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[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] bobprobert:
in cape coral florida. 3g speeds suck here. usually around 25-50 kb download. a friend of my wife at her job said she was unable to send texts so she called sprint today and got the news that they are doing some work on a nextel tower here in town and should be fixed by wednesday. for ****s and giggles i ran a speedtest and got 1145 kb on 3g. needless to say i was psyched! about ten minutes later (and 4 speed tests later to make sure it wasn't a fluke) back to 42 kb. i dont even need 4g if the 3g would stay around 1 Mb. hopefully wednesday we get our first taste of real internet speed lol. cant even use google now to find a restaurant or use navigation right now so something needs to change
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] daniel4653:
Satellite ?
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] ctasich:
We're currently on an old unlimited 3g data plan that hooks up to a router and provides service to our entire house. I sometimes tether LTE when I need faster speeds. Overall, satellite may provide slightly faster download speeds than our 3g, but the latency makes it almost worthless (unless something has changed in the past 5 years when we initially setup the Sprint home service).
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] Ascertion:
Sprint just added LTE panels today to my local site. You'll be seeing lte speed tests from me very soon.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] bluedawgalex:
anyone else lose their 4g in the los angeles area????

i had an evo lte from aug. til november in september 4g magically turned on and i LOVED it. from that day on everywhere i went i had 4g.

in early december i bought an s3. as usual 4g was on and i got even faster speeds. now on jan.15th to be exact my phone switched from 4g to 3g for the first time and i havent gotten a 4g signal in more than a week! and on top of that my 3g is going on and off and when its on its TERRIBLE. i cant even get google to load sometimes :(

my brother and my sister have also lost 4g.

is anyone else goin thru this "blackout" as well?
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] EndlessDissent:
You have to expect that stuff. They're still upgrading towers. That exact situation happened to me every time they upgraded a new tower by me. Now that it's done in the Chicago suburbs (at least in my area), I won't be losing my 4G unexpectedly anymore.

Remember, just because you're getting 4G now doesn't mean you should expect it tomorrow. LA has not been officially launched. They're still in the upgrade process. As long as they're performing upgrades, 4G is liable to be shut down temporarily every so often. They'll turn it back on. Don't worry about that. The only question is whether it'll be back this week, next week, or later than that. Just be patient.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] thelopez:
I'm hoping we can see some major improvements this year with the 4G. When I am in 4g I get anywhere from 6-20 mb/s but when I am in 3g its just 200 kb/s.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] daniel4653:
Yeah its all patchy. They are still less that 1/3 done in los angles so that is expected. Just give it a few more weeks.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] bluedawgalex:
no i wasnt saying its not expected but i was just wondering if anyone else was going thru it to make sure it wasnt just me :D

:good:

will do. as of now im getting "no mobile network" it sucks but im willing to hold on to get my lovely speeds back :cool:
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] mtran2988:
I've been picking up LTE by Power Blvd and around that area. I get really bad once you get away from Power/W Esplanade, but it looks promising and fast. 3G speed has increased from .01- .04 to .2... which is not great but statistically that's a hell of an increase.

Speeds as far as I see are about 2mbps down during the day, and increasing to 4-5mbps down at night. If they keep up the good work and keep the network.. they may convince me from moving to verizon
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] daffy4u:
Hollywood, CA

Inside Stage 5, Hollywood Center Studios [Santa Monica & Las Palmas]. The slower numbers in the second image are downtown Long Beach where it seems everyone has 4G/LTE except Sprint.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] digiblur:
Think there are 10+ sites active in the NOLA market now. Sensorly is your friend.

There's a group of folks actively searching in NOLA.

http://s4gru.com/index.php?/topic/2198-network-visionlte-new-orleans-market/

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[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] bob_ross:
4G LTE is active in the Inner Sunset district in San Francisco (around the 9th and Judah area)

Was nice for the short time I was in range
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] jonathanm1978:
It looks like Metairie is a big hole in that Sensorly map...

