Faster Spring 3g - Motorola Photon 4G

Did anybody else experience increased 3g speeds as of today??
I went from 50-100kb to 700kb+ today. I was like "wuuhhh"
Sprint got their act together for the release of the Galaxy Nexus today.
I am in South Florida BTW.
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enriqrez said:
Did anybody else experience increased 3g speeds as of today??
I went from 50-100kb to 700kb+ today. I was like "wuuhhh"
Sprint got their act together for the release of the Galaxy Nexus today.
I am in South Florida BTW.
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Same areas that you're usually in, same phone, everything?
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... yes... nothing changed on my behalf...

I've noticed my 3g speeds have been great lately. I'm getting about 1.5-2mbps all the time now.
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Check out the website www.s4gru.com full of hardcore engineer types talking about Sprint network updates. Really great info there. Sprint Network Vision will improve 3g speeds on existing phones as well as adding 4g lte for next-gen phones
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Yea my speeds at work have been bouncing a ton but seem to be getting stable around 2.1mbs
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cornelious2 said:
Yea my speeds at work have been bouncing a ton but seem to be getting stable around 2.1mbs
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Where you live? Im getting 200 kbps down here in Denver colorado
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they are working on some towers in my area, hopefully they are upgrading their sh*t. i heard waco's LTE is live.
I'm in san antonio,tx
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carrilloevo said:
Where you live? Im getting 200 kbps down here in Denver colorado
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Just moved from chicago to saint louis a month ago. Out here I get 14 mb all day way better than chicago was.
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All I can say is wow, its like the revival of sprint up in here. My 3g is killing it all over overnight.
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Ive still got .56 Mbits/sec which is not very fast... 70 KB/sec

My wife is in chicago still and she said her speeds went extra crappy so I imagine there rolling out the changes in phases.
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valentinoh said:
they are working on some towers in my area, hopefully they are upgrading their sh*t. i heard waco's LTE is live.
I'm in san antonio,tx
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in WACO?!?! Baylor parents must have paid for that one ha ha

Yea, before the increase, expect a week of really bad reception and data issues/speed
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NO. Sprint data sucked before and sucks now. I wish the hell I hadn't renewed. What good is unlimited data when it's nearly unusable because it's so dang slow.
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Just got 1.95 mb/s I live in sw Florida to, but it says my closes server is in Kansas.
And technically we are in spring lol
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Ive called sprint about my bad slower than usual speeds..said they are working on towers close and will be credit for the days its going to be slow.... eta on towers fix 4/26/12. I called saturday. So hopefully their sh*t gets faster by then and i get my credit for those days. Will update.
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valentinoh said:
Ive called sprint about my bad slower than usual speeds..said they are working on towers close and will be credit for the days its going to be slow.... eta on towers fix 4/26/12. I called saturday. So hopefully their sh*t gets faster by then and i get my credit for those days. Will update.
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Let us know. Maybe i'll call about it too.

If i were you,i would call regardless
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Wow! After what seemed like two weeks of worse than dial-up speed, I just ran a test (same time in the evening as the abysmal speeds) and I am back up to pre-iphone speeds, avg around 1.2-1.6 Mbps. SE NC here.

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sprints 3G network..

