Jump to content

Network Vision/LTE - Ft. Wayne/South Bend Market


emburybrett

Recommended Posts

Well, after this news that South Bend is currently, slowly, going live with LTE. I've decide to stay with Sprint.I purchased a iphone5 yesterday and signed a new two year agreement. After giving them $810.00 in new phones (5 phones) I hope they weren't giving me the run around like they did with the wimax evo..... :)

Link to comment
Share on other sites

Well' date=' after this news that South Bend is currently, slowly, going live with LTE. I've decide to stay with Sprint.I purchased a iphone5 yesterday and signed a new two year agreement. After giving them 810.00 in new phones (5 phones) I hope they weren't giving me the run around like they did with the wimax evo..... :)[/quote']

 

LTE is already live in 75% of South Bend. And it is still growing.

 

Robert via Samsung Note II using Forum Runner

Link to comment
Share on other sites

LTE is already live in 75% of South Bend. And it is still growing.

 

Robert via Samsung Note II using Forum Runner

 

I haven't been out much since I've had the phone but had nice signal over by Ireland Rd/Ironwood. At home outside it's been going in and out from 3g to LTE. Anxious to see where I get a signal when I'm out tomorrow.

Link to comment
Share on other sites

I haven't been out much since I've had the phone but had nice signal over by Ireland Rd/Ironwood. At home outside it's been going in and out from 3g to LTE. Anxious to see where I get a signal when I'm out tomorrow.

 

It's definitely stronger in South Bend vs. Mishawaka or Elkhart/Goshen, but holes are quickly getting filled.

Link to comment
Share on other sites

It's definitely stronger in South Bend vs. Mishawaka or Elkhart/Goshen, but holes are quickly getting filled.

 

Yea I live in south bend and work in elkhart/goshen, south bend is definatly better covered. Unfortunitly i live about a 1/2 mile from the updated tower on mayflower & US 20 and it is definatly not live yet.

  • Like 1
Link to comment
Share on other sites

Just to be sure, they're keeping these LTE towers on all the time now, as they complete them, right? I only ask, because I've been in some of the areas in Ft. Wayne, where the sensorly map shows LTE, but my phone has never switched to LTE. Closest I got was when I was out by the Carmike, and I suddenly got some really peppy 3G speeds.

 

I'm getting worried that something might be wrong with the LTE antenna in my phone. :-(

Link to comment
Share on other sites

I'm getting worried that something might be wrong with the LTE antenna in my phone. :-(

 

The EVO LTE is not a great LTE performer -- at least, not in a fractionally deployed market. Start reading, as we have discussed this issue ad nauseum.

 

AJ

Link to comment
Share on other sites

Make sure under networks it says CDMA/lte. And they definitely do not always leave them on. We had lte on the south side of Elkhart over a month ago and it disappeared until last week and Goshen still isn't back on. And like I just said I live near a completed tower on the south west side of south bend and I know I did not have lte this morning at home.

 

Sent from my Galaxy Nexus using Tapatalk 2

 

 

  • Like 1
Link to comment
Share on other sites

  • 2 weeks later...

Well. Theres Sprint tower by the hospital and well. They are finally working on 4G :D.

The 4G isn't activated yet. But I know entering downtown these are the speeds I got:

 

 

295329410.png

4g.jpg

 

sprint4g.jpg

Edited by Rukin1
  • Like 6
Link to comment
Share on other sites

Well. Theres Sprint tower by the hospital and well. They are finally working on 4G :D.

The 4G isn't activated yet. But I know entering downtown these are the speeds I got:

 

 

295329410.png

4g.jpg

 

sprint4g.jpg

4g has to be active, 3g is not capable of those speeds.

 

Sent from my Galaxy Nexus using Tapatalk 2

 

 

Link to comment
Share on other sites

4g has to be active, 3g is not capable of those speeds.

 

Sent from my Galaxy Nexus using Tapatalk 2

 

I think he was implying LTE he picked up from another tower with the speeds. Then a tower near his work which is in the process of being upgraded.

Link to comment
Share on other sites

 

I think he was implying LTE he picked up from another tower with the speeds. Then a tower near his work which is in the process of being upgraded.

OK, I wasn't sure. The bottom 2 pics weren't showing on tapatalk at the time.

 

Sent from my Galaxy Nexus using Tapatalk 2

 

 

Link to comment
Share on other sites

And if you are on Jefferson going down town, either PRL update or turn on/off airplane mode will pickup 4G.

Off Illinois road and St Thomas road, at that corner where target is. Down st thomas road is 4G.

And off 69. By menards, there is a sprint tower that has 4G. I saw the people up there working on it xD

Edited by Rukin1
Link to comment
Share on other sites

i have been getting 4g lte now in fort wayne in spots and some places out in the country since i got my s3 on black friday. today i did a speedtest outside the walmart on maysville rd and got 31.02mbps down and 7.73 up. inside the walmart i got 17.8 mbps down and 4.87mbps up. i'm stoked for these kind of speeds. i can't wait for them to get the rest of the towers done.

