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khammondnm Member Level: eHRPD

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I get LTE in my house now with a 2 bar connection. Live in a brick house. I get outside my house 4 bars. Anyway to increase my signal inside?
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First off. You need to read up a bit more before you start complaining about speeds.Sprints 5x5 has a maximum theoretical output of 37.5mbps DL and ~ 14 mbps UL. The theoretical maximum is the absolut

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nexgencpu Member Level: LTE Advanced

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I get LTE in my house now with a 2 bar connection. Live in a brick house. I get outside my house 4 bars. Anyway to increase my signal inside?

Im assuming you dont have wifi inside your home. If you dont, once 800Mhz LTE hits (and you have a proper device to support that) you will see increased signal strength. Also, your phone does support CDMA 800 so @ least voice/1x signal will improve.
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Here is another speed test from a different site. Clearly there is some kind of anomaly because based on Sprint's 5x5 configuration, these kind of speeds are impossible. I'll wait for Sprint to finalize their deployment in NY before complaining :)

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LTEBrooklyn Member Level: eHRPD

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Im assuming you dont have wifi inside your home. If you dont, once 800Mhz LTE hits (and you have a proper device to support that) you will see increased signal strength. Also, your phone does support CDMA 800 so @ least voice/1x signal will improve.

 

I actually have a 50/8 wifi connection. It's just for emergencies the LTE. Just wondering if their was a way to increase the signal insides. Guess I will have to wait for 800 and that will prob be within the next 2 months because LTE 1900 is all over my area. Just need to get a new iPhone when they come out and hope they support 800 data. That might be the deal breaker for me to upgrade.

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LTEBrooklyn Member Level: eHRPD

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Here is another speed test from a different site. Clearly there is some kind of anomaly because based on Sprint's 5x5 configuration, these kind of speeds are impossible. I'll wait for Sprint to finalize their deployment in NY before complaining :)

 

That doesn't make sense

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Here is another speed test from a different site. Clearly there is some kind of anomaly because based on Sprint's 5x5 configuration, these kind of speeds are impossible. I'll wait for Sprint to finalize their deployment in NY before complaining :)

Sounds to me like a device issue..
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nexgencpu Member Level: LTE Advanced

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I actually have a 50/8 wifi connection. It's just for emergencies the LTE. Just wondering if their was a way to increase the signal insides. Guess I will have to wait for 800 and that will prob be within the next 2 months because LTE 1900 is all over my area. Just need to get a new iPhone when they come out and hope they support 800 data. That might be the deal breaker for me to upgrade.

Even with 2 bars (dont know what that translates to dBm on iphone) that should be sufficient for most tasks. As long as its 2mb+ and decent pings.
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Even with 2 bars (dont know what that translates to dBm on iphone) that should be sufficient for most tasks. As long as its 2mb+ and decent pings.

 

It goes between 1-2 bars. YouTube is fine. Browsing loads sometimes fast and sometimes a little delayed. As for streaming its so so. Did a speed test and what's interesting is, it builds up to about 7 Mbps and as the test is going halfway the speed keeps on decreasing lower and lower, but a fast drop.

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It goes between 1-2 bars. YouTube is fine. Browsing loads sometimes fast and sometimes a little delayed. As for streaming its so so. Did a speed test and what's interesting is, it builds up to about 7 Mbps and as the test is going halfway the speed keeps on decreasing lower and lower, but a fast drop.

I must say...you could be alooot worse off!
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Somebody else mentioned that on the Long island thread, but I think its just bleedover from the Far rock side. Hopefully im wrong.

 

/wave - that was me! Lol! It has to be separate because I was never in Far Rock. I was over in Atlantic Beach then made my way to the Beach House (bar) in Long Beach.

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Is 3g also being worked for 800mhz or is it just 1x and lte?

 

Just 1x and LTE. Not enough spectrum to add 3g to 800 mhz

 

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Before assuming 1900 won't get any better at home have you guys checked to see if every single tower around you is live?  Performance will vary until then,Each tower is important to the macro network. 

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Just 1x and LTE. Not enough spectrum to add 3g to 800 mhz

 

 

 

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Just to clarify, 1x is 3G. CDMA (voice) and EVDO (data) are both 3G technologies. 800 will only be seeing the CDMA side of 3G, and eventually LTE.

 

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One of my pet peeves. When people don't think that 1x is a 3G technology.

 

Yeah didn't know until I was told in this forum. It is slower in general though right?

 

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LTEBrooklyn Member Level: eHRPD

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Before assuming 1900 won't get any better at home have you guys checked to see if every single tower around you is live? Performance will vary until then,Each tower is important to the macro network.

All the towers in my area is live and I'm still having penetration issues, but it got better as more towers went live. Probably as good as it will get until 800. 1x is also weak in my house? Any reason why? It's fine right out my door

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All the towers in my area is live and I'm still having penetration issues, but it got better as more towers went live. Probably as good as it will get until 800. 1x is also weak in my house? Any reason why? It's fine right out my door

 

 

What is the exterior structure of your residence made of?  Brick is one of the hardest structures to penetrate, for example my house is made of brick & stone; as for signal i get a circle with a line through it and i pick up fringe signal right near my back door/window.  800 will really provide the indoor relief you are looking for. 

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T-Mobile's LTE sight density is really good on Sensorly. In Queens there is a lot of dark purple. Sprint is doing a good job at covering large areas though.

Yea I noticed also. I wonder their building penetration though. Hspa+ had really good building penetration but not not sure how their lte will hold up. As far as sprint's lte building penetration, I think there is a room to improve. 

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