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Same happened to me yesterday... 1.6m got all excited thinking it improved.. until I got home... It usually ranges from 20-60k to 200k... If it good it can go to 300-400k
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For me the BEST during the day maybe 300 or 250 dl and about the same for upload. Makes me really sad the only limitation this phone really has is the network.
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For me the BEST during the day maybe 300 or 250 dl and about the same for upload. Makes me really sad the only limitation this phone really has is the network.
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No kidding, man. I can't say I have ever seen my phone above 400K on 3G before.... Kinda blows, really. Sprint is all concerned with taking away perks, the least they could do with that extra money is improve their terrible network. I remember in '09, sprint was way better than this.
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No kidding, man. I can't say I have ever seen my phone above 400K on 3G before.... Kinda blows, really. Sprint is all concerned with taking away perks, the least they could do with that extra money is improve their terrible network. I remember in '09, sprint was way better than this.
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Seriously...Can't even use the so called unlimited data when speeds are obnoxiously slow. It's like promising an all you can eat buffet but with minimal food. To give Sprint credit though, the 3G speeds in Philadelphia were awesome. I also got a taste of what WiMax had to offer and was impressed with 11mbps.
If they promised faster speeds with the condition of reducing unlimited to say 5GB a month, I'd be ecstatic. Anything to even match the speeds Verizon or any of the GSM carriers get.
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No kidding, man. I can't say I have ever seen my phone above 400K on 3G before.... Kinda blows, really. Sprint is all concerned with taking away perks, the least they could do with that extra money is improve their terrible network. I remember in '09, sprint was way better than this.
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Unfortunately, Sprint is over $5 billion in debt. The merger with Nextel and lack of iPhone were a disaster. A big outside investor like Dish Network, Google, etc. should buy out Sprint/Clearwire and build out their networks.
In india the max speed reached on my 3g was 5017kbps and generally i get around 3170kbps
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Unfortunately, Sprint is over $5 billion in debt. The merger with Nextel and lack of iPhone were a disaster. A big outside investor like Dish Network, Google, etc. should buy out Sprint/Clearwire and build out their networks.
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Maybe but something needs to happen fairly soon or I may just end up switching to big red even at their very high costs.
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im actually seeing my speeds consistently around 800-1400kbps DL for over a month now, I used to use verizon PRL's because i would never see much better than 600kbps, But now im on 21083 that came with my 3d... it seems like they really are doing something with 3G, at least around here..
i have a feeling its gonna get better . only way i leave sprint is if they dead unlimited data
Greetings from Denmark
Sorry to see such crappy speeds
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Same here....first time ever seeing speeds like this....
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It's my birthday this Thursday and I am considering using any money I get to go towards getting a Thunderbolt from either eBay or Craigslist. I love my Fascinate and all, and the devs working on this phone have been fantastic and almost everything they have released has been gold, but Samsung's lack of support for this device and HTC's promise of Gingerbread for the T-Bolt by the end of June (fingers crossed) are heavily influencing my decision. Also, we are going on vacation in Orlando in a little over a month and I want to test the 4G there (According to the VZW site, there is 4G in the Detroit Metro area, but I am not close enough to receive it. They are, however, planning on rolling it out in more cities across Michigan over the course of 2011. We'll see how well that pans out). Should I switch?
P.S. Battery life is a concern too, which has been pretty good on my Fascinate, but not the best since I'm a pretty heavy user throughout the day. But I'm willing to set my phone down more often if it means having a more badass phone
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It's my birthday this Thursday and I am considering using any money I get to go towards getting a Thunderbolt from either eBay or Craigslist. I love my Fascinate and all, and the devs working on this phone have been fantastic and almost everything they have released has been gold, but Samsung's lack of support for this device and HTC's promise of Gingerbread for the T-Bolt by the end of June (fingers crossed) are heavily influencing my decision. Also, we are going on vacation in Orlando in a little over a month and I want to test the 4G there (According to the VZW site, there is 4G in the Detroit Metro area, but I am not close enough to receive it. They are, however, planning on rolling it out in more cities across Michigan over the course of 2011. We'll see how well that pans out). Should I switch?
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There isn't 4g in Detroit Metro, It's in part of Macomb and Oakland counties. Also in and around Ann Arbor. Detroit is supposed to get it by the end of the year.
