Hey XDA,
Wondering what types of speeds you are seeing on uour GNEX on LTE in Miami. I tried one at a VZW store and it was barely going over 5Mbps... one store in one area isnt a great sample so I'm wondering what you all are seeing.
Any Miami peeps?
if i recall, i think it's around 4MB...
I would assume that Miami is a pretty crowded area LTE wise.. I wouldn't expect too much in regards to dl speed in an area where a lot of people have lte devices
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I've got upwards of 12mb bidirectionally, but haven't yet run a test with that great of an LTE signal.
In SoFla the problem for many of us is that coverage seems solid east of the turnpike and in the Kendal area, but for the large numbers of upper-middleclass people living in West Sunrise, Weston, Pembroke Pines, etc who are in the position to purchase LTE devices, not so much. Not that no one lives or works out east or in Kenal, but I find it odd that such a large market has such a massive hole.
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I was in a sprint store and the woman turned off my 4g switch and told me to not use it because we don't have 4g in my city. She said we only have 3g (crappy towers at that). Is it possible only larger cities have 4g? I've even attempted to find maps of where the 3g towers were in my city to see if I could test the connectivity but there's nothing offered. I'm honestly not sure what to do.
Check out sprint.com they have a map that overlays all there locations with 3g and 4g and what not. short answer to your question is yes. 4g is pretty limited to major US cities and even then not the whole cities. Over time they should get more coverage but we'll see how switching to lte over WiMax plays out.
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I live in the US - Raleigh NC area, they have pretty decent coverage here. But seeing as I just got my phone and Sprint about 3 weeks ago I can't talk about travel at a distance. Stormglove is right, check out sprints web site.
There are like 3 towers with wimax in the whole state of Arizona but Phoenix is the 5th largest city in the nation... Go figure
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I live in Louisville, KY. Apparently there are like 2 WiMax towers here. Connection is pretty poor though, even within range of WiMax I can get repeated connects and disconnects.
I dont get how they can even advertise 4g for Sprint. The amount of towers they currently have deployed probably dont even cover 10% of the usa i bet. Theres 1 tower in my state i beleive and its not even on the sqme island as me :-( they should advertise it as such.. "sprint, slow ass 3g and 4g thats probably not even within distance of a IBM missel" cause there 4g is a fricken joke
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I get great 4g in NYC 5MB/sec (in my house which is practically a dead zone for ALL phones >_>{LUCKY ME!!!!}) and 10MB/sec+ outside my house. hopefully LTE shows better results for the rest of sprint users. =(
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There are like 3 towers with wimax in the whole state of Arizona but Phoenix is the 5th largest city in the nation... Go figure
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Us Mexicans can't build there.. we are not allowed in Arizona... duh!
I would just test it. I live in Prescott, Arizona, and according to sprint.com there isn't a 4g tower for miles and miles. However, on average I get 3 bars of 4g n a connection speed of about 12 mbps. So I would just flip it on every now and then and see
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Well in the case of when i was in Gurnee Ill around thanksgiving they actually lost 4g.
Thanksgiving 2010 they had 4g while i was down there, Thanksgiving 2011 they no longer had 4g the week i was down there...
Strange...
i get 4g in philadelphia... although as i go about town i'd say reception is spotty at best. if i'm in a good spot 4g blazes. if i'm in a car or certain areas, it's nil.
on another note, i think wimax is more or less dead on the water? there will be no more or few towers invested in by sprint since they want to be on lte by 2013. i could be recalling this info inaccurately; also since they piggyback off clear's wimax that doesn't mean clear will cease expanding their market - but i'm not sure about any of this, so take this post as speculation.
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I would just test it. I live in Prescott, Arizona, and according to sprint.com there isn't a 4g tower for miles and miles. However, on average I get 3 bars of 4g n a connection speed of about 12 mbps. So I would just flip it on every now and then and see
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I love that area and try to get up to oak creek canyon at least 3 or 4 times a year in summer
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Just go to clear.com and check the coverage map to see tower locations for your area since sprint is using them for their 4g coverage
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Just go to clear.com and check the coverage map to see tower locations for your area since sprint is using them for their 4g coverage
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I wonder how accurate that map is, as i supposedly have 4g.
