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Tmobile's HSPA+ Network

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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ibemad1 said:
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.

ihateusernames said:
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.

ihateusernames said:
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. :\

mdayjr said:
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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mdayjr said:
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.

ThaGeNeCySt said:
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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skiptomylou11 said:
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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Eliteranger12 said:
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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According to Three, LTE is 15Mbps

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Whereas I'm fairly certain it's not.

The whole 4G kerfuffle in the UK is wind up. Money making, profiteering, scam - from the scum of UK mobile telephony providers. I've got 9Mb on HSPA+ in Oxford, would I notice a difference between that and 15Mb "4G" ? Doubt it when browsing the web / facebook / emails! Doubt I'd notice it if streaming stuff on my S3, that usually needs a lot less than 9Mb for HD content.
If it were true 4G speeds and they had a decent data allowance (500Mb per month? B!tch, please! *troll face* ) , I'd happily switch. That's if they had 4G service in Oxford. Which they don't. and I very rarely visit any of the places where their "4G" is available.

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The whole 4G kerfuffle in the UK is wind up. Money making, profiteering, scam - from the scum of UK mobile telephony providers. I've got 9Mb on HSPA+ in Oxford, would I notice a difference between that and 15Mb "4G" ? Doubt it when browsing the web / facebook / emails! Doubt I'd notice it if streaming stuff on my S3, that usually needs a lot less than 9Mb for HD content.
If it were true 4G speeds and they had a decent data allowance (500Mb per month? B!tch, please! *troll face* ) , I'd happily switch. That's if they had 4G service in Oxford. Which they don't. and I very rarely visit any of the places where their "4G" is available.
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Yeah, I'm on their All You Can Eat data plan, but I won't be upgrading to DC-HSDPA speeds advertised as LTE. From what I've seen, LTE is over 21Mbps, and DC-HSDPA is up to 21Mbps. A friend is Leeds gets around 30Mbps.
I use my phone for tethering, since it's included in my plan and faster than my home broadband, so I welcome any free speed increase.

Kind of mirrors my thinking, why pay extra for LTE when they are throttling 3g as it is.
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If I'm not wrong, even HSPA+ is (maximum) 21Mbps.
Here in Brazil, some people tested 4G, (in a launch event, 4G only to people present at the event) with Motorola RAZR HD. It reached 57Mbps.

marcellocord said:
If I'm not wrong, even HSPA+ is (maximum) 21Mbps.
Here in Brazil, some people tested 4G, (in a launch event, 4G only to people present at the event) with Motorola RAZR HD. It reached 57Mbps.
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I have seen some screens of people getting over 50Mbps on EE's network, but the average people see is around 15-20Mbps I think, slowest I have seen (and yes this is LTE) is 4Mbps... best 3g speed I have got in the center of York is 10Mbps.

you britains arent the only ones who are fooled
Here in germany according to o2, 21mbit is lte, ***** please, and some months ago they made promotion for transformer 300TFL or somethin like that with 47mbit downspeed on lte. These jerks, they all want to fool us.

You all are wrong. DC-HSPA it's the new generation 3G (Dual Channel - DL up 42Mbps!!!) There is no need to sign up for it, everybody who are on Three can use it but the only problem is DC enabled phones (all new models with LTE or Nexus 4)
EE is scum , they using 1800mHz and that's not proper 4G, it's tweaked 3G (DC-HSPA) but phones showing "4G" Fraud !!!
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djembey said:
You all are wrong. DC-HSPA it's the new generation 3G (Dual Channel - DL up 42Mbps!!!) There is no need to sign up for it, everybody who are on Three can use it but the only problem is DC enabled phones (all new models with LTE or Nexus 4)
EE is scum , they using 1800mHz and that's not proper 4G, it's tweaked 3G (DC-HSPA) but phones showing "4G" Fraud !!!
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So, why did EE pay all that money for a 4G licence then, seems like they've been shafted too?
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ghostofcain said:
So, why did EE pay all that money for a 4G licence then, seems like they've been shafted too?
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Vodafone is upgrading their 3G which will proabably get speeds close to 4G in their worst speed areas but then again 3G is pretty crap for lots of people , its all overrated crap to be honest , they got scientists at universities developing 5G already with massive governments grants

