lilotimz Posted September 5, 2014 Share Posted September 5, 2014 This is a future network question Tim and/or Robert. When VoLTE finally starts to roll out couldn't they re-use the Sprint Spectrum from all the CDMA/3G carriers and re-purpose that spectrum for LTE 1900 carriers or VoLTE 1900? That would increase capacity for Sprint's Sacramento PCS Spectrum and all carriers would be LTE right?Nope. Shutting down for another 5 mhz pcs carrier means shunting EVDO and 1x carrier to a 5mhz slice for one 1x carrier and two EVDO carriers. Not going to happen. Too much users on 3g still. You're looking at years in the future before that can even been contemplated. Sent from my Nexus 5 using Tapatalk Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kytopgun Posted September 5, 2014 Share Posted September 5, 2014 Nope. Shutting down for another 5 mhz pcs carrier means shunting EVDO and 1x carrier to a 5mhz slice for one 1x carrier and two EVDO carriers. Not going to happen. Too much users on 3g still. You're looking at years in the future before that can even been contemplated. Sent from my Nexus 5 using Tapatalk Ok. That makes sense. Years in the future...darn. I guess this would work if they could get everyone off 3G and onto LTE, but Sprint doesn't have much in 1900 or 800 spectrum to shift things around until they can get everyone completely off 3G to re-purpose the pcs spectrum. Interesting. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lilotimz Posted September 5, 2014 Share Posted September 5, 2014 Ok. That makes sense. Years in the future...darn. I guess this would work if they could get everyone off 3G and onto LTE, but Sprint doesn't have much in 1900 or 800 spectrum to shift things around until they can get everyone completely off 3G to re-purpose the pcs spectrum. Interesting. And that's why I keep saying band 41 and triband devices are the only things that'll save this market. Sent from my Nexus 5 using Tapatalk Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
agsaguy Posted September 6, 2014 Share Posted September 6, 2014 I hope that the new iPhone 6 will have band 41! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
S4GRU Posted September 6, 2014 Share Posted September 6, 2014 This is a future network question Tim and/or Robert. When VoLTE finally starts to roll out couldn't they re-use the Sprint Spectrum from all the CDMA/3G carriers and re-purpose that spectrum for LTE 1900 carriers or VoLTE 1900? That would increase capacity for Sprint's Sacramento PCS Spectrum and all carriers would be LTE right? This can be done in some markets. But not Sacramento. Sprint does not have enough spare PCS spectrum to do this in your market anytime soon. As VoLTE adoption grows and voice on 1x drops and 3G usage drops far enough, and Sprint can live with just CDMA on less than 5MHz, then Sprint could add another PCS LTE carrier in Sacto. But I think in the best case scenario, that's still 3 years out. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
agsaguy Posted September 6, 2014 Share Posted September 6, 2014 This can be done in some markets. But not Sacramento. Sprint does not have enough spare PCS spectrum to do this in your market anytime soon. As VoLTE adoption grows and voice on 1x drops and 3G usage drops far enough, and Sprint can live with just CDMA on less than 5MHz, then Sprint could add another PCS LTE carrier in Sacto. But I think in the best case scenario, that's still 3 years out. Do you think Sprint is going to participate in the AWS-3 coming up in a few months? I think it would be great since AWS is similar to PCS, but not as bad in signal penetrate as EBS/BRS band since their network is built on PCS spacing. Or do you think they will save their pennies and go all in on the 600Mz auction next year? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vlee Posted September 6, 2014 Share Posted September 6, 2014 Each 20 MHz carrier supports speeds of 101/14.7 Mbps.. I wonder why upload is slower than download? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lilotimz Posted September 6, 2014 Share Posted September 6, 2014 I wonder why upload is slower than download? It's the uplink-downlink configuration Sprint has chosen for the network (6:3). 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nuno916 Posted September 8, 2014 Share Posted September 8, 2014 (edited) Holy crap after waiting for a long time I finally get some LTE in midtown. I'm at 16th and C street.. Edited September 8, 2014 by Nuno916 9 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OctoInk Posted September 8, 2014 Share Posted September 8, 2014 I'm getting LTE at Exposition Blvd near 160 (REI) 54ms Ping 19.58 D/L 9.10 U/L Gotta hand it to Sprint, they finally came through. Also, getting great speeds in Midtown, but call quality is still a bit fuzzy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lilotimz Posted September 8, 2014 Share Posted September 8, 2014 Cough http://s4gru.com/index.php?