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Unfortunately, open signal for iOS only collects speed test/latency because of iOS's locked down nature. Hopefully, the android version reports more data than this.
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Done.
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Exactly. Now, if we can only figure out what is crushing sprints network in Chicago. Interference from somewhere, and I find it hard to believe some bad galaxy s3's are the blame.
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Tmobile's pricing can't be beat. Unfortunately, during a one-month trial run over the summer, I wasn't impressed with their network in Chicago, either. LTE was absolutely blazing fast with pings in the 20's. The problem is their indoor coverage, and areas outside of the collar counties. Very spotty, lots of edge. I actually started a thread on a forum about a data issue that I discovered, and soon noticed others had the same issue, regardless or location or device. The problem was: when naturally dropping down to edge, then regaining 4g or LTE, speeds were throttled at 10kbps up and down, give or take. I immediately took to Twitter and tweeted John Legere. Within 24 hours he responded that he notified his engineering team. Within one week, the problem was fixed, nationwide. The communication and care that he delivers is amazing. If sprint users only had a similar way to speak their issues to someone other than a robotic, programmed csr on the phone, life would be much easier.
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This is why I suspect sprint isn't aware of this problem. How many of their subs in Chicago are real power users? Not many casual users will complain as long as social media refreshes, emails pull down from the server, and texts go through, most people probably aren't aware of how fast LTE should be.
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But, are they testing with a speedtest? Reporting dBm and snr levels? Trying to watch hd movies? If someone doesn't know much, even a crap network will refresh Facebook.
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To me, this is where sprint excels in Chicago. My calls are crystal clear, and don't drop, indoors or out. Just data problems.
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At least you got 12kbps. I had a straight up dead data connection, and so did my girlfriend. I took her over from a bogged down, 3G verizon connection and she's complaining about sprint lte. She knows nothing about technology. This is bad.
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I think all of Harrisburg and the surrounding area is a shentel market.
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Just spent the day shopping in Oak Brook with my girlfriend. Not a drop of data in most of the town. I've never seen that before. 2 iPhones, and nothing. Full lte signal (-79dbm). This is bad. She also works in oak brook and can't use the phone.
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It goes beyond spectrum and capacity. Something happened literally overnight in this area and nobody knows what. Some kind of interference issue. Snr is through the floor here. I won't try to derail this thread too much. Check out the markets - Chicago thread for the complaints. -
Not exactly, 1900 is absolutely decimated in Chicago and I want a different band. That's all. If they can deliver speeds above 1mbps on 1900, cool. Then I wouldn't have a problem with pcs.
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Friday night on the south side. A snapshot of data speeds here. A problem? Definitely. This was a 15-minute drive on part of my work route starting at 51st and the Dan Ryan, ending at 43rd and Kedzie, crossing at least 5 towers on the way. The fastest speed pictured was 100 yards away, clear line of sight on 47th and California.
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That sucks. I want my iPhone only on 800 once the network goes live. I would think there is some kind of signal deterioration threshold that will make it switch. Not just a loss of 1900 completely. Otherwise, the 800 LTE network has almost zero use in a well blanketed area such as Chicago.
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Yeah. It doesn't improve at all. The same horrible data zones are still sub-dialup.
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Yes, 1x800 is glorious. Voice is crystal clear and no drops in Chicago. Signal is almost always full, even in some smaller buildings. If that's any kind of indicator for 800 LTE, we're in for one heck of a good network.
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I wonder if Sprint has tried unplugging/plugging in their towers. That usually fixes it ????
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Thank you, Joeynach for your efforts. Someone needs to let them know, and they need network engineers on this 24/7 until resolved. I would love to help, but I have no patience for customer care and their canned responses.
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People still buy older phones. My friends mom just picked up a sprint gs3 2 weeks ago. They're $100 cheaper than a 4, and if someone doesn't need the latest and greatest, it's a viable option. So yes, people still buy them.
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Well, T-Mobile is on rapid Chicago deployment.
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I wish I could figure out how to see my snr on my iPhone. Can't seem to find it on the field test mode. I would love to give some input on this topic as well.
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Can a site be LTE active and not have an upgraded fiber backhaul? Maybe that would explain some terrible speeds. Or, maybe sprint isn't delivering as high of a speed line to the sites that they're leading us to believe.
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In the bad spots, 3G is just as bad. Anytime I have a really good LTE speed, 3G can easily be a 2mbps/1mbps connection which is a great fallback.
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See, I think there are multiple issues. Interference AND capacity issues. I can download at 500kbps on a site at 7pm. Later in my shift, around 3-4am, I'll get ~2mbps, consistently, every night of the week. That would suggest come capacity problems. I can also drive 4 minutes from that slow area, and get 20mbps. So, I don't think it's completely market-wide. I think there are isolated trouble spots (possibly all the spots that share a location with USCC.)
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What is a normal snr reading?
