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Official 4G/WiMAX Coverage Areas

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n0really said:
Aloha!

I havent used it that much because it drains my battery way too fast. But I do notice that web pages load faster than on 3g. That is what matters the most to me. It may not be worth the extra load on the battery, but I still feel lucky to have access to 4g.

Below are a few numbers from the SpeedTest app. The odd thing about the downtown test was that I had 3 bars, instead of 1 in central Oahu. The two locations are approximately 14 miles apart. On a side note, I sometimes get faster readings on 3g at these locations.

Downtown Honolulu: 1882 kbps down
Central Oahu: 2316 kpbs down
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What are you getting for 3G speeds out in central oahu? My 3G speeds are not that much less than the 4G speeds (about 1-1.5), which IMO is pretty spectacular coming from Tmobile, and fine for my needs.
 
Yeah, I heard there was a test area along i96, but to my surprise I had it right at the College exit of i196. Played around with it for a bit. I'm excited to see how our municipal 4G compares to the other markets...:cool:
 
why did grand rapids get 4g before any other metro detroit city? it still boggles my mind.:(
 
cpiddy said:
why did grand rapids get 4g before any other metro detroit city? it still boggles my mind.:(
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The City of Grand Rapids contracted out a municipal wireless network for public safety, economic development, etc. and it just so happens they picked the right company: i.e. Clearwire / Sprint :D

If it wasn't for the battle with our Sprint affiliate, iPCS, we'd already be long up and running.
 
I'm really curious to see how big the roll out will be. I work over near east paris and burton and no signal as of now.

cpiddy said:
why did grand rapids get 4g before any other metro detroit city? it still boggles my mind.:(
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Yea, grand rapids paid for it to come here. We should have had it before anyone else.
 
cpiddy said:
why did grand rapids get 4g before any other metro detroit city? it still boggles my mind.:(
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Grand Rapids IMO is the next Metro of Michigan. They are making big strides in improving their city. Also they have one of the largest support for Google Fiber.

Another thing Grand Rapids is doing to make themselves known is holding the Art Prize there I think last year, which was pretty successful.
 
MrX8503 said:
Grand Rapids IMO is the next Metro of Michigan. They are making big strides in improving their city. Also they have one of the largest support for Google Fiber.

Another thing Grand Rapids is doing to make themselves known is holding the Art Prize there I think last year, which was pretty successful.
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Anyone here in Michigan knows that Detroit is a dieing city and Grand Rapids is the new metro of Michigan. Every time i make it down there, there is a new building going up.
 
Just confirmed more of the 4G test area, if anyone wants to play whilst on the Fix on 196 :-P. The mobile hotspot does work.

Acquired 4G signal at College while heading West on Michigan St. I maintained signal all the way through medical mile. Kept it on I-196 headed west (full signal at Lake Michigan Drive on curves), then quickly lost it once I exited.
 
I have 2 bars of 4G in Down Town Grand Rapids. While I'm at work I use the office WLAN so having 4G coverage isn't that big of a deal for me...it would be much nicer if it stretched to my country club so I could get more work done.

Ran a couple speed tests for you, server in Chicago produced the following,

3.3MB down
1.1MB up

Server in Dallas produced,

3.3MB down
1.0MB up

Very solid streams for mobile broadband...I'd be curious to see what LTE speeds would be???
 
I'm in GR as well. Can't wait till it covers more area however as I'm @ Forest Hills Ave. and Cascade. We're paying $10 a month for it, should be able to use it in my opinion...
 
amberb53 said:
I'm in GR as well. Can't wait till it covers more area however as I'm @ Forest Hills Ave. and Cascade. We're paying $10 a month for it, should be able to use it in my opinion...
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Remember, our 4G isn't even fully turned on yet. According to the GR wireless website, it will cover more than just the downtown area. From FAQs:
6. I saw East Grand Rapids was listed as a 'partner' in this project. Does this mean that the WiMax service will be available to residents of EGR?


The city expects the WiMAX network to cover a much larger region than Grand Rapids city limits, including EGR and other surrounding communities. WiMAX service will be available to residents and businesses.

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taiguy said:
drove down colfax on my way to brunch today. i did get a fleeting 4g signal (Sprint, and it assigned me an IP even) by Colfax & Logan. I thought it'd be stronger downtown. nope. no 4g signal at all downtown. no clue where the tower is then...
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I'll have to respectfully disagree with you. I had 4G coverage as I waited in line this weekend at Comedy Works.
 
Nsuave11 said:
Its Official!!

Sprint 4G WiMAX network in Washington, D.C., Baltimore, and Kansas City

I just turned on my 4G Antenna on my EVo at my job and I have a full 5 bar 4G signal:D

I did the speed test and came in at 3.6 down... Thats a far cry from "10x faster than 3G" but i definitely noticed.

Anyone in DC get anythin faster than 3.6 meg download??

Also... I definitely noticed a faster battery drain even in sleep mode :confused:
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Lucky you! Too bad it doesn't extend a little further East...
 
Nsuave11 said:
Its Official!!

Sprint 4G WiMAX network in Washington, D.C., Baltimore, and Kansas City

I just turned on my 4G Antenna on my EVo at my job and I have a full 5 bar 4G signal:D

I did the speed test and came in at 3.6 down... Thats a far cry from "10x faster than 3G" but i definitely noticed.

Anyone in DC get anythin faster than 3.6 meg download??

Also... I definitely noticed a faster battery drain even in sleep mode :confused:
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Just turned on my 4G and getting 2 circular bars and 5 straight bars under 4G (not sure how it all correlates with regards to signal strength) out here in Arlington (Ballston area). Awesome.
 
These are Dragonwave microwave radio applications to the FCC. So, if they go through the effort of licensing these locations, then yes, this represents every tower they are planning on building. I think you have up to a year to perform the actual install after the application is approved. I could be wrong on that.
 
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