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Sprint looking into how to fix slow 3G speeds for iPhone
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article published on 26 October, 2011
Sprint, Apple's newest iPhone 4S partner, has been seeing an increasing amount of criticism for the extremely slow speeds of its 3G network when using the device.
A leaked internal email shows that Sprint is aware of the "nationwide issue" relating to the slow data and is looking into ways to fix it.
Reviewers and critics says the 3G speed, thanks to the new influx of iPhone owners, ... [ read the full article ]
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26. October 2011 @ 15:12 |
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sprint has the slowest 3G network, and that's just how it is. it has been that way for quite some time; not an iphone issue. i honestly doubt it's a "expansion" issue, like AT&T claimed for the first few iphone years.
my cousin got the 4s on sprint and i was devastated by the speeds. he had an evo before, but since no there was no wimax around he had the same slow connection with it. same deal with people i know on sprint where i live, and we are 80 miles away in the next state.
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26. October 2011 @ 19:04 |
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no, it need to speed up the 3g network for all not just craphones
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27. October 2011 @ 00:41 |
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Anyone who would buy a 3G phone these days doesn't care about speed at all. They might as well sell them without data plans.
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27. October 2011 @ 01:03 |
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Originally posted by snowlock:
sprint has the slowest 3G network, and that's just how it is. it has been that way for quite some time; not an iphone issue. i honestly doubt it's a "expansion" issue, like AT&T claimed for the first few iphone years.
my cousin got the 4s on sprint and i was devastated by the speeds. he had an evo before, but since no there was no wimax around he had the same slow connection with it. same deal with people i know on sprint where i live, and we are 80 miles away in the next state.
Agree. Sprint has pretty much always had a crappy 3G network. It's one of the reasons they were so quick to launch Wimax "4G". If you look at their 3G maps, they haven't even expanded it for almost 2 years. The large number of iPhones that they sold only affected more users and brought more attention to those speeds. Overall they have the worst 3G network of all 4 carriers.
It's also funny that they claim their iPhone has equal speed performance to other carriers. I've done several tests with the Sprint iPhone here and only got 1mbps a few times. With the AT&T one I have seen 6-8mbps most of the time.
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28. October 2011 @ 07:37 |
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Originally posted by Monkeypox69:
I have a 3G Android phone on T-Mobile and I get DL speeds of 2 Mbps+.
What a joke Sprint is.
except t mobile data speed slows down after 100mb, what a joke T mobile is
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28. October 2011 @ 07:37 |
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double post
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This message has been edited since posting. Last time this message was edited on 29. October 2011 @ 01:17
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28. October 2011 @ 15:43 |
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Sprint tested their own equipment and said there is little to no difference between their speeds and rivals? I call BS. I just switched to Sprint, and my 3g, in 4 larger cities I have visited over the last 2 weeks, ranges from speeds on speedtest.net app of 0.01 to 0.44. Its almost unuseable.
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29. October 2011 @ 01:16 |
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Originally posted by Necrosaro:
Sprint tested their own equipment and said there is little to no difference between their speeds and rivals? I call BS. I just switched to Sprint, and my 3g, in 4 larger cities I have visited over the last 2 weeks, ranges from speeds on speedtest.net app of 0.01 to 0.44. Its almost unuseable.
i have to agree with you. i live in a area where the coverage is ranged from .10 to .45mbps in my area. when i go downtown i get abotu .85mbps and when I went to chicago for the past summer my speed was up to 1.41mbps (downtown) Is shitty, but the cheapest if you want unlimited data.
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29. October 2011 @ 01:32 |
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Originally posted by Hyasuma:
Originally posted by Monkeypox69:
I have a 3G Android phone on T-Mobile and I get DL speeds of 2 Mbps+.
What a joke Sprint is.
except t mobile data speed slows down after 100mb, what a joke T mobile is
That's funny...the 4G gives you full speed for the first 2GB, then drops the speed to 3G speeds...even though it is unlimited, they call it a 2GB plan because it starts throttling after 2GB...while everyone else charges extra after 2GB, and those who still have unlimited plans still throttle after 2GB in spite of claiming to be unlimited.
T-Mobile is the most honest company out there. If they are a joke, it is an inside joke between the other carriers about how they don't treat their customers like garbage.
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29. October 2011 @ 07:23 |
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Originally posted by KillerBug:
Originally posted by Hyasuma:
Originally posted by Monkeypox69:
I have a 3G Android phone on T-Mobile and I get DL speeds of 2 Mbps+.
What a joke Sprint is.
except t mobile data speed slows down after 100mb, what a joke T mobile is
That's funny...the 4G gives you full speed for the first 2GB, then drops the speed to 3G speeds...even though it is unlimited, they call it a 2GB plan because it starts throttling after 2GB...while everyone else charges extra after 2GB, and those who still have unlimited plans still throttle after 2GB in spite of claiming to be unlimited.
T-Mobile is the most honest company out there. If they are a joke, it is an inside joke between the other carriers about how they don't treat their customers like garbage.
that , i cannot argue lol
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