None of you have 3G lol

[MetroPOS13]

Even if you live in Detroit, Dallas, etc..EVERY SINGLE MARKET has Ev-Do towers & 1rXX towers, but they are all capped at 1x speeds. If you have a 3G logo, it just means your close to a Ev-Do tower...but your speeds won't be any faster..just looks cooler lol

I only know this, because I work for metro lol

PirateRoger

 

[Aplus]

Even if you live in Detroit, Dallas, etc..EVERY SINGLE MARKET has Ev-Do towers & 1rXX towers, but they are all capped at 1x speeds. If you have a 3G logo, it just means your close to a Ev-Do tower...but your speeds won't be any faster..just looks cooler lol

I only know this, because I work for metro lol

PirateRoger

You are right and wrong here. When I had my Optimus I would get, at the most, 60Kb on 1x. With 3g I would get almost 200kb. So, while you're right that it isn't true 3g speeds it's still like night and day compared to Metro's sh*tty 1x service. Even their "4g" is weak but Metro can get away with it because it's a giant leap over anything they've offered before.

 

[polywood223]

You are right and wrong here. When I had my Optimus I would get, at the most, 60Kb on 1x. With 3g I would get almost 200kb. So, while you're right that it isn't true 3g speeds it's still like night and day compared to Metro's sh*tty 1x service. Even their "4g" is weak but Metro can get away with it because it's a giant leap over anything they've offered before.

I'm fine with my 7 mbs enough to play xbox live

 

[Aplus]

I'm fine with my 7 mbs

I'm fine with the speed I'm getting also. I was just pointing out the fact that it is comparatively slower.

enough to play xbox live

Glad I don't have to play any games with you online!!! lol

 

[mikekelso421]

Needless to say,I've never met someone at metro with useful information

 

[Kaiser17]

I'm fine with my 7 mbs enough to play xbox live

Wow.. just imagining all the lag.. if I was playing with you I'd be very frustrated.

 

[ChazzMatt]

Even if you live in Detroit, Dallas, etc..EVERY SINGLE MARKET has Ev-Do towers & 1rXX towers, but they are all capped at 1x speeds. If you have a 3G logo, it just means your close to a Ev-Do tower...but your speeds won't be any faster..just looks cooler lol

I only know this, because I work for metro lol

PirateRoger

in a way you are right, but also wrong.

1x max speed is 170k, but usually less than that in real life -- say 100k? A lot of people say Metro's 1x is often 50k, 60k.

Whereas, "3G" CDMA minimum speed (according to revised CDMA specs in 2005) is 300k. That's MINIMUM before it can be called 3G.

(I know back in 1997, 1x was called "3G technology" but in 2005 the same standards body said 300k was minimum 3G speed which effectively demoted 1x from 3G land. Basically by stating that minimum speed, they said EVDO was 3G but 1x was not, as 1x maxes out at 170k even in ideal conditions.)

So, you are right that unless Metro caps the EVDO at 300k or MORE, then it's not true "3G" -- even if your phone has a 3G symbol showing.

In most markets, Metro is capping at 200k -- which is does not qualify at 3G speed. BUT in some markets, Metro is allowing higher EVDO speeds. So, it depends where you live.

But, also remember that Metro has said only 20% of cell sites in each market will get EVDO. They are not going to convert all sites to EVDO. The future is LTE.

 

[DMajor239]

Then why did I get a 3G simbol in a place were I only had 0-2 bars while at home I get full bars and no 3G simbol?

 

[chicano]

I have been getting speeds from 600kb to 950kb...can stream Netflix easily. I used a 3g fix and using the 3027 prl.

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[THE W]

I read somewhere that metro will be getting rid of 3g and going all 4G.

Metro 4G speeds slow compared to who? Verizon and AT&T? You want to pay their prices for their top voice and data packages? You get what you pay for and my 4mbps down is good enough for streaming video.

They're definitely faster than any other cutrate service of their kind and they're even competitive with tmobile and sprint.

Metro is definitely improving but at the end of the day they're still a budget service like simplemobile and boost.

 

[ChazzMatt]

Then why did I get a 3G simbol in a place were I only had 0-2 bars while at home I get full bars and no 3G simbol?

Because in the 3G location, those transmitters are EVDO and will show "3G" on your phone no matter if Metro has capped the speeds at 200k. In the location where you didn't have 3G, Metro has not upgraded those 1x RTT transmitters yet (and may never do so).

Metro has only promised to outfit all transmitters with LTE. They have NOT promised to outfit all areas with EVDO. At one point they said only 20% (the very busiest transmitters) in each market would have EVDO, but now they have said maybe more. STILL, LTE is the future. Please get an LTE phone, you won't regret it.