But its sparatic at best...
Although i suppose sparatic means coverage in that area.
I would consider sprint's 4g more limited in market area's meaning most major markets but not all. Im just outside nashville, tn (not a major market) and its here & have been since june of 2010 but coverage is more spotty than anything. I work in a all glass building and its up and down like a roller coaster trying to get it to stay connected vs switching to 3g. In my home it wont even connect to 4g but not a big deal to me. Personally i would have done some research to see which area's its in b/c paying $10 for premium data isnt quite getting your money's worth in a non 4g area.
To the comment about not covering more than 10 percent of the country. It is probably a lot less than that even. But, since 80 percent of our country lives in urban environments it doesn't matter.
You won't get any type of 4G when your cruising down I-70 in BFE. But, it works fine in St. Louis or Kansas City. Even on a bigger carrier you have a similar problem.
If you've been waiting to see if your 'hood would be next up for Sprint to bless with a shiny new*LTE networkwe've got some potentially good news: by mid-2012 both Kansas City (regardless of what side of the Kansas / Missouri border you happen to be on) and Baltimore will be online. Those two cities will bring the total number of Sprint LTE markets to six, as they join the previously announced Houston, Dallas, San Antonio and Atlanta. The carrier and CEO Dan Hesse refused to be any more specific about a launch date on today's earnings call, though, we can tell you the service should be launching alongside the*Galaxy Nexus,LG Viper*and a Sierra Wireless mobile hotspot capable of connecting via CDMA, WiMAX and LTE. Check out the PR after the break for more details.Show full PR textBaltimore and Kansas City Sprint Customers to Benefit from 4G LTE and 3G Enhancements in 2012Sprint adds to the list of cities to benefit from new and improved network technology by mid-year
Source: http://m.engadget.com/default/artic...markets/&category=classic&icid=eng_latest_art
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I'm excited since I live in Overland Park. That being said, I won't be enjoying the LTE too much since I have this phone. Guess I'll start saving now.
Oooooo yea!! Will get LTE at my dads business when i go to work for him
I think they should put lte networks into markets that dont have wimax yet. Hint hint Green Bay WI!
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I was a bit shocked KC wasn't announced from the start. I knew or wouldn't take long. I bet they already have lte in Overland Park so they could test the new phones. Plus, the improved cdma will be great. I have horrible signal in my neighborhood(Briarcliff). The airrave helps a lot. Tye funny thing is they mentioned KU vs MU in the press release even though we all know that the chances of playing anymore are slim. Anyways, it is a pointless rivalry. KU sucks just like Johnson County and the rest of those cake eaters. Lol
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Im in independence, mo. and my signal, 4g has always been excellent...so i hope its the same with LTE ...there r perks living close to sprint headquarters
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Baltimore fist pump .......it seems they are lighting the switch to city's that have wimax already.
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I was told a while back it was kind of going to rollout in reverse meaning markets that don't have 4g would get the LTE first then the markets with WiMax would follow. ...in New Jersey now and the 3g has been great here. I haven't tested 4g much since I have Fios in the house..edit..I would imagine the major cities would have to follow very soon after because they need that advertising money...meaning L.A. and New York probably wont be far behind. Jersey represent!
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I was told a while back it was kind of going to rollout in reverse meaning markets that don't have 4g would get the LTE first then the markets with WiMax would follow. ...in New Jersey now and the 3g has been great here. I haven't tested 4g much since I have Fios in the house..edit..I would imagine the major cities would have to follow very soon after because they need that advertising money...meaning L.A. and New York probably wont be far behind. Jersey represent!
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When Hess anounced lte first like 5 months ago when they said that they would be going to lte they would start with areas that never got wimax and what do you know sprint fuxing lies again .... no phoenix on the list ...... but all cities with wimax .... stupid back asswards sprint ...you would think when they were testing lte it was phoenix they tested in with clear ....but don't announce it as one of their first cities ...6th largest in nation always screwed
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I was told a while back it was kind of going to rollout in reverse meaning markets that don't have 4g would get the LTE first then the markets with WiMax would follow. ...in New Jersey now and the 3g has been great here. I haven't tested 4g much since I have Fios in the house..edit..I would imagine the major cities would have to follow very soon after because they need that advertising money...meaning L.A. and New York probably wont be far behind. Jersey represent!
