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To hit an average download speed of 15.4Mbps, that is quite impressive. Especially when it is a 62% increase in speed since last October! Good job Sprint! For those that didn't read...T-Mobile dropped in avg speed to 12Mbps!

I searched to see if this was discussed previously, and perhaps I missed it. I apologize if it has. Has anyone noticed the "video streaming limited to 3g speeds" note on the family share packs? I know I've seen it before in certain areas before, that video streams could be limited...but I don't think I've seen the defacto statement that they will be limited. Anyone experienced it? Are all video streams impacted, or just the big hitters like Netflix, Youtube? http://sprint.com/landings/datashare/index_c.html#!/ <--see bottom of middle column in the pricing chart.

Would Comcast's video services even be a factor in owning T-Mobile? We've seen no evidence of widespread video delivery via mobile networks, and I don't see that changing anytime in the next several years.

Yeah, tethering allowances are one of the reasons I got a T-Mobile test drive device. 4 days into it...and no way I'm switching! Lol. But it was enough to make me look.

Sprint was in last in 2H 2014...so if they are in first now....that will be really impressive!

It could turn political, but I don't think it has at all. Just stating his opinion and why he feels that way.

Yeah, call Google. They WILL help...it just takes a couple days.

I live in Bel Air. Sprint has great coverage in Bel Air for the most part...it is a former WiMAX market. I have a T-Mobile test drive device right now, it seems to stick to LTE all over Bel Air, I've dropped to HSPA+ inside building, but it still is pushing 20Mbps, which is better than Sprint's 800LTE. But you are right, north of Bel Air in the more rural areas....T-Mobile is rocking Edge.

I'm sure it's over 300M pops...but I don't think Sprint has mentioned total voice coverage since they've done 800Mhz 1x over most of their footprint.

Google verification can be tough to make changes too. Best to disable it then re-enable it. My father in law recently got locked out of his Galaxy S5 and Google took 6 days to reset it and help him...all because he enabled two factor authentication.

In my area, the corp stores are awful. Every time I step foot in one, I get insurance added to my account, lol. Around my area, the resellers are EXCELLENT. They make an effort to earn customers in the future by helping however they can.

I would definitely have to agree with that. Their online support is usually excellent.

Corrected...typing in a hurry. ????

In my area, T-Mobile has 10x10 on band 4...easily 60Mbps. Sprint's band 41 is 20mhz here, and it's no more than 20Mbps (similar signal db). But I'd rather have continuous slower but more than usable speeds than clusters of 60+Mbps. I got a T-Mobile test drive device right now...impressed with the speeds, but not the coverage.

