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Sprint top upload is 17 Mbps. So 13 is about right. Only way to get higher than 17 is in areas where band 25 is 10x10, then it tops out at 35 up

 

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Which is ok, thats more then enough for upload. Id rather the focus be download.

Which parts?

Sheapshead, Luna Park area, Emmons ave.

how is the upload with the iPhone 7plus

 

 

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Im on a 6S, Its around 12-13 mbs. I have not hit higher then 13 on uploads.

I have gotten around 90s and a couple 100s in lower brooklyn. Buts its mostly 20-40.

Is the 6S capable of 3x CA?

Rootametrics 2nd half 2016 should be interesting to see. I think we will have some good gains. 

I was at a bbq next to my house around Luna Park couple days ago. I was pulling in around 80mbs down, my tmobile cousin was pretty much shocked.

Canal st now has both Transitwireless and LTE.

Something has happened around 34th st and 8th ave, speeds are double from only a month ago.

Getting anywhere from 15-40mb/s with my 6S.

Midtown around 34th st and 8th ave I used to get around 1-3mb/s.

Now with my 2x CA device I get anywhere from 14-30mb/s.

TransitWireless WiFi right? There doesn't seem to be any cellular signal there according to their maps. Wall Street was the same way. I never had WiFI there and then one day a few weeks ago it was live but there still isn't any cellular signal.

Yup just wifi, I connect to transit wireless anytime I have a chance even if I have LTE.

Transit wireless is blazing fast, anywhere from 40-80 mb/s. 

That being said I have a 6S now so I have experienced some of the 2x CA around my neighborhood.

On West 8th between neptune and surf the highest I got was 86mb/s. 

I noticed Canal st had the antennas but was not on. Well It turned on like 3 weeks ago, now i get transit wireless there. 

I was hitting around 85mb/s yesterday around west 12th next to Luna Park. Im gonna assume thats 2x CA because my old 6 would pull around 40.

I upgraded to the 6S from my 6 couple days ago, It says unknown sometimes when I do a speed test instead of 20mhz or 5mhz. Is that CA 41?

EDIT: Not speed test I meant the info in the network diagnostics. 

Was at Applebee's in Milton, nj. 3G inside very slow, barley 1 bar of LTE outside. Im surprised there are still holes like this in sprints coverage. Pretty damn frustrating. Nothing gets me more pissed off then not having usable speed when you want it.

Are you on a 2x ca device ?

Thats still one of the downsides of Tmobile, it often goes to no service, which rarely happens on Sprint's native footprint. 1X(800) still allows you to make calls and extremely slow data.

Overall I would say I was optimistic about T mobile this morning but as I walk around with it its not really that much better.

Ill see what my co workers are on, it may have been Verizon.

Its highly likely that T-Mobile has a site that's closer.

 

One thing to keep in mind, your probably better off not having a band 12 device in this scenario since band 12 is probably super saturated in that location.

I also noticed it switches to "4G" quite often inside and I did get no service at one point.

That doesn't sound like EVDO. That sounds like you were on 1x. I can't remember the last time I saw speeds that low on Sprint. Even at the Pinstripe Bowl at Yankee Stadium, my speeds were higher than that.

 

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Ah your right actually, i noticed once I try to use data it switches to 1x

T-Mobile has the most dense network in NYC by far. This is a result of them using GSM with AWS spacing. There are some areas where they have two sites across the street from each other. VZW's nework isn't that dense but they've had the advantage of owning 850MHz here so it wasn't a problem and now they have small cells so they've filled in a lot of their outdoor coverage woes.

 

I don't know how AT&T is since I don't have access to their network through friends or family. However if my observations are correct, AT&T has really slipped and is now the worst performing network in NYC due to their lack of investment. They wen't from arguably the best LTE network here in 2012-2013 to the worst in a short span of time.

 

And while Sprint's Band 41 network is really dense (I'd argue the second most dense after T-Mobile) they still have a lot of dual mode equipment up that is not 8T8R so we don't see that coverage gain in many places. At my Aunt's house in Mill Basin I get a strong Band 41 signal in her home but at my home in Crown Heights I get a weak Band 41 signal even though the sites are roughly the same distance away. Although I'm able to get 12Mbps on that weak signal, I'm sure I'd camp on Band 41 instead of Band 25 more often if the sites in my neighborhood had 8T8R antennas.

 

Post densification, I hope Sprint becomes really aggressive in switching out old equipment for the increase in coverage and usability.

I actually have 3G here but its unusable, like 0.02 mb/s... So much for network vision, i thought sprint had fixed those legacy sites.

So i called Sprint last night to get my phone unlocked for domestic use. I got a tmobile sim and here at my work t mobile gets 1-2 bars of LTE, this is with an iPhone 6  with no band 12 support. Im guessing tmobile has better density here since sprint cant get band 26 in here.

That sucks. I don't know if I can attribute that to the whole area though. Just a few months ago at the car show in the Javits Center, my speeds were great inside and out, even with all of the people there.

I was also at the car show this year and speeds were also good. Indoor im usually fine but this damn building has too much steel I guess. Still other carriers work so I dont know whats the deal.

Its gonna be interesting to see how all the carriers are gonna deal with all that construction going on there.

Yes there is a ton of stuff going on here, like a mini city going up.

I like Sprint but its pissing me off right now. My new work location gets basically no data and very poor voice inside.

My co-workers on other carriers are fine, even metro pcs...This is around Hudson Yards 33rd st.

I may switch to t mobile the next couple of months. Not much of a choice really...

I was on lunch today at tmobile checking out their plan prices. One of the reps came up and asked what service you on?

I said Sprint and she immediately went on this rant on how sprint is slow, ouch etc etc..

So I told her lets do a speediest inside the store. She took out her phone and it was Tmoble 3mb/s down Sprint 6mb/s down.

It was such an awkward silence lol. Tmobile has changed the cellphone industry no doubt, but Legere has them brainwashed at this point. 

EDIT: This was at the 34rd st and 8th ave store i think.

is anyone seeing those 100mbs speeds in NYC with CA?