For those of you who are confused about Tmo's HSPA+ network and making comments on it's durability, here is a link that is on Tmo's website. I figured I'd make it easy for those of you that can't seem to do research.
http://t-mobile-coverage.t-mobile.com/hspa-mobile-broadband#
p.s. I have been in a couple of cities that carry HSPA+ right now and it's download speed from the interstate is around 4mbs. Remember peeps,IT'S NOT 4G. IT'S 4G LIKE. Quoted from Tmobile.
I am in an area that does not have HSPA+ and I pull down 4mb to 5mb all day long.
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Also keep in mind that no other carriers have 4g either.
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My area does have hspa+..well when I go out side cuz I don't even get reception in my apt..than again its a 3 story apt complex and I live in the bottom..but hspa+ or not the phone is still hella fast..loving it..lol
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Also keep in mind that no other carriers have 4g either.
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No. I believe you are incorrect sir.. AT&T does have 4G network as well as Verizon implementing their LTE (Long Term Evolution) network which is also 4G. Not to mention Sprint.
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I am in an area that does not have HSPA+ and I pull down 4mb to 5mb all day long.
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I believe you. KC is pulling that however there are still parts of KC that pulls 3g and edge. I have done the speed tests on that area (3x each). I believe that areas that are mentioned to have HSPA+ are probably still being boosted seeing how the network is still kinda new. I have noticed some members posting their speed results in places like Texas and the results are phenomenal.
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I am in an area that does not have HSPA+ and I pull down 4mb to 5mb all day long.
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Same. Except right now in one of my stores... I hardly have EDGE here. :\
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I believe you. KC is pulling that however there are still parts of KC that pulls 3g and edge. I have done the speed tests on that area (3x each). I believe that areas that are mentioned to have HSPA+ are probably still being boosted seeing how the network is still kinda new. I have noticed some members posting their speed results in places like Texas and the results are phenomenal.
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Yep. I can attest to that. At work, the HSPA+ speed is beautiful. I can browse endlessly while tethering.
Although for some reason at home it says I have HSPA+ yet I lose data constantly, and it goes from HSPA+ to Edge, totally skipping 3G. Either way, I have no complaints since I can just use WiFi. It has worked well everywhere else since I got the phone.
I have reach 7.46 megs on my g2 I think that 4g
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according to the map, i'm in an area with Very Fast Speed internet. I've maxed at 2mb/s though
None of the technologies available now are 4G, LTE isn't, and neither is WiMax, they are not capable of 100mbps download speeds, WiMax 2 and LTE plus are 4G networks and they won't be implemented till 2013, please get your facts straight. I got these facts from the comission that actually names the technologies. Google it
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No. I believe you are incorrect sir.. AT&T does have 4G network as well as Verizon implementing their LTE (Long Term Evolution) network which is also 4G. Not to mention Sprint.
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http://news.cnet.com/8301-30686_3-20020365-266.html
No 4G yet.
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according to the map, i'm in an area with Very Fast Speed internet. I've maxed at 2mb/s though
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That map is awful. All of downtown Baltimore shows very fast, but I know of one tower in particular that is only UMTS, not HSPA. It would be nice to see a map of the coverage by data type instead of those vague speed descriptions.
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In NYC I pretty much get 2-3 mbit everywhere.
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Although for some reason at home it says I have HSPA+ yet I lose data constantly, and it goes from HSPA+ to Edge, totally skipping 3G. Either way, I have no complaints since I can just use WiFi. It has worked well everywhere else since I got the phone.
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Even though the G2 has the icon for 3G, it doesn't use it. It groups it with the "H" so it's either using 3G or HSPA+. I'm using the Mobile Signal Widget to have it accurately tell me if I'm using 3G or HSPA+.
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What app is that
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these are my speeds at 3AM i normally get 3.5-6mbps during the day
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Damn, I'm really envious of those speeds. Sometimes I'll be sitting on 0.65 Mbps if I'm lucky. My College was able to get me around 3.5 Mbps in one spot. The cons of living in Hawai'i. We get our technology last and even then, it's not amazing.
