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Users Say Sprint Epic4G 3G Upload Speeds Limited To 150kbps

Posted by timothy on from the some-limitations-may-apply dept.

Miamicanes writes "Nearly everyone who owns a Sprint Samsung Epic 4G and has benchmarked its 3G performance has discovered that its 3G upload speeds are apparently limited to 150kbps. So far, Sprint has not officially acknowledged it as a problem, nor has it indicated whether this might be a firmware bug, a PRL issue, tower-related, or the result of a deliberate policy to cap 3G upload speeds. Regardless, the problem is causing widespread anger among Epic4G owners, many of whom have bitterly noted the irony of being charged a $10 surcharge so they can endure data transfers that are slower than they had 4 years ago (and a quarter of the speeds enjoyed by Evo owners on the same 3G network)." Cellphone networks are fickle beasts; can anyone out there with an Epic provide a counterexample?

5 of 138 comments (clear)

  1. Re:What would you upload from a cell phone? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 4, Informative

    Movies and pictures shot with your phone. Runs into the 100 megabytes for a couple of small movies.

  2. http://explainthefee.com/ by brenddie · · Score: 4, Informative

    Information about the $10 "4G tax" can be found in http://explainthefee.com/ . There's a new post about how to cancel service without paying ETF in case you want out

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  3. Re:*Only* 150k? by magamiako1 · · Score: 3, Informative

    150Kbps, not KBps.

  4. Re:Opps by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 3, Informative

    That's not this device's only Epic fail:

    1. The GPS is useless (fails to find location side by side with perfectly working Droid, iPhone, and Palm). Even with wifi on.
    2. It powers off randomly.
    3. Application icons start opening the wrong app (necessitating a restart).
    4. Turning on Navigation sets the system volume to max.
    5. The battery lasts less than 10 hours if you use it at all.
    6. The minimum screen brightness is uncomfortably bright in a dark room.
    7. The minimum volume hurts your ears though the supplied headphones
    8. Connecting to 4G causes all network use to fail

    The upside? The keyboard is pretty great. The screen looks great. The camera is great. It is an Android phone. That's it.

  5. Re:A classic example of "what the market will bear by nine-times · · Score: 4, Informative

    Either you don't know what's going on or you're purposefully spreading misinformation. Virgin and Boost are Sprint. Cingular is AT&T. Really there are only 4 companies to speak of: AT&T, Sprint, T-Mobile, and Verizon. And it'll probably be down to 3 in the next few years.

    But these 4 companies don't compete very vigorously. If anything, the cost of SMS messaging leads me to believe they're coordinating.