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[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] air2k57:
I use about 6gb a month, but, I'd take tiered 3gb and pay more. I'm tired as hell of how slow sprint is, I've had both att and T-Mobile before, T-Mobile was amazing on hspa +. Not to mention cheaper than sprint. What's keeping me? I'm a free Lance web designer and one of the contracts I have, pretty much gave me a line on sprint added to their business account that's costing me $0 a month lol. The second I have to pay a penny, I'm gone.

Network vision sounds okay, even when it is finished, it is still below then other guys. Sprint LTE is way spotty, not live in Colorado, and even if it were, way slower than what att has.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] tmb993:
Wow. I'm on the internet A LOT. And I don't ever use my 3GB lol. Its the same in central FL. Sprint is notorious for terrible signal and brutally slow data here. I can't blame your for not passing up a free line. But if you had to pay you couldn't go wrong with AT&T. Everyone on tech sites whine and complain that they have terrible CS and the like but I've never in 6 years had any issues with them at all. You've seen the data speeds and the consistency... it speaks for it self.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] tmb993:
Here is my typical speedtest when not connected to LTE.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] CrfEpic4g:
First one is home 3g then home wifi the the last 2 are my schools wifi :eek:
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] ydoucare:
This is on an NV'd tower with upgraded backhaul (no live LTE yet). I can pull these speeds 24/7 now.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] air2k57:
What amazes me are people on xda who praise the sprint lords when their speeds reach 600kbps.... lol true, that is amazing for sprint, but it's 2012. Network vision excuse doesn't come into play as network should never reach these lows. There's an article floating around about how sprint doesn't even have the tools to monitor and test their tower performance, other than speed test app and customers reporting issues. I believe it, it's pathetic.

Yea, I may be a hater, but why don't consumers demand action against sprint when company is literally 5-10x slower than anybody else? To where YouTube doesn't even buffer. And it isn't about where you're at, pretty much every recent review for every new phone shows how slow sprint is.

For example, I went down to do some cardio tonight at the gym, I usually just stream Pandora which works okay at night, doesn't even buffer at 6pm though... anyways, I can't even watch hulu at hq without non stop buffer.

Just about a month ago I still carried my Tmo phone. Guess what? I could buffer and watch a 3 minute YouTube clip in 720p, by the time clip is done, sprint is done buffering in low quality.

I often go to Atlanta, Washington, LA, NYC, Seattle. Guess what? Have issues everywhere. I don't even bother looking at some sites I used to look at on my phone because they are all very image heavy, and it is painful on sprint in all areas I visit.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] Ascertion:
Yes, Sprint's current average speeds are bad, but I'll explain why later in your post. They're replacing equipment on every single tower, so if they don't have the tools now, they will soon.

Sprint already gives out airaves and monthly credits to many customers. Sprint is actively upgrading every tower in the area. Sprint's signal is great, it's just their backhaul for 3g data isn't up to par. The reason Sprint's network is slow is because they took early investment in WiMax technology and with Clearwire being their 4g company, it didn't work out. Clearwire had financial issues and WiMax as a technology wasn't being adopted in the world like lte was. Sprint has since stopped expanding WiMax and moved its focus to lte.

Sprint thought that a lot of 3g data would be offloaded by their 4g customers but with the lack of WiMax deployment, 3G is all sprint has. This is the main reason it's slow everywhere.

I'm in Jacksonville Florida and sprint is great here, for the spotty areas, I put on a Verizon prl and then restore sprint prl whenever needed.

You can switch to another company like Verizon and att but they're tiered and pricy. Tmobile is a decent alternative but it doesn't have a lot of coverage like the other 3 do unless you're in a big city. Tmobile has its faults too. With tmobile just now becoming unlimited, you can count on super slow data speeds down the road when there's a lot of customers on the same tower.

Sprint's in the best position possible for network upgrading and they'll have the best network within the next 2 years (they'll definitely surpass att in he next year.) If you can't wait it out like the rest of us, then by all means leave.

