S4GRU Posted May 3, 2013 Share Posted May 3, 2013 Yea I'm consistently getting 0.1 Mbps too -- Sprint calls that "premium data." Some blatant thievery going on. Please stop. It's not blatant thievery. Your local network is overloaded. They are upgrading it. Nothing more that can be done than that. If it's not happening fast enough for you, then go. However, I will not allow inaccurate hyperbole. Robert via Nexus 7 with Tapatalk HD 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
UCF1996 Posted May 3, 2013 Share Posted May 3, 2013 The new LTE tower appears to be the little tower on Hoffner just west of Goldenrod (west of Walmart). I got 12 down and 3 up at the closest point on Hoffner. Will it stay up, or is it just up for testing like the one at the Winter Park Towers? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sddabrow Posted May 3, 2013 Share Posted May 3, 2013 Please stop. It's not blatant thievery. Your local network is overloaded. They are upgrading it. Nothing more that can be done than that. If it's not happening fast enough for you, then go. However, I will not allow inaccurate hyperbole. Robert via Nexus 7 with Tapatalk HD Yeah, I think we are just getting irritable! I need to go look through the site for markets that have close to completed NV rollouts and get their opinions on the new network and whether it is truly worth it to stay. My issue is going to be if we waited over a year to see improvements but still find the speeds and backhaul lackluster. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
S4GRU Posted May 3, 2013 Share Posted May 3, 2013 Yeah, I think we are just getting irritable! I need to go look through the site for markets that have close to completed NV rollouts and get their opinions on the new network and whether it is truly worth it to stay. My issue is going to be if we waited over a year to see improvements but still find the speeds and backhaul lackluster. There are also several threads where people ask for info from people in largely complete areas. Lots of data already exists throughout the forums for you to check out. Robert via Nexus 7 with Tapatalk HD Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
supersanborn Posted May 3, 2013 Share Posted May 3, 2013 Yeah, I think we are just getting irritable! I need to go look through the site for markets that have close to completed NV rollouts and get their opinions on the new network and whether it is truly worth it to stay. My issue is going to be if we waited over a year to see improvements but still find the speeds and backhaul lackluster. I've been to Atlanta a few times, which is complete in some patches including where my office is. Sprint LTE is by no means mind-numbingly fast, but I can stream Netflix at full resolution from my PC tethered to my GS3 with no buffering issues. So it night never be the fastest LTE ever, but it definitely gets the job done. Sent from my Galaxy S3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
UCF1996 Posted May 3, 2013 Share Posted May 3, 2013 Just checked the Sensorly maps and it pretty much confirmed what I found out about the Hoffner & Goldenrod tower being LTE. I'm beginning to think the Conway & Hoffner tower is down, as I never get 5 bars when next to it now. Actually, its been this way for about two months. Conway & Hoffner seems to be pulling a signal from a different tower to the north of this area. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
XXavierXX Posted May 4, 2013 Share Posted May 4, 2013 Great news guys! I'm getting 15mbps download and 3mbps upload right on the intersection Econlockhatchee Trl & Colonial Drive, and I can confirm that I'm getting such a strong signal from the tower approximately at 417 & Lee Vista Blvd. I didn't realize a tower could have that well of a signal, I'm getting almost 3-5 bars out here on Colonial. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
XXavierXX Posted May 4, 2013 Share Posted May 4, 2013 I also had LTE outside the front door of my apartment, but not inside, and while walking south on Econ toward Colonial, but the signal was minimal. More Sensorly mapping needs to be made around UCF. I'm finding service in new areas again. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
XXavierXX Posted May 4, 2013 Share Posted May 4, 2013 I'm also getting 21mbps download and 5mbps upload in front of the Walmart on Colonial & Alafaya. Still coming from the Lee Vista tower at 417. That tower is in full force. I'm commuting right now and I'll be updating you as I make it to work today. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
XXavierXX Posted May 4, 2013 Share Posted May 4, 2013 LTE signal disappeared as I made it Northbound on Alafaya. The LTE signal I get on University is coming from the tower just west of the Quadrangle due North of the IHOP and plazas by UCF. It's great to finally have LTE outside of my house and almost everywhere around my area. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
XXavierXX Posted May 4, 2013 Share Posted May 4, 2013 Also getting 0.5-2mbps download and less than 1mbps upload on Alafaya from the tower west of Quadrangle. Looks like that tower has a lot more potential left to go before the entire UCF area gets full coverage. Also sorry for doing this in multiple replies. I can't edit posts on mobile for some reason lol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zandar Posted May 4, 2013 Share Posted May 4, 2013 (edited) Also getting 0.5-2mbps download and less than 1mbps upload on Alafaya from the tower west of Quadrangle. Looks like that tower has a lot more potential left to go before the entire UCF area gets full coverage. Also sorry for doing this in multiple replies. I can't edit posts on mobile for some reason lol How do you determine which tower the signal is coming from? I saw a worker up on a crane on the tower at Chickasaw and 408, right behind Florida Hospital East at about 3:00 PM today. Edited May 4, 2013 by Zandar 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
