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Yeah, LTE performance is very signal strength dependent. With those kinds of speeds, you likely had a really weak signal. http://s4gru.com/index.php?/topic/2040-bars-lie-for-lte-signal-strength-how-to-determine-your-actual-lte-signal-strength/ Robert

However, Verizon is not deploying their LTE 750 on every site. Whereas Sprint is deploying LTE on every site in their network. Robert

Go to this thread and read how to get your LTE signal strength in dBms. Let us know what your signal strength is inside your home and outside. My guess is you have a really weak LTE signal at home. Robert

We won't know for certain until we get the first list of accepted sites from Sprint. Hopefully we will get this info in the next week or so. Robert

I wouldn't recommend anyone who is buying a LTE phone for the purposes of using or scouting LTE service to get the EVO LTE. The LTE connectivity issues are well documented around here. And while the GNex does well on LTE, it has radio problems on 1x/EVDO on PCS that rule it out for most users. If you want to scout LTE service, I would go with the GS3 or Photon Q. The Viper isn't so bad, but the 1x signal can be dodgy on it. Robert

1xRTT can support download speeds up to a blazing 144kbps. 1xAdvanced can support greater speeds than this, depending on how it is deployed by the carrier. It is possible to get 300kbps+ speeds out of a 1xA carrier. However, Sprint will likely deploy their 1xAdvanced to maximize capacity, which will reduce the throughput speeds. This is because with Sprint only having one CDMA 800 carrier for voice customers in low signal areas (and in building coverage), I believe that the number of users on a CDMA 800 carrier will be more important than 1x data speeds. So I would be surprised to find speeds greater than approximately 130-140kbps.

As long as you are talking about authorized Sprint tethering, then you are good to go. If you are discussing unauthorized tethering, then you are in violation of our posting guidelines: http://s4gru.com/ind...-aka-the-rulez/ Robert

Test mode? Is that code for blocking LTE connections? They should never show coverage from sites they are actively blocking. That's pretty crazy. Robert

These have been validated by several member reports. They should be still live. This area was a Sprint LTE FIT (Field Implementation Test) performed by Alcatel Lucent. Sprint and AlcaLu performed their early device and deployment testing here. The area deployed back in December/January. However, the signal was blocked for a long time and not usable by Sprint customers. Approximately some time in July they went live and were usable to Sprint LTE device holders. Robert

Found the first LTE blip near The Loop. Just south of The Loop in Lake Meadows, just east of U.S. Cellular Field: http://sensorly.com/fullscreen/map/4G/US/USA/Sprint/lte_310sprint#q=chicago, illinois Robert

I found no difference whatsoever. And stronger signal? That is preposterous. How on earth do they figure the scan timer settings could result in a stronger signal? Robert

New Indy market blips on Sensorly, on the East side! http://sensorly.com/fullscreen/map/4G/US/USA/Sprint/lte_310sprint#q=cumberland, indiana Robert

Sprint has said in the Quarterly results that they have all the funding lined out for Network Vision. And given their current cash reserves alone after recent debt sales could cover almost 3/4 of the cost. Also, Sprint stock has been soaring lately. Nothing to be concerned about here. Robert

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by Robert Herron Sprint 4G Rollout Updates Friday, September 28, 2012 - 5:15 AM MDT S4GRU received a tip from one of our members in Northern Indiana ten days ago Network Vision was spotted underway in the Ft. Wayne/South Bend market. He was able to take some photos (below) to show that new Network Vision panels indeed have been added at Site #CH03HO119 located on the south west side of Elkhart, Indiana. Yesterday, S4GRU members found Sprint LTE signals in this vicinity, reaching all over the south side of Elkhart out toward Goshen. Hurrah! Several members went out and started adding this coverage to Sensorly.com coverage maps. Sensorly has an Android app that people can download which can be used to upload 4G LTE coverages of wireless carriers to Google maps for tracking (and 3G/2G signals too). This is welcome news to Sprint customers in Northern Indiana. This work is also a little early based on the Network Vision schedules S4GRU has. Some of our members have joked in the past that this market gets preferential treatment from Sprint, because the Sprint CEO Dan Hesse went to school at Notre Dame. Although we have no evidence of any favoritism involved here, we are always happy to see any Network Vision progress and report it back to you. Site #CH03HO119 in Elkhart, Indiana. The new Network Vision panel that contains LTE is in the middle of the bottom rack on the tower. The legacy PCS panels are on both sides. Photos from S4GRU member C.A.R. This is the first evidence of Network Vision/LTE deployment we have discovered in the Ft. Wayne/South Bend market. Deployment is likely beginning over the entire market and will soon be in all corners, even the Fort Wayne area. However, only the communities of South Bend/Elkhart, Warsaw and Marion were included in the next 100 city list Sprint released a few weeks ago containing names of communities expected to have a launchable amount of LTE service before the end of 2012. At this point, it seems that other communities in this market will likely not have enough LTE service to constitute the service launched until some time after the New Year. In the interim, LTE signals may come and go around the South Bend/Elkhart area. They are just in the infancy of deployment. Sprint has been pretty consistent in blocking LTE connections at completed sites after they accept the improvements from the Network Vision OEM/subcontractors. Also, it may not be surprising to see isolated LTE signals appear in other Northern Indiana Sprint communities. This market also contains a remarkable amount of 1x sites. Sites that essentially only have 2G speeds, never receiving 3G EVDO upgrades. It is believed that these sites will go from 1x service only to 3G and 4G LTE at the same time. Essentially skipping the entire 3rd generation of wireless service. There are thousands of rural customers looking forward to having a 3G network finally, at the same time they get 4G wireless broadband. Sensorly.com LTE coverage map in Elkhart, Indiana. Several S4GRU members hit the road and plotted LTE signals using the Sensorly Android map to illustrate some of the coverage by the new site.

I know that "L T E"! That's what my GS3 does when I use voice to text! Robert

You likely were not connected to the same site and same channel. Happens all the time. People assume that if they are in the same geographic location that two separate devices will act the same. And if there is a difference, there is a problem. Wireless networks are very dynamic. Robert

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If you use the Tapatalk app, they have an option where they will host the pictures for you. Otherwise, you can use any other third party file/photo storage service, harvest the URL and post that in S4GRU. We do not have enough server space for all our members to offer up much more than 500k at this time. Robert

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LTE performance is very signal strength dependent. If you are getting slow LTE speeds, you have a very weak signal. http://s4gru.com/index.php?/topic/2040-bars-lie-for-lte-signal-strength-how-to-determine-your-actual-lte-signal-strength/ Also, you cannot use LTE for home usage. Sprint is planning to start cracking down on unauthorized tethering on their new network. Also, authorized tethering is subject to data caps (I believe maxing out at 12GB/mo.). Not exactly ideal for home usage. Robert