Current state of data speeds for carriers
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hopefully things will be different next year. I have hope for sprint.
Current state of Sprint
Started by Cheesewhack, Apr 22 2012 06:33 PM
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Posted 22 April 2012 - 06:33 PM
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Posted 22 April 2012 - 06:45 PM
Very sad, but very true. Hopefully sprint can turn things around very quickly.
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Posted 22 April 2012 - 07:01 PM
In all areas I have traveled to Sprint has matched Verizon and AT&T on 3G Data Speeds. I know this because I have a Sprint and Verizon phone while my wife has a AT&T phone. When I travel places I test speeds between all 3 and usually Sprint has similar data speeds at 1-1.5 MB per second.
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Posted 22 April 2012 - 07:02 PM
True but very ugly news for sprint. (Sprint 3G clocked average speeds of 0.59 mbps (590 kbps) for downloads and 0.56 mbps (560 kbps) for uploads-)
Whats sad Is I'd be really happy with those speeds (instead of the 150kbps i get now) until NV got here.
Whats sad Is I'd be really happy with those speeds (instead of the 150kbps i get now) until NV got here.
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Posted 22 April 2012 - 07:14 PM
Abyss19707, on 22 April 2012 - 07:01 PM, said:
In all areas I have traveled to Sprint has matched Verizon and AT&T on 3G Data Speeds. I know this because I have a Sprint and Verizon phone while my wife has a AT&T phone. When I travel places I test speeds between all 3 and usually Sprint has similar data speeds at 1-1.5 MB per second.
Do you mean Mb? i would love to have 1-1.5 Mbps but i would kill to get 1-1.5 MBps on 3G
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Posted 22 April 2012 - 07:26 PM
Cheesewhack, on 22 April 2012 - 07:14 PM, said:
Do you mean Mb? i would love to have 1-1.5 Mbps but i would kill to get 1-1.5 MBps on 3G
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Posted 22 April 2012 - 07:27 PM
OMG i want network vision!!
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Posted 22 April 2012 - 07:29 PM
it will get better.
After Network Vision, should be close to a whole new network.
After Network Vision, should be close to a whole new network.
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Posted 22 April 2012 - 07:31 PM
Abyss19707, on 22 April 2012 - 07:26 PM, said:
Yes 1-1.5 megabytes per second. A few months back I got only 100-200 KB per second but since Netowrk Vision started I have been seeing better signal and better speeds.
What are you using to check the speed? Nearly all speed tests are measured in megabits per second or Mbps and not megabytes per second or MBps.
Sprint's 3G network is not even capable of 1 MBps
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Posted 22 April 2012 - 07:37 PM
pyroscott, on 22 April 2012 - 07:31 PM, said:
What are you using to check the speed? Nearly all speed tests are measured in megabits per second or Mbps and not megabytes per second or MBps.
Sprint's 3G network is not even capable of 1 MBps
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Posted 22 April 2012 - 07:40 PM
Here in Cleveland, we dont have network vision yet, but speeds have improved a little bit.
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Posted 22 April 2012 - 07:40 PM
Abyss19707, on 22 April 2012 - 07:37 PM, said:
I use speedtest.net and many people I know get about 1 MB per second if not better on Sprint
pyroscott, on 22 April 2012 - 07:31 PM, said:
What are you using to check the speed? Nearly all speed tests are measured in megabits per second or Mbps and not megabytes per second or MBps.
Sprint's 3G network is not even capable of 1 MBps
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Posted 22 April 2012 - 07:43 PM
Abyss19707, on 22 April 2012 - 07:37 PM, said:
I use speedtest.net and many people I know get about 1 MB per second if not better on Sprint
It is actually Mb that they are getting. A byte is 8 bits. If speeds were represented in megabytes per second, everything would be 1/8 of what we see advertised now in megabits per second.
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Posted 22 April 2012 - 07:47 PM
Megabits per second
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Posted 22 April 2012 - 07:48 PM
pyroscott, on 22 April 2012 - 07:43 PM, said:
It is actually Mb that they are getting. A byte is 8 bits. If speeds were represented in megabytes per second, everything would be 1/8 of what we see advertised now in megabits per second.
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Posted 22 April 2012 - 08:00 PM
Abyss19707, on 22 April 2012 - 07:48 PM, said:
Sorry fot he mistake but I thought that is how it is suppose to be represented
LOL, no problem. It's very easy to confuse MBps with Mbps.
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Posted 23 April 2012 - 05:04 AM
Abyss19707, on 23 April 2012 - 03:45 AM, said:
You on 3G, 4G, or WiFi
4G. I defected to Verizon until network vision comes through my area.
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Posted 23 April 2012 - 07:22 AM
pyroscott, on 23 April 2012 - 05:04 AM, said:
4G. I defected to Verizon until network vision comes through my area.
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Posted 23 April 2012 - 07:28 AM
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That's one of the slowest VZW LTE speedtests I've seen.
His speed varies widely in his house. He once posted a speed of 20 or above.
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Posted 23 April 2012 - 08:11 AM
lynyrd65, on 23 April 2012 - 07:22 AM, said:
That's one of the slowest VZW LTE speedtests I've seen.
The signal was -110dBm which is why it is so slow. Verizon installed just enough LTE transmitters to cover the whole city but not enough to give good signal strength or speed everywhere.
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