According to Sprint, its LTE+ speeds have increased dramatically over the past seven months, to the tune of 28%. In select markets, 15 to be exact, it holds the fastest download speeds available, according to recent Ookla data. As for which cities those are, they are said to include Atlanta, Denver, Indianapolis, Salt Lake City, and Seattle.
As shown in recent studies, Sprint’s overall download speeds are reported to be nearly that of AT&T’s, with speeds of both AT&T and Verizon said to be slowing, thanks to the reintroduction of unlimited data plans. This isn’t the first time we’ve heard this, with T-Mobile saying the same thing very recently.
According to Dr. John Saw, Sprint’s CTO, “We’ve been offering unlimited data for nearly 10 years and we have a long history managing customer demand which is why our speeds are improving while others have slowed. Sprint also has far more spectrum capacity than any other U.S. carrier and our data performance and speeds continue to improve as we deploy more of our 2.5 GHz spectrum.”
In a recent post, we asked our readers to share their own carrier speeds. For the most part, everyone seems to be pulling fast data, so long as they are in a decent location. There are plenty of factors when it comes to a speedtest, but when you step back and do the research, you can find the best carrier for you.
Anyone on Sprint been noticing better download speeds when not on WiFi?
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I ditched Verizon after 10 years being with them and switched to Sprint 1 year free plan, it’s been a month and I have no regrets, and I’ll be saving almost 2k.
Thats because they have millions less subscribers so the bandwidth is opening up lol
I have noticed the speeds on Sprint have slowly increased over the last few months. I work in the middle (not near windows) of a Federal office building and I am getting about 32 Mbps download and 10.68 Mbps. Not crazy fast but good enough for what I use my phone for.
I’ve recently switched from T-Mobile to Verizon and I want to punch myself in the face for how slow the data is compared with what I had previously. If it wasn’t for employer discounts…..I’d JUMP back there in a second.
My coverage is decent except for the dead zone by my house. Waiting for my Magic Box to arrive! $80 a month for 2 lines unlimited everything is pretty good.
I haven’t noticed it being any faster. Coverage is good for the most part though but I’m in the Midwest which is their home base. Verizon still rules coverage wise here. AT&T and T-Mobile are a joke here as Sprint is in other places in the country.
I just left them after 15 plus combined years between Sprint and Nextel before it. They’re speeds haven’t improved in Michigan. You might have bars in places, it might say LTE even but good luck getting it to work. Went to T-MOBILE five weeks ago and couldn’t be happier. Their slowest speeds still smoke Sprint by 4x in my area. I’ve got usable service places I either had unusable bars or no service before. No more dropped calls, texts that don’t come through for a day. They may be good other places but I can’t believe I suffered with them for so long.
I’m still waiting for that increase in LTE coverage they promised my region 7 years ago.
lol. Back in 2007 I was with Sprint. They told me that “In the upcoming months coverage will be available in your area”. 2017, people, no coverage.
Haha i remember them saying wimax was coming to akron “soon” when i bought my htc evo. Wimax was in cleveland at the time but never made it to akron. I switched a year after that
Oh, WiMAX, wherefore art thou? Sprint was flying at this point and sank a LOT of dollars into this investment. It could have been (fairly) HUGE. http://www.rcrwireless.com/20160401/opinion/worst-week-bold-look-back-sprint-wimax-network-tag2
Because less people are using Sprint each month.