clbowens Posted February 18, 2015 Share Posted February 18, 2015 The Sprint coverage map used to show my area as a Spark Turbo area. And now it doesn't. Just an interesting observation. I'm at area code 44134. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
joshuam Posted February 18, 2015 Share Posted February 18, 2015 Are there any areas with Spark Turbo anymore? All the areas around Baltimore that were "Turbo" are no longer marked as such. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
newboyx Posted February 18, 2015 Share Posted February 18, 2015 They changed the way it is displayed. The coverage is still the same. Now the colors work like the voice map. Darker shades for better coverage. Sent from my SM-T237P using Tapatalk 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
joshuam Posted February 18, 2015 Share Posted February 18, 2015 They changed the way it is displayed. The coverage is still the same. Now the colors work like the voice map. Darker shades for better coverage. Sent from my SM-T237P using Tapatalk Gotcha. That makes sense. The Turbo areas were bad in Baltimore because non of the sites are actually fast yet. I never get LTE in their "fair" areas. But these coverage maps are way better than before. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BlueAngel Posted February 18, 2015 Share Posted February 18, 2015 The maps are funny, I am under the best coverage on the map but my speeds are 3-6Mbps on average on Clearwire B41. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
plato2876 Posted February 18, 2015 Share Posted February 18, 2015 The maps are funny, I am under the best coverage on the map but my speeds are 3-6Mbps on average on Clearwire B41. Coverage has nothing* to do with speed. Merely that you can get a usable signal for LTE/Spark, which it appears you can. *Yes, it's a prerequisite, but says nothing about the backhaul, congestion, or 25 other factors that go into speed.. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cubbiefan82 Posted February 18, 2015 Share Posted February 18, 2015 I noticed this a few days ago, Honestly I am glad. Because a lot of 8t8r sites now are down in the 30-40's for average here in chicago, that is ever since the iphone 6 and christmas. So I wouldn't say that is spark speeds, until they upgrade the backhaul Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paynefanbro Posted February 18, 2015 Share Posted February 18, 2015 All the map changes are great and all, but when are they going to actually change the maps. 8 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
grapkoski Posted February 18, 2015 Share Posted February 18, 2015 All the map changes are great and all, but when are they going to actually change the maps. What do you mean? You don't like the 5x5 square box from 2006? At least they upgraded the map source, so hopefully they are working on a new coverage map tool for the public. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yuhfhrh Posted February 18, 2015 Share Posted February 18, 2015 What do you mean? You don't like the 5x5 square box from 2006? At least they upgraded the map source, so hopefully they are working on a new coverage map tool for the public. Try using the coverage tool on a 4k monitor, it's hilarious. 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shannonbrian Posted February 19, 2015 Share Posted February 19, 2015 Its now spark supercharge maps. They ran out turbos and now using supercharger for spark !!!. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dkoellerwx Posted February 19, 2015 Share Posted February 19, 2015 Are there any areas with Spark Turbo anymore? All the areas around Baltimore that were "Turbo" are no longer marked as such. Looks like Turbo has been completely removed. Which is probably for the best. It was a little confusing why it was there in the first place, and often created unrealistic expectations. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
caspar347 Posted February 19, 2015 Share Posted February 19, 2015 Looks like Turbo has been completely removed. Which is probably for the best. It was a little confusing why it was there in the first place, and often created unrealistic expectations. Definitely. The way it used to be, it looked like nearly the entire coverage footprint (including bands 25 and 26) of any tower with band 41 was "turbo" which probably lead to some disappointment when people ran speedtests in fringe areas covered with band 26 only. 8T8R range is great and they ease congestion on all bands, but speeds still drop out if you get too far away. The new(est, seems like they are tweaked pretty often these days) maps better portray this. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bbspot Posted February 19, 2015 Share Posted February 19, 2015 Its now spark supercharge maps. They ran out turbos and now using supercharger for spark !!!.Spark 2 turbo hyper fighting championship edition. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WiWavelength Posted February 19, 2015 Share Posted February 19, 2015 Spark 2 turbo hyper fighting championship edition. Hadouken! Sonic Boom! AJ 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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