Sorry didn't make my sarcasm obvious enough, yes a lot of the performance gain is actually due to unthrottling 3g. But consumer law in the UK makes it unlikely that EE are selling simple 3g as 4g (at the minimum its false advertising). It annoys me that if 3g was pushed to its potential we wouldn't be so desperate for 4g.
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Does the SGS3 GT-i9300 support DC-HSDPA? I'm getting conflicting reports via Google. dated from May.

ghostofcain said:
So, why did EE pay all that money for a 4G licence then, seems like they've been shafted too?
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no they didn't
they are using their existing 1800mhz spectrum for LTE by refarming the current GSM spectrum
when the auction takes places for 4G spectrum, they will stop using 1800mhz and change to the new spectrum
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djembey said:
You all are wrong. DC-HSPA it's the new generation 3G (Dual Channel - DL up 42Mbps!!!) There is no need to sign up for it, everybody who are on Three can use it but the only problem is DC enabled phones (all new models with LTE or Nexus 4)
EE is scum , they using 1800mHz and that's not proper 4G, it's tweaked 3G (DC-HSPA) but phones showing "4G" Fraud !!!
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Duel Cell not Dual channel, lol
and EE is not using tweaked 3G, they are using proper 4G equipment, lol whats your source of this dodgy info? hahaha

Kryten2k35 said:
Does the SGS3 GT-i9300 support DC-HSDPA? I'm getting conflicting reports via Google. dated from May.
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From memory it was confirmed to have it prior to launch then a few days before the launch event Sammy said it didn't. I could be wrong, but that's how I remember it.
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Danny_R said:
Thought 4G was 100mbps
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yes, but this is the max theoretical speeds in ideal radio conditions and low load on the network

Try 27Mbs up and 16 down here in Aust. Now THAT is noticable with streaming I can assure you
screens taken this afternoon
https://dl.dropbox.com/u/43088692/4G-Test.png

winwiz said:
no they didn't
they are using their existing 1800mhz spectrum for LTE by refarming the current GSM spectrum
when the auction takes places for 4G spectrum, they will stop using 1800mhz and change to the new spectrum
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Duel Cell not Dual channel, lol
and EE is not using tweaked 3G, they are using proper 4G equipment, lol whats your source of this dodgy info? hahaha
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They have to keep using the 1800Mhz frequency after the auction part of their agreement was that they will get less of the 4g spectrum because they have a 4g network now.
Also any frequency can be used for 4g, the 800Mhz and 2100 (I think its that one we will be using) were used for analogue TV and older radar which can be reused because they have now been cleared up. The only reason they give specific uses for frequencies is to avoid signals interfering with each other. Imagine if phone signals used the same frequency as military radar, we would be blind to attacks, but those frequencies can be used for cellular communications with a little tweaking.
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Danish Three
In Denmark Three`s 3G network is 42mbps and the new 4G ive tested with my 4G router and got 60-70mbps

My hope is that uptake of overpriced underspecced 4g will be underwhelming forcing networks to actually offer a service worth paying for, but seen as they've gotten away with pushing crappy 3g for so long maybe I'm flogging a dead horse?
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zeuzsvb said:
In Denmark Three`s 3G network is 42mbps and the new 4G ive tested with my 4G router and got 60-70mbps
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Now that I'd buy.
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zeuzsvb said:
In Denmark Three`s 3G network is 42mbps and the new 4G ive tested with my 4G router and got 60-70mbps
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sweet mother of god! WTF? That's insane.
Please disregard my screenshot of speed test, I have been totally check mated here by a Denmark guy.:highfive:

Inside upgrading the network to lte

So got some good news.. LTE should be practically everywhere in Denver and around by late spring.. I'm working on the AT&T cell sites upgrading to LTE in Wyoming.. next on the list is sprint sites in Denver.. pic related site I'm working on now . Gonna post more pics and keep this alive by posting if you interested. Just did some Pim testing on dim connectors fun fun fun.. usually testing takes a week or 2 the first part is the upgrade , the second part is tower, very tedious and time consuming. Here's some pics on a site I tested today.
Update!
Out in wheatland Wyoming wind speed avg 50 plus mph.. that statistic definitely came into play yesterday...
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Still working on the AT&T towers and wyoming.. This one was 20miles east of Cheyenne.. slowly but surely AT&T folks should he experiencing faster date speeds in the Wyoming area..
Temp -10 wind speeds 50 plus mph.. This day sucked ass btw..
Was such a cluster f in the building I didn't bother taking.pics.. plus its all the same **** for the most part.. who knows though maybe I'm giving you guys some toilet time entertainment
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Do you have any information on when T-Mobile will have LTE in Phoenix,A.Z. thanks in advance...
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Mesaman2012 said:
Do you have any information on when T-Mobile will have LTE in Phoenix,A.Z. thanks in advance...
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Yes they are getting LTE by summer
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The good news is when they refarmed the markets to include 1900 MHz 3G they went ahead and installed LTE equipment.

