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Was just in Tutu and had LTE. Speed test was 10+ Mbps. Got home in Mandahl and I'm back to 3G.

Has anybody tried Sensorly? (http://goo.gl/wuDNM) It maps signal coverage and strength by crowd sourcing. Looks like no one in St. Thomas has been using it because there's not data.

There is no link to the article Title: Upgrades, equipment failure mar Sprint service. Sprint customers in the territory have been hit with double whammy when it comes to service interruptions in recent weeks, according to a Sprint spokeswoman. About three weeks ago, Sprint began a "network upgrade" to bring its service level from 3G capability to 4G capability and to enhance download speeds. The upgrade is going on nationally and entails minor interruptions to service for all customers. However, on Sunday, a key piece of transmitting equipment failed, disrupting service until the issue was resolved on Tuesday morning, according to Sprint spokeswoman Kelly Schlageter. Schlageter said 10 of the 14 towers that supply service to Sprint customers on St. Thomas were unable to transmit a signal o to the larger network through Puerto Rico after a transmitter failed Sunday night. Schlageter said she did not know the exact cause of the failure, but did not appear to be weather-related. "Equipment failure happens very rarely and unfortunately is part of doing business," Schlageter said. "It was not caused by and kind of weather or other external event." Schlageter declined to say whether such failures and interruptions in service affect the Virgin Islands market more than other Sprint markets, but recent proposals to build more cell towers in the Virgin Islands have spurred discussions about the need to expand wireless transmitting capacity. Director of Planning for the Department of Planning and Natural Resources Stuart Smith has said during recent public hearings on the proposed building of tower in Estate Hospital Ground that unless more towers are erected, providers have to scramble to provide coverage in response to an increase in demand from more mobile device users. "Currently, if even one towers goes offline, calls will be dropped," Stuart has said. Schlageter said Sprint's network upgrade should allow for stronger, smoother service to the island of St. Thomas as the existing towers will be able to emit stronger signals. "The signal will be stronger and should reach further and will hopefully close some of those coverage gaps," she said.