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Virginmobileguy

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Hey guys,
I been searching around the web for a wimax coverage map so look up the availability of WiMax 4g in my area Hollywood California and Los Angeles can anyone pin point me the right direction to check the service in my area thank you.


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In one of them it tells me excellent 4g coverage which is the first link you gave me and the other link the second one it tells me i have OK coverage "only on the go"? idk i guess i must have some 4g coverage?-.-
 
I like the Clear map the best. It shows a more accurate outline of the actual WiMAX coverage.
The first link didn't seem to really indicate the proper coverage.
 
Clwarwire says I don't have 4G but my girlfriends phone is 4G and gets 4G like 1st link says, therefore your argument is invalid
 
ok the reason sensorly map is bad is because its provided by user data. It's basically incomplete. Accurate, just incomplete thus making it look bad. Users don't go everywhere with there androids u know.. ;)
 
Snake X said:
ok the reason sensorly map is bad is because its provided by user data. It's basically incomplete. Accurate, just incomplete thus making it look bad. Users don't go everywhere with there androids u know.. ;)
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Would rather have 90% Sensorly completed thn the 50% clearwire :thumbup::D
 
coco3133 said:
Would rather have 90% Sensorly completed thn the 50% clearwire :thumbup::D
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Not exactly correct either, Sensorly's data is an aggregate from numerous phone models. ClearWire's map is a better approximation for the "average" user seeing as how they actually go into the field to measure signal strength and propagation.
 
I was under the impression that Virgin Mobile users would have access to the WiMax network only. Sprint's 4g would only be available to Sprint Customers.

Is this true? I ask because WiMax is available in my area, but Sprint 4G is not.
 
correirb said:
I was under the impression that Virgin Mobile users would have access to the WiMax network only. Sprint's 4g would only be available to Sprint Customers.

Is this true? I ask because WiMax is available in my area, but Sprint 4G is not.
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Sprint's 4g is WiMax.
 
I meant to ask about Sprint 4G LTE and WiMax. Virgin users wouldn't have access to the 4G LTE network. Not that it makes much difference in my area. It's all pretty limited.
 
correirb said:
I was under the impression that Virgin Mobile users would have access to the WiMax network only. Sprint's 4g would only be available to Sprint Customers.
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Sprint calls both the WiMax and LTE services "4G" so simply saying "Sprint 4G" is going to cause confusion.

Virgin Mobile USA will be providing "4G" data services via WiMax only. There are no plans to provide LTE service to VM USA customers. LTE services (once testing is completed and the product becomes available) will be sold only under the Sprint brand.

correirb said:
I ask because WiMax is available in my area, but Sprint 4G is not.
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When you say "WiMax" is available in your area, what is your source of information? "WiMax" is just a type of radio interface like GSM or CDMA. What company is providing the service or what coverage map are you looking at?

MTUser4520 said:
Coverage Maps | 4G - USA - Sprint | Sensorly
or
CLEAR | 4G Wimax Internet Coverage Map with Service Area.
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Do not use the Clear coverage map unless you are planning to go sign up for Clear branded service. The Sprint and VM USA coverage maps both show 4G WiMax availability - there's no need to go elsewhere for the info. The Sprint and VM maps are not the same as the Clear map. Clear's map is optimized for Clear's three data-only devices and shows a much larger coverage area than Sprint/VM for WiMax services.

Just use the Virgin Mobile USA coverage map and choose the "4G" check box above the map. (or do the same with the Sprint coverage map). Both maps show areas that are likely to provide in building coverage vs. outdoor only coverage - the Clear map does not provide this important info.

Sensorly is probably accurate, but is also incomplete as all get out. Unless someone (or a bunch of people) have taken a smartphone with the Sensorly app running up and down a given street, the map will show no coverage. That doesn't necessarily mean there isn't any coverage, it just means Sensorly has no data for that area. Always use the coverage map provided by your carrier first, then go look at the Sensorly map to see if there is more specific info available.

Snake X said:
network.sprint.com problem solved :p
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At some point, the Sprint map will begin to show LTE coverage which will not apply to VM USA customers and that could cause confusion.