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What app is that
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Search the Market for "Mobile Signal Widget". Its the first result. Its from Empirical
Don't mean to be rude but that would be my first step when looking for an app...
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http://news.cnet.com/8301-30686_3-20020365-266.html
No 4G yet.
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I stand corrected sir. Touche. Good find.
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So according to Phonscoop.com Tmobile offically launched HSPA+. Apparently its in 50 markets.
So whoes got it? What kind of speeds are you getting. I have in my city.
Im getting 2.025mb/s Down and 601kbps/sec up
about 3 to 6mbps because you most likely have a device that can only do 7.2 megabites per second until a hspa+ device is available at the end of this summer. Max theoretical speed should be 21mbps, but thats going to be next year when tmobile lets the 42mbps network go into place.
My speed test says im getting 5007 download and 1583 upload..Not bad. It used to stay around 3500 DL.
The slide will support higher than 7.5 MB correct?
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The way I understand it; the slide will be limited tp 7.2mbps spped. They have to install a hatdware upgrade to the towers to support HSPA+ at 42mbps and that will require a different radio.
I know its not the same; but think of it like sprint. You need a 4G phone (EVO) to get WiMax 4G network service.
If I'm wrong; someone pleae correct me (but politely).
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The way I understand it; the slide will be limited tp 7.2mbps spped. They have to install a hatdware upgrade to the towers to support HSPA+ at 42mbps..
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I genuinely hope you are because I explicitly asked the rep if this phone would support the new HSPA+ and of course the response was "Yes"!
You cannot compare Sprint because they went from 3G to 4G and that required a change in hardware both at the towers and the device. Tmobile HSPA+, from what I researched, only requires hardware upgrades on the towers and firmware updates to the newer 3G devices. I would be highly pissed if this isn't the case!
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The rep told me too that the Slide would support HSPA+ From all the articals though i do not think this is 100% ture. But 7.2mb/s is fast enough for me on a phone.
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The rep told me too that the Slide would support HSPA+ From all the articals though i do not think this is 100% ture. But 7.2mb/s is fast enough for me on a phone.
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Sounds like we spoke to the same rep!
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Sounds like we spoke to the same rep!
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i also asked tech support from the 1800 number too. They said the slide would support it up to 15mb/sec. We'll have to see. Right now i am happy with my 2+mb/sec speeds
The way I've understood it is that phones like the Slide will see improvements in speed, but since they are not HSPA+ phones, you won't get the full benefit.
The plus side is that you won't need a new phone and you'll see faster speeds. Downside is that people with a new phone will see faster speeds.
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The way I've understood it is that phones like the Slide will see improvements in speed, but since they are not HSPA+ phones, you won't get the full benefit.
The plus side is that you won't need a new phone and you'll see faster speeds. Downside is that people with a new phone will see faster speeds.
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I think you are right on this.
But if i get speeds of 5-7mb/s on my phone i will be more then happy. Esp if im already happy with my 2mb+/s speeds.
I really dont think that anyone needs 15mb/s on a phone. With speeds like that the phone then becomes the bottleneck.
The T-Mobile twitter also told me it was an HSPA+ phone...
All I'm saying is that I don't expect the full HSPA+ speed, but I do expect faster than 7.2 Mbs!
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is hspa+ like wimax or lte (4g)
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is hspa+ like wimax or lte (4g)
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In respect to increased speeds, yes but that is it. HSPA+ utilizes the current Tmobile's 3G network and is really fast. Theoretically the top speed is less then the other two but it is significantly cheaper and easier to rollout HSPA+.
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HSPA+
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All I get in my town is Edge
At home I pretty much barely get any signal so I end up using WIFI alot.
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Location: Eden Prairie, MN (41.99900, -87.82200)
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bits, not bytes. 8 megabits per second = 1 megabyte per second if I'm not mistaken.
HSPA+ as an extension of HSPA is backward compatible with HSPA. Only HSPA+ devices will see speeds greater than 7.2mb, but you can use a HSPA phone on an HSPA+ network in the same way you can use an edge phone on a 3g network.
