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GA users...4g?

I'm in warner Robinson (mid ga) and appear to have 4g now. Speed test is around 5mbps but doesn't seem faster. Weird. Can anyone confirm this?

I'd like to know about this, I'm not in that area but will be soon!

http://clear.com/coverage
Looks like your in the testing phase and they are starting to roll out. Enjoy!

Yeah, it doesn't look like it's perfected yet in my area...in Atlanta 4g is amazing. Still sketchy even though I'm connected and getting upwards of 3mbps, it doesn't seem completely stable yet. Great news for us though. Hopefully testing will roll into "getting **** done" lol
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usually once the dark green gets on the map its 'official' and you will be able to actually connect indoors

This actually pisses me off somewhat. Looking at the map theyre installing in Macon, Warner Robins and LaGrange. LaGrange has a population of what, 50K? But they cant fill in the million gaps in coverage in Atlanta???

I agree. Atl is hit or miss with 4g coverage. Some spots, I've hit 11 mbs though. Inside its another story.

I'm just dumbfounded that Augusta doesn't have Sprint 4G yet. Hell, we just finally got T-Mobile HSPA+.

I was actually at the sprint store off of Russell Parkway this weekend getting my wife a new phone and asked about 4g. Like most people have said, they are definitely in a test phase right now, with no official announcement. The lady i talked to did say some areas have 4g coverage. I turn on my EVO's 4g in the store and got 7mbs download speed versus 1mb 3g. Unfortunately i'm never on that side of town and I don't get coverage at my house south by HWY96.

I get pretty descent 4g speeds down in Henry Co. On average of 6-8mbps. I was a little surprised 4G worked at my house but it does..
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spider2346 said:
I get pretty descent 4g speeds down in Henry Co. On average of 6-8mbps. I was a little surprised 4G worked at my house but it does..
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i get a wiff of 4g at my house up here in canton if i stand on top of the tv stand holding my son with a wire coat hanger in his hand... otherwise at work in the perimeter 4g is great

spider2346 said:
I get pretty descent 4g speeds down in Henry Co. On average of 6-8mbps. I was a little surprised 4G worked at my house but it does..
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I'm in Henry as well but 4g is quite the disappointment where I am. I can't connect to it inside or outside but when I'm near Hudson Bridge Rd it connects.
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Jfree3000 said:
I'm in Henry as well but 4g is quite the disappointment where I am. I can't connect to it inside or outside but when I'm near Hudson Bridge Rd it connects.
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Yeah I can see that, like I said it works at my house but once I leave it tends to get a bit spotty. I rarely use 4G at my house even though it works, I like my Wifi much better.

IceCreaMan said:
i get a wiff of 4g at my house up here in canton if i stand on top of the tv stand holding my son with a wire coat hanger in his hand... otherwise at work in the perimeter 4g is great
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Same for me in Canton. My phone will show I'm connected but its basically unusable. Go a mile down the road to Riverstone and get 8 Mbps.

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I'm just dumbfounded that Augusta doesn't have Sprint 4G yet. Hell, we just finally got T-Mobile HSPA+.
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Agreed. I'd like to see 4G there and service the nearby Fort Gordon area.

Lagrange are u kidding me. What about Columbus and Ft. Benning? That would have made more senseto me. Leopard in mind I'm partial because I live in Columbus ...
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I live in Woodstock and never turn on 4G. Its not worth it. half the time it is searching for a signal.

damn, i keep trying to get 4g different places and haven't had any luck since being at the sprint store...

Its also around the sandy run and moody road area. Also around Macon GA. I caught it near vineville and hardeman area recently.

I'm in Canton as well. I only get 4g on 575 starting at exit 11 going south but it's hit or miss like everyone else.

New Sprint Network

We all know their network sucks right now, including myself, but Sprint is working on this. They are rolling out what's called "Sprint Vision" (and forgive my lack of technical know-how) basically they are adding some "boxes" with multiple "cards" that can be inserted in them allowing for better/faster coverage in multiple directions that can easily be fixed if one goes down by simply replacing this "card" (something to this degree). The full "vision" has not been rolled out yet and is mainly the cause why the speeds suck right now.

