4g lte is fast!

**joshwithachance** · 09-14-2012, 07:38 PM

So I just got my Galaxy S3 in the mail today and to my surprise I guess the Boston market (I live about 45 minutes south of Boston) got LTE turned on early because I activate the phone and see a 4G icon in the corner. I thought it must have been a joke or something, so I open up Speedtest.net and do a speed test.

And on the first test I get 35.33 Mbps download and 9 Mbps up. To see if this was a fluke or not I did a second test and 22Mbps down and 11 Mbps up.

I am so freaking impressed with Sprint's LTE speeds right now.

**ice2008** · 09-14-2012, 07:44 PM

Once you go LTE you'll never remember how it was possible to survive on the crappy 3G.

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**Paul627g** · 09-14-2012, 08:02 PM

Yes I've experienced this too on my Sprint Gnex. I just hope Sprint can continue to push out good speeds once the network starts to load up with more LTE users, cough iPhone 5, cough...

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**joshwithachance** · 09-14-2012, 08:28 PM

Originally Posted by Paul627g

Yes I've experienced this too on my Sprint Gnex. I just hope Sprint can continue to push out good speeds once the network starts to load up with more LTE users, cough iPhone 5, cough...

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Agreed. I'm glad I get to basically try it out a week before the iPhone 5 slams the network lol.

**dad2noah** · 09-14-2012, 08:30 PM

I'm in Framingham. No signs of 4g here yet. Although the ham was listed on the rollout site list, it gives me hope. Where exactly is the 4g icon?

**joshwithachance** · 09-14-2012, 09:00 PM

Originally Posted by dad2noah

I'm in Framingham. No signs of 4g here yet. Although the ham was listed on the rollout site list, it gives me hope. Where exactly is the 4g icon?

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Upper right hand corner, to the left of the service bars. I wonder why I have 4G and you don't...

**dad2noah** · 09-14-2012, 09:15 PM

How close to me are you? I don't know the exact details, and I may be mistaken, but I was under the impression that the lte signal would have to use as many towers as the regular cell towers. I'm hoping they just go 1 tower at a time, and maybe they haven't gotten up my way yet

**Paul627g** · 09-14-2012, 09:38 PM

LTE is still very spotty. You can have awesome signal here then drive a block away and completely lose the signal.

It will improve as the LTE gets built out more in your area.

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**Tkbredx** · 09-14-2012, 10:21 PM

Man I want 4g down here in New Orleans. I don't think we ever even got wimax.

We have one of the best economies, some of the most tourists in the world, and some of the most events out of all the big cities but we are the last to get everything. I call BS man.

I almost died during hurricane Isaac. But because the hurricane was dangerous but because my 3g barely worked and killed my battery in the midst of many power outages. Not cool Sprint. Verizon worked fine and so did at&t.

**li2327** · 09-14-2012, 10:31 PM

I can't wait for it to hit Philadelphia.

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**vnmous1** · 09-15-2012, 10:17 PM

Nada down here in the loop.

bj

**tfbrown69** · 09-16-2012, 05:13 PM

Was picking up 4g at the emerald square mall in Attleboro today 15mbs down 5up...

**Jaimeg123prmt** · 09-16-2012, 11:31 PM

No hope for me in the west coast. They need to hurry cuz 3g is horrible.

**vapore0n** · 09-17-2012, 05:00 PM

Got home in Lowell and to my surprise, 4G was on. Much faster than 3G but not blazing fast.
Used speedtest.net to try it out. Got 3Mb up, 127k down.

Guess its a little early to open up this xmas present

**naes** · 09-17-2012, 06:43 PM

waiting for that speed in nyc =X

**Skunkape60** · 09-17-2012, 08:41 PM

Originally Posted by vapore0n

Got home in Lowell and to my surprise, 4G was on. Much faster than 3G but not blazing fast.
Used speedtest.net to try it out. Got 3Mb up, 127k down.

Guess its a little early to open up this xmas present

I hope you mean 3mb down and 127kb up.

**vapore0n** · 09-17-2012, 09:01 PM

lol yeah, 3 down, 127k up.

4G has been up and down all day. I do get plenty of bars once its up though.

**boomerbubba** · 09-17-2012, 09:14 PM

Originally Posted by vapore0n

4G has been up and down all day. I do get plenty of bars once its up though.

The "bars" display on your GS3 does not reflect your 4G LTE signal strength, only the 1x signal strength (for voice, etc.).

**_OMEGA_** · 09-18-2012, 02:02 PM

Originally Posted by boomerbubba

The "bars" display on your GS3 does not reflect your 4G LTE signal strength, only the 1x signal strength (for voice, etc.).

Correct, the LTE debug menu gives you a better view of your bars on "LTE".

**Jaimeg123prmt** · 09-19-2012, 02:02 AM

Originally Posted by Paul627g

Yes I've experienced this too on my Sprint Gnex. I just hope Sprint can continue to push out good speeds once the network starts to load up with more LTE users, cough iPhone 5, cough...

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Man...when I first bought my HTC evo, like three years ago, 3g was fast. I was able to watch videos without buffering. But when Christmas came, omg, 3g slowed down to a crawl, because there was hundreds of people that went with Sprint because of the evo. Then when the epic 4g touch came out, it made things even worst. Now, 3g is unusable.

**joshwithachance** · 09-19-2012, 12:29 PM

Originally Posted by boomerbubba

The "bars" display on your GS3 does not reflect your 4G LTE signal strength, only the 1x signal strength (for voice, etc.).

I did NOT know that! Thanks for posting

Also, is there a way to have the phone say "LTE" instead of "4G"?

**NewYorkChic** · 09-20-2012, 07:56 AM

For New York to be a big city, we sure get things last!! But I can hold on, my 3G works great

**paga912** · 09-20-2012, 05:19 PM

Me either...I heard its coming "in the coming months" lol

**mc_gusto** · 09-20-2012, 07:48 PM

Don't forget to use sensorly to report your lte coverage. You can also see where other people are catching 4g in Boston.

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**efyoiphone** · 09-20-2012, 09:32 PM

I live out in La Place. Sprint's network went down but I was able to use my phone roaming on Verizon's network during Isaac. NOLA is on the list for the next rollout. Hopefully LTE will reach far enough out for me to get a taste of it.

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