I have had a significant better data connection over 3G in the last week. From .6mb to a steady 1.6mb the last few days.
Sprint finally widening bandwidth due to Dan Hesse announcement about sticking with unlimited data and the release of their top notch android phones around the corner?
I think so
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I doubt they did anything, and if they did I would think its mere coincidence that the commercial is recent
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i heard sprint has been doing alot of tower upgrades. maybe the work is complete now.
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i heard sprint has been doing alot of tower upgrades. maybe the work is complete now.
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i heard sprint has been doing alot of tower upgrades. maybe the work is complete now.
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Nowhere near complete but some areas could have added capacity, such as yours.
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As much as I would like to believe that, I doubt it. My speeds vary that much every few days. Whenever I think somethings improved, day or two later I'll be right back at 500-600kbps.
I have also seen an increase in the last 7-10 days. From about 650-700 then to about 1000-1100 now.....
Upstate NY
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i have faster data and better signal. Dallas here.
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i have faster data and better signal. Dallas here.
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Good to hear...moving back to big d in a coupe of months
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Nowhere near complete but some areas could have added capacity, such as yours.
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My location was tweaked and upgraded a little over a month ago now.
I've seen this, too, but just on about 1/3 of the places/towers I'm at, and then it varies between 400 and 1.4 down/300 - 600 up. I think they are updating some of the towers, but they'll probably never update the one that I get connected to when I'm at home. ;(
Haven't seen any towers with new hardware on them either. ;(
After seeing this thread, I did some speedtests and looks like they fixed something here in Detroit too. Here's a screenshot of the tests I did this morning. Also, my slingplayer doesn't pause like it used to because data speed was so slow.
i am seeing better data rates as well. Providence, RI
I just checked mine and they are the same as always.... Very very low...
And it doesnt matter which rom I use, its the same across the board. Even the stock rom.
Edit: Those higher speeds were in the AM... Always good in the early morning but the rest of the day the speeds suck.
http://www.pcworld.com/article/2219...sts_which_is_really_the_fastest.html#tk.hp_fv
I got this while at a red light yesterday on 4G of course. But Sprint and Clear have the areas of focus wrong. They have been focusing on roads instead of housing developments and office buildings. It isn't like I can use 4G while driving.
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i have never gotten over 850 kbps in the last two months... i want those speeds!
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Tonight I was seeing massive service outages around the valley when I was driving around. So I started wondering what was going on, sure enough Sprint and Clear have been putting 4G in certain areas and upgrading parts of the network. If you visit Clear website and zoom into Phoenix you will see some spots of 4G. The only reason I knew this was recently updated was because Sprint doesn't show this coverage yet, and Clear doesn't have Arizona or Phoenix listed as areas with the coverage. Enjoy guys!
So to anyone of the Phoenix area that has been waiting, it's finally coming. Will post photos soon
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4G speed results, top one is 3G in same area.
North Phoenix, South Phoenix? Where were you driving around. Please say Chandler area.
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there is coverage in the northern phoenix area - thunderbird and 7th
in chandler some times you can pick it up at at elliot/warner and almaschool and dobson areats
and it streches into tempe...and both sites its also not always on
I live on Warner & McQueen in Chandler and don't have ****..Cant wait for it to come though..
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I live on Warner & McQueen in Chandler and don't have ****..Cant wait for it to come though..
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yea...i dont think you get it there i picked it up once at guad and alma but never again and once at baseline and extension.
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I live on Warner & McQueen in Chandler and don't have ****..Cant wait for it to come though..
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Just down the road at Warner & Cooper and can confirm no shiat.
Oooooooh I'm on vacation in Scottsdale/Phoenix for the big auction week.
Can't wait to try!
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Nothing in Goodyear -both sides of the highway
There have been two hotspots for several months now. One in North central and the other down around Tempe.
Check out the map from Clear[dot]com. (Can't post outside links)
Why can't you post links to that site? lol.. Yes you can
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Why can't you post links to that site? lol.. Yes you can
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Not with 4 posts (now 5).
I'm a lurker, not a poster usually.
From the map last time I checked yeah looks to be expanding .... just in mostly irrelevant areas as far as im concerned. Honestly im not holding my breath for this complete rollout. :/
I'm at the Arizona Biltmore, no 4G for me. Boooooo!
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From the map last time I checked yeah looks to be expanding .... just in mostly irrelevant areas as far as im concerned. Honestly im not holding my breath for this complete rollout. :/
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The map you had is correct but when you zoom out its more accurate. The actual areas are around 7st and Greenway Rd/Bell Rd to 7th Ave Greenway Rd/Bell Rd.
The Clear website showed coverage around Dobson Ranch in Mesa so I tried to connect at Dobson and Guadalupe on Monday, no dice.