All android devices from T-Mobile have an HSPA internal modem, they don't currently sell a phone with an HSPA+ modem and you will not see speeds exceeding 7.2mb on a slide as it has an HSPA modem.
T-mobile is rumored to be announcing their first HSPA+ phone late this summer, suspected to be an HTC vanguard.
as we all probably went through, @ the beginning of launch of the G2, network speeds were terrible however I notice it has gotten much better (I get around 7-8mbps on average in the same area I use to get 1-2mbps when launched), what are your average 4G speeds now and how do you compare them with your initials speeds when the phone was launched?
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Mines the opposite, I used to get like 4-8 but now its in the low 1-3m. Idk might just be using it the wrong time
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ayeitschris said:
Mines the opposite, I used to get like 4-8 but now its in the low 1-3m. Idk might just be using it the wrong time
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Wow thats not good
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ayeitschris said:
Mines the opposite, I used to get like 4-8 but now its in the low 1-3m. Idk might just be using it the wrong time
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Mine is acting the same way. I was getting 5-7. Now I'm lucky to see 1-1.5.
Richard1510 said:
Mine is acting the same way. I was getting 5-7. Now I'm lucky to see 1-1.5.
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What state you guys live in?
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Have you efs wiped lately? Not sure where the superwipe and efs wipe topics went but I have them if anyone needs them.
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The best I've seen is 4.6 and that's a good 30 miles from my house.
It's evened out for me since launch. I would get like 480kbps at work and like 8mbps at home, and now I'm getting like 1.2mbps at work and around 6mbps at home. Elsewhere things have improved too, especially in the downtown Orlando area, where I easily pull 7mbps all the time, and more areas are getting to be like this too.
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It's evened out for me since launch. I would get like 480kbps at work and like 8mbps at home, and now I'm getting like 1.2mbps at work and around 6mbps at home. Elsewhere things have improved too, especially in the downtown Orlando area, where I easily pull 7mbps all the time, and more areas are getting to be like this too.
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Idk what's going on in FL but you really see them high numbers, the average speeds where I got 8-9 and it was in tampa
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My wife inherited my old 3G Vibrant, while i'm sporting my T-Mobile G2. It seems my wife and I are on the same 3G speeds. I'm wondering, since I'm not paying that extra $10/month for 4G, am I not getting REAL 4G???
I always thought since my phone supports 4G, i'll be getting 4G speeds. But, it's clear that i'm not..
I have a 'rooted' stock rom, waiting for the next Cyrogenmod stable release, so I can play my Netflix shows smoothly.
lawalty said:
My wife inherited my old 3G Vibrant, while i'm sporting my T-Mobile G2. It seems my wife and I are on the same 3G speeds. I'm wondering, since I'm not paying that extra $10/month for 4G, am I not getting REAL 4G???
I always thought since my phone supports 4G, i'll be getting 4G speeds. But, it's clear that i'm not..
I have a 'rooted' stock rom, waiting for the next Cyrogenmod stable release, so I can play my Netflix shows smoothly.
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no one on t-mobile pays extra for 4G.
lawalty said:
My wife inherited my old 3G Vibrant, while i'm sporting my T-Mobile G2. It seems my wife and I are on the same 3G speeds. I'm wondering, since I'm not paying that extra $10/month for 4G, am I not getting REAL 4G???
I always thought since my phone supports 4G, i'll be getting 4G speeds. But, it's clear that i'm not..
I have a 'rooted' stock rom, waiting for the next Cyrogenmod stable release, so I can play my Netflix shows smoothly.
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What are your speeds with the 3G sim card?
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androidfeen809 said:
What are your speeds with the 3G sim card?
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i don't know. I didn't know that there was a '3G sim card'. It was my Vibrant until i gave it to my wife. I've been with t-monglol (incorrect spelling is on purpose) for about 10 years, and it seems i've gotten a new sim card in the mail about 5 years ago. Maybe I need to have the official updated 4G sim card? I'll probably need to spend that additional $10/month for to get 4G speeds.
