Network Vision/LTE - Atlanta/Athens Market

[digiblur]

If you are in good range, you still have to toggle sometimes? Does changing PRL make things better for LTE?

 

A PRL update wouldn't even make a 3G or 1X Sprint PCS signal any better than it was. Now write a PRL without the proper MCC/MNC records in the geo you are in and the 4G indicator will magically go away

[mionky]

I noticed yesterday that around the Forest Park, Morrow, and Lake City area, there is more 4GLTE coverage. They must have just turned on some 4G towers in that area. I had 4G connection from my house in Lake City all the way to downtown ATL. Today I went from my house all the way to Mt. Zion shopping area (Best Buy, PetSmart, HomeDepot, etc.) with 4G all the way. I couldn't do that before. I never had 4G at my house before and when I went to Mt. Zion area, it was always in and out.

[themuffinman]

I noticed yesterday that around the Forest Park, Morrow, and Lake City area, there is more 4GLTE coverage. They must have just turned on some 4G towers in that area. I had 4G connection from my house in Lake City all the way to downtown ATL. Today I went from my house all the way to Mt. Zion shopping area (Best Buy, PetSmart, HomeDepot, etc.) with 4G all the way. I couldn't do that before. I never had 4G at my house before and when I went to Mt. Zion area, it was always in and out.

 

They have made quite a few improvements in that area for sure, by the way what kind of phone do you have?

[mionky]

I have the GSIII.

 

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[owensri2]

I've been doing some testing of the LTE network while in Atlanta this weekend. I am pretty disappointed in the LTE coverage. Was north of town, just near downtown, and on I-85 near Duluth. Seems like as soon as I get the 4G icon, it only stays on for a bit. I can use it if I don't move too much. In buildings, only 3G is available. Not the performance I was expecting. I did get decent speeds when I was able to connect.

[chong67]

I noticed yesterday that around the Forest Park, Morrow, and Lake City area, there is more 4GLTE coverage. They must have just turned on some 4G towers in that area. I had 4G connection from my house in Lake City all the way to downtown ATL. Today I went from my house all the way to Mt. Zion shopping area (Best Buy, PetSmart, HomeDepot, etc.) with 4G all the way. I couldn't do that before. I never had 4G at my house before and when I went to Mt. Zion area, it was always in and out.

 

Install Sensorly app. That is how I find out if there is LTE coverage there or not. I always turn it on when no LTE has been map there before.

[chong67]

I dont understand why Houston, a big sprawling city with three rings around the city will finish the mapping on March 2013 and Atlanta with only one ring (I-285) will be completed in August 2013.

[pyroscott]

I dont understand why Houston, a big sprawling city with three rings around the city will finish the mapping on March 2013 and Atlanta with only one ring (I-285) will be completed in August 2013.

 

How does the amount of city bypasses have anything to do with LTE deployment? The amount of cell sites has to be enough to support the population of the market, sprawling or not.

 

The dates are forecasted by using the current rate of conversion applied to the remaining sites in the market.

[chong67]

How does the amount of city bypasses have anything to do with LTE deployment? The amount of cell sites has to be enough to support the population of the market, sprawling or not.

 

The dates are forecasted by using the current rate of conversion applied to the remaining sites in the market.

 

I didnt see the sprawling vs capacity part.

 

With LTE, the more people get on it, the slower the speed or is it limit by how many LTE users per tower?

[pyroscott]

I didnt see the sprawling vs capacity part.

 

With LTE, the more people get on it, the slower the speed or is it limit by how many LTE users per tower?

 

Users per tower as well as what the users are doing. If you have 100 people on a tower checking facebook, it will be a lot less load on the tower than 100 people streaming netflix in 720p resolution.

 

Each sector is broken into resource blocks. The more data intensive the usage is, the more resource blocks it hogs. Once the resource blocks are all being used, the cell has to start taking away resource blocks and allocating them to new users. Then everyone slows down. Once the NV rollout is complete, the network could also recognize that one cell is starting to become overloaded and push some users onto a neighboring cell with less load.

[mionky]

 

Install Sensorly app. That is how I find out if there is LTE coverage there or not. I always turn it on when no LTE has been map there before.

I do have sensorly app, there was no 4G mapped where I was talking about until I mapped it.

 

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[chong67]

I do have sensorly app, there was no 4G mapped where I was talking about until I mapped it.

 

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Yes, that is how you know when there are new coverage. It looks like it take a day before you see the refresh on their server.

 

Did you all have 10 update on this app for the last 2 days?

[chong67]

Users per tower as well as what the users are doing. If you have 100 people on a tower checking facebook, it will be a lot less load on the tower than 100 people streaming netflix in 720p resolution.

 

Each sector is broken into resource blocks. The more data intensive the usage is, the more resource blocks it hogs. Once the resource blocks are all being used, the cell has to start taking away resource blocks and allocating them to new users. Then everyone slows down. Once the NV rollout is complete, the network could also recognize that one cell is starting to become overloaded and push some users onto a neighboring cell with less load.

 

I see. So its like cable modem technology. The more user the less the speed.

 

Another cell tower with less load may not have the fastest speed as it is further away.

 

I wonder if they would throttle someone that has been downloading for the last hour on that tower.