Sprint's cs is the best one hands down and sprint is affordable and unlimited. And they give you access to Verizon (don't abuse this.) I've also noticed sprint has better voice coverage than att (at least in my area.)
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] air2k57:
I'll say this, sprint is way more consistent than T-Mobile as far as penetration goes. Yes, speeds may suck, but data doesn't time out, or go out all together.

If I was playing for sprint, which I did about a year ago for about 2 months, I'd prefer it over others. Reason? A lot less bs fees. Att always managed to add ridiculous charges, while T-Mobile always tried to add stuff to my account I've never even heard of. Verizon? All together not worth it for being so expensive and CDMA. I wouldn't mind sticking with sprint if they get some nice wp8 devices and improve consistency. Which, they have in some areas. At my house I'm getting 1-2.5mbps now, I used to get .10mbps during peak hours.

One major fault of CDMA was voice + data. I'd always end up having have to buffer Pandora or videos, or my Netflix quality would get killed when I'd get few texts in a row, I text a lot. Or just weird CDMA issues where data pauses for a couple of seconds. With new CDMA devices, issue is gone, which I like a lot. That's one of the many reasons I'd never get an iPhone on CDMA
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] Ascertion:
Cdma to me is just better technology than gsm it's speeds persist over low signal strengths and it's voice side is much clearer. Gsm loses data speeds as signal strength deteriorates. This means in low signal areas, sprint and Verizon can pull much better speeds than tmobile or att. That's why building penetration is better on cdma.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] air2k57:
When I was on T-Mobile I had 2 phones. It was nice as to how easy it was to switch between the two. On CDMA it is a bit more painful. With sprint, sprint.com often doesn't work when I try, and care is annoying as hell and just too much hustle. Going to store, not convenient. Stupid gripe, specially since I'm down to one device now lol. I've had better building penetration on att, much better. Maybe it is just here, but noticeably better.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] rasstar:
I disagree. I can have one bar and still get over 3mbps on t mobile. I couldn't even get 0.1 with sprint and building penetration was terrible.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] tmb993:
I disagree as well. The speeds I get on one bar you guys are fortunate to get with full bars. CDMA is extremely old and outdated. For data speeds its terrible. Verizon's network is almost just as bad for 3G. GSM is the world standard. Only Sprint and Verizon use it. Everyone else has made the transition to GSM and that's why only Verizon and Sprint are the ones with terrible 3G speeds.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] air2k57:
Agreed, in my college, inside a huge building downtown, spring? Voice barely works. T-Mobile? 11mbps on 1-3 bars.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] Ascertion:
If Sprint and Verizon invested in EvDo RevB, then you would see better performance. Japan, the technology leader uses cdma. You can't compare hspa+ to evdo RevA because hspa+ is newer.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] tmb993:
Then what am I supposed to compare it to? Its not other carriers faults that Sprint and Verizon decided not to upgrade their networks. Those are the comparisons that the informed consumer has to make when decided what carrier to sign a contract with.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] RocStar629:
FML
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] Ascertion:
Meh. If you took original hspa then you'll see the speeds are similar. Hspa+ is RevB counterpart. They can't be compared. In the marketing department, hspa+ is considered 4g so in the average consumers eyes, it's 4g technology.

With that, you can compare Verizon's and Sprint's LTE to it, in which case all have similar speeds.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] tmb993:
Mostly true. Except that on my iPhone 4 that only got 3G I consistently pulled down 5-5.5 mbps. And I've heard of others pulling down 8. Both of these on AT&T.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] ydoucare:
CDMA is a newer technology, so i'm not sure what you mean by "CDMA is extremely old and outdated". GSM is a world standard because it arrived before CDMA and had the opportunity to establish itself. It's far too late for any carrier of significance to switch standards at this point. Nobody has "made the transition to GSM" because everyone started on GSM. CDMA came after. The issue with 3G speeds on Verizon and Sprint is backhaul related and the fact that neither carrier felt the need to upgrade to EVDO revision B, which has been available for quite a while. To see any benefit from that anyways, they'd also need to upgrade backhaul at every tower, which they're doing now along with Network Vision upgrades for LTE. Sprint put their eggs in the WiMax basket with Clearwire and it backfired on them, that's the only reason they're in this position right now.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] mypd1991:
these are my 3g speeds since every where I go I get this
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] zanderman112:
Dude...it says 4G in the status bar...there's no way that's 3G.

