Now that we have had our phones for a few weeks is anyone else out there amazed at how good the coverage is on the new 4G network. Coming from Sprint with the EVO I am just amazed. Been two 3 different 4G cities in 3 states and have been impressed everywhere. Anyone else?
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man i wish i were in a 4g area. sadly, i only have 3g here in northwest indiana but chicago has 4g so i am hoping that 4g will be here within the end of the year.
how does 3g compare to 4g for you?
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man i wish i were in a 4g area. sadly, i only have 3g here in northwest indiana but chicago has 4g so i am hoping that 4g will be here within the end of the year.
how does 3g compare to 4g for you?
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It's a LOT faster.
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It's a LOT faster.
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There's the understatement of the year.
I travel to boston and nyc alot for work and I LOVE 4g...hate coming back to western ma where there isn't any yet haha
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I travel between NY and Philadelphia for work on weekly bases and basically have nonstop 4G coverage.
the entire east coast of FL is blanketed with 4g and working there way west
unfortunately my house is in the grey area
its honestly the biggest cell phone revolution since 3G lol... its really incredible.
I had 4G for about 10 minutes yesterday morning, then they turned it off. I was pissed. Guess they were testing. I hope that means they're going to light it up soon.
I was only pulling about 4.5-6.5 Mb/s.
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I had 4G for about 10 minutes yesterday morning, then they turned it off. I was pissed. Guess they were testing. I hope that means they're going to light it up soon.
I was only pulling about 4.5-6.5 Mb/s.
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It will be that way for 4 weeks or so, thats what they did here. They will up the speeds also after they load test etc. After that period of time they just leave it on
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I travel to boston and nyc alot for work and I LOVE 4g...hate coming back to western ma where there isn't any yet haha
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Lol I live in the heart of Boston downtown to be precise and there's 4g everywhere here. Am very impress but I feel like when ever my phone drops 4g for whatever reason 3g seems so slow now. But some time I have to force the phone to 3g just conserve battery that's a damn shame Verizon because 4g is amazing. But Verizon still have to optimize the yell out of it beside the battery drain some time it hangs before starting to download data or load a page, got embarrass trying to show off to a friend. But no problem with 4g here wow you guys without 4g are definitely missing out but at least you got the unlimited 4g plan before it they change it.
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shock2sys said:
man i wish i were in a 4g area. sadly, i only have 3g here in northwest indiana but chicago has 4g so i am hoping that 4g will be here within the end of the year.
how does 3g compare to 4g for you?
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Same situation here.... :/
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I am right in the city of chicago but outside downtown. I had sprint and the evo and their 4g was seriously terrible. Could only get a poor connection when the phone was balanced on the window ledge with the window open. The 4g would not go through the newer vinyl windows. I also could never get a signal inside most other buildings. I could literally only get it reliably when I was totally out in the open (even outside my house at ground level I could not get a connection). So, wimax on sprint's frequency sucks. I paid my $140 etf and switched to verizon where I pay $10 less per month f*** sprint.
verizon LTE 4g coverage is just amazing. Im on it right now in an interior room of my apartment nowhere near a window. I get 4g everywhere I go, I am never nervous about the connection dropping. This is how a network should function. Sprint is just awful and i will never use them again in my life. I would seriously get a land line before I got sprint wireless again. Verizon is so impressive to me.
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Been heavily testing my 4g all over my city of Greensboro, NC for three days now. No signal issues, no drops, stays 4g everywhere except in my office building. All four carriers suck in my building. Even then... I still get 4g inside most of the time. My downloads blaze! Running simultaneous tests against my woman's G2... my Sensation is always a little faster.
Average bandwidth = 3 Mbs to 9 Mbs
If you experience slow latency (like the market is slow to load) go to this post for a neat fix. Mine loads everything faster now.
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Takes me about 10 seconds to fully load everything on the Engadget web site with plug ins on and desktop browser mode. This is using Dolphin HD browser. That's fast!
If you use the speedtest.net app click the results tab after the test for the true speeds. The main display seems to lie.
I'm in Baltimore, MD and so far I'm getting about 800 k up and down. About 10 times as fast as my Sprint 3g connection.
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I'm in Baltimore, MD and so far I'm getting about 800 k up and down. About 10 times as fast as my Sprint 3g connection.
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Hope you mean 8000k lol
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Hope you mean 8000k lol
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800k could be the "speed" and equate to a 6.4 Mbs "pipe"
I'm hitting 9- 10 mbs by my house and job consistently.