I guess to achieve the detailed stats on out download and upload speeds, i'll have to download an app to measure it. But, it just seems my wife and I are the sames speeds. When I download a rom (90mbs+) it takes the same time on both phones.
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i don't know. I didn't know that there was a '3G sim card'. It was my Vibrant until i gave it to my wife. I've been with t-monglol (incorrect spelling is on purpose) for about 10 years, and it seems i've gotten a new sim card in the mail about 5 years ago. Maybe I need to have the official updated 4G sim card? I'll probably need to spend that additional $10/month for to get 4G speeds.
I guess to achieve the detailed stats on out download and upload speeds, i'll have to download an app to measure it. But, it just seems my wife and I are the sames speeds. When I download a rom (90mbs+) it takes the same time on both phones.
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Yea go ahead and tell us what you get on. Speedtest.net app
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In Portland Oregon getting average 8 mbps, to the guy who's on the rooted stock rom.
I rooted and am using the latest nightly on CM7, something I had to do though was flash a new radio, before I could never get past 3G and was always at .5 - 1.5 mbps. Flashed the new radio and consistent 4G speeds, average 7.5 mbps.
EDIT: http://wiki.cyanogenmod.com/index.php?title=Support_Downloads#HTC_Vision
xsteven77x said:
Have you efs wiped lately? Not sure where the superwipe and efs wipe topics went but I have them if anyone needs them.
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I thought this just helped with GPS or something? It effects data speeds as well?
aad4321 said:
what are running? i currently have 26.03.02.26 on CM7
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26.08.04.30
androidfeen809 said:
What state you guys live in?
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I live in Michigan.
Richard1510 said:
I live in Michigan.
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The closer you are to the cities, the better the signal is.
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Portland, OR here
FCC speed test app.
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seems like my speeds are increasing slowly day by day....
I might be late on this topic, but today I used 4G for the first time. I talked on the phone and surfed the internet at the same time! I was very surprised, so surprised I ram Pandora radio, talked on the phone, and downloaded apps from the market while on my blue tooth.
Now i'm very pumped up about 4G Android! Who cares about an iPhone now!
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Androids been 4g for a long time. Unfortunately sprints network connects to it as it pleases. I've given up on 4g until they upgrade their services, which you won't see me holding my breath over.
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We can't even get 4G wimax where we live. That's why I cautiously hopeful that when Sprint finally rolls out LTE we may actually get something faster than 3G around here.
I'm one of the Lucky ones..I live In a area with very good 4g service ...
So I know how you feel Breezy...
glock20c said:
I'm one of the Lucky ones..I live In a area with very good 4g service ...
So I know how you feel Breezy...
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Same here, got 8.5 down, 1.5 up this morning.
i get mediocre 4g at best. But i dont care cause i very rarely use it. Most of the time i'm on wifi
cant' live without 4g anymore in NY.. esp with crappy sprint 3g speeds. between tethering, checking email on a phone call or just loading pages faster, its so much better. obviously battery life suffers but for what i'm doing i have the phone plugged in alot so its ok
i thought 4g was just a myth
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I don't get this... hasn't there been 4g for a while..???
I've always been using 4g
And there's a thread somewhere on here that makes ur 4g a lot better and connects to weaker signals but its still very quick
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If live in or next to a major city more than likely you'll have 4g
Yup, I'm outside Chicago and get pretty good 4G service at my office. Home, not so much as it's not even there, but that's what WiFi is for. I consistently get 1.5Mb up, but you can tell that's what it's limited at. I have surpassed the 10Mb down limit a few times, but it's usually between 8.5-9.5.
If I'm forced to use Sprint's 3G speeds to do anything, I want to rip my hair out. Sometimes I think it's all the messing around with my phone I've done, but man...the 3G speeds are horrendously slow.
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If live in or next to a major city more than likely you'll have 4g
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Seems to be the opposite for me here in Phoenix...
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lilajrestnom said:
I don't get this... hasn't there been 4g for a while..???
