S4GRU Posted April 28, 2012 Share Posted April 28, 2012 Im amazed at those speeds given such a weak signal (-107dBm). If this is what we have to look forward to' date=' it will be epic.[/quote'] It looks like that -107dBm is showing two bars. So I'm guessing that the dBm is actually -93dBm. Just like on the Verizon Galaxy Nexus, you need to remove -14dBm from the reading to compare signal strength with 3G devices. Robert via NOVO7PALADIN Tablet using Forum Runner Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sandman Posted April 28, 2012 Share Posted April 28, 2012 Man I can't wait for that to come to my area (charlotte NC). The speeds at that signal strength are awesome. I wonder how good they could be with a moderately good signal. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
S4GRU Posted April 28, 2012 Share Posted April 28, 2012 Sprint LTE speeds are highly dependent on signal strength. Strong signal on a normal burdened carrier will get you 20Mbps speeds on average. Sometimes even the high 20's. Moderate signals will get you in the 8 to 12Mbps range. Weak signals will still get 3 to 5Mbps. Not too shabby. Sprint is planning to advertise their LTE as 5 to 8Mbps to allow for normal traffic loads and varying signal strengths. Robert via NOVO7PALADIN Tablet using Forum Runner 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Abyss19707 Posted April 28, 2012 Share Posted April 28, 2012 Amazing speeds wish I could get speeds like that To bad Southwest Florida does not start till the Fall timing Till then I have to live with Sprint's dumb 3G Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MacinJosh Posted April 28, 2012 Share Posted April 28, 2012 Amazing speeds wish I could get speeds like that To bad Southwest Florida does not start till the Fall timing Till then I have to live with Sprint's dumb 3G Neither market I stay in is even on the 2012 list of markets. So I have to wait longer than you do. Sent from Joshs iPhone 3Gs using Forum Runner Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jegillis Posted April 28, 2012 Share Posted April 28, 2012 20mb down... 9 1/2 mob upload ... Athens. Could you tell me which tower you connected to? On the tower map it will have a cascade ID that starts with AT. If I know which tower I can map out the signal Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rjw Posted April 28, 2012 Share Posted April 28, 2012 Danielholt, Is it possible to run a 3G test on from that same tower as well? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
strung Posted April 28, 2012 Share Posted April 28, 2012 Good speeds. Pings are kinda high. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
danielholt Posted April 28, 2012 Author Share Posted April 28, 2012 Could you tell me which tower you connected to? On the tower map it will have a cascade ID that starts with AT. If I know which tower I can map out the signal I'm 2 hours from home today for airshow in Warner Robbins... if you would like to look it up I believe there's only 1 cracker barrel in Athens... at least only 1 in west Athens (near Walmart). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
4GHoward Posted April 28, 2012 Share Posted April 28, 2012 Remember that the speeds being tested on LTE is on a non-congested tower with a few users utilizing the tower. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
need bb Posted April 29, 2012 Share Posted April 29, 2012 What speeds are you seeing at -107dBm? I would think it would be around 5-8Mbps. LTE is a totally different technology than CDMA/EVDO so it will work down to -120dBm. Your speeds look good. I would expect to see a maximum speed of around 26Mbps down and 9Mbps up. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tampaflusa Posted April 29, 2012 Share Posted April 29, 2012 Danielholt, Is it possible to run a 3G test on from that same tower as well? I am curious as well, wonder if real world 3G will improve. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
danielholt Posted April 29, 2012 Author Share Posted April 29, 2012 3g still sucks all over Athens <1mb down. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
S4GRU Posted April 29, 2012 Share Posted April 29, 2012 According to the NV schedule, 3G is not live yet at any of the Network Vision sites in the Atlanta/Athens market. Only LTE so far. Same with Houston, Dallas, San Antonio and Kansas markets. In most other NV markets, it is the other way around. 3G is live, but 4G is not yet. Robert via NOVO7PALADIN Tablet using Forum Runner 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
themuffinman Posted April 29, 2012 Share Posted April 29, 2012 According to the NV schedule, 3G is not live yet at any of the Network Vision sites in the Atlanta/Athens market. Only LTE so far. Same with Houston, Dallas, San Antonio and Kansas markets. In most other NV markets, it is the other way around. 3G is live, but 4G is not yet. Robert via NOVO7PALADIN Tablet using Forum Runner Why is that? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
danielholt Posted April 29, 2012 Author Share Posted April 29, 2012 AT04XC506 33.91755448872134, -83.4285760672929, 1700 Old Epps Bridge Rd, Athens, GA 30606, USA Sprint Market: Atlanta / Athens NV Complete: 4G OEM: Ericsson RF Switch: ATL-NORCROSS-MSC_1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
danielholt Posted April 29, 2012 Author Share Posted April 29, 2012 A, is the tower, B is the cracker barrel... 1.1 road miles away from eachother.... sooo...... you guys have fun with this. ;-) 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
S4GRU Posted April 29, 2012 Share Posted April 29, 2012 Why is that? I'm not certain why. The NV schedule doesn't show reasons, just dates. And in many of the early work markets it shows a disparity between 3G on air dates and 4G on air dates. One before the other by 30 to 90 days. By summer end, most sites the difference between 3G and 4G on air dates is 5 to 10 days. If I were left to speculate, it is likely due to equipment deliveries, backhaul, switches/4G cores being ready or combinations thereof. But I have not seen or heard officially. In the case of Boston, I now know that their 4G core will not be ready until May 18th. So even if all the Boston sites had everything else ready for LTE, the earliest LTE could start to go live is the 18th. I also know that only approx half the Chicago sites that have NV upgrades complete have their backhaul in place. These half can't run LTE now until their backhaul arrives in the next 30 to 90 days. In the Ericsson markets, they aren't turning NV 3G on at all. Why? Don't know. Obviously new backhaul isn't an issue there, because the LTE wouldn't be live. Maybe Ericsson is getting the 3G switches upgraded? Maybe Ericsson EVDO equipment is backordered? I don't know. What I do know is Sprint and their OEM's have known this for a long time that this disparity was going to happen because the live dates between 3G and 4G have been different on the schedule in early markets since the first day I received it. Robert via NOVO7PALADIN Tablet using Forum Runner 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
danielholt Posted April 30, 2012 Author Share Posted April 30, 2012 seems like we got way off track on this athens thread. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deval Posted April 30, 2012 Share Posted April 30, 2012 Back on track... Those speeds are insane, and imagine, that will be nationwide soon enough...can't wait. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
danielholt Posted April 30, 2012 Author Share Posted April 30, 2012 i have some more LTE porn coming for you guys.... 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
danielholt Posted April 30, 2012 Author Share Posted April 30, 2012 this was taken right next to the tower today 7 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
danielholt Posted April 30, 2012 Author Share Posted April 30, 2012 again right next to the tower 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
S4GRU Posted April 30, 2012 Share Posted April 30, 2012 this was taken right next to the tower today Awesome. I'm working on an Athens LTE coverage map right now. Robert again right next to the tower That -83dBm, is a -69dBm equivalent. On LTE signals, you will need to "add" 14 to the reading for comparative purposes. At least on the GNex. May be the case with the Viper and EVO LTE too. Robert Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pyroscott Posted April 30, 2012 Share Posted April 30, 2012 Wow, that is impressive. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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