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[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note II] igknotts:
I do on occasion, but its because our 3G network is over loaded. they have us set to get LTE @ some point. its all based on how hard your tower is being hit and very little to due with your phone or sprint as a whole.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note II] 00mred00:
all good here ; )
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note II] bignibb:
I experienced this as well. I thought it was me because I reset some severs to

0.0.0.0

And 0

But when I changed the back data was still slow

Sent from the best phone on the planet, Apple take Note............
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note II] chuhsi:
Yes! I'm wondering if it had anything to do with the software upgrade. My data used to be blazing fast. Now I can be stuck with 100-200 for download
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note II] KB112:
Mine are far better than they were on my 3D. Plus I get LTE now at work, love it.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note II] chazglenn3:
My data speeds are better than they were on my E4GT. We are still on 3G here.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note II] fryingpan0613:
My et speeds were better for me than this. Even wifi seems slower, is weird

sent from my awesomely huge Note II
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note II] chazglenn3:
Maybe Sprint is upgrading the towers there. I heard the speeds get slow while the work is under way...
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note II] revjonnyflash:
New LTE towers in Austin installed this month. Lays just say I'm not complaining.

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[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note II] vWvSTATICvWv:
Doesn't this phone not have EVDO but SVDO or something of nature? When it comes to 3G it all depends on your location to pick up SVDO speeds. During speedtests in my area, with full bars, I'll get 1.2mbps down but most of the time I struggle to hit 1. In my girlfriends neighborhood...it is constantly 2-3mbps down. I would imagine because her 3G towers are upgraded already? The only reason it doesn't bother me is because I actually have 4G LTE most of the time in my house and whenever I go outside or down the street etc.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note II] sndtubes:
Data speed is awful here....even close to the tower.

When I upgraded to the Note 2 they took away my discount. Now I have crappy data AND a higher bill. We aren't supposed to get LTE until end of 2013 in St. Louis. I really don't think we will get in the small town I live in at all. So, I think I am taking this back and switch to AT&T. What good is unlimited data if its so slow that I cant use it. At&t us the only option. T mobile and vzw have no coverage here. Sprint was of no help including the retentions department. BYE SPRINT
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note II] arabdrifter:
Sighs...gotta be kidding me

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[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note II] sndtubes:
Normal for me
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note II] digiblur:
That would be awesome for me. I easily hit under 100 at work with full signal.

Sent from my SPH-L900
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note II] arabdrifter:
Switched towers in the speed test app. Forgot to screen shot the original test. Once I get to work tomorrow morning, ill redo the test and screen shoot it. Test was performed at home for this thread. There are two Sprint 4g w/LTE towers in the process of going live in my area (Lincoln Park, MI). Till Sprint gets on the ball with better service around here, will just have to put up with things. My phone was doing going whacko w/roaming m and "preparing network" mesgs. As I typed this, got a preparing network mesg. Again, people with patience are needed while on Sprint's service..lool.

tappin n talkin w/my JDM TyTe Note 2
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note II] A2CKilla:
What you're speaking of is eHPRD that's the high speed 3g you're seeing, if you're getting that, chances are LTE is nearby or being turned on soon
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note II] arabdrifter:
Here's the new test while at my work. As you see huge difference then when at home. Thats due to being much closer to the tower.

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tappin n talkin w/my JDM TyTe Note 2
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note II] Erazo1986:
Im new to sprint and still have my at&t s3...Ive noticed that the data speeds are , well crap. What makes you guys stay with sprint?
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note II] fryingpan0613:
I pay less then half what I did with att, and I'm not giving up my unlimited data to have faster speeds.

To me that's a oxymoron. Let's switch so I can reach my Max data fast lol. I just can't see my self paying $120+ for a phone bill again.

sent from my awesomely huge Note II
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note II] bxreppa@yahoo.com:
Sprint slow data speeds are old news and regardless of what phone you have depending on your area it'll perform according to that tower strength. Sprint is actively revamping there network and it's evident. Be patient or go to another carrier and save us the headache of seeing these redundant post. Petition Sprint or something cause your solution won't be found on a post specific to a device. Just saying...
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note II] rp518dan:
There are two sides to the contract That Sprint Signed. They promised to deliver me a service and they are not honoring their promise. It's universal to cellphone providers in the US, where we have little choice. Don't rub it in our faces when we complain about Sprint because we had to decide between bad options and no cellphone data service at all.

