I think I'm being throttled!!!! - HTC EVO 3D

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Like the title says. Sprint says there's no tower work and no outages. WTF!
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it's shopped.
you can't get that good of signal with Sprint

I'm in the LA area too. Somedays, I have to update my PRL two or three times, then voila, get great speeds back.

Zoolander99 said:
I'm in the LA area too. Somedays, I have to update my PRL two or three times, then voila, get great speeds back.
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Dude, I live in Los Angeles too. Well actually I live fairly close to Los Angeles, data is so ****ty for me. I've looked at the network and keep watching all this so called upgrades done around me but service is still horrible.

I haven't seen scores that low in a long time. What PRL are you guys using? I'm close to the LA area too. Well in OC, close to Huntington Beach if your familiar w/ that area. I usually get about 1.2 meg down...

I've done plenty of profile and prl updates. I've used prl 21079 21080 21082 and the business prl. I've even flashed a different ROM and still the same.
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Been using titan HD and 11115 prl in subs of chicago and been getting 1mb+ since.
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Stop worrying about your prl, they don't change your network speed unless you're roaming.

joehunni said:
Stop worrying about your prl, they don't change your network speed unless you're roaming.
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What this guy said. All the PRL does is tell your phone which towers to use. If anything its Sprint being Sprint.

And also you aren't being throttled.
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YoMaMa7467 said:
Like the title says. Sprint says there's no tower work and no outages. WTF!
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That's everyday Sprint 3G data speeds. Get use to it.

I live in the Detroit area and I'm supposed to be in a quality coverage spot and those are the scores I get everyday. Sprint SUCKS the only reason people use sprint is price that's it.

Then I guess its sprint or this phone. You know. My sister who's got the iPhone on sprint NEVER has these issues and we live in the same area.. What gives.
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YoMaMa7467 said:
Then I guess its sprint or this phone. You know. My sister who's got the iPhone on sprint NEVER has these issues and we live in the same area.. What gives.
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So, you are telling me that your sister can be in the same room as you, run the same speed test, and get much better results?

http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=21128353&postcount=29

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http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=21128353&postcount=29
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This doesn't compensate for a dial-up 3G connection.

Here's what I usually get on 3G in North Carolina!

raptoro07 said:
Here's what I usually get on 3G in North Carolina!
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North carolina is usually better. Are you around the Charlotte area? Charlotte is awesome for Sprint.

Lol @ crying of being throttled when that's sprints normal speeds
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bloodrain954 said:
Lol @ crying of being throttled when that's sprints normal speeds
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lol. Permanently throttled.

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Epic fail

So I am on the nj side of the Hudson river. I can walk a long block and reach the water. Anyways what is a fail is I get no service but i get good 4g lol I would think both services should go hand in hand if one works.
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It does seem like it should go hand and hand but you have different components in your phone. 4g radio being one of them, it has nothing to do with the actual phone service.
My "DU4L C0R3 SH00T3R" shot you down in 3D! Screw Tupac. "A,O,S,P BACK!" >_<
It's different towers, your 4G is coming from a Clear WiMax tower, your Sprint Voice & 3G is coming from a Sprint Cell tower.
fearbasel04 said:
So I am on the nj side of the Hudson river. I can walk a long block and reach the water. Anyways what is a fail is I get no service but i get good 4g lol I would think both services should go hand in hand if one works.
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Hmm, that got me thinking. Is it possible to roam while still having a 4g signal?
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Hmm, that got me thinking. Is it possible to roam while still having a 4g signal?
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Don't see why not. Your 4g radio is a completely seperate radio, kinda like wifi.
also wimax is a higher band, meaning it will travel further distances than your 3g, but have less building penetration.
Still sucks... I would think that sprint would have upgraded or add the 4g towers aside the service ones Idk. I just hope it gets better
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fearbasel04 said:
Still sucks... I would think that sprint would have upgraded or add the 4g towers aside the service ones Idk. I just hope it gets better
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Sprint is upgrading their towers to be all-in-one (they call it "Network Vision"). I work in a Sprint store here in NYC and we have a Network Vision tower on our roof right now. According to my manager, we also have an [inactive] LTE tower as well.
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Sprint is upgrading their towers to be all-in-one (they call it "Network Vision"). I work in a Sprint store here in NYC and we have a Network Vision tower on our roof right now. According to my manager, we also have an [inactive] LTE tower as well.
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I thought we were getting that at the beginning of 2011. 2012 is right around the corner now and Sprint hasn't added many 4G locations at all....
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stanglifemike said:
I thought we were getting that at the beginning of 2011. 2012 is right around the corner now and Sprint hasn't added many 4G locations at all....
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I'll prove it to you. In the back we have the boxes for some of the equipment. I haven't got a shot of the 3G box, but here's a shot of the WiMax box:
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New prl 21083