whys everyone complain so much? I just did some tests on 3G, was getting 1.8mps 1.7mps 1.8mps download and around 1-1.5 upload with just above 100ping, hell i can game on that all I want. at my friends apartment we play gears of War online using my photon, i get around 250 ping there but there is NO lag in game. and it only used like 60kbps? small huh?
edit- and people complain about the 4G.. now I understand for the people that don't have it but in laurel mississippi/kansas city ANYWHERE I go (especially kansas city) i have 2-full 4G bars and in Kansas City I have coverage an hour away from the actual city in any direction
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lucky you.
i get a ping of 500-700 down of 175-300 kbps and upload of 400-600kbps
whats worse is with 4g i get about a ping of 300-320 download is 800kbps to 1700kbps and upload is 100-300kbps and this is not peak time where i live. during peak time 4g is worse than 3g.
My speed has be improving
1mb up 400 KB down 300 ping though
Seattle Wa.
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Ya they need to catch up to the other carriers soon, or they will loose all their new customers.
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i got 1.12Mbps down and .65Mbps up with 240 ping. to seatle server. and thats on my airave....
and its not my isp because on my comp i get over 30mbps down and over 4mbps up
What speeds do other carriers get? I tested Verizon's before 4g ever came out and it was close to 3 mbps
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Sprints speeds are by far the worst in the industry. Their equipment sucks, their service sucks and they are so far behind it's a joke. I just did a speed test and got 475 kbps down and 550 kbps up. Thats a complete joke in Phoenix Az. I would test 4g but oh yeah, Sprint never gave it to us here like we were promised.
Yesterday I got 2.35 down and .85 up. And I get a steady 1.89 down and 1.07 up.
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I get 80 - 250 on average. That STINKS
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Yeah here on the armpit of Texas I get 50/80 down and even less up no 4g and seemingly no promise of 4g but yet those bas#@%#! Charge me 10$ a month for it if verizon wasn't so damn expensive I would have jumped ship already
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well I'm living in the areas with the upgrades nd what not, they have amazing 4G and 3G so I'd just wait, personally I think sprint is making it ahead of the game in the long run.. they already have future plans for lte-advance deployment after the LTE deployment..
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What are you guys using to read those speeds???
Mopho....
The obvious reason that people complain is because not everyone is capable of getting those speeds via 4g must less 3g. If I could get 500 up and down on 3g on a regular basis I would probably be happy. As it stands I'm lucky to get a quarter of that.
Its great you have good speeds, but you should realize you are in the extreme minority when it comes to Sprint customers.
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well I'm living in the areas with the upgrades nd what not, they have amazing 4G and 3G so I'd just wait, personally I think sprint is making it ahead of the game in the long run.. they already have future plans for lte-advance deployment after the LTE deployment..
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The problem with all this is that it's the future, and promises. The reason i switched to Sprint was 4g. But still don't have it. 2 years of waiting. They need to catch up now, or people will jump ship.
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I envy all of you for being happy with those awful speeds. I left 8-10 mbps on tmo to come in and max out at 500kbps on sprint on a good day. I suck it up because this is the best phone ever.
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As long as I get 1 mbps down I'm happy. I don't see the need to have 10-40mbps download speeds on a cell phone. I could care less about 4g, I rarely used it anyway. I've gotten as high as 2 mbps on sprints 3g and that was more than enough speed.
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I get 2.55 down 0.33 up.. In maricopa Az .. But idk if the airave have any play to the speeds
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I would be content with 2mb, but it's hard to watch Netflix or youtube with a couple hundred kb.
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It all depends on where you're at, how good the Sprint coverage is, and how heavily taxed the network is.
Chicagoland USED to be fantastic, but it has suffered dramatically over the course of the last year.
I live in chandler...4g in the area and my speeds r double
Hate much. Lol
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Sprints speeds are by far the worst in the industry. Their equipment sucks, their service sucks and they are so far behind it's a joke. I just did a speed test and got 475 kbps down and 550 kbps up. Thats a complete joke in Phoenix Az. I would test 4g but oh yeah, Sprint never gave it to us here like we were promised.
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LTE in Miami

Good morning guys. Woke up to find my phone found a LTE signal. Speeds were not that great but I don't expect it to since it just went up and it is probably in testing.
I just got some very fast speeds too, but my 4G icon doesn't say LTE
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To above poster: I get faster than that on HSPA. You're not on LTE.
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My LTE is on in St Louis MO now. Very cool. I'm at 11 mbps down. That's equal to my wifi here at home.
Do we have a list yet of lte locations?
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Do we have a list yet of lte locations?
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Here is the latest info on upcoming LTE cities.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1543312&highlight=lte+list
I always get 1Mb down and 1Mb up in Miami..so I thought I had LTE with 6Mb down
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Well lte is all around me... but where I am now. Guess its ok that my account is not flagged yet for lte support.
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I always get 1Mb down and 1Mb up in Miami..so I thought I had LTE with 6Mb down
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Okay well for one, your icon at the top says LTE. and for two the upload speed. THE ONLY TIME upload is even near that speed on hspa is in SMALL towns. Big citys ive never seen anything passed 1mb down or a half a meg. u are on LTE
Geez. this is what I was getting in Baltimore a few days before official light up date
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Zabalba said:
Good morning guys. Woke up to find my phone found a LTE signal. Speeds were not that great but I don't expect it to since it just went up and it is probably in testing.
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What area of Miami are you in? Just curious where they could be doing Initial testing.
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MaddMan420 said:
What area of Miami are you in? Just curious where they could be doing Initial testing.
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I'm in the area surrounding the new Marlins stadium
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I'm in the area surrounding the new Marlins stadium
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Thanks. Is it still throwing out an LTE signal? I'm going to be in that area tomorrow.
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Yep. It seems I'm actually on the fringes of it. A friend of mine says he got a stronger signal on 37th ave on the dolphin. Like 30 megs down stronger lol
Wow, that's not bad for initial testing. That area is even closer to me so I might go fishing around for some LTE later.
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Any more news about LTE in Miami?
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Any more news about LTE in Miami?
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I noticed I don't get LTE signal anymore. Chances are like I said they were testing for deployment.
AT&T supposedly going to turn on LTE on roughly 150 towers from Jupiter,FL and south. They turned on LTE at new Marlins stadium opening day.
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So far only 17/150. Boca along 95 and downtown west palm beach.
Anything in Miami?
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anything on the North Miami Bay Harbor Islands ?

