pyroscott Posted November 9, 2012 Share Posted November 9, 2012 oh... I rather see Samsung around...!! Good luck finding "Samsung", they are using local subcontractors. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
puch96 Posted November 9, 2012 Share Posted November 9, 2012 Good luck finding "Samsung", they are using local subcontractors. Oh... well, then anybody that would give us some 4G love in this area..... 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
obsanity Posted November 12, 2012 Share Posted November 12, 2012 (edited) We never got WiMax... I had 2 phones which had it and paid premium data fees. Now I have GN with the fancy LTE and I'm still waiting. Any word on where NV is around my area? I see the running list thread says October for first sites but I haven't seen my phone connect to anything yet. My contract expires in 3 months and after 13 years with sprint its too little too late for me. Edited November 12, 2012 by obsanity Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
keelerman8042 Posted November 12, 2012 Share Posted November 12, 2012 Detroit should be starting deployment anytime now and the area they were scheduled to have the first lte sites up in October, but they are behind scheduled as of now Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ryry4ya Posted November 12, 2012 Share Posted November 12, 2012 I went from the state line Ohio, up to the Detroit area, all sites were ehrpd. Right outside of the Casino I was almost getting 2 mbps down and 1 up. That was Sat. mobile with Evo LTE 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
obsanity Posted November 12, 2012 Share Posted November 12, 2012 I went from the state line Ohio, up to the Detroit area, all sites were ehrpd. Right outside of the Casino I was almost getting 2 mbps down and 1 up. That was Sat. mobile with Evo LTE Was that on LTE or normal 3G? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
keelerman8042 Posted November 12, 2012 Share Posted November 12, 2012 Was that on LTE or normal 3G? that would have been 3g, ehrpd is just a software program that sprint downloads for smooth transition from 4g to 3g, but must' be in place before lte is live 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
obsanity Posted November 12, 2012 Share Posted November 12, 2012 Oh yeah. I read about that before. I'm afraid its too late for me. Nexus 4 is about to be released and an unlocked GSM phone sounds good to me right now. The 4G LTE mumbo jumbo doesn't mean anything to me and T-Mobile is pumping 31Mb at my house vs the screenshot I posted earlier on Sprint. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
koiulpoi Posted November 12, 2012 Share Posted November 12, 2012 Oh yeah. I read about that before. I'm afraid its too late for me. Nexus 4 is about to be released and an unlocked GSM phone sounds good to me right now. The 4G LTE mumbo jumbo doesn't mean anything to me and T-Mobile is pumping 31Mb at my house vs the screenshot I posted earlier on Sprint. Hop on T-Mo no-contract until LTE arrives. Or stay with them forever. Really up to you. I don't think anyone here is gonna beg you to stay. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
puch96 Posted November 15, 2012 Share Posted November 15, 2012 ...mid November.... any updates in Michigan? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jefbal99 Posted November 15, 2012 Share Posted November 15, 2012 Robert said in the comments on the recent wall post sometime in the next 30 days Sent from my Galaxy Note 2 using Forum Runner Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
syntax Posted November 15, 2012 Share Posted November 15, 2012 I work at one of the Sprint tower sites in Flint MI (Sprint leases tower space from us). General Dynamics has been working on upgrading our tower for Sprint 4g. Sitting in my office now, with 4g enabled, I'm getting 2 bars of 4g signal strength. 2099kpbs down (Detroit speed test) 510kpbs up (Detroit speed test) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
syntax Posted November 15, 2012 Share Posted November 15, 2012 Even better. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GraPHiC1982 Posted November 15, 2012 Share Posted November 15, 2012 ^^^ this looks like WIMAX to me.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dkoellerwx Posted November 15, 2012 Share Posted November 15, 2012 With an EVO 3D? WiMax. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
newboyx Posted November 15, 2012 Share Posted November 15, 2012 Even better. That is the Wimax 4g icon. Sent from my Galaxy Nexus using Tapatalk 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
syntax Posted November 15, 2012 Share Posted November 15, 2012 Thanks for the correction guys, it is WiMax. That being said, I've seen General Dynamics making upgrades to our tower, so hopefully LTE will be up and running sooner rather than later. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thecodemonk Posted November 26, 2012 Share Posted November 26, 2012 Just signed up to say that I'm in Port Huron and decided to switch to LTE/CDMA mode. It connected on eHRPD:13. Did a speed test and it's 409k down and 217k up. When testing, I can get it to peak around 700k on the download. Just did one that was consistent 600k. I had an Evo Shift last year and was really surprised when I reset the phone and it connected 4G. Even our stores here didn't know we had WiMax (They only REAL sprint store is at the other end of town which the WiMax signal doesn't reach.) Anyway, does this mean that I might get 4g at the launch? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
keelerman8042 Posted November 26, 2012 Share Posted November 26, 2012 Just signed up to say that I'm in Port Huron and decided to switch to LTE/CDMA mode. It connected on eHRPD:13. Did a speed test and it's 409k down and 217k up. When testing, I can get it to peak around 700k on the download. Just did one that was consistent 600k. I had an Evo Shift last year and was really surprised when I reset the phone and it connected 4G. Even our stores here didn't know we had WiMax (They only REAL sprint store is at the other end of town which the WiMax signal doesn't reach.) Anyway, does this mean that I might get 4g at the launch? work should have started by now, no one has reported anything going on, but it shouldn't be long before you start seeing LTE signals maybe in the next 30-60 days, also you guys have protection sites like we do in toledo( tho we only have one) that is based off clearwires WiMAX 4g and yes you will get LTE as they are deploying every single tower with it from ground up should see better 3g speeds as well... And welcome to S4GRU Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pyroscott Posted November 26, 2012 Share Posted November 26, 2012 Might not be immediately, or even at the "launch" of the market. The WiMax 4G is provided by Clearwire, not Sprint. LTE is rolled out by Sprint and just because an area has 4G WiMax doesn't mean LTE will be deployed there first. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RCM Posted November 26, 2012 Share Posted November 26, 2012 This explains the trouble I was having with my signal today in Fenton. It's a drive-by photo so I apologize about the lack of quality or closeup. I've recently noticed EHRPD in Fenton, Holly, Hartland and Howell areas so hopefully we're seeing 4G coming to my area very soon. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pyroscott Posted November 27, 2012 Share Posted November 27, 2012 This explains the trouble I was having with my signal today in Fenton. It's a drive-by photo so I apologize about the lack of quality or closeup. I've recently noticed EHRPD in Fenton, Holly, Hartland and Howell areas so hopefully we're seeing 4G coming to my area very soon. eHRPD doesn't necessarily mean LTE is impending... it just means eHRPD 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RCM Posted November 27, 2012 Share Posted November 27, 2012 True but this market was reported to start seeing lte rollout very soon. I was looking at it as pieces of a puzzle. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boosted20V Posted November 28, 2012 Share Posted November 28, 2012 The speeds are ok where I live(warren,mi) I average about 500 download and 600 upload. I haven't even seen eHRPD in my area. Sprint has abused this market badly. When my 18th birthday comes up in May. I was hoping to stay with sprint but Sprint has let me down so much even when I bought my EVO Design for the WiMax that never came. Can't wait to say goodbye!!!!!!!!!!!!!! No one cares how much you dislike Sprint. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boosted20V Posted November 28, 2012 Share Posted November 28, 2012 You do enough to respond troll. You have 2 posts here and yet I'm a troll. You add no value to the discussion so please stop, why is that so hard? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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