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[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] clshores:
Just went live in Lebanon, TN just east of Nashville. Drove around town yesterday and the speed test results were 12 down and 4 up.

The Nashville market just started rolling out a couple of weeks ago and I was excited that my hometown was near the top of the list of completed sites.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] aj48198:
Memphis is live!

SIII certified message.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] youngnex:
Patiently waiting in Tampa, Florida. =(
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] budde2:
I'm with you there but not much longer I'm T-Mobile bound as of the end of this month sprint let me go with no ETF. Even when there LTE hits Tampa it will be so spotty alls it will do is drain your battery and give a head ache lol so I might come back in a few years if they get there **** together
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] jatansanand:
NY - Long Island

When will it be on Long island?
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] rob_y11:
San Antonio TX full signal
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] nandowong:
Last night I saw some guys with pale yellow/creme shirts locking up and leaving a cell tower next door to HCC in Brandon. Weird thing is they were driving a brand new Lexus LS. It was dark so I could not see the logo on their shirts.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] studentjunk:
Awesome!!!! Nice to see whoever is working on (or breaking into) the sprint towers is paid well! Or better, maybe that's the company car!!!!
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] CrfEpic4g:
Wow the highest I've gotten here is 23
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] AlDollaz:
Still waiting in Philadelphia. :(

Keeping tabs on it with Sensorly.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] nandowong:
Tampa, FL

A couple of weeks ago someone here said they saw the Ericson guys at his hotel. They said it would be two-three weeks for the other crews to come along and do their thing.

Anyone getting LTE signal yet? (i have a Wimax phone so i cant tell)
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] studentjunk:
4g driving speed limit?

Anyone know how fast you can be traveling and still connect to 4g lte? I was driving down Burroughs Avenue in DC last night at 30 mph (the speed limit, so the people behind me were pissed!). I was expecting to see the mode switch to 4g, but it didn't. There were enough stoplights for me to peak at the phone with that tiny icon up top. When I tried it downtown, it seemed to happen quickly, but I was walking, and not driving.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] budde2:
Yep that was me they were at the Fairfield inn on faulkenburg and palm river they were there for about 2 weeks
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] rob_y11:
Believe it or not I have been noticing small improvements getting 4g signal in more areas and recieving faster speeds. i have been receiving better 4g signal indoors.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] JCJ77:
Where are you located? What phone/ROM are you running?

Sent via the XDA App from my SGSIII running Cyanogenmod 10
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] jlobaugh:
LTE, like any wireless data communication, works better when you're stationary. The faster you're moving, the more error correction is taking place and handoffs can slow things down as well.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] nandowong:
just looked up that address. The guys in the Lexus LS leaving the Cell site were on HCC on Columbus and I75. About a mile or two from your hotel.

Hope they light it up soon!!
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] NYCHitman1:
Not any time soon. It's a 2nd round market, which means it won't start building until some time early 2013, but that doesn't mean they will be deployed immediately either. Don't expect anything until mid-late 2013.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] rob_y11:
San Antonio TX CM10 GSIII
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] munsterrr:
DC finally getting some love. Only in select spots though.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] JCJ77:
Ok. Yeah, I'm in Colombia, MD and the connection/speeds are pretty consistent here.

Sent via Tapatalk 2 from my SGSIII running Cyanogenmod 10.

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Man...I love it! Sprint is making me happy I went with them as a provider. I just joined in Jul 12...

