could definitely use it, especially considering the massive growth its experiencing right now.
Ive noticed the HSPA+ for about a week now, I used to get intermittant HSPA connections on my myTouch slide a few weeks back, but nothing solid, however in the last week I had nothing but HSPA connection no matter where I was at, including the freakin psuedo-bunker I work in, which I had problems even getting Edge in before.
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Wow, a lot of people here from the area.
Could definitely use the fiber boost. It's an extremely tech/research-oriented city. I understand the places where the work is being done already have commercial connections, but... just give me the fiber!
If you don't already know, we have the same icon for 3G/HSPA/HSPA+ (the 'H') so it will be hard to tell what network you're really on.

about damn time they do Phoenix and Tucson at the same time!!!!!!
Man, I cannot wait. Did a random speed test yesterday and got about 7.6Mbps down on 3G.

Yes! Finally San Jose and San Fransisco

Blueoval24 said:
about damn time they do Phoenix and Tucson at the same time!!!!!!
Man, I cannot wait. Did a random speed test yesterday and got about 7.6Mbps down on 3G.
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Phoenix area has been announced for some time now actually. They have been setting up HSPA+ speeds around my are for the last month now. My N1 has been basicly maxed out at 5-7mbps around my area ^_^
Now I am going to wait tell December to decide on what HSPA+ phone I want =D

Spoke too soon. Still stuck on HSDPA here in Salt Lake City. Guess I still have to wait till November...
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Anyone Else from South FL Here?
Anyone else from South FL (Tri-County Area (Palm beach.Broward/Miami Dade))?
If Miami, Ft lauderdale and West Palm are getting HSPA+, does that mean the less-major cities between them are as well?
Like Deerfield, Boca, Delray, Pompano, etc since they are between these three cities

Okawa said:
Now I am going to wait tell December to decide on what HSPA+ phone I want =D
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Trust me, you want the G2. The MyTouch is not only ugly, but it has a stupid name. ;-)
(Oh, and FWIW, the G2 is a VERY nice phone!)

Come to Chicago dammit! I want faster speeds

philosophics said:
Spoke too soon. Still stuck on HSDPA here in Salt Lake City. Guess I still have to wait till November...
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I went to the Tmobile store in fort union to play with the G2. The phone had some settings messed up so I couldn't access all the internet, but i could open google's home page and do a basic search. It was MUCH fast than my N1.

Norfolk in the house! I went to the Tmobile store on the 30th, when I received my phone, and the reps were surprised at two things:
I had the phone before them and the fact that the H was showing up in my device.
They concluded that the towers were upgraded, but they were just waiting to "flip the switch".
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4G In Sacramento, Ca

Its HERE!!! Probably not fully capable but it functions in Midtown.

It's definitely around Roseville and up in Rocklin.

Midtown? Roseville? Rocklin? Nothing in Arden area yet...
What kind of speeds are you guys getting?

in natomas also

I was in Antelope earlier today, and 4g connected, but speeds were unimpressive (1k down, 500 up), and connection was unreliable. Must be in an initial deployment phase.

We have had for 4g in Stockton for over a month it works great. Even out in the burbs where i live.

I live in Elk Grove and get it in the middle of town but not so great where I live on the edge of town..

Just got confirmation from my Sprint rep that the greater Sacramento area has officially been turned up with 4g service, from El Dorado Hills, Rocklin, Downtown, Elk Grove, everything.
Post your speeds!

So last night I was testing in various areas in Sac, consistently getting up to 3k down.