Oh God.... This sounds like they're trying to whip up a janky version of a CMTS (Cable Modem Termination System).

Shushunmire said:
Oh God.... This sounds like they're trying to whip up a janky version of a CMTS (Cable Modem Termination System).
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Hopefully it works lol

sounds like a band-aid to plug a hole.

Hopefully. I would like higher speeds than 400kbps plskthx.

Shushunmire said:
Hopefully. I would like higher speeds than 400kbps plskthx.
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hell id be happy with that lol im getting 100k or less some times

I read the announcement on this... its actually pretty good. The towers will now only need one refrigerated smaller box to do 4g 3g and 1x(saves energy and space) they will use fiber cables to the top instead of copper for less signal lose. They will need less towers because this one can do all of it.
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What's wrong with this setup? The cable co's use it, and in most instance it works well. The issues occur when there's over saturation - not enough blades to handle the load. Speeds go down, noise goes up, speeds go down more so... Perpetual cycle.
In fact, I recently had an issue with my cable provider where during prime time hours, speeds would drop 25-40% or more. At first look it would appear to be a capacity issue, but in my talks with the head of local operations, that wasn't the case. Plenty of capacity in this area to go around. Turned out during prime time, due to additional load, a failing card/blade (not the one I was connected to) was generating noise, which ultimately was causing my issues. They replaced the offending part, returning my speeds back to 20mbps at all times of the day.
Bottom line, who cares what method they use to increase speeds and bandwidth, so long as it works and is consistent.

Well it makes sense here..whatever it is...they might have it done in my area of Chicago....because a couple weeks ago 3g improved in a major way. Data downloads fast here now.

rockky said:
Well it makes sense here..whatever it is...they might have it done in my area of Chicago....because a couple weeks ago 3g improved in a major way. Data downloads fast here now.
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What speeds are you getting down in chicago? I'll be switching to sprint pretty soon so im kinda curious

JDM_HD2 said:
What speeds are you getting down in chicago? I'll be switching to sprint pretty soon so im kinda curious
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+1 i want to know what your speeds are
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+1 i want to know what your speeds are
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Yeah I would like to know too and I hope they do something about the 3g speeds in NYC / NJ .....its been horrible the last few months.

Yeah. Right.
If you're in an area where Sprint leases tower space like I am, you'll likely see this around the 34th of Never.

DarkAudit said:
Yeah. Right.
If you're in an area where Sprint leases tower space like I am, you'll likely see this around the 34th of Never.
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3-5 years, starting in 2011.
http://newsroom.sprint.com/news/sprint-announces-network-vision-network-evolution-plan.htm
http://newsroom.sprint.com/press_kits.cfm?presskit_id=19

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Yeah. Right.
If you're in an area where Sprint leases tower space like I am, you'll likely see this around the 34th of Never.
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Didn't Sprint sell off all their towers to TowerCo in 2008, and leases all of them?

afazel said:
Didn't Sprint sell off all their towers to TowerCo in 2008, and leases all of them?
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They do lease them. They still get to decide what goes on the towers.

afazel said:
Didn't Sprint sell off all their towers to TowerCo in 2008, and leases all of them?
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They didn't even have any to sell here. IIRC nTelos owns all the towers Sprint uses in WV.

I can vouch that my 3G signal is much, much nicer, it was upgraded in my area about a week ago. (And no, I'm not using an Airave.)

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They do lease them. They still get to decide what goes on the towers.
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I heard Verizon is leasing many Sprint towers - Although I could be wrong.

