Signal Strength - Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE

Ok so I'm well aware Sprint is executing Network Vision, not sure if it's being done in my area yet. However, my complaint is regarding the signal on my HTC EVO LTE. I previously had an E4GT where I would get 2-3 bars in the same place my ELTE only gets 1 or none. Anyone experiencing bad signal with this phone? It's mainly where sprint signal is already bad but I would think the ELTE should get better signal than my E4GT did! For instance I can sit next to a window inside of a building (not all) but a couple and I will have ZERO signal! Thanks for any input on the matter!
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niv3d said:
Ok so I'm well aware Sprint is executing Network Vision, not sure if it's being done in my area yet. However, my complaint is regarding the signal on my HTC EVO LTE. I previously had an E4GT where I would get 2-3 bars in the same place my ELTE only gets 1 or none. Anyone experiencing bad signal with this phone? It's mainly where sprint signal is already bad but I would think the ELTE should get better signal than my E4GT did! For instance I can sit next to a window inside of a building (not all) but a couple and I will have ZERO signal! Thanks for any input on the matter!
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Winter Haven, ey? Can't say I've had signal issues there with my EVO 3D, but I haven't yet been down there with my EVO 4G LTE. I know here in Orlando and Apopka, I usually have a constant 4-5 bars, except when I'm in my house in Apopka.

eXplicit815 said:
Winter Haven, ey? Can't say I've had signal issues there with my EVO 3D, but I haven't yet been down there with my EVO 4G LTE. I know here in Orlando and Apopka, I usually have a constant 4-5 bars, except when I'm in my house in Apopka.
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Must be nice bro! The tower I connect to by my house hasn't worked since October 2011. Yep. Awful!
I am getting .01-.20Mbs download and have been for the past month maybe more all over my area. My tower has been the worst! It is so frustrating!
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niv3d said:
Must be nice bro! The tower I connect to by my house hasn't worked since October 2011. Yep. Awful!
I am getting .01-.20Mbs download and have been for the past month maybe more all over my area. My tower has been the worst! It is so frustrating!
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Have you called Sprint? Sometimes, they'll send a technician to your house to test your signal.

eXplicit815 said:
Have you called Sprint? Sometimes, they'll send a technician to your house to test your signal.
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So many times I'm surprised they haven't terminated me becsuse they aren't able to "satisfy my carrier needs". Someone was kicked for that! I read about that awhile back though. I cannot explain how many times I've called, how many tickets I've had open, supervisors I've spoken to, including a couple engineers. Its nuts!
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So many times I'm surprised they haven't terminated me becsuse they aren't able to "satisfy my carrier needs". Someone was kicked for that! I read about that awhile back though. I cannot explain how many times I've called, how many tickets I've had open, supervisors I've spoken to, including a couple engineers. Its nuts!
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Damn, maybe move closer to Central Florida and be a boss?

Lol! I just want a decent signal! I used the 0001.prl the other day and WOW! How consistent and stable and fast speeds!
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People in elgin il anyone got to test the lte

