Sneak peek at Sprint's new LTE speeds (and WAYYY improved 3G speeds).

mazook98 · Jan 7, 2012

Here's one with dude testing newest LTE upgrade "somewhere" near Houston, or San Antonio, TX area:
http://goo.gl/G5a3U
And here's him testing upgraded 3g service in the same area:
http://goo.gl/FbDoj

I live right outside Houston, TX (one of the first "official" cities to be updated), and I wholly approve of these videos.

Looks like we won't have to wait too long.

Opinions?

Edit: "opinions":
(that is, other than opinions about that dude's "extracurricular activities"....) which would be both way too easy, and also not very cool.

Edit: This isn't where I first read about this, but it seems androidpolice has picked up the story: (may give a little more insight):
http://goo.gl/JSGSt

squshy 7 · Jan 7, 2012

extracurricular? I don't get it...

But mmmmm...speed. that looks reaaalll nice.

Edit: and you can see "sprint pcs" listed as the ISP on speedtest.net's website, so looks pretty authentic.

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iSaint · Jan 7, 2012

Lol youporn at 7:30

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demonlordoftheround · Jan 7, 2012

Yeah, it's fast. But, then again, nobody is on it. Let's see the speeds when 2 million phones are on the network.

sfhub · Jan 7, 2012

Those 3G speeds are past the theoretical max of EVDO RevA.

Is the upgrade and the device being used to test using something other than EVDO RevA?

mazook98 · Jan 7, 2012

sfhub said:
Those 3G speeds are past the theoretical max of EVDO RevA.

Is the upgrade and the device being used to test using something other than EVDO RevA?

From reading about this on another site, it had to do with some new Huawei device that Sprint is testing for its new LTE installations.

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il buono · Jan 7, 2012

My 3G speeds have definitely improved. For the first time today I got 2.2mbps download. Well at least sprint is improving 3G speeds since there is no 4G in my area

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bondosho · Jan 7, 2012

I wonder if it's using both 800mhz and 1900mhz at the same time to get those speeds.

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kindaskimpy · Jan 7, 2012

I'd really like to believe this, and the 4G LTE speeds are certainly feasible, but Sprint's (and Verizon's) 3G technology is EVDO Rev. A, which maxes out at 3.1Mbps and that 3G speed test video shows the speed being more than double that.

It's fishy.

Here are my 3G speeds right now:

donsh00tmesanta · Jan 7, 2012

i call bs on that 3g speed

stkiswr · Jan 7, 2012

Have any of you even heard of the new network? Evdo rev b. Simultaneous voice and data. Almost twice the coverage from the same tower. Twice the speed.
I am extremely excited. This is the network I have been waiting for! Once its up and running it will pretty much poop on all networks.

sfhub · Jan 7, 2012

SVDO is separate from Rev B. You can have SVDO even on Rev A. HTC Thunderbolt on Verizon already does that.

Rev B achieves the higher speed through bonding. May or may not yield a real-world improvement during daytime usage depending on your area and conditions. Nighttime usage would probably see a big improvement though.

Too bad our phones don't do Rev B.

stkiswr · Jan 7, 2012

The evo can do rev b. I thought the ns4g and epic touch were capable as well.

sfhub · Jan 7, 2012

stkiswr said:
The evo can do rev b. I thought the ns4g and epic touch were capable as well.

I don't believe any of the Samsungs (including Epic 4G Touch) can do Rev B because Samsung uses a separate module for the modem (QSC6085) which they haven't updated for a while. This module is common to many of their phones, including the Epic 4G Touch.

HTC tends to use whatever Qualcomm puts out in their current chipset rather than using a separate modem module, so that is why their phones support Rev B.

Now all this Rev B stuff being the explanation for the faster than Rev A 3g speeds is just theory. It is certainly a plausible explanation. The video being bogus is another plausible explanation.

Wizard220 · Jan 7, 2012

stkiswr said:
The evo can do rev b. I thought the ns4g and epic touch were capable as well.

Dont know about the NS4G but our phone the epic touch does not support EVDO Rev B.

stkiswr · Jan 7, 2012

thank y'all for correcting me. As I said I thought, but clearly am wrong. I am also under the impression the the speed is due to rev b as that is part of the network vision plans. I hope they post some concrete info because I would love 5mb on 3g. Better coverage. All positives yo me.

sfhub · Jan 7, 2012

stkiswr said:
thank y'all for correcting me. As I said I thought, but clearly am wrong. I am also under the impression the the speed is due to rev b as that is part of the network vision plans. I hope they post some concrete info because I would love 5mb on 3g. Better coverage. All positives yo me.

From a deployment perspective all the tower hardware should support Rev B, but the last time around when we had this discussion, all indications from Sprint were that they weren't deploying Rev B.

Do you have information now that they have officially said they are supporting/deploying Rev B?

Overstew · Jan 7, 2012

You think the phones will have an LTE toggle or will it work like VZW and just turn on by default. (It seems to be more battery friendly than WiMax.) I don't know if it's because of the technology or what.

stkiswr · Jan 7, 2012

sfhub said:
From a deployment perspective all the tower hardware should support Rev B, but the last time around when we had this discussion, all indications from Sprint were that they weren't deploying Rev B.

Do you have information now that they have officially said they are supporting/deploying Rev B?

Not anymore, there was a video of a sprint conference discussing the benefits but I can't find the link. If I come across more info I'll drop a link

xcharles718 · Jan 7, 2012

Maybe Sprint just left Rev. B on the tower enabled during testing. It's possible that's why those speeds are coming up. The question is if Sprint is planning to do Rev. B?

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