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Hey guys I was getting LTE around the Hiawassee and east colonial area. When I did a speed test it was 6mb down and 1 upload. I kept the 4g signal when I turned onto Kirkamn and lost it when I hit metro west blvd and Kirkman. 

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Hey guys I was getting LTE around the Hiawassee and east colonial area. When I did a speed test it was 6mb down and 1 upload. I kept the 4g signal when I turned onto Kirkamn and lost it when I hit metro west blvd and Kirkman.

 

This is the Pine Hills tower on West Colonial just past Hiawassee as you head northbound.

 

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I think the birds know it. Probably the safest place to nest on the Volusia Coast.

 

Robert via Nexus 7 with Tapatalk HD

 

Even the horn at 1:30 can't scare em..

 

Edit: omg with headphones i didn't realize how bad my moms convo on the phone could be heard; LOL..

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How about this? Fastest 3G speed test I have ever done, inside the UCF gym on the first floor on Sunday night, 5/26/2013. I'm also getting LTE throughout my apartment at a very faint signal that doesn't last long. We're getting there guys.

 

 

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I live close to 15 A and 17-92 in Deland and I picked up 4 G for about 60 seconds. I was playing with my kids outside and just happened to check the time and saw the 4G. If I wouldn't have taken a screenshot I would have thought my mind was playing tricks on me! ha  I spent another hour trying to toggle it back........ but nothing. Its coming though. (sorry I don't know how to make the picture smaller..)

 

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I have good news for whoever lives in and around Metrowest close to Conroy Windermere. I got a second 4G when I looked down at my phone while at Turkey Lake Park. I also saw a West tower communications pickup on Hiawassee Rd going towards Conroy Windermere Rd. I also noticed a quick second of 4G while on I4 just leaving downtown going East earlier this morning. 

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I live close to 15 A and 17-92 in Deland and I picked up 4 G for about 60 seconds. I was playing with my kids outside and just happened to check the time and saw the 4G. If I wouldn't have taken a screenshot I would have thought my mind was playing tricks on me! ha  I spent another hour trying to toggle it back........ but nothing. Its coming though. (sorry I don't know how to make the picture smaller..)

 

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I have good news for whoever lives in and around Metrowest close to Conroy Windermere. I got a second 4G when I looked down at my phone while at Turkey Lake Park. I also saw a West tower communications pickup on Hiawassee Rd going towards Conroy Windermere Rd. I also noticed a quick second of 4G while on I4 just leaving downtown going East earlier this morning. 

I also picked up some LTE starting from West Colonial and Hiawassee until about Raleigh St. Ran a speedtest and it was pretty fast. Here is a link to my speedtest. http://www.speedtest.net/android/468623068.png

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Yesterday I went to Winn Dixie to get sustenance, and was going to get pizza afterwards and pick it up since I was out rather than delivery.... A huge mistake not to load the map before leaving the house.....The data network essentially "stopped" and even though having 5 bars, said there was no network connectivity. Could not even load the map. So we drove home, sat in the car and used the wifi for a moment, and then left again. Two trips in one. By the time we got to the pizza place which is no more than 2 miles away, 20% of battery gone..agh! Hurry up network vision

 

This is how I feel when you guys say you're getting decent 3g and 4g lte lmao.

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I have good news for whoever lives in and around Metrowest close to Conroy Windermere. I got a second 4G when I looked down at my phone while at Turkey Lake Park. I also saw a West tower communications pickup on Hiawassee Rd going towards Conroy Windermere Rd. I also noticed a quick second of 4G while on I4 just leaving downtown going East earlier this morning.

 

 

I also picked up some LTE starting from West Colonial and Hiawassee until about Raleigh St. Ran a speedtest and it was pretty fast. Here is a link to my speedtest. http://www.speedtest.net/android/468623068.png

Good speeds. Here's to hoping that at the start of next year when we're mostly covered we can expect strong coverage and faster speeds.

 

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Is anybody having battery problems, I phone drains really fast. Is this cause by sprint? 

There are a thousand potential answers to the question "why does my phone battery drain so fast" and it varies by your usage pattern, screen on time, apps you have, how often you're using your data connection, etc

 

I would start by asking the people in this forum:

 

http://s4gru.com/index.php?/forum/19-appleiphoneios/

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Is anybody having battery problems, I phone drains really fast. Is this cause by sprint? 