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I did the fix yesterday and it is still slower than my vision. Just my pyramid stays connected to 4g easier even during phone calls.
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800k could be the "speed" and equate to a 6.4 Mbs "pipe"
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Could be a typo too ... or could just be really crappy network speed if it is indeed 800kbps.
No its really 800k. Today I hit around 1400k down 900 up. I'm happy tho. On Verizon I was getting 600 kbps if I was lucky. And I'd be lucky to top 100kbps these last few months I was on Sprint
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No its really 800k. Today I hit around 1400k down 900 up. I'm happy tho. On Verizon I was getting 600 kbps if I was lucky. And I'd be lucky to top 100kbps these last few months I was on Sprint
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Where the hell do you live!?!? lol
I might be getting this phone from my sprint evo 4g phone but it is NOT 4g, it is HSPA+. Why does everyone insist on calling it a 4g phone?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/High_Speed_Packet_Access#Evolved_High_Speed_Packet_Access_.28HSPA.2B.29
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No its really 800k. Today I hit around 1400k down 900 up. I'm happy tho. On Verizon I was getting 600 kbps if I was lucky. And I'd be lucky to top 100kbps these last few months I was on Sprint
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Where the hell do you live!?!? lol
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When I'm in Baltimore with my HD2 running a Nexus ROM I get 2-3Mpbs. I think nemoshotyany needs to try the recommended speed fix.
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I might be getting this phone from my sprint evo 4g phone but it is NOT 4g, it is HSPA+. Why does everyone insist on calling it a 4g phone?
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Oh let it go already. Even the bodies that define the term have given into the marketing hype. "4G" is said to use a term everyone knows already. The few of us geeks who know otherwise understand just the same. I'm sure you do too.
Bottom line, it's got speed, that's what everyone wants. None of the carriers reach what the original definition of 4G was to be. The carriers call it 4G, so just use the term for the sake of agreement. What the carriers originally called "3G" was not really 3G, but let's not get caught up in a side bar when everyone knows what is being asked. Either the device reaches speeds the carrier calls their "4G" speeds or it does not.
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I might be getting this phone from my sprint evo 4g phone but it is NOT 4g, it is HSPA+. Why does everyone insist on calling it a 4g phone?
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Call it what you want, but I switched to this phone from the Evo "4G" and these network speeds blow away that of the Evo.
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When I'm in Baltimore with my HD2 running a Nexus ROM I get 2-3Mpbs. I think nemoshotyany needs to try the recommended speed fix.
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Thanks. But i tried that after I ran a few tests and only when I left it off did I notice any improvement.
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i have tried the quick fix to no avail. i am running on 2g speeds around my house. 1 mile over though i am getting 4g speeds.
question is, is this a tmobile tower related issue or a issue with the radio on the phone.
edit- i was getting at least 3g speeds on my old samsung behold in the same area.
New Orleans, La.
I live in Knoxville, TN. I am lucky to get 600 kbps around here. I have occasionally hit 6-9 Mbps, but only a handful of times, and not for more than a couple minutes. Not sure if it's a tower issue, or a radio issue. T-Mobile is looking into. My speeds were much faster when I had my Evo on Sprint
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Call it what you want, but I switched to this phone from the Evo "4G" and these network speeds blow away that of the Evo.
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Don't get me wrong. That is the reason I said I am dumping my HTC Evo. I ran a test on tmo speeds on a g2x and I was blown away. So I figured, why the hell do I need to pay for premium data when 4G is not even available in my area since Sept. 2010.
So I decided that I will be getting this phone tomorrow when it releases at a retailer. But my argument still stands, it is HSPA+.
I got mine from Wal-Mart on the 9th.. unless u meant a tmobile retail store.
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costco is what I meant. Are there upcoming deals from any of the retail stores(walmart,sams,costco,etc)
Speeds in Minnesota stinks a$s.. I'm everywhere from anoka all the way south to Burnsville.. I haven't got anything over 5 mbps .. I consistantly get 1-1.5mbps with 2-3 4g bars...
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We have limited 4G coverage in Tyler, TX. It's based around the mall. But that's about it.
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I wanted very badly to be able to switch from AT&T to Sprint. I tried it for about three days but I was roaming in my living room. And I live on South Broadway. That was the end of 2011.
Sometimes I can connect to it out in the parking lot of my job down off duncan street.
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That's awesome you have it there... what's the speed on it?
I've been waiting for a loooong time for sprint 4G to come to phoenix, but I'm not sure its ever going to happen.