MrObvious said:
The good news is when they refarmed the markets to include 1900 MHz 3G they went ahead and installed LTE equipment.
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Well it still will carry 850 as well as 1900
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At&t runs on 1900 frequency correct?so basically if I'm in an area that T-Mobile has upgraded 1900 in I can use a unlocked at&t phone and get 3G possibly even 4G?Is this all correct. Thanks in advance!!!
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Mesaman2012 said:
At&t runs on 1900 frequency correct?so basically if I'm in an area that T-Mobile has upgraded 1900 in I can use a unlocked at&t phone and get 3G possibly even 4G?Is this all correct. Thanks in advance!!!
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Yup
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Cabinet internal pics where the magic happens...
You installed many of the new Ericsson antennas that have the RRUs fully integrated internally?...
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sgt. slaughter said:
Cabinet internal pics where the magic happens...
You installed many of the new Ericsson antennas that have the RRUs fully integrated internally?...
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No thats a negative..idk about other carriers but a big no for AT&T
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thlinx said:
No thats a negative..idk about other carriers but a big no for AT&T
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For both?... Or just the antennas?.... I think tmobile has started using the new antennas....
Switching in the cabinet is a sight... Has att switched to fiber runs all the way up and moved the RRUs up to the antennae or they still down at cabinets?...
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sgt. slaughter said:
For both?... Or just the antennas?.... I think tmobile has started using the new antennas....
Switching in the cabinet is a sight... Has att switched to fiber runs all the way up and moved the RRUs up to the antennae or they still down at cabinets?...
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Still at cabinet .. I dont know much about tower info just inside the building .. a tower crew would know more about it.
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thlinx said:
Still at cabinet .. I dont know much about tower info just inside the building .. a tower crew would know more about it.
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Wow would of thought that ATT would of been moving the RRUs up to the antennas like other started doing and sprint is doing across the board on their overhaul... Helps signal as it reduces the loss over the coax run from the base of the tower at the RRUs to the antennas... Theme is to run fiber from cabinet to RRUs up near the antenna so the coax run is reduced from the rru to antenna....
Though ATT and VZ were ahead of the game in the end LTE wise so I guess that upgrade missing is understandable....
You have the smart job then if just dealing in the cabinets! F all the climbing. Lol
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sgt. slaughter said:
Wow would of thought that ATT would of been moving the RRUs up to the antennas like other started doing and sprint is doing across the board on their overhaul... Helps signal as it reduces the loss over the coax run from the base of the tower at the RRUs to the antennas... Theme is to run fiber from cabinet to RRUs up near the antenna so the coax run is reduced from the rru to antenna....
Though ATT and VZ were ahead of the game in the end LTE wise so I guess that upgrade missing is understandable....
You have the smart job then if just dealing in the cabinets! F all the climbing. Lol
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Lol so true and there's a group of French Canadians tower crew that get paid pennies and do that crazy stuff.. The at&t hubs do use the rrus but as for the towers I've worked on, I haven't seen any going up.
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Any updates on sprint LTE in Denver.

^^^^^^^^^
What he said. We've got one lit up in Brighton, but do you have any info on where we should be wasting hours on end stalking the LTE next?

4G? Where art thou?

So I live in the Baltimore area which has full 4G/LTE coverage. I RARELY have 4G on this thing. Anyone having that issue as well?

Seems to connect fine for me when not on WiFi. I would be contacting Sprint if you are sure the LTE in that area is strong enough. Make them do the work to figure it out. Have you updated your PRL? If not you should do that and see if it helps.
From Sprint: "On some 4G LTE chipsets such as Qualcomm, the PRL determines if LTE is enabled for the geographic region you are in."

