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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.
1. Bayonne nj 07002 problems since nov..http://i43.photobucket.com/albums/e373/skillzo1/snap20110202_202416.png

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.
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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.

skillzo1 said:
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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glaex said:
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
bytes = B

Significant data speed increase over the last week

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

Tampa area
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i heard sprint has been doing alot of tower upgrades. maybe the work is complete now.

fixxxer2008 said:
i heard sprint has been doing alot of tower upgrades. maybe the work is complete now.
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Hopefully
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fixxxer2008 said:
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.

codyboi18 said:
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
swyped from my cyanogenized and gingerbreaded EVO

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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!

Fix the 3G, Sprint. - fixthe3gsprint.tumblr.com

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http://fixthe3gsprint.tumblr.com/
http://fixthe3gsprint.tumblr.com/submit/
Submit your 3G speed test results:
1.) Download the Speedtest.net app
2.) Turn your Wi-Fi off
3.) Launch the app and press Begin Test
4.) Take a screen capture of the Results page
5.) Attach it using the Choose File button
6.) Type your Area Code or City in the text box
7.) Click Submit
Sprint’s advertised 3G speeds are: 600kbps to 1400kbps (1.4mbps)
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"I thought I messed up my phone a few days ago, and have been trying EVERYTHING to fix it! (Countless nandroids back to Sense from CM7; to update PRL & Profile...)
And it turns out it's because of the massive amount of new iPhone users on Sprint's already slow/over-stuffed network!
If you are also affected, please post your Speedtest.net pic on there and let's hope Sprint hears us!"
http://fixthe3gsprint.tumblr.com/
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zmag said:
And it turns out it's because of the massive amount of new iPhone users on Sprint's already slow/over-stuffed network!
If you are also affected, please post your Speedtest.net pic on there and let's hope Sprint hears us!"
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You must not like iPhones... Sprint's 3G speeds have been getting progressively worse over the past year and I'd say it probably due to free smartphone promos (e.g., free Evos through Radio Shack--I know three people that got them for free) than iPhones. Sprint knows about it and is doing something about it. I don't remember where I read the article (I just googled it and unfortunately couldn't find it) where it states that Sprint is improving their infrastructure. I flashed back to Froyo because I thought that might be the problem and my speeds did increase for a while and then dropped back. Just be patient.

Mays Landing NJ 08330

Philadelphia, PA

Here's my "normal" speeds... I was getting faster speeds on dial-up back in 1995. This has happened in my area since last November. Before that, I could easily pull 2mbps all day and all night.
Everyone else with this problem, do your speeds increase late night/early morning? Between about 2am and 6am, I can pull about 1.3mbps, but during the day or any other time, I can NEVER get above 100kbps. Obviously this shows that the towers are just overloaded, and not broken, as Sprint keeps claiming.

Just did this test, also using 3g turbocharger script

Here is a nice 4g screenshot

302 Newark, DE
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Everyone has a "Smartphone" now. It was nice when Sprint didn't have alot of customers. There network is slammed right now, same as what happened with ATT. Just wait until you wont be able to connect.. Have you ever been to a car race with over 100k people. Good luck on getting a connection.
Ping 141 DL-1342 UL-706

my 4g is pretty solid a good 6mbps on average but 3g has gone in the ****ter lately i used to pull 1.2-1.5mbps 3g like it was my day job now im getting between .4 and .6. ill upload pics tomorrow for i am far to lazy to do it now haha

Maricopa, az. Arizona is the ARM pit of cellular signals. Hot ****ty and mostly stunks
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I've been getting decent downloads early am 2_4 but during the day...screeching hault I just did a test at 0.08 mb down
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Im using 3g Turbo charger and in Atl. Don't have screen right now but just ran test and got 1.8mb dl and 686 k upload

Well its either sprint or just more iPhone suckage cause my bro in law got sprint iPhone and speed tests side by side I'd get .24mbps and he'd get .02 averages. Kinda funny and kinda sad at same time. But guess its a wide spread thing per sprint community page.
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Sorry to hear you are having 3G issues. My 3G shot up about a month ago from about 0.3m to more than 1.0m. I have never had anything below 0.1m unless I was roaming on Verizon. Now I'm pretty much above 1.0m with occasional slow downs, but still over 0.3m when slow.