I've always been using 4g
And there's a thread somewhere on here that makes ur 4g a lot better and connects to weaker signals but its still very quick
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I know 4G been out got the longest, but many of us don't get to use it. As much as they advertise 4G, I never knew what 4G was actually capable of. I'm sure if I didn't know the full capabilities of 4G, there is many others who don't know it either. At &T advertises talk and surf the internet at the same time, when I asked sprint about 4G, the only answer I get is that its faster.
And lol xopher.hunter, I also thought 4G was a $10 a month myth.
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I can't love something I don't have, sorry OP.
If you don't have it at home and don't have Wifi, don't try it when you are somewhere that has it because you wont want to use your phone ever again on 3g. I really hope the slow expansion of 4g is because they are going to roll out LTE. I got my OG Epic on launch day, activated it, turned on 4g and have had it ever since. I have literally only used 3g four times and one of those was to run Speedtest. Maybe it would be more fair if those that have never had 4g got LTE first but that's not likely.
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ac16313 said:
Seems to be the opposite for me here in Phoenix...
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No, he said a MAJOR city lol It's ok, I have little-big city syndrome here in Portland, OR too ... although I do get some spotty 4G service around town ... of course even that cuts off about a mile from my house. So close, and yet ...
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No, he said a MAJOR city lol It's ok, I have little-big city syndrome here in Portland, OR too ... although I do get some spotty 4G service around town ... of course even that cuts off about a mile from my house. So close, and yet ...
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Considering Pheonix is within the top 10 most populated cities, it is MAJOR.
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Considering Pheonix is within the top 10 most populated cities, it is MAJOR.
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What? Phoenix is a city? Thought it was only in final fantasy games....
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No, he said a MAJOR city lol It's ok, I have little-big city syndrome here in Portland, OR too ... although I do get some spotty 4G service around town ... of course even that cuts off about a mile from my house. So close, and yet ...
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I was going to go there but I held back. I knew it was only a matter of time...lol
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it's nice but it's unstable in most of the places
I received my note 2 LTE N7105 from t-mobile this morning. After leaving to charge and investigating how to unlock the phone (thanks t-mobile for locking it!!) I manged to unlock it with a great app on play store (UnlockUnit) and the N7105 inst even supported yet lol
T-mobiles 3g speeds are terrible where I am in London, average 2-3megs, I didn't care anyway cause the plan was to give their sim to my lil boy, while I pop my 3uk sim in there, happy whit their speeds for a long time, but now check this out!!! I cant reproduce theses speeds with the mrs S3, its still around 9megs on her s3 but when I pop sim into the note 2 its just wow!!
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This was the highest speed, average for about 10 tests were around 15-16megs! 3 seems to have upgraded their network! Anyone else with 3uk experiencing this? My network type is reporting HSPAP:15, who needs to sigh up to 4G when you got this crazinessnessness!
That's pretty nuts! How does it feel streaming content off something like youtube with those speeds?
Effortless! No buffering at all. Netflix is like a dream. I don't want to touch the handset in case speed diminishes!
I'm searching google for info on this but am finding nothing. The 3g only note 2 N7100 that i sent back wasn't giving me these speeds
Its slowed down very recently, maybe due to terrible ping? Then sped up again in the 2nd pic, orgasmic!
Cant believe I'm calling 14meg 3g connection slow. I'll accept that. Please, my fellow 3uk users, please share your speeds
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I'm getting about 3mb/s H+ here but then again I've never gotten good signal at home.
However my mate on 3 UK has similar 3G speeds on his iPhone 5. I guess mine should be about the same but last time I tried it next to him he wasn't getting great speeds either, seems a bit hit and miss depending on where you are.
Best I've had at home was about 5mb/s
Changing from giffgaff to 3uk soon as there droping there unlimited.
Lets see what ill get on the normal n7100
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mistman said:
Changing from giffgaff to 3uk soon as there droping there unlimited.
Lets see what ill get on the normal n7100
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I'm on N7100 and use 3's One Plan.
I get 12mbps consistently on HSPA+ in central london.
OP - Are you also on HSPA+? I noticed yours says 3G+, Is that just HSPA+? Cos 3 don't roll out LTE until next year.
