Network Vision/LTE - Rochester Market (Rochester, New York)

[Cparns]

Received these speeds at Lehigh and route 15. Would anyone know when LTE will be reaching east/culver/winton area?

[brittonx]

I work in Henrietta, near Winton & Brighton Henrietta Townline Road.  The last week or so, the data connection has been extremely unstable.  Hotspotting is almost useless because the cellular data connection just stops responding at random intervals.  I hope they finish the upgrades soon because this data connection instability is driving me nuts!

[gstman585]

Ping: 1531ms DL:0.02 Mbps UL:0.15 Mbps (cant attatch screenshot too big) but I work in culver/university so hopefully things pick up when im there but since 27th my cell been droppin calls I live in lake/lyell area...been looking forward to LTE since my old htc evo shift sucks I dont get 4g on this note 2 like I did on the shift...oh well come on sprint make it happen

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[gstman585]

Im able to do this one though

 

Edited November 14, 2013 by gstman585

[timdthomas]

I've had no service all day at Xerox in Webster, I was hoping some towers were getting upgraded, but I doubt that's it.   (by the way, I can't believe I have no way of reporting an outage on the Sprint web site!)

[ryman101]

I've had no service all day at Xerox in Webster, I was hoping some towers were getting upgraded, but I doubt that's it. (by the way, I can't believe I have no way of reporting an outage on the Sprint web site!)

It could very well be a result of work going on, why do you doubt that's the case? Work has been happening all over the market lately.

 

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[timdthomas]

It could very well be a result of work going on, why do you doubt that's the case? Work has been happening all over the market lately.

 

 

Mostly because it was down all day long with absolutely no service (not spotty service, no service at all.)

[timdthomas]

*Sigh*.  Day two with no service at Xerox in Webster.   Is there any way to see the list of towers currently undergoing upgrades?  Would it really be down for two days?

[ryman101]

*Sigh*. Day two with no service at Xerox in Webster. Is there any way to see the list of towers currently undergoing upgrades? Would it really be down for two days?

I'm not sure if it is upgrades after all if it's been totally without service like that. I guess it could be but there isn't a way to tell really. Do you not at least get roaming coverage that you can use there?

 

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[timdthomas]

No, surprisingly it didn't cut over to roaming.   Finally came back up after about noon today.   I was hoping to see a 4G at the top of my phone, but alas no.   I have started seeing 4G in a few spots around town, namely Henrietta and in Hyland Park.

[wess580]

That's the only area that seem tho have it

 

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[ryman101]

No, surprisingly it didn't cut over to roaming. Finally came back up after about noon today. I was hoping to see a 4G at the top of my phone, but alas no. I have started seeing 4G in a few spots around town, namely Henrietta and in Hyland Park.

It is probable then that they were installing new equipment at the tower serving that area then, but perhaps they are waiting on backhaul to turn 4G on like so many other areas, did you perhaps notice an improvement in 3G speeds there when they turned it back on?

 

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[dwhilsdorf]

There were NCS (I think) Wireless trucks in my work parking lot on Hudson Ave today.  We have sprint antennas on top of the building.  I asked the plant manager about it and he said "It was Sprint but they already did an upgrade. This crew is removing the old equipment.".

 

Sill 3G today, and not very fast.

[Matt.NY.Tech]

I've noticed the acceptance reports haven't quite matched up with what I am experiencing through customer interaction and field testing. 

 

There are sites that have indeed had new equipment installed but are not on the map. 

 

And just to get everyone's hopes up here's what I got today...

 

"It looks like all new remaining towers will start coming on tonight and be done by the 26th. 7 LTE towers... don't have the specifics.."

[ryman101]

I've noticed the acceptance reports haven't quite matched up with what I am experiencing through customer interaction and field testing.

 

There are sites that have indeed had new equipment installed but are not on the map.

 

And just to get everyone's hopes up here's what I got today...

 

"It looks like all new remaining towers will start coming on tonight and be done by the 26th. 7 LTE towers... don't have the specifics.."

I like this! I like it I like it I like it :-D

 

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[Matt.NY.Tech]

Not that its relevant anymore but the Xerox issue was equipment related and not due to Network Vision / Spark.

 

I don't remember who originally brought it up here but I'm interested to know if you know about our store location on Ridge?

 

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[brittonx]

I've noticed the acceptance reports haven't quite matched up with what I am experiencing through customer interaction and field testing. 