Posted by Mr. Z's Galaxy S3.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] rasstar:
What price? Sprint is the same price as Verizon and AT&T. Sprint family plan 2 lines cost 150 the same as att and verizon but they give unlimited minutes.Tmobile has free wifi calling so no need for any additional equipment like the airave and it works overseas. I dropped sprint not too long ago and couldn't be happier. The bill is cut in half and service is much better.

Right now I pay tmobile 80 for two lines of service before taxes and 15% discount. With sprint I paid 150 before tax and 27% discount. That's a huge price difference for better service.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] tmb993:
I meant exactly what I said. While yes CDMA has come out more recently than GSM, its stayed in almost the same form as when it came out while the GSM networks have been getting constant upgrades. Also EVDO doesn't allow for simultaneous voice and data, something that GSM has always supported. Regardless of what choices each network has made, the outcome is very obvious and we have what we have.

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Your not on 3G. Your on LTE. Being that your clearly running a CM variant rom, the 4G icon only pops up when your on LTE. Not for anything else.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] quick99si:
Airave assist!
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] Ascertion:
Actually, our phones support SVDO, which is simultaneous voice/data. Same with SVLTE.

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That's about my speeds, minus the airave. :p
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] tmb993:
Right the new ones do. But older 3G phones didn't, like the iPhone 4 and 4S.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] galexandr:
On my way from Roanoke VA to Wash DC. Surpiced to see better speed than at home.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] Nevell:
Nothing but tower here no airave
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] spartan805:
this is what i have to look forward for the next 2 years. i pay$10/mo more for these speeds
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] LexLuger82:
Leave
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] budde2:
I get great 3g speeds here in Tampa Brandon FL
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] RPerry435:
Saginaw Mich
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] ydoucare:
False. You'll have LTE within a year, probably 3G improvements long before then.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] 167BX:
This is my 3g speed on boost :/ horribly slow
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] gtpdjw:
Here's mine in Dayton, Ohio​
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] tmuka:
Yeah. Not impressive 3g speeds in Michigan...
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] broncop3t3:
Here's what's going on in Boise. The higher speeds we're actually in Twin Falls, ID.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] 167BX:
Slow speed here in nyc
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] kawaski47:
I am finally getting decent speeds in Phx after force roaming my phone. I'm on 56006 prl.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] Lolanerd:
I'm not attacking you or anything, but how sad is it when this is considered "great" lol
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] daniel4653:
40 miles east of Los Angeles
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] LexLuger82:
You work for Sprint?
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] budde2:
Pretty sad but they are for sprint lol
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] mulhiny:
Upstate NY, Albany area.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] daniel4653:
How is that sad? You can only compare sprints speeds with Verizon since they are the only CDMA companies. Att and T-Mobile have HSPA+ and edge which has better speeds (I think)

With 1mbps down I can stream music be on Facebook and be on tapatalk at the same time. What more do you want seriously. And then there are people that wish they had our speeds. The only get 200 max on download. And we have people here saying 1.8mbps is ****ty. In Los Angeles county and Inland empire Sprint is on par with Verizon's speeds.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] Connserv:
Nice 62 kbps ;)
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] budde2:
My kids virgin mobile gets better speeds sometimes and my brother has boost which his speeds are far better than 90% of sprints speeds what's sad is most people get good speeds real early in the morning or lat at night I am lucky to get good speeds all day but in most areas it is horrible I'm just never in them areas
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] dinkis:
I'm getting 163 ping, 345kbs and 45 up :(

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Did another test and my upload speed was more than 2x as fast as download ...
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] NGOwner:
117ms ping, 1840 down, 463 up.

