Ah now if only this were the norm and not the rare exception for most of their network then you would have a point.
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Ah now if only this were the norm and not the rare exception for most of their network then you would have a point.
Look better at it, I took the screenshot while I was on wifi the test was done on LTE.
Haha, yeah it's easy to offer unlimited data with those speeds. It's like going to an all-you-can-eat restaurant but they only bring out one plate of food every hour.
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My mistake, sorry!
The network upgrades didnt make a difference for me. Went from 0.20 Mbps to 0.25 Mbps.
So I went over to S4Gru for giggles to see just how pathetically slow deployment is STILL going for first round markets (started last fall). Even worse than I thought 
ZERO markets are completed yet.
All have been delayed by a significant amount. Only one near 100% is Chicago. Places like Baltimore, Central Jersey (supported to be done by 2/13 and it's 38% done!), LA, and San Antonio are almost a year behind
The second round and 3rd round markets are still backed up.
http://s4gru.com/index.php?/topic/212-network-visionlte-deployment-running-list/?p=4840
Just some food for thought, AT&T (143 markets since January 2013) and VZW have much much more in the same period of time. AT&T announced 79 markets to be done by end of Summer 2013 and before summer has officially begun (6/21), 45 markets (56%) are already complete. Sprint is a year behind schedule, whereas VZW will be done with their initial nationwide rollout by the end of the month and AT&T by early next year.
ZERO markets are completed yet.
All have been delayed by a significant amount. Only one near 100% is Chicago. Places like Baltimore, Central Jersey (supported to be done by 2/13 and it's 38% done!), LA, and San Antonio are almost a year behind
The second round and 3rd round markets are still backed up.
http://s4gru.com/index.php?/topic/212-network-visionlte-deployment-running-list/?p=4840
Just some food for thought, AT&T (143 markets since January 2013) and VZW have much much more in the same period of time. AT&T announced 79 markets to be done by end of Summer 2013 and before summer has officially begun (6/21), 45 markets (56%) are already complete. Sprint is a year behind schedule, whereas VZW will be done with their initial nationwide rollout by the end of the month and AT&T by early next year.
I know a lot of people who have have or have had sprint in different areas. I have yet to have anyone tell me they are happy with their service. I know when I had them in ny and again in fl they were absolutely terrible.
T-mobile is going to pass Sprint in LTE pops well at least in Dallas they will and they haven't even announced it yet. I know several people who are using it all over DFW. I can't wait to leave.
Yup, I wouldn't be surprised if TMo is deploying at a significantly faster rate. All those years of completely ignoring your network in top metro areas and failing to have the proper backhaul has come back to bite them in the ass. We have been seeing reports of new TMO LTE markets every few days. Not the case with Sprint.
But both of their deployments have been super spotty.
It may have deployed spotty in Boston. Everywhere else a nice warm blanket of LTE
Phoenix. Supposed to start December 2012 and finish December 2013. By April 18, 2013 PHX was at 19% with a completion date of January 2014. By May 28, 2013, PHX was STILL at 19% with a completion date of APRIL 2014.So I went over to S4Gru for giggles to see just how pathetically slow deployment is STILL going for first round markets (started last fall). Even worse than I thought
ZERO markets are completed yet.
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All have been delayed by a significant amount. Only one near 100% is Chicago. Places like Baltimore, Central Jersey (supported to be done by 2/13 and it's 38% done!), LA, and San Antonio are almost a year behind
The second round and 3rd round markets are still backed up.
http://s4gru.com/index.php?/topic/212-network-visionlte-deployment-running-list/?p=4840
Just some food for thought, AT&T (143 markets since January 2013) and VZW have much much more in the same period of time. AT&T announced 79 markets to be done by end of Summer 2013 and before summer has officially begun (6/21), 45 markets (56%) are already complete. Sprint is a year behind schedule, whereas VZW will be done with their initial nationwide rollout by the end of the month and AT&T by early next year.
June 15, 2013, PHX is at 23% with a completion date of JULY 2014!
23 percent of 3G upgrades have been done, zero percent of LTE upgrades. Sprint employee I talked with over the weekend states that the LTE upgrades are causing issues with the effectiveness of the 3G upgrades.
So, you're right. About a year behind. What I hate about s4gru is that they are a bunch of apologists over there who refuse to believe Sprint can ever do anything wrong. Debate is treated as whining and apparently whining about Sprint is against the rules! This is one of the reasons I will NOT donate to s4gru, despite their precious donor maps.
Wow, ok, as Ive shared before, I have the iPhone 4s and on 3G Its not fast, sometimes close to 2 MB. But my Brother just got an android 4G device from Sprint and the 4G works here and his speed test was over 19MB. I was like, DANG, you're lucky! Lol! So on 4G it looks like Sprint speed is good here. Poor me. Lol...
Your 3G speed is fast too. I'm routinely getting ping times of 500 to 1000+ms with average speeds of 0.2mbs.
I would LOVE to have 3G speeds close to 2mb! The best I've gotten in recent months is 1.7mb and that was a one time fluke.
It may have deployed spotty in Boston. Everywhere else a nice warm blanket of LTE
Looks pretty spotty...
Wow, yeah, near 2 is good for me, its been going from like .54 to 1 something sometimes.
That is from Sensorly, they're user submitted maps. It does not show the whole picture.
That's crazy. I overlooked PHX, but that is just ridiculous.
Anything negative against Sprint is against the rules on the site. You get instabanned. Anything positive about another carrier is against the rules too. Pretty pathetic. The people on that site are on par with the delusional folks who comment on articles on TMonews.com
Notice how no other carrier has a fanbase that maintains a website to track how slowly LTE rollout is going
Funny how I'm getting 29 down 9 up. According to your map I should have no LTE. It's obvious you don't travel often.
I'm well aware. If people are pretty much mapping the whole city, except for some areas, there's a good chance coverage isn't there. The Sprint fans are really into Sensorly on S4Gru and the maps are pretty spot on. Pathetically spotty LTE and coverage.
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You should go out there and map some LTE then! Makes your beloved TMo look better.
I probably travel much more than you up and down the Northeast and Tri-state. You have no idea what you're talking about. Always come in with BS and never back it up.
The fact that you come on MR and say that you have basically never seen EDGE on TMo shows me that YOU never travel or leave a major city.
Wouldn't surprise me at all if Tmo catches or even passes Sprint in the LTE rollout by the end of this year. Tmo is lighting up the metro areas first as it's supposed to be while Sprint just announced Dunn, NC as a completed LTE market. Dunn, NC? Population is less than 10,000.
Meanwhile here in Charlotte T-Mobile LTE isn't even officially announced as live yet and the coverage is already about the same as Sprint even though it took Sprint almost a year to get it to the "complete" level.
Meanwhile here in Charlotte T-Mobile LTE isn't even officially announced as live yet and the coverage is already about the same as Sprint even though it took Sprint almost a year to get it to the "complete" level.