Network Vision/LTE - Chicago Market

[Vince]

At least it was always usable. This is the progress Sprint needs. Being able to handle large crowds is a great thing.

[mhammett]

It may be a temp site, but wouldn't too much bandwidth be better than not enough? Especially at a massive race with Sprint branding everywhere? I mean, if only one provider is going to succeed there, shouldn't it be Sprint?

Getting in another gigabit of bandwidth to support one channel of B41 on three towers isn't exactly trivial...  especially if it's only used a few days per year.

[S4GRU]

Two thoughts...

 

1. It is true, not all COW's have B41 active yet.

2. B41 on a COW may have different GCI formats than macro B41. And if so, SignalCheck Pro will not notify you of B41. It would appear in SCP as if it were B25 with no band label. I highly recommend checking LTE Engineering screens when looking for B41 on a COW.

[tommym65]

Just a brief follow up on the Chicagoland Speedway COWs: 

 

The photo on the left shows one of the Sprint COWs, next to a macro site (I think AT&T is on the lower rack, Sprint on the one 2 up from that).  On the right (pardon the poor quality) shows the 12 antennas on the COW.  The top 3 on the left are different -- Are they some form of B41? If so, my GS5 didn't pick up anything from them.  I can post SCP GCI info in the Premier thread, if anyone is interested.  I saw both Band 25 carriers, but spent most of my time on B26.  I am fairly sure that I can distinguish the macro site (2 observations) from the COWs.

[mhammett]

Some old documentation I have has Sprint, T-Mobile and Cricket on that tower at 70', 110' and 160' on a 232' tower (not necessarily in that order). I'm not sure who would be on the other racks.

[Cubbiefan82]

I heard they have das at chicagoland speedway, I wonder if that helped at all?

[Joeynach]

I heard they have das at chicagoland speedway, I wonder if that helped at all?

I had a weird experience with the DAS system at solider field.  I wasn't sure what it was since it didn't seem to provide any service improvement for calls, data, or text to my device.  All I found was Boingo Wi-fi available for a fee there. 

[Cubbiefan82]

I had a weird experience with the DAS system at solider field.  I wasn't sure what it was since it didn't seem to provide any service improvement for calls, data, or text to my device.  All I found was Boingo Wi-fi available for a fee there. 

You wonder if the das at soilder field just wasn't set-up right, or just isn't powerful enough. I haven't been to a bears game in two years. But I know then, data was better on 3g then 4g. Yet now we got second carrier and will have 8t8r band 41 coming online soon

[Joeynach]

You wonder if the das at soilder field just wasn't set-up right, or just isn't powerful enough. I haven't been to a bears game in two years. But I know then, data was better on 3g then 4g. Yet now we got second carrier and will have 8t8r band 41 coming online soon

I dont know, I wish I knew how to see if I was connected to a DAS or a regular tower.

[kyle_4thousand]

Band 41 at US Route 14 and ILL Rt 31 in Crystal Lake.

 

 

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[tommym65]

Band 41 at US Route 14 and ILL Rt 31 in Crystal Lake. ImageUploadedByTapatalk1411320194.711661.jpg

 

 

How can that be?  There aren't any B41 sites for miles. Did you get a GCI?

[kyle_4thousand]

How can that be? There aren't any B41 sites for miles. Did you get a GCI?

I'm on the iPhone 6 now so I don't think I can get GCI'S.. And I think it may be from the site at 31 and 176

 

 

Sent from my iPhone 6 on the Now Network

[tongboy]

Maybe they got either the clear site or Sprint site running band 41 over the last few days?

[Vince]

I'm on the iPhone 6 now so I don't think I can get GCI'S.. And I think it may be from the site at 31 and 176

 

 

Sent from my iPhone 6 on the Now Network

You absolutely can get the the gci. You have to covert the cell identity decimal to hex. Add a zero to the beginning of your result. Use this one. http://www.binaryhexconverter.com/decimal-to-hex-converter

[kyle_4thousand]

You absolutely can get the the gci. You have to covert the cell identity decimal to hex. Add a zero to the beginning of your result. Use this one. http://www.binaryhexconverter.com/decimal-to-hex-converter

Thanks! I'll have to catch the GCI next time so we can figure out what site that was

 

 

Sent from my iPhone 6 on the Now Network

[tommym65]

I'm on the iPhone 6 now so I don't think I can get GCI'S.. And I think it may be from the site at 31 and 176

 

 

Use the dialer code *3001#12345#* to get to the engineering screens, if the 6 is like earlier iPhones..

 

It's just that your speed test is insanely fast for that distance from the 176/31 site.  I was there this afternoon (my daughter rents a storage locker on Ray Street, literally right under it) and was getting mid 20's, and have gotten mid 60's at the McBurgers across 176, but 50's from miles away is really fast.

[kyle_4thousand]

Use the dialer code *3001#12345#* to get to the engineering screens, if the 6 is like earlier iPhones..

 

It's just that your speed test is insanely fast for that distance from the 176/31 site. I was there this afternoon (my daughter rrnys a storage locker litetally right under it) and was getting mid 20's, and have gotten mid 60's at the McBurgers across 276, but 50's from miles away is teally fast.

Performance on the iPhone 6 with Band 41 is fantastic. Wouldn't surprise me if it did reach that far!

 

 

Sent from my iPhone 6 on the Now Network

[tommym65]

Performance on the iPhone 6 with Band 41 is fantastic. Wouldn't surprise me if it did reach that far!

 

 

I HATE you, iPhone!  You have shamed my Android!!!

 

(Just kidding!)

[saywhatman]

I flew into midway yesterday and didn't drop LTE in the airport or the entire way to my apartment in Hyde Park. Feels good man. It's a welcome respite from LTE in San Francisco...I even connected to an 8T8R site outside of Washington Park! 

[runagun]

Being in Phoenix now makes me miss sprint in Chicago. Feel like the stone ages out here with data.

 

I flew into midway yesterday and didn't drop LTE in the airport or the entire way to my apartment in Hyde Park. Feels good man. It's a welcome respite from LTE in San Francisco...I even connected to an 8T8R site outside of Washington Park!

[Vince]

Being in Phoenix now makes me miss sprint in Chicago. Feel like the stone ages out here with data.

 

 

I just got back to our awesomeness from the stone ages of the Vegas strip. Smoking a cigarette outside of midway just enjoying all these carriers.

[ChiWestLoop]

I love Band41!!!! I even get it in my Loop building!!!!

[bigmachine]

Congrats Chicago on this RootMetrics report for O'Hare:

 

http://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20140924005821/en/Sprint-1-Data-Performance-O’Hare-International-Airport#.VCLiCEut1WI

 

The actual report:

http://www.rootmetrics.com/us/rsr/ord-airport

[mhammett]

Verizon was fastest, but Sprint won data performance?

[S4GRU]

Verizon was fastest, but Sprint won data performance?

I know that speeds are just one metric. Coverage is another. So if you're second in speed, but have better coverage and reliability, then it's possible to come out on top. And Sprint did just squeak out VZW in total data performance.

 

I wonder if Sprint is on the DAS at O'Hare?

 

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