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Union Square and the rest of Lower Manhattan are 3G heaven. And this is mid day so everyone is one their phone. Isn't NV a blessing.

https://dl-web.dropbox.com/get/Speed%20Tests/Screenshot_2012-10-27-13-31-41.png?w=b682313a

It'll probably be Queens before Brooklyn. It seems like it is working its way down. I find it funny how no one has mentioned Staten Island yet.

 

 

big pockets of the city have abysmal speeds and it's why we're so eagerly anticipating NV. don't get me wrong, there are some areas where coverage is good, but the problem is how tempermental it is. move a block in either direction and while data speeds are still ok, pings go through the roof. then move a few more blocks and data speeds are terrible. that's how it's been here for at least the last year and has been getting progressively worse. the idea of LTE being not only fast but actually connectable - unline Wimax most of the time - is very exciting for those of us who've suffered though (and paid for) poor service for a very long time.

I certainly agree. I ride the B46 home everyday from Eastern Parkway/Utica Avenue train station to Avenue L and up by the train station slow speeds are a thing of the past. As well as in south eastern Brooklyn, Flatlands in particular. However, everywhere in between, especially in poorer neighborhoods, speeds are absolutely abysmal. By my house I get upwards of 1.3 Mbps and during my trip on the bus I can see it go as low as 20Kbps. But as we all know, it will get better and that's all that matter for now.

it's getting heated. We need comic relief from AJ!!!

 

 

That's not quite true. Over the last three weeks, a huge number of LTE sites have been added in Chicago proper. And Chicago was moved out of pre-launch mode this week with just over 60% completed.

 

LA IS in pre-launch mode now, with completed sites being made discoverable. At the rate of completion right now, I would not be surprised to see Sprint announce LA as an LTE market sometime in late November. If you become a sponsor, you can have access to the maps of completed sites in active markets, and see the current rate of production.

 

It would seem that Sprint is allowing connections to pretty much any completed tower now. So I would almost say that the pre-launch notion is no longer relevant as every market that has LTE complete towers are now allowing connections. I have no idea when NYC will be ready to be announced, but I do think that any completed towers will be released to the public, effectively putting it into pre-launch.

That is not quite true being that I know Network Vision sights in Brooklyn that are up and no one I know is connecting to LTE In the area.

I understand for the first 4 markets they launched in Texas and Atlanta that under 20% of all NV towers completed was ok at the time to launch. However very quickly there was bad press that in most of 4G LTE launch areas, people were only able to retain LTE for 2 mins before dropping back down to 3G. If you are Sprint PR and you hear those type of things from tech blogs, Sprint customers, your competitors in AT&T and Verizon, this must be irritating and stressful to live up to the proposed 4G LTE coverage maps that they have posted on their website.

 

In big cities like Chicago, LA, and NYC, Sprint cannot afford to declare any of these big cities as LTE launch ready when only 2 out of every 10 towers only have LTE. I understand as being a heavy follower of this site that coverage will improve over time but first impressions make a huge difference especially if Sprint is trying to draw new customers away from Tmobile, Verizon and AT&T to offer unlimited 4G LTE data that is actually usable for more than 5 mins of driving around. It will be useless if its only usable for a short distance. Smaller cities can get away with the 20% launch and be ok but big cities like Chicago, LA and NYC need at least 30-40% of its towers IMO to be safe for market launch. Chicago does not have this problem since they are well above 50% of all towers launched with LTE but LA and NYC are so far away from being launched that even a mid December might be a stretch.

Exactly as our friend AndyNYC stated, it will just be a prelaunch. Although Chicago is near 50% complete, most of the Chicago sites are in the suburbs. Little to none are in the actual city of Chicago. Although the 4G will only be usable for 5 minutes, over time, you'll see that amount of time increase to the point where the 4G will blanket most of the city and you won't have a problem anymore. I understand that announcing and it isn't citywide will make customers angry, but I think it will be even worse for them to hold out longer on an announcement for the largest and arguably, most important city for Sprint.

