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Alright, it's my turn to kick this dead horse. Sometimes people get mad about something (e.g. speed tests or LTE coverage). Instead of cooling down and writing something asking if there is a known solution or if it is experienced by others, some people choose to write a 3 paragraph rant that is nothing more than extension of their anger. This may make the poster feel a little better, but it is not constructive at all. I’ll use work as an example. I assigned several tasks to my team, and then I got out of their way and just provided help when they needed it. I was busy with other things and didn't check their work as they went along. I trusted them that it would be done properly. On Monday, when it came time to turn in the finished product, there were tasks going back several weeks that were not completed to standard and some tasks that I specifically assigned were not touched. I was furious, but I didn't call them in and yell at them, I wrote everything down and fixed the work myself. Then, after the situation was done, and I had calmed down, I went back to my list, talked it over with several peers, and came up with a constructive way of being critical, while remaining calm. Instead of ranting at them, I turned it into a learning experience. Now, when I talked to my peers, would it have done any good to go off and rant? It might have made me feel better, but I would be wasting the time of my peers and they would be less likely to offer help in the future. The internet is a faceless world and really removes a lot of the boundaries that we respect in regular life. I can't go up to some customer at the car dealer and start chewing them up and down, ranting because I bought a car from that brand name and I don't get the gas mileage that was promised, and they told me I would get this great satellite radio and it was garbage, etc. If I did that, I could get punched in the face, or told to @#$^ off. Maybe they would listen, but that would have to be a patient person. It also doesn’t work here. As Robert said, we are not an extension of Sprint’s customer service, we are not affiliated with Sprint and we don’t appreciate reading rants all day. It would make it a lot easier if Sprint would pay the web hosting fees and all the other fees associated with this website. Maybe pay Robert for the time he pours into putting out the info he gathers. I will say this once, this site is not propaganda! Calling this site “Sprint Propaganda” or calling me a “corporate shill” is not going to fly. I have never been paid a cent from Sprint and 100% of my work here on this site is voluntary. In fact, I have contributed money to this site, despite having full access through my status as a staff member.

If any one thinks that this site is about propaganda for Sprint you need to keep it moving because it is far from that. Negative bull crap bashing and hating that happens on other sites don't happen here because we the members don't want this. This site post great positive information by many knowledgeable people, and not some clueless hater speaking from second hand knowledge or hate. I can tell you that I have had lots of issues with the network vision roll out, and this site gave me a reason to wait for better service very soon. People have a right to post informative issues about what is wrong and where service is not working. Remember that what is happening for one may not happen with another, and not every one wants to see rants about a jaded Sprint user or a troll hating like most sites have. Wimax didn't work for some but here in NYC I have received 15.8mb down and 6 mb up on Wimax. I have had 3g coverage most everywhere that I have been, and drove from NYC to Orlando Florida without one dropped call. I have had great signal from Massachusetts to Florida so I can tell you they may not be the best but Sprint is firing on all cylinders in spite of the failed Wimax adoption. So if you want to have a healthy debate about where and why signal is or isn't working in a scientific form I am down for it. If its just a hate on Sprint go else where as far as I am concerned this is not the board for you.

New member here in Houston, Tx (Bellaire area) with HTC EVO 4G LTE with the latest updates (& waiting on new root to come out). My experience has been 3G with intermittent 4G with it falling back to 3G if I move the phone around. I have been experimenting with settings this evening through "Elixir 2" (Donation Key Version) app in the menu: “Information - Telephony - Turn WiMAX (4G) on - Set preferred network type”. By setting this option to “LTE, CDMA” my phone stays locked to 4G/LTE and the phone receives calls. Using “RadioOpt Traffic Monitor Plus” my speed has been in the following ranges; DL: 2100-9710 & UL: 800-1500 Kbit/s. Ping of 40ms typically. I’m fixing to leave for work for a month in Canada and will not be able to experiment but will be following with interest. Mark

And the helpful and peaceful comments we received the past 5 days are what allowed me to put this all together into one cohesive thought. If our site was run into the ground by the ranters, we would never be able to try to sort through the details and provide the info our members and readers need. Thank you for your affirmation. Robert

Other than it's in Bayamon, I have no further details. Since it is only handling data from less than 300 sites, it wouldn't need to be very large. Could be in as little as 10,000 square feet, even. Robert

The last time I checked the average Home ISP in America has download speeds under 6Mbps. However, some cities are really blessed to have much higher speeds. I agree that people need to keep Sprint LTE performance in perspective. I also live in a market that will not begin deployment until next year. Unless Dan Hesse decides to upgrade the site in El Valle de Arroyo Seco, NM early just for little 'ol me. Robert