Just got 4G!

My area just got 4G activated today, and I have to say it's quite nice 11mbps down and 7mbps up while I was driving to Starbucks this morning. :good:
congratulation!
In the future, at least pull over first before testing 4g speeds again.
partizan1981 said:
My area just got 4G activated today, and I have to say it's quite nice 11mbps down and 7mbps up while I was driving to Starbucks this morning. :good:
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I'd be pissed if the reason I was rear ended Is because some guy was escatic about 4G
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blestsol said:
I'd be pissed if the reason I was rear ended Is because some guy was escatic about 4G
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So, in what ways would you be happy with a guy rear ending you?
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So, in what ways would you be happy with a guy rear ending you?
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LOL
Divine_Madcat said:
So, in what ways would you be happy with a guy rear ending you?
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Man lol. Trap door question.
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blestsol said:
I'd be pissed if the reason I was rear ended Is because some guy was escatic about 4G
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Well I would do the same thing... 4g LTE access would make me screen out loud and scretch to a halt and run in traffic and all that cool stuff....
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Same thing happened here Missoula,MT got 4g lte while at&t has had theirs since last May lol
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I remember when I got it, it was odd since I checked verizon news updates daily... My area was listed in a press release a few days earlier and I missed it.
Last night I got 35mbps down... With 54ms ping.
I got it back home earlier this year... Stoopit ghetto hillbilly college town I'm in now doesn't have lte. Lame. And we were supposed to have it last year... Maybe by the end of this year
I live in a stupid ghetto hillbilly college town, and just got it.. Even get it 8 miles out of town in the country. Now I know what the fuss is about.....
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I got it on the 19th too, but just like the rest of the country it drops in and out every few minutes uncontrollably.
THATS AWESOME!
sadly for me though, i only live 30 miles away from a major City (San Antonio) in Texas. i Live in Floresville or Wilson County, There is Already AT&T 4G service here, Sprint here is pretty good and we Just recently got a Verizon Wireless store here but have always had their service here since the dialup days. i have seen plenty of Verizon service Vans on my drive around town but we still have no 4G. but when im in S.A my speeds reach at Least.. well you can see in my Sig lol
and my HomeNetwork is the fastest net they have down here. at its peak it'll reach 1 megabyte/sec
OH and BTW, T-Mobile here SUUUUUX. at its peak it'll reach 0.04 Mbp's/sec.
lol Random thought here: i remember when we used to think 3G was the fastest and now With 4G LTE we're like HAAA 3G is Slowwww. but then i think the same thing is gonna happen again in the future when 5G is here lol
Don't get it at home, but I get it at college. It certainly is nice, but even at college I don't really use it because the campus is blanketed in 100mbps WiFi.