I hope they'll move to north/east Slidell & Pearl River (or just near Nelson Rd) within the next couple of weeks. I think our plans have us coming to that area around the last weekend in February, but I don't see anything in Pearl River being done yet...(or most of the 4-hour I-59+I-20 / I-459 journey).

I bet in a year from now when we plan our trip to my family down there, we will see a really drastic change from what's LTE now and what'll be lit up then.

Aside from the LTE being so promising for Slidell, there's also the King cakes from Paul's in Picayune...or maybe I will pretend it's my birthday again and have a cake from Marguerite's...or just food in general from that area. Some Check-in Check-out Poboy's sound good, even at this time of morning....
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] Compusmurf:
Citrus Park/Odessa Area in Tampa was turned on for a few hours last night, now it's back off. Progress! :)
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] shekinahsmoke:
Im pretty sure this was mentioned but I get LTE in Brooklyn in Crown Heights South and also in Midtown near 45th and 6th :) :good:
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] troubleshot:
If Sprint owned more of their towers and didn't lease freaking everything, maybe we would have it in my area. My 3G barely works now as it is
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] EndlessDissent:
All carriers lease, like, 90% or so of their towers. In fact, Verizon, Sprint, AT&T, and other carriers often share towers. Even if Sprint did own all their towers, Network Vision wouldn't move much faster, because Sprint still needs the proper permits to start work on the towers, and aside from some backhaul equipment supply issues, the permits are the biggest factor in when Sprint starts work on a market. The fact that the tower is leased has very little to do with the upgrade timeframe. I'd imagine that getting permission from the tower's owner isn't nearly as difficult as getting permission from any government.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] maluminse:
Sprint turns tail

Chicago

Sprint shut down the 4g thread claiming 'spam'. Spam, 4g complaints, same thing.

It was getting better in Chicago. Now it all crashed. Really bad. Even the time of the network is off quite a bit.

4g rarely connects but for short periods of time.

3g slow.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] jonathanm1978:
Has nothing to do with complaints (shutting down the 4G thread)...God knows enough people complain on the Official Sprint forums and they never shut down anything for that...if it weren't for people complaining, the Sprint forums would be a lonely place, because they listen to people whine all hours of the day on that site. You'd think Sprint has some disclaimer somewhere saying they are the perfect carrier with perfect signal everywhere, and perfect devices that work in EVERY single zip code there is in the USA...

People better be glad Sprint doesn't own all it's towers that it broadcasts from...you'd see the highest price of any carrier.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] dannyboyex:
I'm starting to 4G in random places in South Florida. It feels fast and the signal is strong where I have it
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] sandshrimp:
This is a pretty noisy thread given LTE information is only useful at a local level I recommend we split these up into market areas (ie, NY Metro, Dallas Metro, etc). I don't want to rummage through a thousand posts to find relevant info about my area.

I want to see where they are expanding within my area. I don't give a hoot that Wichita, KS has 4G (no offense to wichitonians)
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] Blakroc:
I agree
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] lobo69ga:
Mableton,GA 30126. I barely registered an 8 with 4G on my EVO OG
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] EndlessDissent:
Chill, man. That happens every time they start a new tower. I have 4 towers in range of my house, and that happened for each tower they upgraded. Yeah, it sucked, but it's just temporary. It's still getting better in Chicago. Just because it's launched doesn't mean they're done working on upgrades.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] Whiplashh:
Great service here in Tampa/St.Pete.

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[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] rgregg504:
Freehold NJ
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] jcwxguy:
driving through Salina, KS
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] maluminse:
Immense patience. Sprint rocked until a big storm about a year ago or more. When I got my s3 they promised October. Its now Jan 25.

