Sprint coverage at the Rio/LV in general

[AlxRogan]

This will be the first year I have Sprint out at DEF CON, and was wondering if anyone has any experience with how it worked last year at the Rio? Last year we relied on my wife's T-mobile phone for everything (plus Ninjatel), as my at&t phone was useless for most of the time.

[sintax_error]

Re: Sprint coverage at the Rio/LV in general

Haven't had an issue with Sprint out in Vegas in years, 3G/WiMax coverage is pretty solid, though LTE is pretty much non-existent.

[gewk]

Re: Sprint coverage at the Rio/LV in general

didn't have any issues last year at all with sprint

[jmthecm]

Re: Sprint coverage at the Rio/LV in general

I had problems last year at the con with sprint. It could have been the HTC evo and not the carrier.

[AlxRogan]

Re: Sprint coverage at the Rio/LV in general

Great feedback, I won't worry about a backup then. Thanks!

[beaker]

Re: Sprint coverage at the Rio/LV in general

General Sprint coverage for me sucked balls in LV. Yet all networks tend to blow @ DC / Rio. It's one saving grace was the "4G" WiMax as a hotspot in the room so you don't have to pay thru the nose for shitty hotel wifi.

[parsec]

Re: Sprint coverage at the Rio/LV in general

There's Sprint LTE by the airport and that's about it and even then it's pretty shitty.

[KSI_SYN]

Re: Sprint coverage at the Rio/LV in general

I was out in LV a few months back with Verizon ATT and Sprint. overall my sprint device had 3G coverage all across the Strip 4G was a bit spotty unless you were a few floors up.

GPS coverage was crap but was useful for hacking portals in ingress :)