Recent Data Speeds

[tli]

Is it just me/my area, or has the data speeds been significantly worse as of late?

I always have full bars of 3G, but more than half the time, pages just wont finish loading(or load at all for that matter)

Also, at least 15-20 times a day, ill notice my 3G randomly go from green to white, then the 3G symbol disappears for about 30 seconds to a minute. In that time, web is unusable. And then it comes back on.

At first I thought it was just my phone, but then I remembered that my first Optimus Elite did it toi, as did my Triumph. This has been going on for me since about early-May.

Do any of you have this issue?

I love the new phones they're releasing, but maybe its time to try Straight Talk or T-Mo

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Sorry to hear that you're having issues. Where are you in Boston? I'm located near 128 and Mass Pike, and I haven't experience any of the problems you've described. My OV is showing 1-2 out of 4 bars (signal strength of -90 to -95 dBm), and there's no issue with my 3G connection now or over the last couple of months.

The only time I'd problem was during the Earth Day celebration down at the Esplanade recently. The place was packed with a lot of people so the Sprint towers must have been overloaded. The phone had full 4-bars but data was showing 1X instead of 3G, and the connection was just way too slow to even browse the web.

[BadCredit1]

Sorry to hear that you're having issues. Where are you in Boston? I'm located near 128 and Mass Pike, and I haven't experience any of the problems you've described. My OV is showing 1-2 out of 4 bars (signal strength of -90 to -95 dBm), and there's no issue with my 3G connection now or over the last couple of months.

The only time I'd problem was during the Earth Day celebration down at the Esplanade recently. The place was packed with a lot of people so the Sprint towers must have been overloaded. The phone had full 4-bars but data was showing 1X instead of 3G, and the connection was just way too slow to even browse the web.

I was living in Malden not long ago, but recently moved to Worcester.

So, after an our with tech support, he reprovisioned my phone, and for the past 5 hours, its been good. Data is even slightly faster. Strange.

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[skarloey]

We just got the iphone 4S from Radio Shack 9 days ago and have HORRIBLE data speed while the coverage map shows EXCELLENT data coverage in our area. I don't have faith that anything is going to fix it so I think we will return it and go to simple mobile.

[BadCredit1]

We just got the iphone 4S from Radio Shack 9 days ago and have HORRIBLE data speed while the coverage map shows EXCELLENT data coverage in our area. I don't have faith that anything is going to fix it so I think we will return it and go to simple mobile.

I can't imagine an iphone with VMs speeds being fun at all. But apparently others are happy with it; so I guess it alldepends on the area.

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[TheCellphoneGuy]

I can't imagine an iphone with VMs speeds being fun at all. But apparently others are happy with it; so I guess it alldepends on the area.

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Yeah, it does. I used to think that some locations will never get high speeds due to heavy network congestion and EV-DO technical limitations.

Then I saw this YouTube video, where a guy does a speed test on his LG Optimus V in Times Square, where there is definitely heavy network congestion, yet he still gets very decent speeds.

My guess is that either that tower had Network Vision deployed or since it's Times Square, Sprint wants their network to be top notch, so they have some nice backhaul running, so all the businessmen and businesswomen can check their stocks quickly and not complain

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RbwRO...e_gdata_player

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[tli]

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So, after an our with tech support, he reprovisioned my phone, and for the past 5 hours, its been good. Data is even slightly faster. Strange.

Glad that you've got it resolved.

... I used to think that some locations will never get high speeds due to heavy network congestion and EV-DO technical limitations.

Then I saw this YouTube video, where a guy does a speed test on his LG Optimus V in Times Square, where there is definitely heavy network congestion, yet he still gets very decent speeds.

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To my surprise, that was my experience too when visiting NYC. I was even able to make clear VOIP calls over 3G while in mid-Manhattan with tourists and office workers everywhere in the middle of the day.

[skarloey]

Would anyone please be able to post here the data speed you get on Virgin Mobile? I always use the speedtest.net app (available for iPhone or Android). I'm new to Virgin Mobile and would be interested in seeing results from any phone in any location.

