Network Vision/LTE - New York City Market

[LTEBrooklyn]

That does appear to be the case. But not for long, considering the Note 3 seems to be coming in Oct.

Note 3 is triband?

[nexgencpu]

Note 3 is triband?

Yup!

[LTEBrooklyn]

Yup!

That's cool, but I still am a iPhone fan.

 

Lets get 800 rolled out ASAP!

 

When's 2500mhz being rolled out?

[nexgencpu]

That's cool, but I still am a iPhone fan.

 

Lets get 800 rolled out ASAP!

 

When's 2500mhz being rolled out?

NYC is already full of band 41, clearwire has been actively converting their sites for a while. Someone out there is using a Triband hotspot and probably getting  40mb/s+ on band 41 as we speak. 

Edited September 11, 2013 by nexgencpu

[Paynefanbro]

Waiting on the One Max!

[nexgencpu]

Waiting on the One Max!

Believe it or not, im thinking of going for the Note 3. I love my HTC ONE, but the metal housing (and maybe other factors) definitely makes the signal a bit weaker than my old GS3. Doing a side by side comparison its always 3-4 dBm stronger than my ONE. Are theyre any confirmed reports of the Max coming to sprint? cause that would add to my list of phones to consider. 

Edited September 11, 2013 by nexgencpu

[Deval]

NYC is already full of band 41, clearwire has been actively converting their sites for a while. Someone out there is using a Triband hotspot and probably getting  40mb/s+ on band 41 as we speak. 

 

I'm not getting 40mb, more like 20ish.

[nexgencpu]

I'm not getting 40mb, more like 20ish.

What kind of signal strength are we talking about here? and are you using it over USB or Wifi?

[Keitarou]

It's amazing how lower manhattan is still a dead zone... Only 3 towers 3G accepted. Amazing... Bayside Queens is still LTE free... Almost at the end of 3rd quarter of 2013.... Amazing...

[twospirits]

Believe it or not, im thinking of going for the Note 3. I love my HTC ONE, but the metal housing (and maybe other factors) definitely makes the signal a bit weaker than my old GS3. Doing a side by side comparison its always 3-4 dBm stronger than my ONE. Are theyre any confirmed reports of the Max coming to sprint? cause that would add to my list of phones to consider. 

I always did like HTC phones, but my Note 2 I really love and although the signal the Note 2 gets is very good I assume the Note 3 will be the same or better. So once the Note 3 is out and the HTC One Max I am sure between AJ's excellent synopsis, anandtechs' review as well as Lisa' mobiletech reviews I am sure we can get a good feeling as to the devices signal capturing capabilities.

 

TS out

[Paynefanbro]

Believe it or not, im thinking of going for the Note 3. I love my HTC ONE, but the metal housing (and maybe other factors) definitely makes the signal a bit weaker than my old GS3. Doing a side by side comparison its always 3-4 dBm stronger than my ONE. Are theyre any confirmed reports of the Max coming to sprint? cause that would add to my list of phones to consider.

 

My EVO tends to hold a 3G signal considerably better than my Aunt's GS3. LTE is a different story though. My phone will drop LTE at -126dbm and at other tines it'll drop at -110dbm.

[nexgencpu]

It's amazing how lower manhattan is still a dead zone... Only 3 towers 3G accepted. Amazing... Bayside Queens is still LTE free... Almost at the end of 3rd quarter of 2013.... Amazing...

Im starting to get the feeling that any other backhaul vendor besides Optimum, are taking their sweet ass time! Also read an article about how verizon is giving up on patching up the old copper lines and opting to go all fiber and that could also be causing more delays due to an influx of more work because of Hurricane Sandy.

[kwazytazz]

Im starting to get the feeling that any other backhaul vendor besides Optimum, are taking their sweet ass time! Also read an article about how verizon is giving up on patching up the old copper lines and opting to go all fiber and that could also be causing more delays due to an influx of more work because of Hurricane Sandy.

This is true about Verizon copper lines my area was upgraded to fiber after sandy hit. I have a big ass first box just for a phone line... I use optimum for Internet 55 dollars a month for 50/25mbps (actually more like 59/25)..Actually nd no tax!

 

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[kwazytazz]

This is true about Verizon copper lines my area was upgraded to fiber after sandy hit. I have a big ass fios box just for a phone line... I use optimum for Internet 55 dollars a month for 50/25mbps (actually more like 59/25)..Actually nd no tax!

 

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[Paynefanbro]

This is true about Verizon copper lines my area was upgraded to fiber after sandy hit. I have a big ass first box just for a phone line... I use optimum for Internet 55 dollars a month for 50/25mbps (actually more like 59/25)..Actually nd no tax!

 

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I think Optimum is #1 in overdelivering for performance. They are the gold standard in ISP's.

[kwazytazz]

I think Optimum is #1 in overdelivering for performance. They are the gold standard in ISP's.

Indeed it is..and no overcharged billing errors like so many fios horror stories I've read online...

 

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[Deval]

What kind of signal strength are we talking about here? and are you using it over USB or Wifi?

 

Over WIFI, and signal strength in -80dB, to -90dB.

[Paynefanbro]

Over WIFI, and signal strength in -80dB, to -90dB.

 

There is a tower near y old home that used to give me 16Mbps over WiMax. I can only imagine TD-LTE from it!

[pslee]

Believe it or not, im thinking of going for the Note 3. I love my HTC ONE, but the metal housing (and maybe other factors) definitely makes the signal a bit weaker than my old GS3. Doing a side by side comparison its always 3-4 dBm stronger than my ONE. Are theyre any confirmed reports of the Max coming to sprint? cause that would add to my list of phones to consider. 

 

gs3 has just better radio i think. it gets 2-3dbm better than my note 2. 

[LTEBrooklyn]

gs3 has just better radio i think. it gets 2-3dbm better than my note 2.

2-3dbm is not a lot. Also diff antenna are diff because of the inconsistency so your never really getting a truly real signal status.

[LTEBrooklyn]

BQE in Brooklyn from about 3rd ave to approx williamsburgh has a decent LTE signal. Wasn't like.that a month ago.

[Paynefanbro]

Brooklyn has good LTE service. What makes me angry is that there are two towers that I have been watching forever. They got 3G accepted at the beginning on Network Vision but never got 4G accepted ever since. I've watched towers around them get LTE, but never the exact tower that i want.

[LTEBrooklyn]

Brooklyn has good LTE service. What makes me angry is that there are two towers that I have been watching forever. They got 3G accepted at the beginning on Network Vision but never got 4G accepted ever since. I've watched towers around them get LTE, but never the exact tower that i want.

Which towers were those?

[Paynefanbro]

Which towers were those?

 

I will be general and say one is by Brooklyn College, and the other is in the zip code 11234. You'll know which two when you go to the map. 

[nexgencpu]

Over WIFI, and signal strength in -80dB, to -90dB.

The general consensus is that you loose quite a bit of performance over Wifi vs USB (20-40%) and generally speaking N wireless radio is limited. Until they start building these things with AC wireless standard (HTC ONE has it and can Blaze at speeds over 300mb/s) But, at that signal strength I expected well over 20mb/s speeds.