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I did..not even close to me,lol

 

They are approximate coordinates that your phone gave to the app at the time you did the test.

 

The accuracy may or may not be perfect, but at some point your phone was near that area and that is what was given to the app when it asked for the location.

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I got some LTE in my office last night for about 30 seconds then it vanished. This morning I got it for about a minute and then I completely lost service and no more LTE. Sounds like they are testing a new Glendale tower.

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Most of the SF Valley is off today too. Could be weather related tech issues. 3G won't even connect in Canoga Park. Says 'network unavailable' ever since 7 this morning. Works ok in Calabasas but once you get to Canoga Park, it vanishes. Also 1-0 bars of voice coverage there.

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LTE speeds this week have been mostly on par with 3g speeds in Downtown LA. And we Southern Californians are spoiled. Our perception of bad weather is what most other parts of the country consider great weather.

 

I would be disappointed if the towers built here are as fickle as the citizens.. :D

 

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LTE had been shutted down and 3G sucks right now.

This is the same exact thing that's going on at the tower near me that appear to be finished. Sucky 3G speeds right under the tower and no sign of 4G. I've never been able to connect to 4G from there, yet. But I think it's possible it was active for a short period of time while I wasn't there.

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I got a little treat this morning. My phone picked up LTE, albeit a weak signal, beginning at Eshelman and PCH. I tracked it to Vermont and PCH where the phone finally lost the signal. My assumption is the LTE signal was coming from the tower at Lomita Blvd and Western which sits at the lowest elevated point in that neighborhood. (NOTE: Who was the genius that either decided to place the tower there and have the tower height 25ft, maybe 30 feet, high.) Residents to the West, North, and about an 1/8 mile to the East and South are not obstructed. But any further East and South the land inclines, then plateaus which I figure would obstruct the tower signal's direct line of sight....if that makes sense at all. If these signals can bend when traveling, then disregard this.

 

The topography in the South Bay has to be a pain for wireless services. My home sits in a ravine where coverage is awful for all four big networks. Thankfully, an Airave gives an extra boost to get phone coverage in and around my home.

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I got a little treat this morning. My phone picked up LTE, albeit a weak signal, beginning at Eshelman and PCH. I tracked it to Vermont and PCH where the phone finally lost the signal. My assumption is the LTE signal was coming from the tower at Lomita Blvd and Western which sits at the lowest elevated point in that neighborhood. (NOTE: Who was the genius that either decided to place the tower there and have the tower height 25ft, maybe 30 feet, high.) Residents to the West, North, and about an 1/8 mile to the East and South are not obstructed. But any further East and South the land inclines, then plateaus which I figure would obstruct the tower signal's direct line of sight....if that makes sense at all. If these signals can bend when traveling, then disregard this.

 

The topography in the South Bay has to be a pain for wireless services. My home sits in a ravine where coverage is awful for all four big networks. Thankfully, an Airave gives an extra boost to get phone coverage in and around my home.

 

You said it was the lowest elevated point in the neighborhood. It probably was an added site because that little depressed area probably didn't get good coverage from the other sites. Since it is likely a fill-in site, it wouldn't need to travel very far. When the other adjacent sites go live, you probably won't notice it being such a small cell.

 

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Hey guys I have a question. Do you know, regarding address 8501 Fallbrook in Westhills, how far away is the closest tower and would the nv upgrades make any difference given the distance. This is a business parl full with offices and I am consntantly switching between 1x, 3g and 1x verizon. Sprint's signal is very week inside and a tiny little bit better outside. I have grown very frustrated with this situation and I am on the verge of switching. If NV upgrade would make a difference I would stay, but if the distance is too big, it probably won't matter. So if someone has some knowledge to drop, please enlighten.

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It looks like the address is out of range from the nearest active LTE tower. You can check this info on www.sensorly.com. Like most things in life, the answer to your question is IT DEPENDS. The factors that Sprint controls are the tower location and signal(s) strengths.

 

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Hey guys I have a question. Do you know, regarding address 8501 Fallbrook in Westhills, how far away is the closest tower and would the nv upgrades make any difference given the distance. This is a business parl full with offices and I am consntantly switching between 1x, 3g and 1x verizon. Sprint's signal is very week inside and a tiny little bit better outside. I have grown very frustrated with this situation and I am on the verge of switching. If NV upgrade would make a difference I would stay, but if the distance is too big, it probably won't matter. So if someone has some knowledge to drop, please enlighten.

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It looks like the address is out of range from the nearest active LTE tower. You can check this info on www.sensorly.com. Like most things in life, the answer to your question is IT DEPENDS. The factors that Sprint controls are the tower location and signal(s) strengths.

 

If you donate some $$ to the site, you get Sponsored access to some very good intel. And you'll make Robert a happy camper too. Speaking of which, I need to drop a few coins in Robert's bucket. I can't believe I've been a member for over six months.

 

 

I know i am not close to LTE, I mapped the lte currently on sensorly on Fallbrook. My question was regarding any kind of service that would hold enough for a phone call or tune in stream. And regarding the donation - I don't like paying for bad news, and pretty convinced I will find out that the closest tower so far away that regardless of NV upgrades my service will still suck and probably hasten my move to another company.

 

The most frustrating thing is that everyone else here has descent service Verizon, ATT, and T-mobile. Only Sprint consider's ones place of employement a secondary priority. Mind you there are about 5000 people working on this address.

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I would say that network vision should help you there. You can find the cell towers on this map.

 

https://network.spri...ch/los+angeles/

 

Thank you for this. The bad part is that the closest tower already hs NV and LTE and I still get nothing here. So decision made. T-Mo it is.

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Thank you for this. The bad part is that the closest tower already hs NV and LTE and I still get nothing here. So decision made. T-Mo it is.

 

This map link does not show all Sprint sites. Not even close. Only the ones with upgrades in the past six months. S4GRU maps show all Sprint sites in the country.

 

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This map link does not show all Sprint sites. Not even close. Only the ones with upgrades in the past six months. S4GRU maps show all Sprint sites in the country.

 

Robert

 

So basically the only way for me to find out the likelyness of me getting better service is to pay a 3rd party. This speaks really bad for Sprint. I appreciate the work you guys have done collecting this information, I just don't believe that it should be your job to give me, as a customer of Sprint, any hope of staying and waiting better service. If their maps are so screwed that it makes me think that the closest tower was already upgraded, well then its their loss of a customer.

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So basically the only way for me to find out the likelyness of me getting better service is to pay a 3rd party. This speaks really bad for Sprint. I appreciate the work you guys have done collecting this information' date=' I just don't believe that it should be your job to give me, as a customer of Sprint, any hope of staying and waiting better service. If their maps are so screwed that it makes me think that the closest tower was already upgraded, well then its their loss of a customer.[/quote']

 

I understand your frustration. If Sprint doesn't meet your needs, but Tmo does, you should use their service. No hard feelings.

 

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