I have noticed I get MUCH faster while USB tethered, and when I have everything killed on the phone. SO all it's doing is routing over WiMax and the lapotp/computer is doing most of the work makes sense though.. it's having to do less work so the CPU can focus on routing WiMax packets only.
Anyway, I was doing some updates over ubuntu's update manager tethered and I hit 12.7Mbps down!
XDA scales down the pictures so much I have a zoomed up pick too of the network metrics
Guess I should mention I am running BBv0.3 (Hope pete comes back soon and fixes v4 or even drops froyo v5 on us)
And I have used Titanium Backup to pull nearly all htc sense stuff off that ROM as well as removing anything I didn't want running in the background.
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I have noticed I get MUCH faster while USB tethered, and when I have everything killed on the phone. SO all it's doing is routing over WiMax and the lapotp/computer is doing most of the work makes sense though.. it's having to do less work so the CPU can focus on routing WiMax packets only.
Anyway, I was doing some updates over ubuntu's update manager tethered and I hit 12.7Mbps down!
XDA scales down the pictures so much I have a zoomed up pick too of the network metrics
Guess I should mention I am running BBv0.3 (Hope pete comes back soon and fixes v4 or even drops froyo v5 on us)
And I have used Titanium Backup to pull nearly all htc sense stuff off that ROM as well as removing anything I didn't want running in the background.
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I dream for that kind of speed.
Very nice! Though painfully slow compared to the 300+Mbps I'm used to on my LAN.
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Very nice! Though painfully slow compared to the 300+Mbps I'm used to on my LAN.
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Yes but does your LAN follow you around in your pocket? (no crude jokes! HA)
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Yes but does your LAN follow you around in your pocket? (no crude jokes! HA)
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Only on campus! I've actually yet to test 4G, and I doubt I will ever use it due to the poor signal penetration.
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Only on campus! I've actually yet to test 4G, and I doubt I will ever use it due to the poor signal penetration.
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Actually those tests were run, and I am currently sitting on the basement level of a large concrete government-style building. Granted I have a tower about 2 blocks from where I work though, still I haven't seen all these "penetration" issues people complain about with WiMax. Houston has some strong signals though.
I've actually started noticing 4G is a LOT better after the update, but it has always been very good here in Boston, even though it's not even officially launched yet.I have read somewhere that new markets have newer equipment, and Sprint is literally adding WiMAX base stations to all sprint and nextel towers. It will only get better with time.
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Very nice! Though painfully slow compared to the 300+Mbps I'm used to on my LAN.
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Nice DL but what the heck happened to your upload rate?
God damn man, you got some insane speeds there. I wish I had that at home.
What kind of connection do they got there?
I bet you could download some torrents like a beast
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They actually cap it for some reason. I think it is faster than the test showed because I can upload things via FTP fairly quickly.
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God damn man, you got some insane speeds there. I wish I had that at home.
What kind of connection do they got there?
I bet you could download some torrents like a beast
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It's your standard LAN. It's just the second-fastest in the country. Top speeds around 2Gbps, but unfortunately my router isn't even fast enough for it, and I didn't want to shell out for one!
MikeBrWade said:
I have noticed I get MUCH faster while USB tethered, and when I have everything killed on the phone. SO all it's doing is routing over WiMax and the lapotp/computer is doing most of the work makes sense though.. it's having to do less work so the CPU can focus on routing WiMax packets only.
Anyway, I was doing some updates over ubuntu's update manager tethered and I hit 12.7Mbps down!
XDA scales down the pictures so much I have a zoomed up pick too of the network metrics
Guess I should mention I am running BBv0.3 (Hope pete comes back soon and fixes v4 or even drops froyo v5 on us)
And I have used Titanium Backup to pull nearly all htc sense stuff off that ROM as well as removing anything I didn't want running in the background.