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there's a network vision site in north jersey right now. just googled it... Branchburg, NJ. about an hour drive for me.. but i've been considering making the drive to test it.
I'm fortunate to be in an area where sprint has great coverage, and speeds are really good. I'm usually getting bandwidth test speeds of over 1 mb/s, and sometimes even crest the 2 mb/s mark in the evenings. I rarely use 4G, one because my desk is on the other side of the building from the tower, so the signal barely makes it to my desk, and at home, it isn't all that great, either. I'll be curious to see if my data speeds improve on 3G once the NV initiative hits my neck of the woods. I'm also one of the first metros listed to get LTE when it comes out, but will wait to get a compatiable device until the Galaxy Nexus hits CL/Ebay for a decent discount.
So how happy is everyone with the LTE coverage so far? I was in downtown San Antonio today and couldn't get a whiff of it anywhere. Very disappointing. I haven't gotten a chance to use it until now as I spend more time in the outskirts of the city where I don't expect coverage to be very good. It's one thing to have no coverage a few miles out from the city limits, its another to have absolutely no signal across the street from the Alamo itself.
I live in San Antonio, and outside at my work downtown I catch it every now and then. Keeping a connection is difficult, it will show 4g then time out while trying to load something, and revert to 3g.
That's pretty much everywhere around town. I've also noticed that turning data off then back on will cause 4g to reconnect. I dunno if its the hardware, the network or what.
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I live in town Atlanta, first city to go live. Live my ass. Never had a whiff of it in most any part.
Evo LTE. Biggest disappointment of a new device ever. Throttled by the very worst data speeds of any carrier, Sprint.
Got me a T-Mobile prepaid account. Speeds are 10x faster and up.
In the words of Lewis Black......
f Sprint!!!
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4G LTE? I'd be happy with 3G ...
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I've hit good spots of LTE here in the houston area. As a matter of fact, about 1 mile down the road from where I live, I've gotten speeds as fast as 35 mbps down, but usually 15-18 mbps. The sad part of this is that I have to live 1 mile from this, where I am getting only 1 bar of consistently dreadfully slow 3g signal. I would say the LTE coverage is definitely growing, and I'm probably getting an LTE signal almost half the time I drive around town. It hasn't gotten to the point I expected it to be, but not the worst.
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When will they roll out LTE in NYC? Will LTE have better service inside Manhattan buildings?
My old phone was a metro pcs esteem LTE and I had better reception inside buildings than the. NOte II
With hspa. Does anyone know what's up?
No idea though it would be one of, if not the launch market since it's easily the largest market. DC-HSPA+ has (and still does) serve me well here in NYC so I'm in no rush for LTE.
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When will they roll out LTE in NYC? Will LTE have better service inside Manhattan buildings?
My old phone was a metro pcs esteem LTE and I had better reception inside buildings than the. NOte II
With hspa. Does anyone know what's up?
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It's possible the tower site from Metro is closer than from T-Mobile.
No idea, but I'd take a guess sometime around late summer barring them finding a way to use Metro's current LTE network. NYC is a big market so it's never one of the first networks to go live just because of it's sheer size and population density. Tmo will have to set up a lot of hardware for it if they can't use Metro's
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T-Mobile openly said that most MetroPCS DAS (distributed antenna systems) mostly installed indoor in major buildings are gonna stay and get repurposed for T-Mobile's LTE/HSPA+ network, so we should be getting great indoor coverage.
Definitely not first or second, that's kc and vegas
better indoor service thats great news
guys, don't get too excited over the metroPCS towers. the merger is not complete, and apparently delayed due to some suit filed by metroPCS customers. even without the suit, mergers take a long, long time.
Probably not for a while, tmo in the tristate could easily crash their system if they introduce it too early and not work out all the bugs
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So I've been thinking to switching to TMO to save $$$. Was wondering how the coverage is in the Bay Area?
