Network Vision/LTE - Orange County Market (Anaheim/Santa Ana/Irvine/Huntington Beach)

[HTCandroid]

I was in disneyland last night, LTE speeds were decent around 1.5mbps, but no band 41

 

Not to sound rude but how is 1.5 mpbs decent? I'd say 5-7 is decent with anything above 15 not needed.

[nexuss4g]

Not to sound rude but how is 1.5 mpbs decent? I'd say 5-7 is decent with anything above 15 not needed.

 

For the amount of people at the  park and surroundings, its reasonable and decent. I use it for  facebook, uploading a pic on Instagram, sending a MMS and checking ride wait times. Almost like  3G speeds.

[WiWavelength]

Not to sound rude but how is 1.5 mpbs decent? I'd say 5-7 is decent with anything above 15 not needed.

For the amount of people at the  park and surroundings, its reasonable and decent. I use it for  facebook, uploading a pic on Instagram, sending a MMS and checking ride wait times. Almost like  3G speeds.

 

How do you guys know what are the average speeds inside the park?  It sounds like you are running frequent speed tests.

 

Here is some strong advice:  STOP RUNNING SPEED TESTS.

 

Do you have Sprint LTE signal?  Check.  Does the network respond to your TCP/IP requests in a reasonably timely fashion?  Check.  If so, then have fun and get on with your life.

 

When you are running speed tests, you are just pumping roughly 50 MB each time through the network.  That is 400 Mb.  Do the math on how that increases network loading and congestion each time -- the very same network loading and congestion that you seem to be trying to diagnose.  It is like using a potent carcinogen to detect cancer.

 

AJ

[HTCandroid]

For the amount of people at the  park and surroundings, its reasonable and decent. I use it for  facebook, uploading a pic on Instagram, sending a MMS and checking ride wait times. Almost like  3G speeds.

 

Fair enough. My friend lives near by and in the backyard his Wi-Fi doesn't reach so we are forced to use carrier networks.

[tommym65]

Don't know if this is news,  but I have been getting very good B41 connectivity and speeds inside the Anaheim Convention Center all week (e. g.  24 down,  4 up).  I have been on my LivePro as a hotspot,  and the Sprint network has worked flawlessly. (It has also been good inside the Hilton.)  FWIY. 

[metayoshi]

Don't know if this is news,  but I have been getting very good B41 connectivity and speeds inside the Anaheim Convention Center all week (e. g.  24 down,  4 up).  I have been on my LivePro as a hotspot,  and the Sprint network has worked flawlessly. (It has also been goof inside the Hilton.)  FWIY. 

That's definitely good news to my ears as I was at the Anaheim Convention Center not too long ago in November, and I was nowhere near getting B41 there. I did have pretty usable B25, but this is the first I've heard of B41 being available there.

[nexuss4g]

 

When you are running speed tests, you are just pumping roughly 50 MB each time through the network.  That is 400 Mb.  Do the math on how that increases network loading and congestion each time -- the very same network loading and congestion that you seem to be trying to diagnose.  It is like using a potent carcinogen to detect cancer.

 

AJ

Haha I knew this was coming sooner or later. lol

 

Don't know if this is news,  but I have been getting very good B41 connectivity and speeds inside the Anaheim Convention Center all week (e. g.  24 down,  4 up).  I have been on my LivePro as a hotspot,  and the Sprint network has worked flawlessly. (It has also been good inside the Hilton.)  FWIY. 

 

Yup, Band 41 is great at the Convention Center, I was able to test drive during NYE when I attended White Wonderland. I was able to upload pics to facebook on Band 41 but further down the building, it switched back to 3G still with good data connection.

[Mikeclar]

Yep, the convention center is incredible! Was able to upload several vids for work at last year's NAMM convention and quickly!

[Mikeclar]

Yep, the convention center is incredible! Was able to upload several vids for work at last year's NAMM convention and quickly!

[HTCandroid]

I recently noticed a huge jump in B41 in northern, mid, and parts in Newport Beach. Average speeds around 20~30 Mbps. I personally would be OK at being throttled to unlimited 20 Mbps if that meant getting that speed everywhere! Throttle for a high average per user!

