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Help Slow 4G/3G speeds

transitmike1 said:
I am noticing a trend my speeds come in in the dead of night and during the day no speeds Like its being throttled during the day and opens up at night really strange
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Sounds like tower overload. Lots of people trying to use it during the day will slow it down.
 
Happened to me once before, also. Step in line, there are MANY users upset about the "bad connection", "slow internet", and worst of all "no 4G". From what I heard they will be attempting to fix the connections to speed up the internet, but it could be one of the MANY lies Boost Mobile fed us.
 
Kyle1836 said:
Happened to me once before, also. Step in line, there are MANY users upset about the "bad connection", "slow internet", and worst of all "no 4G". From what I heard they will be attempting to fix the connections to speed up the internet, but it could be one of the MANY lies Boost Mobile fed us.
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Not just Boost, all the cellular carriers over inflate their connection speeds. I think they sample it in the early hours of the day while most of us are still asleep. The problem is that the smartphone is a victim of its own success. The was a time when only a few people had a smartphones, and many had no cellular phone at all. Now, everyone I know has a phone, and all but one of them has a smartphone, with most of them being android powered (Take that Apple! lol).
 
Codegerm said:
Not just Boost, all the cellular carriers over inflate their connection speeds. I think they sample it in the early hours of the day while most of us are still asleep. The problem is that the smartphone is a victim of its own success. The was a time when only a few people had a smartphones, and many had no cellular phone at all. Now, everyone I know has a phone, and all but one of them has a smartphone, with most of them being android powered (Take that Apple! lol).
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Well in my point of view, Android's are the best. They come at a fair price, for what you get.
 
I figured out my problem is the tower in my area i took my phone on a trip around my county and when i left my neighborhood I saw a dramatic increase in speed. I saw 13mbps download and 1.7mbps upload damn that's fast. When i returned home my speeds went back to crap. I am so happy its not my phone thanks everyone for your help I appreciate it!!!!!!!!!!
 
glad to see this and know its not my phone, i live in Staten Island, and i am experiencing the exact same issue with the galaxy sII. I just got it yesterday and the speeds were very fast, and now they're super slow like transitmikes. I need to go somewhere else and make sure but it sounds like we have the same issue. Thanks for this thread.
 
mindstate said:
live in Staten Island
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You would think Boost/Sprint would have anticipated the amount of network traffic in the city and built for it. I know they are not focusing on Wimax anymore in favor of LTE but still makes you scratch your head. You guys should both also try removing the throttles per some of the other threads to see if you get any faster speeds... Who knows, they may put heavier throttles on customers in more populated areas from the get-go regardless of the 2.5mb limit or not.

Have either of you guys checked out where exactly a 4G tower is in relation to your area? Check it out on the link below. I have one literally at the top of my street and can pull 10-12mbps outdoors and 5-7 indoors since I'm so close. May be worth it to find a tower and test near one (during off peak hours if there is such a thing in the city lol)
http://www.boostmobile.com/coverage/
 
I live the Bronx, New York and I have the same phone you have

i really dont see much issue with the speed and not much dropping phone calls.

in general my signal is Good, not great, buy muchhhhhh better than my previous Prevail

From the bronx
 
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