[billm261]

Would anyone please be able to post here the data speed you get on Virgin Mobile? I always use the speedtest.net app (available for iPhone or Android). I'm new to Virgin Mobile and would be interested in seeing results from any phone in any location.

It's irrelevant what others get as they are in other parts of the country during different times of day.

I have seen 2Mbps on rare occasions as well as .15Mbps so it all depends.

Until Network Vision is completed you may very well be stuck with the speeds you are complaining about in the other thread.

[haleba]

OK, good to know I'm not going nuts. Nothing in the "Data, MMS Down" thread since March, but my data speeds have been very erratic for a couple of months, one minute as low as 4 kbps (!) per Mobile Speed Test, the next 160. WTF!!!!!??

Logged in to see if I was the only VM customer having issues because I couldn't get my phone past 40 kbps just now, even after flipping Airplane Mode on/off.

Another poster mentioned this happens when Sprint Changes Something.

So when will the experiment be over?

And what is Network Vision?

Thanks

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[503ducati]

OK, good to know I'm not going nuts. Nothing in the "Data, MMS Down" thread since March, but my data speeds have been very erratic for a couple of months, one minute as low as 4 kbps (!) per Mobile Speed Test, the next 160. WTF!!!!!??

Logged in to see if I was the only VM customer having issues because I couldn't get my phone past 40 kbps just now, even after flipping Airplane Mode on/off.

Another poster mentioned this happens when Sprint Changes Something.

So when will the experiment be over?

And what is Network Vision?

Thanks

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http://www.howardforums.com/showthre...ion-initiative

[hershey_squirt]

OK, good to know I'm not going nuts. Nothing in the "Data, MMS Down" thread since March, but my data speeds have been very erratic for a couple of months, one minute as low as 4 kbps (!) per Mobile Speed Test, the next 160. WTF!!!!!??

Logged in to see if I was the only VM customer having issues because I couldn't get my phone past 40 kbps just now, even after flipping Airplane Mode on/off.

Another poster mentioned this happens when Sprint Changes Something.

So when will the experiment be over?

And what is Network Vision?

Thanks

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That speed could just be normal for your area. Seeing 0-150 kbps is very possible on a sprint tower during peak, or all the time.

During peak times, I normally see 50-200 kbps, off-peak I can get about 500-1500 kbps. I would be very happy with a 300-500 kbps all the time, imo.

[skarloey]

Just got data going with straight talk. Just did two speed tests and averaged 500kbps. One of the tests pegged at 1000kbps.

[mfrerkes]

Data speeds are SUCKING all day... and I just started a new month, so it's not a cap.

I've never been close to the cap, and my data speeds really suck in certain locations around town. This is Sprint's ongoing capacity issue which will probably never get fully resolved. They upgraded the data capacity in my neighborhood recently, and while it is better, it's still nowhere near what 3G speeds are with other carriers.

I'm in the process of auditioning other pre-paid carriers. Sprint brands are a joke. They're cheap, but they're frustratingly inept. They can't even address the "Radio Interface Resource Shortage" which prevents me from sending text messages and receiving certain calls. I did a speed test on my 4G connection one day and it was 300 Kbps! Seriously? 300 Kbps for 4G?!?!

VM is a huge rip-off when you compare what they promise with what they actually deliver.

[mfrerkes]

We just got the iphone 4S from Radio Shack 9 days ago and have HORRIBLE data speed while the coverage map shows EXCELLENT data coverage in our area. I don't have faith that anything is going to fix it so I think we will return it and go to simple mobile.

That's probably a wise move. Sprint is playing a game of Whack-A-Mole with their data capacity issues. They'll never get ahead of it, and keep feeding customers a bunch of BS about how they're working hard to fix things. Page Plus and even Straight Talk are suddenly looking like better options now.

[mfrerkes]

I spoke too soon...

Its back. Dammit. Lol.

So it probably is the Network Vision.

This is the way VM has been since I signed up with them in 2009. They can use "Network Vision" all they want as an excuse, but it goes deeper than that. Lousy Network + Lousy Tech Support = Lousy Experience. Sprint isn't going to change that. I kept hoping they would, but it's obvious they won't.