---------- Post added at 12:46 PM ---------- Previous post was at 12:34 PM ----------

Sprint is, on balance, better For me than the others. I believe that Sprint now has the cash to build its infrastructure, since it's been purchased by a company with deep pockets and experience in a competitive environment where users have standards, unlike the US, where the majority tolerates getting screwed by high prices and poor quality in cable services and in wireless telcom.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note II] 00mred00:
no carrier guarantees speed...trust me I spent months arguing with ATT over poor speeds
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note II] Erazo1986:
This is true...I mean I can stream pandora and youtube with sprint...downloading apps is painfully slow though...oh well.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note II] Dariste:
I've just been frustrated because my brothers 4g evo lte gets decent data speeds but my notes have been pretty poor
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note II] 00mred00:
see....I actually had connection (lte) issues with my evo lte and horrible 3g speeds and it turned out to be defective

have you had the phone checked out at a service and repair location?
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note II] RoC1909:
That's normal for me as well. Frankly, they should be stripping that "premium data" charge for people who don't get 4G until they do.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note II] Erazo1986:
I'm streaming a movie on netflix here I'm altamonte springs fl, can't be that bad
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note II] fryingpan0613:
Nice, I'm in Apopka. They need to hurry up with lte!

You could say that, but there are plenty of people who use a ton of 3g. My wifi ha been down and I Heve used 3.5 gb in the last 7 days lol. And I don't even tether....

sent from my awesomely huge Note II
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note II] Erazo1986:
I'm doing this on their 3g so I'm guessing it can only get better
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note II] Blakestr:
I work out in Clermont and my speeds are HORRIBLE...(my buddy is on AT&T and was complaining of being throttled...his throttle speeds were like 5x faster than my regular speed!)
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note II] Erazo1986:
That speed comes at a higher price. I have my s3 with at&t and my note 2 with sprint. I dropped my data down to 300mb with at&t to get my bill as low as possible with them and its still more than I will be paying with sprint. Once my s3 is sold I will be done with att
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note II] smk224:
I mean.. what do you guys consider poor? I'm currently standing outside near times square in nyc and getting 3g speed of 0.02 mbps down and 0.03 mbps up on gn2. Is that poor enough? LOL. I used to open websites faster on 56k dialup.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note II] 00mred00:
My throttled speeds on att are about .15 mbps.....are you sure he was being throttled
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note II] Erazo1986:
Its hard to believe that at&t throttle speeds ..is this on all their accounts or users with unlimited plans.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note II] 00mred00:
Unlimited plans are throttled at 3gb of usage if on a 3g phone and 5gb of usage on an lte phone
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note II] nubsors:
Not hurting.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note II] Erazo1986:
I'm not complaining either . I am streaming Netflix on my net book via tethering.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note II] goldenzeus:
im have great speeds on my galaxy note 2
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note II] meccadon123:
some of the horrible speed have been reported being related to having bluetooth turned on and a BT device connected....turn BT off and test your speeds...check the thread titled "bt/wifi problems"
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note II] 00mred00:
In my testing that is related to bt and wifi. It had no effect on 3g or lte

Tested the optimus g today and it seems to share that issue
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note II] arabdrifter:
Woohoo, got granted the air wave from sprint :D guess we'll have 4G lte soon. Saying by mid summer will be live with it. Kind of a long wait but better late than never.

tappin n talkin w/my JDM TyTe Note 2
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note II] xKrisx:
I can say that the 3G Speeds are definitely dependant on network load and the phone itself. The 3G speeds on the Note 2 will be faster then the 3G speeds on the S2. I am stuck with LTE at work 3G on the raod and WiFi at home. LTE for me pulls around 17Mbs Down - 8Mbs Up. My WiFi blows that out of the water but 3G depending on what part of the city I am in ranges anywhere from .01 Mbs Down to 2.5Mbs Down.. 3G Speeds will vastly improve once more of the LTE Market deploys. Currently, everyones 3G speeds will start slowing down over the course of the next 6 - 7 months considering Sprint is not providing any new WiMax devices. So anyone that was on WiMax and bought a new phone, they are now going to be limited to 3G untill LTE Rolls outs. More users on 3G over the next 6-7 months untill as I said before LTE Launches. In the end 3G will be less tied up and LTE will be used by the vast majority. We just gotta get there :)
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note II] 00mred00:
Have those that are getting the really really bad speeds tried turning off connection optimizer and putting the phone on cdma only?