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Well this belongs in Q&A
There isn't 4g in Detroit Metro, It's in part of Macomb and Oakland counties. Also in and around Ann Arbor. Detroit is supposed to get it by the end of the year.
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Oops. Sorry.
Here's what the site is showing me in terms of coverage (I'm where the pin is, right on the river bordering Canada. Red = 3G, dark red = 4G):
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Had a friend that bought a thunderbolt. The battery life is horrible bc of the 4g. I watched his battery go from full to dead in 4 hrs. I was upset with the samsung and vz support until I finally got the nerve to use the dev's software and now there is not a phone on the market now that I would switch to. Maybe when one of the dual cores comes out.
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It would be a very bad idea at this point imo. Save your money and wait for the sgs 2.
thefunkbot said:
It would be a very bad idea at this point imo. Save your money and wait for the sgs 2.
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+1. TBolt is toy phone compare to sga ii
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Yeah, I was thinking about waiting for the dual-core phones to come out, but I figured I would just do the same thing I'm doing now and just sell the T-Bolt and get one of those when the time comes, seeing as how almost all of my somewhat small income is disposable (I'll be a college freshman this August and my mom is paying my tuition).
I've been reading around the Thunderbolt forums here on XDA and while I know the battery life is pretty terrible, there are undervolted/overclocked kernels available that are supposed to help solve this problem. Plus, I already have a Micro-USB car charger so it shouldn't be that much of an issue.
Would the Samsung Charge be a good option too? The Incredible 2 looks pretty cool too, but it's not a 4G phone as far as I know.
Nobody has mentioned the unlimited 4G/LTE you'd get from picking up the Thunderbolt now. That alone is worth it imo.
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Nobody has mentioned the unlimited 4G/LTE you'd get from picking up the Thunderbolt now. That alone is worth it imo.
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Just about the only reason I would switch. Having that unlimited data on 4g would take the cake over hardware at the moment.
But If you aren't concerned wait for VZW iteration of the Galaxy S II. It will be well worth the wait.
Holy crap, I forgot about unlimited 4G. I'm definitely going to now lol. I think the Thunderbolt will be fast enough to not warrant a new phone for a while
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http://m.afterdawn.com/article.cfm/2012/04/04/sprint_confirms_4g_lte_will_be_unlimited
Woohoo
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I should hope so. They charge you $10 a month extra now for data.
I agree. We got boned hard with crappy WiMax. 3G has been awful lately. We need a break.
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I agree. We got boned hard with crappy WiMax. 3G has been awful lately. We need a break.
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Same thing here in NJ.
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Same thing here in NJ.
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Ever since sprint got the iPhone, bandwidth has gone to crap. It's that simple. That's why they didn't get the iPad.. already strained 3g network.
"Why Sprint Got Shut Out of Apple’s iPad Party"
http://mashable.com/2012/03/08/why-no-sprint-ipad/
So lte phones will be out soon, but when will we have lte service?
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unlimited, on a limited network. Look how much 4g verizon,att has. I believe sprint has the smallest footprint when it comes to 4g. I know I'll probably never see it in West Virginia.
I use to have 5 lines with Sprint on their everything family plan. I've winded down to 2 and in May it'll be 0. Their data's slow, in DC. To load Google Maps to find a place near you took a couple of minutes. It was embarrassing.
Sprint - 2 Smartphone lines, $150 (unlimited data)
ATT - 2 smartphone lines, $150 (3gb data)
VZ - 2 smartphone lines, $150 (4gb data)
All our texts go via Google Voice for over a year now....
Honestly, when I hear unlimited, I'm really hearing "slow."
Why does everyone hate sprints data? Its always been AMAZING for me, 3G is always atleast 1mbps can sometimea get up around 1.8, I have 4g in my home town and ive gotten it in quite a few other states for example mississippi, missouri, etc.. I usually get around 8-10 mbps on 4g nd I knoe thats not up to speed with lte but thats more than ill ever need haha besides ive used their network to download over 15gbs of movies in the same week before and that really puts their unlimited plan to use!
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Most people get way less than that
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I made sure to point out that graduated it's in DC... The voice calls are always greater, but data.... that's another story.
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are they going to charge $10 "premium" data?
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are they going to charge $10 "premium" data?
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They already do, the 10$ premium data is for all smartphones with or without 4G capabilities... Here ya go...
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They already do, the 10$ premium data is for all smartphones with or without 4G capabilities... Here ya go...