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Doesn't tmobile have a coverage map on their site ?
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Doesn't tmobile have a coverage map on their site ?
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I know their coverage area but I would still like to hear from folks that are on TMO that live in the Bay Area? Is there something funny on wanting to know that?
I live in Mountain View, work in Fremont. Usually in the San Jose area. Had AT&T before, I now like T-mobile's coverage better.
You wouldn't believe how congested AT&T's traffic is in the area until you try someone else. I now know. I even have LTE disabled (only gsm/wcdma auto) and the speed seems to be smoother and faster than AT&T LTE.
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I live in Mountain View, work in Fremont. Usually in the San Jose area. Had AT&T before, I now like T-mobile's coverage better.
You wouldn't believe how congested AT&T's traffic is in the area until you try someone else. I now know. I even have LTE disabled (only gsm/wcdma auto) and the speed seems to be smoother and faster than AT&T LTE.
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i second this
im in mountain view;
3 days ago i moved over 3 lines to tmobile from att.
1 line unlimited, 1 line 2GB and 1 line 500mb.
$100 a month.
have not looked back.
**** you AT&T
**** you.
I'm in SF, just switched from Sprint...TMO's basic 3G coverage is better/faster than Sprint's 4G LTE.
Same price, better coverage, faster speed.
I live in San Jose and work in Fremont. Have friends in Santa Clara, Campbell, Cupertino. 4g speeds is good and get them almost everywhere I go, and get LTE in some of those areas I mentioned besides Fremont. My house however has been degraded to bout 2mbps or less and still no LTE. The only bad thing about Tmobile is that building penetration in some buildings isn't great like inside Target or some lounge like Temple. Overall very happy. I had Sprint for 9 years an dont regret leaving them.
EDIT: I got my s4 today and its picking up LTE where I work (fremont) but my note 2 does not. I think with the s4s better radio you will be happy when you switch.
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I live in San Jose and work in Fremont. Have friends in Santa Clara, Campbell, Cupertino. 4g speeds is good and get them almost everywhere I go, and get LTE in some of those areas I mentioned besides Fremont. My house however has been degraded to bout 2mbps or less and still no LTE. The only bad thing about Tmobile is that building penetration in some buildings isn't great like inside Target or some lounge like Temple. Overall very happy. I had Sprint for 9 years an dont regret leaving them.
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I live in Sunnyvale and work in San Jose, i get healthy LTE coverage in both areas. I've gotten it in Mountain View, but further up the peninsula and the east bay still doesn't receive LTE. I'm getting as high as 40Mbps down at home. Absolutely no complains since my Sprint was like dial-up in comparison.
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I live in Sunnyvale and work in San Jose, i get healthy LTE coverage in both areas. I've gotten it in Mountain View, but further up the peninsula and the east bay still doesn't receive LTE. I'm getting as high as 40Mbps down at home. Absolutely no complains since my Sprint was like dial-up in comparison.
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dude, SERIOUSLY. Sprint's best-case speeds were still single-digits on LTE (here in SF, anyway). There's definitely a place for dial-up speed but they should at least give you sound effects like you're connecting over phone lines: beep, beep, booooooop, SCREEEEEEEEEEEEEECH!, beep, pop, pop, beeeeeeeeeeeeep.
Just depends where you are at in the bay. Driving along 280 heading south signal will go in and out because of the mountains. If you're near or in SF you're golden. I'm in the Penn and i typically get 4g 90% of the time. With the S4 I get much better reception then with previous phones.
This is what I would do. Port your number to t-mobile. You will have 14 days to return the device and cancel your service. Call t-mobile to confirm this just incase since they have the uncarrier plan now. You will pay for what you've used obviously. This will in turn cancel your sprint service and Sprint will charge you ETF if you're still under contract. But they give you I believe a month or I think more to come back and will give you a full refund on the ETF. You can call them to confirm this too just in case they changed their policy. Once your number is ported (took a few minutes for me) Try to go to as many places even inside buildings and see if reception is good enough for you within those 14 days. If your not happy go back to Sprint and get your ETF back. I can guarantee you though that you won't go back.
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