Turas Posted September 27, 2014 Share Posted September 27, 2014 Woohoo, I just saw the huge CDMA 800 updates in Vegas. Hopefully that means I have no voice issues when I get there in about a week. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
benifactor Posted September 27, 2014 Share Posted September 27, 2014 Good luck. I still have issues occasionally, and calls go straight to voicemail sometimes too (happened to both me and my wife yesterday). Those problems aside coverage and data have improved exponentially since this time last year. Still not perfect though. Sent from my Nexus 5 using Tapatalk Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
orangeblue Posted September 27, 2014 Share Posted September 27, 2014 It seems like that all calls from Tri-Band phones are being processed by CDMA 800 sites. I always like the small roaming indicator to show up when you make a call. I drove along the 215 beltway North and there is almost full B41 availability. Northern Las Vegas seems to be now all B41 plus I-15 to the airport. Some weak B41 coverage at the airport. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Photojared Posted October 3, 2014 Share Posted October 3, 2014 B41 now on the majority of towers in the LV area. 52.26%(162 / 310) 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
orangeblue Posted October 4, 2014 Share Posted October 4, 2014 B41 now on the majority of towers in the LV area. 52.26%(162 / 310) I think that number will grow because I have seen more and more B41 sites each time I go. I hope locations like Primm get B41 too because this site handles a lot of traffic on the weekends. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bucdenny Posted October 4, 2014 Share Posted October 4, 2014 How is the new B41 on the strip? Has it improved lately? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vince Posted October 4, 2014 Share Posted October 4, 2014 How is the new B41 on the strip? Has it improved lately? As of my trip there about 10 days ago, service on the strip was horrendous. The little bit of service there is way, way over capacity. Service elsewhere in the valley was pretty awesome. Sent from my iPhone 6 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bucdenny Posted October 4, 2014 Share Posted October 4, 2014 As of my trip there about 10 days ago, service on the strip was horrendous. The little bit of service there is way, way over capacity. Service elsewhere in the valley was pretty awesome. Sent from my iPhone 6 Sprint needs to activate more 8T8R on the strip. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scubajwd Posted October 4, 2014 Share Posted October 4, 2014 Actually every place in the LV MSA; B25 coverage is decent in places like Green Valley, Summerlin, and other burbs but is more "hotspot" like than what I would call "coverage"; what really shines in the Vegas MSA is the upgraded 3G coverage...it truly is awesome..way better than in my sister city San Diego where I am at this moment.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Turas Posted October 5, 2014 Share Posted October 5, 2014 I have been having mixed results so far. I am in and around the LVCC and some of the hotels on the strip. I have pretty strong LTE signal and my hotspot has been excellent. My phone on the other hand seems good on LTE but the phone coverage has been the issue for me. I have had many calls that I am only getting every third word or so. Upon retrying the call it works great. In my hotel I am noticing really slow speeds and weak LTE/3G signal. I tried using the hotel internet but it seems like crap so I tried my hotspot. After having such good coverage on the ground I was surprised. I am guessing it is related to the downtilt of the antennas and being 30+ floors up it just does not work that well. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
S4GRU Posted October 5, 2014 Share Posted October 5, 2014 I am guessing it is related to the downtilt of the antennas and being 30+ floors up it just does not work that well. This and the fact that you're receiving signal from too many weak to moderate signals that it is producing interference. The noise floor is way high. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cpvegas Posted October 5, 2014 Share Posted October 5, 2014 how can you tell the tower number and band your on with an iphone? The tower I use from home has issues, anytime our iphone 6 uses this particular tower all calls go direct to voicemail. However our sons iphone 5s receives calls fine from the same location. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vince Posted October 6, 2014 Share Posted October 6, 2014 how can you tell the tower number and band your on with an iphone? The tower I use from home has issues, anytime our iphone 6 uses this particular tower all calls go direct to voicemail. However our sons iphone 5s receives calls fine from the same location.Sounds like an ecsfb problem with the spark side of that tower. Dial *3001#12345#* then "serving cell". That will show your band and a decimal value of the connected tower. Convert that value to hex for the true gci. From your own dbm/sector id observations (sector will be the last 2 of the gci), you should be able to use the sponsor maps to get the Sprint tower id to report trouble to Sprint tech support. The actual tower number you see on the maps here have a name, but I can't think of it right now. Sent from my iPhone 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
orangeblue Posted October 6, 2014 Share Posted October 6, 2014 Actually every place in the LV MSA; B25 coverage is decent in places like Green Valley, Summerlin, and other burbs but is more "hotspot" like than what I would call "coverage"; what really shines in the Vegas MSA is the upgraded 3G coverage...it truly is awesome..way better than in my sister city San Diego where I am at this moment.. I drove around Las Vegas last week and I NEVER lost LTE. Drove from Nellis AFB to the M Resort via LV Bvld and no 3G. Even along the Strip, in places a weak signal but sill LTE. Saw B41 a lot and just while driving the core of the Strip, noticed B25. Would not call that a Hotspot coverage. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scubajwd Posted October 6, 2014 Share Posted October 6, 2014 I drove around Las Vegas last week and I NEVER lost LTE. Drove from Nellis AFB to the M Resort via LV Bvld and no 3G. Even along the Strip, in places a weak signal but sill LTE. Saw B41 a lot and just while driving the core of the Strip, noticed B25. Would not call that a Hotspot coverage. At the corner of Horizon Ridge & Eastern RSRP: 72; 6 bars of LTE B25; go 1 1/2 miles east to the Target and new Sprouts store...no LTE..6 bars 3G; go 1 mile North on GV Pkw to Paseo Verde->no LTE..great 3G; go into the Whole Foods Parking lot (1/2 mile further north)..new B41 4 bars of LTE..go inside Whole Foods 75 ft..no B41 but fringe B25 at 112 RSRP; go across the street to the District..sit at the Coffee Bean no LTE but great 3G; this is NOT coverage..this is HOTSPOT..now I readily admit the new B41 towers have just been lit up and they shouuld fill in these sorts of holes..maybe that's the case now on the strip..most of us locals don't spend a lot of time on LV Blvd..just saying.. BTW, North County San Diego is way worse than what I just described in Henderson; there are portions of 92057 and 92056 that I actually go to Roaming with my Zing and/or smartphone..not even 3G..my first bill from Sprint was in 1995 for a hand-held wireless email device..I've paid the price & then some..I want Sprint to make it..they've come light-years in the Vegas valley in the last year Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dkoellerwx Posted October 6, 2014 Share Posted October 6, 2014 At the corner of Horizon Ridge & Eastern RSRP: 72; 6 bars of LTE B25; go 1 1/2 miles east to the Target and new Sprouts store...no LTE..6 bars 3G; go 1 mile North on GV Pkw to Paseo Verde->no LTE..great 3G; go into the Whole Foods Parking lot (1/2 mile further north)..new B41 4 bars of LTE..go inside Whole Foods 75 ft..no B41 but fringe B25 at 112 RSRP; go across the street to the District..sit at the Coffee Bean no LTE but great 3G; this is NOT coverage..this is HOTSPOT..now I readily admit the new B41 towers have just been lit up and they shouuld fill in these sorts of holes..maybe that's the case now on the strip..most of us locals don't spend a lot of time on LV Blvd..just saying.. BTW, North County San Diego is way worse than what I just described in Henderson; there are portions of 92057 and 92056 that I actually go to Roaming with my Zing and/or smartphone..not even 3G..my first bill from Sprint was in 1995 for a hand-held wireless email device..I've paid the price & then some..I want Sprint to make it..they've come light-years in the Vegas valley in the last year Henderson only has about half of the towers live with LTE. You should know this, you can see the maps. You cannot compare Henderson with the rest of Las Vegas were the LTE completion rate is closer to 90-95%. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