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I know that they already do, when I signed up for them they told me that this fee was because of the 4G connectivity. So now I am wondering if this is going to be charged when you use an LTE phone?
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I know that they already do, when I signed up for them they told me that this fee was because of the 4G connectivity. So now I am wondering if this is going to be charged when you use an LTE phone?
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changed from a 4g fee to a smartphone fee ages ago...so if your LTE phone is a smartphone (always will be) $10 you pay yes?
Charles Barkley shows off our phone at half time tonight during the playoffs.
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nice- hopefully someone will find a video.. i wanna see..
horrible and awkward. they kept calling it the EVO LITE
I was at a restaurant when this happened. One of the people I was there with was inspecting my phone when it happened, and thought it was funny that Sir Barkley had one, too.
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horrible and awkward. they kept calling it the EVO LITE
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Kenny Smith was calling it a EVO lite because he said the network is too slow. He called Hesse out about it on the air last week. Sprint sponsors the show.....
Wow if that's true, then that's got to be embarrassing for Sprint. Their 3G network is slow compared to everyone else. Maybe it will be a wake up call for Sprint? *crossing fingers*
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LOL...Barkley commented last week about how slow Sprint's network is. Dan H. gave him a EvoLTE which he had to show on the set (my guess as punishment for making that remark on the show that Sprint sponsors). Aside from calling it a Evo Lite for the entire one minute segment, Kenny Smith went on to say "well their network is slow so maybe Dan will give me one too". I can see the face palms now. Would love to be a fly on the wall and hear those calls to the show's producers.
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Wow if that's true, then that's got to be embarrassing for Sprint. Their 3G network is slow compared to everyone else. Maybe it will be a wake up call for Sprint? *crossing fingers*
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Nope I don't think Sprint will take a hint.... Lol
Lay off Sprint, this is all part of network vision.
I think the most shocking thing here is that Charles Barkley would actually be using Sprint at this time. Has he lost all his money?
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I think the most shocking thing here is that Charles Barkley would actually be using Sprint at this time. Has he lost all his money?
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I must guess that he has devices on multiple carriers and possibly a Sprint line that is about 16 years old. The "PCS" network was formed about the same time he won his second Olympic gold medal. Maybe he is like many of us- a long time Sprint PCS user that is giving the company a swift kick in the butt publicly like many of us do here (semi)privately. I think it is fairly hilarious in any case.
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I must guess that he has devices on multiple carriers and possibly a Sprint line that is about 16 years old. The "PCS" network was formed about the same time he won his second Olympic gold medal. Maybe he is like many of us- a long time Sprint PCS user that is giving the company a swift kick in the butt publicly like many of us do here (semi)privately. I think it is fairly hilarious in any case.
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Well if Charles Barkley has been with them for 16 years, he must be pretty pissed they removed the Premier program! I sure was and then I gave Sprint and kick in the butt and went to Verizon.
Maybe Charles gets free phones from them so he decided to stick around. That would have been the only reason I would have stuck around.
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Well if Charles Barkley has been with them for 16 years, he must be pretty pissed they removed the Premier program! I sure was and then I gave Sprint and kick in the butt and went to Verizon.
Maybe Charles gets free phones from them so he decided to stick around. That would have been the only reason I would have stuck around.
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I hear you. I had to get a VZW Xoom with data and just run wifi tether to my phone when I need the nations "fastest, most reliable network."
For me it costs less to have 4 lines on sprint and a data line on verizon than just the 4 lines on verizon. I essentially get a free 5gig data line out of the setup. Works well for me.
Nothing like going ot in a Charles Barkley thread. lol
Reason 87654 why Sir Charles is the greatest Athlete to ever walk the face of the Earth!
Charles Barkley uses Sprint because AT&T wanted him to pay a $500 deposit to start an account.
Sir Charles was having exactly none of that.
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The truth is always the funniest part. Thanks for my laugh for the day.
So I went to Mexico last week to Cancun for vacations and wifi suck in my room I gave up and use over 100mb on international roaming (Facebook pull a lot data)
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That will come up to over 400$ plus in one month plus the current charges, anyways I called them today to see if they can add international charges, (I also said that I had ask for it before leaving to Mexico) and they actually help me with 325$ so I ma pay 75$ extra which ain't great but better then nothing, just want to give the heads up in case anyone else gets in this kind of trouble
Next time I'm just gonna take my unlocked iPhone and get a sim card for it over there, I wish the evo could be use with SIM tho
UPDATE
here is a pic they fixed 75$ definitely worth from what I used but ill be smart next time about it
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Yeah, always use local services. In't roaming on every carrier worldwide is nuts.
