MasterTruth

This attitude of "this is all we need" is what got sprint into this situation in the first place. Instead of fiber backhaul like everybody else, t1 was all we need and now look at them, racing to upgrade backhaul all over the network. I say go for being the fastest and future proof the network and that's what sprint is doing.

I agree. all I'm hearing is excuses. Sprint deserves the best.

If you are so fed up, Why don'y you take your "fed up" attitude to another carrier? You are hear to complain and that is about it from what I have seen.

I'm "hear" to complain? Excuse me? I don't understand.

Your posts today come off as astroturfing. They seem to only be here for one reason. You either need to find a productive way of contributing to the Sprint Network Vision discussion or you will likely not be here very long. And your screen name even gives the feeling of trolling.Robert via Samsung Note 8.0 using Tapatalk Pro

So sharing my experience is trolling now?

Well that doesn't seem fair at all.

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?

For example, I was at Providence Place last night and was trying to show my friends Siri. My  phone said LTE on it, but I got no data whatsoever. Nothing worked. I tried turning off LTE, etc. Nothing. I didn't get working data until I went down a few blocks towards Dunkin Donuts center. 

then this morning, I was at home and had the same issues.

I've been driving around Providence all day and the max I've seen on LTE has been about 8-9 mbps. Where's all those 20+ mbps speeds I've seen online here!?

Man, I can only dream about speeds like that on Sprint!. Even more than 5 mbps down would be awesome honestly!

Which phones support this new band? Does a verizon 5S support it?

Your post all sound like you hate sprint. So why are you here?

 

Jim, Sent from my Photon 4G using Tapatalk 2

Hello!

Oh please. Spare me the drama. If I "hated" Sprint, I wouldn't have had service with them for almost 10 years now. I'm getting fed up with my data service not working and empty promises of improvement. That's what I hate right now.

What is this VZW AWS LTE? Is it fast?

I read on here that Sprint's LTE is faster. is that true?

-Marc

Who is they?

oops sorry! I mean the vendor people who are deploying the equipment!

 

 

For one, Sprint is on the process of an upgrade and everything has been improving. Where Sprint is ~70% Complete with NV, where only ~50% of the sites have LTE, this is a fair rating. The other 3 carriers are basically done with their buildouts here.

Thanks for the reply! Why is it taking so long for Sprint? Didn't TMobile just start deploying a few months ago? How are they already done?

 

 

One last point is thag RootMetrics data is crowd sourced and they don't have nearly as large a following as Sensorly. As a result, most of their info is inner city where T-Mobile reigns supreme. I think you should check out Senorly.com and download the sensorly app to see what the network is actually like.

 

I'm not sure this is correct, my friend. 

 

According to this (http://www.rootmetrics.com/methodology/), they actually go to all the areas and test it themselves. The test was for the tri-state area (NY, NJ, CT), so it isn't just the inner city "Where T-Mobile regions supreme"

I just said that a few days ago. I wish it was true, but I think Verizon has the best site spacing. Bars don't really matter, because with Verizon on 1 bar you could do more than with a lot of Sprint sites on 5 bars. Add the fact that verizon is building platforms and new sites every week ( I know the person that builds most of the platforms for the Long Island and Manhattan areas)

I tried sprint and it did not work out. Hopefully it will work in the future. 

Hello!

Oh yes, you are quite correct. My gf has VZW and her service is fantastic. Even on one bar, her service is quite reliable!

I have an AT&T MiFi from work and it has never let me down! I used to connect it to my iPhone 4S when I travel because my "3G" connection never really worked!

Hello everyone!

I was reading more about the softbank take overs. Since they are lighting a fire under them, does that mean that they will be paying for new people to upgrade the equipment? Reading on here, it looks like they are hopelessly delaying everything.

NYC is covered insanely well by T-Mobile. However, Sprint has been right on their tail with site spacing.

 

In the city itself it is probably T-Mobile, Sprint, Verizon, AT&T. In the metropolitan area (Long Island, a bit of Upstate New York and parts of New Jersey and Connecticut) it goes, Sprint, Verizon, AT&T, T-Mobile.

Hello!

I wish I could believe this. My gf lives in Long Island and with my iPhone 4S (just got a 5S), I had abysmal service. 

I tried to do some research about this and found this:

http://www.rootmetrics.com/compare-carriers/united-states/new-york/new-york-city-and-tri-state-area-november-2013/

We have the lowest data speeds, network reliability, call, and text reliability  in the whole tri-state region.