Terrell352 Posted June 14, 2016 Share Posted June 14, 2016 That's not true. I've been to sites where the shelf that Sprint was on could not support any more panels and RRUs so that happens as well. So tell me how all At&t sites colocated or not can have 12 panels with ruus but Sprint cant even have 6? Sent from my SM-N920P using Tapatalk Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deval Posted June 14, 2016 Share Posted June 14, 2016 So tell me how all At&t sites colocated or not can have 12 panels with ruus but Sprint cant even have 6? Sent from my SM-N920P using Tapatalk Better reinforcement, lower to the ground, space magic? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Terrell352 Posted June 14, 2016 Share Posted June 14, 2016 Better reinforcement, lower to the ground, space magic?At&t towers are notorious for being near the top of most towers and it usually looks like a clusterf**k so im going with space magic on this one [emoji23] Sent from my SM-N920P using Tapatalk 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fraydog Posted June 14, 2016 Share Posted June 14, 2016 At&t towers are notorious for being near the top of most towers and it usually looks like a clusterf**k so im going with space magic on this one [emoji23] Sent from my SM-N920P using Tapatalk Being at the tower top with RRU blasting sometimes way too hard is part of AT&T's strong signal program. Too bad that doesn't always translate to a better user experience. Not all areas benefit from that. In rural, it makes some sense. Suburban and urban? Not so much. Sent from my SM-N920V using Tapatalk 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Terrell352 Posted June 14, 2016 Share Posted June 14, 2016 Being at the tower top with RRU blasting sometimes way too hard is part of AT&T's strong signal program. Too bad that doesn't always translate to a better user experience. Not all areas benefit from that. In rural, it makes some sense. Suburban and urban? Not so much. Sent from my SM-N920V using Tapatalk At least in my city Sprint is usually on the vast majority of sites on the bottom. I would say 60% of colocated sites they are on the bottom here. There snr is also very unstable in most congested areas while At&t and Tmobile is really stable. I assume its because of 4x2 MIMO but there is no real way to know if ericsson has it enabled on Sprint sites here. Good news is im on LTE 95% of the time bad news is its often sub 1mb til late evenings. Sent from my SM-N920P using Tapatalk Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tybo31316 Posted June 14, 2016 Share Posted June 14, 2016 AT&T usually reinforced their racks when they upgrade their panels and RRUs Sent from my Nexus 6 using Tapatalk Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Terrell352 Posted June 14, 2016 Share Posted June 14, 2016 AT&T usually reinforced their racks when they upgrade their panels and RRUs Sent from my Nexus 6 using Tapatalk And Sprint can't do the same because? Sent from my SM-N920P using Tapatalk Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tybo31316 Posted June 14, 2016 Share Posted June 14, 2016 And Sprint can't do the same because? Sent from my SM-N920P using Tapatalk They can do the same but Sprint is trying to cut cost but in the wrong area of the business. Sent from my Nexus 6 using Tapatalk 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Terrell352 Posted June 14, 2016 Share Posted June 14, 2016 They can do the same but Sprint is trying to cut cost but in the wrong area of the business. Sent from my Nexus 6 using Tapatalk Facepalm Sent from my SM-N920P using Tapatalk 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tybo31316 Posted June 14, 2016 Share Posted June 14, 2016 Facepalm Sent from my SM-N920P using Tapatalk I really hope Sprint figures this thing out. Sent from my Nexus 6 using Tapatalk Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Terrell352 Posted June 14, 2016 Share Posted June 14, 2016 Facepalm Sent from my SM-N920P using Tapatalk How long can a tower with nokia equipment stand idle until they finally turn it on? 46 days after installation and still not online. Still with sub 1 mb speeds on all sectors. Sent from my SM-N920P using Tapatalk Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tybo31316 Posted June 14, 2016 Share Posted June 14, 2016 How long can a tower with nokia equipment stand idle until they finally turn it on? 46 days after installation and still not online. Still with sub 1 mb speeds on all sectors. Sent from my SM-N920P using Tapatalk I must give it to Sprint they have Jacksonville well covered with LTE. I do think that Sprints scan time and their threshold in which LTE drops needs to be tweaked. Also it's band 41 or die for Sprint. Sent from my Nexus 6 using Tapatalk 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Terrell352 Posted June 14, 2016 Share Posted June 14, 2016 I must give it to Sprint they have Jacksonville well covered with LTE. I do think that Sprints scan time and their threshold in which LTE drops needs to be tweaked. Also it's band 41 or die for Sprint. Sent from my Nexus 6 using Tapatalk At least until that spectrum swap goes down and we start seeing 10x10 and 15x15 b25 carriers. I think that is there real trump card for any market that can get it. Sent from my SM-N920P using Tapatalk Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