Can u confirm other places please here is west of texas
A bit 3g improvement so far
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Got the update and updated profile. Speeds slower in Salt Lake City.
animal7296 said:
Got the update and updated profile. Speeds slower in Salt Lake City.
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No way
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Not showing up here and updating your PRL and getting better 3G and or lower 3G speeds is mostly a placebo effect.
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Not showing up here and updating your PRL and getting better 3G and or lower 3G speeds is mostly a placebo effect.
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Not always
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Not always
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Can you read? I said mostly... also on Sprint with official PRL's you cannot roam with 3G speeds, only 1x speeds which suck. PRL updates you may see better coverage but that is it, you still will not get better 3G speeds. If you think so you are drinking some awesome cool aid!
do you think this prl would enable 1x-advanced?
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do you think this prl would enable 1x-advanced?
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The only way we would have 1x advanced enabled is from a radio firmware upgrade.
Yup just got the update too
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The only way we would have 1x advanced enabled is from a radio firmware upgrade.
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Right.
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Still stuck on 21081 here in FL
Feels like it made my phone take longer to search for the best tower
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21083 in Jax Fl.
Anyone sending same text multiple times with new prl?
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God I remember what happened last time I updated my PRL. Was stuck in 1XRTT for a week. Was very gay, I'll give it a try see what happens... No way sprint would screw it up again would they? lol
Update: PRL 21083 live here in Minneapolis. Hey they didn't jack the 3G this time.
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I get full wimax signal at my house still mixed results there. I never use it here since I have wi-fi. Ran a few tests just for kicks anywhere from 2 on the low end to 6+ on the high. When it first came here use to pull 10+ everytime.
God I can't wait for wimax to go, funny there is an ad in speedtest for verizon that says want an LTE network? Yes I do. Sprints 3G is good when it actually works, it use to be the best around not so much anymore. I would be way ok with CONSISTENT speeds of 1,000+ I just want enough to run rhapsody and pandora. EVDO rev B would be a nice upgrade, I hope we see it sometime along with LTE.
I would say haven't noticed any faster speeds at home, but hopefully when I'm out and about it is a little more consistent.
21083 in Portland Oregon
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Jacksonville Florida (Local Time 10:18 EST) Phone updated to 21083 PRL . Havent ran speed tests as of yet but Im sure they are still the same slow ass speeds as they were before .
3G
DL .49Mbps
Upl .08Mbps
Thank god Sprint doesnt throttle data speeds I wouldnt have any data at all
SouthernEvo said:
Jacksonville Florida (Local Time 10:18 EST) Phone updated to 21083 PRL . Havent ran speed tests as of yet but Im sure they are still the same slow ass speeds as they were before .
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Still not getting it near Orlando here, guess I'll have to switch back to a more complete stock ROM and try
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Mikee4fun said:
PRL updates you may see better coverage but that is it, you still will not get better 3G speeds. If you think so you are drinking some awesome cool aid!
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No matter how many times you tell people this, it never registers. The placebo effect is far more powerful than logic.
I personally wasnt expecting better 3G speeds but one can hope . I spent the past week roaming in Verizon's territory (Yes I used the PRL hack for verizon towers since I was in a verizon zone anyways) OMG delicious download speeds (still drooling)

