WiMax Speeds Have Seemed to take a Dip

[Bushido Brown]

After the OTA. I'm in the Maryland area. Has anyone else experienced this?

 

[I.B. Pimpin]

I'm in Texas. Yesterday I did about 10 speed tests in a row. I saw nothing less than 8 megs down.

 

[Over-iOS]

this is my first sprint phone. but iv never noticed any wimax 4g speeds higher than 3.5 mbps, even with a full 4g signal .....

i use to get 4.5 mbps on 3g with my att iphone 4.....

 

[I.B. Pimpin]

this is my first sprint phone. but iv never noticed any wimax 4g speeds higher than 3.5 mbps, even with a full 4g signal .....

i use to get 4.5 mbps on 3g with my att iphone 4.....

I've never seen speeds that low. These were my speeds in order using Speedtest.net app: 8697, 8691, 8765, 8709, 7575, 8752, 8732, 8692, 8744, 8761, 8757, 8770. My uploads were all around 1400 with pings ranging from 97ms to 167ms. If anyone knows of a screenshot app that doesn't require root I can post a pic.

 

[playersnoopy]

I've had high and low speeds... it's shared bandwidth so try during really odd hours to see if you can get a decent speed... also the area... like I know I can get better speeds near the university than at home. So try going to a quiet neighborhood real early in the morning just to see if you can hit a higher speed.

 

[Faint]

this is my first sprint phone. but iv never noticed any wimax 4g speeds higher than 3.5 mbps, even with a full 4g signal .....

i use to get 4.5 mbps on 3g with my att iphone 4.....

Wow, I've never seen mine go past 1 mbps, usually I get .4-.15 down

I guess I can't complain as I have wifi access at home and its streaming pandora fine at work

 

[Merlin_AZ]

WiMax?
4G?
What's that???
We don't have any of that here in Phoenix. Can't wait for the conversion to LTE.

 

[playersnoopy]

WiMax?
4G?
What's that???
We don't have any of that here in Phoenix. Can't wait for the conversion to LTE.

3G, 4G are referred to as generations... no real "standards" as it was initially a coined term from a Japanese company that got adopted as a marketing term.

but it categorizes relative speeds/technology when it comes to wireless connections, like 3G with EDGE, EVDO Rev 0/A. And even then categories are determined by the carriers and not some standard, even though there is a push for some sort of standardization I doubt the carriers want that so they can call things whatever they want.

WiMax and LTE are actual technologies in the 4G area, HSPA+ for GSM service can be considered 4G but depends on who you ask, I think they just released 42MB/s HSPA+?

WiMax and LTE are basically similar speeds, don't know why people think one is "faster" than the other, it all depends on how much bandwidth the service provider gives you. Not too many Verizon phones with LTE capabilities, several states still w/o on both LTE and Sprint. So if you were one of the few using LTE in your neighborhood you got amazing speeds, but not like Verizon is trying to give each user some ridiculous dedicated speed. I think under current specs both WiMax and LTE have about the same max speed capabilities in theory, with WiMax having slightly more under current specs.

 

[Bushido Brown]

3G, 4G are referred to as generations... no real "standards" as it was initially a coined term from a Japanese company that got adopted as a marketing term.

but it categorizes relative speeds/technology when it comes to wireless connections, like 3G with EDGE, EVDO Rev 0/A. And even then categories are determined by the carriers and not some standard, even though there is a push for some sort of standardization I doubt the carriers want that so they can call things whatever they want.

WiMax and LTE are actual technologies in the 4G area, HSPA+ for GSM service can be considered 4G but depends on who you ask, I think they just released 42MB/s HSPA+?

WiMax and LTE are basically similar speeds, don't know why people think one is "faster" than the other, it all depends on how much bandwidth the service provider gives you. Not too many Verizon phones with LTE capabilities, several states still w/o on both LTE and Sprint. So if you were one of the few using LTE in your neighborhood you got amazing speeds, but not like Verizon is trying to give each user some ridiculous dedicated speed. I think under current specs both WiMax and LTE have about the same max speed capabilities in theory, with WiMax having slightly more under current specs.

Not from my experience they are. LTE is almost as fast as connecting my phone to WiFi, like 12 megs down. WiMax gets the job done for mobile speeds, though.

 

[Jace985]

I usually get anywhere from 1-9mbs on wimax. I was getting 9mbs all day yesterday.

 

[VickMackey#AC]

My wimax isnt working at all today. Anyone else?

 

[cj100570]

I've never seen speeds that low. These were my speeds in order using Speedtest.net app: 8697, 8691, 8765, 8709, 7575, 8752, 8732, 8692, 8744, 8761, 8757, 8770. My uploads were all around 1400 with pings ranging from 97ms to 167ms. If anyone knows of a screenshot app that doesn't require root I can post a pic.

it's great that you've never seen speeds that low but obviously others are. my 1st week with the E3D was a download fest of 10 megs or more on the download side of things. but for the last week and a half i'm lucky to hit 1.5 megs down and that's in the heart of Manhattan. when i head out to one of the outer boroughs 4G is non existent.

 

[Over-iOS]

this worries me a bit. after reading everyones numerous problems and gripes about this phone, I thoght i lucked out and got a good one.

Coming from an Iphone 4 on att i was excited to get some fast download speeds with wimax.. but like i posted before i still have not even matched my wimax speed to what i could get on 3G on my iphone... not even with a great full signal from wimax....

maybe i need to tweak something... i have my msl if anyone knows of a tweak for wimax that is... i already tweaked the 3g and it wasnt that noticeable to me.

maybe the speedtest.net app is buggy... dosn't seem to work as smoothly and consistent as it did on my iphone 4