WiMax deployment

[bboykin87]

Is Sprint still expanding their WiMax network or are they holding off while they decide if they want to switch to LTE? I haven't heard anything about new areas being added and I'm getting close to upgrade time. I don't want to get a 4G phone if there is no 4G in my area. I can go about 30 - 45 minutes north or South of my house and hit 4G areas but it hasn't expanded in the 10 months since I bought my EVO.

Just wondering if anyone has any insight into their WiMax plans.

The EVO sent this on its own...

 

[igotsanevo4g]

Good question and i dont have an answer, but your going to have to pay the 10$ even if you dont get a 4G devices so that makes it worth it to get the best phone you can even if it has stuff you cant use right now.

I recommend the Nexus S 4G.

 

[Linkchomp]

Not sure right now, wish Sprint would've done it with a better company since Clear's in the hole.

But iirc, they are considering switching to LTE but honestly, I couldn't care less about 4G anymore since 1. it's not where I'm at despite heavy advertising and 2. it's still in the baby stages.

But you have nothing to lose by getting a 4G phone since they are still good phones on their own.

 

[srkmagnus]

I think they are on freeze right now. Clearwire isn't doing the good an I know a few Clearwire projects that been pulled.

 

[AZwldcats]

They just lit up Tucson around the UofA so some growth is still happening.

 

[STL 314]

Sprint has added 4G in a lot of places but they haven't announced it because there probably still trying to get stronger 4G signal in these areas.

Here's a list I found on the sprint forums

ALABAMA: Birmingham, Huntsville, Montgomery, Mobile (very limited), Tuscaloosa, Dothan, Anniston, Gadsden, Decatur, Florence, Muscle Shoals, Sheffield, Jackson, Enterprise, Prattville, Selma, Auburn, Demopolis, Bessemer, Hoover, Alabaster, Jasper, Alexandria, Fort Payne, Athens

ARIZONA: Phoenix (very limited on the north side), Tucson (very limited), Mesa (limited), Chandler (limited), Flagstaff, Prescott, Lake Havasu City, Yuma, Nogales (limited), Sierra Vista/Fort Huachuca (limited), Casa Grande, Globe, Kingman, Bullhead City

ARKANSAS: Little Rock (limited), Fort Smith, Hot Springs, Texarkana, Rogers, Springdale, Pine Bluff, Magnolia, El Dorado, Malvern, Conway, Jacksonville, Forest City, Searcy, Russellville, Jonesboro, Paragould, Blytheville

CALIFORNIA: Fresno (limited), Bakersfield, Santa Rosa (NW), Santa Barbara (limited), Salinas, Eureka, Arcata, Yuba City/Marysville, Ridgecrest, Santa Maria, Sonora, Los Banos, Victorville, Hesperia, San Fernando, Indio, Escondido, Yucaipa, La Mesa, National City, La Jolla

COLORADO: Colorado Springs (very limited), Pueblo (limited), Grand Junction, Sterling, Greeley, Alamosa, La Junta

CONNECTICUT: Stamford, Darien, Norwalk, Trumbull, Shelton, Milford, Hamden, Waterbury, Wallingford Center, Middletown, Mystic (limited), New London, (limited), Windsor Locks

DELAWARE: Dover, Laurel

FLORIDA: Sarasota, Tallahassee, Pensacola, Ft. Walton Beach, Panama City, Gainesville, Ocala, Bradenton, Lakeland, Winter Haven, Melbourne, Palm Bay, Cape Coral, Fort Myers, Brooksville, Milton, Lake City, Newberry, Belleview, Lady Lake, Niceville, Vero Beach, Port St. Lucie, Venice (east), Sebring, Bonita Springs, Long Sound, Key West

GEORGIA: Savannah, Augusta (limited), Macon (limited), Columbus (limited), Dalton, Rome, Athens, Gainesville, Albany, Valdosta, Brunswick, Lagrange, Warner Robins, Americus, Hinesville, Douglas, Tifton, Moultrie, Waycross, Thomasville

HAWAII: Lihue (Kauai), Schofield Barracks (Oahu), Lanai City (Lanai), Kihei (Maui), Kahului (Maui), Lahaina (Maui), Pukalani (Maui), Hilo (Hawaii), Kailua-Kona (Hawaii)

IDAHO: Coeur d’ Alene

ILLINOIS: Springfield, Peoria, Bloomington/Normal, Champaign/Urbana, Decatur, Danville, Freeport, Sterling, Peru, Galesburg, Jacksonville, Quincy, Mattoon, Charleston, Effingham, Centralia, Olney, Mt. Vernon, Marion, Carbondale, Murphysboro

INDIANA: Indianapolis, Fort Wayne, Evansville, South Bend, Elkhart, Lafayette, Terre Haute Marion, Kokomo, Muncie, Anderson, Columbus, Bloomington, New Castle, Connersville, Greensburg, Vincennes, Washington, Seymour, Madison, Clarksville
IOWA: Council Bluffs, Davenport, Oelwein