Overstew said:
I can vouch that my 3G signal is much, much nicer, it was upgraded in my area about a week ago. (And no, I'm not using an Airave.)
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What area are you in?
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hey vibrant owners! whats your take on your signal reception?

is it good? i will be using it on ATT as it is unlocked. i had a fascinate on VZ before it was updated, and it was a crappy signal compared to my others. hows the vibrant?

dvigue said:
is it good? i will be using it on ATT as it is unlocked. i had a fascinate on VZ before it was updated, and it was a crappy signal compared to my others. hows the vibrant?
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I'm not an ATT but reception was fine, but mainly depended on your modem. Some modems gave great reception and data speeds, but gave poor battery, while some gave mediocre reception, with great battery.

As long as you live in a area that has wcdma 1900, the vibrant should work fine on at&t.
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compuguy1088 said:
As long as you live in a area that has wcdma 1900, the vibrant should work fine on at&t.
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well its half and half where i live and work. i am totally fine under EDGE. dont use data much. i just want c good cell reception since it is my pnly phone.
has the wifi issies been fixed?

Mine has always been great. No complaints at all. I can't speak for Att Network but you should see good signal if you are in a city

I'm on ATT and the reception is very good, even in elevators.

my vibrant has one of the worst antenna. I can't hold the bottom part of the phone if I want to have a 3G data.
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Mine works perfect could not ask for anything better I get perfect signal on att edge and 3g /bionix v
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Really good and YES, depends on the modem you use.

I have found that I get the best signal when driving over 120mph. My emails loads like you wouldn't believe, and text messages seem to send and receive much better at those speeds. Although the new KB5 modem may let you go a little slower. Haven't tested it as I drank too much before I got in the car after flashing it, and I forgot which pocket I left my phone it to see.

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I have found that I get the best signal when driving over 120mph. My emails loads like you wouldn't believe, and text messages seem to send and receive much better at those speeds. Although the new KB5 modem may let you go a little slower. Haven't tested it as I drank too much before I got in the car after flashing it, and I forgot which pocket I left my phone it to see.
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Ha, only 120mph, you drive slow.
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archie53 said:
Ha, only 120mph, you drive slow.
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In his defense he was bit tipsy.

pff, i went 160 and my gps couldnt keep up with tellin me where to turn on time
in my defense i was bit high , in my phones defense sh!t is retarded

Well i am on Bionix 1.3.1 Rom. There is slight difference in different Modems. Anyhow i have seen that the reception is actually better than Iphone 3gs when running in difficult areas with low reception.

This is bull

The only way I make a call that won't drop is by rooting my phone and using the roam control app. Wtf sprint? Why cant we get the strong signal on the sprint network that we get from roaming?
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blackdragon79 said:
The only way I make a call that won't drop is by rooting my phone and using the roam control app. Wtf sprint? Why cant we get the strong signal on the sprint network that we get from roaming?
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You realize that there is probably someone that has Verizon that does the same thing and is complaining about the same thing???
You aren't going to get perfect signal everywhere from any carrier.

blackdragon79 said:
The only way I make a call that won't drop is by rooting my phone and using the roam control app. Wtf sprint? Why cant we get the strong signal on the sprint network that we get from roaming?
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Milkman00 said:
You realize that there is probably someone that has Verizon that does the same thing and is complaining about the same thing???
You aren't going to get perfect signal everywhere from any carrier.
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Yeah, except Sprint was the last one in the spectrum pool, so they ended up with the 1900 mhz spectrum, which doesn't penetrate buildings and cars as well as the 800 mhz spectrum that the other folks are playing with. And don't get me started with the 2.5 gHz spectrum that WiMax is living on.

+1 on crap signal everywhere
+1 on the 1900 PCS band being garbage
+1 on 2.5 ghz being even worse
Higher the freq, higher the loss....
I carry an Epic, a Captivate and a 7" G-Tab. I keep my epic permanently roamed on Verizon for voice services, leave the tab on Sprint for unlimited data and the cappy is for work. Verizon by far has the best call quality and highest signal levels. Even when in a spot with full bars on all of them, big red calls sound the clearest.

Google Network Vision. Just be patient.

