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Sprint WiMax 4G Live in St. Louis 05/27/2010!!

Just for fun I thought I'd try out the 4G radio on the EVO while here in St. Louis.
Turns out, it's live!!
Here are some screen shots to prove it!
Had to resize images to fit upload requirements here.
Check out the originals at my Flickr page:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/colorado_al/4644983280/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/colorado_al/4644980236/in/photostream/
Also see my other post at:
http://androidforums.com/htc-evo-4g/86027-sprint-wimax-4g-live-st-louis-05-27-2010-a.html#post814544

2.1 mbs down?
if so im not impressed... at all

I'm on the edge of the city, and inside, and they haven't announced the launch yet, so who knows how fast it will go. I'll take a drive this afternoon and see if I can get a better signal.

dmc971989 said:
2.1 mbs down?
if so im not impressed... at all
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Here's another test to another server in Chicago 3.3mbps

dont get me wrong... its not bad...
but i have been able to get up to 2.5 down on sprints 3g in some places

Wow, that's awesome news! I live in St. Louis (Southwest Garden area) and I'm getting the Evo next week, but I was hoping I wouldn't have to wait too long before getting 4G. I figured it'd probably be later summer before I'd have it, but if your phone is correct, sounds like they've already started installing it. Hopefully it's just the beginning and the signal will continue to get better.
My only concern, I've read somewhere that some Radio Shacks are setting up WiMax hotspots. Maybe there's a Radio Shack nearby that you're getting the signal from? Just a thought, could be wrong. It'll be interesting to see what happens when you venture out in the city to see if you continue to get the 4G signal and if it improves or gets worse.
Thanks for the update! Please keep us posted!

emac11 said:
Wow, that's awesome news! I live in St. Louis (Southwest Garden area) and I'm getting the Evo next week, but I was hoping I wouldn't have to wait too long before getting 4G. I figured it'd probably be later summer before I'd have it, but if your phone is correct, sounds like they've already started installing it. Hopefully it's just the beginning and the signal will continue to get better.
My only concern, I've read somewhere that some Radio Shacks are setting up WiMax hotspots. Maybe there's a Radio Shack nearby that you're getting the signal from? Just a thought, could be wrong. It'll be interesting to see what happens when you venture out in the city to see if you continue to get the 4G signal and if it improves or gets worse.
Thanks for the update! Please keep us posted!
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There is a radio shack about 1.5 miles away. No idea where the signal is coming from. I will take a drive and test later today.

colorado_al said:
There is a radio shack about 1.5 miles away. No idea where the signal is coming from. I will take a drive and test later today.
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nice now they need to head south to springfield and i will be much happier

Wow, I wasn't expecting STL to get 4G any time soon. I am so excited that you found this out. I am getting my phone on the 4th, and can't wait to test the speeds. I am in the southwest part of STL, in the boones. So I don't know how well it will work for me.

dmc971989 said:
dont get me wrong... its not bad...
but i have been able to get up to 2.5 down on sprints 3g in some places
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For some reason I'm getting better speeds on 4G via WiFi hotspot on my Win7 PC. Could be an issue with the speedtest.net app for android or a hardware issue or something.
Anyhow, this has been typical of tests from my PC via 4G hotspot.
4.5mbps

Why oh why must they wait til the 4th to release this phone. All along though, I had a feeling that 4g would be going by yht time the phone was released.

I bet Sprint just started working on it, so it might not be for a while until it's fully live, but it's still exciting that it sounds like it works to an extent. Does the 4G seem much faster than the 3G? Have you by chance tried it near South Kingshighway/Vandeventer/Southwest? or near the Botanical Gardens?

Has anyone tested the Metro East area? Fairview Heights/O'Fallon Area?

hmmmm interesting... I am in STL close downtown and the last couple of days my Hero have seemed much quicker with data transfers. I have no idea if this has anything to do with it but WOW, cool, thanks for the news. I did not expect to hear this at all. I figured it would be some lame excuse why it wasnt hear at the end of June.

colorado_al said:
There is a radio shack about 1.5 miles away. No idea where the signal is coming from. I will take a drive and test later today.
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From what I have been told, radioshacks just have repeaters in them. They basically just take a weak signal and boost it so it reaches more of the city.
So, WE DO HAVE 4G!!!
God, I can't wait till the 4th, and with the ability to use the sprint hot spot feature for free for a bit, ill be pushing large amounts of data through their network.

tivotyro said:
Has anyone tested the Metro East area? Fairview Heights/O'Fallon Area?
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I'm interested in that, too, and how 4G will reach a bit farther south, like Belleville.
I'm guessing 4G will blanket the area just fine, but it would be nice to have some actual tests!

