I've got a friend with an Evo, and both the Sprint store and his home show to be in a 4G service area. Home is supposed to have the 'best' coverage, and the Sprint store is supposed to have 'good' coverage.

Neither location has ANY usable 4G coverage on the Evo. It cuts in and out with barely any signal at all, confuses the phone and never gets data easily until you turn off 4G. BTW the 4G adapters for computers work in both locations, albeit with low signals. The Evo, unusable.

My friend went to Evo training and asked about the non-existent 4G coverage. The trainer said that all they can say is 'we can't guarantee 4G, 3G or 2G coverage.' WOW, that sounds just like AT&T when I had the iPhone 3G.

 

We'll try that tonight, but honestly, with the crappy signal coverage that you get at 2500mhz, I think it would just suck even more then.

Hopefully they're going to build the network out a LOT with that manditory $10 fee for 4G, whether you aren't in a 4G coverage area or a 4G coverage area with no coverage even though it says there is.

 

Austin / 4G Sprint Laptop Adapters / Yes, in and out all over the city ONLY if you're outside / Sprint Evo Training

 

Austin, TX is not a soft launch city. We've had 4G for quite a while.

 

lol, well, I dunno 25 thousand mhz would probably be crappy no matter what! I jest...

Anyway, Yes, 1900mhz Sprint 3G does WAY better in this city than 850mhz AT&T 3G (both CDMA variants) so I would agree.

BUT.... if Clear is using towers made for 1900mhz (aka Sprint towers) and not putting up their own, the coverage might be lacking if not built out right. Also, Wimax at 2500mhz is basically line-of-sight. Hilly areas and NYC are going to be challenging.

I appreciate all of the people on here trying to say everything's ok. I'm just reporting what I see.

 

Yes. Actually I find the Clear coverage map a lot more accurate. At least it shows best vs. good. The Sprint one is WAY more optimistic and not true at all in my opinion.

Just go to clear.com and view their coverage link.

That coverage map for 4G on Sprint's site really reminded me of AT&T's 3G coverage map.... Pretty much not true...

 

1. Are you talking about 4G speeds with an Evo or a data card?
2. I'm in Austin. Has had 4G as long as SA.
3. San Antonio is much less hilly, maybe that helps.

I would say that 4G reception on the phone is not near as good as reception on a USB adapter for computers.

 

LOL yea, cause if a phone is branded as 4G and adds $10 to your bill, you SHOULDN'T expect 4G, even if the coverage map says you should. Is that what you're saying?

I really am not bitching and personally 3G is almost as fast as Clear's '4G' and a lot more plentiful. I'm just reporting what I saw...

 

Hehe, i must respectfully disagree. South and West Austin are very hilly. Heck, West Austin is the beginning of the Hill Country.

When AT&T rolled out 3G and the iPhone 3G came out, San Antonio always was awesome, reception wise. I had 3G everywhere. Austin, not so much.

 

If I were Sprint, I would say that too. lol. Funny, no charge on the Moment or Hero, both Android 2.1 phones. All that's different is the front camera. Now tell my, are you really going to use $10 worth of data on a video camera? I'm just saying...

(doesn't the YouTube app NOT show HQ video when in 3G? That would go against this 'premium' theory of theirs)

 

So we've both lived in both!

Hills or no, I just want your 4G then.