Sent via Tapatalk 2 from my SGSIII running Cyanogenmod 10.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] BubZX:
LTE is showing up in more places in my area and there are a lot more scheduled up grades all around me in my small town of waynesboro PA
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] budde2:
There has been a lot of movement in are area I would think it is around the corner but with sprint who knows
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] Lake56:
Anyone have the inside on LTE release in Utah specifically Salt Lake City? Werid that it was one of the cities for WIMAX and now forgotten on LTE.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] Ascertion:
Jacksonville Florida.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] studentjunk:
That looks like a wifi network called lte.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] Ascertion:
I took the speedtest while I was on the road - couldn't take a screenshot until I got home, which is when WiFi kicked in. That is indeed an LTE speedtest, though.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] studentjunk:
Yeah. I took a closer look at the app. Sorry. How fast were you going? Hopefully you got it at a stop light
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] Ascertion:
Heh. I had someone sitting next to me doing it for me. So no one was at risk on the roads. :p
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] studentjunk:
No. I was hoping you would answer my previous question. How fast were you moving when you went from 3g to 4g?
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] Ascertion:
I was going 45. I mapped the entire thing on sensorly.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] jlobaugh:
Pennsylvania is in the hopper. Pittsburgh, Erie, Scranton and all points in-between.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] BubZX:
I live in PA and get 4g
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] jlobaugh:
PA has 2 different equipment vendors. Western, central and north eastern PA are not the same as Philly, Harrisburg, York and Allentown.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] Logix:
How the he'll does Jacksonville yet lte before tampa :( o well least it's really soon
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] sunmybun:
NYC - Bronx not official but I get 4G LTE about 22 megabits/s :laugh::good::good:
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] lion2:
I'm in the Bronx also. There is a specific area in my neighborhood that get's LTE but it is horrible (<1MBps). I get a full LTE signal so it looks that the tower is not too far away. This morning performed better with about 1.5Mbps download. However, I have never been able to complete the upload tests. The area I tested was River and McClellan Ave and I also attached a speed test.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] Jan Michael:
I've been dying to see 4g pop up on my phone to no luck. i work in downtown so i guess i have to go further north. Every time i call sprint they give me a different answer each time.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] EndlessDissent:
I'm almost positive I've explained it in this thread before, but I'll do it again.

The signal bars on Touchwiz ROMs do not show LTE signal strength. It never will. Ever. The bars are for 1x signal strength and have nothing to do with either 3G or 4G signal strength. Chances are, you were connected to a close tower for voice (1x) but connected to a much farther tower for LTE. Those speeds indicate a very weak LTE signal. A strong LTE signal on an unsaturated network will give you speeds up to 35Mbps. A moderate signal should get you about 15-20Mbps, and a weak signal will give you <=10Mbps speeds. Yours indicate an extremely weak signal.

Further reading: http://s4gru.com/index.php?/topic/2...to-determine-your-actual-lte-signal-strength/

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It's also very possible that the new backhaul hasn't been installed, and they were just testing the towers. That, along with the weak signal would definitely explain the 200Kbps speeds.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] munsterrr:
Yeah. It is only in certain spots. Seems U st is the place to be.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] Jan Michael:
Thanks Munsterrr. Are you onthe 25xxxx prl series? I just drove up that way and 4g never came on. Hopefully they will go live sooner than later.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] BubZX:
If ur in an area that u know should have 4g and it's nit popping up try flipping air plane mode on and off. I had to do that the other day and it popped rite up. Not sure why it does that but it worked.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] munsterrr:
25009 PRL.

On Thursday when I picked up LTE I did a quick reboot when I thought I should be getting it and it popped up.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] sunmybun:
oo im in bedford park blvd and i get nice speed here. i also tested allerton ave too, and i had good speeds too
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] jhuff83:
Fastest thus far for me. This is in Houston.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] Logix:
Pretty sure I saw some tower techs in Largo Fl the other day en route to the tower near my house ( which has horrid service) no ehrdp either....
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] bg5203:
I can't wait!