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what part of houston are you in, i cant anything above 2.7 at best and one test in which i had full wimax signal, i had .63kbps down and 924kbps up....so far i am very disapionted in the wimax and sprint just gives excuses instead of answers, i still love the phone i just wish it was a feature complete as they claimed before launch
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what part of houston are you in, i cant anything above 2.7 at best and one test in which i had full wimax signal, i had .63kbps down and 924kbps up....so far i am very disapionted in the wimax and sprint just gives excuses instead of answers, i still love the phone i just wish it was a feature complete as they claimed before launch
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Well those numbers were from the JSC area, and I can get 4-6Mbps where I live in West U. The "signal" strength is kinda pointless IMO because it's more your connection to the tower than your bandwidth to the internet. I have noticed better bandwidths with 1-2 bars than with full 4 bars a lot of times
well i live in an area saturated in 4g well everywhere in town but where i live...sigh
anyways los from an antenna and nothing near your speeds, and like i said my small town is saturated by 4g i can literally walk 3 streats down and 4g kicks in
I wanted to test out the wireless tether speeds with the WiMax update not the Radio update.
I got happy results for me inside my home.
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well i live in an area saturated in 4g well everywhere in town but where i live...sigh
anyways los from an antenna and nothing near your speeds, and like i said my small town is saturated by 4g i can literally walk 3 streats down and 4g kicks in
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Haha! Sounds exactly like my apartment in downtown Atlanta. I have service outside of it, in the halls, in the living room, and even in the damn elevator, but not in my room!
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I wanted to test out the wireless tether speeds with the WiMax update not the Radio update.
I got happy results for me inside my home.
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And to be fair that 12.7Mbps was a peak... not sustained here is my highest "sustained" test. It seems like after a few second peak of anywhere from 10-13Mbps I get throttled back to around 9-10 max sustained. Still though very impressive for a freaking cell phone internet connection! Ha.
I hardly get 1 mbps on 4g in galeria area. I find it very spoty in Houston.
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And to be fair that 12.7Mbps was a peak... not sustained here is my highest "sustained" test. It seems like after a few second peak of anywhere from 10-13Mbps I get throttled back to around 9-10 max sustained. Still though very impressive for a freaking cell phone internet connection! Ha.
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I think some people have come to expect too much from WiMax. I have heard complaints about it not getting more than 3Mb/s yet they don't complain about the 900kb/s they get otherwise with 3G - its more than triple yet they want more.
I am happy to get sustained 3Mb/s speeds wirelessly anywhere. Hell 2Mb/s sustained is better than any Wifi at Starbucks or places that offer free Wifi. Most of them let you ride off their T1 line. Can we say 1.5Mb/s shared to everyone!
I am very happy to get the speeds that I do. It's SOOOOO much better now with the update. I am interested to see where I got the 5Mb/s before the update to see what it will give me now. It's a local starbucks that I frequent. I am curious.
Great speeds by the way!
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I think some people have come to expect too much from WiMax. I have heard complaints about it not getting more than 3Mb/s yet they don't complain about the 900kb/s they get otherwise with 3G - its more than triple yet they want more.
I am happy to get sustained 3Mb/s speeds wirelessly anywhere. Hell 2Mb/s sustained is better than any Wifi at Starbucks or places that offer free Wifi. Most of them let you ride off their T1 line. Can we say 1.5Mb/s shared to everyone!
I am very happy to get the speeds that I do. It's SOOOOO much better now with the update. I am interested to see where I got the 5Mb/s before the update to see what it will give me now. It's a local starbucks that I frequent. I am curious.
Great speeds by the way!
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As good as it is, 2.5-3 mbps is equivalent to AT&T 3G speeds, that's why people complain.
You can say their network sucks, but it's bigger than Sprint's 4G at the moment
No 4G for me here, and I would be happy with 3 mbps sustained, but I wouldn't call expecting more than that unreasonable for 4G. It should (and will, eventually) handily beat other existing 3G networks. Looks like it has already started according to the OPs results.
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Hey guys, I was downloading a 12 mb file from my gmail and I noticed the download speeds were 400+. is it just me or the service got an update?
I tried finding information on tmobiles site with no positive results. I retried my download 2 more times still the same. Will I be charged if this is an error? btw I live in New York.
they are updating to 7.2 speed, first places are chicago and new york, so your one of the lucky ones.
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they are updating to 7.2 speed, first places are chicago and new york, so your one of the lucky ones.
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Seems like a smarter move would have been to expand rather than focus on speed.
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Seems like a smarter move would have been to expand rather than focus on speed.