 

The biggest battery drain is usually your signal strength. If you have a poor signal your phone is going to constantly be searching to find a better one. Where I was living I was constantly switching between roaming and 1 bar of Sprint and my phone would lost like 40% battery in an hour or so even if I wasn't really using it.

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Is anybody having battery problems, I phone drains really fast. Is this cause by sprint?

 

 

The biggest battery drain is usually your signal strength. If you have a poor signal your phone is going to constantly be searching to find a better one. Where I was living I was constantly switching between roaming and 1 bar of Sprint and my phone would lost like 40% battery in an hour or so even if I wasn't really using it.

Signal strength as well as overall data speed. Even though 3G technically uses less power than LTE, that only holds true if the 3G speed doesn't end up with ridiculous amounts of radio on time.

 

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While parts of Daytona Beach are enjoying LTE speeds, Port Orange is still seriously lagging behind with horrendous speeds. It's consistent speeds like this that have me seriously considering a carrier switch when my contract is up in October.

 

 

 

Your market is in active deployment. It is going to take some time to get to every area. If you cannot wait, we understand. You have to do what you have to do. However, please do not post slow screenshots. We all know that the Sprint legacy network sucks.

 

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Actually not too bad for legacy. Would work for me to stream music while working.

 

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Yeah that really isn't that bad for 3G all things considered. It is definitely usable.

 

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Actually not too bad for legacy. Would work for me to stream music while working.

 

 

 

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Yeah that really isn't that bad for 3G all things considered. It is definitely usable.

 

 

 

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People wouldn't be leaving in droves if that was the speed we got consistently.

 

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People wouldn't be leaving in droves if that was the speed we got consistently.

 

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EXACTLY! If I saw consistent speeds daily then I wouldn't be thinking about leaving all the time. It's 32kbps one day, 1.5mbps the next, and 500kbps the next day. It's all over the map. And now with LTE speeds popping in and out. it's on an even wider scale. Every time I'm on my phone outside of a wifi connection I say a little prayer that the data gods are on my side. This also wouldn't be such an issue if we weren't all handing over at least $100 a month to Sprint

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While parts of Daytona Beach are enjoying LTE speeds, Port Orange is still seriously lagging behind with horrendous speeds. It's consistent speeds like this that have me seriously considering a carrier switch when my contract is up in October. 

 

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I'm a letter carrier in Ormond and saw a WesTower truck parked by one of the apartment complexes that had antennas on top

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Luckily that's where I was going to take my lunch break, so I waited for the workers to pop out of the building; I asked what the hold up is around here and whether or not equip has been installed in port orange. Two of them walked off as fast as possible while one of them stood there like deer in headlights not expecting to be asked such a 'secretive' set of questions. He said that some base cabinets have been installed in port orange but most of the wait are the telcos providing fiber(Gee really?)  And that it would be a couple of months before something in port orange lights up with LTE..

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People wouldn't be leaving in droves if that was the speed we got consistently.

 

 

Sent from my Galaxy S3

 

 

EXACTLY! If I saw consistent speeds daily then I wouldn't be thinking about leaving all the time. It's 32kbps one day, 1.5mbps the next, and 500kbps the next day. It's all over the map. And now with LTE speeds popping in and out. it's on an even wider scale. Every time I'm on my phone outside of a wifi connection I say a little prayer that the data gods are on my side. This also wouldn't be such an issue if we weren't all handing over at least $100 a month to Sprint

 

I got a pretty nifty limited time discount, so unless Dan Hesse says unlimited data is dead and/or says we're never getting LTE, I'm probably going to be a Sprint lifer.

 

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While parts of Daytona Beach are enjoying LTE speeds, Port Orange is still seriously lagging behind with horrendous speeds. It's consistent speeds like this that have me seriously considering a carrier switch when my contract is up in October.

 

 

 

 

I'm a letter carrier in Ormond and saw a WesTower truck parked by one of the apartment complexes that had antennas on top

https://www.dropbox.com/s/md7twb5g7suy0dn/2013-05-30%2013.03.14.jpg

Luckily that's where I was going to take my lunch break, so I waited for the workers to pop out of the building; I asked what the hold up is around here and whether or not equip has been installed in port orange. Two of them walked off as fast as possible while one of them stood there like deer in headlights not expecting to be asked such a 'secretive' set of questions. He said that some base cabinets have been installed in port orange but most of the wait are the telcos providing fiber(Gee really?) And that it would be a couple of months before something in port orange lights up with LTE..

 

Oh f***, an informed S4GRU member! They told us to run from them!

 

:-D

 

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