 

I am sure there is away to hack the phone to select the tower you want, the PRL you want. That is why I like root.

[pyroscott]

I see. So its like cable modem technology. The more user the less the speed.

Exactly

Another cell tower with less load may not have the fastest speed as it is further away.

It might not, but it is better to have one person with lower speeds than everyone on the cell

I wonder if they would throttle someone that has been downloading for the last hour on that tower.

They might institute something like that

I am sure there is away to hack the phone to select the tower you want, the PRL you want. That is why I like root.

I haven't seen anything like that, and PRL has almost nothing to do with LTE connectivity. It seems to be more of a enable/disable thing, possibly with battery life in mind.

[Proxcee]

I've been doing some testing of the LTE network while in Atlanta this weekend. I am pretty disappointed in the LTE coverage. Was north of town, just near downtown, and on I-85 near Duluth. Seems like as soon as I get the 4G icon, it only stays on for a bit. I can use it if I don't move too much. In buildings, only 3G is available. Not the performance I was expecting. I did get decent speeds when I was able to connect.

 

Join the club. Just have to wait until more sites are upgraded and kinks worked out.

 

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[lordsutch]

I dont understand why Houston, a big sprawling city with three rings around the city will finish the mapping on March 2013 and Atlanta with only one ring (I-285) will be completed in August 2013.

 

RF engineering in Atlanta is far more complex than in Houston... Houston doesn't really have any hills to speak of.

[ATLJ]

My perception is the Atlanta LTE coverage seems to grow daily...I am starting to pick up signals in many more places on the way to work than I did just a few weeks ago. Have there been any updates on completed towers in the market lately?

[digiblur]

I see. So its like cable modem technology. The more user the less the speed.

 

Another cell tower with less load may not have the fastest speed as it is further away.

 

I wonder if they would throttle someone that has been downloading for the last hour on that tower.

 

I am sure there is away to hack the phone to select the tower you want, the PRL you want. That is why I like root.

 

Not really like cable modem. It's just shared bandwidth like any internet connection out there. DSL is shared, fiber is shared, etc.

 

You can't pick a tower with a PRL, a PRL isn't a list of towers, it's a list of cell systems. And actually with LTE Sprint can only disable or enable LTE in the PRL for specific GEO. A GEO encompasses many cell systems which could be thousands and thousands of towers.

 

Root has nothing to do with PRLs or writing other PRLs.

[S4GRU]

My perception is the Atlanta LTE coverage seems to grow daily...I am starting to pick up signals in many more places on the way to work than I did just a few weeks ago. Have there been any updates on completed towers in the market lately?

 

Yes. There is a thread in the Sponsor section with interactive maps that show all the completed towers. It gets updated once a week. Should be updated later today with all the new sites in every market. Including the new ones in Atlanta.

 

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[chong67]

What happen to the Atlanta thead about LTE?

 

Edit - It has moved into the Market folder now.

Edited October 15, 2012 by chong67

[chong67]

There is new expanded LTE coverage where I live.

 

I was running at the Jester Creek Pathway and I got LTE coverage right behind the Lee Elementery school and toward Tara Blvd and I map it tonight.

 

Now I can Skype my friends and family when I am at the pathway, its more like a trail.

[JonnygATL]

I can't wait until the coverage is common in Atlanta, wall to wall in the way that 3G is today. I know I've read it a million times, but it bears repeating: because the initial LTE rollout is in the 1900mhz band, 4G LTE should be just as ubiquitous (sp??) as Sprint's current 3G coverage. Which, all in all is pretty decent despite what some people say. So I'm pleased....it's just that I don't understand why it's taking so very long (launched in mid-July as we all know) to complete in this market?

[troyd96]

I can't wait until the coverage is common in Atlanta, wall to wall in the way that 3G is today. I know I've read it a million times, but it bears repeating: because the initial LTE rollout is in the 1900mhz band, 4G LTE should be just as ubiquitous (sp??) as Sprint's current 3G coverage. Which, all in all is pretty decent despite what some people say. So I'm pleased....it's just that I don't understand why it's taking so very long (launched in mid-July as we all know) to complete in this market?

 

To be honest, other than in a few buildings where 4g doesn't penetrate I get LTE everywhere I go with no exceptions in the metro area.

 

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[JonnygATL]

To be honest, other than in a few buildings where 4g doesn't penetrate I get LTE everywhere I go with no exceptions in the metro area.

 

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Really? Awesome news indeed! The only reason I have yet to upgrade to the GS3 is because I was waiting for LTE to cover more of the area. I live, work and play in the city proper and don't really get out to the burbs very often. I know the coverage is better out there for a multitude of reasons, not the least of which is because the rollout actually started out there first and then worked its way inward. But I have two friends with the GS3 who also live primarily in Midtown and they say the service is spotty still. So maybe that's the difference but I'm glad to hear that it's getting better with each passing day.

[VW Maverick]

If we can get everyone to download and actually use the Sensorly app, a great coverage map will begin emerge and we all will know how it looks.

I have the app and use it when I drive areas that I have not already mapped.

I will say that it is amazing how little I drive outside my normal daily routines.

 

Mav.

 

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Edited October 20, 2012 by VW Maverick