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I beg to differ, if they expanded first it would cost more money to upgrade all of the new towers. Now they just have to update what they have, and expand with better towers.
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Seems like a smarter move would have been to expand rather than focus on speed.
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I second that, I'm still roaming where I live while the major cities are moving to 4g. no fair , well at least At&t has edge out here.
I've seen on boygenius and other sites Sprint will offer WiMax phones next year.
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they are updating to 7.2 speed, first places are chicago and new york, so your one of the lucky ones.
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this is all just a rumor. people claim to get higher data speeds without concrete video proof.
and some claims ppl submitted have alrdy been proven false
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Seems like a smarter move would have been to expand rather than focus on speed.
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agreed. In Boise the "other 3" networks are offering 3g coverage.
Same old 3G speeds here in NYC.
is it odd that i never get 3g in Louisville, Kentucky? or is there just not much 3g coverage around that area?
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is it odd that i never get 3g in Louisville, Kentucky? or is there just not much 3g coverage around that area?
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"there's a map for that!"
I can vouch they uped everything in the Chi.
I live way north of Chi in bumble **** where supposedly I wasnt suppose to get 3G about 2 weeks ago it lit up.
This picture is running Ubuntu, new wired tethered app, and update running in bg.
As I get closer to the City its much faster. ...
I'm in Chicago as I type this (Lincoln Park and Downtown), and I have to say I'm disappointed in the speeds up here. I've only seen download speeds in the 400ish mbps, whereas in Toledo, OH, I routinely get between 600 and 750 mbps. I'm guessing it's because of the sheer number of users on T-mobile's 3G here, as opposed to Toledo. Still, I would have expected T-mobile to strengthen the network to reflect the larger number of subscribers here.
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this is all just a rumor. people claim to get higher data speeds without concrete video proof.
and some claims ppl submitted have alrdy been proven false
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I thought that it was confirmed
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I thought that it was confirmed
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to really get an accurate speedtest, its preferred to use a speedtest app instead of tethering and doign a speedtest on the computer...a couple speedtest sites have been proven to be false.
the only thing i will believe is video proof of a speedtest using a speedtest app on the phone...a screenshot is just not concrete enough since pics can be edited
here is a quick screen shot. i used the xtremelabs speedtest app. not bad for being inside the hospital.
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here is a quick screen shot. i used the xtremelabs speedtest app. not bad for being inside the hospital.
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yea i usally get 800-900kbps in my house.
Anyone noticing anything in Phoenix, Arizona?
I'm getting 561kbps download and 164kbps upload. Which is much better from my 320kbps download from about 2 months ago.
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I just ran a new speed test and i got 784kbps download and 160kbps upload. I'm in phoenix arizona. I guess we are getting the update soon too
HOLY ****. I live in the Tampa Bay area and I am getting speeds around 3-5 megs a second. WAY faster than it was before. I am going to record a video and put it up on you tube in a bit.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PfCXnSLjMJ4
You tube video of test
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HOLY ****. I live in the Tampa Bay area and I am getting speeds around 3-5 megs a second. WAY faster than it was before. I am going to record a video and put it up on you tube in a bit.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PfCXnSLjMJ4
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stupid test...its alrdy been proven that mobilespeedtest.com is unreliable and false. u accomplished nothing
Hey guys. Does anyone have experience with Sprint 4G right now? Speeds? Reliability? I love the EVO and want to know what 4G might be like using this device.
Don't expect much off the bat, to be honest. 2-10mbps, spotty service, etc. It's like 3G was when that was rolled out, it's going to take time to iron things out.
It probably depends on where you live. In Corpus Christi, I can great speeds, up to 20 mbs, in certain parts of town and less than 1 in others.
I have an Intel WiMAX card in my notebook and an Overdrive device. I always get considerably better speeds using my WiMAX card than I do the Overdrive. The WiMAX connects using Clear's service, but it is the same service that Sprint's Overdrive connects to.
Eddie
How is the latency? Is it good for gaming or better for just browsing?
I used Clears WiMax service at home for a couple weeks. The speeds were so so but latency was so horrible that I could not use it for voip or xbox live at all. The best part of it was at midnight or so every night (when I get home from work and need it the most) the service would go down for maintenance for 1-3 hours.
p.s. WiMax is not 4G
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WiMax is not 4G
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???