Qbking77 posted that lte was on on june 18 i live about 25 mins fromelgon i didnt get to play with it but from what it seems chicago will be getting lte pretty soon
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Here's the video if you didn't see it:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L3SjQ7f_NEI
Thanks qbking77 i dont live to far from there hope chicago gets lte soon
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I remember working in Philly when the EVO 4G launched on the WiMAX network and when signal was stable it was impressive (compared to 3G anyway). I cannot wait.
I picked up a 4G signal briefly in Huntley,IL. (not too far from Huntley) I was driving and streaming pandora.
I did not get to do a speed test, but I did do a screen shot. Signal was gone as fast as it came on.
https://www.dropbox.com/s/piau3krj2waid43/2012-06-19%2011.19.26.png
I was in huntley (just north of 90 on 47) last saturday, and no lte. This must be very recent.
I hope we start getting it within the next month or so. I'm pretty tired of these terrible 3G speeds.
I'm from Rockford illinois and we officially have no lte yet but i was told we will soon . Not holding my breath on that one:/.
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Nothing in Crystal Lake
dman918 said:
Nothing in Crystal Lake
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Same in Joliet nothing ,and my text not coming in inside my house.
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For anyone interested
Speeds look like straight trash... But then again its still an unfinished network.
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Speeds look like straight trash... But then again its still an unfinished network.
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Yeah exactly.. my guess is they were still just testing it
No LTE from West Chicago to Lombard
My EVO is getting lonely without his friend LTE!
If we look at sprint track record these could actually be the speeds. There slow in about every network 3g or 4g wimax when compared to the others. The 3g I's slower than some pre paid tracphones i done seen surf the internet my goddness. I had to tuck my evo in my pocket when someone asked me to look up something it took a while so i just said my battery died and everyone said i thought you're phone last all day .My friend trac phone looked it up in seconds and he's on edge network ugh.
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How close do I need to be in order to use LTE? For some reason, they are apparently ignoring Plainfield and the surrounding towns...
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Guess I will be making a roadtrip this weekend haha. My area (Gurnee)won't be seeing LTE for a little while
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Well so far i been all over chicago and surrounding suburbs and have not seen any lte on my evo lte hsy qbking77 did u do a profile upgrade or something ordid it just appear out of no where ?
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boogief1 said:
Well so far i been all over chicago and surrounding suburbs and have not seen any lte on my evo lte hsy qbking77 did u do a profile upgrade or something ordid it just appear out of no where ?
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Be patient, they were probably testing. It isn't live yet and won't be for a while. Especially in and around the city, since they're moving outside-in. Check the link I posted. If Sprint waits for 50% site conversion, then expected launch would be September. Which would mean we probably won't see anything until August at the earliest. This could be sooner if they decide to start rolling out before 50%
Can this be true this guy @insidesprintnow posted this on his twiter and lately my sprint reception has been horrible can this be why ?
http://www.scribd.com/mobile/doc/97718283?width=360
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not getting LTE, why? ROM?

I haven't seen LTE or 4G on my phone once. This is really odd because I live blocks from the KC sprint campus. I have even driven into their parking lot and sitting there got only 3G still.
I know this has to be on my end because there's no way that in their own campus in their main center they don't have a tower running it since this was the first location to receive LTE. Is this something that could be dependent on the ROM i'm using. I'm running viper 1.21 which others have said they get LTE with so I don't think it's that.
Do I need to possibly flash a new radio? Is there something else going on?
Yeah, ur not in an LTE area. Either that or Idk find someone with an EVO and see if they get LTE in the same spot.
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Have you tried toggling between CDMA only and CDMA + LTE?
Have you updated your PRL+Profile?
Rxpert said:
Have you tried toggling between CDMA only and CDMA + LTE?
Have you updated your PRL+Profile?
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I haven't tried toggling to CDMA and then back to LTE, I'll give that a go.
I know for sure I'm in an LTE area because KC is the first and I live directly next to their huge campus here. I have a few friends who work for them, actually everyone in this town has worked for them at one point or another, lol. And they said we do have it in this area now.
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I haven't tried toggling to CDMA and then back to LTE, I'll give that a go.
I know for sure I'm in an LTE area because KC is the first and I live directly next to their huge campus here. I have a few friends who work for them, actually everyone in this town has worked for them at one point or another, lol. And they said we do have it in this area now.
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Well try that and get back to us
The campus is in overland park and they haven't finished the rollout for all of KC.
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erichj said:
The campus is in overland park and they haven't finished the rollout for all of KC.
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correct. I always say KC because anyone outside of this area doesn't know OP. I live a just a couple blocks from that campus. I thought this was the first area scheduled for the roll out. At least I know why I haven't seen it yet. thank you.
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i gave it a go and no LTE yet, so I think erichj must be right and the rollout is not complete.
Strange that they wouldn't start with their own campus. But I guess I was just spoiled by t-mobiles insanely fast network speeds before switch to sprint. Kinda a bad decision on my part but I thought I wanted an Iphone, until I had it a couple days and took back that turd to get another android phone. By that point I was stuck in to a sprint contract with dial-up speed.
LTE is spotty even in the city
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lte is spotty for me here in dallas.
The network isn't done. Even in cities where LTE is live.
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I was on the Sprint campus tonight and had to reboot my phone to get it to pick up 4g. Sometimes that's the only thing that will work . Network is only about 40% build out around the KC market right now.
Have you updated your radio and prl?
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It definitely is spotty. I was able to get LTE in the legends but it would randomly switch to 3G even if I was in the same spot.
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Iive up north of the river by the airport and I only saw the 4g icon once while eating a chicken fried steak at corner cafe in Riverside. I only had it long enough to download speedtest.net app and it reported 8M download and 8M upload. Pretty good but then it switched to 3g again
Hopefully it gets better soon!
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Im in Odessa most of the time, anyone have an idea when it might get yo the Odessa Tx area.???
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LTE in NYC in October for sure

