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This misinformed article is getting a lot of Sprint bashing in the comments


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We have a gig at work and with typical browsing you don't notice it except when downloading a few large files. The only thing I could see is if you upload a lot of videos daily as the extra speed on upload would be nice. I will save my money, wait a little longer for uploads and enjoy spending that money/time on some pepperjack boudin balls instead.

 

The cable companies always push to gamers that they need the bigger connection when in reality online gaming would work fine on a 768/128 line.

I will tell you i had centurylink for a long time paying $50 for a 5down 1up connection and there was so much lag and stutter playing call of duty and i constantly got kicked off the servers. As soon as I switched to there 10 mbps package all connection problems stopped. I recommend at least 8-10mbps to have lag free experience.

 

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I will tell you i had centurylink for a long time paying $50 for a 5down 1up connection and there was so much lag and stutter playing call of duty and i constantly got kicked off the servers. As soon as I switched to there 10 mbps package all connection problems stopped. I recommend at least 8-10mbps to have lag free experience.

 

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Guess that doesn't say much for Centurylink. I showed my son that I could throttle the connection down to 768 and he didn't even know I did it on his game on the Xbox 360. I can pull up the stream on his box and see it pulling less than a voip call would.. Around 50 kilobits was the top rate with a much lower average. Full g711u voip hits around 100 kilobits or so. With proper QOS I set one up years ago on a 256/256 line.

 

The marketing brainwashers have made it where we need 70 mbit on our phones.dont get me wrong, if I could pay $60 for 100 mbit symmetrical connection, I would in a heartbeat. That all depends on how much data that comes with as well.

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My biggest issue with century link was latency was always 60+ Comcast has been around 15 so far and has greatly improved my home network issues. I remember reading the Microsoft throttles or manages not sure of correct term there servers so lag can also be on there end not always from the user?? Will say the Xbox one seems much faster and on ghosts the graphics are night and day!

 

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Who poor? Some people houses or apts can't accept internet or maybe the person has other responsibilities other than that. I'm on T-Mobile now and DL at 20+ constantly even peak hours on guess what unlimited so your statement is flawed bro.

 

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Yeah but when you have every one trying to use their mobile data connections as a substitute for home internet, then you have serious issues. It only takes a few data hogs trying to cheap the system, to cause congestion. If they need Internet, they can buy the hot spots and pay for it the right way.
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I'm on a Fios 20/20 dl/ul connection which keeps me happy on my computer especially playing BF4. As for my phone as long as I am pulling in a fast enough connection for twitter and Google+ and some YouTube subscriptions that get updated weekly, than I am fine. I don't need a 50mb+ dl on my phone because that in my opinion is a waste.

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I was able to stream Netflix over Sprint 3G while at work whenever the Comcast business class internet was down. I know that average speeds aren't going to be much over 1-1.5 Mbps steady while streaming. I never had any buffering problems then, so I know 720p video can definitely be fine over 1mbps.

 

And all of you are lucky. My Comcast internet is 25 Mbps down/6 up and it costs about $85/month with taxes and fees if you don't also subscribe to cable service. This doesn't include the $11/month to rent a modem. Kinda ridiculous when I was able to buy a brand new Motorola cable modem on eBay for $46.

 

Back on topic. I still think the always on icon is being over zealous right now. Perhaps when "Spark" is at a 60-80% completion rate, but as of right now it is only a half dozen markets with islands of band 41 and band 26 not online currently. Right now it will just do Sprint more harm than good. They made such a grand claim to the speed and capacity of their new "Spark" network and right now "reporters" are connecting to vanilla PCS and proclaiming Sprint as making yet another empty promise.

 

They also spoke to the future, can't blame them for idiot reporters who can't read or bother to research.

 

Honestly, this allows for a seamless marketing statement from Sprint, that the new Spark network will allow the Spark devices to be used in ways that we never considered before. 

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This is what life is like with a duopoly. And everyone has to share only two networks. So all those people who hate on Sprint, the other carriers only have decent service because there are competing carriers to help carry the load.

 

 

 

It's not AT&T or Verizon's fault that people love or hate Sprint.  Sprint has its own reputation that is earned and will need to earn it it wants to grab marketshare.  

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But some of those are from poeple who have never been on Sprint. Just want to harp on the little guy. You notice how the article said it was doing better in NYC than Verizon was.

And in another it said they were doing better than AT&T in NYC.

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It's not AT&T or Verizon's fault that people love or hate Sprint.  Sprint has its own reputation that is earned and will need to earn it it wants to grab marketshare.  

 

My point is about what life is like under a duopoly, not Sprint's reputation.  Now that I live in an area with only AT&T and Verizon for hundreds of miles, I'm getting to see a little bit of what it's like.

 

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I was able to stream Netflix over Sprint 3G while at work whenever the Comcast business class internet was down. I know that average speeds aren't going to be much over 1-1.5 Mbps steady while streaming. I never had any buffering problems then, so I know 720p video can definitely be fine over 1mbps.

 

And all of you are lucky. My Comcast internet is 25 Mbps down/6 up and it costs about $85/month with taxes and fees if you don't also subscribe to cable service. This doesn't include the $11/month to rent a modem. Kinda ridiculous when I was able to buy a brand new Motorola cable modem on eBay for $46.

 

Back on topic. I still think the always on icon is being over zealous right now. Perhaps when "Spark" is at a 60-80% completion rate, but as of right now it is only a half dozen markets with islands of band 41 and band 26 not online currently. Right now it will just do Sprint more harm than good. They made such a grand claim to the speed and capacity of their new "Spark" network and right now "reporters" are connecting to vanilla PCS and proclaiming Sprint as making yet another empty promise.

 

I'm paying $75 for DSL that is 25 down/3 up. I will say it doesn't seem to suffer from the peak congestion issues that I used to see with cable. I care more that those advertised speeds are sustainable than the supposed "burst" speed they offer.

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