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    AT&T LTE and Network Discussion

    in General Topics

    Posted

    36 minutes ago, jakeuten said:

    Secondly, your pings will always be high in North Dakota. Their core is in Chicago, which is about 550 miles away (I'm assuming you're in Fargo, which could be way off base).

    Pings of 110+ to Chicago is not even remotely close to normal or acceptable. 

    Marcelo Claure, Town Hall Meetings, New Family Share Pack Plan, Unlimited Individual Plan, Discussion Thread

    in General Topics

    Posted

    20 minutes ago, shaferz said:

    Inability to place a call?  Most likely due to garbage LTE coverage.  Calls dropping?  Most likely due to holes in LTE coverage.

    Neither of these. Audio issues. Cutting out and terrible audio quality are the two biggest things. People have a great signal and good data performance and they're still having these issues. I don't think I've seen anyone complain about dropped calls yet. Coverage is not the main issue. It may be a small contributing factor, but definitely not the main issue. 

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    Marcelo Claure, Town Hall Meetings, New Family Share Pack Plan, Unlimited Individual Plan, Discussion Thread

    in General Topics

    Posted

    RootMetrics has released all of their 2H 2019 data. Let's have a look at the National RootScore report for 2H 2019. 

    Overall Performance:

    Sprint's overall performance score dropped score dropped a fair bit from the 1H 2019 report. Sprint's overall performance score was 83.2, down from 86.7 on the 1H 2019 report. This can be attributed to the major decrease in call performance and a moderate decrease in network reliability. They are in last for overall performance.

    Network Reliability:

    Sprint's network reliability score also dropped from the 1H 2019 report. Sprint's network reliability score is 85.1, down from 88.7 on the 1H 2019 report. I assume this is also attributable to the major decrease in call performance. They are in last on network reliability.

    Network Speed:

    Sprint's network speed score rose slightly from the 1H 2019 report. Sprint's network speed score is 83.9, up from 83.4 on the 1H 2019 report. They are in last for network speed.

    Data Performance:

    Sprint's data performance score only rose by 0.1 points. Sprint's data performance score is 88.9, up from 88.8 on the 1H 2019 report. They are in last for data performance.

    Call Performance:
    Sprint's call performance plummeted. I speculate that this is attributed to all of the teething issues with the VoLTE rollout. Sprint's call performance score is 73.7, down from 82.7 on the 1H 2019 report. That's a 9 point drop in 6 months. Unacceptable. They are in last for call performance.

    Text Performance:

    Sprint's text performance rose slightly from the 1H 2019 report. Sprint's text performance score was 95.5, up from 95 on the 1H 2019 report. They are in third for text performance. 

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    Network Vision/LTE - New York City Market

    in Markets

    Posted

    1 hour ago, JonnygATL said:

    100% I know they have responded well here in Atlanta. Never feel like your voice doesn't matter. That's tantamount to not voting!! If everyone figured the same and didn't report, nothing would get done, I assure you!

    I've filed hundreds (maybe even 1000+) of detailed reports over two years and they've done exactly nothing. If you live in a place where they make money then they'll fix your issues. If you live in an area where they don't make any money or make very little money (where I live, where mum lives), nothing will ever happen no matter what you do. So it depends on where you are. 

    Sprint Super Bowl Coverage/DAS

    in Network, Network Vision/LTE Deployment

    Posted

    Ookla has published their report. Sprint came in third for overall speed, second for LTE speed. https://www.speedtest.net/insights/blog/football-stadium-speed-2020/

    TLDR:

    Verizon wins overall thanks to excellent 5G speeds (297.18Mbps average overall). It did however come in last for LTE speed (30.67Mbps average LTE speed).

    T-Mobile comes in second for overall download speed (121.93Mbps average overall). First for LTE speed (66.35Mbps average LTE speed).

    Sprint was in third for overall speed (114.93Mbps average overall). Second for LTE speed behind T-Mobile (56.16Mbps average LTE speed).

    AT&T came in last again for overall speed (103.68Mbps average overall). Third in LTE speed (39.18Mbps average LTE speed).

    5G Specific data:

    Verizon had the fastest 5G thanks to their mmWave. They had an average 5G download speed of 646.17Mbps. They had the slowest average 5G uploads at 9.86Mbps. Verizon had the worst average 5G latency at 91ms.

    T-Mobile came in second for 5G speed thanks to the mmWave they also rolled out. Their average 5G download speed was 348.33Mbps. They had the fastest 5G upload speed at 28.89Mbps. Their average 5G latency was 32ms.

    Sprint came in third for 5G speed. Their average 5G download speed was 225.78Mbps. Their average 5G upload speed was 15.39Mbps. Their average 5G latency was 15ms, the best of the three reported.

    AT&T didn't make the 5G cut. According to Ookla there were less than 10 AT&T 5G tests. As a result they didn't make it in.

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    Sprint Super Bowl Coverage/DAS

    in Network, Network Vision/LTE Deployment

    Posted

    34 minutes ago, RedSpark said:

    Good download, but that upload... I sure hope it gets better over time. This is a test run without the network being loaded during the game.

    Don’t people do more uploading than downloading at events like this?

    I don't know if they do more uploading than downloading. Probably equal uploads and downloads if I had to guess. But yeah, uploads are going to suck again like they did last year.

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