








3G/4G speeds




Source: PCWorld

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RE: I can vouch for this
By cknobman on 4/18/2012 3:44:09 PM , Rating: 2
I have been on Sprint for the last 3 years and historically I could say that these numbers are reflective of my families experience. There was a time in 2010 where full bars my 3g still would not pull more than 40k down. My 4G was pretty spotty and rarely achieved over 4Mb down.


In the last 6 months I have noticed a significant increase in 3g speeds (4g has largely stayed the same ie. spotty). Now 3g consistently gets .8-1.2Mb down. Sure its still not as fast as TMobile or ATT but it is as fast as Verizon and certainly much better than it was.

I am not renewing any of my phone line agreements until Sprints LTE deployment. I want to see how that goes. If it is slow or they institute data caps then I will jump ship.

RE: I can vouch for this
By Jedi2155 on 4/18/2012 4:17:33 PM , Rating: 2
I'm in a similar boat. Got my Samsung Epic 4G beginning of Nov. 2010, and while my 4G speeds have stayed relatively constant (between 3-7 mbps) in the areas that have it, there has been NO increase in coverage so I'm stuck with a lot of cells and handovers while using it. Add the fact that the 4G->3G handovers are excruciatingly slow and typically cause my connection to drop out entirely makes the extra speed near pointless (which happens a lot as a passenger in a vehicle).

Their 3G speeds were horrendous when I started out at around 200-400 kbps typically, now I'm seeing as much as 1-1.2 mbps regularly.

I am definitely planning on switching carriers come this fall. Whether its AT&T or Verizon, as much as I hate them as a company, they have more reliable speeds.

