So a little bit ago just to eliminate the "weak signal" possibility causing me to not connect to LTE on a live Sprint LTE tower, I pulled up right next to it. FAIL! no LTE connection at all. I have reset my phone, and toggled LTE on n off. NOTHING! As of 30 minutes ago, Sprint still says the towers all report to be up and running. I did take my phone in yesterday after work and they said its not my phone, nobody out here is having any luck and they went on to say that they cant get any straight answers to the issue either. Testing from Sugar Land, SW Houston, to Baytown and now back to SW Houston... 4G LTE continues to fail

There are no Kroger stores in Austin. They're in Houston, DFW, and Bryan/College Station.Someone else tweeted about testing LTE in Austin--I asked where in town, and he gave a San Antonio location (1604).

Yes, it turns out the Kroger report I had was actually in Atlanta. Sorry for any confusion.

Robert

I cannot speak to you all who are having connection problems to LTE. There are many of our members who are not having connection problems in these markets next to live sites.

As for a Sprint store ruling out no problems with the device, I don't think they can definitively say that unless they had a live LTE signal in their building that they can compare it to. They were just sending you on your way. You may indeed have a device issue.

Also, you guys need to tone down your comments. I am OK with you reporting what is going on in your area and what you are experiencing...both good and bad. But dramatic and sensational negative comments are a violation of our posting guidelines. Lets keep our comments constructive. Thank you.

Robert

This particular sprint store is near an lte tower that they say is up but none of their LTE phones connect. All I can speak for are the 2 towers sprint customer care supervisor stated that were LTE online. Im just very frustrated. It wouldnt be so bad to deal with if my 3G service wasnt having an issue. At work, we cant use the web for anything other than work so all streaming music etc must be done via our cell phones.

This particular sprint store is near an lte tower that they say is up but none of their LTE phones connect. All I can speak for are the 2 towers sprint customer care supervisor stated that were LTE online. Im just very frustrated. It wouldnt be so bad to deal with if my 3G service wasnt having an issue. At work, we cant use the web for anything other than work so all streaming music etc must be done via our cell phones.

Where is the site location? I will look it up.

Robert

I tried the reported Austin tower on 35 and MLK. At that corner, there is no 4G, but 3G does jump to 1.5 - 1.7 Mbps. It has a very short range--if you go four blocks east to Comal or three blocks south to the Denny's at 16th, 3G drops back to under 500Kbps.

I tried the reported Austin tower on 35 and MLK. At that corner, there is no 4G, but 3G does jump to 1.5 - 1.7 Mbps. It has a very short range--if you go four blocks east to Comal or three blocks south to the Denny's at 16th, 3G drops back to under 500Kbps.

Thanks for your update.

Robert

I was at 35/mlk today and didn't see any 4G.

Thanks for the update jenni_b

I was at 35/mlk today and didn't see any 4G. Thanks for the update jenni_b

I clicked the tower on the Site Map and the address actually shows 16th and 35 which is 3 blocks South of MLK and right across the highway from that Denny's so it's odd that the signal was worse there than at MLK and 35.

which site map?

I dont really trust the link below, but its the best things since Im not a premier sponsor on here.

https://network.sprint.com/TX/Austin/

which site map? I dont really trust the link below, but its the best things since Im not a premier sponsor on here. https://network.sprint.com/TX/Austin/

Yeah, these maps at network.sprint.com only show sites getting maintenance 3G upgrades in a 6 month rolling schedule. It does not include anywhere near all of them. Jordan, you do have access to the Austin market map as a Sponsor where you can see all the Sprint sites in your market here: http://s4gru.com/index.php?/topic/577-network-vision-site-map-dfw-austin-and-west-texas/

Robert

Thanks,

premier would get me dates of those towers upgrades, correct?

Thanks,premier would get me dates of those towers upgrades, correct?

Yes. The Austin map is right here: http://s4gru.com/index.php?/topic/1050-network-vision-site-schedule-map-austin/

You would also have access to all the schedule maps in the Premier Sponsor forum.

Robert

Interested to see where the completed towers in the Austin metro area are, I still haven't seen any movement at the towers in north Austin.

During lunch yesterday I did a speedtest and results were much better than I have been seeing. However, around 3:30 I did the speedtest again and it was back to what I have been seeing. I work in far north Austin around Yager and IH 35.

Test Date: Jul 24, 2012 12:49:28 pm

Connection Type: Ehrpd

Server: Fort Worth, TX

Download: 1559 kbps

Upload: 583 kbps

Ping: 217 ms

IP addresses removed

Latitude: 30.38534

Longitude: -97.67410

A detailed image for this result can be found here:

http://www.speedtest...d/217466669.png

greetings all, first time poster, long time lurker.

anyone know if there are any new active towers at 281 and 1604 (north) or 35 and 1604 (north) ?

i work at 281/1604 and have not seen any sign of network enhancements on my moto photon (getting crappy data speeds) nor do i see anything at the 35 and 1604 (close to home).

just wondering as i am going to be buying the sammy gs3 here in a week or two and would like to know if i will be able to see these wonderful lte speeds!

thank you.

greetings all, first time poster, long time lurker.anyone know if there are any new active towers at 281 and 1604 (north) or 35 and 1604 (north) ?i work at 281/1604 and have not seen any sign of network enhancements on my moto photon (getting crappy data speeds) nor do i see anything at the 35 and 1604 (close to home). just wondering as i am going to be buying the sammy gs3 here in a week or two and would like to know if i will be able to see these wonderful lte speeds!thank you.

We have not received any corroborated reports of anything in the Austin area. Stay tuned.

Robert

We have not received any corroborated reports of anything in the Austin area. Stay tuned.Robert

@robert

Sorry for the confusion. i am in San Antonio, not Austin :-) Mostly N/NE side of SA that is.

Does anyone know that range of the LTE signal form the tower?Is there a map of the LTE towers that are on and still blocked?Is there a schedule of those towers being unblocked and or turned on?

Does anyone know that range of the LTE signal form the tower? Field analysis would be required to identify. Downtilt varies from site to site, and sector to sector within the same site.

Is there a map of the LTE towers that are on and still blocked? Supposedly no site is being blocked any longer in launched markets. Sites should be coming live now as they are completed. There are many blocked sites still though in unlaunched markets.

Is there a schedule of those towers being unblocked and or turned on? We have very detailed schedules in our Premier Sponsor sections of our site for the Round One and Round Two markets.

Robert