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I've climbed a cellphone tower
http://www.computerworld.com/s/artic...2&pageNumber=3Sprint's 3G and 4G services performed worse than any other carrier's in our study. Sprint's 3G CDMA network has fared poorly in our study for the past two years. And though our tests show that Sprint's 4G WiMax service is marginally faster this year than last year, it's still not in the same league as its rivals' LTE services.
Sprint 3G clocked average speeds of 0.59 mbps (590 kbps) for downloads and 0.56 mbps (560 kbps) for uploads--adequate speeds for basic mobile tasks such as browsing the Web (slowly) and checking email, but problematic for streaming video or music.
There isn't much good news about Sprint's existing 4G WiMax service either. We tested Sprint WiMax last year in seven of the cities included in this year's study. In those seven cities, the service's average speeds improved from 1.99 mbps for downloads and 0.61 mbps for uploads to 2.66 mbps for downloads and 0.92 mbps for uploads. But Sprint's 4G service is about as fast as AT&T's HSPA+ service, and quite a bit slower than T-Mobile's HSPA+ 21 service. Most people consider both of these forms of HSPA+ to be 3G.
Sprint is clearly a company at a technology crossroads. In 2007, eager to be the first U.S. carrier to launch 4G service, Sprint chose the best technology then available, WiMax. Now it's paying a price for that decision in a wireless ecosystem that has overwhelmingly embraced the newer, faster LTE technology.
I'm not surprised to see See Sprint behind the others. My average is about 0.30mb down on Sprint 3G, and pings often as high as 1000.
I've climbed a cellphone tower
My usual speeds were around 320kpbs. I gave up two months ago and turned cellular data off. Yes it is a waste of money having my firm pay for a data plan that is not being used but nothing much I can do about it. Sprint says you have to have to pay for data even if you do not want/need/or have the ability to really use it.
I have the iPhone 4S at least until October 2013 and I am making due with WiFi.
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one night on wimax -
same night on 3g -
on the nexus s 4g (when it was gingerbread) *i've been pretty happy with the service in the metro dc area*
>:-,
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I've climbed a cellphone tower
8.25 on EV-DO rA? I didn't think speeds like that were even theoretically possible...
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neither did i.. i even suspected sprint slipped rev b intothe network... this was in my basement, that night..
Phone Collector
It's likely you had 4G on - notice how you hit 1.5mbit upload - which happens to be the WiMAX upload cap...Originally Posted by j'vai
Sorry, but you didn't hit 8.25mbit on 3G.
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check the IP addies on both..
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Sprint 3G Improved 2012 (dated back in jan)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_W5kmsBXVso
*to sprint: what's realy going on backstage?
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from - https://network.sprint.com/
(that screenshot shows a tower, that just thru the woods from my touwnhouse, on p.g. community college's campus)
which i found from the sprint community form this user -
**11. Apr 14, 2012 5:34 PM (in response to Techie4Lyfe89)
Re: Improving 3G & 4GLTE?**
"I would like to clear this up on behalf of all the Sprint customers out there. The website "http://network.sprint.com" is showing upgrades to their LEGACY (old 3G) network. These upgrades include extra T1 backhaul, an additional Ev-DO carrier, and upgrades for voice (not sure about what constitutes a voice upgrade). This site does NOT show Network Vision upgrades. Network Vision will replace this outdated legacy network with new brand new, top-of-the-line equipment such as base stations, new switch units, and RRU's/antennaes that will also increase coverage. Sprint is rolling out these updates quietly as they do not want to confuse the customer with multiple, complicated technologies. Unfortunately, I think this creates a false sense of information because many people seem to believe the network.sprint.com site shows NV updates. It does not. When these updates roll out I assure you that you will receive much improved 3G speeds. I get 2+ down on a tower in Atlanta which is one of the first cities to receive NV. My best advice to pursue information on NV is to follow press releases from newsroom.sprint.com and to inquire when LTE is coming to your area. The beauty of NV is that LTE is rolled out relatiely the same time that 3G is. Finally, I am not discounting the network.sprint.com updates. I have experienced luck with some of their upgrades; however, some legacy switches are at such a capacity that these upgrades won't help. Hopefully this clears up any confusion on the so-called "upgrades." Network Vision is where you will really reap the benefits of Sprint's network."
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EVDO Advanced? - http://www.cdg.org/resources/files/f...d_FEB_2012.pdf
~shrugs shoulders~
Radiation is good
EVDO advanced still wouldn't be that quick unless they implemented Rev. B, which Sprint states they haven't.
Something was probably wrong with the speedtest app, 4G is capable of those speed's but EVDO Rev. A isn't.
And I don't think the Nexus S 4G supports EVDO Rev. B?
My screen is bigger than yours
As Sprint deploys LTE and more people migrate to it, do you guys think that the 3G speeds will improve?
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It will/should improve anyways as they are doing the work on the cell sites. As they deploy network vision, they are also enhancing their CDMA and EVDO's capacity and backhaul and numerous other things that should greatly improve 3G speeds.
Plus people migrating will only help.
I've climbed a cellphone tower
"But Sprint's 4G service is about as fast as AT&T's HSPA+ service, and quite a bit slower than T-Mobile's HSPA+ 21 service. Most people consider both of these forms of HSPA+ to be 3G." I don't disagree with the slow 3G speeds mentioned in this article but I disagree with saying most people consider HSPA+ to be 3G. AT&T and T-Mobile have spent hundreds of millions of dollars to brainwash everyone that they now have a 4G network. It can't be both: a "3G network" when you want to make the competitor look slow and a "4G network when you're trying to convince everyone that the Iphone is magically now a 4G phone.
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