If you looked at my speeds I think Im being more than patient.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] daniel4653:
2.5mbps on 4G Lol..
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] NYCHitman1:
I get that on 3G :p
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] pastorterrylee:
Sprint LTE in North Indianapolis

i live in Westfield, IN and I have had LTE for two months now. Most of this area is covered now. I get between 5 and 9 mbps.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] kmshadoze:
Been growing throughout all of CFL. If you do not use this application called "Sensorly" I highly advise you get it. It shows WHERE LTE is (people have to map it) and when you get LTE you can map it. If you look at the map, its growing very quickly. CFL only had 1 site around Christmas, and now when you check it out, its spread all over the place. Only at about 5% completion, but its growing quickly. Some speeds have been reported as high as 25/down and 12/up. It is personally not in my town yet, but have a feeling that it will be coming shortly!!!
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] BubZX:
I'm in waynesboro PA and I average between 7 and 12. I have seen it as high as 25 tho.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] SoPolymathic:
I got a taste of it in Charlotte, NC the other day, but by the time I got off it was gone. Bummer. Guess they're just getting started in these parts.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] saeroner:
I'm hoping we see some major improvements this year with 4G. When I am in 4g, get anywhere from 6-20 mb/s but when I am in 3g its just 200 kb/s.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] Arnold_Ziffel:
Raleigh, NC (south of Downtown near the border with Garner)

I picked up a 4g signal on Tryon Rd, just west of s. Saunders/ Wilmington. Speedtest had 10 down / 1 up. Speedtest inside my office shows 5.5 down.

Sensorly.com shows new 4G LTE signals along I-440 around to Knightdale.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] Julslol:
I got those results around Kutztown University the best was in the middle of Kutztown. (PA)
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] ArmyGurl2011:
I get great results when using the KT747 Kernel
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] fishking2:
Inconsistent

Just on the other side of my block I get a steady 13 mb/s download. (houston) But my house which is no more than 250 ft. away ends up roaming most of the time. Very irritating.

(I hope I'm not somehow screwing up. First post even though I've been on this forum for months.)
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] EricSS619:
Today in San Diego I connected to 4g with my EVO LTE somehow.

I took screenshot using speedtest I thought, but can't find it.... Anyhow , here is another I took

Here's another pic, the two bottom tests were while I was on 4g and the top was 3g. Kinda slow for 4g , but hey it was 4g
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] digiblur:
Be sure and map it with Sensorly. I don't see anything mapped in San Diego yet. You would be the first!

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[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] daniel4653:
There now people in SD can stop complaining :P lol

J saw someone hit 23mbps in San Diego.

http://i1202.photobucket.com/albums/bb374/TexasEpic/ThePeoplesROM-KennyGlass123/daniel4653.png
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] Meadow:
Has anyone seen LTE north of Boston / Southern NH?
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] digiblur:
Until the purple is on the map it is all rumors and didn't happen.

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[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] daniel4653:
Lol my friends at UCSD posted pictures.

http://i1202.photobucket.com/albums/bb374/TexasEpic/ThePeoplesROM-KennyGlass123/daniel4653.png
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] digiblur:
The term Sensorly or it didn't happen wasn't made up just for fun.

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[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] EricSS619:
I'm at ucsd right now and do not see LTE.

I was actually in Santee when I had the LTE connection. Ill try to go back and map it. Definitely wasn't seeing amazing speed though.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] daniel4653:
Better than nothing.

http://i1202.photobucket.com/albums/bb374/TexasEpic/ThePeoplesROM-KennyGlass123/daniel4653.png
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] EricSS619:
Ok, I drove back to the exact location and no 4g, hmmmm. I am so confused

Speedtest now says 0.28 mbps vs. 4.4 mbps last night at almost exact same time.

