Perhaps Sprint should NOT have sold ANY LTE devices UNTIL the area was 100%. Then I would still have my original Evo. Sprint could give those in the areas no increased speeds at all a price break. The good news is I got my Evo 4G LTE during a Best Buy promotion and only paid $50 for it. I went to Waco this past weekend (4G city). The part of Waco I was at must not be LTE yet, however the 3G was MUCH faster than it is in Austin proper.
Test Date: Jul 21, 2012 12:18:33 pm
Connection Type: EvdoA
Server: Temple, TX
Download: 1478 kbps
Upload: 457 kbps
Ping: 185 ms
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Latitude: 31.54962
Longitude: -97.12459
A detailed image for this result can be found here:
http://www.speedtest...d/215827055.png
Austin, TX speedtest (not currently a LTE city or an enhanced 3G city)
Test Date: Jul 21, 2012 2:32:40 pm
Connection Type: Ehrpd
Server: Temple, TX
Download: 592 kbps
Upload: 395 kbps
Ping: 292 ms
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Latitude: 30.41396
Longitude: -97.67565
A detailed image for this result can be found here:
http://www.speedtest...d/215889945.png
I was thinking of dropping Roadrunner, and giving Sprint the extra $30 per month after LTE speeds are at my apartment, but with these speeds and UNLIMITED, I'll have to wait and see what the LTE speed is when it gets here.
As a comparison, when the EVO 4G LTE is using Wifi at my apartment (Roadrunner is my ISP) the speedtest is below:
Test Date: Jul 22, 2012 7:20:58 am
Connection Type: Wifi
Server: Fort Worth, TX
Download: 28520 kbps
Upload: 1240 kbps
Ping: 42 ms
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Latitude: 30.36651
Longitude: -97.70127
A detailed image for this result can be found here:
http://www.speedtest...d/216247661.png