A better solution to the problem is to use the official VM USA coverage map. VM's coverage map shows voice, data (3G) and 4G (WiMax) coverage.
 
Well crap...already pre-orded the phone but after looking on VMs wimax map i see no 4g coverage in Orange County, Ca. I seriously hope that is wrong cuz im sick of my triumph.....never gonna buy a motorola phone again. What a buzzkill.
 
Virgin Mobile's map couldn't be less accurate even if it tried, lol! For those freaking out, don't worry. Follow the Clearwire map.
 
Hedied4me said:
Well crap...already pre-orded the phone but after looking on VMs wimax map i see no 4g coverage in Orange County, Ca. I seriously hope that is wrong cuz im sick of my triumph.....never gonna buy a motorola phone again. What a buzzkill.
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Even without WiMax I still think it's a no-brainer. $280 Triumph vs. $300 Evo V. It felt good just selling my damn Triumph last week, can't wait to see how much better I'm going to feel once my Evo V drops in my paws. ;)
 
Sprint has quietly turned on WiMax 4G quite a few places before they decided to dump WiMax and go with LTE. Maybe this will help you guys out..

ALABAMA: Birmingham, Huntsville, Montgomery, Mobile (very limited), Tuscaloosa, Dothan, Anniston, Gadsden, Decatur, Florence, Muscle Shoals, Sheffield, Jackson, Enterprise, Prattville, Selma, Auburn, Demopolis, Bessemer, Hoover, Alabaster, Jasper, Alexandria, Fort Payne, Athens
ALASKA: No 4G service at all! ••L
ARIZONA: Phoenix (very limited on the north side), Tucson (very limited), Mesa (limited), Chandler (limited), Flagstaff, Prescott, Lake Havasu City, Yuma, Nogales (limited), Sierra Vista/Fort Huachuca (limited), Casa Grande, Globe, Kingman, Bullhead City
ARKANSAS: Little Rock (limited), Fort Smith, Hot Springs, Texarkana, Rogers, Springdale, Pine Bluff, Magnolia, El Dorado, Malvern, Conway, Jacksonville, Forest City, Searcy, Russellville, Jonesboro, Paragould, Blytheville
CALIFORNIA: Fresno (limited), Bakersfield, Santa Rosa (NW), Santa Barbara (limited), Salinas, Eureka, Arcata, Yuba City/Marysville, Ridgecrest, Santa Maria, Sonora, Los Banos, Victorville, Hesperia, San Fernando, Indio, Escondido, Yucaipa, La Mesa, National City, La Jolla
COLORADO: Colorado Springs (very limited), Pueblo (limited), Grand Junction, Sterling, Greeley, Alamosa, La Junta
CONNECTICUT: Stamford, Darien, Norwalk, Trumbull, Shelton, Milford, Hamden, Waterbury, Wallingford Center, Middletown, Mystic (limited), New London, (limited), Windsor Locks
DELAWARE: Dover, Laurel
FLORIDA: Sarasota, Tallahassee, Pensacola, Ft. Walton Beach, Panama City, Gainesville, Ocala, Bradenton, Lakeland, Winter Haven, Melbourne, Palm Bay, Cape Coral, Fort Myers, Brooksville, Milton, Lake City, Newberry, Belleview, Lady Lake, Niceville, Vero Beach, Port St. Lucie, Venice (east), Sebring, Bonita Springs, Long Sound, Key West
GEORGIA: Savannah, Augusta (limited), Macon (limited), Columbus (limited), Dalton, Rome, Athens, Gainesville, Albany, Valdosta, Brunswick, Lagrange, Warner Robins, Americus, Hinesville, Douglas, Tifton, Moultrie, Waycross, Thomasville
