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[Q] 4G outage in Brooklyn?

Hi,
I have just returned from a business trip where I only have 3G on my thunderbolt and everything was fine. Getting back home, I found erratic switching between 4G/3G. Sometimes no 4G at all with my data connection completely dropping out. Sometimes its at only 1X. I have a non rooted tbolt with the latest update and data set to 4G/EVDO. Anyone else experiencing this issue?
This is for Brooklyn, NY area

Probably just screwing around with testing And such
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North NJ, hudson county here. Didn't have any issues since the big outage about a month ago. I am mostly running without LTE to save the battery and only switching when I need it tho.

Anyone from Menomonee Falls Wisconsin?

Just looking to see what anyone from my area is pulling in signal wise. Not 3G but call signal. In my driveway im pulling in 0-2 bars,same with inside my house. When I was on Sprint my call bars were always full but my data constantly sucked. Now with Verizon my data is constantly awesome but my call quality/signal strength sucks to the point of static on some calls and text messages not being delivered/recieved.
Ive taken my phone into the local store and the sales rep there let me use his phone briefly to take past my house/driveway so I could see if this was an issue on his as well and sure enough, his Tbolt had 1 bar. So I called a tech and was on the phone with him for almost an hour doing checks on things etc,and found my phone was hovering between -91 and -101dBm which is rather bad lol. So Verizon extended my 14 day period alittle longer until a truck roams thru my neighborhood to test the signal. This is kinda bothering me since my area is one of the many slated to get 4G on June 16th

No idea where this is, but in Kenosha I have almost no signal unless I'm downtown by the Metra stop
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Eau Claire here. I run 3 bars most of the time at home.
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Hartland/Pewaukee area here. Usually have zero problems unless I'm inside my apartment. 3-4 bars of 3G are the norm in every area of SE WI for me.

I live in West Allis, and work in Menomonee Falls... No issues.. signal is a little weak but I tether all the time while at work and it's fine.
I'm near Silver Spring and Pilgrim.
I have my bike here today, I could swing by your area and see if I have the same issues... PM me some cross streets or something.

gsxr1kmatt said:
I live in West Allis, and work in Menomonee Falls... No issues.. signal is a little weak but I tether all the time while at work and it's fine.
I'm near Silver Spring and Pilgrim.
I have my bike here today, I could swing by your area and see if I have the same issues... PM me some cross streets or something.
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Pretty much all the way up Appleton ave starting at Pilgrim up to the Marcus Cinema by Target (just short of Hwy Q) it hovers between 2 and 1.
Thing is, I have had a few techs tell me that the data signal and call signal are not the same thing. My data speeds are fine,ALOT better then Sprint, but its my calling signal thats off. I finally had the results of my ticket told to me today. Seems my area is going to not be an easy fix. There is an issue and supposedly the network team is on it, but something to do with living between 2 towers my phone is struggling to pick a dominate tower so its trying to pick one (or something like that, I was half asleep when he called back lol)
I wonder. When people were having issues with Sprint they would sometimes send them an Airwave unit to boost the signal in their homes for free. I wonder if Verizon would do the same since there IS a problem in my area. Off to research I go..Thanks everyone

My buddy works at the switch in appleton. I'll have him check it out!
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Richpopski123 said:
My buddy works at the switch in appleton. I'll have him check it out!
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Thank ya!!! I just got off the phone with tech support again and its noted on my account that they recommend a Network Extender but the best the rep will do is take off 50% of the cost of it. While its a decent offer, im still on the fence about it since I have to purchase it to be able to get a decent signal

You should get it for free, if it's their issue....
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Indeed, that was exactly my thinking. Sprint was tossing people Airwaves left and right for free if they had issues, guess everyone telling me that Verizon will "nickle and dime" me for everything has some merit. Too bad my trial period ended last night (it was extended until the results of my ticket were in).

4G - Raleigh/Durham Area July 21

Just read in the heraldsun.com, VZW just announced 4G available in the Raleigh/Durham area on July 21.

I will be in Durham all week, can't wait for it to go live. Also saw the Winston Salem post that's its going live. I live in Winston and glad I will hopefully not have to go back to 3g when I get home.
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Just in time for me to move from Raleigh back into an area that has had 4G all along lol

Good for you guys! We've had it here in Charlotte for quite a while and it really does live up to all the hype. The LTE handsets actually get better speeds than our LTE modems at work. My brother-in-law lives in Cary, so I'm hoping it's included in the coverage area.

Anyone actually seen 4g kick in yet. I am right next to duke university and still on 3g. Figured it would be active if it was actually happening today. 6 pm local time.
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intender said:
Anyone actually seen 4g kick in yet. I am right next to duke university and still on 3g. Figured it would be active if it was actually happening today. 6 pm local time.
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July 21st not June 21st !!!