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Google Network Vision. Just be patient.
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What the hell is that? Source?

DangerZone1223 said:
What the hell is that? Source?
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http://newsroom.sprint.com/press_kits.cfm?presskit_id=19

DangerZone1223 said:
What the hell is that? Source?
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Network Vision is Sprint's attempt to become the most dependable (if not best) network by 2013. They're converting EACH of their towers to multinode frequencies. So, each tower's radius will be increased along with the amount of capacity it can handle. Those areas where you have1 bar should increase dramatically (and it should all be done by 2013-2014).

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Network Vision is Sprint's attempt to become the most dependable (if not best) network by 2013. They're converting EACH of their towers to multinode frequencies. So, each tower's radius will be increased along with the amount of capacity it can handle. Those areas where you have1 bar should increase dramatically (and it should all be done by 2013-2014).
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Cool I wish it be sooner tho lol.
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Esteway.619 said:
Cool I wish it be sooner tho lol.
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I'm excited about it! Sprint is also introducing an enhanced 1x/3G technology (EvDo B) which is supposed to have speeds equal to or greater than WiMax (greater than 19mbps.)

Overstew said:
Network Vision is Sprint's attempt to become the most dependable (if not best) network by 2013. They're converting EACH of their towers to multinode frequencies. So, each tower's radius will be increased along with the amount of capacity it can handle. Those areas where you have1 bar should increase dramatically (and it should all be done by 2013-2014).
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I can appreciate what they're doing to fix this problem and I appreciate you giving this info. But like I said in a similar conversation yesterday, I can't wait until 2013 to make a reliable phone call. Patience is one thing, but waiting 2 years to make a phone call from my desk is a bit much. Once winter hits I won't want to go stand in freezing tempretures to save 20 bucks a month on my phone bill.
Edit: I know this pic is blurry, but it shows 1 bar of Sprint vs full bars of AT&T. If AT&T can make it in here, I deserve at least 2 or 3 bars from Sprint damnit!

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I'm excited about it! Sprint is also introducing an enhanced 1x/3G technology (EvDo B) which is supposed to have speeds equal to or greater than WiMax (greater than 19mbps.)
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Verizon was gonna roll out rev b. Vut then sprint jumped the gun and threatened them with wimax lol i dont think rev b is faster than wimax...but prolly somewhere near
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A_Flying_Fox said:
Verizon was gonna roll out rev b. Vut then sprint jumped the gun and threatened them with wimax lol i dont think rev b is faster than wimax...but prolly somewhere near
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The most I've ever hit was 11 mbps on Wimax. Maybe it's because I'm sharing the network, though.

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The most I've ever hit was 11 mbps on Wimax. Maybe it's because I'm sharing the network, though.
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Its because they're rate limiting it...

I was in a building today where the opposite is true. Zero service from Verizon and 4 bars from Sprint. It just seems funny to me when people make these complaints. If you don't get service where you spend a majority of your time, you picked the wrong provider. If AT&T was the only company that had good service where I live, i'd be paying a lot more for cell service. Fortunately for me, all the major providers are pretty equal in Portland, so I can go cheap lol

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I was in a building today where the opposite is true. Zero service from Verizon and 4 bars from Sprint. It just seems funny to me when people make these complaints. If you don't get service where you spend a majority of your time, you picked the wrong provider. If AT&T was the only company that had good service where I live, i'd be paying a lot more for cell service. Fortunately for me, all the major providers are pretty equal in Portland, so I can go cheap lol
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I dont get service in my house. I step RIGHT out the door, BOOM im drowning in spectrum. Come in, no service. Lol im sure my walls arent made of led since i get full service roaming on verizon.
I hope with network vision, they really up the building penetration of atleast 3g. I also get 1 bar of 4g with the random reconnect (which i dont blame it on...im lucky it catches the signal at all!) and 0-1 bars of Sprint (all g's) lol
when i head upstairs...i get all bars everything. just my part of the house is whack

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The most I've ever hit was 11 mbps on Wimax. Maybe it's because I'm sharing the network, though.
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thats the most ive hit too lol so that immediately screams "CAP!" to me lol.
but nah sprint was gonna have rev b a long time ago as well but decided against it. I think the max was only 6mbs or something. Source where its capable of 19mbs please? (just curious cuz rev b interested me since i found out about it the day i got my hero...)