I called sprint to complain about network issues and was told that they are upgrading the towers. He said it should be done on Oct 17th. So I guess that confirms it for me
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>I called Sprint
They probably lied to you.
What network issues? The network has been behaving itself as of late. Then again I'm over by 30 Rock so we get decent connectivity/bandwidth.
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kf2m said:
What network issues? The network has been behaving itself as of late. Then again I'm over by 30 Rock so we get decent connectivity/bandwidth.
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He was talking about nyc .
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They've had network issues for 6+ years.. I wouldn't take this as a confirmation in any way shape or form. Good luck though, hope they come through for you.
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flex360 said:
I called sprint to complain about network issues and was told that they are upgrading the towers. He said it should be done on Oct 17th. So I guess that confirms it for me
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Sometimes companies tell you what you want to hear to silence you. Are they working on towers? Yes. Will it roll out in October for NYC? Probably not.
Just like my ISP telling me I'm having slow speeds because of a "regional Internet problem" with THE internet. Yeah right. -_-
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Sometimes companies tell you what you want to hear to silence you. Are they working on towers? Yes. Will it roll out in October for NYC? Probably not.
Just like my ISP telling me I'm having slow speeds because of a "regional Internet problem" with THE internet. Yeah right. -_-
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if you checked s4gurur thats the roll out month they said it was gonna be also -__-
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flex360 said:
if you checked s4gurur thats the roll out month they said it was gonna be also -__-
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They also said progress was beginning to be held up and delayed as the roll out continues. I hope to God they stay on schedule so I can dump this Verizon 4G jet pack.
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if you checked s4gurur thats the roll out month they said it was gonna be also -__-
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You sound familiar -_-
Other sites report Novemberish launch in NYC
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I live in Long Island and I've been having bad reception at home since I bought this phone in early July
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He was talking about nyc .
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And where do you think 30 Rock is? Smack dab in the middle of Manhattan.
FYI.. Yesterday while having my lunch outside enjoying the not so nice humidity I noticed the 4G icon pop up a couple times briefly. Looks like things should be lighting up soon.
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kf2m said:
And where do you think 30 Rock is? Smack dab in the middle of Manhattan.
FYI.. Yesterday while having my lunch outside enjoying the not so nice humidity I noticed the 4G icon pop up a couple times briefly. Looks like things should be lighting up soon.
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Thats good to hear!! I live in Queens area and is mostly in Brooklyn for college. Hope they get all over up and running at the same time!
We have accelerated 3g here in Boston lte coming in two weeks
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Thats good to hear!! I live in Queens area and is mostly in Brooklyn for college. Hope they get all over up and running at the same time!
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Yup. Though with the WIMAX rollout certain sections of Jersey got it first. Go figure. To the gentleman from Boston. This is a NYC thread we really don't care about Boston (unless the Red Sox lose a game).
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DFW
With the launch of LTE, DFW was on the list of having LTE. Phone never connected to LTE. After serveral phone calls, I was told the same thing, that the networks where being upgraded and scheduled to be completed in December. I see LTE every now and then now, but not long enough to get any use out of it. Speed Test showed it to be slower than 3G when I was able to connect. I got credit for 4 months (AUG -NOV) until LTE is fully up and running.
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We have accelerated 3g here in Boston lte coming in two weeks
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how do you know that it will be live in 2 weeks?
If Sprint gave you an exact date, and especially from a representative over the phone, they're definitely lying to you.
While I seriously doubt that's the date, I sure hope it is. I am sick of slower than dialup speeds on 3G and constant weak signal.
NYC and several other major cities have been announced to go live within the next several months, which means NYC can get it earlier than scheduled.....Finally able to use phone to the fullest
Has anyone in the NYC area gotten LTE signals yet? Wonder if they will test it before going live.
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Florida data service in trouble - no data!