Xerexis said:
Maricopa, az. Arizona is the ARM pit of cellular signals. Hot ****ty and mostly stunks
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Isn't your county the one with "America's toughest sheriff" or something? The name sounds familiar and recent on TV.
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New York City - Manhattan, speeds are better. Zip 10017.
In Queens, much worse.
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I live in California san Diego, I work all around san Diego speed are vary in certain places and not all the time they are bad.
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WI
Typical <1Mbs. Upload speeds are usually faster than download.

I have had crapy 3G speeds ever since I switched to the hero just after it came out. Before that with my touch pro I would get 1.5 Mbps easy all day and night.
The iPhone is not going to slow down the network anymore than any android phone.
Sprints data sucks!!!!!!

Pathetic 3G performance

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.

Site doesn't work.
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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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Did something happen to 4G service?

It is much better than it was in the past few months. What's going on?
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Pretty much the same for me: average (NYC area). CM10/LF2 Crespo modem. These speed tests were run in early AM on a weekend morning , with different servers used so are pretty much the ceiling of what I am getting in my area. I fully expect to drop to sub-2 MBPS d/l in the afternoon. I really hope that Sprint proves me wrong once LTE goes live, but this is bottom-of-the-barrel slow when it comes to 4G.

Yeah, I hope it changes for you and everyone else. I was thinking about changing to crespo myself but since the fc09 is not doing so but I decided to stay with it.

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Pretty much the same for me: average (NYC area). CM10/LF2 Crespo modem. These speed tests were run in early AM on a weekend morning , with different servers used so are pretty much the ceiling of what I am getting in my area. I fully expect to drop to sub-2 MBPS d/l in the afternoon. I really hope that Sprint proves me wrong once LTE goes live, but this is bottom-of-the-barrel slow when it comes to 4G.
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Lmao I live in nyc and my speeds easily get 6+ mbps on WiMax...I'm running FC09 modem tho so that might have something to do with it.
3g is stilll a joke tho
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Just ran numerous tests...4g appears to be capped at 3.50 mbps meanwhile I got almost 2 mbps on 3g with only ~80-90 ping...
Me smells network vision in nyc! Wish I had lte to test it...3g was never this good, I've been running 4g since day 1 because the random times I had to use 3g it wasn't worth it.it would barely hit half a mb with almost 200ping...but today lol that's pretty crazy. This is the htc hero 3g speeds/ping!
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A_Flying_Fox said:
Lmao I live in nyc and my speeds easily get 6+ mbps on WiMax...I'm running FC09 modem tho so that might have something to do with it.
3g is stilll a joke tho
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Just ran numerous tests...4g appears to be capped at 3.50 mbps meanwhile I got almost 2 mbps on 3g with only ~80-90 ping...
Me smells network vision in nyc! Wish I had lte to test it...3g was never this good, I've been running 4g since day 1 because the random times I had to use 3g it wasn't worth it.it would barely hit half a mb with almost 200ping...but today lol that's pretty crazy. This is the htc hero 3g speeds/ping!
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4G likely depends on the area where you are (proximity to towers, saturation, indoor vs. outdoor etc). In a few places in Manhattan, I could pull as 7-8 mbps; generally, 1.5-3 mbps is the norm - when you can get it. Indoors, can hardly ever connect to WiMax and it frequently drops when I do. I hope NV LTE coverage will at least attempt to approach VZW LTE. Wife's Verizon SIII nearly never drops connection to LTE...
3g indeed seems to have improved. Today I pulled 2.2-2.0 MBPs down on 3g in an area where in the past I could not get more than 1.2 tops... don't know whether to attribute it to Network Vision (which would be a great thing) vs. Crespo modem speed improvement. I also think it's Network Vision as I hadn't noticed a huge speed improvement with Crespo vs FC09 in the past (only moderate).