cbobby7 join:2009-06-14 New Windsor, MD |
Re: Post your Sprint 3g speedsThoughts about speed issues and overcrowded towers. ________________________________________________
In this mornings Wash Post if a full page color ad for Smartphones by provider AT&T. I know this has nothing to do with Millen., but I'm sure the other 2 providers- Verizon and Sprint - run ads of similar intent. This one is "priceless".
The ad speaks to the promise of wireless tech.
The ad shows a generic smartphone with a large screen filling the entire front surface.. On the screen is a picture of a cute blond girl less than 2years old, laughing. The header reads "fotovidstream.com" now streaming "Lil' Princess". It is pretty obvious that this is a "home movie" shot and uploaded to the site for friends and family to view.
Play bar at the bottom of the screen reads:
HD... 5 mins 5 seconds have elapsed of the 2 hour 6 minute 41 second video. |
actions · 2012-Sep-21 8:44 am · (locked) |
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If I was primarily doing UPLOADS....then I'd have no complaints Last Result: Download Speed: 116 kbps (14.5 KB/sec transfer rate) Upload Speed: 603 kbps (75.4 KB/sec transfer rate) Latency: 150 ms Last Result: Download Speed: 198 kbps (24.8 KB/sec transfer rate) Upload Speed: 717 kbps (89.6 KB/sec transfer rate) Latency: 146 ms Last Result: Download Speed: 94 kbps (11.8 KB/sec transfer rate) Upload Speed: 689 kbps (86.1 KB/sec transfer rate) Latency: 149 ms |
actions · 2012-Sep-22 8:23 pm · (locked) |
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Will it last????
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actions · 2012-Sep-23 9:38 pm · (locked) |
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cbobby7
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2012-Sep-24 11:58 am
UPLOAD Is still fast
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actions · 2012-Sep-24 11:58 am · (locked) |
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dib22 join:2002-01-27 Kansas City, MO |
to will23
said by will23:...to switch my adapter to home network instead of public. So I did so and it seems that my speeds went back up. They were extremely slow for no reason then I switched it to home and they went back to normal ... If you are using a router that should be OK but be warned if you are using the USB device direct in your machine you are placing your computer on sprints network doing that! The setting is for the built in firewall in windows 7... home should be used on a LAN you trust, public should be used on a LAN (or WAN) you don't trust. I am not saying sprint will do anything to you, but other nefarious people on their system might! Just a heads up. Perhaps you can grab another software firewall for protection while you have it configured like this (or even disable the win7 firewall when you use another and see if it works normally). Some good free firewalls: Online ArmorComodo Personal FirewallZoneAlarmOnce again if your are using a router already you should be ok as the router will have fire-walling of its own happening. |
actions · 2012-Sep-24 3:22 pm · (locked) |
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actions · 2012-Sep-24 7:08 pm · (locked) |
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cbobby7
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actions · 2012-Sep-24 10:47 pm · (locked) |
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actions · 2012-Sep-26 9:24 pm · (locked) |
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cbobby7
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actions · 2012-Sep-27 10:31 am · (locked) |
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actions · 2012-Sep-27 7:37 pm · (locked) |
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actions · 2012-Sep-28 1:10 pm · (locked) |
DS1192 join:2010-07-16 La Crosse, WI |
to Jack_in_VA
said by Jack_in_VA:"A custom HA"? That will do nothing for your speed performance. Your speed is determined by your equipment and the Sprint tower you are accessing. If your tower is loaded then your speeds will be lower.
Most of us on Sprint just use 255.255.255.255 as our HA and let the system choose it when we connect.
Right now my HA is in Belleville, MO and as an example I'm using Comcast in Richmond Va for my speedtest. It doesn't matter where it is.
If I switch my home agent from Chicago, IL to San Diego, California, and ping the same server for testing purposes, it will be terribly worse latency wise. What you could do, and this seems to help slightly, find the HA that 255.255.255.255 gives you, go the list and put the second address as your primary.
So for example -
68.28.145.76 Chicago, IL Area 4(255.255.255.255 assigns me this one.) 68.28.145.77 Chicago, IL Area 4(This is used is first goes down, however since most people are assigned the server ending in .76, .77 will have less load.)
Overall your speed will still suck, there is not much you can do, if anything, just some fine tuning on real specific networking concepts. |
actions · 2012-Sep-28 2:00 pm · (locked) |
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actions · 2012-Sep-29 8:40 pm · (locked) |
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so If you got da Speed...great ending with the VW Bus must be matched with the Rolls: Carle Reiner and Mel Brooks....the previous episode, to get the gist. » comediansincarsgettingco ··· fee.com/ |
actions · 2012-Sep-29 9:00 pm · (locked) |
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actions · 2012-Oct-1 3:03 pm · (locked) |
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Tests taken withing minutes .....major speed Drop Off
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actions · 2012-Oct-2 1:35 pm · (locked) |
cbobby7 |
I imagine that 3G Upgrading has been abandoned as Sprint works furiously to bring 4G on line....
Yesterday I spoke to a tech rasing a new tower on the local water tower pad. Told me it was Sprint, "a temproary tower", and it was going to be 4G.
Tower will be 5M from me in the town of New Windsor proper.
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actions · 2012-Oct-2 4:36 pm · (locked) |
cbobby7 |
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actions · 2012-Oct-3 1:55 pm · (locked) |
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actions · 2012-Oct-3 5:10 pm · (locked) |
cbobby7 |
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actions · 2012-Oct-4 2:17 pm · (locked) |
cbobby7 |
haven't seen these speeds at this time of day for YEARS
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actions · 2012-Oct-4 5:34 pm · (locked) |
cbobby7 |
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actions · 2012-Oct-5 11:38 am · (locked) |
cbobby7 |
to Max Signal
said by Max Signal Keep posting your lousy speeds ,But as Jim stated constantly posting your bad speeds are not going to get anyone at Sprints attention . I doubt they come to these boards. Perhaps you need to find a source at Sprint that will help you with your plight. [/BQUOTE :Monday, on a bike ride,
I spoke to a tech raising a new tower on the New Windsor water tower pad. Told me it was Sprint, "a temporary tower", and it was going to be 4G.
The tower pad is 5M from me in the town of New Windsor proper..
must be on-line now as my 3G speeds have improved...
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actions · 2012-Oct-5 9:21 pm · (locked) |
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So Much for the Speed BUMP
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actions · 2012-Oct-6 8:18 pm · (locked) |
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actions · 2012-Oct-8 1:47 am · (locked) |
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actions · 2012-Oct-8 8:12 am · (locked) |
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to cbobby7
Pretty low here. I can't play any online games too easily at the moment either. I keep having issues with my ping jumping around.
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actions · 2012-Oct-8 6:08 pm · (locked) |
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actions · 2012-Oct-10 8:52 am · (locked) |
DS1192 join:2010-07-16 La Crosse, WI |
to cbobby7
-65dbm, ec/io - 2, 2:35AM
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actions · 2012-Oct-15 3:36 am · (locked) |
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signal -71 dBm Ec/Io 0.2 |
actions · 2012-Oct-15 7:59 am · (locked) |