I'm really looking forward to getting 4g LTE in the Grand Rapids. Anybody know if LTE is in New York City yet? Im going there in December and i was really hoping it would be there.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] lion2:
Thanks for the explanation! I just installed sensorly and it shows several other areas close by that have 4G. I will keep testing.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] anthonycornell:
any news of 4g ever making it to west virginia?? lmao
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] studentjunk:
Sensorly reports route 81 has lte from VA to MD, stretching through WV.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] brandtjones:
Blazer Rom 2.0 LTE

So far the 4g hand off looks good. Haven't found any JB custom roms yet that haven't had some sort of issue with the data signal hand off switch. Thanks Guys :)
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] steveman09:
Still no LTE here in Portland Oregon extremely frustrated, I was told by sprint it would come late november this year now they are saying "maybe" Fall/Winter 2013!?!? Frickin BS I'm about to jump ship to Verizon, any other sprint customers here pissed as me?
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] digiblur:
I highly doubt it will be fall 2013.

Sent from a little old Note 2
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] daniel4653:
Boo hoo. Get out of here if all you are going to do is complain. Maybe that sprint rep didn't know what they were talking about. That's why you should only listen to official reports.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] budde2:
Screw sprint I'm gone Friday and can't wait T-Mobile and HSPA+42 will be a dream compared to Sprint
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] BubZX:
Buh Bye
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] lynyrd65:
Enjoy your 2G EDGE/GPRS in buildings and outside major cities.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] studentjunk:
Please people stop arguing over sprint versus other providers. I at least would enjoy the thread more if we stayed on topic. On that note, I hear that the Shenandoah valley just got an announcement of lte. Anybody from that Shentel affiliate have any encouraging news to report?
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] TajMahal_:
Got some decent 4g speeds traveling back home in Pennsylvania, about 9 megabytes down
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] BubZX:
Lte is popping up everywhere in my area it seems almost every week. South central PA.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] EndlessDissent:
It's funny to me that one of your examples for the worst service is Chicago, especially since I just got perfectly good 4G in the city on Friday (no, it wasn't everywhere, but it was there, and it was good where I got it), and it'll be 100% done within 3 months -- quite possibly even within 2 months. It will be the best market for Sprint hands-down when that happens, and when the USCC deal goes through, it'll be even better.

As for Tampa, that's likely a different story, but I expect that it'll get better soon. If I'm not mistaken, work has already started there.

I have no idea why you expect LTE to be spotty. There are several towers by me that have yet to be upgraded, and I'm still well-covered 90% of the places I go. It will only be better when all the towers are upgraded. And yes, ALL of Sprint's towers will be upgraded.

You can point out the Wimax fiasco all you want to argue that coverage will be spotty or they won't finish the rollout, but the fact is, Network Vision isn't the same at all. Nothing about the Wimax rollout applies here. Sprint can't afford to stop now. It's full steam ahead from here on out until Network Vision is done. Quitting is not an option. And when it is done, LTE coverage will be about 90% or more of the current EVDO coverage, limited only by the fragility of the LTE signal.

Hate if you want. Leave if you must. Just know the truth.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] Logix:
yeah right... and the tower right by my house has all the nv done its just not live. im in st pete the tampa market. also i doubt sprints lte coverage will ever beat out att or vzw
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] Ascertion:
If it's not live, then it's not done. There's live Jacksonville sites that I can go to now and they'll be active. It's possible Sprint is blocking the Tampa market towers until completion but it is not this way in Jacksonville.

When Sprint finish dealing with Nextel Iden, they'll have the 800 mhz frequency to release LTE 800 Advanced, which will have just about the same 700 mhz coverage, but it'll be on around 80% of Sprint sites, compared to Verizon/AT&T's 33%.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] EndlessDissent:
I never said it was everywhere in Tampa. I said that they may have started rolling it out to the Tampa market. I have no idea about Tampa. I just know that NV work has started in various places in Florida.

And Sprint's LTE coverage will be at least as good as AT&T and Verizon's. Sprint is adding LTE to every single one of their towers (except for 100 that don't have zoning clearance; and that's 100 out of 39,000+ sites across the US), while Verizon and AT&T are adding LTE to maybe two thirds of their towers. That, combined with the denser cell spacing for Sprint, means that each tower will be able to serve more customers before becoming overloaded. So, while Verizon and AT&T are cramming more customers and data through fewer towers, Sprint customers will enjoy much more reliable, consistent 4G performance. Oh, and when Sprint rolls out 800MHz LTE (which will reach 80% of their towers), the network coverage will be even better.