HAWAII: Lihue (Kauai), Schofield Barracks (Oahu), Lanai City (Lanai), Kihei (Maui), Kahului (Maui), Lahaina (Maui), Pukalani (Maui), Hilo (Hawaii), Kailua-Kona (Hawaii)
IDAHO: Coeur d’ Alene
ILLINOIS: Springfield, Peoria, Bloomington/Normal, Champaign/Urbana, Decatur, Danville, Freeport, Sterling, Peru, Galesburg, Jacksonville, Quincy, Mattoon, Charleston, Effingham, Centralia, Olney, Mt. Vernon, Marion, Carbondale, Murphysboro
INDIANA: Indianapolis, Fort Wayne, Evansville, South Bend, Elkhart, Lafayette, Terre Haute Marion, Kokomo, Muncie, Anderson, Columbus, Bloomington, New Castle, Connersville, Greensburg, Vincennes, Washington, Seymour, Madison, Clarksville
IOWA: Council Bluffs, Davenport, Oelwein
KANSAS: Wichita, Topeka, Hutchinson, Manhattan, Lawrence, Salina, Great Bend, Dodge City, Garden City, Liberal, Pratt, Hays, Russell, Ellsworth, Concordia, Abilene, Atchison, Pittsburg, Parson, Coffeyville, Independence, Emporia
KENTUCKY: Louisville, Owensboro, Bowling Green, Paducah, Ashland, Mayfield, Murray, Hopkinsville, Madisonville, Franklin, Middlesboro, Elizabethtown, Harlan,
LOUISIANA: New Orleans (limited), Baton Rouge, Shreveport, Lafayette, Lake Charles, Monroe, Alexandria, New Iberia, Kenner, Metarie, Slidell, Hammond, Houma, Thibodaux, Opelousas, Leesville/Fort Polk, Natchitoches, Ruston, Tallulah
MAINE: Portland, Bangor, Auburn, Lewiston, Augusta (south), Rockland, Sanford, Saco, South Paris, Waterville, Belfast, Orono, Houlton, Presque Isle, Ellsworth
MARYLAND: Salisbury, Frederick, Hagerstown
MASSACHUSETTS: Springfield, Worcester, Lowell, Lawrence, East Falmouth, Harwich, Leominster, Fitchburg, Holyoke, Pittsfield, Adams
MICHIGAN: Lansing, Detroit (Urban), Southfield, Warren, Roseville, Clinton Township, Sterling Heights, Jackson, Flint, Kalamazoo, Benton Harbor, Muskegon, Port Huron, Garden City, Adrian, Plainwell, Sault Ste. Marie, Marquette, Ishpeming, Negaunee, Menominee, Iron Mountain, Ironwood, Houghton, Hancock
MINNESOTA: Rochester, Mankato, Windom, Worthington, New Ulm, St. James, Hutchinson, Litchfield, Alexandria, Glenwood, Moorhead, Park Rapids, Hibbing
MISSISSIPPI: Jackson, Ridgeland, Biloxi, Gulfport, Pascagoula, Meridian, Vicksburg, Natchez, Tupelo, Hattiesburg (limited), Oxford, Columbus, Starkville, Greenwood, Corinth, Ripley, Booneville, Ripley, New Albany, Amory, Aberdeen, Kosciusko, Grenada, Yazoo City, Philadelphia, Newton, McComb, Laurel, Waynesboro,
MISSOURI: Springfield (South), Joplin, Columbia, Jefferson City, St. Joseph, Kirksville, Cape Girardeau (limited), Caruthersville, Sikeston, Waynesville, Rolla, Concordia, Sedalia, Boonville, Fulton, Hannibal, Stewartsville, Union Star,
MONTANA: Kalispell, Great Falls, Helena, Billings
NEBRASKA: Omaha, Lincoln, Bellevue, Grand Island, Lexington, Fairbury, York, Columbus, Scottsbluff,
NEVADA: Laughlin, Indian Springs, Searchlight
NEW HAMPSHIRE: Manchester (limited), Nashua, Londonderry, Lebanon
NEW JERSEY: Atlantic City
NEW MEXICO: Albuquerque, Las Cruces, Santa Fe, Alamogordo, Las Vegas, Farmington, Carlsbad
NEW YORK: Buffalo (very limited), Albany (limited), Utica (limited), Binghamton, Corning, Ithaca, Rome (limited), Troy (limited), Poughkeepsie (limited), North Tonawanda, Horseheads, Salamanca, Wellsville, Hornell, Bath, Cortland, New Hartford, Ogdensburg, Saugerties
