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Re: Sprint 3G has gone down hill

Tue, 11 Dec 2012 22:54:47 EDT

ilikeme posted : It was a Tri-Fi Wimax and LTE hotspot. The coverage and service sucked even in areas where I had LTE like Houston and Dallas. I decided to not close my Verizon account and upgraded that hotspot to LTE instead. Their service and coverage are great. I also have an AT&T LTE phone and it is much better than Sprint also.

Re: Sprint 3G has gone down hill

Tue, 11 Dec 2012 21:30:12 EDT

kem09030 posted : Did they send you a WiMax or LTE card? Looking at the maps it doesn't matter as coverage looks to be spotty. If you had LTE you were probably on a test site in town. From looking online the test sites do show low speeds like that. Once they fully go live the speeds jump up. It may have just been a timing thing.

I dumped data on my phone (old plan) as it was so slow. Once I move to an area with decent data I will probably upgrade. Until then...I will continue on with my rugged flip.

Re: Sprint 3G has gone down hill

Tue, 11 Dec 2012 15:54:14 EDT

ilikeme posted :

said by WHT:

Sine summer of last year, 2011, I used a 3G Serra data card and would always get around 2 Mbps in the late evening and at least 1.5 Mbps during the day. I got the same speeds using my Android phone.

Now, a year later, I might see 1 Mbps in the late evening and daytime speeds jump around 100 Kbps to 600 Kbps.

I took my phone into a 4G area and was not impressed. A few times I saw it hold at 3 Mbps, but most of the time it would start off the speed test at 2 Mbps and drop to 1 Mbps half way through. 3G was around 200 Mbps at same time. This has been in the early evening.

Two words...over and loaded.

I tried Sprint here in Denton a while back when I wanted to upgrade to a 4G hotspot and they were cheaper. Worst decision ever. The coverage was horrid and when I did get service the speeds sucked. I sent the hotspot back in their postage pre-paid envelope they sent me and am still waiting on my refund over a month later. I am never trying Sprint again and have been telling everyone I know.
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Sprint 3G has gone down hill

Tue, 11 Dec 2012 15:23:57 EDT

WHT posted : Sine summer of last year, 2011, I used a 3G Serra data card and would always get around 2 Mbps in the late evening and at least 1.5 Mbps during the day. I got the same speeds using my Android phone.

Now, a year later, I might see 1 Mbps in the late evening and daytime speeds jump around 100 Kbps to 600 Kbps.

I took my phone into a 4G area and was not impressed. A few times I saw it hold at 3 Mbps, but most of the time it would start off the speed test at 2 Mbps and drop to 1 Mbps half way through. 3G was around 200 Mbps at same time. This has been in the early evening.

Two words...over and loaded.