did a google search on Sprints download speeds and found this

**gbal4** · 07-02-2012, 10:33 PM

http://www.technolog.msnbc.msn.com/t...d-issue-119442

anyone having these issues

**gbal4** · 07-02-2012, 10:41 PM

now I know why the have unlimited data with speeds in the dial up range no one would want to stay online for any period of time to slow reminds me of simple mobile

**TheCellphoneGuy** · 07-02-2012, 10:45 PM

Originally Posted by gbal4

http://www.technolog.msnbc.msn.com/t...d-issue-119442

anyone having these issues

It's not just the iPhone that's having these problems. Sprint's 3G network is the slowest nationwide and a software update will not help out much.

I have to admit though that speeds are quite good when you're traveling along interstates. I was able to watch Netflix (as a passanger) in high quality with little to no interruption in streaming. Wish I could say the same for my T-Mobile phone.

Sprint's problem is mainly in heavily populated areas such as NYC for example. I'm confident though that once Network Vision is rolled out, speeds will see a big increase, do to better backhaul and less strain on the 3G network, once LTE is lighted up. As long as Sprint doesn't run out of money, their LTE rollout could be just as good (if not better) as their 3G expansion back in 2006.

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**503ducati** · 07-02-2012, 11:45 PM

Originally Posted by gbal4

http://www.technolog.msnbc.msn.com/t...d-issue-119442

anyone having these issues

That article is from nearly a year ago. There are a few links in my signature for further information.

**mdasen** · 07-05-2012, 10:47 AM

That article might be a year old, but PC Magazine just did a large test (http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2405597,00.asp) and found Sprint's network to be very slow, only averaging 0.41Mbps. By contrast, AT&T's 3G network offered 1.97Mbps (4.8x faster), Verizon's 3G network offered 0.91Mbps (2.2x faster), and T-Mobile's network offered 6.84Mbps (16.6x faster). Sprint needs LTE badly. While it's offering unlimited data, its speeds are a fraction of competitors.

Also, it should be noted that this isn't just an issue in cities for Sprint. PC Magazine also tested suburban/rural performance over interstates. On the I-95 corridor from Boston to DC, Sprint hit 0.30Mbps. By contrast, Verizon got 0.84Mbps, AT&T 2.24Mbps, and T-Mobile 6.75Mbps. The story is the same in each region. Sprint's best performance was in the rural/suburban southwest at 0.51Mbps. For cities, Sprint's best regional average was 0.45Mbps (in the Northwest).

Hopefully Sprint's LTE network will make them competitive again, but in the meantime Sprint is far behind. A combination of lack of investment in their EV-DO network and the switch from WiMAX to LTE have meant that Sprint's current offering is slow.

**lennyj17** · 07-05-2012, 01:00 PM

Originally Posted by mdasen

That article might be a year old, but PC Magazine just did a large test (http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2405597,00.asp) and found Sprint's network to be very slow, only averaging 0.41Mbps. By contrast, AT&T's 3G network offered 1.97Mbps (4.8x faster), Verizon's 3G network offered 0.91Mbps (2.2x faster), and T-Mobile's network offered 6.84Mbps (16.6x faster). Sprint needs LTE badly. While it's offering unlimited data, its speeds are a fraction of competitors.

Also, it should be noted that this isn't just an issue in cities for Sprint. PC Magazine also tested suburban/rural performance over interstates. On the I-95 corridor from Boston to DC, Sprint hit 0.30Mbps. By contrast, Verizon got 0.84Mbps, AT&T 2.24Mbps, and T-Mobile 6.75Mbps. The story is the same in each region. Sprint's best performance was in the rural/suburban southwest at 0.51Mbps. For cities, Sprint's best regional average was 0.45Mbps (in the Northwest).

Hopefully Sprint's LTE network will make them competitive again, but in the meantime Sprint is far behind. A combination of lack of investment in their EV-DO network and the switch from WiMAX to LTE have meant that Sprint's current offering is slow.

Which is why Hesse and Sprint are doing a COMPLETE NETWORK overhaul....Not just upgrading to LTE, but essentially Building a BRAND NEW Nationwide NETWORK with Network Vision.....

People just have to be patient and ride out the storm its the same ordeal ATT went through when the iPhone took there Network down and ATT has to preform its "Enhanced Backhaul" project...nearly the same thing for Sprint....and look at ATT's network now....Sprint will too get there.

Verizon will too in the near future overhaul it network to be more spectrum efficient, as they see the Government isn't so easily going to toss more spectrum their way, and getting people off Unlimited Data is only going to hold for so long until their LTE network slows because of congestion on the 700mhz spectrum....Just wait for that LTE iPhone 5 to release, everyone will be wondering what happen to the 20 & 30 MBs down.

**gbal4** · 07-10-2012, 04:45 PM

just got off the phone with my brother in law he lives in Nashville Tenn and I asked him to run a speed test on his Sprint Iphone4S and he got 028 down and 045 up . I currently have H2O Wireless on my Atrix 2 and I get 3.00 mbps down and 1.05 up not bad for a mvno the highest that I have gotten is 6.88 down and 0.04 up with a ping of 283 ms