Lexington KY crappy T mobile data speeds

[mahanddeem]

Hi

I am sorry if it's not the correct place to post this issue ...

I live in Lexington,KY , and I have a Samsung Google Nexus S I9020T (3G 900,1700,2100MHz), and T-Mobile 30$ plan (100min+5GB at 4G speeds)...Now the issue is that the data speed in my phone is truly garbage ... I KNOW my devices is NOT a 4G device and can theoratically handle uo to HSDPA 7.2 megs and HSUPA 5.1 megs MAX..... My speeds using the speedtest from ookla are around 500-1000kbps for DL and mostly not during the day (I get network problem) and my pings are 200+ most of the time ...

So from the poeple on T mobile especially in Lexington KY area ,

1.Is it my phone is crappy in signal and speeds ?
2.T mobile sucks in KY ?
3.My wife iPhone 4S on Straighttalk SIM (att compatabile...so this service is from att towers) can EASILY get 5 megs PLUS and pings 100 ms or LESS and during the rush hours 12 1 2 pm etc ...(iPhone 4S HSDPA 14 and HSUPA 5.6)

Please answer my question so I would know which to change : Network or Phone !!

Thanks

[PaisanNYC]

I've never had any issues in Fayette County or Taylor County the several times I visited. Louisville is another story. I had really bad service in Louisville.

[mahanddeem]

Do you have any estamates about Data speeds when you were there ? "issues" or "no issues" doesn't say much ... A tiny youtube video needing 1-2 min to start playing definitly sucks !!!...
I am sure I am gonna dump that stupid network (or stupid phone) IDK ....

[Kies]

sounds like subscriber overload, and not enough cells to support everyone. Try disabling 3G

[mahanddeem]

sounds like subscriber overload, and not enough cells to support everyone. Try disabling 3G

lol I would just throw the phone away and use my land line if I would disable 3G..

It's all about the G's...

[ljfnky]

At&t 4g coverage in Lexington is awesome. I'm there a few times a month on business coming from area of natural bridge state park traveling the mountain parkway 16 miles from Winchester,Ky I pick up 4g with a few bars and it just gets better the closer I get to Lexington.
The network in home town stinks so It's a treat to visit Lexington the times I do. Just my opinion.
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[scott.]

I'm not sure how you guys are getting such good performance out of AT&T's network in Lexington. I have an iPhone 4S and get what I consider to be poor performance in Lexington, and most everywhere actually. I've had times where I've had 5 bars and "4G" and not been able to connect at all. When I run Ookla's speedtest.net app, I usually get ping times between 100 ms and 200 ms, download speeds of no more than 2 Mbps, and upload speeds no more than 1 Mbps. Once I ran it for 5 minutes with 5 signal bars, and never got a ping response. I realize the network load changes from second to second, but my results are generally poor. I also realize my device doesn't have an LTE radio, but I would expect better with HSPA+.
I've had my SIM card replaced, I went to Apple and they replaced the phone, and I called AT&T and made sure I had a "Data Plan for iPhone 4S", as they call it.
Does anyone have any ideas of what I might try? Would having my account re-provisioned help in any way?

Thanks for reading my rant.
Scott

[scott.]

Sorry about my post above being in the wrong place. I wasn't paying attention.

[Kies]

Well, different strokes.. I don't doubt you have data issues. I notice the same stuff with my AT&T line in Las Vegas. Data simple not loading anything at all. Slow downloads, etc.