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[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] offtohavasu:
Getting consistent 4G connection in the high rises buildings across from South Coast Plaza, with an average of 5 mps up and 1 down.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] digiblur:
Turn off the LTE in your phone until the entire market launches. That's how the other carriers do it. They don't let you play with the partially completed markets.

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[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] badname:
Couple towers went up today in commerce/west Bloomfield/Waterford Michigan. Still a couple miles away from home. The tests were taken while driving around, they are from multiple towers. At least two different ones at different range/signal strengths.

The bottom result of 30 Mbps was taken within minutes of the tower being activated.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] dutchmaster18:
LTE shoeing up in parts of Philadelphia. Ran dpeedtest only 1.5 down.... almost there come on South Jersey
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] speeddevil:
No plans for St. Louis. :mad:
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] tmoney239sucka:
LTE popping up in Fort Myers Quickly. Get good speeds 10mbps avg but my house. My signal will fluctuate from 4 bars with fast LTE to no bars with barley 3g, been like that for weeks. I can go outside and get full bars. Never got good reception at my house before network Vision so I guess I won't get good reception after too? Anybody in the same boat. Btw I checked on Netmonitor and shows that my phone connects to a tower in the next city when I got 2 towers way closer to me. Weird huh?
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] caileb:
Still holding my breath
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] sevenpioverthree:
I'm down here in Mission Viejo, no 4G here yet. If I go a little west to Laguna Hills I get 4G, if I go to Rancho Santa Margarita I get 4G, just not in MV.

It seems like my little city is a dead zone in Sprint's network, I mean I get service it's just very patchy. Sprint assured me that this will be cleared up by the end of this year though and I do have faith.

As for now I had to get an Airave just to see bars while I'm at home
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] jmsdahutt:
They been working on Saint Louis from what I was told by techs! I just wish they would launch in Saint Louis at the same time Kansas City launches! SMH!
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] flastnoles11:
Kansas city has been on, for quite a while now actually

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[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] getinnocuous:
My girlfriend lives over in your neck of the woods, Trabuco Canyon area....a complete NIGHTMARE when it comes to Sprint signal. :silly:
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] skarface1988:
I hope to get LTE in EL MONTE ca , WEST COVINA ca , HACIENDA HEIGHT ca and POMONA ca. 3g is too slow ugh
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] DocB1973:
No 4G LTE in all of Ohio!

What amazes me is that BIG cities like

Columbus, GA

Altoona, PA

Columbus, IN

Hammond, LA

La Cross, WI

Statesville, NC

and my favorite Temple, TX

have 4G LTE but there is not one spec of this in the entire state of Ohio. Columbus is the 13th largest city in the country and it is not even on the radar. Me and my family have been very patient over the last year just waiting for our state, let alone our city, to be even mentioned as receiving this coverage. When I look at Verizon's coverage the entire state seems to have 4G LTE. I am waiting until all my contracts are up on the seven lines I have on my plan and will make the switch to Verizon. I can only be so patient.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] digiblur:
Everyone's market can't be first. Someone has to be last. If another carrier fits your needs better then by all means change.

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[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] DocB1973:
I understand, but the whole state???? We can decide elections but we can't get 4G LTE coverage. Amazing.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] Ragnar:
Well look I'm in Florida we can't decide anything on elections but we have LTE 4g all over and more everyday.

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[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] digiblur:
You can probably thank the permitting red tape and backhaul availability that bumped your area. So instead of waiting on your city/state red tape they put the workers to use in other areas until things were ready for them.