I will say that my connection yesterday stopped working for a few min and when it came back I was connected to the LTE.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] studentjunk:
Sounds like a prelaunch location to me. 4g did and probably still does the same thing in dc
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] Race2Speed:
We have another update from S4GRU Member topdownat4 showing nearly 75 sites in the Phoenix Metro Area that are in the permitting process. Work should be starting very soon.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] daniel4653:
What info can he get on inland empire, CA . Shows that its about 7% done. I have yet to hear of someone getting LTE here. Lol

http://i1202.photobucket.com/albums/bb374/TexasEpic/ThePeoplesROM-KennyGlass123/daniel4653.png
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] EndlessDissent:
The numbers on the S4GRU site include non-LTE Network Vision upgrades. That 7% means that 7% of the towers in the market have received some type of Network Vision upgrade, but not necessarily LTE. For instance, the Chicago market is at 87%, but <70% of towers have LTE upgrades. They could have gotten only the 3G upgrade or only the 800MHz upgrade so far or both the 3G and 800MHz upgrades but not LTE. Each tower will get LTE, but not necessarily at the same time that the 3G is upgraded or the 800MHz panel is added. The crews have to go back to each tower several times for each part of the upgrade process, and they tend to upgrade one thing at a time.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] studentjunk:
I never noticed that. Although they predict that all the Chicago upgrades are on schedule to be completed in March, so there can't be much more to do right?
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] EndlessDissent:
Right. And really, who knows how far along all the towers are? There could be a huge chunk right now that is already finished and just awaiting inspection. The % complete isn't updated until they pass inspection. There's a small chance that they may postpone some inspections or some tower work since it's so cold right now (doubtful, tbh, but it will most definitely slow things down).

I think they'll definitely finish by March, assuming the temperatures rise and stay risen. I can't imagine having to work on a tower all day in -1°F weather.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] SoPolymathic:
Was able to find that tower again in Charlotte and got some good looking speeds, considering my 3G signal is non existent the next intersection down the road

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[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] xeks:
Here's what I got.

El Cerrito, CA
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] ivcesar:
Guys I have a question. To who ever has 4g already. When 4g was being upgrade or release in your area what did u experience? . Did 3g go to 1x back an forth a lot ?
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] Ragnar:
Yes all of the above.

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[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] ivcesar:
Oh my any other. Problems that happen prior to the upgrade?
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] Ragnar:
That's was about it spotty 3g lack of being able to transmit MMS. Lasted about 2 to 3 weeks.

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[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] EndlessDissent:
I concur. Except that the time of disruption may be as little as a couple days depending on how quickly the work in the area goes, but a couple weeks of disruption is normal. My service gets disrupted every time a tower in range of my house is upgraded, and I have at least 5 in range of my house. On the bright side, with each tower that gets upgraded completely, the next disruption isn't as bad as the last. After I got my first 4G signal, the next tower upgrade caused me to lose data constantly for over a week. But I think the final tower was upgraded recently, and the worst it got was losing 4G periodically for a day or two, but it switched to 3G pretty well, and I was rarely without data service.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] lrmcdon2:
Noticed this on Saturday also... it's about time.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] BubZX:
Yep mine did that for 2 weeks
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] blakeryanfarris:
This is my 4G speeds its faster then my home wifi.... :)
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] daniel4653:
Nice speeds. Where are you located if uoi don't mind me asking
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] BHurst:
When is NYC due to have lte?
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] digiblur:
Its already there and rolling out more everyday.

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[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] BHurst:
Not in Brooklyn...
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] daniel4653:
Yes I have seen people from Brooklyn post LTE screenshots

Edit. And old post

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?p=35751999
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] digiblur:
You need to look at Sensorly again. I see purple over where it says Brooklyn on the map even when zoomed into the street level.

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[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] Ragnar:
Using the newly leaked MA4 modem (radio) and seems that upload and download speeds are more consistent on 4g.