Well I just got a pleasant surprise

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Looks like Sprint has started the upgrade of the 3G signal in North Metro Atlanta area.
No change in Dunwoody
Well I'm so obsessed with the performance of this phone (flashoholicism Wow!) that I'm usually connected to my Comcast WiFi...
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My speeds in Brooklyn, NY have also gone up from about ~700mbps down to ~1.8mbps down
Need FOR SPEED #1 priority
I am rocking a screeching 10MBps (down) and 8MBps down...
Morbius_III said:
I am rocking a screeching 10MBps (down) and 8MBps down...
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Not on the sprint 3G network your not
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Lucky yall.....
Morbius_III said:
I am rocking a screeching 10MBps (down) and 8MBps down...
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I can do that too, troll.
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bloodrain954 said:
Not on the sprint 3G network your not
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No kidding. Did you forget this phone has WiMAX?
alainater said:
Lucky yall.....
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Jeebus! I'd switch carriers...
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It looks like they upgraded something good over here at the base. I'm officially happy.
No change up here in Kennesaw. My mom's up in Cartersville seems a little faster.
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alainater said:
Lucky yall.....
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If I had to guess... I'd bet its that clock of yours causing the problem lol
alainater said:
Lucky yall.....
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Damn you make my speeds look like fios
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joehunni said:
If I had to guess... I'd bet its that clock of yours causing the problem lol
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Bro don't hate on my clock!
gmfeny said:
Damn you make my speeds look like fios
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Yeah I get horrible speeds. Like all over dfw...
I'm on the og and still getting the average 3g speads in chamblee area
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My speeds pretty normal in green bay.
Sprint EVO 3D.
HW version: 002
TWRP v1.1.1
Hboot 1.4.1000
Radio: 1.06.00.1216
respectagain said:
No kidding. Did you forget this phone has WiMAX?
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Were not talking about 4G, with that arguement I have 100mbps down and 25mpbs up with my Comcast WiFi connection.
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Screw sprint. I'm flashing the 00001 prl and tethering to my desktop to sync the cyanogenmod github. Talkin no etf and here I come t mobile.
I can't stream netflix. No YouTube no Pandora. Forget even a steady enough connection to even successfully download a 90 mb ROM from my dropbox. I guess I could drive over 600 miles or so to some amazingly over rated 4G/wimax. T-mo gets consistant 2.5.to 3.5 mbs on the hspa+ network sitting 4 inches from my evo3d I value my time. Maybe when Verizon kills sprint off ill try some cdma again. But I am so sick of having a 4G phone with a sub 56k connection that was slow in 2000.
Sprint can kiss my ass.
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mikedavis120 said:
Screw sprint. I'm flashing the 00001 prl and tethering to my desktop to sync the cyanogenmod github. Talkin no etf and here I come t mobile.
I can't stream netflix. No YouTube no Pandora. Forget even a steady enough connection to even successfully download a 90 mb ROM from my dropbox. I guess I could drive over 600 miles or so to some amazingly over rated 4G/wimax. T-mo gets consistant 2.5.to 3.5 mbs on the hspa+ network sitting 4 inches from my evo3d I value my time. Maybe when Verizon kills sprint off ill try some cdma again. But I am so sick of having a 4G phone with a sub 56k connection that was slow in 2000.
Sprint can kiss my ass.
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Im thinking about doing the same... Who cares about a 2gig limit if i can never get to it... I had tmobile when it was 5gig and the one time I did get throttled it was slow but not as slow as 12kbps like I get now with sprint... I've called dozens of times and they all say the same thing...
"No towers are showing any problems data wise... let's set up a eticket and have the device checked out..."
Go to the sprint service center... Guy looks at my phone and checks a few things out...
"No problems here"
I tell him to run a speed test (in a sprint store) and I pull 150kbps...
Now I have WiFi at home and have to use it to watch/stream anything... But why in the fack am I paying for "premium data"?
Hello roaming!
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LTE up in Atlanta