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[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] StratAvidity:
I've been using Sensorly and over the past couple weeks I've noticed that the Sprint LTE coverage has been increasing rather quickly on Long Island. I live way out east on the north fork so hopefully the illusive LTE will reach me soon :D
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] Patrickj7:
This was from this morning. Got a little 4g. Had full bars and super fast. I was actually happy with Sprint for about 5 minutes.......then I lost it.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] daniel4653:
Don't know. Maybe not a big enough market maybe ? If you look all the biggest metro areas have lte now. Chicago, LA,SF, NYC, Philly, Tampa bay, Atlanta, Indy....

http://i1202.photobucket.com/albums/bb374/TexasEpic/ThePeoplesROM-KennyGlass123/daniel4653.png

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[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] EndlessDissent:
Oops. Wrong thread. Sorry.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] EndlessDissent:
Dude, you and this guy need to get your stories straight. One says Sprint hates LI and hasn't even started there yet. The other says LI is filling out quickly. So which is it?

Putting the ILLA in KILLA since 1985

Edit: IDK why my post keeps getting moved back to this thread. The person I'm trying to reply to won't see it if it's not in the original thread.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] splashattack:
Started getting really good signal in Paramount today near Paramount Blvd and Rosecrans Ave. Yesterday and for most of the past few months I wasn't getting any LTE signal.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] ChaosTime86:
LTE is now in Joplin, Carthage, and Webb City Missouri. Getting decent speeds. Webb City is a small football town btw. Surprised seeing it there since a couple weeks ago it was 1X or nothing.

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[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] flastnoles11:
Good to hear, hopefully Columbia will be soon to follow!

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[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] Samurai7314:
I wouldn't. from what i read it isnt going to be untill the end of the year before we see it.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] sjjubb1989:
In Alexandria, VA the LTE is pretty darn fast but very limited. I'm in North Carolina where I have no LTE and I miss it :(. Anyway around Alexandria/Washington DC area there is like maybe 10 miles of LTE.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] digiblur:
Think they started getting sites a while back.. Looks pretty good on sensorly. Someone is mapping it out for you guys in that area.

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[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] k0lega:
Can confirm! Lol stayed in alexandria this week and also picked up great speeds in the Nationals stadium. >19mbps
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] Valarya:
I've been having the crappiest time with LTE in Nashville. More often than not, my phone stays on 3G. It's extremely irritating trying to use my phone while out and about because it'll randomly change from 3G - to 4G - then back again and interrupt whatever I'm doing. Also, I have TONS of gray-areas of town where I can make/receive calls and texts, but can't MMS or internet (data). And trust me when I say it sits on 3G waaaaaay more than 4G. In several areas of town.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] shazo85:
Looks like the St. Louis area still doesn't have LTE. I was told that it should have been by the end of last month, but might not be till June.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] daniel4653:
Who told you that ? A sprint rep ?

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[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] digiblur:
You need to check Sensorly again. St Louis has purple on the map.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] flastnoles11:
Parts of st Louis have been lite up for a few weeks now... heading back from vacation going through st Louis I picked up lte

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[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] RS7JR:
That's exactly how it is for me on my side of town here in San Antonio.

Toggling lte off when I'm on my side of town helps though. It's slow but consistent.

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[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] mdshin2001:
Virginia, Newport News area has strong 4G widdit.

yeeeeeee
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] alaman68:
Philadelphia is still off and on all the time. No big deal, just always nice when that 4g symbol pops up.

Thinking about adding a notification sound to it, like applause then when it goes to 4g and when it goes back to 3g have the price is right fail music
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] studentjunk:
Cleveland may rock, but not on sprint! Visiting some old friends. No lte. 3g is slow, and often getting 1x speeds. Battery life is terrible here, probably because phone it's working really hard to get a decent signal. If I still lived here, would have switched...
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] MBCO:
Expanded in the KC area. I got 4G pushed out to my neck of the woods in east of Lee's Summit. Before it was terrible 3G.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] jmurray1818:
Lakewood CA - 16/9
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] j_eezyy:
Alot have been added in the central florida area and it's lightning fast.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] sevenpioverthree:
Don't know if this is too off-topic or not but I'd like to just say anyone getting bad service in southern orange county, specifically MV/RSM Area, the new MC3 modem is working wonders for me
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] rudyp9:
Leak new cities list

LA., Charlotte NC, Memphis TN, & Virginia Beach are some of the new cities to be announced tomorrow
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] daniel4653:
LA has had LTE for months. It was a first round market.