Network Vision also allows Sprint to scale and upgrade their network as much as possible, as quickly as possible. Verizon's LTE rollout may have been fairly quick, but they'll have to do a huge network overhaul of their own, on at least the same scale as Sprint's current upgrade if not bigger in order to roll out LTE-Advanced. I'm pretty sure AT&T is in the same boat. Meanwhile, Sprint and T-Mobile will be able to upgrade to LTE-A via a simple software upgrade. Sprint will be at a huge advantage in the near future.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] Ascertion:
I can tell that we're both from s4gru. lol!
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] EndlessDissent:
Ha. Yup. I think that if more people got their info from that site, we'd have a lot fewer people *****ing about Sprint on this forum. I'm just picturing all the people on VZW's and AT&T's overcrowded LTE networks in a year or so *****ing about having to pay the ETF so they can go to Sprint.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] Logix:
Yeah I'm a member and I'll beli've it when I see it I barely get 1 bar 1x the only thing that will make a difference is lower frequency roll outs which won't be for a long long time but apparently dfw area had like 50 PERCENT coverage increase with 800 mhz which tracks won't see for at least 2 years
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] Ascertion:
I'm not entirely sure how Sprint will go about releasing LTE 800, but I can say it's starting mid-year next year, along with Clearwire's LTE Advanced, that'll be deployed on 20x20Mhz carriers allowing up to 90mbps speeds. It'll be awesome. B)
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] tnguyen1310:
I've seen about 15-21k down and 9 up in Merrillville, IN
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] budde2:
O do know the truth and every where I go in from calumet city to California by county jail has been horrible. In Tampa wow that is a hole another story 20kbps all day everyday up and down. I don't know why sprint will be be different than any other company they must have magic and can put out a perfect bug free network at drop if I'm wrong and they do release a bug free net work than I'll eat my words but I doubt they will. O and I never mentioned Wimax or compared LTE to Wimax

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Just want to put this out there to I am S4gru all day and listen to people ***** that's a forum just like this, and people ***** all day there just like we do here well see. People want to say I'm hating when in all reality what I am saying is truth. This is not new for sprint to screw over there. Customers with horrible network speeds I want what I pay for that's that
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] nandowong:
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[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] SpicyBurrito:
This is in my apartment? ****, I'll take it.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] Ascertion:
Dude, every carrier has its flaws. I'm 100% sure you'll find a problem with whoever you're going to. Nothing is perfect. We already said that you're free to do whatever and I've mentioned that its understandable that you're leaving because we can all agree Sprint's current network isn't very good. We just want you to know that Sprints future network is worth waiting on.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] EndlessDissent:
Yup, if I were in a terrible area for Sprint service, and my market wasn't scheduled to be completed for a year or more, I still would not sign a two year contract with another carrier. I would get a Nexus 4 with a prepaid plan from T-Mobile, Simple, or Straight Talk and just chill on that until Network Vision hit my area. Then, I would hop back on the Sprint wagon.

See, leaving Sprint because the service sucks for you right now is understandable. But there are good things coming for the Sprint network, and people need to know before they sign a two year contract with Verizon then end up with the same exact issues when Verizon finally gets around to its network rebuild. Only then, it will affect 2 or 3 times as many people. And since Network Vision will be finished, the Sprint network will be able to handle the huge influx of Verizon refugees. Sprint may not be great right now, but it will be in the very near future.

