Just returned my SGSIII...

[varsityhacker]

Wow Sprint is a joke of a network. Who cares about the everything plan with speeds like that, you couldn't use more then 5gb's in a month anyway.

 

[Cubfan]

New slogan... "Unlimited Data if you have Unlimited Time."

 

[kilofoxtrot]

most of the time I'm surrounded by free wifi so I hardly ever take advantage of 3g/4g coverage. I'm with Sprint due to unlimited data.

Huh??????

 

[fivegear]

Verizon just turned on LTE in my town and AT&T has there half baked GSM based 4G here, while Sprint doesn't even offer 3G.... I like what Cubfan said!

 

[The Hustleman]

Here's my sprint 3g speed. This is average

*swyped from the evo so excuse any typos*

 

[ab304945]

Wow Sprint is a joke of a network. Who cares about the everything plan with speeds like that, you couldn't use more then 5gb's in a month anyway.

That's weird I use over 5gb a lot with sprint's 3g

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[ready2rise]

I had thought about switching to Sprint a short while back until I went into a local Sprint store and did a network speed comparison.

We currently have USCellular and I started a download of Angry Birds on both my phone and an Evo 4G LTE.

I was able to download, install and start playing on my phone before the download had hit 25% on the Evo.

I had heard that the Sprint 3G left a bad taste in peoples mouths, I just did not realize it tasted like that.

Needless to say, I am still shopping around, but looking at AT&T since their 4G LTE is live in St. Louis and it screams.

Wow I don't have any issues with 3g here in STL. I live in Berkeley by the airport.

 

[GrooveRite]

That's weird I use over 5gb a lot with sprint's 3g

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So do I!! I stream DI.FM stations daily on 3g. Phone gets blazing hot though on my Epic 4G!

 

[DuncanBishop]

In my area sprint service is ok..I've been with sprint for about 15 years..But man the 4G in my area..Broward/miramar florida has some good spots and some bad spots..I have a buddy whom has tmobile on the pay as you go..30bucks a month. Much faster in alot of places..I've been thinking maybe tmobile may be the move,and just 30 bucks with no added charges.:-$

 

[mc_gusto]

My wildly inconsistent speeds. Just now my upload was faster then my download. NYC BTW.

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[broncop3t3]

Where did you find out that late 2013 was the LTE date for your area? I'm in Boise and can't get any info on when LTE might be here. Our 3G sucks, too!

 

[storino03]

I remember when Wimax was supposed to be available towards the end of 2010 into 2011, and it only got 2 towers servicing a small area of the city (even to this day). What a joke that was.

 

[Mellimel22]

Wow Sprint is a joke of a network. Who cares about the everything plan with speeds like that, you couldn't use more then 5gb's in a month anyway.

I avg about 10gb a month and I avg about 1.2mb speeds on 3g so all these people that's bashing sprint I was u only I was bashing vzw for trying to make me penniless for the same 3g data no thanks

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[cbreze]

I'm jealous. I'm lucky to break 500kbps down at home. Uploads are between 100-200k.

Yeah 3G is really slow theses days. I get about the same. I recall a bit over a year ago I could stream Hulu movies to my laptop while tethered on the road without so much as a buffering hic up. No more, and that was using a BB no less. LTE can't get here soon enough.

 

[He123321]

Where did you find out that late 2013 was the LTE date for your area? I'm in Boise and can't get any info on when LTE might be here. Our 3G sucks, too!

Business support looked into it for me, and told me the delays are the reason for our late LTE launch.

 

[Ngmasterj]

Just checked my Sprint 3g speeds in my apartment, the results were pretty surprising.

 

[geauxlsutigers]

Damn, you get those speeds on 3G? Nice...

I was no where near those speeds.

I travel all over the country for work and a lot of cities acutally have great 3G service, but a lot others don't. As many of you know, Sprint is working on upgrading all of their networks right now. Many of the cities with good 3G have not even been upgraded yet. It really depends where you are. We hear about it a lot on the forums because it something people tend to be vocal about. My 3G speeds are very incosistent, sometimes great, sometimes between 100-300kbps (not unusable), but I know Sprint is currently working on Network Vision upgrades in my market so that can affect speeds as new equipment is installed and tested. I have been to some areas where I can barely pull 50kbps. The upside is this will all be fixed and the network will be much faster and more robust, capacity and coverage is being increased exponentially.

 

[Cubfan]

I travel all over the country for work and a lot of cities acutally have great 3G service, but a lot others don't. As many of you know, Sprint is working on upgrading all of their networks right now. Many of the cities with good 3G have not even been upgraded yet. It really depends where you are. We hear about it a lot on the forums because it something people tend to be vocal about. My 3G speeds are very incosistent, sometimes great, sometimes between 100-300kbps (not unusable), but I know Sprint is currently working on Network Vision upgrades in my market so that can affect speeds as new equipment is installed and tested. I have been to some areas where I can barely pull 50kbps. The upside is this will all be fixed and the network will be much faster and more robust, capacity and coverage is being increased exponentially.

I wish I shared your blind faith, but I have seen empty promises for years. Why old this time be different?


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[jfs101]

I'm actually feeling good after reading this thread. I thought that I had crappie 3G with 5 Mbps on average download speeds...

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[experiment 626]

Yeah 3G is really slow theses days. I get about the same. I recall a bit over a year ago I could stream Hulu movies to my laptop while tethered on the road without so much as a buffering hic up. No more, and that was using a BB no less. LTE can't get here soon enough.

Let's just call it like it is: The iPhone is deteriorating Sprint's already precarious EVDO network. Apples' Lil' Data Piranha chewed up AT&T's network and even took a bit out of Verizon's vaunted "The Network". Sprint is just another victim of " When iPhones Attack".