Just saw my icon switch to 4G and ran a quick speedtest. About 12 meg down and 10 meg up. 39ms latency. Woohoo.
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cahiatt said:
Just saw my icon switch to 4G and ran a quick speedtest. About 12 meg down and 10 meg up. 39ms latency. Woohoo.
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shook187 said:
this thread is worthless without pics
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There are some live sites in Atlanta. http://s4gru.com/index.php?/topic/1001-atlanta-ga-lte-live/
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That was another test.
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Lucky bastard. That ping is also beautiful.
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What part of atlanta were you in?
More like I am an unlucky bastard. I picked up that signal about three miles from my house on a different tower. Back to 3g at home.
I am in Smyrna. I picked up the 4G signal at Griffin Middle School.
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Bummer, I'm 2.5 miles from a LTE tower and am getting no connection.
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This gives me hope that lte will come soon
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Awesome. Thanks for the information.
Cmon, Boston
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Just an update on LTE in Atlanta. I am still not getting LTE in Buckhead/Midtown area of Atlanta. I will hopefully get to check out the LTE tomorrow as I will be in the Smyrna area.
Even though there are only certain towers on right now for LTE in the Atlanta area, if many of you check your Network settings, you guys should be on CDMA-eHRPD instead of EVDOrA. I have been on it since I got the phone. Everywhere I've traveled from Duluth to Kennessaw to Snellville.
cahiatt said:
More like I am an unlucky bastard. I picked up that signal about three miles from my house on a different tower. Back to 3g at home.
I am in Smyrna. I picked up the 4G signal at Griffin Middle School.
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Smyrna, TN is in the next round
btw, your city makes google searches in my city more complicated sometimes..
Sweet! Hopefully a couple more will go up by the time I get the phone..
Cordy said:
Even though there are only certain towers on right now for LTE in the Atlanta area, if many of you check your Network settings, you guys should be on CDMA-eHRPD instead of EVDOrA. I have been on it since I got the phone. Everywhere I've traveled from Duluth to Kennessaw to Snellville.
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Switch your network mode to CDMA only and you'll be on EVDO Rev A.
How's the speed and reception indoors?
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This is def good news and an fu to all the ppl who knocked us for getting a phone without a LTE network...I dont see how its any different than how any other carrier deployed 4g.
Hurry up Dallas!
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Sprint is upgrading my area I guess

Has anybody experienced a sudden change in their 3g speed as well? Look what I am getting.....daaaamn
Am I being network vision-ified????
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flex360 said:
Has anybody experienced a sudden change in their 3g speed as well? Look what I am getting.....daaaamn
Am I being network vision-ified????
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Same here look at the new 3g coverage map
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where can i find that map?
Definitely feeling the drag....
I live in Atlanta and Its been having a lot of ups and downs for a while here. but now i've got the new EVO 4g LTE and I am just assuming its because the 3g is getting raped all over the place because they havent launched the LTE network and so everyone(including myself) has to use the hell out of it until they get the new network up and running. I've heard it should be "really really really really really soon." quoting the sprint rep the other day
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where can i find that map?
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http://coverage.sprint.com/IMPACT.jsp?nobrand&covType=wimaxdual&serviceType=data
TW1L1GHT_K1N6 said:
I live in Atlanta and Its been having a lot of ups and downs for a while here. but now i've got the new EVO 4g LTE and I am just assuming its because the 3g is getting raped all over the place because they havent launched the LTE network and so everyone(including myself) has to use the hell out of it until they get the new network up and running. I've heard it should be "really really really really really soon." quoting the sprint rep the other day
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You should try updating your profile.. that's what I did now everything is better. With one bar 3g I'm well over 800kbps
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Same here look at the new 3g coverage map
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The "new" 3G map looks like the old 3G map for my area..it says I'm fully covered for 3G but my data speeds suck.....
go to this site to see improvements in your area
https://network.sprint.com/
What does your mobile network type say in about-network? Evdo a or eHRRP?
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DarkManX4lf said:
The "new" 3G map looks like the old 3G map for my area..it says I'm fully covered for 3G but my data speeds suck.....
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Mine says the same but now off one bar I'm doing about 1200kbps keeps going up
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Has anybody experienced a sudden change in their 3g speed as well? Look what I am getting.....daaaamn
Am I being network vision-ified????
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I will get those speeds either late at night or early in the morning. Any time during the day when people are actually using data and im around 300kb. Do another test and see what you get.
I use to have 19 upgrades to be now I have 15 yay LTE is almost complete
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We just had updates in central Wisconsin a month or two ago and my data went from about 200k to about 2.2Mbps overnight. My evo lte connects perfectly to the new tower hardware, but is slow (100-150) on the older towers. Oddly, we also now have wimax in the woods near the upgraded tower, but it doesn't show on sprints map.
According to the local techs I know, the hardware throughout northern Wisconsin is about 50% complete and late should be set to go in all current 3g areas of the state by December...but that implied sprint just flips the switch the moment they can.
Either way, my findings are evo with new tower, great...with old tower slightly worse than my nexus.
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