Worst 4G speeds in the USA? - Verizon HTC One (M8)

Which region has the very worst Verizon 4g network speeds?? I'm betting it's right here in Western New York. Can anyone top this?
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Pauls57 said:
Which region has the very worst Verizon 4g network speeds?? I'm betting it's right here in Western New York. Can anyone top this?
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Pulling 5.83 down here. But with full signal, so pretty close.

Pauls57 said:
Which region has the very worst Verizon 4g network speeds?? I'm betting it's right here in Western New York. Can anyone top this?
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I used to often get 0.5-0.6 at peak hours when I worked in the mall (Aurora, IL), but it is a mall so there's that.
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Pauls57 said:
Which region has the very worst Verizon 4g network speeds?? I'm betting it's right here in Western New York. Can anyone top this?
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I've had sub 2Mb before, but that was on my GNex. I'm in NE Ohio. On my M8 I've seen speeds up in the 30-40's, and speeds down to ~5-6 Mb. I haven't really paid attention to see if it's related to what area I'm in, or the time of day, or what. But it can fluctuate a lot, obviously.

Past several days I've had around .2-.6 down at home. Elsewhere its 45-55 down though. I'm in south Dayton, OH.

Just an educated thought here.. but if they enabled ~700mhz AWS bands at all in the area you live in... it could be interference caused by local cable tv signals. If the cable signals in your area are in any way shape or form leaking.. it will cause problems. These frequencies now overlap.

Pauls57 said:
Which region has the very worst Verizon 4g network speeds?? I'm betting it's right here in Western New York. Can anyone top this?
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Before AWS NYC and metro NJ...especially Newark NJ were under 1 meg down during peak hours
Now it's ridiculously fast.

Although I have noticed a slight improve since XLTE being released,
upstate NY here
just ran test
8.59mb down
10.45mb up

I have gotten fast speeds at the UB south campus. 29 down, 10 up. That was with 4 bars showing. Everywhere else, its still slow.
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I've seen 29 down/10 up in Kenmore/Tonawanda on my One M8.
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Wow. Looks like I'll feel like I'm back with Sprint when I go to new York this August for vacation. Some places here in California I pull over 100 down. But usually never less than 20 in worse areas. I think the east coast is just too crowded with buildings to get a good signal. The heavily populated areas don't help either
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Has anyone actually found a way to determine the current band we're connected to without guessing by the speeds?
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Pauls57 said:
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Got a 1.61 up and a 1.52 down yesterday. I am almost always on WiFi, I turned off WiFi just to run the test and I was shocked as you might guess!
I'm in Phoenix, Arizona.

Charging a monthly fee for a feature we can't really use. Interesting business model.
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I just measured a half a megabit. Verizon sucks donkey schlong with there saturated network. I am in shelby mi. I tested 3g and its way faster
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Ever since they turned on 4G in my area, Blackstone, Virginia, the network has sucked. I use to have full 3G everywhere and now it is spotty 3G and rarely 4G mostly 1x in the house . Yet they seem to show no network issues in my area,even though everyone complains.

In my area (Santa Clara) I usually get 2.5mbps.
Buuuuut I'll take that over sprints .02mbps I used to get here....
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They must be doing major network work. Last few days at work near Long Beach, CA I'm lucky to get 2-3 bars 3G, sometimes 1 bar 4G. I use to get 2-4 bars 4G all over work since day one this phone came out. Last 5 days have been craps service! Checked online and many confirm this so not just me. People say they call customer service to only get the run around so who the hell knows what's really going on?
I swear, leaving AT&T for Verizon so I could get this device was the biggest mistake. Never had AT&T issues with network and Verizon acts like their the best in the country! Best at wasting money on T.V. ads instead of investing it in their network I guess. Damn false hope switching to Verizon.