Crazy how we don't even have *any* word of 4g availability in the Phoenix; at least there's some unofficial progression. Honestly, all I hope for is some coverage in Tempe.
Can't complain though, not like I'm paying any extra for 4g now anyways ...
That's the beauty of Wimax, it's open and that is the reason why many like it better then LTE. It does not have to be official or confirmed coverage. If Clear shows 4G in a spot, your 4G Sprint device will get to use it.
is anyone having trouble connecting to 3g?? i haven't been able to connect all day. Im in Tempe and im not catching any 4g.
There is a ClearWire Tower, Wideband Comm? (some wireless Broadband spot) in Mesa Main/Dobson-AlmaSchool. AT&T is leasing that tower too feed with T1s the last time I was there (about 6months ago).
No 4G @ I10 - Elliot.
Popped into downtown Mesa about Mesa Dr and Main, connected to 4g with Fair signal, 1-2 bars, was getting around 4mbps down. Said it was connected to Sprint. If that what I was getting with fair to poor signal I can't wait to see what it's like with better coverage.
Thought this may be helpfull as i have been reading people are contacting important people and sending emails to them saying that this issue isnt hardware or a given area issue. There are multiple threads with numerous reportings everywhere, so how bout we just put in one thread peoples where abouts. I guess just copy and past and continue with your city, state, zip code to show it is a nation wide issue. Please try to include an image LINK for proof of your issues...example is below. ALSO PLEASE CONTINUE FORMAT LIKE PPOSTED IN POST #5.
Seems like sprint just put out a new prl update...just dled it and got 1.11dl and .56 ul. Hope it stays that way. Update 3/3/11 nope bs dl speeds are back.
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Problem since October/November. Now, speed tests are always below 200kbps and mostly under 100 kbps. This is the speed throughout the entire day.
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New orleans la crappy since november. Ping is always at 999. Very slow speed.
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1. Bayonne nj 07002 problems since nov..http://i43.photobucket.com/albums/e3...202_202416.png
2.Beltsville, MD 20705
Problem since October/November. Now, speed tests are always below 200kbps and mostly under 100 kbps. This is the speed throughout the entire day.
3.New orleans la crappy since november. Ping is always at 999. Very slow speed.
Brooklyn, NY, 11209. However, it's almost everywhere I go:
Metro Detroit -- 48180 --problems since November--
avg. 100 kb/ps down and about 150 kb/ps up
San Luis Obispo, CA 93407
same thing in
Sacramento, CA 95816
all since november.
def going over to the verizon prl again lol
Metro Detroit area... 48187
I switched to Sprint on December 18, 2010. One time (50 miles north of my house) I got 1.1mb/s down. Usually I just get this crap.
.18 MB/s and .47 MB/s up.
*Xda app won't let me attach the speedtest.net screencap.
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Sacramento has been getting better lately, over 1meg down last 3 days (95816)
La Marque, TX 77568 on Verizon 3G PRL 00001.
La Marque, TX 77568 on Sprint's piss poor 3G with PRL 60676.
The good news... today I fired up 4G on my EVO for the hell of it (because I have never had 4G WiMax in my area) and to my suprise IT NOW WORKS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
There is hope for us all!!!!! Not the best speeds but I'll take anything I can get at this point!
Woohooo!!!! Getting better each time I run a speed test!!!
ROCK N ROLL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Toledo OH
Before November, I would easily get 2mbps down and 1.5mbps up, even with no bars. After November, I cannot get above 100kbps, with it usually being under 50kbps. Works fine in my home with my Airave, and works fine on Verizon's PRL, so this means its a problem with sprints network.
Well sprints new prl update 60676 only worked for about an hour thenbback to bs speeds.
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Well sprints new prl update 60676 only worked for about an hour thenbback to bs speeds.
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prl has nothing to do with 3g speeds on sprints network.
Albany ny 12205, $hit speed every where I go...100 kb, up and down...
4G in the ghetto, worst neighbohood, town over in schenectady, I aint going there ppl get shot in daylight, the cops are felons....
8Mb, 100kb up
Funk that
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Sacramento has been getting better lately, over 1meg down last 3 days (95816)
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actually what you have there is kilobits per second, not kilobytes. Take your number and divide by 8 and that will be the number of kilobytes you are getting.
bits= b
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Lmao. Could it be a network issue? I have full signal but the speeds are terrible. Sprint better convert to LTE!
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1 bar, by the looks of it.
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Lmao thats epic. Why is mine so horrible?
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I wish I could get 4g. What city you.live in?
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I wish I could get 4g. What city you.live in?
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Lol, I wish I could get 3g let alone 4g.
