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Well I'm at the Town Center having lunch with my wife. Normally I don't use my phone for data much out here because it's slow. Well today I decided to look something up on google and noticed that pages were loading fast and videos actually played. So out of curiosity I looked to see what band I was on. There it was Sprint FINALLY added Band 41 to a site or maybe even a small cell to this area. This really gives me hope for Sprints future.

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Well I'm at the Town Center having lunch with my wife. Normally I don't use my phone for data much out here because it's slow. Well today I decided to look something up on google and noticed that pages were loading fast and videos actually played. So out of curiosity I looked to see what band I was on. There it was Sprint FINALLY added Band 41 to a site or maybe even a small cell to this area. This really gives me hope for Sprints future.

The problem is you will see one upgrade and then it takes 8-15 to see the next. They just don't do upgrades as fast as the other carriers. This is still great to see though.

 

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The problem is you will see one upgrade and then it takes 8-15 to see the next. They just don't do upgrades as fast as the other carriers. This is still great to see though.

 

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That's true. It took them a while but I guess it's better late than never.
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Sprint came through the Jax market a few months ago and added 8t8r's to the high traffic areas.

Wish they would do that here or a 10x10 b25 basically any type of capacity instead of a really slow network.

 

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Got this on a -127 signal.

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In the same spot as the first screenshot.

I'm surprised the iPhone can hang on that long. Most LTE phones cut out at -124dBm. Impressive either way though.

 

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I'm surprised the iPhone can hang on that long. Most LTE phones cut out at -124dBm. Impressive either way though.

 

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I am heading to Jackson Florida in about three weeks how was the band 26 coverage down there

 

 

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I am heading to Jackson Florida in about three weeks how was the band 26 coverage down there

 

 

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Literally every site in the county has b26 now.

 

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I am heading to Jackson Florida in about three weeks how was the band 26 coverage down there

 

 

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Coverage and speed is pretty good. You'll lose LTE every now and then. Mostly in buildings.

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Coverage and speed is pretty good. You'll lose LTE every now and then. Mostly in buildings.

any densification efforts going on down there?

 

 

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any densification efforts going on down there?

 

 

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I haven't seen a new site in a few years. Band 41 is on most sites. If I had to guess about 90% of the Band 41 sites are old Clearwire gear. They don't reach as far as the 8t8r's.

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I haven't seen a new site in a few years. Band 41 is on most sites. If I had to guess about 90% of the Band 41 sites are old Clearwire gear. They don't reach as far as the 8t8r's.

I can't wait to get down there and see what sprint can do

 

 

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I can't wait to get down there and see what sprint can do

 

 

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I'm satisfied with my service to price ratio. The service fits my needs. So that's why I stay. I considered T-Mobile but didn't pull the trigger.

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I'm satisfied with my service to price ratio. The service fits my needs. So that's why I stay. I considered T-Mobile but didn't pull the trigger.

good because I have sprint as well as AT&T Verizon and T-Mobile where I do go outside of my house Sprint performance pretty well

 

 

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I can't wait to get down there and see what sprint can do

 

 

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It's okay but far from what Orlando, Tampa or Miami is. Jacksonville is only at 31% b41 deployment after all.

 

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It's okay but far from what Orlando, Tampa or Miami is. Jacksonville is only at 31% b41 deployment after all.

 

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are they still deploying band 41 down there

 

 

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are they still deploying band 41 down there

 

 

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Slowly. Really really slowly. You will quickly see Sprint is the slowest in Jacksonville if you have all 4 carriers mostly due to the other carriers having more capacity per site than Sprint which is not anything new.

 

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Slowly. Really really slowly. You will quickly see Sprint is the slowest in Jacksonville if you have all 4 carriers mostly due to the other carriers having more capacity per site than Sprint which is not anything new.

 

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well let's hope sprint gets their butts in gear and start deploying quicker

 

 

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well let's hope sprint gets their butts in gear and start deploying quicker

 

 

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B41 deployment has picked up a little and 10x10 b25 is now being deployed as well. Soon it should be 15x15 b25 like Orlando.

 

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B41 deployment has picked up a little and 10x10 b25 is now being deployed as well. Soon it should be 15x15 b25 like Orlando.

 

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so that's evident of CDMA refarming

 

 

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I am heading to Jackson Florida in about three weeks how was the band 26 coverage down there

 

 

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Jacksonville has all 3 bands. More sites have B25/26 than 41. I was just their and saw B25/41 more than 26.

 

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so that's evident of CDMA refarming

 

 

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Jacksonville received 1900mhz C block from spectrum swaps last year. It should already be refarmed. It's just not on that many sites yet.

 

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Jacksonville has all 3 bands. More sites have B25/26 than 41. I was just their and saw B25/41 more than 26.

 

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. The state I live in it's mostly been 25 and 26 and there's a lot of GMO's that have not been upgraded here. How many GMO's are in Florida

 

 

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