For those of you in Florida and having no data service. Sprint has confirm that they are waiting for the info to what to come. Something is happening in Florida that they can't explain.
So no need to call Sprint with complaints people. Get on WiFi!
They have advice me they will call me with details of this issue.
Really Great customer service!
But if this keeps up with the Internet connections I will have to change provider service.
I have 4 more days to decide, before the 15 days ends. I will really miss this phone
though..
TAKE THE BLUE PiLL THE STORY ENDS, YOU WAKE UP IN YOUR BED AND CONTINUE ON WITH YOUR BORING LiFE. TAKE RED PiLL, YOU STAY IN WONDERLAND & I SHOW YOU HOW DEEP THE RABBiT HOLE GOES.
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I'm in Tampa and its down here, thank god for roam control, Verizon is rocking and rolling!
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I'm in Tampa and its down here, thank god for roam control, Verizon is rocking and rolling!
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ROAM Control!
What's that?
my 3G has been fine, always connecting, don't have it on roaming either.
No problem here in Orlando. 3g steady.
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smalldice said:
No problem here in Orlando. 3g steady.
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Same here between Apopka and Orlando this morning. No issues.
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No problem here in Orlando. 3g steady.
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Im in tampa and everything is good here just wating for that LTE to show up, i think its coming next month!!!!
Aight cool... Mines started running fine a few moments ago. Yea I am hearing that October is the month for Sprint!
From Miami!
I'm in South Florida and my data is working as it always has
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Southwest Florida here, data works fine here. Just a few times in the last week or so I had 1x only. But that was for a few hours then everything went back. That can be expected as lte is right around the corner, or so they say...lol
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South fl checking in.I've noticed some funny issues with the data going in and.out .and 1x issues . But slow as usual . I have airvana
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one_love_420 said:
Southwest Florida here, data works fine here. Just a few times in the last week or so I had 1x only. But that was for a few hours then everything went back. That can be expected as lte is right around the corner, or so they say...lol
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Naples here. I almost stay at 200-300kbps at best. Maybe MAYBE get 1000kbps at like 3am. I get 1x here and then. I keep telling myself that it's the LTE work that makes it like this.
And I thought it was my phone when it happened LOL
This morning at 5:29 a.m. my data just stopped working even though it did show I had a 3g connection.
Lakeland FL.
I clocked in to work at 6:00 a.m. worked 2 hours then took a cig. break and it was finally working again though the speeds were slow when usually @ work I've been getting 1700kbps to 2050Kbps (yeah I know hard to believe) but it seems that they already upgraded that tower since a couple of months ago cause before I used to get 100's 300's , I get the usual 300kbps at home (which I don't really care cause Wi-fi takes over)
Thanks everybody for your input! Seems like we are good to go..Let's hope to see something real good to come in Oct-November zone!
Jax FL 3g seems fine. slow speeds on highway but more speeds increase in crouded areas.

