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[EVO 4G General] GatoEnFuego:
You'll love your phone again! I'm getting 1.3mb with the Verizon PRL. It's beautiful, and when they cancel me the Thunderbolt will be out and Verizon will be my new *****. I'll gladly pay the slightly higher per month price to have a phone that WORKS.
[EVO 4G General] GatoEnFuego:
Uhhh, in this case I wouldn't be honest... haha! Play dumb or just don't answer your phone unless it's a number you recognise.
[EVO 4G General] NYCguy2020:
I'm getting great speeds with the Verizon PRL aswell(1.7-2.4 mb consistantly)..I don't even use 4G anymore!
[EVO 4G General] tmwilsoniv:
I don't blame you one bit. I use 4G tethered in Baltimore, and for now, it's performing within spec, but my 3G is in the toilet. It's simply not usable. If I didn't depend on the 4G for my every day internet, I would most likely do as you describe, but with a twist. Instead of forced roaming to reach an ETF-free way out of the contract, I would slam Sprint's 3G network with Bit torrents between 5:00 PM and 11:PM every weekday. If enough of us did this, we could cripple what's left of their lousy network. Trust me, it wouldn't take much.
[EVO 4G General] Hrshycro:
Pretty much, just play dumb, they'll probably have you go look at the software info page...tell them the PRL is 66065 and that you took it to the sprint store awhile back and they said they updated everything, blah, blah, blah. :D

Well, I'm not getting that, but at least I'm getting 600kbps, which is better than 100kbps.
[EVO 4G General] NYCguy2020:
Which PRL are you using?? i get the best speeds with the 01337 PRL.
[EVO 4G General] JUST2SUAVE:
When you leaving then?
[EVO 4G General] brownhornet:
No one cares about roaming agreements on coverage maps, people care about not having coverage where they did before and it obviously DID affect a lot of people. And no one cares about your 2 mb 3G speeds when half of us dont even see 500 kb on a GOOD day. But then again you're one of the biggest Sprint hypers on here so I probably shouldnt have even bothered responding to this.
[EVO 4G General] JUST2SUAVE:
Comedy,watch strooms come in to captain save a sprint
[EVO 4G General] Product F(RED):
50% off 4 months worth? Holy ****, you're lucky. They gave me $120 for 5 months worth of trouble and my bill is $180 a month. ($180 x 5)/2= $450. Thanks for ripping me off some more Sprint...
[EVO 4G General] mattykinsx:
God damn

You guys just need to leave Sprint and not come back.

Irritating. What's the damn point if you don't want a status update?

This thread isn't for whining about your stubbed toe.

Coverage hasn't changed, the problem is (OBVIOUSLY) getting fixed, Sprint didn't rape your mom...

If you're not happy go be unhappy elsewhere.
[EVO 4G General] tmwilsoniv:
Question:

If "Coverage hasn't changed," what pray tell is getting fixed (OBVIOUSLY)?
[EVO 4G General] Product F(RED):
@mattykinsx: We have every right to complain. We're all paying customers. Most of us don't want to switch because:

A) A Verizon is ridiculously expensive, and I don't care how good their coverage is, because it doesn't warrant a $30 data plan PER PERSON, plus a separate messaging plan PER PERSON.

B) T-Mobile might get bought out by AT&T, and even if they don't, they just started imposing throttling after 2GB. Plus their coverage sucks outside of the city and you get stuck with EDGE in a lot of places.

C) AT&T. Nuff said; they're basically GSM Verizon.

D) MetroPCS sucks, I really don't need to explain that.

E) Virgin and Boost are both Sprint.

F) For a family of 5 to leave Sprint early with over a year left on contract, only having one phone worth selling (my Evo), and buying new phones on another, more expensive network, the cost is also going to be close to $1000.
[EVO 4G General] mattykinsx:
*Looks at title of thread*

Oh my God....this thread is about data issues???!!?!?!?! Who knew?

Maybe that's what's OBVIOUSLY getting fixed?

Fred, I honestly wasn't referring to you at all.

Nor am I saying that people don't have a right to complain but there is a limit to it.

We're talking about data issues here.

I posted an update from Sprint that I received, I was then attacked because it wasn't negative news to dump on Sprint....see why I'm upset here?
[EVO 4G General] sog1971:
Fred Nailed it.

I have 5 phones on a Sprint family plan and A-F are the exact reasons I have no choice but to struggle through with Sprint and their wonderful less than 100k (on a good day) "3G".

I think a single line plan from Verizon would be feasible...But to replicate the same features on all 5 phones on Verizon would cost an arm an a leg.
[EVO 4G General] mattykinsx:
You're both missing it.