xs11e said:
Got a 1.61 up and a 1.52 down yesterday. I am almost always on WiFi, I turned off WiFi just to run the test and I was shocked as you might guess!
I'm in Phoenix, Arizona.
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What carrier?
I'm in Phoenix, Arizona and I get 35.59 down and 14.34 up (102ms) in 85302 and 20.95 down and 11.50 up (59ms) in 85301. Weird how down south I'm getting slower speeds but better latency...
I'll have to test other parts of the Metro Area...I'm going to be around Sun City next week so we'll see what speeds the oldies are getting

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Verizon, of course.
Just got .74 mbps down and .21 mbps up, that's on 3g.
Rebooted, got .21 mbps down and .25 mbps up.
When I rebooted it did show LTE for a second or two before dropping back to 3g.
I'm not complaining, I get NO SIGNAL at all in my house with T-Mobile!
No wonder I'm always on WiFi! <G>
Got it to show LTE! 2.02 down, 1.01 up.
Pathetic.

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AT&T LTE, working in Los Angeles!

You heard it here first!!!
I restarted my phone, and what do you know...! LTE came alive in San Diego, NY, Phoenix, and now Los Angeles! WTG AT&T!
First test,
10-11mbps down, 1.5-2.5mbps up. 1-2 bars, Gardena, California. 75-96 ping.
I could only get speedtest app to connect to servers in Kansas. So I wifi tethered my device to my computer, and I'm getting better pings, but roughly same performance testing to the nearest physical servers.
Yesterday, I was getting HSPA+ at 1mbps down at the very same location.
sweet..AT&T will throttle you in no time..like the rest of us LTE users.
I plan on using only 2GB a month at most for business use, web surfing, and maybe an occasional youtube. I don't think I'll get throttled.
LTE is live in San Pedro. Fast but like Chicago not impressive really. I'll give att the benefit of the doubt until they can somehow get more spectrum (or utilize new qualcomm spectrum).
LTE is live in Redondo Beach. 30down/9up so far.
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Whoa, I'm glad I just saw this thread. I've been on Wifi since I'm at home and work all day.
Getting LTE here in Palms (Culver City), too. But speeds are only about 8mbps down (vs. 2-3mbps on HSPA+). I think each area in LA is different. In a diff part of LA, i had about 6mbps on HSPA+. Will have to try it out more later.
Although download speeds sound low, latency seems non-existent. Did a quick search on google maps and loaded espn's full desktop site, and everything immediately loaded.
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Whoa, I'm glad I just saw this thread. I've been on Wifi since I'm at home and work all day.
Getting LTE here in Palms (Culver City), too. But speeds are only about 8mbps down (vs. 2-3mbps on HSPA+). I think each area in LA is different. In a diff part of LA, i had about 6mbps on HSPA+. Will have to try it out more later.
Although download speeds sound low, latency seems non-existent. Did a quick search on google maps and loaded espn's full desktop site, and everything immediately loaded.
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Yeah, that's what I LOVE about LTE. HSPA+ might at times report <100ms ping, but it sure doesn't feel like it. LTE reports ping around 75, but it feels as fast as my home internet with 20ms ping.