Facepalm
I got all excited for nothing
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I got all excited for nothing
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It happened to me too. !!!!

So I wonder when the "new" towers are supposed to go live...my service couldn't be any worse the past few weeks both in rtp and apex, apex being so bad I get 450-500kb down on 3g, all phones not just tbolt

So this supports the suggestion that it'll be up this week, but coming along with some trouble, I'm curious if others are seeing the same.
I had 4g for a good 3 hours this morning at work in Zebulon, got anywhere between 11 and 18 mbps down via speakeasy. That I assume was them cycling/testing towers some more. Problem is, for the last 2 hours I've had no data at all, no 3g, not even text messaging. Seem to have voice signal but that's it. Anybody else seen the same this morning?

ncobs said:
So this supports the suggestion that it'll be up this week, but coming along with some trouble, I'm curious if others are seeing the same.
I had 4g for a good 3 hours this morning at work in Zebulon, got anywhere between 11 and 18 mbps down via speakeasy. That I assume was them cycling/testing towers some more. Problem is, for the last 2 hours I've had no data at all, no 3g, not even text messaging. Seem to have voice signal but that's it. Anybody else seen the same this morning?
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Durham/Morrisville seems to be fine when it comes to 4G. The download speeds are pretty sub-par from what I've seen reported before in other LTE areas (getting about 4-4.5mbps), but I'm assuming they are just testing the network today and have it limited a bit. 3G seems to be messing up with slow speeds/connectivity issues but voice is alright.

Cant get faster then 1mbps!!

got my infuse about 3 weeks ago..love it for the most part but everytime i do a speedtest on phone, with wifi off, i never get more then 1mbps, i get like .07 and .50 if im lucky...they said that some towers are getting fixed and told me to go into the att store...i ran a speedtest frim store model (not on wifi) and got like a sold 2mbps when my phone was next to it getting .25.......had a 3g sim card so i thought maybe that was it but i swapped for 4g sim card and my results were the same??%
any input would be appreciated! anyone have same problem??
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They told me the same thing. They said that the whole state of NJ is having trouble.
Try going to speakeasy.net and try their speedtest. For some reason it seems to work better than the app. I have seen others post this and tried it myself with much faster results.

i tried speakeasy and i got up to .99 but like i said store model got 2 mbps with ease right next to my phone so im gonna go swap out my phone since im still within my 30 days and we'll go from there....
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Funny I get somewhere between 2.5 - 4.5 in bay area cali

sucks to be you. i still get up to 14mbit with a drop of no less than 10. and sim cards have nothing to do with it.

I got 9.something mbs when i just got the thing....tested just now, getting 1.1 >_> i think somethings wrong
edit: tested again twice, got 4.5 and then 3.1 mbs...>_> I hope they hurry up and get 4g up and working properly in Houston some time this lifetime.

im in nyc and only getting about a 1-3 down and .1-.3 up. wth is that about

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im in nyc and only getting about a 1-3 down and .1-.3 up. wth is that about
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AT&T's backhaul is overloaded in a lot of areas, NYC is notorious for this.
i.e. your connection to the towers is wicked fast, but the towers' connection to the rest of the world is crap.

Entropy512 said:
AT&T's backhaul is overloaded in a lot of areas, NYC is notorious for this.
i.e. your connection to the towers is wicked fast, but the towers' connection to the rest of the world is crap.
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Sounds to me like I'm gonna be calling once a month to get a credit on my account til they fix it : P
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I got 6+ down and 1+ up today i tested at work
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Service today was crappier than normal... At points under 1 mbps. Hopefully that means they had a tower down or something to upgrade it to HSPA+. Probably not.

Just upgraded from a tilt 2 to the infuse lastnight r00ted it and added a few apps I just checkd my speed here near Tampa and got 4mbit dn x 1 mbit up.

California Sprint service issues?

Hey guys I just called sprint because my sevice COMPLETELY blacked out at the mall. They said it was due to an earthquake and it has been effecting towers all around So Cal. So just curious any NS4G guys in California dropping signal?

Heard there was a earthquake in the bay area.
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SeeNah said:
Hey guys I just called sprint because my sevice COMPLETELY blacked out at the mall. They said it was due to an earthquake and it has been effecting towers all around So Cal. So just curious any NS4G guys in California dropping signal?
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No dropped calls, but 4g data is gone. Usually have great signal. I'm in Los Angeles(Glendale).

It's always crappy down here in the oc and the sd also... I drive the 5 and even in the middle of San Diego i roam.. I can't wait till sprint gets bought out
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when was the earthquake? I noticed I had no signal at all, at Disneyland.
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