I feel like so many NV towers are simply being blocked. For most of the initial launch markets 20% or less was completed. NV production in the city is really starting to speed up and no one said it will be announced day 1. There are 30 days in November. You never know, maybe the tower you are connected to will have 4G.

Im usually in Jamaica, NY 11435 or Brooklyn, NY 11207 and got Verizon which is good in most places but I think they are a bit over rated. I think AT&T has better service but Verizon doesn't throttle at all I've hit 60 gb in a month wihtout any issues with them.

But, my bill is too high so looking to make the switch to Sprint does anyone have any info on when LTE will hit those markets cuz I'm trying to make the switch a.s.a.p?

Official launch is supposed to be next month but as for where we will see LTE. I am not sure.

Dropped calls have never been a problem for me, even now.

And the issue is across too much of Brooklyn for me to buy into one or two towers being the cause. Seems most towers round here cover about .5 mi or less..

 

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It's not how much space they cover, as much as tower density. There are so many towers that your phone will constantly switch, and on top of that, you are surrounded by brick and metal structures which will kill that connection. In my experience much of Brooklyn has usable service.

Kinda surprised by your answer. My 3g Svc is generally pretty crappy. Not just at home but out and about around here. I rarely get better than 400kbps and often closer to 100-150 kbps. Driving around my phone often won't keep up with a YouTube stream (not HQ!) I've even had issues streaming from Play Music. I'm on the edge of bouncing to TMO prepaid. They Have a deal ending today I might just jump to. Bottom line: if I'm gonna have sub par svc, might as well pay cheap for it. That's why I'm asking about 11234.. Will it get better in a few weeks or is it gonna be a couple of months

I guess it depends on where in 11234 because I have posted several speedtests where I get over 1mbps. I haven't seen a speed lower than 800kbps in a long time. At least when I am outside.

Yeah. Definitely 11234. That's where I'm from. But 3G hasn't been a problem for me except at home. I am directly between the edge of two towers so my phone will switch from 2bars to one bar when I am at home. But then again, that's why I have an Airave.

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Seems like Sprint may outperform the #1 U.S. carrier in the #1 city in the U.S.

http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2410861,00.asp

You guys and gals, a PCMag author tested the LTE in the Bronx.

LOL. I was at 23rd and 8th yesterday waiting for the bus. I didn't run a speedtest but I guess next time I am there I will!

Verizon LTE when it first arrived was around 17Mbps. My friend who own an iPhone 5 now gets around 5mbps on his iPhone 5 and when the network is unloaded he gets 30Mbps.

Is it just me or are the New York speeds some of the fastest that have been posted so far?

Can towers be programmed to certain distances because where I live, according to network.sprint.com the tower that I am.most likely connected to is about 5 blocks away yet when I am indoors I still get a 1bar signal.

OmgOmgOmg.

Now that T-Mobile is close to closing a deal with Metro PCS what does that mean for Sprint. Will they have to purchase U.S Cellular or could they still buy out T-Mobile?

I was reading Sprint Community Forums and someone sent an email to Sprint in which he recoeved a response that the tech team is working on an update to connect to LTE better. http://community.sprint.com/baw/message/480919

 

 

I have written an extensive explanation about the difference between EVDO and eHRPD performance here: http://s4gru.com/index.php?/topic/1084-chicago-land-nvlte-deployment/page__st__1100__p__49598#entry49598

 

Robert via Samsung Galaxy S-III 32GB using Forum Runner

Thanks so much. I changed the server ans speeds instantly jumped past 1mbps.

One more question and then I am done, I swear! When these towers are being upgraded does network performance go down? On all of these eHRPD towers I used to get pings in the low one hundreds and even lower. Now I am getting pings in the 400's and 500's and speeds more similar to 1x than Evdo.

 

 

They could be. But it is not necessarily indicative of that.

 

Robert via CM9 Kindle Fire using Forum Runner

Thanks. I am actually get eHRPD all over Flatlands, Flatbush, and Canarsie now. It is insane. As far as I can tell, up to a few weeks ago, most of these towers have been Evdo only.