[itsrobert]

I recently noticed a huge jump in B41 in northern, mid, and parts in Newport Beach. Average speeds around 20~30 Mbps. I personally would be OK at being throttled to unlimited 20 Mbps if that meant getting that speed everywhere! Throttle for a high average per user!

traveling this morning up the 5 from San Diego, I locked on lte2500 and b41 for several miles upon entering OC. Signal check was also reporting 2 to 4 adjacent cells at the same time.

 

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[HTCandroid]

traveling this morning up the 5 from San Diego, I locked on lte2500 and b41 for several miles upon entering OC. Signal check was also reporting 3 to 6 adjacent cells at the same time.

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Awesome. Coverage is getting pretty good. Southern OC is looking pretty good as well.

[gsd10]

I'm headed to Disneyland next weekend. Last time i was there in October coverage was awful. Have there been any improvements i can, hopefully, look forward too! Thanks in advance!!

Edited March 8, 2015 by gsd10

[Mikeclar]

Was last there in January and didn't see any improvements but still incredibly better than even a year ago. I think there is no way that the coverage will get any bettter there on busy days without adding bunches more towers. It's just an overload. I will say the coverage at the convention center accross Katella ave is incredible. Also the toon town small world area is very good. Adventureland, Frontierland and parts of tomorrowland are nearly impossible. I will add I don't think any of the other networks are any better, it's just overload, well ok maybe slightly but.... bad for everyone.

[nexuss4g]

I'm headed to Disneyland next weekend. Last time i was there in October coverage was awful. Have there been any improvements i can, hopefully, look forward too! Thanks in advance!!

 

There are definitely improvements at the park with occasional hiccups, I was there on March 3rd for a passholder event from 6 to 12 am and cell phone calls were not able to connect, had to dial a few times in order to call my friend on ATT. My phone usually stays on 3G all the time even when I do airplane mode.

 

 Also the toon town small world area is very good. Adventureland, Frontierland and parts of tomorrowland are nearly impossible. I will add I don't think any of the other networks are any better, it's just overload, well ok maybe slightly but.... bad for everyone.

 

You are correct, convention center has great coverage and usable data, Toon town and small world have great 4G connectivity.

[HTCandroid]

Just went Sprint gets good in Orange Country I lose LTE. I think Sprint started throttling me. My normal spots that I'm has B25 and great B41 and all of a sudden I'm stuck on 3G in those locations. I tried resetting my phone and have provisioned it again. If I cycle airplane mode it briefly connects to LTE and then drops back to 3G, which is horribly unusable. Can anyone confirm or deny my claim? My data usage 8.8 gb, which I didn't think was a lot. I stream music and use my phone for work and school (mainly emails).

[S4GRU]

Just went Sprint gets good in Orange Country I lose LTE. I think Sprint started throttling me. My normal spots that I'm has B25 and great B41 and all of a sudden I'm stuck on 3G in those locations. I tried resetting my phone and have provisioned it again. If I cycle airplane mode it briefly connects to LTE and then drops back to 3G, which is horribly unusable. Can anyone confirm or deny my claim? My data usage 8.8 gb, which I didn't think was a lot. I stream music and use my phone for work and school (mainly emails).

 

I deny your claim.  Sprint doesn't throttle people by blocking them from LTE and using 3G only.  They throttle on the packet level on LTE.  And only on overburdened sites.

 

There is a known LTE outage occurring in Southern CA.  Several members are discussing it in various threads.  This is likely your issue.

[shannonbrian]

Im over 13 g month never get throttle , mostly 10 g in speed tests lol. Love hitting that button.

[HTCandroid]

I deny your claim.  Sprint doesn't throttle people by blocking them from LTE and using 3G only.  They throttle on the packet level on LTE.  And only on overburdened sites.

 

There is a known LTE outage occurring in Southern CA.  Several members are discussing it in various threads.  This is likely your issue.