I guess the modem on the N7105 gives HSPA+ an extra kick.
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I'm on N7100 and use 3's One Plan.
I get 12mbps consistently on HSPA+ in central london.
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Which modem version do you have installed? I'm on LJ1 (don't even know if there are any other modems tbh) and I didn't get anywhere near this in/near central london (Angle Islington counts, right? )
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I'm on N7100 and use 3's One Plan.
I get 12mbps consistently on HSPA+ in central london.
OP - Are you also on HSPA+? I noticed yours says 3G+, Is that just HSPA+? Cos 3 don't roll out LTE until next year.
I guess the modem on the N7105 gives HSPA+ an extra kick.
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D3_ said:
Which modem version do you have installed? I'm on LJ1 (don't even know if there are any other modems tbh) and I didn't get anywhere near this in/near central london (Angle Islington counts, right? )
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My baseband says LJ1, which I'm pretty sure is the modem.
I'm located at Westminster. So what speeds do you get then? If it's not hugely off, I would just blame the traffic nearby.
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AjunNg said:
My baseband says LJ1, which I'm pretty sure is the modem.
I'm located at Westminster. So what speeds do you get then? If it's not hugely off, I would just blame the traffic nearby.
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Just got 79ms ping, 1.91mbps dl and 1.07mbps ul.
Located in Redbridge, and for some reason the speed test app has decided to use a server in sittingbourne rather than the london one.
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AjunNg said:
I'm on N7100 and use 3's One Plan.
I get 12mbps consistently on HSPA+ in central london.
OP - Are you also on HSPA+? I noticed yours says 3G+, Is that just HSPA+? Cos 3 don't roll out LTE until next year.
I guess the modem on the N7105 gives HSPA+ an extra kick.
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I'm not sure what I'm on but my network type reports HSPAP 15. Switching to UTMS sometimes. Is this the info you wanted?
I'm in south west London, I did get a text from 3 notifying me of works being carried out in my area about a month ago tho. Wonder what they did or is this, like someone said, thanks to the lte radio even though 3 haven't released lte yet?
Im on 3 and very happy with speed I get in cleethorpes
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Possibly DC HSPA?
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Possibly DC HSPA?
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Yes, I was gonna say that... I am getting my S3 LTE today and I am on three..
I have been benchmarking Three's speeds at various locations using my S3 and N2... I will report my findings here...
On 3 one plan.. Who needs LTE with speeds like this haha
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They are good I'm getting around 13mb outside my house but even inside where the signal is crap I'm getting just under 6 and guess what the signal hasnt been upgraded yet 3 say it will double in speed ... bring it on
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Oh 3 aint going on lte but upgrading the h+ signal
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Superb to see others with these crazy speeds. These 18mb speeds I'm getting are from inside my house. I wonder how fast it'll be outside. I'll report
I was seeing a trend of only the n7105 getting the 4g like speeds but its good to see n7100 reaching the speeds too. Wasted my time returning my n7100 for a n7105
I can confirm DC-HSPA+ in action on Three UK
I am getting in the excess of 10mbps+ in the same location in my house whereas before I used to get less than half the speed...
Whose got it and how fast is it?? Also does anyone know where I can find a coverage map for it??
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Whose got it and how fast is it?? Also does anyone know where I can find a coverage map for it??
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The regular coverage map for data shows Spark coverage in addition to standard 3g/4g. Don't have it in my market yet but according to Sprint is supposed to reach peak speeds of 50-60mbps.
My stuff slow.....whats funny is they allegedly always workin on the towers or fixing something and always got the fukin nerve to be coming out with some allegedly newer or better/faster but never seems to fix what they already got running..... I swear if it wasn't for this employee discount that I receive which pretty much take $20 off my bill I would be so done with Sprint for this average service I get
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I get at least 30 down and about 7-8 up in Dallas.
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Joe0113 said:
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I dont go by sprint maps on their site. Go to s4gru.com become a member and donate about $10~$20 bucks to become a sponsor member which will let you see map coverage and every sprint tower in this country, can see which one is active with 3g only or 4g only or a towers with both 3g/4g active that site has alot of great info about sprints coverage and more.
