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Sprint LTE is now discoverable in the Kansas market


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by Robert Herron
Sprint 4G Rollout Updates
Thursday, July 12, 2012 - 9:58 AM MDT

 

Yesterday, dozens of S4GRU members in the Kansas market started rejoicing as they saw 4G icons start appearing on their Sprint LTE devices. Several threads were posted in our forums, and my e-mail box started filling and text chimes on my phone started ringing. LTE was coming live in the Kansas City area.

Now I have received confirmation from sources within Sprint, that they have indeed stopped blocking LTE connections in the Kansas market. LTE is now discoverable for Sprint LTE devices. Every complete and signed off LTE site in the market is now live. Even in places outside Kansas City, like St. Joseph, Missouri and Manhattan, Kansas. And more are expected to go live every week until the market is 100% complete.

We should hear more about other Sprint LTE markets soon. Stay tuned.

Let us know if you are getting any 4G LTE service in other communities in the market. Like Wichita, Hutchinson, Topeka, etc.

 

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Live LTE sites as of the last S4GRU update. There are more sites live at this time than what we are reporting. Solid coverage is isolated around Olathe and Independence. But more coverage will be added weekly.

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FYI: The Sprint coverage maps are down on the Sprint site. So good things are to come to those who are patient right? I am guessing they are updating it down to street levels for LTE coverage (hopefully!). I just thought I would let people know as I stumbled upon this when I was wanting to check LTE coverage in a certain part of the City.

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FYI: The Sprint coverage maps are down on the Sprint site. So good things are to come to those who are patient right? I am guessing they are updating it down to street levels for LTE coverage (hopefully!). I just thought I would let people know as I stumbled upon this when wnating to check LTE coverage in a certain part of the City.

they must have just did that because i checked the map about an hour ago and it was working.

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Android Authority site also posted about this and I love how they said

Sprint 4G rollout specialist site S4GRU (yes, there are such sites) reports that the first 4G LTE network from Sprint is already up and running in Kansas City, KS.

 

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I find it somewhat amazing that this is the article that gets all the attention, I guess being first to report what can be confirmed means a lot. As others have said, maybe they'll start trusting your info when the cities start coming online in the order and time frame that you predicted months in advance.

 

Nice job S4GRU! You've got the best articles and the most knowledgeable community about this network, and today proves it once again.

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I drove down to Mulvane, KS to test the tower that was on the June 2012 rollout map. I was able to get 4G on my Evo 4G LTE. I got anywhere from 12 - 14Mbps download and 7 - 10Mbps upload with ~100ms ping times.

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I was able to pick 4g today in Junction City, Ks but i didnt get a speedtest since signal faded out but i picked it up in a couple different areas

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