Haven't really tested this one yet...just a theory.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note II] boodies:
people on att are getting like 60 mbits per second... yes thats about 6 megabytes per second. the highest ive gotten was 2.5 megabytes per second.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note II] 00mred00:
Speeds on att vary as well. (I have both) But yes...hspa+ is known for having faster connection speeds than sprints 3g.

Network vision upgrades are supposedly going to fix that some and add lte
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note II] Bandage:
I find this thread amusing...

Not bashing anyone in saying that, it's just that I used to be pissed about Sprint 3G speeds myself. Then I got to thinking about what I'm doing with my phone, and what I'd need higher speeds for.

I mainly use navigation, streaming services like Pandora, Netflix, etc. I rarely download an app, or such when I'm NOT near a wifi access point. I mean, where CAN you go these days and NOT connect to wifi? Yeah, while driving...but should you really be messing with downloads in this scenario? If you're a passenger, anything you REALLY want on your phone should already be downloaded before a road trip anyways.

I admit, browsing is a far better experience on ANY other carrier when it comes to speeds...but I'm ok waiting for now, while I save some money here on Sprint.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note II] XxLostSoulxX:
Really your saving money? Haha nope unless you get a discount. Comparing apples to apples; T-Mobile is cheaper and way better when it come to having an ideal experience when using anything on the network.

Prime example for me to get navigation running it will take more than 30s that's ridiculous, browsing speed takes forever to load pages. Example for that I was in line at Barnes and Noble trying to connect to email to show the coupon took longer than it did by the time I got purchasing everything, that's sad and if I had T-Mobile it would have been done already. Streaming music doesn't take a lot so that's not an issue. Netflix on 3G never will it load. For downloading files, yeah right even with the newer revamped towers in DFW that are better than they were but only work on newer devices, but still it took me an hour in 10 mins to download an 880MB file are you kidding me? And the tower is only a mile or so away.

I have a discount with sprint, att, VZW but I have unlimited here obviously and get a 23% discount. So for us its cheaper with sprint. Could be even cheaper with VZW but then no more Unlimited data.

But for T-Mobiles sake its 3G network because its not true 4G. HSPA+ when pushed to its ultimate limits it hits speed like 4G. But what's sad is that, there 3G can hit on Avg. From 4 to 15Mbps. And peaks up to 35 to 42Mbps if your lucky in good areas. Next year there pushing LTE and they have an agreement with VZW for licensing so its kind of like Awesome 3G speeds and amazing LTE speeds on one network.

Benefit of having GSM over CDMA.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note II] xKrisx:
I am confused, but i am assuming you are saying Mbps as in Megabits Per Second and not Mbs as in Megabytes Per Second. If you are saying Mbs, then you are crazy saying that T-Mobiles HSPA+ will hit anything above 22Mbs EVER. And to hit that you would have to be on your own dedicated tower with NO restrictions limiting your speed. So in reality, you would probably never see speeds over 8Mbs anywhere in the US. If you are refering to Mbps as you wrote then yes, those speeds are realistic to the network but arnt comparable to LTE in any aspect and saying that its faster then Sprints LTE is ignorant.

DFW Metro area is pulling on average 8 - 20 Mbs depending on area and system load. This is a fact. I have my ways of seeing this info. If it took you over an hour to download an 880 MB file then by no means were you connected to LTE. The new towers you are speaking of are ment for LTE services and the 3G network. Sprints 3G network never was backhauled to be HSPA+ due to limitations to the CDMA Network and device hardware. It evolved to EVDOa with a max capped speed of 3.1 Mbs Download. So comparing Sprints 3G Network to T-mobiles or even ATT's 3G HSPA+ network is not a fair comparison. T-Mobile and ATTs non LTE 4G is faster then Sprints 3G EVDOa network, FACT. T-Mobiles non LTE 4G is faster then Sprints LTE Network - FALSE, not possible. Sprints non LTE 4G WiMax is comparible to HSPA+ but was not as efficient due to the high frequency it was deployed on.