Some hope with Sprint's network vision

I just wanted to share some good news with the Sprint users here. Sprint recently launched LTE in the Chicago area and for a while I haven't seen any major improvements near me (south of Chi-town). For those in this area, I did a speed test in Lockport earlier tonight and pulled down 2-3Mbps. Normally, I might get 100-200 Kbps. I know many people have been suffering with far less than that, but wanted to let people know it's getting better!
gk1984 said:
I just wanted to share some good news with the Sprint users here. Sprint recently launched LTE in the Chicago area and for a while I haven't seen any major improvements near me (south of Chi-town). For those in this area, I did a speed test in Lockport earlier tonight and pulled down 2-3Mbps. Normally, I might get 100-200 Kbps. I know many people have been suffering with far less than that, but wanted to let people know it's getting better!
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LOL! That's nice, but how does this affect me, Al Franken?
I can't even find my state in the dropdown list for upcoming Sprint LTE deployments!
No doubt Sprint is concentrating on the population centers that they think will bring in the most revenue, just like my next upgrade will depend on which carrier can supply competitive 4G coverage in my area.
ramjet73
I live in NYC and I still have shi**y reception. I think about switching carriers every time I drop a call or receive a text hours late. The unlimited data is the only thing keeping me from switching.
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Quick question since sprint is using lte towers now will we be able to pick up the 4g since the 3vo is wimax
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fourstar89 said:
Quick question since sprint is using lte towers now will we be able to pick up the 4g since the 3vo is wimax
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No our phones use 802.11e instead of the LTE protocols while some say a update could allow us to use it no one has really backed it up.
While 802.11e was the first revision of wimax and the next would have been better than LTE but to many others adopted LTE. YOu will need your upgrade to get a LTE device.
My upgrade is on the first of jan so I will be getting a nexus LTE device but won't see LTE here for a few years.
Seriously. Why would I use any newer phone if I have to drop back to 3G? I've been lucky and had unlimited WiMax since original EVO. Getting my girl a used Sensation off Craigslist and going to hook her up with Straight Talk. If the speeds are good maybe I'll go that route for a while. GSM Nexus off contract is probably the way I'll go next time.
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I just wanted to share some good news with the Sprint users here. Sprint recently launched LTE in the Chicago area and for a while I haven't seen any major improvements near me (south of Chi-town). For those in this area, I did a speed test in Lockport earlier tonight and pulled down 2-3Mbps. Normally, I might get 100-200 Kbps. I know many people have been suffering with far less than that, but wanted to let people know it's getting better!
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I got some i was happy to see it I live in the just a little a way west side
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LOL! That's nice, but how does this affect me, Al Franken?
I can't even find my state in the dropdown list for upcoming Sprint LTE deployments!
No doubt Sprint is concentrating on the population centers that they think will bring in the most revenue, just like my next upgrade will depend on which carrier can supply competitive 4G coverage in my area.
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no complaining Ram when you are blanketed by a nice 4G WIMAX coverage. I had better 4G on my trip to Maui then I do in my home area in Orange County CA where we have 1 street with WIMAX and that drops as soon as you walk into a building!
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no complaining Ram when you are blanketed by a nice 4G WIMAX coverage. I had better 4G on my trip to Maui then I do in my home area in Orange County CA where we have 1 street with WIMAX and that drops as soon as you walk into a building!
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You're right, but what happens when it's time to upgrade? Guess I'll be keeping my 3D for a while but I'd planned to do that anyway.
ramjet73
I was in Chicago (Niles area) couple of weekends ago and there was 4G wimax available and I was getting 8mb/2mb speeds consistently. Too bad I live in Indianapolis where there is zero 4G.
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akiradavis said:
I live in NYC and I still have shi**y reception. I think about switching carriers every time I drop a call or receive a text hours late. The unlimited data is the only thing keeping me from switching.
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That sucks. Never happens to me at all.
Man I didn't realize how good I have it here in Minneapolis. I hold a 4-8Mbps 4G even inside buildings and almost out to the suburbs.
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Wish i had 4g in my area. 3g here is usually 100-150kbps :/ but i hope network vision helps out with this soon. If not I will change for sure
No 4g for phoenix yet. Hopefully LTE eventually gets deployed here
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hey guys if you want info about Network Vision, check out S4GRU.com. They have accurate and detailed info about NV deployments in each market.
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In Los Angeles I get awesome coverage. I'm hardly on 3G. 10mbps - 12mbps
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