This thread is here to discuss the matter, not to whine about it.

It's been acknowledged there's an issue, and proven beyond a doubt.

No one here has suggested that the complaints aren't valid and justifiable.

It's been shown it's being improved and my post was Sprint telling me that they plan to have any issues of this nature completely fixed [nationwide] by June 30.

Forgive me for not just sitting here constantly whining and actually trying to contribute to this.

I know, I know I'm being a "sprint fan boy" because not every word I say is negative and bashing Sprint.

Sorry about that. :rolleyes:
[EVO 4G General] Jjday7:
This is for the people that got service credit. Did you ask for the credit or was it offered to you?
[EVO 4G General] mattykinsx:
Ask.

It's important to note that you should already have a record of it on your account notes.

(i.e. Don't call up now and say "well for the last 5 months my data has been slow" and expect them to credit you for it)
[EVO 4G General] 2k4mach:
i just straight told them i was gonna begin to deduct the premium data charge off my bill and then they gave me $75 credit.

then i explained to the girl again that this has been going on since october when i first started calling and never did i ask for a credit just when is it going to be fixed but now im sick of the bull**** run around excuses, and being unable to use my phone as they describe in the literature and commercials.
[EVO 4G General] Jjday7:
I'll have to give it a shot and see what it gets me. They already confirmed my crappy speed the other day. If it wasn't for the at&t and t-mobile merger I would jump ship but there is no telling what ill get when I'm with them.
[EVO 4G General] 2k4mach:
i did say this to the person thats been calling me from dan heeses office wasnt just a regular csr.
[EVO 4G General] digiblur:
Fixed by June 30th? That's a lot of work to get done in a litle bit of time. I do not see it happening at all. Its been broke since they rolled this new network out since July 2010...they haven't bothered to fix the huge issue with all of downtown since then so I do not see them fixing it anytime soon. Maybe 2012 of the summer.

Until then I will enjoy the credits and 3g roaming on verizon.
[EVO 4G General] NYCguy2020:
I was only offered $20 off my last bill,eventhough this has been going on for 5 months now.Thanks alot Sprint.........................................................NOT!
[EVO 4G General] tmwilsoniv:
"...Any issues of this nature completely fixed [nationwide] by June 30."

Let me guess, this time they really mean it.

It's funny, I just got off the phone with a manager in Executive Services who stated that Sprint is aware of 4G capacity shortfalls nationwide, but could offer no time frame in which augmentation would be scheduled, much less completed.
[EVO 4G General] Product F(RED):
I asked if I could be reimbursed. A week later he calls me back and offers me $120 for my 4 months of trouble. He didn't want to reimburse me until I closed the case though. And he only said it was a capacity issue until I emailed him for the 5th time to tell him it's probably a capacity issue. $120 is better than nothing, but it's still not a fix. He was giving back what I deserved, he wasn't doing me any favors.

Screw 4G. Fix 3G first. I rarely use 4G because it doesn't do soft handoffs and the battery drain is ridiculous. Plus that glitch where it doesn't turn off completely without rebooting.
[EVO 4G General] tmwilsoniv:
Ha Ha! I hear you brother.

I just ran a 3G speed test.

90 kbs down and 228 kbs up, baby!!

WTF?

Oh yea, that's the title of this thread.
[EVO 4G General] goodbye hppalm:
You would think the hype on 4g would show way faster speeds
[EVO 4G General] Product F(RED):
The average person doesn't understand toggling wifi on and off. Why would they understand how to use 4G? I'm willing to bet that most Evo users who have access to 4G don't use it.
[EVO 4G General] Moose8106:
That awkward moment when your 3g speeds are at 1150 kpbs and your 4g speeds are at 9750 kpbs... I just tested these speeds about ten minutes ago. I'm in a suburb here in the midwest. If I even go near Chicago my 3g speeds bump up to about 1.6 mbps (haven't tested recently) and 4g goes around 12-13 mpbs (again, haven't tested recently). I'm not having a problem. Not sure what is so different in my case.
[EVO 4G General] tmwilsoniv:
It all boils down to subscriber density (demand) and tower capacity (available bandwidth). I can do a speed test at 2:00 AM from the 4G tower at University Pkwy & San Martin Drive and pull 500-700 kbs down. I can drive a half mile West, tap another tower 2 minutes later and pull 7-8 mbps down.
[EVO 4G General] Moose8106:
It has to do with the bandwidth. The capacity and amount of the towers here are insane. We have such a high demand (since Chicago is a big market with many suburbs around it) that we need the bandwidth. I'm pretty sure they added a few 4g towers closer to us too. Two months ago I would only get around 5mpbs and would have 4g in 80% of Orland Park. Now I have 4g everywhere while consistently getting 8-10 mpbs. I hope the coverage improves for the rest of you guys, some of your speeds are pretty ridiculous.
[EVO 4G General] Product F(RED):
Yay, more problems! By my house and on campus (Brooklyn, Staten Island, respectively), I've been dropping 3G since Monday night. If I hop on Wifi and then leave, it doesn't pick it up. Also if I roam/come back on Sprint, it doesn't pick up 3G. And when I AM on 3G, it drops it, even though mobile network is on.

