Phil2577

LMFAO!! I bet they will willingly share tech. info with an end user smh

ummmm NO! Its actually strong bud and my town is small 8 blocks may be equal to 4 in your city I really dunno, but I can walk to the tower in about 10 mins Better than -96dBm is a great signal Between -97dBm and -107dBm is good Between -108dBm and -114dBm is fair Worse than -115dBm is poor

IM NOT COMPLAINING EITHER !!! DID YOU EVEN BOTHER TO READ MY ENTIRE POST OR DID YOU SIMPLY SWOOP IN TO CORRECT ME AS SOON AS YOU SEEN I WASNT CORRECT ON THE SPECTRUM SPRINT IS USING GEEZ

Now as far as my distance from the tower as said I am about 8 blocks away.I used the link provided to obtain my actual lte signal strength and ....well see for yourself! with a excellent signal this is the average daily (outdoor) speeds Didnt someone here reply if I could show strong signal and slow speed then we would talk? Lets talk !!

Thank you !! This is all the answers and then some appreciate that greatly sir !

Wasnt my intention to challenge anyone here bud just gather some information Now that said :http://s4gru.com/ind...n-black-friday follow that link and plug in 600 North potomac ave.Hagerstown Md. 21742 and you will see im less then a half mile from the tower location and as I stated I can drive to the tower in about 3 minutes stand outside my vehicle and still not see speeds greater then 8 to 10 mbps You ask why I desire to see greater speeds? Idk say one was to tether his laptop to his device or what if Im interested in dumping my 65 dollar a month home internet service(which is a good bit slower then verizons lte in my area) to get a Sprint hotspot device .....just a few reasons Id like to see Sprints lte improve as I said im not complaining just tryin get some good info bud.....

Thanks for that info and answering my question ....just wonder if my town will see that 800mhz spectrrum ever lol

Maybe you misunderstood me bud ? I do have access to said maps and can clearly see I am about 8 small city blocks from the tower location.Even directly under this tower location im not seeing speeds greater then 8 mbps down and 4 up.Thanks again for your concern,but Im just hoping to see comprable speeds to the Verizon lte service in my area .I dont think tower local is as much a factor as your making it to be, rather the type of lte connection and spectrum being used ........thus my question is this as good as it gets? gets?

According to the maps contained in this link Im within shouting distance of the tower !

Thanks bud ! I wasnt positive that it was 1700mhz.... hence the "I believe" lol Ive been reading so much about this wasnt sure if I remembered what I had read,thanks for correcting me there.The tower location according to the maps provided in a previous post in this thread show that im less then a half mile from the tower,so Im sure my signal isnt low.Now back to my question will these speeds improve or is this as good as it gets?

I live in the north end of Hagerstown and have had lte for a month or 2 now.I have noticed speeds arent as fast a Verizons lte service which is also available in Hagerstown.My question is will these speeds improve ?Are we just in the early stages of Shentels upgrade process? I know that verizon is using 700 mhz spectrum where Sprint is using 1700 mhz I believe,is shentel using the higher frequences as well? If so is this the reason for the slower speeds?Worse, is this as good as Sprints lte service will get for our area? Im not complaining because the current speeds I get are easily 10 to 20 times faster then Sprints 3g service ,am just hoping to see the 20 mbps down and 14 mbps up that a Verizon mifi device consistently yeilds in my home while my Sprint Galaxy S 3 sees only about 4 mbps up / 2 mbps down

I live in Hagerstown Md. I happened to pass by a sprint store this evening, on the sign at the store it read :"keep a eye on your phone for lte comming soon !". I have been on the fence in regards to upgrading again to get lte since all the hype surrounding wimaxx .I went from the evo to the nexus s 4g then the S2 only to see wimaxx stall out miserably.I added a line this evening(SIII) and to my suprise lte is live and awesome!!! Comming home from best buy and in my home I have 4g lte service.