Link to comment
Share on other sites

  • 2 weeks later...

I managed to get 20.60 Mbps down, and 8.92 Mbps up, and 49 ms ping when I was going down I-69, this was between Upland, IN and Huntington, IN. I got it on December 27 at 9:26 AM.

 

With the exception of the ping time (by a ~20 ms margin), it's better then my home internet connection in every way. Uploading the picture onto my Twitter account literally took less then a second. Needless to say, I was pleased. I was on a school bus, if it makes a difference.

Link to comment
Share on other sites

I managed to get 20.60 Mbps down, and 8.92 Mbps up, and 49 ms ping when I was going down I-69, this was between Upland, IN and Huntington, IN. I got it on December 27 at 9:26 AM.

 

Was the school bus a time machine?

 

Sent from a phone using an application. That's pretty cool.

 

 

  • Like 1
Link to comment
Share on other sites

Was the school bus a time machine?

 

Sent from a phone using an application. That's pretty cool.

 

Nope. But it was a magic one that can travel in space AND shrink down to the size of a cell, along with everything on it. It even has eyes, literally!

Link to comment
Share on other sites

yeah i'm picking up 4g almost all over south bend. i live like a couple of miles from the tower by the bypass on mayflower and its not turned on yet. couple of weeks ago south side of goshen where i work has lte going pretty strong.

  • Like 2
Link to comment
Share on other sites

  • 3 weeks later...

Join the conversation

You can post now and register later. If you have an account, sign in now to post with your account.

Guest
Reply to this topic...

×   Pasted as rich text.   Paste as plain text instead

  Only 75 emoji are allowed.

×   Your link has been automatically embedded.   Display as a link instead

×   Your previous content has been restored.   Clear editor

×   You cannot paste images directly. Upload or insert images from URL.


  • large.unreadcontent.png.6ef00db54e758d06

  • gallery_1_23_9202.png

  • Posts

    • In the conference call they had two question on additional spectrum. One was the 800 spectrum. They are not certain what will happen, thus have not really put it into their plans either way (sale or no sale). The do have a reserve level. It is seen as great for new technologies which I presume is IOT or 5g slices.  They did not bite on use of their c-band or DOD.  mmWave rapidly approaching deadlines not mentioned at all. FWA brushes on this as it deals with underutilized spectrum on a sector by sector basis.  They are willing to take more money to allow FWA to be mobile (think RV or camping). Unsure if this represents a higher priority, for example, RVs in Walmart parking lots where mobile needs all the capacity. In terms of FWA capacity, their offload strategy is fiber through joint ventures where T-Mobile does the marketing, sales, and customer support while the fiber company does the network planning and installation.  50%-50% financial split not being consolidated into their books. I think discussion of other spectrum would have diluted the fiber joint venture discussion. They do have a fund which one use is to purchase new spectrum. Sale of the 800Mhz would go into this. It should be noted that they continue to buy 2.5Ghz spectrum from schools etc to replace leases. They will have a conference this fall  to update their overall strategies. Other notes from the call are 75% of the phones on the network are 5g. About 85% of their sites have n41, n25, and n71. 93% of traffic is on midband.  SA is also adding to their performance advantage, which they figure is still ahead of other carriers by two years. It took two weeks to put the auction 108 spectrum to use at their existing sites. Mention was also made that their site spacing was designed for midrange thus no gaps in n41 coverage, while competitors was designed for lowband thus toggles back and forth for n77.  
    • The manual network selection sounds like it isn't always scanning NR, hence Dish not showing up. Your easiest way to force Dish is going to be forcing the phone into NR-only mode (*#*#4636#*#* menu?), since rainbow sims don't support SA on T-Mobile.
    • "The company’s unique multi-layer approach to 5G, with dedicated standalone 5G deployed nationwide across 600MHz, 1.9GHz, and 2.5GHz delivers customers a consistently strong experience, with 85% of 5G traffic on sites with all three spectrum bands deployed." Meanwhile they are very close to a construction deadline in June for 850Mhz of mmWave in most of Ohio iirc. No reported sightings.
    • T-Mobile Delivers Industry-Leading Customer, Service Revenue and Profitability Growth in Q1 2024, and Raises 2024 Guidance https://www.t-mobile.com/news/business/t-mobile-q1-2024-earnings — — — — — I find it funny that when they talk about their spectrum layers they're saying n71, n25, and n41. They're completely avoiding talking about mmWave.
    • Was true in my market. Likely means a higher percentage of 5g phones in your market.
  • Recently Browsing

    • No registered users viewing this page.
×
×
  • Create New...