Sprint Tri-Band LTE Phone Discussion Thread aka Sprint Spark

[conquereddroiduser]

Thanks for this! How do I convert the graph numbers to bands? Thanks.

That graphic won't give you that information. I can't say I've come across a map with all the 4 carriers displayed like that off hand.

 

[VW Maverick]

http://www.theverge.com/2014/9/28/6...giant-softbank-reportedly-in-talks-to-acquire

Mav.

Sent from the future on my Sprint Tri-Band LG G3.

 

[delthor7]

I wish they'd just focus on building out the network faster

 

[ColbyJvonBrown]

I just have coverage in my city but if I go out I'm without anything for at least 2 hours!! But ill never switch carriers because I have better 3g speeds on Sprint (1.50-1.00mbs) than Verizon(0.5-0.10mbs) and AT&T(0.50-0.75mbs)!! I can actually watch a you tube video without it buffering constantly on Sprint but I tried Verizon and AT&T it wouldn't even play!!! Now I know this is different for everyone but where I live El Dorado, Arkansas this is the best 3g network!!! And I don't have money right now to get a 4g lte device on boost mobile or virgin mobile other that the lg optimus f3 and that has horrible storage compared to my moto g!! So I'm good on speeds with Sprint 3g and at night it goes to about (3.00-2.50)!!

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[Gary Friderichsohn]

LTE has been putting in sporadic appearance here. Signal Check will show phone running on eHRPD. Sometimes it will get to -50 and the bar will graphically be colored almost all the way across, but it will just never switch over to LTE. (even if I am within three hundred feet of tower). If I reboot phone then it will be on LTE when it comes on. For a minute or two. Then it will go back eHRPD and stay there most of the time. Occasionally it does auto switch to LTE. Sometimes the phone is on LTE and DL speed is point 5, or even less. One day I was eight miles out in the country and phone went onto the LTE band at a point 5 speed, for about half a minute. I asked the guy with me to check his Verizon phone and he got about 15 mbps. I pay $80 per month for this. LG2.

 

[mrsmumbles]

LTE has been putting in sporadic appearance here. Signal Check will show phone running on eHRPD. Sometimes it will get to -50 and the bar will graphically be colored almost all the way across, but it will just never switch over to LTE. (even if I am within three hundred feet of tower). If I reboot phone then it will be on LTE when it comes on. For a minute or two. Then it will go back eHRPD and stay there most of the time. Occasionally it does auto switch to LTE. Sometimes the phone is on LTE and DL speed is point 5, or even less. One day I was eight miles out in the country and phone went onto the LTE band at a point 5 speed, for about half a minute. I asked the guy with me to check his Verizon phone and he got about 15 mbps. I pay $80 per month for this. LG2.

Why not switch? You could be on Cricket for $35/month.

 

[Bigballer]

LTE has been putting in sporadic appearance here. Signal Check will show phone running on eHRPD. Sometimes it will get to -50 and the bar will graphically be colored almost all the way across, but it will just never switch over to LTE. (even if I am within three hundred feet of tower). If I reboot phone then it will be on LTE when it comes on. For a minute or two. Then it will go back eHRPD and stay there most of the time. Occasionally it does auto switch to LTE. Sometimes the phone is on LTE and DL speed is point 5, or even less. One day I was eight miles out in the country and phone went onto the LTE band at a point 5 speed, for about half a minute. I asked the guy with me to check his Verizon phone and he got about 15 mbps. I pay $80 per month for this. LG2.

Yeah I agree. Doesn't matter how much you pay, if the network doesn't work for you in your area, just switch carriers.

Check out sensorly and use whatever carrier works best for you in your budget

 

[Gary Friderichsohn]

ETF today is $240. I am counting down. Plus I have to buy another device as Sprint LG G2 can't be used on Verizon Allset.

 

[Bigballer]

ETF today is $240. I am counting down. Plus I have to buy another device as Sprint LG G2 can't be used on Verizon Allset.

depending on how much you roam, sprint kicks you off with no etf

 

[Hanoihancock]

Thanks for sharing this list!

 

[VW Maverick]

Sprint flips the switch on Spark in 17 new markets | Android Central

Mav.

 

[cmack92]

Well sprint spark is live only at one or tqo towers.. here in ft wayne

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[HawaiiD]

Well sprint spark is live only at one or tqo towers.. here in ft wayne

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speed test?

 

[HawaiiD]

It's not so much the peak speed as the overall capacity. Verizon and T-mobile don't have the ability to put 150+ speeds all over the nation, because they don't have the spectrum to do so.

Sprint by contrast has enough 2.5ghz spectrum to deploy at least 3 carriers all over the nation. If/when they get 3 carrier aggregation up and running, that's a solid 180+ of peak speed. Additionally, they have more than enough spectrum in most places to keep adding additional carriers once things start to get filled up.

Now having the spectrum and having it deployed are two different things. The article is saying that the potential for speed/capacity that sprint has is disturbing to their rivals, as it should be. We will have to wait and see if they are able to use that potential.

That is exactly what I'm thinking. Talk is talk. However, the reality is right now as we speak and for at least the last year or so sprint has fallen behind even to the likes of T-Mobile in building out a robust LTE network where they have coverage. If I had stayed with Sprint which I had left almost 2 years ago. I would have been stuck paying $160 dollars a month for <300KB 3G till now.

So all this talk about what could be? Means nothing to me until I see with my own eyes that it actually goes live. Until then I wouldn't be paying every month for subpar service if it applies to you as a Sprint customer or any carrier for that matter. Until then when Sprint finally has 180MB download speeds?
I will enjoy
my current 100±MB download speeds with my current carrier paying about the same actually a little cheaper than I was when I was with Sprint.

 

[Coorsleftfield]

Why even hang out in the Sprint forum if your with Tmobile?

 

[HawaiiD]

Why even hang out in the Sprint forum if your with Tmobile?

To see whats going on with sprint.

 

[Coorsleftfield]

That would be like me seeing what is going on with Tmobile by going to their forum and posting how their rural coverage completely sucks and is only 2G if you can get service at all, while my Sprint phone roams to Verizon and has all the coverage of the Verizon network plus the Sprint network.

What speeds do you really need to be happy with your phone service? Anything above 4Mbps and you won't notice a difference.

 

[Mikey47]

That would be like me seeing what is going on with Tmobile by going to their forum and posting how their rural coverage completely sucks and is only 2G if you can get service at all, while my Sprint phone roams to Verizon and has all the coverage of the Verizon network plus the Sprint network.

What speeds do you really need to be happy with your phone service? Anything above 4Mbps and you won't notice a difference.

Face it Coors, some people can only feel good about decisions they've made by putting down decisions others have made.

 

[VW Maverick]

I got a brief taste of Band 41 last week but not long enough to get a speed test.
Yet.

Mav.

Sent from the future on my Sprint Tri-Band LG G3.

 

[HawaiiD]

That would be like me seeing what is going on with Tmobile by going to their forum and posting how their rural coverage completely sucks and is only 2G if you can get service at all, while my Sprint phone roams to Verizon and has all the coverage of the Verizon network plus the Sprint network.

What speeds do you really need to be happy with your phone service? Anything above 4Mbps and you won't notice a difference.

Point taken . I apologize for coming across in a wrong way. However, I do disagree in regards to not feeling any different from 4MB and up. I honestly feel that my phone feels much more responsive or as they say snappier when you have higher speeds. I can honestly tell the difference when I'm in a area that has 20-30MB DL to when I'm in an area that is 90MB+. When Sprint starts to open up the gas on spark you will feel a difference with higher speeds.

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