Kansas City, MO

[NG]Owner
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] tmb993:
Hspa+ and Edge deliver far faster speeds than Sprints 3G technology. I put up a screeny of my AT&T hspa+ speeds a couple pages back. Mind you those are hspa+ speeds. LTE was a couple post before that one.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] bobprobert:
40 down 28 up 490 ms ping :rolleyes:
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] clark44:
I'll bite
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] zanderman112:
Not bad download speeds for being on sprint, but just what I expect on upload :/

Sent from Mr Z's HP Touchpad
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] potna:
Like a gd boss
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] daniel4653:
You have to be on 1x
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] LexLuger82:
You have att and Sprint?
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] donovanx3:
I suppose this is considered a "decent" speed. Sprint in Cincinnati.

This is about typical dl for me. I used to get like 2mbps+ on my local "Cincinnati Bell" network. I had been expecting better speeds when I had switched over :/ but it's ok for now...
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] tmb993:
No just AT&T. I saw this thread when I was roaming through unread and threw up a screeny to compare.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] ydoucare:
No, you decided to come in here and troll, not "compare".
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] tmb993:
No, not trolling. I just like talking about the pros and cons of networks. Don't take things so seriously.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] Ascertion:
You came here to "compare"? You made fun of our network. What did you expect with a troll bait post?
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] slickdealers:
:rolleyes:

Ping:1048ms

Down: 61kbps

Up:129kbps

I wish 4G would hurry up and come to my area :crying:
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] tmb993:
While you might think I was trying to troll or poke fun, it was a serious question. Yes I did tease a little but it was a genuine question. Yes I get fast speeds on AT&T but even then it seems like things take forever to load. So I was curious to know how internet usage differs for you guys. I wasn't baiting anyone. I apologize if your feelings got hurt because that wasn't my intent.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] potna:
If you look in my life you will see the status bar with 3g and strength
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] Longcat14:
Oh come on, if he wanted to post troll bait, he would've taken an LTE screenshot from one of the forums that have an AT&T LTE speedtest thread, and posted that and would've said something along the lines of

"Oh, that's your 3G? Here's my 3G *insert 3G screenshot here*, and here's my LTE *insert LTE screenshot here*. Post back when you get LTE that can even compare with AT&T's 3G."

I legitimately browse this thread really often, hoping someone will post an LTE screenshot (or at least, a half decent screenshot) just to see how Sprint's speeds compare to AT&T's, since my friend is switching from VZW soon (they started throttling on unlimited apparently), and wants to know how their speeds are compared to AT&T, VZW, and T-Mobile.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] tmb993:
I did throw up an LTE screenshot from my speed test app a few pages back but it wasn't with the intent of degrading anyone. It was just to show the kinds of speeds that are possible on a solid LTE network. If you were interested in knowing then great; if not, then don't pay any attention to it.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] Longcat14:
*facepalm* I though SGH-I717 was the Galaxy S2 (no LTE), didn't know it was the Galaxy Note..... haha.

But yeah, solid LTE networks can get pretty amazing speeds, and I'm sure once Sprint is done with NV, their LTE will be pretty quick (obviously not on the level of VZW and AT&T, but then again, they can't give 40-60 down with unlimited data, that would destroy any network, even VZW's). Plus, I wouldn't consider AT&T's LTE network solid, they're building it out so slow.... it's not funny.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] tmb993:
Well when I said solid I mean in an area that's supported lol. If you live in an area where you get to choose between VZW and AT&Ts LTE networks, go with AT&T. Because its LTE network is not as large as Verizon's yet there is a lot more bandwidth to go around and download and upload speeds are much more consistent. And yeah I'm rocking a Note lol.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] HTC_ROMEO:
Prescott valley, Az
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] budde2:
Having a good day. Thank god its been horrible for about a month. In Tampa Florida
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] Gavisann:
In port Richey I have been noticing very bad then very good speeds within 10 minutes of each other. I wonder if they are working on network vision over here finally.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] budde2:
This is what its been like today for me.

