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Do you see Spark yet with your G2? My service in Riverside and on the East side of providence are just terrible now. I can't now or ever could get service inside buildings but now I can't even rely on service when outside. I'm just getting sick of being at work and At&t and Verizon will have service inside our bomb shelter and my phone is about to catch on fire from looking for service so often.

I was in Warren and Bristol today and the service was good.

They must be doing something in your area for the service to be so bad.

Have you spotted any full builds yet?

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My service has been pretty shaking the last week and half, my call quality is terrible and barley working 3g or LTE. This is happening at home and work (East Providence & Providence). I use a nexus 5 and i'm just hoping the towers around me are finally switching from GPO's to full builds. 

No troubles just below you in the Cranston/Warwick area.

I seem to have HD voice at my house, the calls sound incredible.

North smithfield ri police department tower and band 41!

 

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So much for concentrating in the Metro areas!

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I haven't spent $950 on any one thing, other than perhaps a car.

 

Robert

It wasn't that long ago you could buy a decent car for a grand.

This pricing sure makes my 200.00 LG G2 from eBay look like a steal.

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iPhone for Life Plan

 

$70/mo, unlimited data, and no money down for a new iPhone (trade-in) every 2 years.

 

That is a good deal, right?

Makes me wonder however where Sprint stands with that insane commitment it inked with Apple just to carry the brand.

Could they be so far behind in sales that they need to do this just to help satisfy the commitment?

I went ahead and switched back to Sprint.

For my fellow RI peeps, Spark is up in running in most of Warwick, Providence and Cranston.

The corporate store personnel informed me that they have yet to make the announcement.

**EDIT** After some testing I can find no evidence that Spark is running here. Nothing has shown up as Band 41. The corporate store rep told me that the circle of arrows on my G2 had meant Spark and compared it to my Optimus G which isn't Spark enabled and just shows 4G. I'm not complaining about the great (10-20Mps) download speeds I'm getting but as usual the Sprint Corporate Store personnel are clueless.

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It's been quiet here.

I just picked up an LG G2 for me and I've got an Optimus G I'll give my wife.

I can hop on a 7 member Framily plan so I'd like some input from my Providence Peeps before I switch over.

Any input?

Anybody have any experiences in greater Pvd they care to share?

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We're getting there:

http://www.droid-life.com/2014/01/27/sprint-lights-up-40-new-4g-lte-markets-total-rises-to-340/

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Hello!

 

I live very close to Brown in Providence and am wondering about the state of my service. Am I the only one experiencing all these issues with non-working data?

 

Where's all those 20+ mbps speeds I've seen online here!?

Providence has not launched and there are very few accepted sites.

They are most likely in the build/ testing phase of this things.

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Do you think I can expect it to return? I'm not impatient. I just need to know now

Of course it will return but it could be a few weeks or even a month or so till it's 100%

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I had 4g lte for about a month here on Cranston Providence border. Been 3g only past day and even that is spotty. I get 4g when I leave the house so it's not my phone is it?

It's probably just the initial stage of it going live and some subsequent testing and adjustments.

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I was told the towers that are on are all the lte we're getting. There's some new bull there shoveling at me about lte spark? Now the completion date is some time in January with activation in February

As long as it's a February 2014 completion.

The tower over at centre of New England blvd sucks! Lte doesn't even reach past the walmart! Drops off as soon as I get into the lot on the far side of the building

It must still be in the testing phase and not fully accepted.

Last winter I had a site across the street from me in FL that went live while I was down there. Same situation, it was fine at the condo but when I drove a 1/4 mile to Gulfstream the signal faded and speeds dropped off significantly.

It's now great and the only thing I can attribute it to was the fact that it was being tested first.

Ya I notice if I switch off lte I get better (balls) lte drops off my phone when I enter the building and I only get it back when I'm out of the lot and on centre of NE blvd. the tower is directly behind bjs

Must not be at full power, probably testing.

How is lte in building? I work at the Walmart in Coventry and lte sucks in the building and around the side

I don't know if there's a difference. Was your EVDO signal any different?

Maybe it's not at full power yet.

There still seems to be a lot of towers not yet upgraded to 3G but I do remember that they are turned on in clusters.

Even if the final product is 6 months out at least we know it has started.

Light it up!

Im hopping its not going to be like WiMAX and its gonna be spotty coverage?

Gosh no, that was Clearwires network not Sprints.

It will be spotty until all towers are turned on but that's to be expected.

this is what im seeing in Woonsocket currently.

Are the towers there "side by each"?

LTE is also live in Providence...I drove past the site at Hope & Olney this morning on my way into work and had five bars (or balls with iOS 7) on my iPhone 5s

It looks like it's starting. A site in Warwick and Johnston is also reported on the maps.

Probably months away before anything significant but it's a start.

LTE is live in Pawtucket!!!! AND this isn't a MA site...I went by the same area yesterday and no signal...today, 5 bars

Where were you?

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It seems like these upgrade concepts are a lot like leasing.

I'm really begining to like the concept of prepaid. I'll buy my own phone and when I'm done with it sell it.

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