KANSAS: Wichita, Topeka, Hutchinson, Manhattan, Lawrence, Salina, Great Bend, Dodge City, Garden City, Liberal, Pratt, Hays, Russell, Ellsworth, Concordia, Abilene, Atchison, Pittsburg, Parson, Coffeyville, Independence, Emporia

KENTUCKY: Louisville, Owensboro, Bowling Green, Paducah, Ashland, Mayfield, Murray, Hopkinsville, Madisonville, Franklin, Middlesboro, Elizabethtown, Harlan,

LOUISIANA: New Orleans (limited), Baton Rouge, Shreveport, Lafayette, Lake Charles, Monroe, Alexandria, New Iberia, Kenner, Metarie, Slidell, Hammond, Houma, Thibodaux, Opelousas, Leesville/Fort Polk, Natchitoches, Ruston, Tallulah

MAINE: Portland, Bangor, Auburn, Lewiston, Augusta (south), Rockland, Sanford, Saco, South Paris, Waterville, Belfast, Orono, Houlton, Presque Isle, Ellsworth

MARYLAND: Salisbury, Frederick, Hagerstown

MASSACHUSETTS: Springfield, Worcester, Lowell, Lawrence, East Falmouth, Harwich, Leominster, Fitchburg, Holyoke, Pittsfield, Adams

MICHIGAN: Lansing, Detroit (Urban), Southfield, Warren, Roseville, Clinton Township, Sterling Heights, Jackson, Flint, Kalamazoo, Benton Harbor, Muskegon, Port Huron, Garden City, Adrian, Plainwell, Sault Ste. Marie, Marquette, Ishpeming, Negaunee, Menominee, Iron Mountain, Ironwood, Houghton, Hancock

MINNESOTA: Rochester, Mankato, Windom, Worthington, New Ulm, St. James, Hutchinson, Litchfield, Alexandria, Glenwood, Moorhead, Park Rapids, Hibbing

MISSISSIPPI: Jackson, Ridgeland, Biloxi, Gulfport, Pascagoula, Meridian, Vicksburg, Natchez, Tupelo, Hattiesburg (limited), Oxford, Columbus, Starkville, Greenwood, Corinth, Ripley, Booneville, Ripley, New Albany, Amory, Aberdeen, Kosciusko, Grenada, Yazoo City, Philadelphia, Newton, McComb, Laurel, Waynesboro,

MISSOURI: Springfield (South), Joplin, Columbia, Jefferson City, St. Joseph, Kirksville, Cape Girardeau (limited), Caruthersville, Sikeston, Waynesville, Rolla, Concordia, Sedalia, Boonville, Fulton, Hannibal, Stewartsville, Union Star,

MONTANA: Kalispell, Great Falls, Helena, Billings

NEBRASKA: Omaha, Lincoln, Bellevue, Grand Island, Lexington, Fairbury, York, Columbus, Scottsbluff,

NEVADA: Laughlin, Indian Springs, Searchlight

NEW HAMPSHIRE: Manchester (limited), Nashua, Londonderry, Lebanon

NEW JERSEY: Atlantic City

NEW MEXICO: Albuquerque, Las Cruces, Santa Fe, Alamogordo, Las Vegas, Farmington, Carlsbad

NEW YORK: Buffalo (very limited), Albany (limited), Utica (limited), Binghamton, Corning, Ithaca, Rome (limited), Troy (limited), Poughkeepsie (limited), North Tonawanda, Horseheads, Salamanca, Wellsville, Hornell, Bath, Cortland, New Hartford, Ogdensburg, Saugerties

NORTH CAROLINA: Asheville, Fayetteville/Fort Bragg (limited), Wilmington, Jacksonville, Greenville, Goldsboro, Moorhead City, New Bern, Kinston, Hickory, Rocky Mount, Wilson, Lumberton, Laurinburg, Rockingham, Pinehurst, Southern Pines, Sanford, Albemarle, Elizabeth City, Roanoke Rapids, Eden, Waynesville, Black Mountain

NORTH DAKOTA: Fargo (limited)

OHIO: Toledo, Youngstown, Canton, Massillon, Findlay, Athens, Calcutta, Marietta, New Philadelphia, Mansfield, Salem, Warren, Ashtabula, Ironton

OKLAHOMA: Oklahoma City (20%), Tulsa (20%), Edmond (limited), Norman, Stillwater, Ardmore, Altus, Lawton, Frederick, Duncan, Ada, Elk City, Weatherford, Woodward, Enid, Ponca City, Bartlesville, Miami, Tahlequah, Muskogee, Okmulgee, Stigler, Poteau

OREGON: Corvallis, Pendleton, Hermiston, Coos Bay

PENNSYLVANIA: Erie, Scranton, Wilkes-Barre, Altoona (limited), Shamokin, Sunbury, Northumberland, Lewistown, Milton, State College, Indiana, Punxsutawney, Dubois, Elwood City, New Castle, Sharon, Franklin, Oil City, Ridgway, St. Mary’s Emporium, Williamsport,

SOUTH CAROLINA: Myrtle Beach, Charleston, Greenville, Spartanburg, Conway, Summerville, Hilton Head Island, Beaufort, Florence, Newberry, Hartsville, Greer

SOUTH DAKOTA: Rapid City, Sioux Falls (very limited)