I called up Sprint. Guess what. More Capacity Issues :) FML. So now instead of having slow data, I have no data.
[EVO 4G General] Award Tour:
I started noticing more drops to 1x in Brooklyn myself.
[EVO 4G General] Product F(RED):
That happens to me on my block, but like I said now I have no data whatsoever, even in Staten Island. As in no 3G/1x icon in my notification bar. I can force it to come back by toggling airplane mode on and off, but I get kicked off the network because it's overcapacity everywhere.
[EVO 4G General] JUST2SUAVE:
Your 10 dollar premium data fee at work
[EVO 4G General] Product F(RED):
I can't even connect at all now. I'm keeping mobile data off since now everytime I turn it on, I disconnect from 3G immediately. The only thing this is helping is my battery; I've been at 100% for 3 hours.

I know it takes time to upgrade a network, but dammit you're supposed to be ahead of the game! I wanna know where the hell all our money is going.
[EVO 4G General] Product F(RED):
Taking my money and providing me with no mobile data, texts that have a 50/50 chance of being delivered, and calls that are destined to drop mid-conversation is the equivalent of raping my cat. If I owned one.
[EVO 4G General] mattykinsx:
I received a paper cut one time when opening my Sprint bill....

^True story^

So sick of this evil company, I should sue.:D
[EVO 4G General] Zabalba:
You know where Fred...
[EVO 4G General] aimbdd:
This thread, has gotten to the point where its just a big whine fest. Enough is enough... just leave if it has been bad for so long.

I am enjoying my 900 kbp/s. Not to bad, for living in the middle of no where.
[EVO 4G General] Zabalba:
I usually get around 1.2-1.5 on 3g and at least 5 megs on 4G. I love my service.
[EVO 4G General] mattykinsx:
The worst part of it is that any news that implies the issue will be completely fixed soon is responded to with name calling and whines. [or just completely ignored followed by more whining]
[EVO 4G General] JUST2SUAVE:
You pay 10 extra bucks for that crappy rate,bravo
[EVO 4G General] aimbdd:
lol better then Verizons 30. Same data speeds too.
[EVO 4G General] JUST2SUAVE:
Verizon speeds are killing sprints
[EVO 4G General] mattykinsx:
Queue five pages of this debate again...
[EVO 4G General] Are.Two:
The other day I spent some time rooting my cousins EVO. I thought that I messed something up on his phone because he is getting similar speeds to what others in this thread are. I only wish I would have seen this thread earlier so I didn't have to bust my ass trying to find a fix for it.
[EVO 4G General] gatordpt:
When I bought my evo last November, the 3g speeds were consistently good but the past couple months they have halved to about 500kbps up and down. During peak hours ill see it drop to 250kbps.

Sent from my PC36100
[EVO 4G General] spencer88:
I cant get anything above 300 kb/s. I'm thinking of calling and asking for some kind of credit or something. This is ridiculous.
[EVO 4G General] JUST2SUAVE:
A free Evo 3d for crying out loud
[EVO 4G General] aimbdd:
I should have said... Where i live sprints better.
[EVO 4G General] Product F(RED):
I'd switch to Verizon in a heartbeat if I wasn't on a family plan. I'd be happy with a Thunderbolt, but like I said before, there's no way I'd pay $30 a person for data and $20 a person for messaging.
[EVO 4G General] tmwilsoniv:
Just leave? That's the easy way out, especially for Sprint.

Enforce the terms of the contract! They cut both ways.

To Product F(RED),

I encourage you to contact your Attorney General's Office. An eager, fresh-out-of law school, looking to make a name for him/her self Assistant A.G. can move mountains. Simply explain the situation and kindly ask them to conduct an investigation on your behalf.

http://www.ag.ny.gov/resource_center/complaints/complaints.html
[EVO 4G General] the_plattypus:
I noticed the same. Fresh and mikfroyo roms give me the best speeds.
[EVO 4G General] mattykinsx:
Lets make a federal case over data speeds.