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[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] EndlessDissent:
Yeah, but it hasn't been officially launched. That's what the leak is about. Sprint is going to officially launch the cities on that list. All of them already have LTE, just not officially.

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[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] digiblur:
And official launches mean absolutely zero in coverage changes.

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[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] Vfan23:
Still waiting in Knoxville TN which has been on the list for ever!!! :sly:
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] Warrior 3000:
Still no long island.

Im done with sprint once my contract is up
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] boomerbubba:
The bars display has nothing do with the LTE signal strength on this phone, only the 1x signal. In fact, your phone was probably connected to a different tower altogether for its LTE signal. Let's hope so.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] budde2:
I pay for my tethering its only 10 bucks a month plus taxes and well worth it and when LTE hits my area even better because I'm getting better internet for the same price.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] Z a p i x:
... Hopefully deployment of our LTE here in CT will be faster than CL-P's deployment of electricity -.- >.>
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] blackte4:
Any word when Sprint will flip the switch for DC?
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] Jfree3000:
I live in the metro Atlanta area and the only real complaints I have about LTE is the weak building penetration (its like Wimax all over again) and that I can usually get 4g any other place except my damn house and work.

The main problem I and so many others are having is that the phone prefers a strong 3g signal over a weaker 4g signal and with no way to control that it's a pain in the ass and the phone just goes to 3g even though the weaker 4g signal is a hell of a lot faster (for me at least).
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] cnstarz:
of course lte is gonna have weak building penetration... it's operating at 1900mhz.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] jimbobtexas:
At home in North Carrollton, I get a decent 4G signal, and had a 11.54Mbps down, 3.74Mbps up with a 48ms ping. At my office in Irving, near DFW Airport, weak 4G with what I'd call 3G speeds.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] Jfree3000:
Thats my point, someone thought this frequency would be better than wimax and it is obviously not.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] boomerbubba:
The penetration of 1900 MHz (Sprint LTE today) is better than that of 2500 MHz (Wimax), all other things being equal.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] budde2:
For those that say sprints LTE is no better than wimax There network is only like 40-60% finished even where they are live so please do your research before you say its no better than wimax or whatever be smart not a retard come on if you don't like sprint and do nothing but complain than go to Verizon or AT&T.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] DarkManX4lf:
That's true but how much more better for building penetration?
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] mc-fine:
Today I did a speed test on my friend's Galaxy S III and was getting 22-33 Mbps down like I used to get on my phone a month ago. Called Sprint to ask what the deal was since it obviously wasn't the network. All it took was popping the battery and cycling the CDMA/LTE mode and getting good speeds again.

Hope that helps any GS3 users who have recently seen their speeds drop off.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] mmayo01:
4G LTE Boston/Chicago

Hey everybody,

So on Wed I was in Jamaica Plain (a part of Boston) and noticed 4G LTE for the first time on my phone and got extremely excited. I ran a speed test immediately and saw downloads at 9.84Mbps, uploads at 1.68Mbps, a Ping of 48 ms, and the server was in DC. It was very intermittent for the remainder of the day and then I only saw it in the morning on Thursday and haven't seen it since. This morning I found an article containing a memo sent to Sprint reps in Boston and Chicago confirming that towers will be going live in the next week, and that confirms that they were testing towers this passed week.

Here is the link for that article:

http://www.androidpolice.com/2012/09/14/leak-sprint-4g-lte-will-be-lighting-up-in-boston-and-chicago-this-week/

Hope this sheds some light for the folks in Boston and Chicago. I also agree with several of the people here in that I noticed regardless of whether sprint connections optimizer was on or off that a stronger 3g signal would stay connected rather then a weaker 4g signal, even if 4g was faster. I've noticed a few 4g widget apps in the play store however, they are all still trying to update and get them to work on the GS3. I'm sure either the widget will be updated or a dev will bake in a mod to be able to toggle 3g/4g so I'm not too worried and neither should you be.