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/4G
Wimax as it stands now is not "4G" in the certification sense. Then again, neither is LTE. The 4G certification stands at 100mbps, Wimax2 and LTE Advanced will have the 4G certs. LTE and Wimax are technically called 3.9G, as the basis of the tech will lead into 4g.
That being said, Verizon and AT&T aren't going to say anything, because they're doing the same damn thing.
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I used Clears WiMax service at home for a couple weeks. The speeds were so so but latency was so horrible that I could not use it for voip or xbox live at all. The best part of it was at midnight or so every night (when I get home from work and need it the most) the service would go down for maintenance for 1-3 hours.
p.s. WiMax is not 4G
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You sir have no idea what your talking about. WiMax is Sprint's forth generation technology, you should read a bit more about 802.11m.
You ma'am should read more. The post above you should help you out
It probably depends on where you live. In Corpus Christi, I can great speeds, up to 20 mbs, in certain parts of town and less than 1 in others.
I have an Intel WiMAX card in my notebook and an Overdrive device. I always get considerably better speeds using my WiMAX card than I do the Overdrive. The WiMAX connects using Clear's service, but it is the same service that Sprint's Overdrive connects to.
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I noticed that corpus was one of the cities to get 4g. I look forward to it as I am visting at the end of June.
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i am in Ft Worth texas.. it has had 4G/wimax (whatever) as one of the test cities. I got the overdrive device 3 weeks ago.
I live in the suburbs and work near downtown.
at both locations I only get 20% signal strength. And the speed is about double what I get on 3G. well the 3G signal strength was also about 20-30% too!!!
sometimes, i can get 40% and see the speed hit 1.2-1.5mbs. but that is for a very short time, maybe a min or two. 95% of the time i am 20%.. and sometime i loose all signal!!! I have tried to download larger files 100mb or higher, but it fails because, before I can finish the download it will loose signal and I have to start over. So i have no faith in the stability of this tech, at this time. It is good for casual internet stuff, but for work, large files, time sensitive issues, I would not bet on it. They need more towers!!!!!!
4g is great u just have to be withone one mile of a 4g enabled tower in order to get real 4g service
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It seems pretty good. My step son has his Xbox360 connected and plays Call of Duty all the time. He says there is no lag at all. He was getting lag when connected to our Road Runner account.
It does make a difference on where you are and where you place the modem. He puts the modem in the window.
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It seems pretty good. My step son has his Xbox360 connected and plays Call of Duty all the time. He says there is no lag at all. He was getting lag when connected to our Road Runner account.
It does make a difference on where you are and where you place the modem. He puts the modem in the window.
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that is an epic win...
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It seems pretty good. My step son has his Xbox360 connected and plays Call of Duty all the time. He says there is no lag at all. He was getting lag when connected to our Road Runner account.
It does make a difference on where you are and where you place the modem. He puts the modem in the window.
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I LOL'd hard
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I'm sorry, what's so funny with that statement? I find it hard to believe that the latency is lower with a 4g connection, but I donno... I guess I just don't get it.
my 4g signal is coming in pretty weak and the speeds i am getting are fairly slow. when doing a speed test with the evo and my old g1 my results are:
Evo 2,700kbps on 4g
G1 3,800kbps on HSPA+
I know HSPA+ is fast but i would would expect the 4g to be a bit faster, when i use my clearwire usb stick on my laptop i can pull speeds upto 17mbps. I even tried it in different areas around the city with no change. I know its still an emerging technology but i would like to see if anyone else in a 4g are has had this issue. any thoughts?
Ive given up on 4g and Im completely happy on 3g with this phone, saves battery too.
Ive gotten 4g signal ONCE and ive had the phone for a week, in a 4G market. Still love the phone just not buyin the 4g hype. I dont even call it evo 4g anymore, its just...Evo
edit::: in Hawaii (oahu) btw
I hear ya, 4g seems more of a novelty at this point. I love the phone but im tempted to return it and stick with tmobile for now.