Guys, unless AT&T can snag more spectrum, don't expect to see anything above 15 down, because they probably have 10MHz of spectrum on the west coast, which is BARELY enough for LTE. That qualcomm spectrum should help out though.....
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Sweet. I'll be in LA next week, can't wait to get a feel for LTE. I might not want to go home...
I am in LA near down town but no LTE yet.
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Looks like I am getting LTE now but its weak. My signal drops to 1 bar when it switches to LTE.
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Downtown LA/Union Station to LA County Medical Center Boyle Heights - LTE available 10-16 mbps down 2-4 up various tests.
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Guys, unless AT&T can snag more spectrum, don't expect to see anything above 15 down, because they probably have 10MHz of spectrum on the west coast, which is BARELY enough for LTE. That qualcomm spectrum should help out though.....
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I pulled almost 22 today
Near John Wayne Airport
Longcat14 said:
Guys, unless AT&T can snag more spectrum, don't expect to see anything above 15 down, because they probably have 10MHz of spectrum on the west coast, which is BARELY enough for LTE. That qualcomm spectrum should help out though.....
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I hit 35 down today.
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Anyone get LTE in the valley or around Calabasas?
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You heard it here first!!!
I restarted my phone, and what do you know...! LTE came alive in San Diego, NY, Phoenix, and now Los Angeles! WTG AT&T!
First test,
10-11mbps down, 1.5-2.5mbps up. 1-2 bars, Gardena, California. 75-96 ping.
I could only get speedtest app to connect to servers in Kansas. So I wifi tethered my device to my computer, and I'm getting better pings, but roughly same performance testing to the nearest physical servers.
Yesterday, I was getting HSPA+ at 1mbps down at the very same location.
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I am in San Diego and was getting 38 down and 12 up
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I hit 35 down today.
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I hit 57 down, right as I got my approaching top 5% message.
I REALLY need to stop speed testing every 5 seconds.
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I REALLY need to stop speed testing every 5 seconds.
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Same here! I hit 19Mbps down here in west LA for the first time today (usually around 8). Not sure if it's b/c it's the first time I tested w/ 3 bars, or AT&T is ratcheting up the speed.
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Same here! I hit 19Mbps down here in west LA for the first time today (usually around 8). Not sure if it's b/c it's the first time I tested w/ 3 bars, or AT&T is ratcheting up the speed.
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Somehow, hearing the next that Galaxy Nexus won't be released tomorrow made me appreciate my Skyrocket a little bit more. I hope Verizon keeps releasing good news like this often.
I'm near lynwood, south gate, willowbrook, paramount, downey, area. Getting between one bar and 5 bars dependent on where I am.
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Sprint LTE rollout in San Diego has begun...

