At least where I am, in the Valley (Northridge). Im beyond stoked right now. Getting download speeds in the low twenties, and uploads around 6-10mbps or so. More than enough for a phone. Best of all: My Data is unlimited! Super stoked! If you're in LA, flip that LTE switch on and see if towers are live in your area!
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Sprint LTE is *Unofficially* LIVE in LA!
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Congrats!
Wish AT&T LTE was in the Valley
I was SERIOUSLY going to switch to AT&T two weeks ago, because I couldnt deal with Sprints 3G. Couldnt even stream Pandora. Decided to stick it out, and Im so happy I did!!!
That's good news. Wonder how long the roll out to la will be. The issue I see is there 3G is so slow. If you out of LTE it would suck.
In a press release I read a while back LTE in Los Angeles, CA was coming before the end of the year. Looks like Sprint will meet it's goal.
Definitely. Ofcourse, every tower wont be upgraded when it launches, just a chunk of the market. Was supposed to go LIVE this month, and yes, it looks like they're meeting that goal! Im super glad LTE is where I live though!
LTE was working for me today in the Downtown LA area. I also have friends in Burbank with LTE From Sprint
Its awesome isnt it? Im on LTE as I type this. Ive already used over 2GB in less than 2 days lol Glad we're unlimited!
I too noticed it today!! I was like "WAIT WHAT?!?" but didn't think anything else of it, since I just got a iPhone/smartphone 2 days ago, so I'm not sure what is normal and what isn't.
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Now if only Time Warner Cable would give up that monopoly on Laker games...
People are going to be outraged when the season starts. I have Charter and so does Pasadena/Alhambra, and a lot of other places.
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Now if only Time Warner Cable would give up that monopoly on Laker games...
People are going to be outraged when the season starts. I have Charter and so does Pasadena/Alhambra, and a lot of other places.
Are you serious!!! I'm in Long Beach!! Ima See right now and see! So all I gotta do is flip the LTE switch on and it'll change from saying Sprint 3G to LTE?
just wait until everyone starts using 2gb in 2 days, you will be back down to those 3g speeds before you know it.
It depends, if they have turned on, and are testing towers in your area, then yea you will.
Not really. Theres more bandwidth, which means data takes less time to travel for what everyone is doing. Even if speeds do slow down, and get down to say 10mbps, thats still more than enough bandwidth for an iPhone to do ANYTHING. Stop hating Lol
enjoy it while it lasts! The flurry of sprint users will now increase and start to boggle down the 4g network.
I switched to sprint when i got my 2 new iPhone 5's and dropped sprint a week later. could not take the service and went back to AT&T. My main reason was that LTE would not be everywhere so I knew if ever I was in an area that didnt have it I would feel like I was on dial up internet. got out while I could without having to pay the early termination fees. Glad to see that Sprint users are starting to experience the speed in LA
well the case with my carrier "boggling down"... is my unlmited verizon is down from 50 mbps to 40 mpbs
i agree though.. no need for people to hate.
glad there are options for other people who arent grandfathered with other carriers.
Sprint LTE in Culver City
I was at Tito's Tacos in Culver City and my LTE icon popped up on my Iphone 5.. I immediately ran a speed test and here are the results:
Dowload : 13.94Mbps
Upload : 6.75 Mbps
I opened up YOUTUBE and clicked on a video, it loaded and played super fast.. really impressed with the speed.. Excited to finally see some LTE going live in LA. I live in the Northridge area so will be checking for any LTE signal up there later today.
I was at Tito's Tacos in Culver City and my LTE icon popped up on my Iphone 5.. I immediately ran a speed test and here are the results:
Dowload : 13.94Mbps
Upload : 6.75 Mbps
I opened up YOUTUBE and clicked on a video, it loaded and played super fast.. really impressed with the speed.. Excited to finally see some LTE going live in LA. I live in the Northridge area so will be checking for any LTE signal up there later today.
Im loving it dude. My LTE on the corner of Zelzah and Lassen (I go to CSUN) is perfect! Im getting about 25/8.
Hoping I can get some LTE love around Woodley and Lassen.. Thanks for the headsup!
A 25mbps connection on an iPhone is slow to you? 0_o
Dont be gullible about other carriers, just because you see 40mbps, and 50mbps test sometimes. I also have access to a VZW line, that only gets between 7-16Mbps on LTE in Los Angeles. And one more thing, I, as im sure most people, would take a 25/8 UNLIMITED LTE line over a 50mbps 2GB tiered line ANYWAY. You wont even notice the difference. Tool.