Thursday, March 3, 2011

Sprint testing 4G coverage in Knoxville, TN

Sprint is rolling out 4G LTE in Knoxville, TN. It is still in limited areas. Please install the App OpenSignal to get detailed information about the tower you are on. Also, please do a speed test after you install the app!

TIP: When you are home or at work, put your phone in airplane mode and when you take it out of airplane mode it will connect you to your closest cell tower! Doing this allows me to connect to a tower near my house that has 4g.

 Please post what area you have been able to pick up 4G LTE in the East Tennessee area below in the comments. Use the Speedtest.net app to test speeds and post that information as well! Bookmark this page and check back often for updates.

UPDATE 6/25/2013 Cambell Station Rd getting 8-12 Meg 4G LTE. Also getting slow 5 Meg signal at West Town Mall area. Very Nice 4G LTE in the Pigeon Forge area near Dollywood!

Knoxville, TN 4G LTE Campbell Station Rd

Chattanooga, TN 4G LTE

Cleveland, TN 4G LTE Very Fast!

UPDATE 4/7/2013 Sprint is upgrading it's network to 4G LTE which is a different technology than they were using at the time this blog was originally written. The upgrade will save them energy etc, so they quit expanding the old 4G network. When Knoxville does get 4G, it will likely be 4G LTE and the old 4G phones will likely not work with 4GLTE.

FROM 2011 OLD NEWS! Sprint Never delivered on it's promise to bring 4G to Knoxville. It only worked off the one test town near Sams Club at Walbrook.
Old 4G Speed Test 2011
Great news Knoxville! Sprint is testing 4G in Knoxville as of March 1, 2011. No more wasting the 10.00/month extra fee for 4g. This is about 400 percent faster than 3g data. I had a 3.5meg download 1Meg upload! I tested it with an HTC Evo at Sam's Club off Walbrook and also Middlebrook between Gallaher View Rd. and West Hills. Going west the signal seems to die around Workout Anytime/Calhouns at Pellissippi. Turn your 4g radio on to see if you have signal now. Please post your test results in the comments below.
Current Sprint Phones with 4g
  • Evo Shift 4G
  • Samsung Epic 4g
  • HTC Evo

18 comments:

  1. Signal is very spotty out there. On I-40, the 4g signal seemed to pickup about the west hills exit and then drop off after the cedar bluff exit. Gf is in that area and she's had a steady 4g signal since last week, think she topped out at 5.5 mb/s download. Btw, ookla has their speedtest app available on the market. Hope that helps.

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  2. I was getting 4g signal in Maryville over the past 2 weeks around foothills mall and downtown but now it wont connect. It flashes "connecting to sprint" then disconnects quickly.

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  3. Going into east knoxville it stops by the police station and I live about 1/2 a mile outside the 4g area, and I'm so very close to downtown.

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  4. I tested this weekend after reading about this...I got signal very briefly on Pellissipi where it crosses over 40/75. anything behind kingston pike towards maryville, had no luck. I was locked in at the applebees at cedar bluff. I got speeds of 6.60 there...Hopefully this means its coming soon...Anyone else testing, please post results and thanks for this heaads up...

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  5. 6.93d/l, and 1.00u/l on magnolia 4g but so very spotty its frustrating.

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  6. Got nothing 4G-wise from my Evo 4G in W Knoxville just now.

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  7. Nothing for 4g in Powell on beaver creek Dr Using the evidence 4g. We need some 4g sprint come in now!!!!!!

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  8. Corner of Clinton Hwy and Merchants Dr has 4g signal now

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  9. Now getting 4g coverage around Fountain City.

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  10. Live in Farragut...no 4g.
    Work in Alcoa...no 4g.
    I was downtown on Market Square last night...no 4g
    I have only been able to get it when I am in the West Hills area around the Mall and off Middlebrook Pike near Cedar Bluff. When it does connect, the speeds are great.

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    1. Yep, I am pretty sure the 4G comes off the US Cellular Tower on Kingston Pike near Buddy's BBQ and Sam's Club.

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  11. Great, so I've been waiting a year and a half for this, spent over $200 for a service I'm not receiving, and now they announce that I will probably never get this service that I continue to pay for unless I spend $500+ on a new phone! Fantastic!

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  12. @BC Sprint is well known for scr**ing customers in that manner.

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  13. Never once have I seen a 4g signal... Considering I work Everywhere between Blaine and farragut, live in fountain city, spend time off cedar lane, and get my hair cut in west hills... I've never had 4g

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  14. 4g indicator just lit up for the FIRST TIME Galaxy S3,West Town Mall area !!!!

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  15. I'm getting 4G LTE on Campbell Station, West Town Mall. It's really fast on Campbell Station Road.

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  16. Trying out sprint for the 14 day trial and so far very very disappointed w t f is 4g I can't even get more than 2 Bars

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    1. The number of bars you see can also be affected by the phone/software/etc. The only thing that matters is if you are getting dropped calls, and I never have a problem with Sprint and dropped calls here in Knoxville.

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