4G FULL service near the new River City Casino. Clocked about 3.3Mbps

Detected 4G (low signal) on I-64E at about Hwy 157 in Illinois, but then it dropped and cannot get a signal any further east.

I'm getting 4g signal in my home in Dogtown. That said, speeds aren't much better than the current 3g which is lightning fast on the Evo. I'm getting > 2mbps on it.

Fenton/Gravois Bluffs area is live

[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 Pasadena!!! whooo hooooo!!

I used speedtest and got 9.5mbps, daaayyymm! It probably will use more battery leaving it on 4g though. I wonder how good the 4g coverage is here in the southern CA area.

Oh my god I just moved from Pasadena to San Diego for college just a couple weeks ago. I asked the guys at the Sprint store when 4g was rolling out down here and they said not until Jan/Feb next year. fml

maybe not
althis said:
Oh my god I just moved from Pasadena to San Diego for college just a couple weeks ago. I asked the guys at the Sprint store when 4g was rolling out down here and they said not until Jan/Feb next year. fml
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Maybe they are just testing the system. It is back to 3g now=/. Hopefully it will stay up soon.

Ontario (Inland Empire), is picking up a weak 4G signal. I had it pick up a signal by my home (by 10 & 15 fwy), near Ontario Mills Mall, I was able to do a speedtest before the 4G signal was lost, it did 6Mbps download, 2Mbps upload, not bad for a weak signal with 1 bar... Seems like the IE is going to get 4G pretty soon!!!

pasadena before detroit
grrr

igotsthemagicinme said:
pasadena before detroit
grrr
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Well of course! You don't think Sprint would pass up the Rose Parade and Rose Bowl do you? Don't worry, Verizon is rolling out LTE to cities with football teams. LA doesn't have one so that's another thing Detroit can be proud of.

jeffrimerman said:
I used speedtest and got 9.5mbps, daaayyymm! It probably will use more battery leaving it on 4g though. I wonder how good the 4g coverage is here in the southern CA area.
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It uses more battery, but the latest radio and kernel updates are better about battery usage.

4G in Louisiana

Im seeing pockets of 4G popping up all over Louisiana on clears website. Anybody getting it on their phones? It looks like slidell, hammond, B.R., lake charles are all lit up in green. Anybody?
http://www.clear.com/coverage

Amazing! Good catch. I just checked last week and and there was nothing.
Haven't been in any of those areas to give it a try and just flashed CM thinking we would never get 4G...go figure.
New Iberia before metro NO? Weird. I guess I am going to have to go back to rooted stock soon and be on the lookout!

I'm very tempted to go slidell to see whats up? It looks like clear is adding places everyday. I'm always in the walmart at [email protected]

I think I am gonig to nandroid back and see if I can get anything in harahan. Doubt it but looks like they are flipping it on quickly. Will report back if I can get anything here.

Anyone tried this in any of those spots? I'm in Metairie, but it would be nice to know that at least places near me are getting 4g.

kevinsalterego said:
Anyone tried this in any of those spots? I'm in Metairie, but it would be nice to know that at least places near me are getting 4g.
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Best buy on vets is selling a bunch of laptops with wimax included so it may be here soon.
Ill be in slidell on Saturday, so I will see then.

Ha, I'll have to check it out on my way to Dibbz! Maybe one of the employees knows something we don't.

Works in lake charles. Max 5 down 1 up. Not much coverage with one tower. I don't expect to see any added anytime soon

I have been waiting for this for a LONG time I'm in Metairie BTW

I had my wife check in Lake Charles - says 4G is working
didn't expect it to come to LA for a couple of years
Mule

Does Lake Charles even have sprint 3G? The last time i was there in the summer i could barely get 3G. New Orleans better be next.