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my 4g signal is coming in pretty weak and the speeds i am getting are fairly slow. when doing a speed test with the evo and my old g1 my results are:
Evo 2,700kbps on 4g
G1 3,800kbps on HSPA+
I know HSPA+ is fast but i would would expect the 4g to be a bit faster, when i use my clearwire usb stick on my laptop i can pull speeds upto 17mbps. I even tried it in different areas around the city with no change. I know its still an emerging technology but i would like to see if anyone else in a 4g are has had this issue. any thoughts?
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Im right over the bridge in NJ and getting 2mb. isnt it capped anyway? its fast enough for me.
I'm around the philly area, and when I do get a 4th signal it will go from 2mbps to 5mbps
I'm near the Baltimore area and so for the most signal I have gotten was one bar and I hit 3500kbps but on average just the 4g icon is lit and I get about 2000kbps. Also when testing you should tether to a laptop because doing the test from the phone isnt very accurate.
I work in King of Prussia, PA and my 4g signal for the past two weeks has been anywhere from 2 to 3.5 mbps. Inside buildings it is worse. Just remember that when 3g first came out it wasn't as good as it is today. It just takes time for a new technology to become a great technology.
Im getting like 2mbps here in new jersey too...
I hear ya, 4g seems more of a novelty at this point. I love the phone but im tempted to return it and stick with tmobile for now.
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I'm thinking the same thing. Did you port your number?, what happens if you did and you decide to go back?
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I read somewhere earlier that Sprint was having a problem with the 4g network, a sprint rep told a guy over the phone (yes the are not always right, but in this case it seems to be something going on). Everyone around the US seems to be reporting similar problems with the 4g network.
I'm in Seattle, and when I do get 4G, it's about 1800kbps. In comparison, mt T-Mobile 3.5G on my N900 got about 3800kbps. So far, I'm very unimpressed. Might be taking this thing back if it doesn't get any better.
That being said, the 3G service seems to be very fast and responsive even though I'm only getting about 1000kbps.
as jus10 mentioned, sprints 4g is getting hit extremely hard. they were expecting it and that is why they have not crashed but theres only sooo much bandwidth. so with everyone saying 4g is bad right now, just use wifi for now haha.
we are basically beta testers for 4g. it has never been used in this large of scale. but anyways it will def. get better and better but hey anything faster than 3g is good.
im hoping it gets better cause it saddens me that tmobile hspa+ is faster. as i stated i can can pull 17mbps down on my clear usb 4g stick which makes me think they might need to push out an update for the evo.
I didnt port my number yet cause i wanted to try out sprints network before i commited lol.
also the 4g isnt capped on the down side, only on the up.
What are you guys speed testing with. Also you'll probably see 4g has big advantages on latency and upload speed. Doesn't matter how big the pipe(bandwidth) if the pump (latency) is too slow. Latency will make a big difference in voip and video conferencing. I suggest doing some video streaming comparisons vs. Pure bandwidth tests.
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What are you guys speed testing with. Also you'll probably see 4g has big advantages on latency and upload speed. Doesn't matter how big the pipe(bandwidth) if the pump (latency) is too slow. Latency will make a big difference in voip and video conferencing. I suggest doing some video streaming comparisons vs. Pure bandwidth tests.
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Actually Sprint caps upload and latency isn't better than HSPA..
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im hoping it gets better cause it saddens me that tmobile hspa+ is faster. as i stated i can can pull 17mbps down on my clear usb 4g stick which makes me think they might need to push out an update for the evo.
I didnt port my number yet cause i wanted to try out sprints network before i commited lol.
also the 4g isnt capped on the down side, only on the up.
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When did you hit 17Mbps & is it easily repeatable? I'd just test both back to back in the same area to pin point the problem. Sprint could have the HTC Evo at a lower priority on the network over the data sticks and hotspots.
I can hit 17mbps at my friends house which is about 3 miles from me. tried the evo there and still only getting about 3mbps.
