Sprint premieres LTE service in Kansas City

2. cfprelude posted on 13 Jul 2012, 10:32 3 0

Agreed.

21. centuro1911 posted on 13 Jul 2012, 16:54 1 2

Look at the map genius. Both sides.

25. thedarkside posted on 14 Jul 2012, 12:03 0 0

its called sarcasm, genius.

26. PAPINYC posted on 14 Jul 2012, 16:11 1 0

Just follow the yellow brick road, you'll get to a poppy field; you should have LTE reception there.

Don't forget to call Glenda if you have any problems.

34. curt1480 posted on 18 Jul 2012, 10:06 1 0

Yellow Brick road is only on the Kansas Side, so people in Missouri should follow the blue brick road or the red brick road and get real data coverage with ATT or Verizon. Sprint your Wimax was bad in Kansas City and Your LTE is even worse with only about 23% completion in this area. Oh but I like how you overlay your Wimax and LTE coverage on the map even though they are not compatible, makes us think were really covered. Maybe if we carry two phones with us. Your customers do not like being treated this way.

7. cfprelude posted on 13 Jul 2012, 11:33 1 0

Wow. Good if they can maintain those speeds when a bunch of people jump on it. I've been fairly impressed with the way vzw's seems to be built and the traffuc it can handle. Speeds aren't phenomenal but they seem to be the same now as when they only had one phone utilizing lte.

8. dcgore posted on 13 Jul 2012, 11:38 2 0

You think so? That is not the case for me. I live in NYC and when i got the tbolt i was pulling 25Mbps or higher down easy. Now, it's more like btw 8-10Mpbs. Never mind a bunch of people use the iphone so when that goes LTE, not sure what that's going to do to the network.

10. jenna_23 posted on 13 Jul 2012, 12:02 2 0

wow I had the same thing with at&t over here in LA att launched LTE since last nov 11 when it first launched I was getting speeds in the 20-30 mbps range in ONLY a few parts , now its July 2012 and I'm still getting speeds of 20 mbps with burst of 30 but in many more places were before I only had hspa + like I was in ghetto east LA visiting family last week and I had a strong LTE signal on my ion everywhere in east LA , Montebello , pico Rivera and was getting 20 mbps everywhere I went same thing in Compton and south central and dwtwn LA . And I'm sure lots of people have gotten on the LTE network since last November I remember people would always tell me speeds are gonna slow done in 1-3 months when more people get on the network .. more than 3 months have passed sometimes I ask myself why aren't my speeds slower ?

12. fervid posted on 13 Jul 2012, 13:20 2 1

Hmm, still some work to go. Getting 20-53 Down and 9-11 up on ATT.

17. bigdawg23 posted on 13 Jul 2012, 16:14 0 0

I was just in Kansas City and got 20-50 down and 8-25 up on my Galaxy Note. Overland Park near Sprint Headquarters is the lower end of 8-12 down and 8 up.

35. curt1480 posted on 18 Jul 2012, 10:14 0 0

Wow, what a newbie. You were on the ATT network and not the Sprint network at all. Nice try and great PR for ATT

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19. RORYREVOLUTION posted on 13 Jul 2012, 16:51 1 1

Is that in doors or outside? I really would like to see if their LTE network can actually work through walls unlike their 3G network.

11. theBankRobber posted on 13 Jul 2012, 12:29 1 12

That will drop, trust me, once sprint rolls out LTE everywhere it will drop.

23. pats4thewin posted on 14 Jul 2012, 10:10 0 2

sprint rolling out LTE has nothing to do with the other carriers bandwith -.-

27. skymitch89 posted on 14 Jul 2012, 19:34 1 0

You must be retarded. theBankRobber said nothing about other carriers or about bandwidth. He/she just said that once Sprint's LTE is available in more markets, then their speeds will go down.

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30. theBankRobber posted on 14 Jul 2012, 20:12 0 0

Thank you for pointing that out, im a Loooonnnngggg time sprint customer and have seen how Sprint does things. These little kids are uneducated these days and need to wake up to the truth about carriers.

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22. PapaSmurf posted on 13 Jul 2012, 23:09 1 1

Impossible. The Sensation is only capable of reaching 14.4mbps so your statement is invalid.

-Ex Sensation owner who is currently in a committed relationship with his Galaxy S3.

29. skymitch89 posted on 14 Jul 2012, 19:39 1 0

Ya, I agree with PapaSmurf, how is it possible for you to be getting 15-20 Mbps down on the Sensation when it's only rated for 14.4Mbps? Don't believe? Go herehttp://www.phonearena.com/phones/HTC-Sensation-4G_id5188 and scroll down to where you see the section titled "technology".

32. -box- posted on 15 Jul 2012, 10:26 0 0

Simple. It's rated at 21 Mbps. It's T-Mobile's last flagship that offered less than 42 Mbps HSPA+, which the HTC Amaze and Samsung Galaxy S2 brought in. Most (if not all) dual-core Androids pull 21 Mbps regardless of carrier. I'll post the link when I find it

18. christony1120 posted on 13 Jul 2012, 16:34 1 0

you really can't compare the three. Verizon has had LTE for a long time while ATT only had it late 2011, and Sprint just released the theirs. Obviously Verizon and ATT would be a little slower because they have been around with LTE longer than Sprint...... so in my opinion the speeds wont count because it's not fair

20. RORYREVOLUTION posted on 13 Jul 2012, 16:53 1 1

I dont have LTE in my area but with AT&T HSPA+ I usually get 10 down and 3 up, which is more than enough for me. Not too far from me my friend used LTE for Verizon and only got 5 down where I got 12 down on my HSPA+

This really shows you how big Verizon's LTE network has come.

24. christony1120 posted on 14 Jul 2012, 11:20 0 0

Like everyone says the speeds varies where you live. I live in New Jersey and I have the Droid Razr, and I usually get 10 to 15 down and 8 to 10 up. Now HSPA+ is trash over here in NJ, my cousin has the Galaxy Note on ATT but since theres no LTE here he uses HSPA+ and he usually gets 3 to 5 down and 1 or lower up. Like I said before the speeds varies but in NJ Verizon and ATT have always been the best choice.