Hiro11
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LTE seems to be down across the western suburbs. Nothing from Dupage to Lake counties is working for me. Full bars 4G showing, no connectivity to be had.
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Does anyone have an idea of when (or if) the hole around Wheaton is going to get some improved coverage? I get good 4G to the north, south, east and west of Wheaton, but for some reason, the bandwidth in Wheaton itself is really awful. It's actually kind of funny: the moment you cross the town line on Roosevelt, coverage drops to near zero. Wheaton has a history of throwing up red tape when it comes to infrastructure upgrades (see: Xfinity, power grid etc), I hope this isn't another example of NIMBYism.
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Wheaton remains a black hole for me, which is frustrating as I'm frequently there. Full 4G through Schaumburg, Palatine and Lake Cook road now, though. That's awesome.
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Was staying in the Boston Harbor Hotel over the weekend. I saw 4G (8-9 mbps) in my room, but not in the lobby. Got 4G in the middle of Quincy Market (yes, I was a tourist).
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Seeing shreds of LTE more broadly these days. I had a good connection just outside of Woodfield this weekend. Testing continues in Glen Ellyn, Wheaton, Warrenville, Lisle etc. I see 4G from time to time along Roosevelt (which otherwise remains a black hole). Further north, all of Lake Cook Rd seems the be live now. Most of the 355/290/53 corridor remains LTE-free and weak for 3G.
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I followed the entire marathon around on my bike (family running in it) from the start north to Addison, back south and west to the United Center, south to the Cell and Chinatown and back up to Grant Park. I saw some spotty 4G out by UIC. Other than that flash of speed, I can attest to the fact that Sprint is simply terrible in Chicago city limits right now. Particularly shocking: I was unable to get a data connection of any sort in most of Streeterville and River North. The terrible coverage is understandable as Sprint is in the process of nuking their entire Chicago network right now, but it's definitely painful right now. I feel for you city folk.
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LTE active and 28 mbps down this morning in Glen Ellyn (Roosevelt and 355). I'll be happy to eat crow on my earlier words about the western suburbs if Sprint can serve this up across the burbs.
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In my experience, so far this NV/LTE roll-out continues to be a bust in the vast majority of the Chicagoland area. I had a busy weekend driving around and I didn't get a sniff of LTE anywhere in the western suburbs this weekend. In particular, Wheaton, Glen Ellyn, Warrenville, northern Naperville and parts of Lisle remain basically cell service holes on Sprint. In the vast majority of these areas, even 3G remains unreliable and incredibly slow, let alone LTE. I ran several speed tests and saw on average at most 0.3mbps. Many places simply had no data coverage, as if this is 1992. This is a wide swath of area with a couple hundred thousand local people. Also, the entire 355/290/53 corridor remains spotty in 3G coverage (although better than Wheaton et al) and completely LTE-free, even through densely developed Schaumburg. IMO, this is unacceptable. I really hope the situation starts to improve soon in the western suburbs. I don't recommend Sprint in Chicago if you're up for contract renewal.
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Signal strength steady at RSRP: -84dBm, same as yesterday.
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My local cell seems to have toned things down a bit today. Servers in both Chicago and Arlington Heights.
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This has been my experience as well. I'm not doing anything to log on to LTE, the phone takes at least 30 seconds to switch over though. I was watching the LTE Engineering screen this morning while it logged on. Sidenote: I'm on LTE the entire time I'm at work and I've seen basically no hit to battery life. It helps that I have a very strong signal. This was a major concern of mine (perhaps an invalid concern) in moving to LTE.
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Serving cell: 07E34300 RSRP: -84dBm Uploaded with ImageShack.us
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Not sure I appreciate the perceived snideness of this post, but I take your point. I don't know what tower I'm on.
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West of the tri-state. Don't want to narrow it down too much as then you'll know where I work...
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I'm consistently getting 20+ megs down, full bars 4G on Lake Cook Rd today. Pretty excited about this.