Any Peeps living anywhere between Mentor Ohio and Ashtabula County?
My TB and wife's Droid 4 lit up 4g for about half a day yesterday(4/18). Its been down now since 4pm yesterday. I have noticed my Signal strength on 3G is been bouncing up and down, normally I get full bars.
So I'm thinking they're testing the towers and getting set to light them up.
Its good news for anyone living in NE Ohio.
Right on dude, 4g rawks!
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i have a friend from verizon yes they are testing and eta a week or two.
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Any Peeps living anywhere between Mentor Ohio and Ashtabula County?
My TB and wife's Droid 4 lit up 4g for about half a day yesterday(4/18). Its been down now since 4pm yesterday. I have noticed my Signal strength on 3G is been bouncing up and down, normally I get full bars.
So I'm thinking they're testing the towers and getting set to light them up.
Its good news for anyone living in NE Ohio.
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I live near Euclid, about 15 minutes from mentor. I believe we have 4G near myself, I have an Inc 2, and I remember them working on a tower about a month ago, its about time they add it over there...
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London and springfield have 4G
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http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2410771,00.asp
Anyone here affected by this.One of the Towers is 100 feet from me literally. Can't wait
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I am near Tampa I've had it for a long time...you will Love it!!
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well i am hoping this will effect me as i live in vandalia il which is between highland and effingham and were the last one without 4g so im hoping the effingham expansion means through interstate 70.
Seems like every where out here is getting 4g around us in like the last month ive seen 4-5 towns get covered in 4g. (i drive around for work)
Jacksonville, FL
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No where close in MASS. Whatever, I have 4G anyway.
I live roughly 60 miles north of Syracuse, who appears to be getting 4G tomorrow. Anyone know if I'll be able to benefit, up here in Watertown?
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I live roughly 60 miles north of Syracuse, who appears to be getting 4G tomorrow. Anyone know if I'll be able to benefit, up here in Watertown?
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I think they are expanding in Syracuse, not rolling it out. I am pretty sure they already have 4G. I am about 70 miles south of Syracuse and I am not expecting anything different by us. I am pretty sure that 4G has much shorter range so changes further away don't really impact surrounding areas.
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I think they are expanding in Syracuse, not rolling it out. I am pretty sure they already have 4G. I am about 70 miles south of Syracuse and I am not expecting anything different by us. I am pretty sure that 4G has much shorter range so changes further away don't really impact surrounding areas.
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I was always under the impression that the nearest tower was in Utica, which was why we got 4G service in Syracuse. I could be totally wrong, though.
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Weird that they have that map there but it doesn't actually show all the current 4G. There is a lot more than they're showing on there.
And of course it is just a screen shot... of an interactive map.
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I was always under the impression that the nearest tower was in Utica, which was why we got 4G service in Syracuse. I could be totally wrong, though.
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Well according to the article in the OP, Syracuse is listed under the category of "expand the existing 4G LTE"...take that for what it is worth I guess.
I don't see what the fuss is about unless your on a grandfathered unlimited plan since with the new shared plans, Verizon lets you surf the web and check your email, anything else will drain your mbs for each month. Its totally bassakwards, they put up more towers rolling out 4GLTE, but with their new limitations, 4G speed is kind of irrelivent if you hardly get the chance to use it IMO.
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Regardless of how fast you use your GB limit (if you have one), I think most people would prefer faster speeds.
4g in vandalia today woot! I have unlimited data so it's sweet I have uverse Internet so I don't tether but 4g speeds are sweet.
Hour and a half away for me, that is if it is up at 12am. Can't wait.
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man 4g sux indoors though... Always drops to 3g in stores and pretty low signal at home that goes back and fourth between 3g and 4g.
Good signal full bars outside and it drops to 3g when u walk into stores noticed this in multiple towns.
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Regardless of how fast you use your GB limit (if you have one), I think most people would prefer faster speeds.
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I have a year left on my unlimited contract with verizon if they ever switch me to a limited data plan ill leave. do they care maybe not but i am not gonna watch a youtube video then run to see where my data limit is on a damn widget for $29.99 a month data. its insane to me that people are willing to do this.
i dont use alot of data maybe 4gb a month my moms line uses about 2gb were both unlimited but its the idea that we would have to worry about how much data were using when i pay more for my phones internet then i do on my homes internet i shouldn't have to think about it. its my account with 3 lines i pay for my moms line fyi.
sorry i went off topic ;P
My city is on the list. I woke up to my phone showing 4g for the first time ever. Weird.