orangeblue Posted October 6, 2014 Share Posted October 6, 2014 At the corner of Horizon Ridge & Eastern RSRP: 72; 6 bars of LTE B25; go 1 1/2 miles east to the Target and new Sprouts store...no LTE..6 bars 3G; go 1 mile North on GV Pkw to Paseo Verde->no LTE..great 3G; go into the Whole Foods Parking lot (1/2 mile further north)..new B41 4 bars of LTE..go inside Whole Foods 75 ft..no B41 but fringe B25 at 112 RSRP; go across the street to the District..sit at the Coffee Bean no LTE but great 3G; this is NOT coverage..this is HOTSPOT..now I readily admit the new B41 towers have just been lit up and they shouuld fill in these sorts of holes..maybe that's the case now on the strip..most of us locals don't spend a lot of time on LV Blvd..just saying.. BTW, North County San Diego is way worse than what I just described in Henderson; there are portions of 92057 and 92056 that I actually go to Roaming with my Zing and/or smartphone..not even 3G..my first bill from Sprint was in 1995 for a hand-held wireless email device..I've paid the price & then some..I want Sprint to make it..they've come light-years in the Vegas valley in the last year I guess the South of the city may still have some issues. Northern parts, Summerlin and Downtown are LTE all the way. I will be back to Las Vegas soon and see what has changed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bucdenny Posted October 9, 2014 Share Posted October 9, 2014 Any speed improvements on the 8T8R sites? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Photojared Posted October 13, 2014 Share Posted October 13, 2014 At the corner of Horizon Ridge & Eastern RSRP: 72; 6 bars of LTE B25; go 1 1/2 miles east to the Target and new Sprouts store...no LTE..6 bars 3G; go 1 mile North on GV Pkw to Paseo Verde->no LTE..great 3G; go into the Whole Foods Parking lot (1/2 mile further north)..new B41 4 bars of LTE..go inside Whole Foods 75 ft..no B41 but fringe B25 at 112 RSRP; go across the street to the District..sit at the Coffee Bean no LTE but great 3G; this is NOT coverage..this is HOTSPOT..now I readily admit the new B41 towers have just been lit up and they shouuld fill in these sorts of holes..maybe that's the case now on the strip..most of us locals don't spend a lot of time on LV Blvd..just saying.. BTW, North County San Diego is way worse than what I just described in Henderson; there are portions of 92057 and 92056 that I actually go to Roaming with my Zing and/or smartphone..not even 3G..my first bill from Sprint was in 1995 for a hand-held wireless email device..I've paid the price & then some..I want Sprint to make it..they've come light-years in the Vegas valley in the last year Horizon ridge/Green valley tower is 100% legacy tower ( I always loose service going north on Green Valley from horizion ridge). Whole foods and the district are serviced by a b41 tower that is on the north-east corner of 215/Green Valley (smiths parking lot). B41 Update: 55.16%(171 / 310 towers live) 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
orangeblue Posted October 13, 2014 Share Posted October 13, 2014 Any speed improvements on the 8T8R sites? nope Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Photojared Posted October 21, 2014 Share Posted October 21, 2014 So I just spoke to a customer with a M8 HK. She was having calls go directly to VM. Outgoing calls worked just fine. It was fixed by turning the device in CDMA only mode. Looks like there may be some issues with fallback on incoming calls. Just wanted to give a heads up Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dkyeager Posted October 28, 2014 Share Posted October 28, 2014 Sprint Spark rises in 10/28 Sprint coverage map 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
orangeblue Posted October 28, 2014 Share Posted October 28, 2014 So I just spoke to a customer with a M8 HK. She was having calls go directly to VM. Outgoing calls worked just fine. It was fixed by turning the device in CDMA only mode. Looks like there may be some issues with fallback on incoming calls. Just wanted to give a heads up I have noticed that on some Triband phones when you are in a data session. Sprint Spark rises in 10/28 Sprint coverage map Not for Vegas (yet) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marty R. Paz Posted November 27, 2014 Share Posted November 27, 2014 I just saw band 41 on my sprint line this evening at Craig and Simmons. Sent from my iPhone 6 using TapatalkU 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
orangeblue Posted November 28, 2014 Share Posted November 28, 2014 I just saw band 41 on my sprint line this evening at Craig and Simmons. Sent from my iPhone 6 using TapatalkU B41 has been up and running in many areas in the city for some time and more and more sites are going online. Las Vegas is a full 8T8R market because the Clearwire equipment wasn't able to handle WiMax and LTE. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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