Help 3g on metro?

[Tokenpoke]

I asked the girl at the metro store about it but she knew nothing. Obviously hired for her assets and not her intellect, if you get my drift.
The only advice she gave me was to upgrade my plan a d hope for the best.
Before I add more to my next bill I'd like a straight answer, does my ascend support 3g? I can't file d it in connections menu either.

 

[TazZDroiD]

MetroPCS told me a straight up answer... Their "3G" runs on the 1X line, meaning it isn't 3G, and their 4G coverage sucks right now. I was told the 1X lines were "beefed up" to make it just a bit faster, but I don't see it

 

[KOLIO]

Sounds like METRO is going w/the 'Placebo' effect with their 'SUPER 1X'.Apparently, not too many people are experiencing 'SUPER' results.

 

[TazZDroiD]

Sounds like METRO is going w/the 'Placebo' effect with their 'SUPER 1X'.Apparently, not too many people are experiencing 'SUPER' results.

I'll tell ya though, it does run just a bit faster, but I have never seen 3G on my phone, and they won't use anybody elses either. You would think for $50 a month, they would let me have 3G.

 

[BlastGT1]

From what I've read, and what I've seen in my phone's settings, it is CDMA only, no true 3G support. Never mind that picture on the box that says 3G, that's just how we sell phones, you see.

 

[Tokenpoke]

From what I've read, and what I've seen in my phone's settings, it is CDMA only, no true 3G support. Never mind that picture on the box that says 3G, that's just how we sell phones, you see.

Box looking isn't my thing. I've only seen it mentioned a bunch.

 

[TazZDroiD]

From what I've read, and what I've seen in my phone's settings, it is CDMA only, no true 3G support. Never mind that picture on the box that says 3G, that's just how we sell phones, you see.

I too noticed only CDMA, but have never seen 3G, only 1X by my reception bars. Wait, I did see 3G once during startup for about 1/10th of a second

 

[BlastGT1]

Wait, I did see 3G once during startup for about 1/10th of a second

lulz

 

[londonstylz]

i asked the same question here last week and was told that metro had switched all of its 3g towers over to 4g even though they only have 1 4g phone that i know of.

 

[Gmash]

Yeah, and it costs $400. Kinda odd strategy for what's supposed to be a low-cost carrier if you ask me. (they didn't ask me)

 

[edgchacon]

actually Metro now has 2 4G phones:

Samsung Craft

and the Samsung Indulge

There were some data outages last week and once that was "fixed" my 1X data seems a bit faster.

But yea I think Metro is trying to get away with the placebo effect.

 

[TazZDroiD]

The Craft is only $250 in Detroit

And MetroPCS isnt "trying" to get away with the placebo effect, they are flat out doin it

 

[blitzmcpownage]

this is bulls**t i pay 50 dollars a month im pretty sure we sould have 3G not cool

 

[wicho]

We can do somthing

 

[wicho]

Like let them know we know and want it fix or we get r money back

 

[nuttmeg]

Like let them know we know and want it fix or we get r money back

yep but metro is going to be metro, and no 3g for our ascend, only 4g phones can get the real 3g/4g speeds depending on there area, plus the 4gphone have the 4g card in it so theres no way it can be done with the ascend.