many handsets on the network will benefit, so moved here for the masses. I read about this a while ago and had forgotten about this new project. glad to see it moving forward. yet another reason to be with Sprint.
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Cool, Thanks! Do you know which phones support that esmr band and/or rev. B??
I'm not sure which ones support rev. B and 1x advanced but the only phones I know cleared the fcc for use on sprint with the esmr bands are e3d and the epic touch
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that is great.. but when will it start to go live? which cities?
I want data to be better than it is now... not saying it has to be LTE speeds.. but more usable 3G and 4G...
that is great.. but when will it start to go live? which cities?
I want data to be better than it is now... not saying it has to be LTE speeds.. but more usable 3G and 4G...
yes.. I am in a major sprint 4G area.
this is what im trying to figure out myself. im pretty sure they have already started since its supposed to be completed by 2013
Is network vision starting to roll out? Fantastic 3G speeds in Tampa, FL.
I was consistently getting these kind of 3G speeds last night. Not very late, but not quite peak hours either. This is 3x as fast as anything I EVER got on Verizon. Sprint 3G has always been faster than Verizon's for me, but not this fast.
I have had speeds similar to that in Town N' Country. Which part of Tampa did you get those speeds? The 4G should have been very sappy as well (5mbps? or more)
I have had speeds similar to that in Town N' Country. Which part of Tampa did you get those speeds? The 4G should have been very sappy as well (5mbps? or more)
I am primarily in Brandon/Riverview area. 4G is about the same 3-4 Mbps. In Tampa I can get 5+ in some areas. Hopefully we'll start to see some improvement on the 4G side as well.
I am glad Sprint has a plan to fix the coverage on their network. By the time the 800 Mhz band improvements reaches my area, I would have already upgrading to a phone that supports it. Are they going to post which areas they are working on or will we have to check to the coverage map to see if it has updated?
I believe the photon also supports the 800 band. But I could be wrong
Just did a cursory search about this and according to the information in this thread it doesn't appear that it does. There may be information to the contrary out there though.
Idk what is going on but my speeds on my EVO 3D (since the PRL fiasco) have been phenomenal. I had read that they planned on rolling out in 8 metropolitan areas... perhaps Nashville is one of them???! Not saying that this has anything to do with this, but something good is definitely happening around here
i don't remember reading anything about them rolling out evdo rev B but i guess they could be if its just software to get a jump on speed everywhere why they wait for hardware upgrades with network vision.
if you install the CDMA field test app from the market it will tell you what EVDO revision you are running. or depending on your phone it might tell you in the "about phone" section.
i take it you don't usually get full bars at your house?
No, sometimes I get one. Full bars is highly unusual. I do usually get very good 3G.
EDIT: I should clarify that I never received full bars of 4G itself until a few days ago for a brief period, then it went to one or no bars. Today it was on consistently and reached full bars several times. 3G has been pretty good but within the last few days speeds have gone up considerably.
My regular phone reception is usually 4-6 bars.
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My impression is that at the time the article was written you are correct. That was three weeks ago so it is possible that they are at the very least doing some sort of tower preparation. I guess it is still speculation at this point but I can tell you that I am seeing speeds that up until now I could only attain when in downtown Nashville.
I realize this has nothing to do with the Tampa area but lately I have noticed about those same 3G speeds or better consistently about 10 miles outside the Nashville TN area. Imho if other areas are reporting occurrences like this then I believe at the very least some tower testing and preparation is going on.
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Honestly it will take something like this improvement if sprint plans to keep it's head above water. Most areas in my town data coverage is either slow or non-existent. The coverage map shows an update to mine on 8/30/11 too. I'll check it out and see if it really improved.
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OK, this is some pretty crazy stuff... 4G at my house, full bars... Unreal...
thats nothing. wish i did a screen shot but i was getting 13 meg down and about 1 1/2 up at my church the other day on 4g(they have a tower for clear tho hehe)
There is absolutely no improvement in my densely populated tech savvy area. I just tested and the ping is at a great 93ms but download is only 518kbps and weirdly upload is faster at 663kbps. Something better be done soon.
Oh, and for some reason I'm not getting 4g at all today. I don't even get the crappy speeds or the 4g service that normally cuts in and out for no reason.
Come on Sprint! You can do better than this! Can't you?
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There was only a very minor improvement in my area as well. Here's hoping they haven't finished the upgrade yet. You can still find me working while sitting under my favorite cell tower downtown. *sigh*
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They might have to do some permitting with the FCC to change their equipment but if they're upgrading existing facilities there won't be any municipal permits to do. Once it's in place it's considered maintenance...
If the equipment wasn't in place and active yet, imo they shouldn't have upgraded the coverage maps for my area. Just sayin'...
Things are just getting started. From the webcast: "aggressive" roll out of 4G LTE on 1900mhz (vs the current 2500mhz freq), eliminating iDen by 2013. More to come...
"largely complete in 2013"
LTE devices in 2012
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Network vision & LTE rollout
I read about this a while ago and had forgotten about this new project. glad to see it moving forward. yet another reason to be with Sprint.
