22
Nov
Sprint

Sprint Launches New Network Site, Lets You See Enhancements In Your Area

Posted by in News, Sprint

Sprint has been talking up its network enhancements, tweaks, and modernization plans for a while now, but how do you actually know when your area is seeing some action? Thanks to a new Sprint sub-site, your days of wondering are over.

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To see if your area is getting any love from The Now Network, head over to network.sprint.com and enter your location. You'll immediately see a list of enhancements done in the last six months, as well as goals for the next six months and a nifty map showing exact locations where these enhancements were made.

At the current time, the new site only shows what's up with Sprint's 3G network, so if you're looking for LTE info, this isn't the place to go.

19
Sep
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Verizon Wireless To Begin 'Network Optimization' In September, Will Slow Data Speeds For Top 5% Of Users In 'Congested Areas' After 2GB

Posted by in News, Verizon Wireless

Ah, the data saga continues. Throttling has been a long-time practice of T-Mobile, which drastically slows data speeds for users who go over their set-amount of high-speed access. AT&T recently announced a similar practice, slowing the top 5% of users who were grandfathered in on unlimited data plans.

Verizon also made a drastic change to its smartphone data packages recently, switching from an unlimited-only offering to a tiered setup. Now, even furthering the changes to its data structuring, Big Red will begin implementing "network optimizations" to all existing customers with unlimited plans on 3G devices in September.

What exactly does "network optimizations" mean, you ask?