Did a quick test today, 250KBps (2Mbps) down. Thats outside, cuz inside I dont get signal at all... and I thought that Portland, being the most mature city for 4G, would be at least better than that... as someone said above, I also given up on 4G. Tether 3G through USB and I get 140KBps to 200KBps down on my laptop, which is more that enough for emergencies. Otherwise I just use wifi in my house & office. Can't beat 22Mbps comcast connecton
That being said, atm Evo "4G" is just a marketing term, nothing more.
here in Vegas,
This is at my house in whats considered a spotty 4g area. I have noticed over the past couple days the 4G service keeps getting faster. On the first night i was only able to get 2.3 Mbps down.
portland oregon
3g 1.78mb/s down at best
4g 2.89mb/s down at best with full bars
Any PHILADELPHIA updates from EVO owners living in the Philly area? (S, Jersey, Philly burbs, etc)
I am curious about 4G availability, reliability, and speeds.
Thank you.
How about this...post 3.29 upgrade so really hoping it ISN'T because of upgrade...
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How about this...post 3.29 upgrade so really hoping it ISN'T because of upgrade...
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LOL wow that's pretty bad. But that's not the phone's fault. There are many factors in play that can slow down your connection.. Network Capacity, Bandwidth, Signal strength, etc.
It's still pretty bad though. Try again later, things should improve.
holy latency!
I live on the water in Chesterfield, Michigan and have the same great 3g speeds!
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You did pick the closest server right?
Most days my speeds aren't even good enough to stream a youtube vid on low quality. Rarely they are.
Its hit or miss some days.
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Most days my speeds aren't even good enough to stream a youtube vid on low quality. Rarely they are.
Its hit or miss some days.
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Boy, your area must suck for Sprint service (since that's not the common experience). Sounds like something that you should have noticed within your first 30 days though.
op - are the speeds the same in different areas at different times of day? On different servers?
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Mine are worse at my University, too many students with 3G phones.
try the vzw pro mod?
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Only tried this since upgrade friday night. I'll definitely be running a couple of speed tests in other neighborhoods. I have NEVER been this slow in this area...ran the test a couple of times and they all sucked...might have to nand back to 3.26 and see what speeds are like.
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I live on the water in Chesterfield, Michigan and have the same great 3g speeds!
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i live in allendale michigan during the school year and the past month or so my speeds have been just like this. my guess would be from an increase in network traffic from all the new evo's. ill do a test right now at 11 pm, will probably be much faster than i normally get nowadays. its damn ridiculous, before the evo i used to get 1.5 mbps download all the time.
IN BOTH TEST I HAVE 4-5 BARS. (i can see the cell towers out my back door)
test 1
download 357 kbps
upload 127 kbps
ping 477 ms
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download 95 kbps
upload 169 kbps
ping 829
these are horrible, data is pretty much unusable at these speeds.
edit: btw i do live in a college town (grand valley state university) so there are a lot of cell phone users.
Suck it up! Data speeds at my apartment are TERRIBLE even though I've got fantastic service. I've got tons of these extremely slow data tests.
It's been a while since I was testing - I've given up. I just steal the neighbor's wifi for my phone now.
BTW, I'm like 45 mins west of you, hockey4life. I'm in Muskegon. It's only bad right near my apt. though :/ It's fine all the rest of the time around town here.
1.27mbit up HAH I'd love to see that. The only two which are moderately fast on my speedtest list are when I was trying out 4G in Grand Rapids!
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try the vzw pro mod?
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guys, have you tried the vzw prl mod?
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=696073
this may help you out by putting you on verizon towers.
so it seems like michigan in general blows right now. it sucks, i guess i should look into that verizon hack, thanks.
Have any of you tried using real signal from the market? Just because the phone shows you signal bars, it doesn't necessarily mean that you have good signal for data. Real signal will show you your actual signal strength as it relates to both voice and data service.
fachadick said:
Have any of you tried using real signal from the market? Just because the phone shows you signal bars, it doesn't necessarily mean that you have good signal for data. Real signal will show you your actual signal strength as it relates to both voice and data service.
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no, but in my case the tower is right outside my house so it definitly should be high.
also, its not just in my house where its bad. it is everywhere in this area. the only time i get good good data speeds is far from area. i made a report and they said they would send a technician to look at the tower but doubt they actually will. if im stuck like this for the rest of this year im gonna flip.
ShadowDrake said:
Suck it up! Data speeds at my apartment are TERRIBLE even though I've got fantastic service. I've got tons of these extremely slow data tests.
