S4GRU Posted January 30, 2013 Share Posted January 30, 2013 Now when you mean rapidly, do you mean by like possibly the summer of this year (2013). I have not seen and word on the central Illinois area myself. In late Spring/Early summer, work should be well under way in the Central Illinois market. Some Ground Mount sites may even start sooner than that. Robert 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
userkv8031 Posted January 31, 2013 Share Posted January 31, 2013 In late Spring/Early summer, work should be well under way in the Central Illinois market. Some Ground Mount sites may even start sooner than that. Robert I imagine there may be a bit of a headache in some areas with the different affiliates that used to run these areas. I would guess each would have a slightly different setup. In the area of Central IL you had Sprint, Alamosa, and iPCS that ran portions of the network. I know the coverage by each varied greatly. It seemed iPCS always had the weaker signal. Not sure if it was the way they sited the towers, the power levels, or the panels but signal always tended to trail off quickly. The only sites that reliably put out signal for any distance were those that were 200+ feet. On a side note Verizon is getting ready to build a new 250 foot tower outside of Rushville (Sugar Grove Road & Grates Ln). Must be for the 700 license as they do not own the 800 license just west of the new site. I don't think they have a 1900 license as they never built out any coverage from this area west to Quincy. Not Sprint but it is always fun watching a new tower go up. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mbaseball3 Posted January 31, 2013 Share Posted January 31, 2013 Ugh. Whats happened to orange county, ca? Seems like its taken a dump on getting work done or even the possibility of having an LTE rollout any time soon. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dkoellerwx Posted January 31, 2013 Author Share Posted January 31, 2013 Ugh. Whats happened to orange county, ca? Seems like its taken a dump on getting work done or even the possibility of having an LTE rollout any time soon. Work is happening in Orange County RIGHT NOW! Currently there are 2 sites have have had LTE accepted, and many more that have recieved 3G upgrades. There are hundreds of sites in the Orange county market, it will take many months before there is a launchable amount of service, this is why it hasn't been mentioned in any press releases yet. However, it will likely be only a few weeks before you start to see LTE around the market. The difference is that many of the smaller markets that Sprint has announced have far fewer towers, so it takes much less time to get to a launchable amount of service. Orange county has not been forgotten. Far from it. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dkoellerwx Posted February 6, 2013 Author Share Posted February 6, 2013 I have updated Asheville, NC, Hickory, NC, Fort Myers, FL and Tullahoma, TN to Pre-Launch status as we now have LTE being reported in those areas on Sensorly. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
strumgewr Posted February 6, 2013 Share Posted February 6, 2013 Does anyone know if sprint has upgraded any of the NASCAR tracks or deployed LTE? This would seem like a great place to deploy it, especially since they are the main sponsor. I haven't seen a single piece of information about it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lordsutch Posted February 6, 2013 Share Posted February 6, 2013 Does anyone know if sprint has upgraded any of the NASCAR tracks or deployed LTE? This would seem like a great place to deploy it, especially since they are the main sponsor. I haven't seen a single piece of information about it. LTE is live around the Atlanta Motor Speedway in Hampton, Ga.; I just drove around the area on Sunday and the strength is solid all the way around the outside of the speedway. I'd imagine several other tracks are already covered in other Sprint markets. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dkoellerwx Posted February 8, 2013 Author Share Posted February 8, 2013 As Sponsors know, Chattanooga and Clarksville, TN have sites with 4G signed off, as well as some LTE being reported on Sensorly, so I am updating these communities to Pre-Launch status. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WiWavelength Posted February 8, 2013 Share Posted February 8, 2013 Does anyone know if sprint has upgraded any of the NASCAR tracks or deployed LTE? This would seem like a great place to deploy it, especially since they are the main sponsor. I haven't seen a single piece of information about it. After all of the money spent on beer, dead dogs, and alimony, do NASCAR fans have anything leftover for LTE devices, let alone LTE service? AJ 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dkoellerwx Posted February 11, 2013 Author Share Posted February 11, 2013 Mankato, MN, welcome to Pre-Launch status! Sensorly is reporting LTE in the area, so I would expect the first site(s) to be accept around town here in the next few days. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dkoellerwx Posted February 12, 2013 Author Share Posted February 12, 2013 Athens, TX and Johnson City, TN. Congratulations! You now have Pre-Launch status! 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SurrealOne Posted February 14, 2013 Share Posted February 14, 2013 Im new to this forum but wated to add the 4G LTE is live in Orange County CA in my ZIP 92870 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dkoellerwx Posted February 14, 2013 Author Share Posted February 14, 2013 Im new to this forum but wated to add the 4G LTE is live in Orange County CA in my ZIP 92870 Thanks for the report. We have a thread dedicated to OC in another part of this forum. This map only tracks cities that Sprint has officially announced as getting LTE in the coming months, or already has LTE launched. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SurrealOne Posted February 14, 2013 Share Posted February 14, 2013 can you give me the link to that thread? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dkoellerwx Posted February 14, 2013 Author Share Posted February 14, 2013 Click markets at the top of this page, it should show up right beneath this thread. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dkoellerwx Posted February 18, 2013 Author Share Posted February 18, 2013 Status upgrade for three more cities today! Joplin, MO, Midland, MI and Sebring, FL are now officially in Pre-Launch phase. I would also like to mention that we are now seeing LTE go live in the OC, San Bernardino, San Diego, Detroit, Lansing MI, and Grand Rapids MI, areas, however they are not on the map at the moment because Sprint has not mentioned them yet. I expect a new list from Sprint to be published in the next 10 days, including officially launching a few more communities. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dkoellerwx Posted February 18, 2013 Author Share Posted February 18, 2013 Also, I've decided to add cities that have LTE available, but haven't been announced. I'll add those as needed in the future. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jefbal99 Posted February 19, 2013 Share Posted February 19, 2013 Also, I've decided to add cities that have LTE available, but haven't been announced. I'll add those as needed in the future. Add Lansing, MI Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dkoellerwx Posted February 19, 2013 Author Share Posted February 19, 2013 Add Lansing, MI Uhh? I did? Yesterday morning. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jefbal99 Posted February 19, 2013 Share Posted February 19, 2013 Uhh? I did? Yesterday morning. Sorry, I missed it Add Portland, Mi for available too Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dkoellerwx Posted February 19, 2013 Author Share Posted February 19, 2013 Sorry, I missed it Add Portland, Mi for available too I won't be adding every city and town, I'm guessing at which places Sprint might use in their press releases. So for now, only using larger cities that show up when zoomed out on Google maps. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AndroidBoy Posted February 20, 2013 Share Posted February 20, 2013 I see that there is a yellow "LTE available" marker that has been placed in downtown Seattle. Is this confirmed? I haven't seen it pop up on sensorly or anywhere else. I work in downtown Seattle and i can run by the area to try to map it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dkoellerwx Posted February 20, 2013 Author Share Posted February 20, 2013 I see that there is a yellow "LTE available" marker that has been placed in downtown Seattle. Is this confirmed? I haven't seen it pop up on sensorly or anywhere else. I work in downtown Seattle and i can run by the area to try to map it. Just means the Seattle area. Not necessarily downtown. The LTE that is available is southeast, Kent I think? But I can't put a point on for every single city, so I pick the biggest one in the area. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ddaniels3968 Posted February 24, 2013 Share Posted February 24, 2013 LTE is live around the Atlanta Motor Speedway in Hampton, Ga.; I just drove around the area on Sunday and the strength is solid all the way around the outside of the speedway. I'd imagine several other tracks are already covered in other Sprint markets. Most speedway's are equipped with temporary towers on the back of tractor trailer rigs during race weekend's. It's any bodies guess if they have upgraded this equipment yet. Sent from my SPH-L710 using Tapatalk 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
z250kid Posted February 24, 2013 Share Posted February 24, 2013 Puerto Rico has the most active launched lte. Also Daytona flordia becasue of Nascar why would you sponsor it and have no service Hahahaha Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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