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[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] BHurst:
How do I know my phone is turned on for lte? Lte is lit up in my notification bar...
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] daniel4653:
Setting /more settings / mobile networks/ network mode

Should be on lte/CDMA/evdo
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] BHurst:
It is like that. Still not picking up 4g
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] Ascertion:
LTE is being rolled out now and is in testing in many areas. Its possible they turned your tower back off to work on it more. Also, to force a rescan for LTE connection, toggle airplane mode.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] archer100:
I hope LTE is coming to Seattle soon.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] EndlessDissent:
It should be if the purple spot in the lower right corner of the screenshot is any indication. I know it's not exactly "in" or really even "near" Seattle, but at least it's a start.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] psyman42:
NYC is being lit up slowly but surely...34 st and 1st ave was never lit up until tonight, still not as fast as I wanted but it's a start.it's doing 3mbs download
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] BHurst:
I hope they get to south Brooklyn soon...
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] imaconeheadXD:
It's slowly coming, in Glendale, Queens by both my school and home I've gotten over the last week, this is a screenshot from a few days ago

I've been getting between 1.5 and 8 mbps down, much better than my 3g,although that seems to be increasing as well :)
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] budde2:
I have been averaging about 3 down for about 3 weeks know

In Brandon FL
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] polska2180o:
TOday 2/7/13

Can't get 4g in Chicago west burbs Addison and west anybody else? It show as available however not getting anything?
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] bobprobert:
there is a live tower being mapped on sensorly near fort myers beach in the SW Florida market giggity!
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] EndlessDissent:
I work in Addison near Rohlwing and Army Trail, and I get LTE perfectly fine every day. This morning, however, by my house in Schaumburg, 4G refused to connect to Google services (the signal bar stayed grey), and every time I tried to use the internet, it would time out regardless of the app. I tried toggling Airplane Mode and reconnecting a few times. A couple times, it connected to 4G and Google services, but using the internet still resulted in a timeout. Other times, it wouldn't even connect to the mobile network, let alone 4G.

Everything's back to normal for me now, though.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] dante32278:
San Fernando Valley CA got LTE right now!
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] polska2180o:
Yeah I work in Addison as well and driving down North ave east toward addison I couldn't get crap. By late morning it came back to normal...thanks
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] bondosho:
I was in Gardena, CA last night, and I kept getting a random LTE connection, but couldn't get any data over it. I guess Sprint was out testing.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] Koolaid62:
These speeds are amazing. I wish I had LTE anywhere close
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] COOKtheKILLA:
Can't wait for LTE in Nashville. The 4G is cool and all but faster is always better!
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] digiblur:
Nashville TN? If so it's already there and rolling out more.

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[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] daniel4653:
Man is right
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] HoDawg:
4G in East Orlando Florida, rather slow though.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] kevinpag:
Palm Bay / Melbourne, FL!

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[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] HoDawg:
Nice I wish!
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] HoDawg:
It wouldn't even finish the upload.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] jdelano:
Yay, finally in Gwinnett county Georgia. I've been on lte from Duluth to flowery branch, I just tried it for the heck of it :) and was so surprised to see the 4g icon

EDIT: it dropped on Beaver Ruin Rd near Burns Rd heading away from I85 (of course I live father than that so no joy at the house) still there was no LTE before around here before. Nice to have progress.

EDIT 2: it came on at my house about a week or so later; happily using LTE :)
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] mbene913:
I've seen it popping up in various parts of nyc(queens, Manhattan) but it's unstable.

my kitchen had it but my living room did not.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] budde2:
Im in brandon Fl and been having some slow slow 4g LTE kinda sad. I have been running speed test and csnt get uoload to finnish either
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] digiblur:
Probably a very weak signal, check your LTE Engineering screen.

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[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] ImEVO:
Damn no LTE love in AZ!! WTF! :confused::confused: we are one of the largest city's too..:thumbdown::thumbdown:
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] thznutz87:
4g in kent, wa. only like 4 blocks, bits it's in wa
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] EndlessDissent:
You should check out s4gru.com. Members have reported that Sprint is now getting permits for tower work in AZ. Work should commence shortly. I have no idea how long the turnaround is in these cases, so it may be a couple months for all I know, but they have permits, and I'm sure they want to get started and finished ASAP.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] randalldeflagg:
Its rolling out in the Asheville, NC area. Downtown area, out in the Fairview and Hendersonville areas as well. Right now the tower near my house has been flipping between 3g and 4g for the past couple of days.