Here is a snapshot of the speed from one of the towers in San Diego that has fully activated LTE...
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Just thought I'd show you...
Jealous! Puerto Rico is getting LTE before my fuggin market...
Stupid Sprint...
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Here is a snapshot of the speed from one of the towers in San Diego that has fully activated LTE...
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where abouts in San Diego are you??
Aaargh! said:
where abouts in San Diego are you??
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I'd love to know, too. I've seen a bunch of spots on Sensorly that people have reported w/ LTE, but I've not been able to connect to any yet.
Ugh, lucky.
We have LTE in Waco, but its soooo slow. I get 200-400kbps in most of the city. Houston is a bit faster, averaging at like 600kbps.
I'm in North Park, but commute to work every day. The area with coverage is in Grantville, the trolley station that is west of SDSU. Every day it is consistent. I've actually narrowed it down to the exact base station if anyone wishes to know...
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where abouts in San Diego are you??
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North Park, but the coverage is from an American Tower Corp. Base station in the Grantville area, the valley between Qualcomm Stadium and SDSU...
I got 4G a few weeks ago at a Cocos off of Lake Murray. Was in and out signal though. I live in La Mesa just minutes away and don't get a signal.
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I got 4G a few weeks ago at a Cocos off of Lake Murray. Was in and out signal though. I live in La Mesa just minutes away and don't get a signal.
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Yeah, you were receiving the remnants of the signal from the Grantville area down the hill a bit...but there is a 4G tower in La Mesa that is on and off at the moment too...they are beta testing it right now (according to a Sprint RF Engineer).
Here, check out this speed! Posted today at 9:50 PM...
So far speeds seem very consistent...
Of course, thats 4 bars as compared to one on my first post...wonder what full signal strength would run...
...and just to show the consistency...in the AM...
I have been some lte action in Florida. Didn't expect that.
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Also, just traveled down to Chula Vista (H Street and 3rd Ave.) 4G LTE service is on there as well, but intermittent; I could tell they were turning the service on and off...but LTE is on the way here in SD.
galacticservant said:
Also, just traveled down to Chula Vista (H Street and 3rd Ave.) 4G LTE service is on there as well, but intermittent; I could tell they were turning the service on and off...but LTE is on the way here in SD.
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I'm usually always on Wifi at home, but I finally caught a 4G signal here in La Mesa. Only 2-3 bars and went out after a few minutes but finally,some hope in 4G. After going 2+ yrs with the Evo waiting for 4G I was still skeptical with Sprint and San Diego coverage.
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I'm usually always on Wifi at home, but I finally caught a 4G signal here in La Mesa. Only 2-3 bars and went out after a few minutes but finally,some hope in 4G. After going 2+ yrs with the Evo waiting for 4G I was still skeptical with Sprint and San Diego coverage.
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Well, 3G and phone service is choppy all over the city right now as they rollout Sprint Vision (LTE).
If you experience any interruption in service, call Sprint and when you get an agent ask to talk to a supervisor. If you are insistent they will provide a credit to your account for each day that your service is down or messed up. This tactic is especially useful when they have a tower undergoing a service outage due to equipment repair. Pay attention, San Diego has many ZIP codes; they like to try and say this only applies to the ZIP where your billing address is located. Not true. I tell them San Diego is my home, and that I pay for Sprint service and utilize my phone for business purposes here...If you are travelling through the city and notice messed up calls or data, take notice of the ZIP you are in and call them and get your discount, it,s usually good for the amount of days the tower is out. I regularly squeeze $15 to $20 off my bill every month!
So no 4g in Oceanside, in fact pretty crappy cell service. But here I am in Julian with 4g and great cell service. Who would have guessed
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So no 4g in Oceanside, in fact pretty crappy cell service. But here I am in Julian with 4g and great cell service. Who would have guessed
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I guess just the areas where it matters...backwards a** Sprint for ya
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So I work right across from Montgomery Field in Serra Mesa/Kearney Mesa. Today my phone kept switching on and off 4G service, guess they're ready to turn on LTE service in that area now, FYI. It was just beta tests, so speed tests at this point are would most likely not be indicative of actual speeds when fully functional, but who knows...
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Got a 4G signal downtown around 7th and B. Signal was strong but speedtests were slow at about 2 Mbps up and down. I was at a mtg around Scripps Poway Parkway just off of I-15 and got an LTE signal with superfast speeds at 25.73 Mbps down and 5.17 up.
I'm still switching to VZW though. I'm done with Sprint and their terrible business decisions.