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thats the most ive hit too lol so that immediately screams "CAP!" to me lol.
but nah sprint was gonna have rev b a long time ago as well but decided against it. I think the max was only 6mbs or something. Source where its capable of 19mbs please? (just curious cuz rev b interested me since i found out about it the day i got my hero...)
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1253405

A_Flying_Fox said:
I dont get service in my house. I step RIGHT out the door, BOOM im drowning in spectrum. Come in, no service. Lol im sure my walls arent made of led since i get full service roaming on verizon.
I hope with network vision, they really up the building penetration of atleast 3g. I also get 1 bar of 4g with the random reconnect (which i dont blame it on...im lucky it catches the signal at all!) and 0-1 bars of Sprint (all g's) lol
when i head upstairs...i get all bars everything. just my part of the house is whack
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Hey, I'm all for improved penetration ... wait, what were we talking about??

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I hope with network vision, they really up the building penetration of atleast 3g.
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I don't think that will be possible. The part of the 3G spectrum Sprint owns is not very good at penetrating buildings. The best you could hope for is that with a stronger signal strength they'll be able to compensate for that technical limitation, but it won't be as good as what other carriers offer in terms of building penetration.

Sprint signal booster/repeater

http://www.walmart.com/ip/zBoost-SOHO-YX545-Signal-Booster-Wireless-Extenders/15406726
Anyone try this? At my parents place outside I get about -80 inside it goes to -106
Would this help sprint signal?
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http://www.walmart.com/ip/zBoost-SOHO-YX545-Signal-Booster-Wireless-Extenders/15406726
Anyone try this? At my parents place outside I get about -80 inside it goes to -106
Would this help sprint signal?
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Whoa... That's A LOT of money for something not that great. I recommend an Official Sprint Airave.

I would but there's no broadband connection there
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Can a WiFi or a broadband signal be made like a signal reapeater?
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donsh00tmesanta said:
I would but there's no broadband connection there
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Getting a WIFI repeater does not help cell signal at all. If there's no internet connection you just have to live with it and hope they put in a cell tower closer to your place.

donsh00tmesanta said:
http://www.walmart.com/ip/zBoost-SOHO-YX545-Signal-Booster-Wireless-Extenders/15406726
Anyone try this? At my parents place outside I get about -80 inside it goes to -106
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You can always put a Wilson wide band antenna on the roof and run a wire down to connect to the phone for a strong signal. You will need a pigtail to match the phone or use a small whip from a wi-fi router to couple the signal to the phone if it doesn't have an antenna connector. Keep the leadin wire to 20' or less to limit loss. Here's an antenna you can get on Amazon that works well for all cellular bands.
www.amazon.com/Wide-Band-Directional-Antenna-700-2700/dp/B002DV4JTM/

Anyone recommend a good repeater/signal booster?
Anyone currently using one?

NO NO NO!!!!!
If you haven't already plugged it into your phone DON'T. It could damage your phone's internal antenna and void the warranty. READ THE WARRANTY BOOKLET THAT COMES WITH YOUR PHONE. I tried it on my phone (LGC800 mytouch Q) and it broke the internal antenna, and I had to buy a new phone. Look it up on Google its not a once in a blue moon thing, either.

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If you haven't already plugged it into your phone DON'T. It could damage your phone's internal antenna and void the warranty. READ THE WARRANTY BOOKLET THAT COMES WITH YOUR PHONE. I tried it on my phone (LGC800 mytouch Q) and it broke the internal antenna, and I had to buy a new phone. Look it up on Google its not a once in a blue moon thing, either.
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huh?

T-Mobile has one