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Already a thread about it, but it's mainly for 3G. Some people were saying 4G is affected too: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=933900
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Doesn't it say your 4g is off on your screenshots?
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He's clearly on 4g with full signal bars.
My 4g speeds are hit and miss here in San Antonio, Tx. At home I used to get 10-12Mbps. Now I usually get 5-8Mbps. Here at work I used to get close to 5Mbps with 1 - 2 signal bars. Sometimes I barely get 1Mbps with the same signal, other times it is pushing barely 3Mbps. My signal strength hasn't increased or decreased significantly at least.
Again, there is already a thread about slow data on Sprint here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=933900
It's a nationwide issue.
I miss being in 4g coverage. It was basically wifi on the go.
Although the latency would make it respond a second or so later..
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Current 3G speed is 1307/533 with only 3/6 bars
4G is 2050/1075
I drove truck across country both 4g and 3g speeds varied depending on population density and even that sometimes didn't matter. Now I sit at home and rarely use 3g 4g doesn't exist but of course we pay for it....It's like paying a huge bill for something I rarely use..At home I'm on wifi.
wireless tether
My friend's tether works with 3g -- he can get on his phone's 3g network wirelessly and wired, but he can't do it with 4g on. Anyone can help?
"4G" on Sprint is an absolute joke. The fact that they make us pay for it is detestable. I kinda knew that 4G was gonna suck, I just wanted the Epic really bad. What can I say? I'm a glutton for punishment. LOL
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"4G" on Sprint is an absolute joke. The fact that they make us pay for it is detestable. I kinda knew that 4G was gonna suck, I just wanted the Epic really bad. What can I say? I'm a glutton for punishment. LOL
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the seriously you're better off going to another carrier. I like sprint, yes the 4g speeds are not as consistent as I would like, but most errors i see on XDA are user-based because of ignorance (i.e. restoring data from a completely different rom via CWM, SMH), which i believe you have plenty of. Do some fact checking and you'll see that Sprint has the best data plans for the money available.
Stop *****ing and go to Verizon.
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Lmao. Could it be a network issue? I have full signal but the speeds are terrible. Sprint better convert to LTE!
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It's a whole lot less cluttering when you post the speed.....we honestly don't care/need a screen shot when a (3G xxx / xxx) format works 1000x better
For the third time, yes it's a network issue. And yes there's already a thread about it. First page.
i fix my problem with mines. i just turned of my phone for about 15minutes. now iam back to 5-6mbps. for a few days i was at 1-2mbps.
well the only time I tried 4G was at CES - and it was slower then the 3G - and since Sprint dont have it anywhere but they still always advertise it all the time around my town and its not even in this state!
that sucks almost as much as waiting between posts and just to post in the development section
Dont know if this helps, but it did me...
All these roms are developed in their own home...so the PRL is not for your surrounding area....
I live in New York, so when I did a test at speedtest.net it showed me in Kansas...I updated my PRL and my location was back in NY and my test speed doubled.
Does this make sense?
mike
not sure if anyone else has seen this, but.. im in albuquerque nm, a city with 'no 4g service'
well last night i reflashed the rom i am running and decided to go with a different modem ee03 for my samsung epic, i am now getting a full bar signal for 4g and gettting speeds of 7mb download 1.5mb upload, pretty freaking amazed here
so other then gloating was just trying to confirm if anyone else is getting this in albuq, if there was new markets that were supposed to go up for 4g etc.. the baffling part of this to me is i work for sprint, and have heard nothing of this whatsoever, soo yea..
I have a Verizon Lg Revolution and also started getting 4GLTE two days ago and I cannot find anything saying it is actually here yet.
No sign of 4g on the westside. Are you still able to get a 4g signal? Where in albuquerque are you getting it?
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No sign of 4g on the westside. Are you still able to get a 4g signal? Where in albuquerque are you getting it?
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Im at the NMSF grounds inside and am getting almost full bars of 4g!! woohoo! Im using a moto photon by the way.
I saw 4G popping up on my wife's phone a few weeks ago, but it was on and off and no real signal. Then just now her stock E4GT showed full 4G bars and is blazing fast. My rooted E4GT showed two 4G bars for a second, but then nothing. We are in Rio Rancho. If 4G is actually here, I would love this! I left Denver just as they were getting it and my speeds have been terrible lately.
I'm going to check with my Sprint peeps and see if I can confirm anything.
Well, it is definitely picking up a WiMax signal (as you can see in the screen), but I don't think it is a working signal, as it goes in and out and I am unable to connect to anything with 4G signal showing and 3G/WiFi off. I'm guessing it is a test signal that probably works in ABQ, but not up here, which would still be good news.