People rush to conclusions about how slow the Network Vision rollout is taking, assuming it should happen as quickly as the Verizon rollout. No one seems to understand the scope of Network Vision. Where Verizon and AT&T took shortcuts to cover their markets with LTE (a simple overlay over the existing infrastructure), Sprint is rebuilding EVERYTHING. It's a slow process, but it will save Sprint a lot of time and trouble in the future since almost every upgrade they're planning after Network Vision only requires a software upgrade, no new hardware on any of the towers. Sprint may be lagging behind right now, but they are about to catapult themselves to the top.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] Rajata:
sir SpicyBurrito, where abouts in NY? Just curious because i'm like 20 mins away from Manhattan and i only get slow 3g. Thank in advance!:cyclops:
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] prom311:
I live about 40 min away from manhattan and work in city. I picked up S3 on black friday and have been running speedtests in tandem with my S1 Tmobile Vibrant (running ICS passion 4.0.3) and the S3 has been getting destroyed. Im trying to decide whether to switch from tmobile and this been very discouraging. On the highway and on the train tmobile seems to have the edge and its no contest. At home Sprint wins so far and the city has been more or less a push.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] budde2:
O yeah I know spring is well on there way to being top dog they are future profing there network. And LTE will be in my market in a month or so December is the launch month and I honestly plan on coming back in about 1-2 years but right know I need reliable data and Tmobile is IMO the best in my area from what I have seen in real world settings I bought a bricked S3 for T-Mobile for 100 bucks and Odined it back to life and I'm going prepaid so that way when sprint is right I can come right back. My service is over Fri for my phone my wife is staying with them she don't use her phone like that she only calls people. So she's good I'm not arguing that every carrier but sprint has no bugs but sprints LTE will be buggy at lunch and after for a little that's a given
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] Rajata:
Hi sir. Thanks for the info. I'm from Hackensack, NJ. Don't worry Sprint has been upgrading their towers to 4g lte and soon we will all have good speed. I've thought about switching but i think we are getting closer to getting it. Goodluck to you i hope you make the right decision...:highfive:
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] jlobaugh:
This is such a good point to bring up. I have been working in wireless operations and deployment for almost 10 years, and seeing some of the stuff that gets thrown up in the name of 'network expansion' makes me physically ill sometimes. While I am very close to the NetVision project, I will not divulge too much on here, as I like my job very much, but I can say, that aside from the tower itself, the electrical panel, and the platform the cabinet is bolted to, everything is new... It's like rolling out a brand new network. The project is really ramping up, the odometer on my company truck is a testament to that.

One last thing to remember, is that in order to have LTE, you need lots of backhaul, and sometimes more planning is required to run a piece of fiber up the side of a mountain than to actually build the site.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] bwrobinson79:
Lte towers popping up in Miami area (not full rollout).Will be a welcome site considering sprint has a huge customer base in this area.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] Logix:
I'm talking bout 800 iden

And every one says lte a is a simple software update its not or why wouldn't they do it right away... lotssaa backhaul

And who ever that guys like I like my job you would know that a fact and not till the 800 roll will coverage 1x improve
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] jlobaugh:
Coverage will improve on PCS band as the rollout is completed. The RF components on 90+% of the sites are being moved to the top of the tower, thus eliminating feedline loss. Adding the 800 band will definitely improve in-building 1X and DO coverage. I work on the construction side of things and am not kept abreast on the 800 LTE rollout dates, as it doesn't really pertain to what I do.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] EndlessDissent:
LTE-Advanced will be a simple software update, but only after Network Vision and LTE are rolled out. Network Vision includes all new backhaul -- enough to support LTE-A when they flip the switch on it.

Also, 1x coverage should improve, at least slightly, even before the 800MHz rollout, because the new equipment they're installing for Network Vision is much more efficient at broadcasting the signals, and they are also adjusting downtilt at every tower to increase coverage.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] greengiant1969:
I just got my s3 yesterday and been running 3g and WiFi for now still no lte in Columbus or anywhere else in Ohio
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] Logix:
Ok first of all. all Sprint if not more than 90 percent in the Tampa market are on the lowest rack

And if lte a is a simple software upgrade they would do it now to be more competitive. It's not the case. Bad marketing on their part cuz it's not factual
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] catman51:
I get 4G with full bars where I live right near downtown Los Angeles, but when I'm out and about, it's back to 3G.