CCallahan said:
Seems to connect fine for me when not on WiFi. I would be contacting Sprint if you are sure the LTE in that area is strong enough. Make them do the work to figure it out. Have you updated your PRL? If not you should do that and see if it helps.
From Sprint: "On some 4G LTE chipsets such as Qualcomm, the PRL determines if LTE is enabled for the geographic region you are in."
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Just update profile and PRL. No luck. Do I need to reboot?

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Just update profile and PRL. No luck. Do I need to reboot?
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So I did all that, switched from LTE/CDMA to CDMA and back to LTE/CDMA. Sprint updated their end and everything. Still no 4G. They said it's a hardware issue, but I do have 4G off and on while driving so I don't understand what the issue is.

agentfazexx said:
So I did all that, switched from LTE/CDMA to CDMA and back to LTE/CDMA. Sprint updated their end and everything. Still no 4G. They said it's a hardware issue, but I do have 4G off and on while driving so I don't understand what the issue is.
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That is a pain. If it was me I would be taking the phone back until they get it working. For what we pay for the device and plan the pressure should be on them to get it fixed. Good luck.

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That is a pain. If it was me I would be taking the phone back until they get it working. For what we pay for the device and plan the pressure should be on them to get it working. Good luck.
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Yeah the live chat people are morons anyway. Might just go to the store and tell them to fix it.

I have the same issue in my area. I checked on sprint.com/coverage and it claims there is 4G coverage in my area. I hardly see the 4G icon on my phone and its painfully slow when on "3G".
I read somewhere that sprint is updating their towers for better coverage and start LTE coverage in more areas (mine included). I read on some unofficial site that they are only 23% done updating and are expected to complete the project (in my area) by the end of this year.
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nemesis93 said:
I have the same issue in my area. I checked on sprint.com/coverage and it claims there is 4G coverage in my area. I hardly see the 4G icon on my phone and its painfully slow when on "3G".
I read somewhere that sprint is updating their towers for better coverage and start LTE coverage in more areas (mine included). I read on some unofficial site that they are only 23% done updating and are expected to complete the project (in my area) by the end of this year.
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Yeah maybe that's it...

Check out your LTE coverage at this site http://www.sensorly.com/map/4G/US/USA/Sprint/lte_310sprint#q=chicago, ill

rushco said:
Check out your LTE coverage at this site http://www.sensorly.com/map/4G/US/USA/Sprint/lte_310sprint#q=chicago, ill
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I zoomed out pretty far on sprint in the us and I saw no purple on the map for all of the us?
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No problem in Baltimore with 4g
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Only seems to be affecting me inside of buildings actually.

agentfazexx said:
Only seems to be affecting me inside of buildings actually.
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From what I understand, that's pretty normal.

mjs2011 said:
From what I understand, that's pretty normal.
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Not normal on my E4GT when I had it.

nemesis93 said:
I zoomed out pretty far on sprint in the us and I saw no purple on the map for all of the us?
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You probably zoomed out too far. I copied and pasted the east and west together so you can see where Sprint LTE is in 1 image.
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Not normal on my E4GT when I had it.
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not the same 4g technology
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not the same 4g technology
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I understand that. Just would have figured newer tech means better coverage. I guess not.

I was just in Baltimore all week for business and I got 4G the entire week! I was staying right near Camden Yards at a Holiday Inn Inner Harbour.

agentfazexx said:
I understand that. Just would have figured newer tech means better coverage. I guess not.
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No, they just are not finished implementing lte. Think of sprint.com/coverage as planned coverage not actual completed sites. Most areas are 30%-40% complete from what I have been reading.
http://s4gru.com has a pretty in depth and accurate tracking system
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Actually, I had done something with my MSL changing my proxy settings & when it rebooted, I looked at my network preferences & noticed it was CDMA only. I had to enable LTE before I actually started seeing LTE again in areas when I KNEW I should've had it around Dallas. Thing was, it was several days before I noticed it was CDMA only!

I'm thinking of dropping AT&T for T-mobile how is LTE coverage in L.I./NYC?

