Non network vision 3g speeds. (speedtest)

[Josh]

I need a free Airwavee my 3G is worthless............... But I don't want to pay for one, do you think Sprint will give me one for free if I hassle them? Waiting for Network Vision is hard. I just want smooth speeds at home!! Ps I only need it to receive Notification.

 

Yes, if you call and complain about having dropped calls and ask about the arrive, they will more than likely send you one for free. I got mine for free, and don't even get charged per month because it is a service issue. The only thing that you have to pay for is the tax on the service, as it seems that even if sprint is not charging you, the government still gets theirs...

[WiWavelength]

Testy?

 

Nope. But I do like to make light of the trivial content and juvenile presentation that so many people think is important communication these days.

 

AJ

[bfizzz]

I am crying over here in NW Austin

 

 

 

damn has that gotten any better?

i plan on trying sprint out again, in hopes of LTE being available in the next couple of months. Im in south austin and my roomate is getting 300kbps at best.

[boomerbubba]

damn has that gotten any better?

i plan on trying sprint out again, in hopes of LTE being available in the next couple of months. Im in south austin and my roomate is getting 300kbps at best.

 

It is a question of when. The Network Vision LTE rollout was delayed in Austin, but at least deployment work has now begun in the field. The current best guess in S4GRU's Running List schedule is a November 2012 launch and February 2013 completion. That is only an unofficial projection.

 

Welcome to S4GRU, BTW. If you are serious about tracking this stuff, the next step is to become a sponsor.

[bfizzz]

It is a question of when. The Network Vision LTE rollout was delayed in Austin, but at least deployment work has now begun in the field. The current best guess in S4GRU's Running List schedule is a November 2012 launch and February 2013 completion. That is only an unofficial projection.

 

Welcome to S4GRU, BTW. If you are serious about tracking this stuff, the next step is to become a sponsor.

 

thanks for the info, i just donated! about how long does it take before i am upgraded? so i can look at the towers.

I really hope austins LTE starts sooner than November.

what do your data speeds run at currently in austin? what part are you in?

[boomerbubba]

thanks for the info, i just donated! about how long does it take before i am upgraded? so i can look at the towers.

I really hope austins LTE starts sooner than November.

what do your data speeds run at currently in austin? what part are you in?

 

Robert is usually pretty responsive about upgrading donor accounts, although he does have a day job.

 

I live northwest of the Arboretum, and work near the Capitol. My 3G speeds at home lately vary between 250 Kbps and about 1.1 Mbps. At work, they are abysmally slow, often in the 50-100 Kbps range or even worse -- probably choked by backhaul. Once the new network is running, the key issue for me is whether I will get strong enough signal strength at my desk to get LTE service, and if not whether the new backhaul will make 3G acceptable.

 

Although we have confirmed physical upgrade work at several locations, and Sprint has announce that deployment is underway, no one has yet detected LTE in Austin itself. If Spring follows its previous pattern, LTE will be blocked until they think there is enough coverage to make a minimal launch.

[bfizzz]

Robert is usually pretty responsive about upgrading donor accounts, although he does have a day job.

 

I live northwest of the Arboretum, and work near the Capitol. My 3G speeds at home lately vary between 250 Kbps and about 1.1 Mbps. At work, they are abysmally slow, often in the 50-100 Kbps range or even worse -- probably choked by backhaul. Once the new network is running, the key issue for me is whether I will get strong enough signal strength at my desk to get LTE service, and if not whether the new backhaul will make 3G acceptable.

 

looks like i have the sponsor now. yay.

can you direct me to the map for towers on the network vision upgrade?

 

yeah right now i am on "unlimited" ATT my phone is throttled at 3gb, then i have .30 kb/s which sucks.. but will at least let me stream spotify. I wish there was some way of knowing if ill have LTE at my office/house now before i decide to go with sprint or verizon LTE on the ip5. hmm

 

thanks again for all the help

 

*edit* found it.

 

is there not an interactive map that shows towers that are scheduled to be

[boomerbubba]

looks like i have the sponsor now. yay.

can you direct me to the map for towers on the network vision upgrade?

 

Here is a sponsor map of all the towers in the project, which essentially are all the currrent Sprint towers. All will be upgraded when the project is complete. If your 3G signal strength (which is different from speed) is decent at a given location today, you likely will get LTE there.

 

There are other sponsor maps showing scheduled tower upgrades and completed tower upgrades in the sponsor forums. But these maps don't show much realistic about Austin right now because the deployment start was delayed here relative to the original schedule.

[bfizzz]

Here is a sponsor map of all the towers in the project, which essentially are all the currrent Sprint towers. All will be upgraded when the project is complete. If your 3G signal strength (which is different from speed) is decent at a given location today, you likely will get LTE there.

 

There are other sponsor maps showing scheduled tower upgrades and completed tower upgrades in the sponsor forums. But these maps don't show much realistic about Austin right now because the deployment start was delayed here relative to the original schedule.

 

 

once again, thank you. you are the man.

 

there is a tower a block from my office and one about two blocks from my apartment. wahoo. I guess ill go drive by them and see if they look like the towers you posted off mopec.

[flyer8493]

Do the sponsor maps also show 3g back haul upgrades?

 

Sent from my Nexus 7

 

 

[S4GRU]

Do the sponsor maps also show 3g back haul upgrades?

 

Sent from my Nexus 7

 

No. Sprint is not tracking those in a place where I can access to them. But the Premier Sponsor maps do show the dates backhaul is scheduled to arrive at every site in the First & Second Round Markets.

 

Robert

[Mick3444]

Is there a map that shows all the sites that will be upgraded in the sf bay market? That would be really helpful to me

[S4GRU]

Is there a map that shows all the sites that will be upgraded in the sf bay market? That would be really helpful to me

 

This map shows all the sites that will be upgraded to Network Vision/LTE: http://s4gru.com/index.php?/topic/653-network-vision-site-map-northern-californianevada/

 

This map shows all the sites converted to date (go to the Samsung map): http://s4gru.com/index.php?/topic/517-nv-sites-complete/

 

Robert