There getting better and better everyday .
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] BaronLager:
Can't wait till LTE

I'd rather this thread be named: "Lets see your 4G LTE speeds with Sprint!"
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] tbattisti:
3 tests within 2 minutes, very different download speed results.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] mitch27:
lol

This is my regular speed at work. Everyone on AT&T and Verizon get 4G, I'm stuck with this :good:

Sprint has been lackluster in the Louisville and surrounding areas for quite some time... Funny thing? Verizon doesn't even offer service in my area (Radcliff/Fort Knox), and still gets better 3G speeds than Sprint.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] TuscaloosKen:
Tuscaloosa Al. Not to shabby for 3G
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] amahabir:
Here's mine, I'm at work near Charlotte Douglas Int'l Airport in NC. Ran at 2:32pm.

But at home without my Airave, it's a totally different story.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] Androidfreakz:
Sorry I only get 4G speeds here in dallas.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] Ascertion:
First world problems...:p
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] lynyrd65:
Lulz my 3G is faster than some people's WiMax. Thank you sprint for bringing Tulsa out of the 3G appocalypse.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] hayabusa1300cc:
I'm waiting to test 3g but I've only seen 4g today, even inside 2 homes today lol, sounds like a complaint
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] budde2:
Her is a few different days of test
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] NYCHitman1:
Long Island, NY 3G

Today's test at 8:25 AM.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] WhatRobEats:
Apparently I'm not allowed to post images.

You'll have to take my word for it.

2070kbps down

531kbps up

I do have an airrave sitting a foot above my head though if that counts for anything.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] Gavisann:
Your network isn't EvdoA. Why is that?
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] Ascertion:
Ehrpd is the technology that allows for easy transition from 3g to 4g without a connection timeout. Most markets have this enabled because every market will eventually get lte.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] Gavisann:
Thanks I just looked it up and was about to report back. All of my speed tests still show evdo so I guess they haven't flipped the switch yet.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] Ascertion:
You'll only get ehrpd on lte/CDMA mode. ;)
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] budde2:
My phone switch about 2 months ago. I assume that's when they turned it on or something
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] Gavisann:
Ah that makes sense. I was in the other mode. Figured I would save battery. Let's see if it switches now.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] budde2:
My battery is the same with CDMA only as it is with CDMA & LTE no difference. Not every market has EHRPD right now but should when NV is done
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] hayabusa1300cc:
I get 36/13 on 4g, but 3g I get utter crap lol, weird
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] shorto85:
Delete
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] donovanx3:
Wow. Another great speed ... :/
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] crazeebiker:
here in rural west virgina get around 1 meg downlaod and 256k up
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] -EViL-KoNCEPTz-:
All on 3g, even the wifi is just tethered to my og evo 4g to download larger apps from Amazon

Sent from my SPH-L710
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] tnadawg89:
Get a lot better speeds with this new sg3 than with my HTC EVO 4G LTE..
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] steveman09:
Before IPHONE on Sprint launched : 1.2-1.5mbit downloads

AFTER IPHONE on Sprint launched : 0.3-0.5mbit best to date :(
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] qs504792:
4g seatac area.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] qs504792:
3g Spokane Washington
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] donovanx3:
3G. Cincinnati. I couldn't even upload to xda, had to find Wi-Fi.

Fail. :'(

SPRINT, IF YOU'RE LISTENING, IT'S TIME TO FIX CINCINNATI.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] bsanto9:
Represent !!!!
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] Brandon_m25:
There must only be 2 of you in Spokane to get speeds like that.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] mikeregister:
This is the best I've got in Moreno Valley, CA
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] NYCHitman1:
Like a BAWSSSSS! (Long Island, NY)
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] ret4425:
3G speeds finally did me in...coverting to Vzw next month...their LTE is stoopid fast...

They let me use a demo phone, and this was the result, in the WORST areas I could find for LTE...(3rd pic)
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] blanders:
Behold the awesome in Dayton
[Galaxy S III General (US Carriers)] modest_mandroid:
Is it just me or is the USB cable that comes bundled with the sgs3 of significantly lower quality than that of the one bundled with the original galaxy s? I plugged my phone in a total of 4 times today before my USB cable died. Anyone have a similar experience?
[Galaxy S III General (US Carriers)] naturefreak85:
Nope. Mine actually feels the same as the one I got with my S2.