FAST INTERWEBS IS COMING!!!
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] Ascertion:
Sprint's 1900mhz frequency should be just as good as their 3G at building penetration. In a year or so from now, Sprint will release LTE on the 800 Mhz freq, and that'll have building penetration/distance similar to Verizon's LTE.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] iSaint:
It's funny how lately I've been seeing "Penetration" more on xda than any other sites I visit ;)
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] boomerbubba:
That sounds about right generally for 1900 MHz LTE, give or take some. But to use 800 MHz LTE we will need a Galaxy S IV or something else of the next generation.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] tft:
hmm.. i don't see CT anywhere in that list :(
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] budde2:
Don't know if thus helps anyone but its a list of when towers for lte should become live

http://community.sprint.com/baw/message/474058
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] Mutiny32:
That's not entirely correct. Sprint is sharing 20MHz of the 1900MHz PCS band for LTE. They still use most of it for EvDO. The 2600 MHz band is used by Clearwire strictly for WiMAX. Simply put, they couldn't use the 800 MHz band for LTE yet because they have to decommission iDEN first and then they had to get permission to even re-provision it for LTE, which only happened in the last month.

They are using 1900MHz because of much lower signal attenuation and much better solid structure penetration.

The real issue with their current implementation of LTE is the signal power threshold is set WAY too high. They will eventually fix it in firmware, but until then, we'll continue to have these issues with our devices rapidly dropping back to EvDO.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] boomerbubba:
I think you have already seen the LTE threshold fix for this phone. It was included in the LG8 OTA. One might argue that even the current threshold is still set wrong, but most likely what you see is what you will get from Sprint and Samsung.

Of course, the threshold problem becomes less significant when a market has finally been built out with LTE towers. I have tested a GS3 running LG8 in the only city that is mostly built out (Waco) and found LTE coverage most everywhere I looked. It was still not perfect, however. Because I knew where most of the towers were, I deliberately went looking for gaps, and I did find a few.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] flastnoles11:
Good, one less person using our network resources :p

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[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] maezorg:
Fort Wayne and most of Northeastern Indiana has pretty decent speeds with sprint 4g
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] gronimo21:
I think orlando Florida has it now I'm going to test it and see brb
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] gronimo21:
Yes they have it not as fast as I thought
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] digiblur:
It's set at 37 megabits download. All depending on your LTE signal which you failed to post as well.

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[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] Ragnar:
Yeah I got some 20's down in Orlando several weeks ago when I was there.

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[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] 12MaNy:
At least your city made a list. Seattle, WA hasn't made any list yet. :mad:
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] digiblur:
I feel sorry for Seattle WA since they are actively turning on LTE sites there.

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[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] Goldsberry:
any sign of 4g in Southern California?
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] daniel4653:
Are you Fn serious dawg?!?! Hahah

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[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] EndlessDissent:
Srsly?

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[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] metayoshi:
According to Sprint's website, they don't officially have LTE in OC yet though :mad:. I'm in south OC and I have yet to see an LTE signal, but I wouldn't be surprised if I can find random hotspots if I actually tried, like what happened with Wimax 3 years ago.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] digiblur:
According to Sprint's website? Ha! Stick to Sensorly my son for your coverage needs.

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[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] russ2048:
LTE just turned on here after midnight. 6.5 down 5 ish up

Sumner wa
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] daniel4653:
Where at ?

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[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] EndlessDissent:
Hehe. Oops. Don't worry. I almost missed it, too.

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[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] gronimo21:
How do I find that
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] digiblur:
SignalCheck app in the app store works great. Or use the ##debug# screen.