 

There are sites that have indeed had new equipment installed but are not on the map. 

 

And just to get everyone's hopes up here's what I got today...

 

"It looks like all new remaining towers will start coming on tonight and be done by the 26th. 7 LTE towers... don't have the specifics.."

Does this mean they will actually be turning on the LTE?  I ask because there are "3G/4G" (Yellow) towers on the map that are not broadcasting LTE.

[Matt.NY.Tech]

Im assuming they meant that all of the Rochester market would be 3G accepted and 7 more sites would show 4G accepted. Now whether or not we would see 4G from those sites or even any enhnaced 3G or voice capability remains to be seen.

 

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[Matt.NY.Tech]

My personal experience has been that regardless of acceptance I see no difference in 3G data speeds or voice quality. I have experienced 4G LTE in henrietta but speeds were sub 2mbs. I love to see accepted sites but remember that doesn't equate to any real change yet.

 

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[wess580]

I've noticed the acceptance reports haven't quite matched up with what I am experiencing through customer interaction and field testing.

 

There are sites that have indeed had new equipment installed but are not on the map.

 

And just to get everyone's hopes up here's what I got today...

 

"It looks like all new remaining towers will start coming on tonight and be done by the 26th. 7 LTE towers... don't have the specifics.."

Though they may have told you this. ive been calling sprint evey week since October they give me the same run around but instead of November 26th its was the 5 of oct then 14 then the 22nd then 28 then the 5th again each time they said a tower was down and each time they said it would be fix by the end of the night ....starting to give up on sprint after over 12yrs of service with them

 

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[Matt.NY.Tech]

Though they may have told you this. ive been calling sprint evey week since October they give me the same run around but instead of November 26th its was the 5 of oct then 14 then the 22nd then 28 then the 5th again each time they said a tower was down and each time they said it would be fix by the end of the night ....starting to give up on sprint after over 12yrs of service with them

 

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The info I received was Sprint internal, not Care. I still take it all with a grain of salt but my IAE knows not to talk to me unless she is confident about what she has to offer.

 

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[ryman101]

I know I have personally seen work being done on various towers like the one I mentioned previously where 590 meets 104, and they haven't been shown to be accepted yet. It is possible that Robert is behind with updating the maps for the Rochester market when it comes to accepted sites, as he is a very busy guy managing all of this site out of what is essentially spare time, we don't pay for his service and he does everything here because he wants to, basically. It is also very possible that work is pretty much just running all over the market and that the sites mentioned by Matt are very "close" to being officially accepted, at which time Robert will get the information on them and then mark them as accepted sites in the maps.

 

All in all, like I also have said before, I think that Network Vision as a whole has definitely got some momentum going in the Rochester market. It looks to me on the maps like the vast majority of the market, outside of the actual city, is 3G accepted. They are probably working very vigorously to get the sites in the city upgraded properly with LTE for the much needed data capacity, but it is an extremely complex process and they have to go through quite a bit to upgrade all of the relatively aged equipment currently in place. It is very likely that the aforementioned seven sites will be accepted and turned on in the near future, and they will definitely pop up on the maps soon after that happens, it's just patience and sticking it out with Sprint until they get the chance to set up the new equipment.

 

The things Matt has heard from Sprint from the inside as well as all of the 3G acceptances we have seen all over Rochester, and the few sites that are actually broadcasting LTE are very good things, and we should be moving nowhere but forward from here. It's just more or less waiting on the vendors to sort out the extremely complicated process of upgrading the antiquated equipment with the shiny new stuff, and it's anybody's guess how difficult that's going to be for them to do and therefore how long it will take.

 

Let's just hope the crappy Rochester weather will not impact their work, we've already had snow which is just bad ju-ju! 

 

Maybe I'll go and find some of the workers climbing up towers in the freezing cold and wind and offer to buy them some beers if they promise to stick it out and get it done fast! 

[wess580]

This has been my speeds for the past 45 days or so can someone tell me there intake on this im near e.ridge rd

 

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[ryman101]

This has been my speeds for the past 45 days or so can someone tell me there intake on this im near e.ridge rd

 

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To me, those look like garbage speeds from old equipment that hasn't been properly updated yet. If the tower you're bouncing off has been updated, than its still overcrowded and in need of more capacity in the form of LTE. Hang in there mate, the good stuff will be coming soon!

 

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[wess580]

I would believe that if they didnt tell me that new ones were put up a month ago

 

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