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[Crimson01]

I do remember having some issues with Wimax on the OG evo connecting with low signal strength. It seemed liked after having Wimax in my area for awhile, they changed the threshold that would allow Wimax to connect and stay connected.

 

I had the exact same experience tonite, with my wife's Gnex side by side with my Evo. Gnex connected, no prob. Had to toggle the mode on EVO, even though it was set to CDMA/LTE.

[kallisti5]

Haha. So I've seen one (EDIT: Two!) (EDIT: Four!) LTE site in operation... they are funny ones though.

 

I can access the sites on the 15th floor of my office building, anywhere else in Houston I don't get any LTE service. It seems like Sprint has the tower antennas angled to not cover the ground... maybe part of testing?

 

It's pretty fast though

 

 

 

Test Date: Jul 18, 2012 7:48:42 am

Connection Type: Lte

Server: Houston, TX

Download: 6167 kbps

Upload: 2098 kbps

Ping: 48 ms

External IP: 66.87.120.187

Internal IP: 51.130.126.187

Latitude: 29.76110

Longitude: -95.45374

 

 

Netmonitor:

Operator: 310 04622 (Sprint)

Carrier: SprintCom INC

Type: LTE

NID: 5, BID:13026

Texas, Harris, Houston, Red Trail (easy)

 

 

Network ID's seen:

5 9586

5 13026

5 5027

5 6275

5 3521

[S4GRU]

Haha. So I've seen one (EDIT: Two!) (EDIT: Four!) LTE site in operation... they are funny ones though.

 

I can access the sites on the 15th floor of my office building' date=' anywhere else in Houston I don't get any LTE service. It seems like Sprint has the tower antennas angled to not cover the ground... maybe part of testing?

 

It's pretty fast though

 

Test Date: Jul 18, 2012 7:48:42 am

Connection Type: Lte

Server: Houston, TX

Download: 6167 kbps

Upload: 2098 kbps

Ping: 48 ms

External IP: 66.87.120.187

Internal IP: 51.130.126.187

Latitude: 29.76110

Longitude: -95.45374

 

Netmonitor:

Operator: 310 04622 (Sprint)

Carrier: SprintCom INC

Type: LTE

NID: 5, BID:13026

Texas, Harris, Houston, Red Trail (easy)

 

Network ID's seen:

5 9586

5 13026

5 5027

5 6275

5 3521[/quote']

 

Actually, it is quite possible that they have little to no downtilt on them to make as large of a coverage area as possible. Especially with the initial launch sites. This is not far fetched. Clearwire did that with WiMax Protection Sites. Even though it expands the coverage area on a map, it really reduces signal quality, unless you can get above the ground clutter (like you did).

 

Also, this is probably exacerbated by Sprint LTE devices need to have their signal thresholds adjusted. It appears that if you have a mid range or weaker LTE signal, the device will not connect to LTE or drop you down to 3G quickly. Sprint needs to have these adjusted. A weak LTE signal is better than a strong 3G signal almost every time.

 

Robert via CM9 Kindle Fire using Forum Runner

[diddy5584]

.66 mbps Down, 9.07 mbps up. In St Joseph Missouri on full bars Lte. Not a good showing for my first taste of lte... I will post screen shots when I f figure out how to on the GS III

[diddy5584]

.66 mbps Down, 9.07 mbps up. In St Joseph Missouri on full bars Lte. Not a good showing for my first taste of lte... I will post screen shots when I f figure out how to on the GS III

[pyroscott]

.66 mbps Down' date=' 9.07 mbps up. In St Joseph Missouri on full bars Lte. Not a good showing for my first taste of lte... I will post screen shots when I f figure out how to on the GS III[/quote']

 

Interesting... I'd say Sprint has some work to do on that tower. It's surprising that they are having so many problems. I can't help but think it has something to do with the decision to block access.

 

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[aerxx]

.66 mbps Down' date=' 9.07 mbps up. In St Joseph Missouri on full bars Lte. Not a good showing for my first taste of lte... I will post screen shots when I f figure out how to on the GS III[/quote']

 

Side of palm....swipe left to right on screen you want to capture.

 

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[mellimel2212]

I use Netmonitor and Open Signal Maps. Both can be downloaded on Google Play,(market).

 

Got 4G this morning and then went away in Atlanta.

 

I did not want to double post, but I posted in the Atlanta LTE my screen shots. Realized I should have posted them here. Sorry.

 

http://www.s4gru.com/index.php?/topic/1001-Atlanta,-GA-LTE-(Live)#entry23741

 

Sent from my EVO using Tapatalk 2

 

+1 on both apps

 

Sent from my Nexus S 4G using Tapatalk 2

[shawn_kc]

.66 mbps Down, 9.07 mbps up. In St Joseph Missouri on full bars Lte. Not a good showing for my first taste of lte... I will post screen shots when I f figure out how to on the GS III

 

I had the same thing happen tonight on the tower closest to me. In the past, I've got 10 to 15 mb on the same site. Tonight .7 to 1.4.

