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Post your Sprint Premium Data speed
- Thread starter brandonok
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I have to ask, when in the world are you doing with a device like the epic or evo in a place that only get ev/2g? Having that phone in your location is just flat out dumb. Speed test don't prove anything, especially the app, try speakeasy.net. It is like looking at a car in a parking lot and saying that it cant move, or one on the freeway saying that 70mph is it normal speed. On a normal 100MB file, I get about 2.5mbps on 3g, about 7mbps on wimax. If I was getting your speed on average, I would change carriers. It is not worth the money. I would see what att or t-mobile had. If, on the other hand, you just logged on to hammer on sprint, then get a life.
toomuchgame441
Android Expert
I get anywhere from 1.5-2.2 mbps on 3G, 4G is really spotty in the office building I work... where I sit specifically its pretty spotty 4G coverage, I get no bars, but I can pull about 3.5mbps down... but then my 4G connection drops out anyway within a min. Very frustrating, so I just stick w/ 3G which works fine for browsing/streaming.
People with current contracts should have nothing to add as this doesn't impact them immediately.
New subscribers should simply get a phone, test it out, and return it if either the network or phone don't meet your expectations. When my contract is up, I'll be doing that. By then, all the carriers should be running 4G so the comparison will be better then too.
I fully expect Sprint to be almost identical in price if Sprint joins the LTE bandwagon (which I think it will). I'm at least hoping Sprint maintains it's "unlimited" and non-tiering and remains a value-provider.
New subscribers should simply get a phone, test it out, and return it if either the network or phone don't meet your expectations. When my contract is up, I'll be doing that. By then, all the carriers should be running 4G so the comparison will be better then too.
I fully expect Sprint to be almost identical in price if Sprint joins the LTE bandwagon (which I think it will). I'm at least hoping Sprint maintains it's "unlimited" and non-tiering and remains a value-provider.
I have to ask, why would it?
If it joins the lte bandwagon it would have to pay verizon, per kilobyte, for the usage. It would loose almost all of its spectrum for wimax and tower space. All the marketing so far would be tossed out. They would be subject to verizons rules on what can and can not be used, down to specific apps.
Why would you sell your brand new car. So you can pay a taxi 20 dollars to drive you to work and 20 dollars to drive you home? On top of that you are also going to let the cabbie tell you which way he is going to work and what radio station that plays?
What do they gain? They get to use the same phones that everyone uses? They get to low man the totem pole, getting worst speeds then everyone else?
But really why do you think they would? Any money saved, would be easily paid in daily usage. They would spend more money just to be allowed to use verizons network, more then it would cost to finish wimax.
Im not sure either way, but, if im not mistaken, Sprint can use their current 4G network to run LTE, WiMax, or even both. I dont think Sprint would be subject to anything in regards to vzw. It would be thier own (along with Clear) network.
Actually, clear is owned by intel, google, comcast, time warner, and a few dozen other companies. Most of the spectrum that is used for wimax, is not sprints. It belongs to the other companies. It Wimax is not meant to be 4g for mobile phones. It was meant to be wireless broadband. Comcast and time warner still need to use wimax for wireless broadband. So if sprint wants to go with lte, it would not able to take clear with it. If clear wanted to go with lte, it would lose most of it money and spectrum. LTE has very little interest for wireless broadband, because of the spectrum system use.
Sprint - Nationwide Coverage
I went to this site and my whole town is covered in orange and it says
Sprint 3G network All data services work, with outstanding connectivity
so why is my connection crap I had my friend with an epic do the same speed test and as well as the fcc speed test and he is getting similar results
I went to this site and my whole town is covered in orange and it says
Sprint 3G network All data services work, with outstanding connectivity
so why is my connection crap I had my friend with an epic do the same speed test and as well as the fcc speed test and he is getting similar results
Sprint is not working out for you, I think you should just return the phone and try another carrier.
OutofDate1980
Android Expert
RiverOfIce; Minor clarification; per last Clearwire's Annual Report (p.20), Sprint has 56.2% of voting rights via Class A & B shares. Sprint provided Clearwire 100% of it's spectrum for these shares. Clearwire Corp - Investor Relations - News Release
You need to dig a little deeper, but good try. But four little points here. 1.) 100% of the 2.5ghz is 150mhz. 2.) Sprint had to do a few things since it bought nextel. 3.) FCC has logged the spectrum already. 4.) Look who owns the spectrum now. But heck I will not argue with you
OutofDate1980
Android Expert
Didn't mean to start an argument, so did as you suggested.
Per Barron's, "Sprint declined to exercise its preemptive rights to purchase any of the notes. Hence, Sprint
The contract that sprint signed, turned over the spectrum to clear for wimax. The whole allotment is fcc forced on to wimax, which is what the fcc approved it for. If sprint wanted to change it over. It would have to give the money back to it partners, google and intel are not people you make mad. Then you would have give back the spectrum you have from the fcc, because the fcc does not like to have it ruling changed by companies. Then you would have to somehow get the fcc to see that the spectrum that it gave to you for wimax needs to be changed to lte. Then you would have to buy back the spectrum. The docs are pay per view, I will see if I can find a copy online.