/topic/3913-network-vision-site-acceptance-report-updates/?p=359833 Upper Central Valley - 9 updates (1 3G, 8 LTE)Maps are updated. Robert Exact locations & other info available to S4GRU sponsors Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jwigley Posted September 8, 2014 Share Posted September 8, 2014 Holy crap after waiting for a long time I finally get some LTE in midtown. I'm at 16th and C street.. So that's by muir park and the blue diamond almonds factory. Very cool. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jwigley Posted September 8, 2014 Share Posted September 8, 2014 Is the Galaxy S5 a tri band phone? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lilotimz Posted September 8, 2014 Share Posted September 8, 2014 Is the Galaxy S5 a tri band phone? Yes. Any high end and mid end device released since November of 2013 has been a Triband phone. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
legendary Posted September 9, 2014 Share Posted September 9, 2014 Hold on. So a note 2/s3 isn't going to work well here in Davis? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
S4GRU Posted September 9, 2014 Share Posted September 9, 2014 Hold on. So a note 2/s3 isn't going to work well here in Davis? No. I would not, could not get a Note 2 or 3 in Davis...in Yolo County...in Northern California. If data performance is critical to you, you must get a Triband phone. Band 26 and Band 41 are a necessity in California. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dkoellerwx Posted September 9, 2014 Share Posted September 9, 2014 Unless the coverage maps have suddenly gone haywire, it looks like Sprint has formally launched LTE in the Sacramento area! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jp1992 Posted September 9, 2014 Share Posted September 9, 2014 Unless the coverage maps have suddenly gone haywire, it looks like Sprint has formally launched LTE in the Sacramento area! Not yet. http://newsroom.sprint.com/news-releases/4glte-launchedmarkets.htm We still need more LTE coverage to be considered launched. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dkoellerwx Posted September 9, 2014 Share Posted September 9, 2014 Not yet. http://newsroom.sprint.com/news-releases/4glte-launchedmarkets.htm We still need more LTE coverage to be considered launched. Forget that, they always update the maps before an announcement. Look at the coverage map. http://coverage.sprint.com/action/WebImageStream11?covType=ltetriband&serviceType=data&mapcenterx=-121.49333190917969&mapcentery=38.58339309692383&geocenterx=-121.493329&geocentery=38.581669&endlinex=&endliney=&scale=25.0&width=420&height=315&showPinpoint=T&signalStrength=T&antiAlias=T&layers=FFFFFFTTTFFFFF Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lilotimz Posted September 9, 2014 Share Posted September 9, 2014 That's insane. They're launching with less than 20-30% coverage. Sent from my Nexus 5 using Tapatalk Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dkoellerwx Posted September 9, 2014 Share Posted September 9, 2014 That's insane. They're launching with less than 20-30% coverage. Sent from my Nexus 5 using Tapatalk Yeah... I don't know if there's some sort of glitch going on or what. A lot of places are showing up now that shouldn't be. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lilotimz Posted September 9, 2014 Share Posted September 9, 2014 Yeah... I don't know if there's some sort of glitch going on or what. A lot of places are showing up now that shouldn't be. They literally have huge regions important areas with no lte. This market is most definitely not ready. Sent from my Nexus 5 using Tapatalk 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jp1992 Posted September 9, 2014 Share Posted September 9, 2014 Forget that, they always update the maps before an announcement. Look at the coverage map. http://coverage.sprint.com/action/WebImageStream11?covType=ltetriband&serviceType=data&mapcenterx=-121.49333190917969&mapcentery=38.58339309692383&geocenterx=-121.493329&geocentery=38.581669&endlinex=&endliney=&scale=25.0&width=420&height=315&showPinpoint=T&signalStrength=T&antiAlias=T&layers=FFFFFFTTTFFFFF No way that is even close to accurate. That is really misleading if sales is going to be using this in stores. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sharward Posted September 9, 2014 Share Posted September 9, 2014 I wonder if they're trying to get a jump on iPhone 6 pre-orders and are doing everything they can to show a pretty picture, even if it's not real yet... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
briank86 Posted September 9, 2014 Share Posted September 9, 2014 Most iphone users won't even know the difference between Network Vision improved EV-DO and LTE when streaming music or checking email. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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