4 days with the S5 with Sprint Spark

[dad2noah]

I live in the largest town in the country.And of course, Sprint Spark is non existent. It wasn't until about 8 months ago when we finally got 4G LTE.
Well, I just spent 4 days in Houston TX, and the Spark is fully functional, with damn good speeds. I mean, I had to turn off the LTE setting where I live due to crappy Sprint service, so the Sprint Spark felt even more amazing.
I just wanted to go on record to say that unless you live in 1 of the few areas that Spark is actually operational, Sprint sucks.
I've attached a screenshot of some speed tests. It's obvious which speed tests reflect Spark.
It was a nice feeling for those 4 days to be confident I could connect to the web to do whatever I wanted to do. But that only lasted until I got on the plane.
Thanks Sprint.

 

[STARGATE]

Wow! Sorry...
I'm thankful I have way better speeds here. And I've been complaining because I think they are too slow!


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[05GT]

Wow... that's pretty sad!

 

[Greg C]

I read so many complaints about Sprint in these forums. Really...from what I see...the cost of their plans is the only thing Sprint has going for it.

 

[djjeffa]

The cost for there plans suck!

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[bassplayrguy]

Even on spark those are terrible speeds.

 

[TimmyTwo2]

Yeah, to the OP, that doesn't look like Spark speeds. I have LTE here (not Spark yet) and tested 15.28 Mbps Down/6.51 Mbps Up. I'm curious the speeds I'll get in the Waukegan area this summer on vacation as they are a Spark market right now.

 

[Justin Brennan]

On Sprint my 3G averaged 0.5 mgbs down and LTE 4 down. It was horrendous, especially for Long Island, NY. On T-Mobile I get LTE everywhere by me and I get around 40 mgps down with peaks of nearly 50! It's a much better network here and the same price Sprint used to be for me. You couldn't pay me to go back to Sprint.

 

[Almeuit]

This is Jacksonville FL... First is my mom's iPhone doing a test (Sprint) and next is my phone (Note 3 on T-Mobile).

Both using the same server.. Started at the same time.. Side by side. I am surprised at getting this speed (for the iPhone on Sprint) since this area was only 3g when I had Sprint (a few months back) .. And it was way worse.. So I switched to T-Mobile due to that.

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[redsoxfan26]

Not Spark, just Sprint LTE

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[Jtshurtleff]

This is on AT&T at school in Kennesaw not great but not too bad. When I had my note 2 I got 62 one time but usually averaged like 35-40

 

[djjeffa]

I know its slow but I wouldent mind if spark stayed on but it keeps dropping to 3g and I live in philadelphia!

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[dad2noah]

I'm the OP and like I said I was teased while visiting a friend in Houston where Spark is live.
I didn't realize it was live in Philly too. I'll be there in 3 weeks for a convention.
Once again, I will be teased by sprint
fml
lol

 

[Cnorris92]

Please provide proof that you're truly on the spark network

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[Cnorris92]

The number for sprints LTE goes up yo 125. Which is the end of LTE. This was pretty high of a number and these speeds are high

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[Almeuit]

The number for sprints LTE goes up yo 125. Which is the end of LTE. This was pretty high of a number and these speeds are high

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In theoretical speeds yes Sprint can go fast... Any network theoretically can go "X" speed but for users the real world speeds are what matters .

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[TimmyTwo2]

Sprint LTE in Charlotte.

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[HOLLYWOODANT215]

At what point does the speed even matter? Lol one u getting like 11 down let's say 6 up that's good enough to fly thru anything on the average, unless u downloading a movie

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[cnotes2019]

Sprint LTE in Charlotte.

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Wish the triangle had this :/


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[TimmyTwo2]

Where is the triangle?

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