Sprint Receives #1 Ranking for Fastest Mobile Network in Dayton, Ohio
April 24 2015 - 1:29PM
Business Wire
Shared 1st place rankings also received for
overall, reliability, data, and call network performance as well as
1st place outright win in text
Sprint today announced that its Dayton, Ohio network received a
1st place ranking for fastest mobile network and shared 1st place
rankings in overall, reliability, data, and call network
performance, as well as a 1st place outright win in text, according
to a new RootScore® Report by independent mobile analytics firm
RootMetrics®.
Since RootMetrics’ previous test five months ago, Sprint’s
percentage of time on LTE increased from approximately 50 percent
to 97 percent. Subsequently, Sprint’s median download speed
increased by more than 500 percent. As for call performance, Sprint
did not record any blocked calls during testing.
“Our network gets better every day, and we’re working hard to
provide the consistent reliability, capacity, and speed that our
customers demand,” said Scott Santi, vice president of Sprint’s
network in the North Region. “We’re very pleased with these latest
results in Dayton and we will continue to invest in the network.
With our new low-cost pricing plans, there’s never been a better
time to give Sprint a try.”
Following a multi-year overhaul, the Sprint network now provides
significantly better call quality and faster data speeds in more
places than before. Additionally, according to RootMetrics, Sprint
has been awarded a total of 104 first place (outright or shared)
RootScore Awards for overall, reliability, speed, data, call, or
text network performance in the 77 markets measured to date in the
1st half of 2015.1
About RootMetrics
RootMetrics, an independent mobile analytics firm that offers
insights into the consumer mobile experience, tests the networks of
all four major wireless carriers in the U.S. twice per year. The
company provides objective, unbiased assessments of performance
across a broad range of consumer-oriented mobile activities
including data usage, calling, and texting. Network reliability
measures a customer’s ability to establish and keep a data
connection, make and retain a call, and send and receive texts.
Rankings based on RootMetrics Dayton (April, 2015) RootScore
Report for mobile performance as tested on best available plans and
devices on 4 mobile networks across all available network types.
The RootMetrics award is not an endorsement of Sprint. Your results
may vary. See www.rootmetrics.com for details.
About Sprint
Sprint (NYSE: S) is a communications services company
that creates more and better ways to connect its customers to
the things they care about most. Sprint served nearly 56
million connections as of December 31, 2014 and is widely
recognized for developing, engineering and deploying innovative
technologies, including the first wireless 4G service from a
national carrier in the United States; leading no-contract brands
including Virgin Mobile USA, Boost Mobile, and Assurance Wireless;
instant national and international push-to-talk capabilities; and a
global Tier 1 Internet backbone. Sprint has been named to the Dow
Jones Sustainability Index (DJSI) North America for the past four
years. You can learn more and visit Sprint at www.sprint.com or
www.facebook.com/sprint and www.twitter.com/sprint.
1 Rankings based on 77 RootMetrics (January 1 – April 7, 2015)
RootScore Reports for mobile performance as tested on best
available plans and devices on four mobile networks across all
available network types. Your experiences may vary. The RootMetrics
award is not an endorsement of Sprint. Visit www.rootmetrics.com
for more details.
SprintAdrienne Norton,
425-256-7014adrienne.norton@sprint.com
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