Im in miami where band 41 in most tower is active but i cant recall if miami was already launched with spark but here's some tests.
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I dont go by sprint maps on their site. Go to s4gru.com become a member and donate about $10~$20 bucks to become a sponsor member which will let you see map coverage and every sprint tower in this country, can see which one is active with 3g only or 4g only or a towers with both 3g/4g active that site has alot of great info about sprints coverage and more.
Im in miami where band 41 in most tower is active but i cant recall if miami was already launched with spark but here's some tests.
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This morning in Austin, TX. Couldnt get LTE yesterday to save my life, they must be fixing things here.
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Ya I'm in the DFW area and I am getting 3g. No LTE. Very disappointed choosing sprint. Can not use the s5 to its potential!
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shawngormley said:
Ya I'm in the DFW area and I am getting 3g. No LTE. Very disappointed choosing sprint. Can not use the s5 to its potential!
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Are you using 3 band?
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I enabled the 3 band, what is it though exactly lol?
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I enabled the 3 band, what is it though exactly lol?
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According to Sprint....
"These tri-band devices support active hand-off mode between 800MHz, 1.9GHz and 2.5GHz providing data session continuity as the devices move between spectrum bands."
"these devices are expected to give users the best experience by shifting from one band to another, depending on what speed is needed for the application in use at a given moment."
Supposedly band 3 is for international. Enabling it does nothing.
I disabled band 3 and the other 3 options enabled. It doesnt let me choose the order. Looking at the sprint map it shows spark in dfw.
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I live in the Portland Oregon metro area and on 2 occasions when my GF has called me (from her S4 to my S5), the call was in HD voice. From what I understand, this can only happen in a spark situation. So I am betting they are getting ready to fire up the towers here in PDX ahead of schedule.
Rite by miami international airport pretty good 42mb dw..
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Speeds
Here is my highest one so far on sprint LTE(not spark band 3 2500Mhz). My spark is disabled so I'm sure this is not spark speed. I'm in Kansas City HQ for sprint...what a joke!
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Ya I'm in the DFW area and I am getting 3g. No LTE. Very disappointed choosing sprint. Can not use the s5 to its potential!
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Hey they're I would call Sprint and make them reprovision your phone. A lot of peoples with S5's and even HTC m8's phones are not properly provisioned and they do not connect to LTE.
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Sprint dropped the ball on TRI-Band.....
shawngormley said:
Ya I'm in the DFW area and I am getting 3g. No LTE. Very disappointed choosing sprint. Can not use the s5 to its potential!
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Tri-band phones can only connect to LTE or CMDA(3G/1x) one at a time. To off set this towers and now being equipped Circuit Switched Fallback or Enhanced Circuit Switched Fallback. You are probably in an are where the Circuit Switched Fallback (CSFB) and Enhanced Circuit Switched Fallback (eCSFB) are not equipped on the towers. Sprint hasn't deployed this to most of its network yet. Areas that don’t have it already have no expected time frame for the roll out of this network technology, and since your smartphone is designed to prefer the ability to make and receive phone calls at all costs, it is programmed to stay on CDMA.
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Tri-band phones can only connect to LTE or CMDA(3G/1x) one at a time. To off set this towers and now being equipped Circuit Switched Fallback or Enhanced Circuit Switched Fallback. You are probably in an are where the Circuit Switched Fallback (CSFB) and Enhanced Circuit Switched Fallback (eCSFB) are not equipped on the towers. Sprint hasn't deployed this to most of its network yet. Areas that don’t have it already have no expected time frame for the roll out of this network technology, and since your smartphone is designed to prefer the ability to make and receive phone calls at all costs, it is programmed to stay on CDMA.
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This is the best info that I've seen anout this situation. I can get LTE if I update PRL or toggle airplane mode. Calling Sprint does nothing BC most have no clue what this is and everything they see is working as should. Very very frustrating to hear "oh your device is the issue, go return it for a new one". I can also go into LTE only mode and it stay connected until I change it.
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