 

It has had LTE for awhile, but it still hasn't made the completed towers list that Robert has in the sponsor section. I'm guessing Sprint hasn't accepted the tower as complete. Probably still some work to be done.

[boomerbubba]

I use Netmonitor and Open Signal Maps. Both can be downloaded on Google Play,(market).

+1 on both apps

 

-1 on both apps:

 

-1 on Open Signal Maps because its "tower" locations are so inaccurate.

-1 on Netmonitor for its possible risk to privacy.

[pyroscott]

+1 on both apps

 

Sent from my Nexus S 4G using Tapatalk 2

-1 on both apps:

 

-1 on Open Signal Maps because its "tower" locations are so inaccurate.

-1 on Netmonitor for its possible risk to privacy.

 

Is someone keeping score? What is this + or - 1 business? This is S4GRU, not G+

[WiWavelength]

Agreed. While "+1" greatly predates Google+, those kinds of posts can propagate like weeds and really clutter forums. I recall a particularly annoying poster in another forum; this member's post count was high but padded with a significant minority, if not majority of nothing more than "+1" posts.

 

"+1" can be fine if you have something additional and substantive to bolster the discussion. Otherwise, a good rule of thumb is: do not post.

 

AJ

[digiblur]

Glad I am not the only who thinks +1 post are dumb. I just picture a kidnergartnen kid pressing + then 1 on the keyboard...clapping his hands...saying yay I did it.

 

Sent from my C64 w/Epyx FastLoad cartridge

[S4GRU]

I almost posted +1's just to be an ass. But I didn't want to undermine the point. Because they annoy me too.

 

Ahh, heck...

 

+1

 

Robert via Samsung Galaxy S-III 32GB using Forum Runner

[kallisti5]

Wow... I was driving through a not-heavily populated area in Houston and picked up a random 4G LTE connection... I had full strength and decided to run a speed test while the tower was within range...

 

http://www.speedtest...d/215833718.png

 

 

Test Date: Jul 21, 2012 12:32:25 pm

Connection Type: Lte

Server: Houston, TX

Download: 21539 kbps

Upload: 9524 kbps

Ping: 51 ms

External IP: 66.87.120.144

Internal IP: 51.130.126.144

Latitude: 29.56583

Longitude: -95.22479

 

 

 

I'd say 21Mbit down is pretty impressive... too bad getting a signal is so hard

[gr8nuguy]

went to both sites just east of Wichita, KS Here is what i got....

 

(these are from tower WT03XC021 ) and the signal, while driving stayed for 3.6 miles west

 

 

Site WT03XC009 was spitting out LTE as well, averaging 18-20mbps down, and 10-12 mbps up ->sorry, no screen shot of those Phone stayed connected to this tower for 3.6 miles as well.

 

(ALL DONE WITH EVO LTE)

 

Using the LTE RECORD, looks like i connected to 4 different towers spitting LTE

[WiWavelength]

Using the LTE RECORD, looks like i connected to 4 different towers spitting LTE

 

Each different BSID indicates a different sector. And most sites have three sectors. So, did you interact with four different sectors or fully four different sites?

 

AJ

[gr8nuguy]

Each different BSID indicates a different sector. And most sites have three sectors. So, did you interact with four different sectors or fully four different sites?

 

AJ

 

 

4 different sites?

 

 

LOL, CHECKED MY DATA USAGE , ALMOST 500MB of just doing some speed tests

[WiWavelength]

4 different sites?

 

Yep, your record looks like it includes eight different sectors from four different sites:

 

6545/6546/6547

6737/6738/6739

7219

7730

 

The sequential records are likely sectors in clockwise N/SE/SW order.

 

AJ

[dag552]

Was in San Antonio last night and was able to connect to LTE on the way home to Austin. Connected to about 3 towers along 35 until I reached San Marcos; my signal dropped down to average-speed 3G at that point. Very promising results (although at 10 PM, I'm guessing there aren't too many people on the network); I got 30 Mbps at one point. The other times (when I was close to the tower), I got 24 Mbps, and when I had 2 bars, I got 8 Mbps. Not bad at all.

[2k4mach]

saturday night at castroville airport.

[moto4sho]

DFW

[Madfelon]

I could live with that!

[Rickie546]

Was in Olathe, KS for a short time and didn't get great results...but much better than 3g.

 

[batman61]

In Fort Worth/Benbrook at the intersection of I-20 and Winscott, get a strong LTE signal from inside my car. Ran "Coverage Map" test and got 24Mbps down and 9.2 Mbps up. Unfortuantely, this is 2 miles from my house and there the 4G signal is gone

 

At Bryant Irvin and I-30, get 5.2Mbps down and 3.5Mbps up from inside an office building .