JThorson Posted May 18, 2014 Share Posted May 18, 2014 Everyone is working on increasing speeds now. May be interesting to see how this plays out. http://www.engadget.com/2014/05/17/verizon-xlte-leaks/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paynefanbro Posted May 18, 2014 Share Posted May 18, 2014 Yes but we all know that by the end of this year, Sprint will be singing about 150Mbps in Spark cities. And next year, near 200Mbps. T-Mobile and Verizon may be speed demons now, but they don't know the type of speed Sprint will be achieving. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JThorson Posted May 18, 2014 Author Share Posted May 18, 2014 Well said. I wonder what speeds XLTE brings anyways. No one knows yet. Just wait till Sprint brings/dominates with 1Gbps Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paynefanbro Posted May 18, 2014 Share Posted May 18, 2014 Well said. I wonder what speeds XLTE brings anyways. No one knows yet. Just wait till Sprint brings/dominates with 1Gbps I'm 99% sure that they're just marketing their 20x20 AWS network. It's similar to how Verizon labeled and is marketing their 20MHz TDD-LTE network as Spark. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Destroyallcubes Posted May 18, 2014 Share Posted May 18, 2014 Well said. I wonder what speeds XLTE brings anyways. No one knows yet. Just wait till Sprint brings/dominates with 1Gbps Well too bad they can't call it XXXLTE by the 1Gbps mark lol. Well you could but thatd be catered to a certain crowd 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WiWavelength Posted May 18, 2014 Share Posted May 18, 2014 Yawn. This is old news. We have known about the band 4 AWS overlay for months and months already. VZW has even mentioned the added bandwidth in some of its previous TV commercials. This is just the big marketing push now. AJ 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JimBob Posted May 18, 2014 Share Posted May 18, 2014 Everyone is working on increasing speeds now. May be interesting to see how this plays out. http://www.engadget.com/2014/05/17/verizon-xlte-leaks/ Verizon and AT&T should work on decreasing their data charges. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jamisonshaw125 Posted May 18, 2014 Share Posted May 18, 2014 Verizon and AT&T should work on decreasing their data charges.LOL, that was a joke right. Sent from my iPhone 5s using Tapatalk Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jonathanm1978 Posted May 18, 2014 Share Posted May 18, 2014 I'd like to use a crystal ball and see where the US data prices are going... If Son keeps his drive and competition, then others, ideally, should be forced to lower prices once Sprint becomes an absolute competitor in all markets nationwide...If he starts giving into stockholders wanting ROI, and raises prices to be even with others, we may never see death star and the guy who said "we'll never compete with others on price" be fearful for their cash cow and going forward, we'll be paying egregious prices just for data. Sent from my LG-LS980 using Tapatalk Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PDXmike Posted May 18, 2014 Share Posted May 18, 2014 I'm 99% sure that they're just marketing their 20x20 AWS network. It's similar to how Verizon labeled and is marketing their 20MHz TDD-LTE network as Spark. I'm 99% sure that you meant Sprint instead of Verizon in reference to Spark. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WiWavelength Posted May 18, 2014 Share Posted May 18, 2014 Let us be clear. VZW does not have a 20 MHz FDD band 4 network. Its AWS bandwidth is highly variable. AJ 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
milan03 Posted May 18, 2014 Share Posted May 18, 2014 Well said. I wonder what speeds XLTE brings anyways. No one knows yet. Just wait till Sprint brings/dominates with 1Gbps Chicago is Verizon's 20MHz FDD market, speeds approaching 140Mbps. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vince Posted May 18, 2014 Share Posted May 18, 2014 Holy smokes. Sent from my Nexus 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
belusnecropolis Posted May 18, 2014 Share Posted May 18, 2014 I bet that cost 10 bucks. 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JThorson Posted May 18, 2014 Author Share Posted May 18, 2014 Chicago is Verizon's 20MHz FDD market, speeds approaching 140Mbps. I bet it doesn't take long to go over your data cap... 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vince Posted May 18, 2014 Share Posted May 18, 2014 I bet it doesn't take long to go over your data cap... A faster speed doesn't mean more data is used. You get your requested data faster, but it doesn't actually consume more data, contrary to popular belief. Sent from my Nexus 5 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lilotimz Posted May 18, 2014 Share Posted May 18, 2014 A faster speed doesn't mean more data is used. You get your requested data faster, but it doesn't actually consume more data, contrary to popular belief. Sent from my Nexus 5 Speedtests do consume more data though... 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dkoellerwx Posted May 18, 2014 Share Posted May 18, 2014 A faster speed doesn't mean more data is used. You get your requested data faster, but it doesn't actually consume more data, contrary to popular belief. Sent from my Nexus 5 Speed tests use more data because they have to sustain the download for a certain amount of time. But normal data usage, yes it doesn't use more, just faster. Sent from my Nexus 5 Edit: Dangit Tim Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
milan03 Posted May 18, 2014 Share Posted May 18, 2014 I bet it doesn't take long to go over your data cap... Chicago O'Hare airport with thousands of people around, Unlimited Data plan. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
caspar347 Posted May 18, 2014 Share Posted May 18, 2014 I'd like to use a crystal ball and see where the US data prices are going... If Son keeps his drive and competition, then others, ideally, should be forced to lower prices once Sprint becomes an absolute competitor in all markets nationwide...If he starts giving into stockholders wanting ROI, and raises prices to be even with others, we may never see death star and the guy who said "we'll never compete with others on price" be fearful for their cash cow and going forward, we'll be paying egregious prices just for data. Sent from my LG-LS980 using Tapatalk As a shareholder, I'd much rather them finish network vision, lower prices, do a huge ad campaign about the network being done possibly with 30-day trial periods, and then pick up boatloads of customers. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
centermedic Posted May 18, 2014 Share Posted May 18, 2014 A faster speed doesn't mean more data is used. You get your requested data faster, but it doesn't actually consume more data, contrary to popular belief. Sent from my Nexus 5 True. But it does mean that you can get to your cap faster because you are receiving data faster. The corollary is how people said you could only use x amount of data on Sprint because the speeds were so slow. Also, human nature being what it is, most people will feel encouraged to use more data thus reaching their cap sooner. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kyle_4thousand Posted May 18, 2014 Share Posted May 18, 2014 What is the theoretical max on 20x20 AWS ? Sent from my LG-LS980 using Tapatalk Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paynefanbro Posted May 18, 2014 Share Posted May 18, 2014 150 Mbps or so. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bucdenny Posted May 18, 2014 Share Posted May 18, 2014 Sprint needs to speed it up, haven't seen any permits yet for 8T8R in San Diego. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paynefanbro Posted May 18, 2014 Share Posted May 18, 2014 Sprint needs to speed it up, haven't seen any permits yet for 8T8R in San Diego. Haven't seen any in NYC either, but the Band 41 network on the Clear equipment alone covers most of the city fairly well. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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