 

I would consider myself to be in Northern OC. After I posted here service started to be going up and down outside the scope of my original post. Maybe the issues are affecting a larger range.

[trojanman05]

I would consider myself to be in Northern OC. After I posted here service started to be going up and down outside the scope of my original post. Maybe the issues are affecting a larger range.

 

Looks like it is. I didn't connect to any Clearwire B41 in downtown LA today when I usually do. And on my commute home on the Metrolink back to OC to the Tustin station, I didn't connect to any Clearwire B41 towers where I normally do. At times I dropped down to 3G on the train, and that hasn't happened in months. Also, the Clearwire B41 tower near my place appears to be down too...about to submit another report on the Sprint Zone app.

 

Goes to show you how important B41 is...even on the train going upwards of 40-50mph.

[HTCandroid]

Looks like it is. I didn't connect to any Clearwire B41 in downtown LA today when I usually do. And on my commute home on the Metrolink back to OC to the Tustin station, I didn't connect to any Clearwire B41 towers where I normally do. At times I dropped down to 3G on the train, and that hasn't happened in months. Also, the Clearwire B41 tower near my place appears to be down too...about to submit another report on the Sprint Zone app.

 

Goes to show you how important B41 is...even on the train going upwards of 40-50mph.

 

I'm surprised it is this widespread. Robert reported Southern OC, I'm mid to Northern OC, and you're in LA. It really does show how important B41 is. B25 is so congested it's barely usable. On my commutes to and from school I would be constantly in and out of B41 (mainly on B41), which is great. Yesterday however, I noticed it was mainly 3g with a few B25 spots. Hopefully it gets resolved soon.

 

I thought I was getting throttled because I looked at some forums and Sprint said the top 5% mark is around 5 gb (which I find hard to believe is that low). So I figured when they throttle they drop you down to 3g but Robert stated that is not how it is done.

[Cubbiefan82]

Just went Sprint gets good in Orange Country I lose LTE. I think Sprint started throttling me. My normal spots that I'm has B25 and great B41 and all of a sudden I'm stuck on 3G in those locations. I tried resetting my phone and have provisioned it again. If I cycle airplane mode it briefly connects to LTE and then drops back to 3G, which is horribly unusable. Can anyone confirm or deny my claim? My data usage 8.8 gb, which I didn't think was a lot. I stream music and use my phone for work and school (mainly emails).

It is a network issue, I used 15-20 gb a month on average. Sprint doesn't throttle me

[metayoshi]

I'm surprised it is this widespread. Robert reported Southern OC, I'm mid to Northern OC, and you're in LA. It really does show how important B41 is. B25 is so congested it's barely usable. On my commutes to and from school I would be constantly in and out of B41 (mainly on B41), which is great. Yesterday however, I noticed it was mainly 3g with a few B25 spots. Hopefully it gets resolved soon.

 

I thought I was getting throttled because I looked at some forums and Sprint said the top 5% mark is around 5 gb (which I find hard to believe is that low). So I figured when they throttle they drop you down to 3g but Robert stated that is not how it is done.

I think Robert said Southern CA, not Southern OC. As far as I know, Tustin and Irvine are ok.

[S4GRU]

I think Robert said Southern CA, not Southern OC. As far as I know, Tustin and Irvine are ok.

 

Yes, I said Southern CA.

[trojanman05]

I think Robert said Southern CA, not Southern OC. As far as I know, Tustin and Irvine are ok.

 

For the most part, Tustin and Irvine are ok since B41 is 8T8R. But, there is one Clearwire site near the Marketplace that I live near, and it wasn't broadcasting B41 last night.

 

Data service, and service in general, has been awful downtown today. B25 connects, but not usable, and on 3G I'm switching between EHRPD, 1x and no signal. At least 3G is somewhat usable for low data needs such as Twitter...when I can connect. Right now, I'm on 1x. Also didn't see any Clearwire B41 on my train ride up this morning and I'm not expecting it on the way back.

 

At least according to the Sprint Community troubleshoot forums, they're aware of the outage, they just don't have a timeframe of when it'll be fixed.