It does but experiencing the same issue as others with slow data 200-300kbps down , voice echo on some calls.

david279 said:
Does Lake Charles even have sprint 3G? The last time i was there in the summer i could barely get 3G. New Orleans better be next.
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Yes Lake Charles has 3G and according to the coverage area - Fort Polk/Leesville has 4G -- all before New Orleans.
Never saw that coming
Mule

I would think it would take less time to setup 4g in leesville than in new orleans. Clears getting the smaller cities out the way first.
Swyped from my evo 4g using the xda app.

Anything in Covington? Or Madisonville area?

Lake Charles
Lake Charles got 3g January 27 2011, don't know about 4g. After waiting for years for 3g you would think they would just upgrade the system to 4g this late in the game.

Lake Charles does not have 3g yet. and every time i call i'm told it will be the end of the month since i got my evo when they came out. 4g would be nice but i live in moss bluff just north of lake Charles and work in Sulphur just west of it. Luckily sprint did not put me on a contract like they were supposed to when i got my evo so im just waiting for a better phone with a network that is in my area.

Got 3g in Lake Charles 1/27/11 absolutely positive without a doubt. Now 4g I don't know

4G in new orleans finally!
I try all the time. Living in metairie and working in old metairie I don't get it. For the 1st time yesterday in new orleans I connected on St Charles in between Julia and Girod as well at our condo on julia & baronne 2 blocks away. So could everyone around me with evo's and the samsung one. It worked great!
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The clear 4g map shows 4g alive in new orleans. Its mostly downtown but thats a start.

Holy 4G (Waterloo, IA)

Yep, 4G made it to my town and its amazing...just wanted to let everybody know. 3G still sucks HORRIBLY but 4G is amazing even with one bar.

MrTrip said:
Yep, 4G made it to my town and its amazing...just wanted to let everybody know. 3G still sucks HORRIBLY but 4G is amazing even with one bar.
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Congratz man! I know they say wimax is not even real 4G but it does have great speeds. Plus you can't really call hspa+ or lte real 4G either. Good to know Sprint is still expanding wimax even with there deal with lightsquared
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Awesome! I like how Sprint's still quietly sneaking out the 4G. We just got 4G in select parts of Des Moines within the last couple months But no word from Sprint and most of the Sprint customers I meet tell me I'm full of it when I say we got 4G here, lol.
ALL HAIL OTAKING71, THE RAPER OF HBOOT!!!

Any word on how far the signal goes outside of Waterloo (Cedar Falls?)

We supposedly have a 4g tower. You must have to go stand at the base of it to get a signal, though.

3g is pretty bad. But where I live in downtown los angeles. The 4g is really all over the place depending on how tall the building you are next to is. Inside my loft its very all over the place. No biggie. Just was hoping it would be a bit more stable in certain areas.
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I have yet to pick up 4g with my shift. Even when in Nashville, Tn.
Nor the town I work in where there are 4g towers as well.
Stood right next to a VZW guy last night and he was telling me about his charge, he was standing there on 4g. I was sad. =*(
I'm not having much issues with 3g speeds, but I was running stock Vanilla.
I just got around to rooting last night.
Got MikShifted loaded up for now, see if I like it.
Looks like i'ma have to re-flash already, to many apps I wont use. =*(

Why do you have to reflash? Why not just remove the stuff you don't want?

sarinhighwind said:
I have yet to pick up 4g with my shift. Even when in Nashville, Tn.
Nor the town I work in where there are 4g towers as well.
Stood right next to a VZW guy last night and he was telling me about his charge, he was standing there on 4g. I was sad. =*(
I'm not having much issues with 3g speeds, but I was running stock Vanilla.
I just got around to rooting last night.
Got MikShifted loaded up for now, see if I like it.
Looks like i'ma have to re-flash already, to many apps I wont use. =*(
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You know you can remove those right? Its not like stock, if you use something like titanium to remove them, then they are gone, not back at reboot.

SpoonThief said:
Any word on how far the signal goes outside of Waterloo (Cedar Falls?)
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The signal is limited to the downtown area. Cedar Falls does not get any service from the 4G, and it cuts off right at the Fletcher exit on 218. Also it doesn't go past 18th Street Bridge and barely crosses Washington St to the west side. Crossroads has VERY faint 4G.
I have 1 solid bar in my house on the west side and its awesome. I have full signal on 218 (I assume the tower is near Tech Works).