Fir business, I use at least 50gb a month.
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This is a glorious day for me! I finally have 4G coverage in my area!
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This is a glorious day for me! I finally have 4G coverage in my area!
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hahhahahaha i remember when this happened to me a year ago.
Suck Verizon dry if you still have unlimited. Never use WiFi and tether just for fun.
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Suck Verizon dry if you still have unlimited. Never use WiFi and tether just for fun.
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Haha. I wish I did have unlimited!
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Dude! I live in Imperial! So stoked! The download is a little faster than my home, but the upload at 16 mb is waaaayyyy faster than the 2 mb that my home gets! And I am on unlimited!
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Dude! I live in Imperial! So stoked! The download is a little faster than my home, but the upload at 16 mb is waaaayyyy faster than the 2 mb that my home gets! And I am on unlimited!
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Really? That's sick!
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cong!
I remember when I got 4G in March 2011, Thunderbolt day 1!
4G is awesome, and dont know how I could go back. The other day I got 58.66 download and 20.79 upload in the far west suburbs of Chicago!
cool man. I got the thunderbolt when it first came out & had to wait nearly a year for 4g.
saw someone on craigslist was selling a gs3 & offered to trade him both my razr & rezound phones for it. he ended up taking just the razr + $60 in trade(still have my rezound).
hopefully this phone is awesome(unlike that horrid galaxy nexus) ;D
I got 4G everywhere except my house... It's a deadzone in my house only. My driveway however.. Great coverage
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cool man.
hopefully this phone is awesome(unlike that horrid galaxy nexus) ;D
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By better you mean it doesn't drop signal for no reason? Haha or that the camera is 2x better? But yes it is a lot better.
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I pre ordered my galaxy s3 AFTER the deadline to keep unlimited data but for some weird reason I still have unlimited data? Which is also why I pretty much tether every day and download torrents on my phone on the fly when I'm not near my laptop.
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This is a glorious day for me! I finally have 4G coverage in my area!
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Great News Good 4U Rock On Dude.:victory:
I'm on east coast just starting to get 4G now. Before
this had to drive 30 miles or more to see 4G. Funny all
this while VZ is announcing 4G now available in place's like
Mud Barf,Missouri pop.64 , Foggy Valley Arkansas pop. 4.5.:cyclops:
Can't figure why it's taking so long to finish their home state.
But That's Just My Opinion. I Could Be Wrong.....
I remember first seeing the 4g on my charge here in Albuquerque. It was about 2 am, by morning it was gone, guess they where just testing. A couple weeks after that it turned back on, and stayed.
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I got 4G everywhere except my house... It's a deadzone in my house only. My driveway however.. Great coverage
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Sounds like me and T-Mobile. I tried T-Mo a couple of years back and I found a dead zone around my house, unlike you, it extended about 2 blocks to the west, north and south and about 1/2 block to the east.
I've never understood dead spots, I'm right in the middle of a triangle of T-Mo antennas and I suspect that may relate to the dead spot?
My sister's house in California is a dead spot for VZW! She has a GREAT Sprint signal but her house is in a direct line to a Sprint tower with a VZW tower right in line behind it, I have to believe that the Sprint tower somehow blocks the VZW signal? I only have to move 50 yards away to get a VERY strong VZW signal.
Anyone have any explanation as to how one tower can block another or why being in the center of a 3 tower triangle can kill a signal?
I just ass-U-me it's voodoo!
I have 4G at the university I attend and my house just got 4G last week. Holy crap!
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Congrats lol
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Sounds like me and T-Mobile. I tried T-Mo a couple of years back and I found a dead zone around my house, unlike you, it extended about 2 blocks to the west, north and south and about 1/2 block to the east.
I've never understood dead spots, I'm right in the middle of a triangle of T-Mo antennas and I suspect that may relate to the dead spot?
My sister's house in California is a dead spot for VZW! She has a GREAT Sprint signal but her house is in a direct line to a Sprint tower with a VZW tower right in line behind it, I have to believe that the Sprint tower somehow blocks the VZW signal? I only have to move 50 yards away to get a VERY strong VZW signal.
Anyone have any explanation as to how one tower can block another or why being in the center of a 3 tower triangle can kill a signal?
I just ass-U-me it's voodoo!
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I thought about a range extender at my house, but I'm not shelling out a few hundred for that ****. I can use WiFi at my house. Plus I'm military and move all the time. By this time next year I'll be in Rota Spain and it won't matter then because there is no VZW
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