Post your 4G LTE speed tests on your S4!

Post a screen shot of your LTE speedtest and location!!! Let's see AT&T's blazing fast LTE. Will post mine one I get my S4.
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Crappy LTE speeds today... I usually get about 21Mbps +
City: Houston - Texas
Bjray said:
Crappy LTE speeds today... I usually get about 21Mbps +
City: Houston - Texas
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I once pulled 60mbps down on the iphone 5 and then turned LTE off and got 10mbps on H+. Very impressed with AT&T, yet I crave T-Mobile lol.
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I once pulled 60mbps down on the iphone 5 and then turned LTE off and got 10mbps on H+. Very impressed with AT&T, yet I crave T-Mobile lol.
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Lucky you. My country wouldn't get that kind of speed in 100 years
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MattMJB0188 said:
I once pulled 60mbps down on the iphone 5 and then turned LTE off and got 10mbps on H+. Very impressed with AT&T, yet I crave T-Mobile lol.
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Yeah, I just get chills when I get a big spike like that... I wonder if messing around with APN's will change anything?
I had crappy wifi today...but amazing lte...my wifi is usually around 10-15 anyways...heres mine
Edit: wifi is on bottom and lte is on top...still getting used to this keyboard
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a part of me wishes i had lte in my area instead of only hspa+ for those speeds. then another part of me is glad i dont because at&t's lte is known to eat more battery than hspa+.
31220 area in 478
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York, PA checking in. This is about 30% faster than my HTC One X.
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Woo Whoo!!! Best day ever! Not really but I get a new phone one day and the next day I finally get LTE in my city (Ocala, FL)
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1. Home WiFi via Comcast cable.
2-5. LTE at home (wow!)
6-7. LTE at work.
1 Home wifi with comcast.
2 AT&T Lte
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4g lte (so glad i dropped sprint).
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4g lte (so glad i dropped sprint).
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Yeah Sprint is a joke. What's nice about AT&T is when you step outside an LTE area you have H+ to fall back on. I can easily pull 7-10 mbps down on HSPA+.
I'm also very fortunate to still have unlimited data on AT&T. With these blazing LTE results, I am sure some will go through their data in a day or two.
Can I ask which data plan you are on?
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Yeah Sprint is a joke. What's nice about AT&T is when you step outside an LTE area you have H+ to fall back on. I can easily pull 7-10 mbps down on HSPA+.
I'm also very fortunate to still have unlimited data on AT&T. With these blazing LTE results, I am sure some will go through their data in a day or two.
Can I ask which data plan you are on?
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That's hilarious. Coming from a WiMax phone, 7-10 Mbps was my max on WiMax. I know their 4G LTE will be better, but damn... they released their press release for my market back last October and there's still no movement on it 7 months later. I got tired of waiting (because they don't sell WiMax phones anymore), so I'd have to drop to their terrible 1Mbps 3G.
Well, I knew that would be a downfall (I opted for the 3 Gig plan). I could always bump up to the 5G (I think) plan for $15 more. Luckily my work & house has good broadband, so that should tide me over for the most part. If I really needed to stream something, my wife has the Unlimited Data still and I could always use hers.
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That's hilarious. Coming from a WiMax phone, 7-10 Mbps was my max on WiMax. I know their 4G LTE will be better, but damn... they released their press release for my market back last October and there's still no movement on it 7 months later. I got tired of waiting (because they don't sell WiMax phones anymore), so I'd have to drop to their terrible 1Mbps 3G.
Well, I knew that would be a downfall (I opted for the 3 Gig plan). I could always bump up to the 5G (I think) plan for $15 more. Luckily my work & house has good broadband, so that should tide me over for the most part. If I really needed to stream something, my wife has the Unlimited Data still and I could always use hers.
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GSM is the superior technology which allows for H+. As much as I have been craving T-Mobile lately, I will be sticking with AT&T. Sprint and T-Mobile are crap carriers in the process of upgrading all their existing cell sites to compete with the big boys. Until that is done, I kinda feel sorry for their smartphone subscribers.
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Yeah Sprint is a joke. What's nice about AT&T is when you step outside an LTE area you have H+ to fall back on. I can easily pull 7-10 mbps down on HSPA+.
I'm also very fortunate to still have unlimited data on AT&T. With these blazing LTE results, I am sure some will go through their data in a day or two.
Can I ask which data plan you are on?
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GSM is the superior technology which allows for H+. As much as I have been craving T-Mobile lately, I will be sticking with AT&T. Sprint and T-Mobile are crap carriers in the process of upgrading all their existing cell sites to compete with the big boys. Until that is done, I kinda feel sorry for their smartphone subscribers.
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Yeah... I'm going to be another statistic for the next quarter: http://www.engadget.com/2013/04/24/sprint-earnings-q1-2013/ It's sad. I guess loyalty only gets you so far until you start lagging behind your competitors. I was with them for 13 years.
Very happy with my new service though. The most important thing is that I have cell signal in my home and work... basically in buildings. Sprint's coverage was so bad indoors, it would zap my battery trying to look for cell service constantly.
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53 Mbps down | 20 Mbps up
About time I start getting real LTE speeds...
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Sprint spark speeds - wow