I<3 America
[EVO 4G General] tmwilsoniv:
Actually, NY State, but if that's what it takes, absolutely!!
[EVO 4G General] Product F(RED):
I said it before, I would leave, but every other carrier is too expensive or is about to be bought out by AT&T. And even if T-Mobile doesn't, they just imposed throttling. Back when data speeds were good, I used 1.5GB (according to the Sprint site) without any tethering or streaming. Can you imagine how much I'd use WITH those?

I don't HATE Sprint. If I want to leave without an ETF, they should honor that for all of the lines, considering I'm not getting the service I'm paying for. But it would cost too much to move to another carrier and get new phones, plus it's my dad who's paying the bill.

And @aimbdd and everyone else who's sick of this thread, just Unsubscribe from the thread if you don't want to hear anymore from me. This thread was opened because of a problem, a problem which has still been going on for me after almost 5 months, and has only gotten worse. The solution shouldn't be "jump to another carrier". No carrier wants to lose you as a customer (and they will literally tell you this).
[EVO 4G General] aimbdd:
Not "sick of" this thread. Just think there is a certain point where its no longer really worth it. Lol this horse has been beaten so far dead that only dust is left of it.
[EVO 4G General] XGrzesiuX:
All i know is when i get my evo the 4g would be alot faster then now... i guess 4g users went up a little since then.
[EVO 4G General] Jjday7:
Got my deserved service credit today and discussed possibilities of getting my upgrade back. I'll give sprint credit for at least trying to make the customer happy or somewhat happy. I don't feel happy but I was right on the verge or leaving over this crap. I guess ill use wifi till they get the towers converted.
[EVO 4G General] spencer88:
Yeah I called a few days ago and I ended up getting one month of service credit, probably took 5 minutes for the rep to get authorization.
[EVO 4G General] Jjday7:
I didn't get a whole month but they credited the so called premium data fee back to the beginning of the year. I am also happy to report by strange occurance that my data speeds seem to be back to normal. I think it's weird that after I called it got better but that could just be a placebo effect. I did do a data clear ##3282# and that seemed to clear things up. I am getting 1.5mb to 2.0mb down and 900k up. Gonna keep my fingers and toes crossed that it keeps working that way. I have tested for two days and it's been solid.
[EVO 4G General] Klk450:
I'm still getting crappy speeds for the last 4-5 months and honestly think the problem is that sprint has never had this many smartphones activation and their towers just can't keep up, regardless I can't get anything above 200kb if I'm lucky which is total crap. Ill be calling today to get some sort of credit for this nuisance.
[EVO 4G General] mattykinsx:
How many people are in times square right now?

30,000?

More?

Can't complain about these 3g speeds.
[EVO 4G General] Product F(RED):
Yeah, that's because they're investing all of their infrastructure into Manhattan and not the other boroughs. Of course they're gonna do that; it's the friggin heart of NYC.
[EVO 4G General] mattykinsx:
What part of NYC are you?
[EVO 4G General] Product F(RED):
Bay Ridge, Brooklyn. Right by the Verazanno Bridge and a 10-15 minute drive from the city.
[EVO 4G General] mattykinsx:
I was staying in Brooklyn the first two days of my trip. (36th street)

3g speeds were 400 - 600.

Nothing to jump with joy over.

Staying in queens now and speeds aren't bad. Haven't tested though.
[EVO 4G General] Product F(RED):
I'm on 73rd. I'm hitting 200 kbps off peak ours (around 8 pm), if you round up.
[EVO 4G General] mmegalodon:
So you two gonna meet up and have some dinner? Maybe a cocktail? And, no, I don't mean a drink ....

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[EVO 4G General] mattykinsx:
Were you spying on us? :o
[EVO 4G General] mmegalodon:
Jokes! That was all. :D

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[EVO 4G General] mmegalodon:
Obviously the joke was you two having dinner.

;)

:D

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[EVO 4G General] mattykinsx:
Dinner is a waste of time and money. ;p
[EVO 4G General] Hrshycro:
Holy shiznits. I'm getting 800k down off that super slow tower by my house this morning - fastest I've gotten for a 8 month. I guess everyone on the sprint network must have stopped watching porn and went to church!!!
[EVO 4G General] mattykinsx:
Queens, queensboro plaza
[EVO 4G General] mattykinsx:
Haha my 1x speeds in the mountains in PA are faster than the 3g in my area back home.
[EVO 4G General] jonathan413:
lmao my 3g has been horrible for about 6 months or so but ive seen an increase in speed on my evo but my other devices still get slow speeds
[EVO 4G General] Hrshycro:
And back to 100k and 10+ random Pandora song skips an hour.
[EVO 4G General] RichTJ99:
Shouldnt they fix this before the new evo comes out? Wont all the new evo owners think there is something wrong with their phone due to the slow speeds, internet apps not working, skipping, etc?
[EVO 4G General] mattykinsx:
That has been their stated goal.
[EVO 4G General] Hrshycro:
^^ they've got about a week to pull that **** off; I don't see it happening.

