1x speeds faster than EVDO on some strained legacy towers?

[dmchssc]

I was traveling about a week ago, and when traveling through some rural areas with native Sprint coverage, my 3G speeds were horrible. 20-30 kbps and pings around 500 ms. I decided to switch my phone to 1x only mode as an experiment. With 1x, my speeds went up to a consistent 130 kbps but with higher pings. So, EVDO exhibited heavy strain, whereas 1x was close to its full capabilities.

 

Does 1x get a higher priority of access to back haul than EVDO because of its typical voice traffic?

[digiblur]

I do that too sometimes but force roaming over to Verizon with a 3g roaming prl is better.

 

When you are on 1x you are on the voice T1s that are separate from the evdo data lines.

 

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[dmchssc]

I did try a Verizon PRL, actually, but it had a lot of trouble staying on EVDO, and it would take a long time to reestablish data on 1x. Then in would join EVDO again and the cycle continued.

[CAmbrocio1]

Once on 1x my ping was 11 which was weird can any one explain?

[WiWavelength]

Once on 1x my ping was 11 which was weird can any one explain?

 

Are you Nigel Tufnel?

 

AJ

[twospirits]

I actually had to look that up. lol

[pyroscott]

Are you Nigel Tufnel?

 

AJ

 

When you're on ten, where can you go? Nowhere. These go to eleven.

[dannible]

I do that too sometimes but force roaming over to Verizon with a 3g roaming prl is better.

 

 

where do u get custom prl for roaming on Verizon?

[digiblur]

where do u get custom prl for roaming on Verizon?

 

You don't need a custom one. Just snag one of the corporate roaming ones. Google.

 

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[dannible]

You don't need a custom one. Just snag one of the corporate roaming ones. Google.

 

do i need to root?

[digiblur]

do i need to root?

 

Root to?

 

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[dannible]

Root to?

 

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i was asking if i needed to root my phone to add a different prl. im assuming now that i dont.

[WiWavelength]

Root to?

 

√2 ≈ 1.41

 

AJ

[digiblur]

i was asking if i needed to root my phone to add a different prl. im assuming now that i dont.

 

Nope. No root needed.

 

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