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Must live close to the tower

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Comparing networks can be a very complex thing to do since a lot depends on the device you want to use. Does the device carry all of the bands each carrier has? For instance the IPhone 6 and 6 plus carry all of Sprints bands. For t-mobile, the IPhones do not have their 700a band. This may be irrelevant in the Chicago area, but if you leave the metro area, you need a phone with 700a if you have tmobile. As for the Samsung devices, more of them have the 700a band radio. Being both a former sprint and current TMobile customer, I can say that when I first got TMobile around a year ago, it was far ahead of Sprint, but now and going into the future, low spectrum problems will cost TMobile customers in the Chicagoland area

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Wow 60hz! That's very fast. I am a currently a Tmobile customer who is waiting for sprint to 100% complete their upgrades. I know here in Chicago T-Mobile is shy on spectrum so a switch is probably in the plans for me!

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What will LTE Advanced even mean for Sprint? Can all 3 bands be aggregated? Or only bands 25 and 26?

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As long as there is wifi, there is calling. T-Mobile uses both VOIP and VoLTE. And I have unlimited data on T-Mobile. Don't get me wrong, sprint is coming along, but at the end of the day for me the 30 less per month with 2 lines is well worth it. If I lived on the outskirts of coverage, I'd think about it.

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As sad as it was to do, with pressure from my girlfriend, we both switched over to T-Mobile. The speeds on T-Mobile are much faster even during peak hours. I tried to tell her that if she had a spark device, the speed difference wouldn't be that much, but $30 off my bill is great

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Lately in the last couple weeks I've seen a vast improvement in the closest tower to my girlfriends house. She lives in palos heights and the lte download speeds on band 25 went from 2-4 Mbps during the day to over 10 Mbps at times. What could account for this? More users with spark devices, an upgraded cell tower, or me upgrading my iPhone 5c to the latest software. Thanks for the input guys. And BTW I believe the closest tower that I connect to is at the palos heights police department

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I do not go downtown very often, but no not recently. But I'm sure the b26 will be up and running soon. So I was curious, what spectrum did sprint get in the chicago market from us cellular?

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hello Chicago, how is NV in Chicago? Has service and speed gotten better?

I've noticed a big difference. I have an iPhone 5c and since band 26 has been activated it's been amazing. I see spark as being a success in the chicago market.

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Location?

 

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127th and Kedzie tower in Blue Island/Alsip

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Band 26 lte

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It was reported a couple weeks ago that Spark Band 41 was active at the location with 40+mbps download speeds. I realize not everyone has a Spark capable device, but I was just throwing that out there.

I have an iPhone 5c which has band 26, but I guess that isn't up in that location. I do however connect to it on occasion near my home. The only issue I have with it, is it hands off to 3G too quickly even when the connection is stable. Seems like the 3G is a higher priority than band 26 LTE on the iPhones

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When you're in US Cellular Field, the network is horrible, but my friend with Verizon had no problems. Funny thing was, I bet there were more people there that had verizon phones than those who had Sprint phones

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So why not have people with iPhones 5-5s use band 26 as top priority, those with triband phones use 41, and those with others use 25

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They would use the same.

 

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So if the network is congested. It doesn't matter what band you're using, your phone will slow down. Thanks.

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They would use the same.

 

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Do all bands have their own backhaul, or do say bands 25,26, and 41 all use the same backhaul from the same tower?

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No Blue Island/Alsip

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In my area, the south chicago suburbs, I've been finally getting some band 26. I have an iPhone 5c so I know there will be no band 41 for me. I was just wondering if the band 26 in all areas is 5x5?

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