Also a fun fact for you. The non LTE 4G Radios in ATT/Sprint phones are replaced with LTE radios thus causing those devices to ONLY have access to the original 3G network. For instance, the Galaxy S2 for Sprint and ATT and T-Mobile, have two antannas in them, 1 for the original network "Edge/2G/3G non enhanced" and 1 radio for "HSPA+ / WiMax", the LTE S3 on Sprint and ATT have 2 Atannas, 1 for the Original network and 1 for the LTE network. These new devices will not have access to the HSPA+ and WiMax network. You will see slower speeds then normal when not connected to LTE.

You also stated T-Mobile has licensing contracts with VZW for i am guessing an intented use of there LTE Network for Roaming. I DO NOT see this happening as it is a GSM Network vs CDMA Network and if they did allow raoming on there LTE network, Data speeds would be throttled and limited use. It makes no sense for this VZW to make there customers suffer slower speeds due to increase network usage from T-Mobile. I do not see this happening.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note II] Bandage:
Sorry...I should clarify: T-Mobile coverage sucks here. So the 3 carriers I'm left with, Sprint is by far the best option. We get 23% off monthly also.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note II] XxLostSoulxX:
Yes Mbps so basically if your hitting 24Mbps its 3MBps.

And ATT is GSM and it has LTE as well

So TMobile can do it to as its GSM as well

And comparing speeds doesn't matter I understand that CDMA sucks so of course its not that great.

I too live in DFW and let me just say on my Step fathers Note 2 he hits on avg 12 to 15Mbps.

I have a friend with TMobile with Note 2 and he on his 3G as in HSPA+ hits the same speeds on avg. So its sad is what I'm getting at. And 3G in dfw is god awful ill post a few speed test screenies. I avg 0.20Mbps to 0.45Mbps with 3G. 4G WiMaxx hits 3Mbps. And LTE is 12 to 15 like I already said.

Sucks for you I guess than. I wish we got 23 to T-Mobile as well.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note II] xKrisx:
I know ATT is GSM and so is T-Mobile but unless T-Mobile has esclusive rights to operate there future LTE service on the class C part of the 700mHz spectrum there is no possible way for T-Mobile to use VZW LTE Network. As of right now, there is not a single LTE network in the US that operates on the same part of the spectrum. Sprint is operating on the 800mHz and 1900mHz spectrum while VZW and ATT is using the 700mHz Spectrum. You would think that because ATT and VZW use the same frequency they would be able to interoperate with each other, however they cant. The reason is because the FCC has devided the 700mHz spectrum into multiple classes, VZW has the upper portion " Class C" while ATT has portions of the lower part. Due to the classes of the spectrum not being the same, they are not interoperatable.

So again, I say that I highly doubt that VZW would license there LTE Network to T-Mobile. To be completely honest I believe that by the time Sprint fully rolls out LTE they will have the better coverage and speed due to no one else in the US utilizes the 800 or 1900 mHz frequencys for LTE, and guess who has ownership.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note II] XxLostSoulxX:
True, but I think that in time Sprint will die out as it has the worst customer satisfaction out of all them. And eventually It'll be ATT or VZW or T-Mobile if they can live that long.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note II] xKrisx:
I don't see how you figure Sprint will die out. Sprints customer satisfaction for 2011 was over ATT and T-Mobile and was tied with Verizon wireless.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note II] Omg_Its_Erie:
I get great speeds with my note 2 on sprint this screenshot was done indoors outside I get almost double that but its cold out there and I thought this was good enough to show sprint has good service lol and I live in a very rural area I can only imagine what people in bigger cities get...
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note II] 00mred00:
Sprint took number 1 this year...
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note II] Cutmerock:
At work so I can tether it to my laptop and do homework.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note II] yellowman82:
Just let the fools leave I say, they have no idea whats really going to happen to sprint and im pretty sure they will be the same fools crawling back to sprint once they see how well sprint is in the near future heck the more that wants to leave sprint now the better.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note II] Omg_Its_Erie:
Exactly lol quit crowding up the network so my 4g is faster :D
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note II] aramova:
I find this post amusing...