So here's the official word:
Sacramento is online as of Sunday. Ditto for Citrus Heights, Folsom, and Roseville.
Service by the 937 Howe Avenue store sucks, so don't go there for WiMax issues. Took me an hour of fighting them and showing the tech how to see the RSA keys on his rooted phone to get mine replaced due to my RSA keys getting nuked.
Rancho Cordova (South of [email protected] and [email protected], and by Anatolia. No word about the business park, Walmart area, etc.) is currently a testbed zone (meaning the phone will pick up the signal, try to connect, then instantly disconnect). Since the rest of Sacramento was doing this just before being lit up, it's fairly safe to assume that region will be coming online in a few months, possibly in time for Christmas.

awesome, im moving there early next year

parts of Folsom has 4G. my friend was able to get 7Mb down on his EVO today. very impressive. i am running Cyanogen 6.1, so no go for me, but might be time to leave AOSP (reluctantly).

This map is pretty informative. It even shows where each tower is. Check it out. Just Google "clear coverage map". Will be the first link.

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This map is pretty informative. It even shows where each tower is. Check it out. Just Google "clear coverage map". Will be the first link.
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Here's the link:
http://www.clear.com/coverage

4G in Lansing, MI

Some users in the EVO forums are reporting 4G in the Lansing, MI area.
I'm currently on MSU's campus (East Lansing) and I'm seeing nothing... but I will be taking a trip downtown to confirm.
Original Thread: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=937464

snowmanwithahat said:
Some users in the EVO forums are reporting 4G in the Lansing, MI area.
I'm currently on MSU's campus (East Lansing) and I'm seeing nothing... but I will be taking a trip downtown to confirm.
Original Thread: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=937464
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I'm in Holt (South Lansing) and I'm curious too...let me know what you find out! I'm hoping it's a little more widespread than just downtown Lansing, but not thinking it'll be more either.

I'm an East Lansing guy but this is still great news as I'm sure the bubble will eventually expand into East Lansing. I just checked the clear coverage map though and it looks like they are covering the southern part of MSU's campus which is basically all farmland...

tank1916 said:
I'm an East Lansing guy but this is still great news as I'm sure the bubble will eventually expand into East Lansing. I just checked the clear coverage map though and it looks like they are covering the southern part of MSU's campus which is basically all farmland...
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Yeh... They are completely missing the actual part of campus where students are and the area where I live (north of campus).
I'm excited to see that its this close. The coverage areas for Grand Rapids have really grown since the initial rollout and hopefully this means something similar will happen for us. I'd love to put this $50 that I've paid (so far) over 5 months to good use....

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Yeh... They are completely missing the actual part of campus where students are and the area where I live (north of campus).
I'm excited to see that its this close. The coverage areas for Grand Rapids have really grown since the initial rollout and hopefully this means something similar will happen for us. I'd love to put this $50 that I've paid (so far) over 5 months to good use....
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Yeah, I noticed that...I was thinking the whole East Lansing/Okemos area would be getting all at the same time. I know the Sprint store out by the Meridian Mall said we'd have it within the 1st Quarter, but I just thought they were feeding me bull (and they probably thought they were too). I just was hoping that more of south lansing would be covered (Holt) and it isn't yet really. Hopefully soon! There are some weird parts of subdivisions that have 4G though, which is pretty weird...
EDIT: Also, if this is just the testing phase, once they actually "turn on" the 4G, will it expand and be at a higher signal strength? Just assuming that it would, but I have nothing to base that on...

Yeh, it looked like areas near MLK were covered which I was a little confused about... Doesn't seem like the market for 4g. Most of the stuff west of 127 seems like a waste to me right now unless they are targeting the areas to possibly replace dsl
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Just ran across an app for mapping network coverage... Sensorly
I'll be running this as I drive around today, hopefully that will pick up a few areas and we 8am start to get a real feel for the coverage
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Confirmed... But with a poor coverage area.
I'll post some pics when I get home. Overall though it was between 3 and 6mbit/sec
I'm very very happy about this finally coming here... Sadly I never once thought I'd get 4g before froyo
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I live downtown a couple blocks from lcc and haven't picked up a 4G signal yet, I work at the meijer warehouse on creyts and also no 4G yet. It'll be nice when all of lansing is covered tho, my friends in GR are loving the speeds.
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Not bad for a start... I really hope they can get this to the East Lansing / MSU Campus