NORTH CAROLINA: Asheville, Fayetteville/Fort Bragg (limited), Wilmington, Jacksonville, Greenville, Goldsboro, Moorhead City, New Bern, Kinston, Hickory, Rocky Mount, Wilson, Lumberton, Laurinburg, Rockingham, Pinehurst, Southern Pines, Sanford, Albemarle, Elizabeth City, Roanoke Rapids, Eden, Waynesville, Black Mountain
NORTH DAKOTA: Fargo (limited)
OHIO: Toledo, Youngstown, Canton, Massillon, Findlay, Athens, Calcutta, Marietta, New Philadelphia, Mansfield, Salem, Warren, Ashtabula, Ironton
OKLAHOMA: Oklahoma City (20%), Tulsa (20%), Edmond (limited), Norman, Stillwater, Ardmore, Altus, Lawton, Frederick, Duncan, Ada, Elk City, Weatherford, Woodward, Enid, Ponca City, Bartlesville, Miami, Tahlequah, Muskogee, Okmulgee, Stigler, Poteau
OREGON: Corvallis, Pendleton, Hermiston, Coos Bay
PENNSYLVANIA: Erie, Scranton, Wilkes-Barre, Altoona (limited), Shamokin, Sunbury, Northumberland, Lewistown, Milton, State College, Indiana, Punxsutawney, Dubois, Elwood City, New Castle, Sharon, Franklin, Oil City, Ridgway, St. Mary’s Emporium, Williamsport,
PUERTO RICO: San Juan, Carolina, Ponce (limited), Bayamon
RHODE ISLAND: No new cities, but 50% of the state already covered.
SOUTH CAROLINA: Myrtle Beach, Charleston, Greenville, Spartanburg, Conway, Summerville, Hilton Head Island, Beaufort, Florence, Newberry, Hartsville, Greer
SOUTH DAKOTA: Rapid City, Sioux Falls (very limited)
TENNESSEE: Memphis, Knoxville, Chattanooga (very limited), Tri-Cities, Jackson, Clarksville, Rogersville, Greeneville, Morristown, Newport, Maryville, Athens, Cleveland, Tullahoma, Lawrenceburg, Savannah, Humboldt, Milan, Union City
TEXAS: Beaumont, El Paso (very limited), Tyler, Texarkana, Laredo, Galveston, Texas City, Big Spring, Gainesville, Sherman, Paris, Mt. Pleasant, Marshall, Athens, Ennis, Nacogdoches, Lufkin, Huntsville, Bryan, Brenham, Gonzales, Victoria, Beeville, Kingville, Edinburg, Mc Allen, Brownsville, Pearsall, Uvalde, Lampasas, Comanche
UTAH: No new cities. ••L
VERMONT: Burlington, White River Junction
VIRGINIA: Norfolk (limited), Virginia Beach (limited), Portsmouth (very limited), Hampton (very limited), Newport News, Danville, Lynchburg (limited), Roanoke (very limited), Bristol, Blacksburg, Radford, Salem, Martinsville, Collinsville, Williamsburg, Gloucester, Onancock, Harrisonburg, Fredericksburg, Winchester
WASHINGTON: Spokane, Olympia, Walla Walla, Moses Lake, Sequim, Port Angeles
WEST VIRGINIA: Charleston (limited), Huntington/Tri-Cities, Parkersburg, St. Albans, Inwood, East Liverpool
WISCONSIN: Milwaukee (widely scattered), Madison, La Crosse, Green Bay, Appleton, Oshkosh, Fond du Lac, Wausau, Manitowoc, Sheboygan, Beloit, Hurley, Niagara, Marinette, Onalaska, Tomah
WYOMING: Cheyenne (very limited), Casper (very limited), Sheridan, Riverton, Green River, Rock Springs,

NOTE: Some of these towns/cities are considered "protection sites," meaning that they have installed only one tower normally in the populated area of a city or town to cover their FCC license.
 
So... Sprint now has WiMAX where I am according to that... Meh... Oh well HSPA is better than WiMAX IMO.

Edit: Also where did you get that list?
 
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