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Looks like quite the improvement to the speeds that I get at my house in Idaho.
But...I get 4G in most places that I'm at + I use android tether all the time, even at school sometimes. I try not to complain about Sprint's ****ty 3G too much, especially since the price is right.
Getting awful 3G speeds in Kalamazoo, MI as of late.. i'm lucky if its above 100KB down - upstream seems a little slow but closer to normal..
Hmm.. Whats the deal?
I think those 3g speeds are great compaired to my 150kb down and 110kb up in my house.
There's 4g about 15 ft away, but unusable 3g inside.
do any of you michiganders have any improvements? how about anyone else? im starting to wonder if things are gonna stay like this, i cant take these 2g (or 1g) speeds. there is essentially no reason for me to be paying data right now cause the only time i can use my phone pretty much is when im on wifi. if i was a new customer i definitely be using my 30 days right about now and switching carriers.
for the past few years ive been a sprint advocate with their good data coverage, good speeds, and good pricing but this is just horrible.
Well I just got my "Airave" (totally free, no monthly fee), b/c I had poor signals at home & "was" getting D/L speeds around 50-200kbps with U/L speeds around 30-120kbps, but now with the "Airave", I'm blazing fast, & can probably go faster with some tweaking, but anyways, here are my new speeds results from the app "Speed Test".
SO LETS SEE THOSE HTC HERO CDMA 3G SPEEDS!
oh, & I have full bars all the time now, w/ signal around -34dbm!
nobody, just want to see comparison HERO 3G speeds with the "speed test" app from market
That is really fast!!! I've never gotten over ~100 kB/s, or ~800 kb/s, even in downtown Chicago...
My service straight sucks on base. I've been prl'in between Verizon and Sprint to get acceptable download speeds. So half month V, half month S.
holy cow dude. lol. Yeah i've never gotten what i would expect 3G speeds to be. I'm usually around 60d/25u.
What kind of tweaks are you guys running, if any?
no tweaks prl 01337 and an older varzion radio.
kevphan08 said:
holy cow dude. lol. Yeah i've never gotten what i would expect 3G speeds to be. I'm usually around 60d/25u.
What kind of tweaks are you guys running, if any?
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None. Just the latest prl. But here's what I'm gonna do. Reading what you wrote, I'm gonna see if I can get one of those devices you mentioned.
I'm gonna try at dinner chow. Wish me luck!!
I'm in a known bad area for sprint near an airport, so not that many towers to speak of. Just ran 351kbps download and 56kbps upload. Pretty sad. Running the newest prl and just ran a ruu last week to get the newest pri but it didn't seem to help much.
How exactly do the Airaves work? Do they connect to your home's high-speed internet connection?
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How exactly do the Airaves work? Do they connect to your home's high-speed internet connection?
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Yes. IIRC they connect between your modem and router so they can prioritize cellular traffic.
c00ller said:
How exactly do the Airaves work? Do they connect to your home's high-speed internet connection?
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Here is the sprint webpage all about it. http://www.sprintenterprise.com/airave/tellMeMore.html
Just got off the phone with sprint. They're sending one my way. Hooah!!!!!
here's mine:
ignore the red and blue boxed ones...those where from when I tried out kifno's tweak
The ones from April 21-28 are wireless speeds ~30 min north of Chicago
May 2 is just south of the heart of NYC - Carroll Gardens
If you want OP i can take another test in Pheonix next week
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i officially hate u lol 256kb/s.. im lucky to get 140 lmao
no tweaks really, im running an old outdated knifo script, that imo & from testing works better than his new ones, but yes call sprint, & complain about poor signal (dont mention 3g), dropped calls or static in calls, you have to go outside to get a decent signal, & even then you still get dropped calls, & request an airave for free (mention that you have a friend that got one for free b/c "they" were having the same issues) & 90% of the time Sprint will send you one for free & may even wave the $5 monthly fee, just complain that youve been paying for a service that you are not getting @ 100%.
yes it connects to your internet, but it doesnt effect it at all, im still getting 20Mbps dl, & ~3Mbps ul on my internet.
they are just offering "fiber optic" internet now where im at, w/ speeds between 10Gbps-80Gbps, yes gigabites, now thats fast