LTE in NYC in October for sure

I called sprint to complain about network issues and was told that they are upgrading the towers. He said it should be done on Oct 17th. So I guess that confirms it for me
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>I called Sprint
They probably lied to you.
What network issues? The network has been behaving itself as of late. Then again I'm over by 30 Rock so we get decent connectivity/bandwidth.
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kf2m said:
What network issues? The network has been behaving itself as of late. Then again I'm over by 30 Rock so we get decent connectivity/bandwidth.
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He was talking about nyc .
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They've had network issues for 6+ years.. I wouldn't take this as a confirmation in any way shape or form. Good luck though, hope they come through for you.
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I called sprint to complain about network issues and was told that they are upgrading the towers. He said it should be done on Oct 17th. So I guess that confirms it for me
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Sometimes companies tell you what you want to hear to silence you. Are they working on towers? Yes. Will it roll out in October for NYC? Probably not.
Just like my ISP telling me I'm having slow speeds because of a "regional Internet problem" with THE internet. Yeah right. -_-
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vader860 said:
Sometimes companies tell you what you want to hear to silence you. Are they working on towers? Yes. Will it roll out in October for NYC? Probably not.
Just like my ISP telling me I'm having slow speeds because of a "regional Internet problem" with THE internet. Yeah right. -_-
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if you checked s4gurur thats the roll out month they said it was gonna be also -__-
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if you checked s4gurur thats the roll out month they said it was gonna be also -__-
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They also said progress was beginning to be held up and delayed as the roll out continues. I hope to God they stay on schedule so I can dump this Verizon 4G jet pack.
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if you checked s4gurur thats the roll out month they said it was gonna be also -__-
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You sound familiar -_-
Other sites report Novemberish launch in NYC
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I live in Long Island and I've been having bad reception at home since I bought this phone in early July
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He was talking about nyc .
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And where do you think 30 Rock is? Smack dab in the middle of Manhattan.
FYI.. Yesterday while having my lunch outside enjoying the not so nice humidity I noticed the 4G icon pop up a couple times briefly. Looks like things should be lighting up soon.
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And where do you think 30 Rock is? Smack dab in the middle of Manhattan.
FYI.. Yesterday while having my lunch outside enjoying the not so nice humidity I noticed the 4G icon pop up a couple times briefly. Looks like things should be lighting up soon.
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Thats good to hear!! I live in Queens area and is mostly in Brooklyn for college. Hope they get all over up and running at the same time!
We have accelerated 3g here in Boston lte coming in two weeks
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Thats good to hear!! I live in Queens area and is mostly in Brooklyn for college. Hope they get all over up and running at the same time!
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Yup. Though with the WIMAX rollout certain sections of Jersey got it first. Go figure. To the gentleman from Boston. This is a NYC thread we really don't care about Boston (unless the Red Sox lose a game).
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DFW
With the launch of LTE, DFW was on the list of having LTE. Phone never connected to LTE. After serveral phone calls, I was told the same thing, that the networks where being upgraded and scheduled to be completed in December. I see LTE every now and then now, but not long enough to get any use out of it. Speed Test showed it to be slower than 3G when I was able to connect. I got credit for 4 months (AUG -NOV) until LTE is fully up and running.
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We have accelerated 3g here in Boston lte coming in two weeks
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how do you know that it will be live in 2 weeks?
If Sprint gave you an exact date, and especially from a representative over the phone, they're definitely lying to you.
While I seriously doubt that's the date, I sure hope it is. I am sick of slower than dialup speeds on 3G and constant weak signal.
NYC and several other major cities have been announced to go live within the next several months, which means NYC can get it earlier than scheduled.....Finally able to use phone to the fullest
Has anyone in the NYC area gotten LTE signals yet? Wonder if they will test it before going live.
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Insane 4G speed (Post your 4G speeds!)

Coming from a galaxy nexus which had kinda meh 4G speeds, my 4G speeds on the N3 are insane.
I take my son to/from school every day and it's only about 3 minutes down the road. When I'm there waiting to pick him up in the afternoons I've been doing some speed tests. In that specific location I've been getting crazy speed readings. I tried a few diff servers with similar results. There must be a tower literally right there.
These are my two fastest results. The faster result is about 7 MEGABYTES per sec. That's pretty crazy. I pay $39/month for my home cable broadband, and that's only 10 Mbps, which is only about 1 MB/s. lol, sad.
It's not a false reading either. Just to confirm I downloaded a few apps, and sure enough a 13MB app downloaded in about 2 seconds.
Anyone else getting speeds like this??

			
				
Back before LTE was overloaded I got speeds like that. The one below is my fastest of all time. Just waiting for AWS to roll out now.
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Insane speeds. I'm really wishing I still had unlimited data. =/
Not to bad in OC California
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Here's what I'm getting
Back when I got my first 4g phone I got something like 40up 60down at SEATAC airport. About 40 and 40 at denver airport. Had to run the test a few times before I believed I was actually getting those speeds. Which brings up the interesting point of data caps and just how stupidly fast you can pass them with these speeds -_-
Eh, Speedtest timed out trying to find a server in downtown San Francisco. Is that the apps' fault or is something else awry?
Finally connected: 1.01 mbps down, .08 mpbs up.
Called the local corporate store in downtown SF, their service department is booked solid for the whole day...I wonder why.
New Orleans not bad and unlimited
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New Orleans not bad and unlimited
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I'm envious!!! I wish I still had unlimited. Those speeds are close to what my ISP charges $125/month for.
Tampa FL
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My networks weak right now. Come on chicago. Im @ work tethering to my hp envy15 and im not getting even above 3.0mbs
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My networks weak right now. Come on chicago. Im @ work tethering to my hp envy15 and im not getting even above 3.0mbs
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Im in the Chicagoland area myself and the speeds got worse. I'm getting somewhere in the ballpark of 5mbps.
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Im in the Chicagoland area myself and the speeds got worse. I'm getting somewhere in the ballpark of 5mbps.
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Nice, at least your getting over 3.0Mbs :good:
Oh yeah
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Oh yeah
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Dam how much data did that one speed test take?
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Dam how much data did that one speed test take?
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Don't know don't care still on unlimited!!
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Location?
Could people please give locations of these speed tests? I'm trying to decide if I want to switch to Verizon. I'm in the Atlanta area.
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Could people please give locations of these speed tests? I'm trying to decide if I want to switch to Verizon. I'm in the Atlanta area.
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do it. my photos above were from atlanta last saturday in the middle of the airport pulling 70+ mbps all morning. and others have pulled 80,90+ down there as well. atlanta has aws band 4 technology get verizon all day long there man

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