td4guy

Got my iPhone SE. I like the small size a lot better than my old iPhone 6. But the reception doesn't seem to be as good. I live in an area with marginal signal, but lately my iPhone 6 would hop onto LTE maybe 30% of the time. This iPhone SE seems much more likely to stay on 3G.

Is this what I should expect my GMO site to be converted with? Currently my closest tower is inside the tiny little cross structure on the right.

Still no yellow..

Same here. I'm surrounded by GMOs that won't be upgraded for a lonnngggg time, yet I'm shown as covered in orange 4G LTE. These maps are, like, predictions for 2016.

After reading this review, I think I'll hold off until a higher-specced phone is released.

I'm thinking about maybe upgrading to an iPhone 6 for use when I travel outside of my 1xRTT/3G hellhole.

When I'm back home, though, are there any applications available that are similar to SignalCheck Pro? Something to show signal strength, LTE band, etc.?

It's been updated after May 28 (which is its original post date, in 2013), because it mentions June LTE launches in SLO and Paso.

So are all of you able to turn off your cellular radio and just use Wifi only?

I created an account to jump in this.  I moved to Sioux Falls 6 years ago, and currently am still out here.  Yes, the network is that bad.  Yes, you can have a full data signal and not even know how slow it's running because you'll end with with nothing but "check your data connection" messages.  3G didn't exist out here until Nov of 2009.  At the time it was nice.. pulling 2mpbs or more sometimes for download speeds.  Then it went to hell.

 

Then a few years ago when the original Evo was released you couldn't buy one out here because of a dispute between Swiftel and Sprint (I was able to because my billing address is still Chicago area)  But after a year or something they figured that out.  

 

So now you can have the best phones on Sprint, and experience it on the worst network in the US.  If it weren't for Wifi, and my Airave, my m8 would be worthless. Hell, when my brother comes to visit, he has T Mobile, and in Sioux Falls they only have Edge, and he was able to do more than I was!

I've called to complain many times, but it doesn't help because this isn't my "home" market.  If you talk to Swiftel, you'll either get ignored, or if someone does respond about the network, you're told "6 months to be fixed/upgraded", but they've been saying that now for the past two years.  Hell, it was 3 "6 months" before 3G was even turned on!

 

I wish they could use the Nextel sites out here for Sprint.  When I moved here I had Nextel and my coverage was amazing.  Plus it covered a huge chunk of the state.

And this is why I still use a 3G phone in the year 2014.

Yeah, that's barely usable. You're going to have to wait for LTE towers to be put up closer to where you are. You're probably connecting to one that's pretty far away.

It holds for a while but I guess it's a false signal but it keeps coming and going?

 

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I wouldn't expect to do anything with an LTE signal that weak.

I knew I could pick up voice and data from separate towers at the same time, but I thought if I'm getting LTE that my 3g would essentially be turned off...?

No, only on the newer tri-band phones as detailed in the current front-page article.

Probably 100MB for the non-unlimited (1GB) lines.

I think it was 129.99, not 119.99. Here are the old individual plans: http://shop.sprint.com/mysprint/shop/plan_details.jsp?tabId=pt_individual_tab&planCatId=EverythingData&planFamilyType=&flow=AAL

 

And here are the old family plans:

http://shop.sprint.com/mysprint/shop/plan_details.jsp?tabId=pt_shared_tab&planCatId=EverythingDataFamily&planFamilyType=null

 

 

Remember to add $10 premium data for each smart phone to the old plans, as that is not included in the pricing. You are correct about the discounts though. 

Thank you for those links.

Does anyone have links to the Everything Data plans in the EPRP store? Log in here (enter Russ.S.McGuire@Sprint.com and 383). The only plans listed are the new ones at the moment. I'm looking for the old ones as detailed on this page.

This is important because these plans were web-only. You could never call in to get them.

I've heard that E-Care is a pretty good department. Maybe e-mail them? ecare@cc.sprintpcs.com