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Holy Crapamoly
I'm activating my replacement photon 4g right now and I can't believe I'm seeing a 4G icon at the top. In 'Burque. Never thought the day would come...
I found 4g working last night I was amazed. Had it on while driving to work. Its been working all day.
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I found 4g working last night I was amazed. Had it on while driving to work. Its been working all day.
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What amazes me is that Sprint still says we have no 4G! I've been using it daily since my post above. And I'm in Rio Rancho!
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I for the life of me cannot get 4G here in rio rancho, nor have I ever been able to connect to 4G in NM. I am using a samsung epic 4g and am using the legendary rc 2.2 rom.
Any advice on the areas within the cities you are picking up 4G? Could my rom be bad and not allowing me to get the signal?
Let me know!
Thanks
G
I'm debating ditching tmob when the galaxy nexus comes out, how do you guys like spring in abq? gimmie the straight dope.
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I'm debating ditching tmob when the galaxy nexus comes out, how do you guys like spring in abq? gimmie the straight dope.
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It's not crazy. It is up and down. Still office and service-wise i am happiest with Sprint. I've had T-mo which was best for me when traveling internationally, but not great here in the States. Verizon had great coverage, but horrible customer service and killed me with fees and overrages. AT&T/Cingular just plain sucked for me. Sprint has been the best customer service-wise, best pricing of the big carriers and great phones, but signal is crazy inconsistent. Personally, if I change again, I'll probably go to Boost. Same phones and network as Sprint at half the price.
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I swear I must have the worst 3G performance known to man..
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No matter the time of day, .40 Mbps is "typical" for download, .20Mbps for upload. That's on good days. I'm aware of all the factors that affect speeds, I just felt the need to vent about it for once.
I live on an island in the puget sound in washington state and 3G reception here is horrid. And that's after they've made some upgrades to our towers. I really don't understand why our service isn't better considering I live within miles of a major navy installation (Whidbey NAS).
Been on Sprint's Everything Data plan since August 2010 with my EVO 4G, which also requires the additional $10 charge for 4G capabilities (the nearest place I get 4G reception is over 30 miles away). I feel like I'm really having it stuck to me in the pocketbook.
If I don't have WiFi reception wherever I'm at, I typically wont even bother with 3G unless I have to. I'm more likely to just leave it off to save battery life.
Okay I'm done ranting, thanks for listening.
OK I have even worse speeds. Like .2 down at my house. Try this hack, it makes you phone use verizon 3g as roaming:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=696073
My speeds are now BLAZING fast. Try it and report back!
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I understand your frustration but i only get speeds like that when i get to work and everyone else shows up(2000+ people).
I am in a plant with a big project going on and it never fails at 6am the speed starts to plummit and stays that way all day. Until everyone leaves of course.
I feel for you putting up with that every waking moment though.
And please do respond on if you use the verizion hack, if it helps or not.
I beat you guys. 31kbps. That is .031mbps
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I had almost decided to move on to another carrier for the same reason. I looked at www.network.sprint.com and it showed a data speed upgrade withing 6 months. Didn't know if they would come through but they did 2 days ago. Now is decent.
Btw...check that site. For weeks my data was crippled worse than it use to. Maybe because they were working on it I guess....but now is good. I guess patience is key.
......or a booster.
via EVO.
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Correct link:
https://network.sprint.com/
I was getting about 150kbps, did the hack mentioned for verizon roaming and I'm getting 1,400kbps now
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I was getting about 150kbps, did the hack mentioned for verizon roaming and I'm getting 1,400kbps now
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Same here.
I don't think you are the only one. I came to this forum today to see if anyone else was having this issue. I'm also in Washington (Bellevue) and I used to get about 1,000 kbps and decent reception. Lately I'm lucky if I have 1 bar of 1x speed. My speeds are just as bad as yours. How is your signal strength?
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I swear I must have the worst 3G performance known to man..
No matter the time of day, .40 Mbps is "typical" for download, .20Mbps for upload. That's on good days. I'm aware of all the factors that affect speeds, I just felt the need to vent about it for once.
I live on an island in the puget sound in washington state and 3G reception here is horrid. And that's after they've made some upgrades to our towers. I really don't understand why our service isn't better considering I live within miles of a major navy installation (Whidbey NAS).
Been on Sprint's Everything Data plan since August 2010 with my EVO 4G, which also requires the additional $10 charge for 4G capabilities (the nearest place I get 4G reception is over 30 miles away). I feel like I'm really having it stuck to me in the pocketbook.
If I don't have WiFi reception wherever I'm at, I typically wont even bother with 3G unless I have to. I'm more likely to just leave it off to save battery life.
Okay I'm done ranting, thanks for listening.
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