TENNESSEE: Memphis, Knoxville, Chattanooga (very limited), Tri-Cities, Jackson, Clarksville, Rogersville, Greeneville, Morristown, Newport, Maryville, Athens, Cleveland, Tullahoma, Lawrenceburg, Savannah, Humboldt, Milan, Union City

TEXAS: Beaumont, El Paso (very limited), Tyler, Texarkana, Laredo, Galveston, Texas City, Big Spring, Gainesville, Sherman, Paris, Mt. Pleasant, Marshall, Athens, Ennis, Nacogdoches, Lufkin, Huntsville, Bryan, Brenham, Gonzales, Victoria, Beeville, Kingville, Edinburg, Mc Allen, Brownsville, Pearsall, Uvalde, Lampasas, Comanche

VERMONT: Burlington, White River Junction

VIRGINIA: Norfolk (limited), Virginia Beach (limited), Portsmouth (very limited), Hampton (very limited), Newport News, Danville, Lynchburg (limited), Roanoke (very limited), Bristol, Blacksburg, Radford, Salem, Martinsville, Collinsville, Williamsburg, Gloucester, Onancock, Harrisonburg, Fredericksburg, Winchester

WASHINGTON: Spokane, Olympia, Walla Walla, Moses Lake, Sequim, Port Angeles

WEST VIRGINIA: Charleston (limited), Huntington/Tri-Cities, Parkersburg, St. Albans, Inwood, East Liverpool

WISCONSIN: Milwaukee (widely scattered), Madison, La Crosse, Green Bay, Appleton, Oshkosh, Fond du Lac, Wausau, Manitowoc, Sheboygan, Beloit, Hurley, Niagara, Marinette, Onalaska, Tomah

WYOMING: Cheyenne (very limited), Casper (very limited), Sheridan, Riverton, Green River, Rock Springs,

 

[Linkchomp]

I've picked up a signal in my area here and there, but never a strong one.

 

[crump84]

Nice to see my city on the list. Hopefully soon I'll be able to connect on more than just one side of town.


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[bboykin87]

Good question and i dont have an answer, but your going to have to pay the 10$ even if you dont get a 4G devices so that makes it worth it to get the best phone you can even if it has stuff you cant use right now.

I recommend the Nexus S 4G.

I like the nexus s but I don't think it would be much of an upgrade from the evo. I am waiting for the galaxy s II, that device has me salivating...

I guess it would make sense to have the 4G just in case... it was kinda cool to be able to use it today as I was out and about, and happened to wander into a 4G area. Just wish it didn't suck down the battery so fast

The EVO sent this on its own...

 

[MissJennell#IM]

Oregon also has Bend and Portland. And idaho has Boise. And washington has the tri-cities area.

 

[Bujin#IM]

Connecticut also has service in New Haven.

 

[Omegazab]

oh i see my town on there i only have an hour to travel to get it in MSP area to get my 4g cranking it is nice when i'm visiting and the "nice" hotels want me to pay for their slow wireless and i can tether with no probelems

 

[cryetter]

I was pleasantly surprised last week to see the 4G in the Selinsgrove/Sunbury area. Totally shocked me...

 

[tybo31316]

I believe that sprint and clearwire is just throwing up towers in some of these small towns around the country to keep the licenses for the spectrum they are leasing in that region but i think we will see alot more expansion once network vision is started and they transition to lte.

 

[NMherron]

New Sprint 4G Cities List

I was the guy who posted the list of cities on the Sprint forum. For clarification, that list, and the one posted here in this thread, is a list of new unannounced cities. This list does not include the official already announced cities.

 

[Linkchomp]

anyone mind posting a link?

 

[SmokeCrawler]

I see it says for the West Virginia area Charleston and St. Albans. I live between these two and I can't get a signal. Guess I'll have to drive into Charleston (only takes 10mins to get into downtown by interstate) and see if I can get connected. Probably the strongest around the capital.

 

[NMherron]

Links

anyone mind posting a link?

If you are looking for the Sprint Forum link, it is: Sprint Community: List of current or announced 4G/WiMAX...

If you are looking for accurate Sprint 4G coverage maps, I use the Clear Website. In fact, I amassed this list from looking through the coverage maps: CLEAR | 4G WiMAX Internet Coverage Map with Service Area.

I have found that in the Santa Fe, New Mexico market where I live that the Clear 4G coverage map is very accurate. When you travel out of the green area, the signal immediately falls off. It's gotta be the most accurate map I've ever seen.

 

[NMherron]

You'll need to go to the Clear 4G Coverage Map at: CLEAR | 4G WiMAX Internet Coverage Map with Service Area., or better yet, download the GOT CLEAR app from the Marketplace.

Zoom in on the St. Albans and Charleston areas. Drive in to a green area and turn on your 4G antenna. Then surf away!

4G service in the Charleston Metro Area is still very spotty, so you will need to consult the coverage map.

 

[NMherron]

St. Albans

It looks like the 4G service in St. Albans along the river appears solid. Just is very patchy once you go around the bend toward Nitro, or up the hillsides. The Dunbar area between St. Albans and Charleston is a dead zone.