I decided to speedtest my drive home from work recently. No, I was not driving No other data usage on the phone was going on...every test was LTE, if 3G was active, I would cycle airplane mode and wait for LTE to show up again. Mostly all reasons to be happy...this was MD-295 all the way to Harford County up I-95. There a few REALLY slow LTE tests, that area was just south of the Fort McHenry tunnel. Not sure if tower work or what, but I don't typically notice issues there. These are Ookla SpeedTest results (using the automatic server selection) Date ConnType Download Upload Latency ServerName ExternalIp 6/9/2015 15:52:00 Cell 5,673 4,000 26 Baltimore, MD 66.87.83.125 6/9/2015 15:35:00 Cell 6,196 2,063 45 Baltimore, MD 66.87.81.224 6/9/2015 15:33:00 Cell 8,468 3,075 56 Baltimore, MD 66.87.81.224 6/9/2015 15:32:00 Cell 4,819 4,103 32 Baltimore, MD 66.87.81.224 6/9/2015 15:32:00 Cell 19,168 8,521 33 Baltimore, MD 66.87.81.224 6/9/2015 15:31:00 Cell 17,092 1,932 33 Baltimore, MD 66.87.81.224 6/9/2015 15:31:00 Cell 2,257 3,233 35 Baltimore, MD 66.87.81.224 6/9/2015 15:30:00 Cell 2,405 550 299 Baltimore, MD 66.87.81.224 6/9/2015 15:30:00 Cell 6,340 1,332 34 Baltimore, MD 66.87.81.224 6/9/2015 15:29:00 Cell 8,618 1,880 32 Baltimore, MD 66.87.81.224 6/9/2015 15:29:00 Cell 12,801 7,369 33 Baltimore, MD 66.87.81.224 6/9/2015 15:28:00 Cell 16,789 6,240 49 Baltimore, MD 66.87.81.224 6/9/2015 15:28:00 Cell 1,860 1,538 155 Baltimore, MD 66.87.81.224 6/9/2015 15:27:00 Cell 9,626 934 32 Baltimore, MD 66.87.81.224 6/9/2015 15:23:00 Cell 153 1,357 48 Washington, DC 66.87.81.224 6/9/2015 15:22:00 Cell 735 2,736 61 Washington, DC 66.87.81.224 6/9/2015 15:15:00 Cell 211 173 82 Washington, DC 66.87.82.71 6/9/2015 15:13:00 Cell 1,725 646 88 Baltimore, MD 66.87.82.71 6/9/2015 15:13:00 Cell 1,604 834 73 Baltimore, MD 66.87.82.71 6/9/2015 15:10:00 Cell 9,481 4,206 54 Washington, DC 66.87.82.71 6/9/2015 15:10:00 Cell 9,859 3,759 33 Baltimore, MD 66.87.82.71 6/9/2015 15:09:00 Cell 7,164 3,481 33 Baltimore, MD 66.87.82.71 6/9/2015 15:08:00 Cell 1,957 434 39 Baltimore, MD 66.87.82.71 6/9/2015 15:08:00 Cell 1,091 277 34 Baltimore, MD 66.87.82.71 EDIT: Fixed table formatting

Better late than never!

I skipped that article earlier when I saw his name.

It'll be a good day for all networks when 3G gets shut down (eventually). No more switching to 3G when that signal is better. Of course, LTE will probably have even better coverage by then, so it may or may not really matter.

Voted! Wireless ISP's are very interesting, I've only learned they exist recently. I live in a 2-4 wire ISP area so they aren't popular in my area, though apparently they do exist in small pockets. Best of luck!

I'm not arguing that Sprint is slow. Not at all! Heck...I've hit 73Mbps speed tests in Baltimore. And when I was in TN last week, my in-laws were using my iPhone hot spot to access google maps, because Verizon 3G was so slow. Even when I had 3G, it was still over 1Mbps. I'm just saying I hope Sprint can get some yellow dots on that map. It will go a long ways in helping their image. Many perceive them as slow, and being in last place is last place. Even if the details behind that show that all 4 carriers are about the same in real world usage. I'm not trying to mischaracterize Sprints success, I've been a customer for a long time and have no plans to change that. I'm a big advocate, and brought over 8 family members (with Framily) last year when things weren't as good as they are now. Edit: And for the record...areas where Sprint lacks in Maryland, T-Mobile and AT&T are lacking too generally. Verizon is very strong here. I don't judge Sprint for some coverage gaps, I'm just hopeful that they will fix them. I have friends and family that refuse to switch to Sprint over past experiences, some root metrics speed wins might help. Especially with younger generations.

I whole heartedly agree. Slower speeds 99% of the time is much better than faster speeds 75% of the time. I look forward to when that is the case for Central Maryland. I'm simply saying that until Sprint isn't in last place over and over, marketing root metrics isn't a great idea. T-Mobile has had huge success with their "blazing fast platinum mega super LTE". That is what consumers are hungry for, and what Sprint needs to market once they get out of last place.

Was I not clear in quoting the root metrics article? Last place is last place. At the end of the year, Sprint will have very few speed awards at this rate. They should improve that for the perception that they are slow. They are known as being slow through NV, so when they continue to show last place, it hurts them.

Still the slowest overall though. I really hope they can start speeding things up for the 2H 2015 reports, doesn't look like its happening for the 1H 2015.

I find wifi calling overall to be a very poor experience on iPhone. I get better results on 1 bar of 1x. Even with 50/50 Fios with low pings, and wifi connect router, I get audio cut out and very low quality calls. Sometimes calls won't complete. And every so often they are perfect and I have no issues. Not sure what the problem is, but I'm keeping it off for now.