tyboxer12

Hi guys,

like the title says, I am travelling to the Netherlands and am curious about people's experience with the international roaming passes. 

Firstly, are they unlimited data, or are they limited with deprioritization?

Secondly, what are the speeds like?

I have asked around but have gotten mixed answers.

Thanks!

Since I had to reset my phone for bugging out on me, the phone has not been able to connect to lte, even after cycling it and rebooting it. Can anyone help?

The words "KIA" or "Hyundai" were poison at one point, now they are a force to be reckoned with.

 

As Sprint continues to improve, consumers will forget their past..

Exactly, I used to think KIA was a Middle to low end car. But now, it is on par with Lexus' quality. I hope Sprint can change their brand image faster, but it takes time.

I'm not surprised there is some band 41. And it does seem like Port Charlotte, Cape Coral, Naples... etc, all the areas around Ft Myers, get the upgrades soonest. But I could rarely hang on to a 4G signal. If it is that bad with B25 then B41 is going to be worse. Not sure how much B26 they have there, but whatever they have I'm sure it is overloaded.

Actually, I think Port Charlotte gives some of the best 4G signal.

Nice is that considered the SW FL market or part of the tampa market?

I just got over 70+ Mbps in Sarasota. My first time on b41 in the swfl area.

This was posted on a site I frequent and was wondering if anyone had any thoughts regarding this considering that service has  not really improved or like here, has gotten consistently worse.

 

http://www.dslreports.com/shownews/Sprint-Declares-Their-Network-Vision-Substantially-Complete-131775

 

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We have 4G here and it was fast when they rolled it out but it has gotten horrible. I ran speedtests yesterday which averaged 1/.10. The 3G never got improvements. Until Sprint makes some real network improvements (we don't have spark here) they will continue to be irrelevant. I have been with Sprint for a long time and put up with the b.s. over the years but 2015 will be the last year I give them. I will wait it out for Spark to be deployed here and hope that it makes some sort of improvement but judging by what other people are saying in some markets Spark doesn't change a thing.

 

Either Sprint is doing something wrong, there are some technical issues, or maybe they took a technically cheap route at network vision; idk. 

 

Any thoughts?

I find that the coverage for sprint has gotten better in FL. But, I do think they need to either strengthen or add more towers to their existing network. Bur I am getting LTE where I wouldn't before. The best coverage I have ever gotten in a rural town was Port Charlotte, always have consistent LTE coverage.

NYC

This on top of the Sheraton in times sq.

Can anyone tell me what this is? I found and I think it has a connection to a roof cell

Im gonna be going to New York this week and I'm just wondering if the subway has coverage. I have seen articles on it. But can anyone explain how they get the coverage underground? 

-Tyboxer12

When the new UTC mall opened in North Sarasota, off of University Pkwy, I took a trip to our new mall and did a few speed tests. But the only thing was that I couldn't do a speed test because of how congested the tower was next to the mall, and its pretty close to it too. Does anyone know if sprint will solve this issue in the coming months because, all I know is it's just gonna get worse in the coming months. 

The tower that my phone parks on at my house seems to be taking a while to upgrade. It has some old looking panels too. Can someone answer?

Just found this on Android Central.

http://www.androidcentral.com/leaked-newsletter-shows-sprint-will-down-wimax-network-nov-6-2015

Though this would be useful info.

I have little to no knowledge of what a PRL is, and what it does. Can someone explain?

Thanks for the info!

I've seen quite a few towers that may have ATT/Verizon on them, but no Sprint.  They seem already populated with all the equipment but why can't sprint find room to place there own equipment? Can someone explain?

Any report of a CDMA version of the 1+1? Or even one that has b41, 26, and 25?

Does anyone know about a B25 bandwidth expansion from 5x5?

Thanks! All of these answers are very good explanations.

I need help knowing what an RF switch is.

Will sprint upgrade its B26 LTE bandwidth to something wider in the future, because as people demand more speed out of a carrier every year I think 5x5 may not meet some people's needs. Anyone know anything about sprint planning on expanding that B26 to something wider?

Thanks for the explanation because I wasn't sure if it was bandwidth that had capacity & speed or if it was higher MHz that made things faster.

I thought the higher the band the more capacity. Saying 800 has less capacity than 1900.

Does an overloaded lte 1900 band have any effects on speed?