New Sprint Network

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We all know their network sucks right now, including myself, but Sprint is working on this. They are rolling out what's called "Sprint Vision" (and forgive my lack of technical know-how) basically they are adding some "boxes" with multiple "cards" that can be inserted in them allowing for better/faster coverage in multiple directions that can easily be fixed if one goes down by simply replacing this "card" (something to this degree). The full "vision" has not been rolled out yet and is mainly the cause why the speeds suck right now.

Oh God.... This sounds like they're trying to whip up a janky version of a CMTS (Cable Modem Termination System).

Originally Posted by Shushunmire

Oh God.... This sounds like they're trying to whip up a janky version of a CMTS (Cable Modem Termination System).

Hopefully it works lol

sounds like a band-aid to plug a hole.

Hopefully. I would like higher speeds than 400kbps plskthx.

Originally Posted by Shushunmire

Hopefully. I would like higher speeds than 400kbps plskthx.

hell id be happy with that lol im getting 100k or less some times

I read the announcement on this... its actually pretty good. The towers will now only need one refrigerated smaller box to do 4g 3g and 1x(saves energy and space) they will use fiber cables to the top instead of copper for less signal lose. They will need less towers because this one can do all of it.

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What's wrong with this setup? The cable co's use it, and in most instance it works well. The issues occur when there's over saturation - not enough blades to handle the load. Speeds go down, noise goes up, speeds go down more so... Perpetual cycle.

In fact, I recently had an issue with my cable provider where during prime time hours, speeds would drop 25-40% or more. At first look it would appear to be a capacity issue, but in my talks with the head of local operations, that wasn't the case. Plenty of capacity in this area to go around. Turned out during prime time, due to additional load, a failing card/blade (not the one I was connected to) was generating noise, which ultimately was causing my issues. They replaced the offending part, returning my speeds back to 20mbps at all times of the day.

Bottom line, who cares what method they use to increase speeds and bandwidth, so long as it works and is consistent.

Well it makes sense here..whatever it is...they might have it done in my area of Chicago....because a couple weeks ago 3g improved in a major way. Data downloads fast here now.

Originally Posted by rockky

Well it makes sense here..whatever it is...they might have it done in my area of Chicago....because a couple weeks ago 3g improved in a major way. Data downloads fast here now.

What speeds are you getting down in chicago? I'll be switching to sprint pretty soon so im kinda curious