Not bashing anyone in specific, however the moment a person utters the words, "I don't see why you'd ever use..." or any variation (i.e. above) that individual just lost every ounce of credence in their being and should pack it up and leave there. You're not every person, and you don't know everyone's situations. I'm stating this and taking time out of my life to do this as a personal favor to you, and everyone else who has to suffer through this nonsense.

[/rant]

With that said, in San Antonio I've ran into many many cases downtown when the population is denser than usual (i.e. nights of an event/concert) where the speed drops to near nil. Pings shoot to 500+ms or simply time out, you can't simply shut off 4G and fall back to 3G on the phone, or switch to roam on another carrier's network to hope for a better speed....alas this is basic networking. Lots of people in a small area will overwhelm a tower.

While 4G can support high speeds, the towers will have an overall bandwidth capacity and when that's exceeded there is simply nothing more to give. I'd be curious to know how bandwidth is allocated to towers, and what the upper end limits are for areas...

For example a map which shows tower signal coverage points along with the maximum overall bandwidth allocated to a tower divided by the average users connected over a 6 month period would be useful information...that we could use to COMPLAIN ABOUT! :victory: :victory:
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note II] Compudizzal:
slow speeds and ROM options

I just finished a long call with Sprint... 2 hours total.. testing speeds resetting my account.. locking to 3g speed test's locking 4g speed tests.. resetting change prl's.. was told that in San Antonio...... we are under construction.. only the South side other than by Goliad is fully complete.. just tweaking systems. all other location are being upgraded.. San Antonio will be completed May9th.. the entire city will be done.. I was told to hold on to my Butt because 4g speeds will get worse.. the cut over's will begin at the end of this month.. early Jan 2013.. late Feb then in May.. Sprint stated we will even have short periods with out any 4gLTE service. as all towers will be upgraded to EVDO,3G and 4G LTE together .. as today they do not mix or work together. so If you find your phone slow with strong signals .. its a sign of work being done on your nearest tower. We checked my phone from Sea world to South WW white road and the fastest speed was 4534kbs for a short time. Sprint stated just hold on for this period.. that we will be pleasantly surprised when they are done.... I can deal.. as we all get to some sort of wifi anyways.... sucks for a bit but will be the envy of all networks with unlimited data babeee!!! "PLEASE IM NO DEVELOPER and not bashing anyone at all..... BUT WE NEED MORE DUDES OVER HERE FORM S3 GROUP" .. LET'S GET MORE DEVELOPERS HERE PLEASE!!!! BECAUSE the ROMS'S AVAILABLE HAS ME RUNNING STOCK ODEXED.. with the speed/towers being worked on. I don't have time for novice developers on this phone.. take a look at the world version.. makes us look like kindergarten school-ers:eek: we are wayyyyy behind on what can be done with this screaming haulling A*$ device. Hopefully by the time (May 2013) more options for ROMS comes our way.. I just get board with constant updates to each day on the ROMS out.. starting to sound like Microsoft.. a fricken update every day. :silly: I'd rather wait a month and have a solid well rounded ROM then annoyances.............I dont mean to be so dramatic. but we have the baddest Phablet on the Planet with hardly any innovative ROM options
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note II] fryingpan0613:
If you are going to complain about what's currently available, why don't you make your own rom?

I'm just saying if you don't like what's out there make what you like.

sent from my awesomely huge Note II
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note II] sleshepic:
+1
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note II] sling:
After 7 years of Sprint empty promises I had to move on Oh and i know whats going to happen, Lots of ruff 3G-LTE hand off for a couple years....lots of Sprint GN2 owners screaming for better modem. etc.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note II] 00mred00:
handoff has been great for me here in dfw. as a matter of fact 4 more towers went live near me this past week.

where did you go?

i have kept my 2 unlimited lines on att active "just in case" but really not seeing a need for them now