Sprint Touch Pro - POOR internet speed?

[BigDiesel07]

Anything for a sale.. Corrupt integrity to meet sales quota.. Unless they are too dumb to know better.. Sprint and Verizon have the same basic technology..

[lmv7777]

buyer beware. go back to verizon and see how fast they tell you thier EVDO Rev A is now lol. see if its 3x faster now, then whip out PPCgeeks.com and make em feel dumb. thats what i do lolz

but to the OP it is more than likely slow because you may not be in a REV A area only Rev 0, or your signal is too weak.

[BigDiesel07]

The max speed for Rev. A is 3.1 Mbits/s.. That is what the sales people and ads quote.. Its theoretical..

[pezx44]

To check the speed difference, try setting your phone to roam only versus sprint only or automatic (if you're using sprint).

[BigDiesel07]

Or better yet use mobile speed reports.. Check this out from your mobile browser..

[Kalnel]

Originally Posted by bishop0114

EDIT: I ran this speed WHILE tethered.

That's about what I get tethered to Verizon. (On both my TP and my old 6700.) Just checked my mobile browser, and it's showing 1229 kb/s on dslreports.com/mspeed. Big difference.

[CareTake12]

I actually get about 2.5MB when i tethered, but when i use dslreports, i've never broke 1mb...

[BfA]

Originally Posted by BigDiesel07

Or better yet use mobile speed reports.. Check this out from your mobile browser..

That didn't work for me, I'm using Telus though. All it did was give my IP, domain and then asking if I was connecting wirelessly and then asked me to e-mail them.

[orlandojumpoff]

i get about 1300 down no matter where i go in my state...
377 is bizarre.. when i first got my phone and had to call multiple times to set up data... the last guy that helped and finally got it working said i was probably gonna be runnin a lil slower too cause someone switched me to regular vision and that he had to switch me back to power vision. i wasn't sure if this was just bs or if there really is a slower data setting they can put you on... but on my bill i do have credits for bieng put back to power vision.

[blue4shizzle]

Originally Posted by vzwdts

I've noticed Sprint and VZW's speed to typically be very very similar. Never had any complaints about either.



What knucklehead at Sprint told you that? It's the exact same technology../

Originally Posted by BigDiesel07

haha... Great catch on that...

Originally Posted by jmorton10

LOL, & you believed it?????

~John

Originally Posted by chronster

Yeah I'd go back to the salesperson and complain they sold you a phone with false promises, but I'm a complainer

Salespeople will tell you some pretty far fetched bs sometimes. I used to love listening to the computer guys at circuitcity or bestbuy try and sell me computers.

Originally Posted by BigDiesel07

Anything for a sale.. Corrupt integrity to meet sales quota.. Unless they are too dumb to know better.. Sprint and Verizon have the same basic technology..

whoa whoa whoa, are you guys serious? i thought yall were geeks? sprint really does have faster speeds than verizon wtf. i cant believe i heard this even from vets, do some research. rev A may be the same technology but it doesnt mean that the speeds will be the same, thats like assuming because both carriers are cdma technology that their coverage will be the same. sprint DOES have faster speeds believe it or not, thats why their slogan is "everything at sprint speed". they truely do have the largest and fastest broadband network. now in the OP's case, he may have a weak signal or jus not in a rev A area for sprint.. but he def wasnt mislead by saying sprints data speeds are faster than verizons