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[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] metayoshi:
As I expected, even Sensorly shows random LTE hotspots in Orange County, so either way, we don't have good LTE here. ;). We're supposed to be getting it by the end of the summer (hopefully), but the best place right now for LTE coverage is still LA County.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] EndlessDissent:
Just because Sensorly doesn't show LTE somewhere, it doesn't mean there actually isn't LTE there. It just means that nobody has mapped LTE in that location. Sensorly is the most accurate way to judge LTE coverage, but it's still crowd-sourced, so it only shows LTE where users have mapped it. If LTE is new somewhere or if it just happens to be in a location where nobody has been, the map won't show LTE there, but it's still there. The only way to know for sure right now is to find LTE spots in the app, then go nearby to see how far it reaches.

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[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] Vfan23:
Got my first glimpse of 4g in North Knoxville, TN at 1:00 am. A whole 15 seconds but its a glimmer of hope. :). Didn't notice it till I signed in Facebook. Lmao
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] offtohavasu:
This is what I was getting while visiting someone in RSM.

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[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] maluminse:
Chicago

Update.

Well from kb speeds most of Chicago now getting 10mb + EXCEPT downtown. You cant even get 4g for the most part.

3g kb speeds.

Still frustrating to go downtown and not be able to check email etc.

But improvement has occurred.

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Edit

I made a midwest thread for Chicago and surrounding area. I suggest yall make threads for your regions. East Coast, West Coast, South, Texas, Central Plains, etc.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] EndlessDissent:
Ummm... I know your intentions are good, and this Chicagoan thanks you, but this thread is titled "ALL LTE discussions" for a reason. It's for ALL LTE discussion, NOT "MOST" LTE discussions. Unfortunately, unless there's great demand for regional threads, it will probably be closed sooner rather than later.

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[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] Vfan23:
So I'm near UT Campus in Downtown Knoxville, TN and there's decently consistent LTE. First time I've ever gotten to test Sprint LTE!! :D Slow but cool. 3mbs down, 1.5mbs up. But its a sign. :)
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] jmsdahutt:
I know Kansas City been on for a while! I'm just saying I wish they launch Saint Louis at the same time when they launch new things!

---------- Post added at 12:48 PM ---------- Previous post was at 12:46 PM ----------

I actually seen 4G off and on all day yesterday in Saint Louis so I'm thinking it's about to be a go for sure now.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] tammyjustin:
Anybody know about davenport iowa?
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] digiblur:
I believe they had some sites go live a week or two ago. Look on the Sensorly app they are easy to find.

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[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] magambi:
I live 1 mile from Sprint HQ and work 1/2 mile from it. I almost never get lte. Sprint's lte is a major disappointment.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] nismofreak:
lte's been in Nashville, but not at my home/work until today. hit 22 down 12 up at work! I was starting to think Sprint lte was a pipe dream fairy tale, & that I got hustled on s3 release day to leave my og epic with great wimax at home and work that hit 5-13 down consistently, with pretty good wimax coverage around overall. all I gotta say is it's about f***in' time! the wait has sucked, but I guess better late than never, right? no lte at home yet, but they've been working daily on the tower by my house for over a week now, so should be any day, can't wait :D
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] budde2:
Sprint is doing so good in Tampa/Brandon Fl
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] misterio53:
To any RGV members, Harlingen, Texas appears to be the first South Texas market with any sign of the fabled LTE. At least according to Sensorly. Also a couple of days ago a friend of mine sent me a screenshot of her Sprint iCrap running Lte in Harlingen. Hopefully McAllen/Mission/Edinburg starts up soon.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] alaman68:
Philly is still up and down and up and down and up and down "and speeding all over"...
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] Trichael Man:
In San Diego I get 4G at only certain locations, but I haven't been able to pinpoint them exactly. However I get 4G in Los Angeles :D
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] MBCO:
I was speaking with a sales manager from Sprint and described the very same issue. Go a few miles away from there...119th st, Shawnee, OP, 135th st and there is 4G or LTE.

Has to do with the amount of employee's in the same area and the network.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] nismofreak:
fastest I've hit so far, but still no lte at home
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] Frostacious:
What's sensorly? I'm Pharr Texas brother and will update as soon as i see anything. Great post!