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It going to be spotty 3G or roaming. If you are going to Hunter mountain you will have service though.

Will it be 1x roaming or 3G roaming?

How is the service in Tannersville, NY?

No B41 at all in the Albany area that I've experienced since I switched back to Sprint. And that's with using a Galaxy S8+, which should get the best service/coverage Sprint has around here. As I said in my last post, no noticeable improvement since I left Sprint a year ago. That's pretty sad. And if it stays this way a year from now, I'll be switching again when my free year is up (if not before then).

The speeds you are getting are sufficient to do basically anything you want but I do understand the frustration when going up north to Lake George. My wife could barely load google maps, would take a while to do so. I will add that even Verizon was slow as I was going up on 9N. My phone would indicate LTE and 1-2 bars but nothing would load. I had to put it in airplane mode a few times, it was getting frustrating.

No B41 at all in the Albany area that I've experienced since I switched back to Sprint. And that's with using a Galaxy S8+, which should get the best service/coverage Sprint has around here. As I said in my last post, no noticeable improvement since I left Sprint a year ago. That's pretty sad. And if it stays this way a year from now, I'll be switching again when my free year is up (if not before then).

What kind of speeds do you experience in Albany?

I called the Sprint telesales number to get a SIM card to switch back to Sprint for the free year promo they're running, and when I gave the rep my address (north of Saratoga), she said I'm covered by Sprint's LTE Plus network where I live. That's news to me. There definitely wasn't any B41 in the area before I ported out to Cricket in July, and Sprint's coverage map still doesn't show any LTE Plus coverage in the Albany area. I suspect she was mistaken in telling me it's available here, but I should find out in a couple days after I get the SIM. I'll report back here when I find out.

Please provide an update on your experience after receiving your SIM card.

I'm with Verizon and the one free year of service is very tempting. I live in Brooklyn so I am sure my experience will be much different than yours.

Anyone on here know if Sprint is making any kind of improvements in Glens Falls/Queensbury NY? We are moving there and coverage last week was just awful. I'd get a mile away from the tower and would drop to 3G/1X or extended coverage. The LTE was 8665 EARFCN so 5 MHz band 25. I could get 5mb down if I stood under the tower otherwise 2-3 at best with some congestion. I can't see sticking with Sprint for this type of coverage. Even the NYS Thruway was mainly 3G/1X with scattered LTE until Utica when it switched to mainly LTE but still horribly slow.

 

 

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I was just at Lake George and Glenn Falls with my wife for July 4th weekend and she had B25 useable data in Glenn Falls at the Holiday Inn we were staying at but once we got further up north it was either very slow 3G or 1x. I have Verizon and I would have to turn on my hotspot so she could use the internet.

In Lake George she had 1x and couldn't do anything unless she was connected to my phone.

I personally switched to Verizon when they came out with their unlimited plan. In NYC Sprint was great but in NJ it needed much improvement. So far so good with Verizon but Sprint has improved A LOT in NYC and hopefully they continue to do so.

Reported in Sprint Zone?

 

 

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I have not but thanks for reminding. I will definitely do so.

I have a similar place on Kings highway in Brooklyn. I think its just congestion and will be fixed soon most likely.

 

You came from verIzon am I correct? How are you finding Sprint overall compared to verizon?

Sprint is excellent in the 5 boroughs. I was not impressed so much by Verizon but their service was great.

I get great data speeds inn Brooklyn but when I visit my folks in Jamaica, Queens I noticed speeds are about 1mbps. In Brooklyn by Bensonhurst I sometimes get 80mbps.

Any reason why Queens has been neglected?

I'm thinking of switching too. Verizon dropped a nuke today but they don't offer any discounts with their unlimited plan. I get a 19% discount with my college email and when i tried with Verizon, it did not apply. It worked for their data buckets but not on their unlimited plan .

I wish they did $80 including taxes and fees but I'm sure it will be more around $93-$95 with taxes and fees.

Can you post a pic of the engineering screen. Only way B25 could get 44 Mbps is 10x10 or Carrier aggregation

 

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I work in Springfield Gardens, Queens so when I get home later I will post a photo.

Actually I wouldn't know how to do it... I use the website, I don't use the tapatalk app.

How did you confirm your band?

I did *3001#12345#* before and after the speed test. I aleays get Band 25 in my kitchen, Band 26 in my bathroom and Band 41 in my living room and Bedroom.

I was shocked at how fast the speeds were on Band 25. I get 52 down on Band 41.

I'm in Borough Park, Brooklyn and my phone is in Band 25 and I got 44 down and 1 up.

Has Sprint deployed a second carrier on Band 25 in NYC?

In what ways will the new carrier update affect my 6s if it isn't capable of 3xCA?

its the update for to enable 3xCA...

 

 

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Oh nice. But the 6s isn't 3xCA, right?

I think that's only for the 7 and 7 plus. My wife has the 7 so i'll have to run speed tests.

I have a 6s and just received a carrier update from 27.1 to 27.2

Any idea what it could be?

Ya, it has been fixed by that time, during the issue, in my Service Mode, I was connecting to band 12 as roaming on T-mobile and unknown network of EARFCN 8216.

Sprint can roam on T-Mobile? I thought only Verizon

Does anyone have problem in NYC at the moment? LTE, 3G, 1x? no data coming in and out and my phone kept on roaming.

I was this morning up until 9:45ish but seems all good now.

 

Let me tell you where I was. I was around Celebration ave at the Radisson. I went to get some thai food at thai thani 600 Market St #110, Celebration, FL 34747. One bar of LTE with unusable speeds inside and outside. Another location is the Cheesecake factory at saw grass mall.

 

No LTE inside with barley usable 3g. Outside there is LTE but its slow as heck.. cmon 1mbs down?

 

The City Walk at universal was especially bad.

 

If I lived in that area I would have switched in a heart beat. Good thing I am very happy with Sprint in NYC.

 

I switched back to Sprint last October and I'm loving it. I had jumped shipped in 2012 to At&t and decided to give Sprint another chance and their network has improved tremendously.

I was in Providence, RI for Thanksgiving and it was great out there too.

There is a small cell right where Wendys is on 3rd avenue, it could be coming from that location.

I was right next to this small cell by the Wendys and LTE speeds were about 2mpbs down and 1mpbs up. I was connected to band 41 but I would think speeds would be mich higher if this was a Sprint small cell. Perhaps it belongs to abother carrier?

My wife just informed me that the R line in Brooklyn is all lit up with service now. She was able to text me whereas yesterday she couldn't.

I can also comfirm the small cell on 42nd street is 2xCA just hit 110mbs.

Sheesh... I need to go into the city and see those speeds for myself.

I switched back to sprint and I gotta say, HUGE improvement. I'm loving it..

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

Same here

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

Which parts?