supersanborn Posted May 4, 2013 Share Posted May 4, 2013 Ouch! Something is really bottlenecking Winter Garden Village's LTE. Sent from my Galaxy S3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
supersanborn Posted May 4, 2013 Share Posted May 4, 2013 Was at WDW for a little today and noticed that I was getting EVDO from some towers even though I was in an LTE coverage area (front of MK). I thought all of the LTE towers had eHRPD for the easy hand-off between 3G and 4G. Is that not the case? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mysteriousjustin Posted May 4, 2013 Share Posted May 4, 2013 Ouch! Something is really bottlenecking Winter Garden Village's LTE. Sent from my Galaxy S3 I have to admit, the sensorly speed test sucks and doesn't provide accurate results.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AMejia1976 Posted May 4, 2013 Share Posted May 4, 2013 Small blip of 4g Turnpike @ 192... At Hess Gas... https://www.dropbox.com/s/c4mdxye2gjdof0a/Screenshot_2013-05-04-17-38-17.png 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
supersanborn Posted May 4, 2013 Share Posted May 4, 2013 (edited) I have to admit, the sensorly speed test sucks and doesn't provide accurate results.. Really? I used to use Speedtest.net but I found that they would just go by whatever the final speed at the end of the test was, whereas Sensorly seemed more balanced because it looked like it was calculating based on how much data actually came down in each phase. Edit: I'm certainly far from an expert though, so please don't take this as anything other than curiosity. Edited May 4, 2013 by supersanborn Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
supersanborn Posted May 4, 2013 Share Posted May 4, 2013 Small blip of 4g Turnpike @ 192... At Hess Gas... https://www.dropbox....04-17-38-17.png Very nice! They do at least have LTE at my office in Weston, so next business trip down there should be quite nice :-) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Amr1014 Posted May 4, 2013 Share Posted May 4, 2013 Got LTE near m&m world at Florida mall for about 5 seconds 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
samer21 Posted May 5, 2013 Share Posted May 5, 2013 Looks to me like quadrangle tower is live. Colonial and rouse has over 10mbps speeds 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
samer21 Posted May 5, 2013 Share Posted May 5, 2013 Looks to me like quadrangle tower is live. Colonial and rouse has over 10mbps speeds Nvm not quadrangle but there is a tower near rouse and colonial somewhere that is new. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mysteriousjustin Posted May 5, 2013 Share Posted May 5, 2013 Really? I used to use Speedtest.net but I found that they would just go by whatever the final speed at the end of the test was, whereas Sensorly seemed more balanced because it looked like it was calculating based on how much data actually came down in each phase. Edit: I'm certainly far from an expert though, so please don't take this as anything other than curiosity. Sensorly is inaccurate IMHO because it seems to open multiple short data connections instead of a few long ones at the same time like speedtest.net Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
supersanborn Posted May 5, 2013 Share Posted May 5, 2013 Sensorly is inaccurate IMHO because it seems to open multiple short data connections instead of one long one like speedtest.net Gotcha. Too bad Speedtest doesn't average the data over time as well. Would be best of both worlds. Sent from my Galaxy S3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mysteriousjustin Posted May 5, 2013 Share Posted May 5, 2013 Gotcha. Too bad Speedtest doesn't average the data over time as well. Would be best of both worlds. Sent from my Galaxy S3 Throughput samples are received at up to 30 times per second. These samples are then aggregated into 20 slices (each being 5% of the samples). The fastest 10% and slowest 30% of the slices are then discarded. We'll explain that more below. The remaining slices are averaged together to determine the final result. https://support.spee...ult-calculated- Edit: mobile vs desktop flash seem to be identical with this: https://dl.dropboxus...%2022.51.12.png https://dl.dropboxus...%2022.41.01.png Edit 2: I'm getting .50+ mbps at home and I live near 3 large campgrounds people practically live at; speeds like this are pretty consistent. I really wonder if the people getting .01 or .1mbps are having proxy / radio issues.. Edit 3: I just checked my bill and wow i've used some data; Sprint 3G Data : 6,656,438KB / 0 and somehow i've used : Sprint 4G Data 1KB / 0 KB Included I guess I picked up some rouge LTE signal here in Daytona, Wish I knew where.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
samer21 Posted May 5, 2013 Share Posted May 5, 2013 Maybe the 1kb is default? Idk that would be like a .1 millisecond connection time lol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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