The tower in town that had been upgraded/fixed a month or two ago and was offering up 1mbps +/- on 3G has been at 150k for the past 3 days. They must just have idiots working for me; they must configure stuff wrong server-side because at this point in time, I really don't think its hardware related at the tower, I think its server configuration problems.

Just like the tower by my house that's been 150k for 7+ months now served up 1mbps on Sunday and now its back to 150k. :|
[EVO 4G General] tmwilsoniv:
Some major improvements in Baltimore lately. Sprint branded 4G is again keeping the Netflix buffer topped off on just sub H.D. quality. WOO HOO!!

Check out this 3G speedtest. 1.95 MB down! Last week it couldn't break 100 kbps.
[EVO 4G General] Hrshycro:
And suddenly I get 1mbps down from the tower by my house, which is good that the speeds are at least changing day to day and not always 150k down, like they have been for over half a year...I just hope they stay this way. I may get the EVO 3D next week if their speeds stay this way.
[EVO 4G General] mattykinsx:
They're obviously fixing the issue in your area.
[EVO 4G General] Hrshycro:
Perhaps, but what scares me if the tower in town (I know where most of their towers are) that has been doing 1mbps for a few months now has only been doing 150k for the past several days. :| I hope they get this all sorted out soon. I'm tired of paying $50 a month and barely getting phone calls and dial-up.
[EVO 4G General] sitlet:
An update on my situation: if you remember, the lady from Dan's office told me the issue would be fixed in my area by May 1. Well I forgot about it, but finally remembered the other day, and called her to let her know it still was bad. Still getting less than 100kbps down consistently. She said she would call me back in a few days, and she did yesterday. Said that the "new" date for things to be fixed is June 1st now.

Well I told her that I doubt that's true, and if it doesnt get fixed, I'm calling that day, and she's letting me out of my contract. I'm tired of not being able to actually use my phone. Never able to use Pandora, never can show my friends a youtube video.
[EVO 4G General] oespinoza83:
8117 kbps down

1063 kbps up

Houston, TX
[EVO 4G General] billyapd21:
I'm having awful data speeds as well. For a short period of time I was getting 500K-1000k but now I'm back down to around the 150K range. My phone is useless if not connected to wifi. Pretty lame. It's like having an evo without a data plan. I might as well get a flip dumb phone and a wifi only tablet!
[EVO 4G General] Hrshycro:
Sounds about right.
[EVO 4G General] Tower1972:
sighs..well I gave up on Sprint. Months of empty promises about speeds improving that never materialize. Now in a battle to get out of me ETF which im pretty sure I wont win but im trying lol. Thought the new prl update helped but that lasted about a day. Guess my area just isnt that great for Sprint data.
[EVO 4G General] mattykinsx:
If they have a record of you complaining about the speed issues for several months than they won't have an issue waiving your ETF.

In a time where it seems they are fixing the speeds everywhere, and even you admit that there's been some speed increase, it seems silly to leave now...after all this time.
[EVO 4G General] Product F(RED):
Honestly, there's nowhere to run anymore. Smartphones use a lot of data and nobody but Sprint is offering unlimited data anymore. T-Mobile's "Truely Unlimited Plan" will throttle you past 2GB to speeds around 50 kbps, Verizon is officially scrapping unlimited data this summer, and AT&T...well I don't need to get into them. I'd rather keep complaining and wait it out.
[EVO 4G General] mattykinsx:
But no one uses that much data, evar. :rolleyes:
[EVO 4G General] Tower1972:
The "supposed" increase didnt even last a full day (noticed it at 10pm and by 5am it was gone :( ) and all I did was update my prl. Few hours later it was back to the point I couldnt even stream music at work and hitting sub 100k speeds. Thinking back now it probably had alot to do with tower load since the increase was later at night, but since im normally sleeping and use my phones connection from 11am-10pm, doesnt do me much good im afraid.
[EVO 4G General] Hrshycro:
Yeah...me too. Priced out other places and its be $80+ per line for something somewhat close to what we're getting for $50 with sprint. I guess juet wait it out.