I'm consistently getting 65 to 75 mbps. Huge improvement from the wimax and initial iteration of lte. What's are your speeds like? Post a screenshot if possible!
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Awesome. Sprint was just named the fastest national carrier at this time.
Fast but not as fast as you guys are getting.
Download Signal Check. It will show you what band you're on.
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Yea I'm getting some great speeds in my bedroom....got to say I am happy with sprints network and the note 5!!!
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Speeds are really good, they enabled the 2nd carrier on band 41.
Jbad and geek, those speeds are sick... Definitely worth the wait, imho...
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Darkman and nexus, it seems that your upload screenshots are broken?
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Sprint is NOT a national carrier.
I got ZERO sprint signal driving down the main highway in South Dakota.
Luckily I took my Verizon company phone, had LTE almost everywhere.
I guess you get what you pay for with sprint, they are $30 cheaper a month.
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Awesome. Sprint was just named the fastest national carrier at this time.
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There are several areas in the south where Verizon doesn't pickup at all, so I guess they don't qualify as a national carrier either. And I believe sprint was named the fastest national carrier in Dayton, Ohio. Verizon was named overall fastest network, if I'm not mistaken, but my sprint speeds make my uverse look like dial up. Sprint still has a way to go, as far as reliable coverage, nationwide, but I'm glad to see that they are finally making positive upgrades to their networks.
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I barely get 3g and was told by sprint that i pay to have "access" to there network. ...there are no guarantee to service. .....abs after i threat a complaint to better business Bureau after months of ****ty service and horrible customer service .... on top of them getting caught in a lie about cell towers being down when they were not .... they gave me back what i paid into my previous device and cleared the balance and gave me the phone "note edge" and gave me 100 dollars credit.... and gave me a extra line with free upgrades for both i got s note 5 still horrible signal but i can still upgrade again... so if your service is bad and you have the time to complain. ...do it but you have to be smart on your replies because honestly they are not.
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Fast but not as fast as you guys are getting.
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This speed test was on band 41.
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Here is more on band 41 in my area.
Sorry, there is NO comparison between Verizon, which may have a few holes in coverage, to SPRINT which has almost no coverage besides Roaming on the Verizon voice network in most states west of the Mississippi.
I'm sorry, but they don't have "holes", they have half the USA uncovered compared to Verizon, which has 4g in twice the area of sprint.
If you're out west, sprint is almost useless unless you stuck to the towns.
cadillax02 said:
There are several areas in the south where Verizon doesn't pickup at all, so I guess they don't qualify as a national carrier either. And I believe sprint was named the fastest national carrier in Dayton, Ohio. Verizon was named overall fastest network, if I'm not mistaken, but my sprint speeds make my uverse look like dial up. Sprint still has a way to go, as far as reliable coverage, nationwide, but I'm glad to see that they are finally making positive upgrades to their networks.
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DAvid_B said:
Sorry, there is NO comparison between Verizon, which may have a few holes in coverage, to SPRINT which has almost no coverage besides Roaming on the Verizon voice network in most states west of the Mississippi.
I'm sorry, but they don't have "holes", they have half the USA uncovered compared to Verizon, which has 4g in twice the area of sprint.
If you're out west, sprint is almost useless unless you stuck to the towns.
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You are correct, but I wasn't comparing their coverage areas, just stating the fact that all carriers have holes in their coverage, and that doesn't disqualify one from being a national carrier. Sprint works fine for my location and to where I travel, but may not for others. I have used both carriers, and although Verizon has a much larger network, the difference in cost between the 2 led me to stay with sprint. To each his own....
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DAvid_B said:
Sorry, there is NO comparison between Verizon, which may have a few holes in coverage, to SPRINT which has almost no coverage besides Roaming on the Verizon voice network in most states west of the Mississippi.
I'm sorry, but they don't have "holes", they have half the USA uncovered compared to Verizon, which has 4g in twice the area of sprint.
If you're out west, sprint is almost useless unless you stuck to the towns.
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Yep no comparison. ....sprint i get great coverage all around phoenix 65+mb down cost way less than Verizon all my phones are rooted and still have unlimited data .... you are right there is no comparing it to Verizon :thumbup::thumbup:
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I'm going to be in a Spark town this weekend, will be running test's to see what they come up to on speeds. My town has 4G but it's only one portion of it. City is stingy with letting towers in-town so they are mostly all circling the town.