greenbastard Posted June 15, 2016 Share Posted June 15, 2016 How long can a tower with nokia equipment stand idle until they finally turn it on? 46 days after installation and still not online. Still with sub 1 mb speeds on all sectors. Sent from my SM-N920P using Tapatalk Dang. 46 days now? Maybe the equipment installed turned out to be faulty, inspector red taped the site, or they ran out of space magic????????? Not trying to make excuses for Sprint, but I'm pretty positive they haven't forgotten about the site. The very last Sprint B41 install I saw in my area took two days from the moment the crew arrived to the moment B41 went on the air. Those guys even stayed up there installing the panels with a lightning storm passing through close by. I'm sure Sprint has a good reason for sitting on that site. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Terrell352 Posted June 15, 2016 Share Posted June 15, 2016 Dang. 46 days now? Maybe the equipment installed turned out to be faulty, inspector red taped the site, or they ran out of space magic????????? Not trying to make excuses for Sprint, but I'm pretty positive they haven't forgotten about the site. The very last Sprint B41 install I saw in my area took two days from the moment the crew arrived to the moment B41 went on the air. Those guys even stayed up there installing the panels with a lightning storm passing through close by. I'm sure Sprint has a good reason for sitting on that site. Well okay it was interesting it was April 28th when they started and they finished on the 29th. Then May 5th they came back in the morning and did something that required them to go back up. Its been idle ever since. Sent from my SM-N920P using Tapatalk Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
red_dog007 Posted June 16, 2016 Share Posted June 16, 2016 Some of the towers with ATT here (and at the top) have 5 panels per sector, so a total of 15! From a distance it looks like a single giant antenna. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tybo31316 Posted June 19, 2016 Share Posted June 19, 2016 Just a little speed test comparisons between AT&T, Sprint, and T-Mobile. (In that exact order from left to right) AT&T is on the iPhone 6, Sprint is the Nexus 6, and T-Mobile is a LG Leon. I was testing these devices while I was waiting on my food outside a restaurant. All carriers had towers in the area. Sent from my Nexus 6 using Tapatalk 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ascertion Posted June 20, 2016 Share Posted June 20, 2016 Just a little speed test comparisons between AT&T, Sprint, and T-Mobile. (In that exact order from left to right) AT&T is on the iPhone 6, Sprint is the Nexus 6, and T-Mobile is a LG Leon. I was testing these devices while I was waiting on my food outside a restaurant. All carriers had towers in the area. Sent from my Nexus 6 using Tapatalk All of those speeds are very usable. I wish all of the carriers were able to provide those type of consistent speeds. T-Mobile's downlink in some speedtests show that there's some congestion. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tybo31316 Posted June 20, 2016 Share Posted June 20, 2016 All of those speeds are very usable. I wish all of the carriers were able to provide those type of consistent speeds. T-Mobile's downlink in some speedtests show that there's some congestion.Sprint and ATT speeds were consistent. T-Mobile was all over the place. High low sometimes the download was slower than the upload. Sent from my Nexus 6 using Tapatalk Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ascertion Posted June 20, 2016 Share Posted June 20, 2016 Sprint and ATT speeds were consistent. T-Mobile was all over the place. High low sometimes the download was slower than the upload. Sent from my Nexus 6 using Tapatalk Which parts of Jax are you in? Sprint is slow as a turd here in Southern Jax, but can be pretty consistent the closer you get to downtown. It's mainly the suburbs/rural where Sprint is typically sluggish, at least in St Johns/St Augustine. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tybo31316 Posted June 20, 2016 Share Posted June 20, 2016 Which parts of Jax are you in? Sprint is slow as a turd here in Southern Jax, but can be pretty consistent the closer you get to downtown. It's mainly the suburbs/rural where Sprint is typically sluggish, at least in St Johns/St Augustine.I was at the Publix shopping plaza on Normandy and i295. I should have used my wife's iPhone 6s plus instead of the Nexus 6 because it has CA and the site had two active carriers of band 41. Sent from my Nexus 6 using Tapatalk Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
greenbastard Posted June 21, 2016 Share Posted June 21, 2016 I was at the Publix shopping plaza on Normandy and i295. I should have used my wife's iPhone 6s plus instead of the Nexus 6 because it has CA and the site had two active carriers of band 41. Sent from my Nexus 6 using Tapatalk What bands where you using for Sprint and At&t? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tybo31316 Posted June 21, 2016 Share Posted June 21, 2016 What bands where you using for Sprint and At&t?I'm not sure which ATT band I was on but Sprint was band 41. Sent from my Nexus 6 using Tapatalk Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dkoellerwx Posted June 21, 2016 Share Posted June 21, 2016 Yes and before people say that it was before they changed the strategy. These towers mostly came online in the 3rd and 4th quarters of last year well after the strategy shifted in favor of more congested towers. Sent from my SM-N920P using Tapatalk This is a few days old, but I've been out of the loop over the last week. You have to keep in mind that equipment acquisitions and site plans are generally approved at least 6 months in advance. So while strategy shifted mid-way through the year, some of the effects of the original strategy continued to be felt through the end of the year. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Terrell352 Posted July 26, 2016 Share Posted July 26, 2016 Sprint not playing today. First site in marion county with b41. My home site is about to launch!!! Wooohooo!! Sent from my SM-N920P using Tapatalk 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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