Northeastern 4G Speed Test: Sprint’s WiMAX Vs. T-Mobile’s HSPA+

The good folks at phonescoop.com did a 4G speed test in 6 different locations in Philadelphia, PA.  The two competitors in this battle are Sprint and T-Mobile.  As Sprint just released its first 4G phone and T-Mobile recently upgrading their network to 4G speeds with HSPA+, they wanted to see which carrier was faster.  Keep in mind both carriers are still building/growing their 4G networks so this is still a preliminary test of sorts. 

Tech	Averages		Location	Down (kbps)	Up (kbps)
Sprint WiMAX			A	2,924	679
	2,785	kbps down	B	3,664	436
	589	kbps up	C	3,139	978
	199	ms latency	D	4,066	971
			E	2,170	409
			F	748	60
T-Mobile HSPA+			A	976	1,250
	2,960	kbps down	B	2,149	1,151
	1,283	kbps up	C	3,416	1,229
	93	ms latency	D	4,528	1,242
			E	1,249	938
			F	5,442	1,888

Notice the spike in numbers dropping/rising for Location F.  This location was where Sprint was weak at and where T-Mobile highly tested area as it is T-Mo’s strongest.  They tested phones and laptop sticks within these locations.  Hit the link to read the full scale test results.

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