cadillax02 said:
You are correct, but I wasn't comparing their coverage areas, just stating the fact that all carriers have holes in their coverage, and that doesn't disqualify one from being a national carrier. Sprint works fine for my location and to where I travel, but may not for others. I have used both carriers, and although Verizon has a much larger network, the difference in cost between the 2 led me to stay with sprint. To each his own....
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Ok. I just think a "national carrier" should have nation wide coverage. not skip entire states.
I was very disapointed after driving 4 hrs in south dakota to get no data. And when i researched it after the fact was shocked at how much verizon lte there was and sprint had absolutely nothing.
You are correct, you get what you pay for i guess..
DAvid_B said:
Ok. I just think a "national carrier" should have nation wide coverage. not skip entire states.
I was very disapointed after driving 4 hrs in south dakota to get no data. And when i researched it after the fact was shocked at how much verizon lte there was and sprint had absolutely nothing.
You are correct, you get what you pay for i guess..
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Agreed David.
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Man, look at some of these speeds I get when getting a good signal on mobile data.
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My speeds suck, any tips?
I'm more than happy with this speed inside my home.
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There should be a thread of the horrible speeds 90 percent of us get.
this the best i can get at home if i go down the block i get 40mbps download speeds. I'm half bars lte in the house
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There should be a thread of the horrible speeds 90 percent of us get.
this the best i can get at home if i go down the block i get 40mbps download speeds. I'm half bars lte in the house
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Damn, that has got to suck being that slow!! I have Internet in my house that usually always gets over 120Mbps mainly because my server needs really high speeds to keep up with the demand..
I would of left sprint along time Ago if i didn't have internet at home.
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Almost there! Fast mobile data in the nation i tell ya!
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Where it is actually at T-Mobile is very fast as well. But similar to sprint you could go a few blocks away and be roaming. Or at least wishing you were.
So I guess the conclusion is: Sprint surprises some, disappoints most.
I ****ing hate when my phone shows me good LTE service yet it STILL doesn't load anything..... I mean the service is WORLDS better than it was when I signed up in 2006 but it really pisses me off sometimes.
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I ****ing hate when my phone shows me good LTE service yet it STILL doesn't load anything..... I mean the service is WORLDS better than it was when I signed up in 2006 but it really pisses me off sometimes.
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You know we are all on sprint because the unlimited data plans are the cheapest in town.
I travel fulltime and I can say its nice when you are in NYC and can pull 80mb down. Not so nice when you are driving across South Dakota or New Mexico and all you have is roaming.
Overall the best coverage I've seen across the contiguous USA is on the GSM network (ATT) and the best data bandwidth has been LTE over CDMA with Verizon having the most consistent coverage.
The technology is changing faster than anyone can keep up with it though. If your bandwidth sucks now just wait a year. It might not be the fastest but it should get better.
-Sean
Wilmingtech said:
You know we are all on sprint because the unlimited data plans are the cheapest in town.
I travel fulltime and I can say its nice when you are in NYC and can pull 80mb down. Not so nice when you are driving across South Dakota or New Mexico and all you have is roaming.
Overall the best coverage I've seen across the contiguous USA is on the GSM network (ATT) and the best data bandwidth has been LTE over CDMA with Verizon having the most consistent coverage.
The technology is changing faster than anyone can keep up with it though. If your bandwidth sucks now just wait a year. It might not be the fastest but it should get better.
-Sean
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Luckily I am on Long Island so I get pretty decent coverage most places but sometimes it is spotty. Like someone else said, standing over here it is great but go across the street and it is non-existent. Sprint really shot itself in the foot when it went Wimax instead of LTE. They backed the wrong horse and they are only just starting to get back on track. For what I pay, and the coverage and speeds I usually get around here, I have lived with it. However, those times when it doesn't work even on Long Island, REALLY pisses me off. When I'm up on a trip in Vermont somewhere forget it. Everyone else has data coverage (at least functional) and I got nothing but that is the price I pay. I usually just turn off the cell radio as it drains the **** out of my battery.
Man sprint is stepping up finally.
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Man sprint is stepping up finally.
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I hope they step it up down here next
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