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Thinking of leaving Boost
- Thread starter Mechman02
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jackbquick123
Well-Known Member
Kind of depends if you get a phone that is set up thru the att network or Verizon.
where are you located at?
I am in so-cal and I have perfect reception everywhere i have gone and i average between 4-7mb/s on 4G..
Im sorry to hear you have crappy coverage because I have never had cell phone service this good
Codegerm
Android Expert
Sorry to hear you are having problems. With straight talk you have to look at their coverage maps which change depending on what kind of service you want. The map they often show is for plain phones, the smart phone coverage was not as good. You just should look up the coverage for the area in which you live and use what will workout best for you.
I am in West Jordan, Utah. I just did several speed tests and almost got 100 kbps on download. Upload never completed. 4g hasn't been able to connect today, but over the past couple of weeks it seems to be throttled at 1000 kbps. There are areas where the speeds are better, but they are spotty. Very frustrating.
SelfElevated2
Android Expert
Seems to me like your only talking about 4g.. lol wimax is limited....shoot lte is limited. No matter what phone or carrier you get right now you won't be getting permanent 4g everywhere you go.
exgenmeikoj
Android Enthusiast
To be honest with you bro I go through the same sh*t and then they throttling us? Wtf kind of service is that were we have to stand in our tvs and jump for the moon just to see a pic or check facebook.
I actually called boost rep once and told them what was going on the guy said I should walk outside my house and go half way downtown and ill get good services
Can you beileve that? In my area the towers went down to many times I actually lost count then when I do get a good signal it sometimes takes me almost 20 mins to send a fking text on whatsapp
Nice going sprint !!!! You guys suckass glade to see you care about your customers! !!
i have had boost for about 2 years and my wife has had verizon that time. we honestly have very comparable coverage. there are times i have signal and she doesn't, and vice versa. when we were in puerto rico my 3g tethering was what kept us sane way out in the middle of nowhere, where she didn't get cell service.
wimax (4g) is a very limited technology, which is why LTE replaces it. try not using 4g for a while, and you probably will be overall more satisfied. I used 3g for a long time on boost before having 4g, and I've learned that I should only enable 4g in an area where i know i have good coverage for it. just like wifi, i only enable it while at home, or in a place i know there's a good hotspot. it's senseless to have it enabled other times, just drains your battery and 4g is even worse in that it will constantly try to connect though the signal is so weak that 3g will outperform it. these swaps of connection cause your connection to go down, which can be highly annoying.
wimax (4g) is a very limited technology, which is why LTE replaces it. try not using 4g for a while, and you probably will be overall more satisfied. I used 3g for a long time on boost before having 4g, and I've learned that I should only enable 4g in an area where i know i have good coverage for it. just like wifi, i only enable it while at home, or in a place i know there's a good hotspot. it's senseless to have it enabled other times, just drains your battery and 4g is even worse in that it will constantly try to connect though the signal is so weak that 3g will outperform it. these swaps of connection cause your connection to go down, which can be highly annoying.
SelfElevated2
Android Expert
well leave already. I know I get about 1300 kbps on my 3g. But I like Wi-Fi so I stay on it most if the time..
greg schmeg
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Lol.
Manodedios
Android Enthusiast
To clarify I just got an s2 and am using the T-Mobile version. St uses different carriers so if you bring over your boost s2 you'll be on sprints coverage. Since I am using T-Mobile sim on st I am on tmobiles towers....I have 4g on T-Mobile avg about 5-7 mb. This the HSPA+ 21. You can also get an att phone and get the st att sim and you'll be on atts coverage.
Codegerm
Android Expert
The T-Moble phone is a different beast. It is a GSM phone and has a different processor too.
Manodedios
Android Enthusiast
You your right. I was using my example to illustrate the diff options on st
And your right. They share the 4.5" screen but the boost only uses the 1.2 processor while I have the s3 snap dragon 1.5 and the adreno 220 GPU... I have the NFC. Chip... just haven't used it yet.
Well said, not like we will be affected either way