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This is standard with nearly all carriers. You should have checked the rates before you turned on mobile data. I'm glad they cut you some slack on the price, but to be honest this isn't "screwed up", you should have known better.
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This is standard with nearly all carriers. You should have checked the rates before you turned on mobile data. I'm glad they cut you some slack on the price, but to be honest this isn't "screwed up", you should have known better.
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+1
Consumer advocate Clark Howard always recommends getting a prepaid cell when heading out of the country, more specifically a GSM prepaid phone.
Truth I screwed up but I learn my lessons I just never had problems with WiFi in the past when I had travel
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Truth I screwed up but I learn my lessons I just never had problems with WiFi in the past when I had travel
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Don't feel bad I did this once in the navy lol was stupid expensive
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Using your phone on vacation? And FB? Not much of a vacation.
One of the best weeks of my life was a vacation to Mexico where I left my phone off in the suitcase for 5 days. No phone. No computer. Nothing. It was the best.
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Using your phone on vacation? And FB? Not much of a vacation.
One of the best weeks of my life was a vacation to Mexico where I left my phone off in the suitcase for 5 days. No phone. No computer. Nothing. It was the best.
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Well I didn't really use Facebook is just that it pulls a lot background data I log out half of the week after it already had pull 35mb, but other then that idk how I used that much
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Seems like a good time to not renew with big red
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There are alot of apps that block content, or just plain dont work on rooted devices. Really the only diff is vzw's tells you why and how to fix. It's funny listening to all the "leave vzw" remarks; awesome coverage, speed, and great CS, yeah who wants to keep all that. I've found that as long as i pay my bill ontime, i have had zero issues with them, including 3 phone replacements, two of which were returned modified, not even a whisper from them about it.
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There are alot of apps that block content, or just plain dont work on rooted devices. Really the only diff is vzw's tells you why and how to fix. It's funny listening to all the "leave vzw" remarks; awesome coverage, speed, and great CS, yeah who wants to keep all that. I've found that as long as i pay my bill ontime, i have had zero issues with them, including 3 phone replacements, two of which were returned modified, not even a whisper from them about it.
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lol yea, and you pay for all that hype too.
i get the same great coverage, some times better, on FI, and my bill is $50 less a month, including a new phone on payment plan.
im not denying vzw has good service or data, had them for a verrrry long time. just no point in throwing money away any more, when there not the only good game in town.
That may be true where you live, or cities, but vzw covers rural as good or better then others, and i dont begrudge the cost for coverage. Not sure how well if at all FI would work in seOK.
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That may be true where you live, or cities, but vzw covers rural as good or better then others, and i dont begrudge the cost for coverage. Not sure how well if at all FI would work in seOK.
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i live about 30min outside of the city and it works fine, work in i a big city, where it works better than vzw. the building penetration isnt even comparable, its so much better.
there are maps that will show you coverage, and it would actually cost you less than $10 to try it with a device for a week to see how it works.
im not trying to convince you to switch, just throwing out some facts. i dont agree with the rationale of ill keep paying more because i dont want to see if there is anything as good for less.
...but its your money, and just my opinion.
But, my Verizon G3, vs985, is not Project Fi compatible, is it ? So I cannot switch to Fi, with my Verizon phone, which is the topical phone of this sub-board, right ?
I can, though, with my Nexus 6.
Just get it clear in your head that until Verizon starts thinking their draconian lock-down policies are actually hurting their bottom line, they will just keep tightening the screws on their customers.
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But, my Verizon G3, vs985, is not Project Fi compatible, is it ? So I cannot switch to Fi, with my Verizon phone, which is the topical phone of this sub-board, right ?
I can, though, with my Nexus 6.
Just get it clear in your head that until Verizon starts thinking their draconian lock-down policies are actually hurting their bottom line, they will just keep tightening the screws on their customers.
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i save the equivalent of 3 new phones every 2 years since switching, so yea, its real inconvenient i cant use any of the vzw phones i have.
I saw that too with my G3. What I did was to install it on my Nexus 9 tablet and tether my phone to it. Its nice to kill time on the train ride home.
Chris