I'm thinking of dropping att for t-mobile. Any one in long island/NYC think this is a good choice? How is your LTE coverage and overall experience in New York?
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You could check the coverage maps online
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I did and according to them everything is excellent of course. I'm looking for some real world experience and advice from anyone who has switched. I may try it for a month and see. I just have 10 days or so before I can terminate my contract or else I'm stuck for 2 years.
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I did and according to them everything is excellent of course. I'm looking for some real world experience and advice from anyone who has switched. I may try it for a month and see. I just have 10 days or so before I can terminate my contract or else I'm stuck for 2 years.
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From what I hear (and have witnessed) T-Mobile is very good in many cases better than AT&T/Verizon in major cities due to site density (spacing between towers). However, outside major cities and a lot of highways between them is only 2G (Edge) or no connection at all. If you're going postpaid - AT&T does have some roaming agreements with T-Mobile that the online maps will show coverage for.

I'm with T-Mobile in Palm Beach Florida and were moving to Manhattan in two weeks, I've been enjoying 30mps LTE here no matter where I travel in the 3 counties around. I would imagine NYC and its boroughs being the epicenter of all phone releases as well as a testing and proving ground for all tech would be the best place to get premier coverage, anyway I hope that's the case. I'm only concerned about the city myself and I've been told that not only should I get the same results but they are upgrading their LTE in several cities, NY being one of them and the speeds will be bumped up to over 60mps down and over 15mps up.
I was previously with Sprint and I couldn't even get a data connection with them half the time, luckily I had great speeds in my house but just a mile away nada and that was the case all over, talking here in Palm Beach now.
One thing T-mobile told me was to keep data roaming on, this had nothing to do with spotty coverage, they were trouble shooting my daughter's iPhone 5 with me that they ended up replacing but she said there are no roaming fees and to keep roaming on for data and voice. Also no throttling on your unlimited data on the higher plan, its 10 dollars more. I get like 4.5 gigs for tethering with it but I do way more than that and I didn't want it throttled, I use a little trick so my tethering appears to be regular data usage to them. Sprint never said anything either about my astronomical data usage, I wouldn't know about the others. I probably use close to 2 hundred gigs a month tethering not counting not tethered.
This screenshot is one day of tethering usage.
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Damn. What are you doing with all that data? Downloading the Pentagon database? Lol
I wonder if they would let me test drive with a SIM for a week. I am mostly in long island but travel to the city often. I have 1 friend who had t-mobile but he didn't even know how to open his browser so.....he just said it worked ok so Idk. Everyone here is on att or Verizon so that might be a clue.
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Damn. What are you doing with all that data? Downloading the Pentagon database? Lol
I wonder if they would let me test drive with a SIM for a week. I am mostly in long island but travel to the city often. I have 1 friend who had t-mobile but he didn't even know how to open his browser so.....he just said it worked ok so Idk. Everyone here is on att or Verizon so that might be a clue.
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There are no contracts with Tmo so you can easily try it out. You would need an AWS compatible phone to try their network. What is the return period in NY for phones? CA has a 30 day return period, you should be able to test it at least a week and return the phone if it doesn't work.
I have a friend in Manhattan who has not tried T-Mobile even though I've tried to get him to. He ditched AT&T for Verizon and found it to be just as bad as AT&T in the city. Too many people he says, so LTE speeds can be pretty bad. He's going back to AT&T because they are cheaper and at least when there's no LTE he can fall back on HSPA vs EVDO.
When I was in NYC in May, I had my Nexus 4 with me and I don't remember having any issues at all. At JFK I know my BF's AT&T iPhone had unusable data, so I turned my hotspot on for him to use. I don't remember how much LTE I saw, but back in May, NYC was not an official LTE market.
You will probably find that T-Mobile also has issues, they all have a limited amount of spectrum, but at least with T-Mobile you won't be paying as much, and when you have good data you can use as much as you want.
Between San Diego and LA, I get some odd Edge only spots but most of the time I have at least HSPA+ which is usually very good, and LTE is being turned on everywhere and I can usually get 30 mbps down and 10 mbps up. Works great for me, and I use between 10-15 GB per month with no tethering.

Spent a week in LIC, traveled to Brooklyn, West Side, SoHo (LTE was in and out here), Manhattan all with no problems, had full LTE everywhere... no dropped calls or anything. Dull note, my Nexus 4 had modded radios for LTE.

I'm in port Jeff/Setauket, I gotta go like past hauppague to get LTE
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You can try tmo for14 days and still get a refund
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I've talked to a couple of people out here and they weren't too happy with the coverage and they ended up switching back to v and att. I think I will take your advice and try it for a week and see. I have till the 12th to figure it out.
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