Official 4G/WiMAX Coverage Areas

[keri2000]

Are you kidding me??? That would be great to get it before we even show up on the list......

Meh I knew I wouldn't see that 4G symbol light up down here in the Springs. It's ok though. I love this phone no matter. I didn't buy it for the 4G anyway. Heck now I can read my ebooks without squinting.

 

[STLcardinals]

were you able to get data service at all? I never can with my Nexus One ATT at the stadium.

Barely. It was really slow though.

 

[ekt8750]

 

[alnova1]

Go Flyers!!!

 

[eieio]

How do you do the screen capture to post on the forum? Yeah I asked.

 

[emac]

I can get 4G sometimes in the Southwest Garden area, but it isn't too much faster than 3G yet and it only comes in sometimes. I'm sure it'll get better over the course of the summer though.

 

[jhat3k1]

I live on 120th and Colorado and there is no 4g here.

 

[ekt8750]

I posted the picture to my ftp server

 

[Budah]

My phone keeps telling me 4g network is available but I've had no luck connecting to it. I'm in the central west end.

 

[Budah]

Rebooted my phone and I'm connect now....speedtest is only showing 1200 kbps down 350 up though.

 

[jkmbaum]

I got 2.5mb with 3g

 

[evotitans]

I was at the Bank stadium lastnight....man full bar of 4G in there it was incredible. Got great pictures of the game.

Gotta luv the EVO.

 

[kurtwoodfin]

FYI, I saw 4G coverage in O'Fallon, MO and at Mid Rivers Mall. The 4G goes up and down because they are installing it and testing it.

 

[alnova1]

I was at the Bank stadium lastnight....man full bar of 4G in there it was incredible. Got great pictures of the game.

Gotta luv the EVO.

Im A Hurricanes fan so thats why I'm rooting for the Flyers...Leighton and Lavi...Lets see some of the pics.

 

[ekt8750]

I was at the Bank stadium lastnight....man full bar of 4G in there it was incredible. Got great pictures of the game.

Gotta luv the EVO.

Nice. 3G kinda sucks down there from what I've experienced probably due to 1/3 of a packed house humping the hell out of the sprint towers down there.

 

[evotitans]

Nice. 3G kinda sucks down there from what I've experienced probably due to 1/3 of a packed house humping the hell out of the sprint towers down there.

Yea thats what I didnt get....3G is always bad there...but I got 4 bars of 4G. Wonder how many EVO owners were at the game?

 

[jkr4577]

Similar to what I'm getting in Austin.

However think ill be sticking with my RR account at home

 

[midianprime]

Nothing in Parker

 

[phantomevo77]

Nope not here in parker just yet but at least a sighting of 4G in the denver area is a plus right now



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[gelatinguy]

I posted this elsewhere but I will repost it here. I get a 4G signal and have been testing the tethering. I live in Hollywood, near the corner of Lexington Ave and Cherokee Ave. Depending on where I am in my apartment, I get a poor, weak, or good signal, according to the phone.

Sorry for the long post, but it has some decent info.

I have no idea if this is real, but it seems that 4G is working for me. I'm in Los Angeles (Hollywood). I can tether just fine using the prompt that pops up when I plug in the USB cable (I will call this "HTC Internet Sharing" from now on). I also did some tests with PDAnet and EasyNet (free versions). I tested it all again on 3G. Here are the results.

Notes:
- I put in a Kansas tested because I get an IP from them when using HTC Internet Sharing. I get a Los Angeles IP when using PDAnet or EasyNet.
- in all my tests, Wi-fi is off, and so are the other radios (e.g. while testing 4G, I turned off the 3G radio. I even unplugged the computer's ethernet and unplugged my router just in case).
- Although I only post a few results, I tested these a few times to get consistent results. I tested these at around 3am, but I got similar results a few hours earlier.
- I couldn't test the $29.99 wireless hotspot because I didn't add that to my plan.
- I couldn't test PDAnet's bluetooth because I don't have that on my desktop pc.

4G Tests

HTC Internet Sharing

to New York
to Kansas

PDAnet

to New York
to Kansas

EasyNet

to New York
to Kansas


3G Tests

HTC Internet Sharing: did NOT work. Gave me the usual "PCS Vision" error

PDAnet

to New York
to Kansas

EasyNet

to New York
to Kansas


Other tests

Wi-Fi (yes, I realize this sort of defeats the purpose of tethering but it could come in handy...)

to New York
to Kansas

My cable internet, via ethernet cable

to New York
to Kansas

Conclusions:
- I've had over 1.2Mbps from the 3G before, but for some reason they were low during my tests just now. This at least shows it fluctuates a lot.
- 4G is definitely faster, and faster than the top speed for 3G. Does this mean I'm really using 4G, in Los Angeles?
- 3G or 4G, the ping is awful and jittery. However, I played TF2 and it felt fine (that game has a lot of lag compensation).
- I will be sad to cancel my cable internet. It's way faster than the advertised 10 Mbps I'm paying for.

The Sprint rep I spoke to when I activated my phone said that 3G and 4G access was unlimited and uncapped. However, she did not specify if this included USB tethering, as I am not paying for the wireless hotspot.

 

[tx_brandon]

Can I hear from my Austin folk about 4G service in our city? Im on the northwest side of town off 183 a few exits before Lakeline mall. Where are you and what kind of speed are you getting with 4G?

 

[IPvFletch]

ATX represent!

I will test soon, no data yet!

 

[royal42crown]

This I would like to know as well. I will be coming down there for the 4th july.

 

[bubbatex]

I live off 620 between I35 and 183 in Brushy Creek. I get one bar of 4G and get about 2Mbs down on average (have had it really low, under 1, and as high as 2.9) but only about .5 ro .8 up. And it is all over the map. Friday afternoon after I got the EVO is was touch and go. Sometimes could not get 4G connection. Sometimes 3G is better it seems.

But what's funny, IMO, is I get about the same results on my Verizon Incredible. I have sit with both devices side-by-side and run browser loading tests and they are neck and neck - most of the time the Inc 3G beats the EVO's 4G. And even funnier, sometimes the EVO's 3G is faster than the Inc's. So really, it is going to depend on your location. I did not really get the EVO for the 4G - and right now I am wondering if I am going to keep it vs. the Inc.

 

[AdamLeonard]

I have tried 3 locations: inside Fry's at waiting to return an item (20 feet inside the store), at the front door of Whichwich in Mueller (right off 35 near Best Buy and Home Depot), my house (Windsor Park about .75 miles North and .25 miles East of Whichwich).

At no point did my download speeds on 4G get even HALF the download speed of 3G. Worse is that I only got a 4G signal in 2 of the locations (not my house) and that my speeds were 200K at Fry's and 500K at Whichwich. My 3G speeds at the same locations were 800K and 1100K respectively.

I am VERY concerned about the 4G network in Austin and am strongly considering returning the phone, particularly given the $10 "premium data" fee.

I work 2 blocks East of the Capital downtown and sit a window. If I can't get stronger 4G speeds downtown, I will really have no reason to keep this phone. My TouchPro is not sexy but it has applications that are important to me and that are not available on Android and my laptop's built in 3G card does as well or better than 4G).

I am VERY disappointed by Sprint's 4G. I realize that this is a new network but I remember when 3G hit Austin and it was must better at launch than 4G is.