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Terrell352 Member Level: LTE Advanced

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Outside doesn't seem to make much of a difference but inside any building with fringe voice coverage my G2 normally sits a 94-97 dBm while my nexus 5 is at 105 which is the 1xrtt threshold. I was at Denny's this morning at 4am and I had both phones with me. 87 dBm on the G2 with 800 and 95 on the nexus with 1xrtt

It may not be optimized yet but can you tell if it has made a noticeable difference yet. I was always the most anxious to see how 1x800 would impact a rural area like that.

 

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Jacksonville is now showing as an official Spark market!   (Not that anyone needed to tell you that Band 41 was around )

Ascertion
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Just tried out T-Mobile for laughs (Test Drive, which is a kind of cool attraction.)  Anyways, I've come to the conclusion that Sprint is better here, coverage-wise.  I'd rather have a reliable method

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I'm safe. Sprint holding up well. 4.5 million without power. The eye of the storm coming straight for Marion county with 100mph winds. I hope I have a home to go to when this is over.

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CaryTheLabelGuy Member Level: eHRPD

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Looks like Ericsson is activating b26 and 1x 800 at the same time. I'm connecting to both near downtown jax.

I haven't seen any 1x800 on the iPhone 5 or 5c., yet. 1900mhz 1xRTT is pretty decent in all of the locations we frequent. The places we do roam (like deep in certain Avenues Mall stores on the first floor), there is no 1x800 active yet (or B26) as of this weekend.

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tybo31316 Member Level: 4G LTE

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Band 26- Town Center

 

With eCSFB.

 

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Seems like Ericsson is lighting up all the b26. I picked up a signal on i10 heading east near i95. From chaffee to Commonwealth and i295.

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SpenceSouth Member Level: 4G WiMax

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Seems like Ericsson is lighting up all the b26. I picked up a signal on i10 heading east near i95. From chaffee to Commonwealth and i295.

 

About time! I have caught 1x800 off and on all the way up 95.

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The Dave Member Level: 4G WiMax

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I almost believed that the day would never come when Ericsson began a cluster launch of band 26/CDMA 800 in Jacksonville.

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tybo31316 Member Level: 4G LTE

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I almost believed that the day would never come when Ericsson began a cluster launch of band 26/CDMA 800 in Jacksonville.

Just when I started contemplating going to another carrier. Another upgrade process NV kicks off. Everything I think of leaving a different technology or band class comes online and makes my experience better. Even my wife has noticed that she gets better reception on her 5s.

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SpenceSouth Member Level: 4G WiMax

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Just when I started contemplating going to another carrier. Another upgrade process NV kicks off. Everything I think of leaving a different technology or band class comes online and makes my experience better. Even my wife has noticed that she gets better reception on her 5s.

 

Was thinking of temporarily switching to T-Mobile to save some cash, but quickly laughed off the idea when I saw that my business partners phone was on edge the whole way to Jacksonville (and I had LTE the whole ride).  I rather have 10mbps LTE 95% of the places I go, than 60mbps LTE 65% of the places I go.  

 

I need to get me on that Framily plan!

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jamisonshaw125 Member Level: LTE Advanced

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Was thinking of temporarily switching to T-Mobile to save some cash, but quickly laughed off the idea when I saw that my business partners phone was on edge the whole way to Jacksonville (and I had LTE the whole ride). I rather have 10mbps LTE 95% of the places I go, than 60mbps LTE 65% of the places I go.

 

I need to get me on that Framily plan!

I second that. When I started posting on this forum, I said I will take consistency and good coverage over insanely fast speeds any day. I hold to that statement. When I get a spark device, my speeds will obviously be faster... But I still enjoy knowing that if I'm not on b41 and it's insane speeds, I will have 2 other perfectly good bands to use. Sprint really set themselves up for the future. Acting on it quickly is the only thing that needs to be done to secure sprint and slingshot it to the top.

 

 

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michael73072 Member Level: Morse Code

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I'm in St. Augustine for a couple days and the coverage has been abysmal in the old town area. I would either roam or get very weak 1x or 3G. Only about 10-25% of the time would be on LTE. Is this a problem with my phone, or is something else going on here? I'm using a Nexus 5.

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I'm in St. Augustine for a couple days and the coverage has been abysmal in the old town area. I would either roam or get very weak 1x or 3G. Only about 10-25% of the time would be on LTE. Is this a problem with my phone, or is something else going on here? I'm using a Nexus 5.

The old town area has horrible coverage on any phone. The nearest tower is still legacy.

 

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michael73072 Member Level: Morse Code

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The old town area has horrible coverage on any phone. The nearest tower is still legacy.

 

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What's going on then? Are there very strict building codes regarding cell towers? Thanks for confirming that I'm not going crazy. It seems weird that an important tourist area would have awful coverage.

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The Dave Member Level: 4G WiMax

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All of St Augustine is pretty well covered EXCEPT the one tower right by the historic section. It is literally the only tower in all of St Augustine not upgraded.

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The Dave Member Level: 4G WiMax

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I cannot wait for these upgrades to trickle down to St Augustine. It would be awesome to finally be able to listen to Spotify on the stretch between CR210 and the Southside along I95

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tybo31316 Member Level: 4G LTE

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I just came from my work place. I only go there like once every two months or so. And today for the first time I went in there and actually had service thanks to band 26 and 1x800 CDMA. The 800 megahertz signal is starting to spread like wildfire around Jacksonville.

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SpenceSouth Member Level: 4G WiMax

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I just came from my work place. I only go there like once every two months or so. And today for the first time I went in there and actually had service thanks to band 26 and 1x800 CDMA. The 800 megahertz signal is starting to spread like wildfire around Jacksonville.

It really is. Crazy how fast these upgrades are moving.

 

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tybo31316 Member Level: 4G LTE

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It really is. Crazy how fast these upgrades are moving.

 

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I believe that the work was done months ago and now they are activating and fine tuning things.

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SpenceSouth Member Level: 4G WiMax

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I believe that the work was done months ago and now they are activating and fine tuning things.

That could be the case. In one month we have went from no 1x800 or B26, to being able to find it nearly everywhere.

 

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Fraydog Member Level: LTE Advanced

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It's only kind of funny that Sprint is moving that quick after Elfman, the "I'm going to blame slow deployment in Florida on the birds" guy, got shown the door. :P

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