Network Vision/LTE - Orlando Market

[supersanborn]

So Sprint has begun upgrading the tower next to me (finally), but in the interim, WOW has my voice and data service gone to the dogs. I regularly switch to 1xRTT on Sprint/MetroPCS whereas before i always had a medium 3G signal. Cannot wait for work to be completed and have good data again!

[AVMAU]

Debary night work almost complete... At least one more night needed to complete install on a Progress Energy monopole.

 

 

[hestercommand]

I noticed that last night! New cabinets have been installed and all that is left is rru's and panels on the tower. That tower will fill in that one area, great news!

 

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[AMejia1976]

Signal continues to improve in the Universal Studios & Kissimmee/St Cloud Areas.

 

Biggest improvement I can speak off is my having -105 or better on my drive from The Loop via John Young (South) and 192 (East).

 

When activating new/upgrades over the past 4 days they have all connected to LTE while IN the store. This was not possible as of last week. This improvement has definitelly helped show customers that there is some progress in the area.

 

Seems the tower by the KUA substation on John Young accross from the motor sports shop is up. I saw a crew there last week but was not able to get close and see if it was NV work as the area was ropped off.

 

Have a good sunday all.

 

@l3x

 

So hopefully soon we will be official...

[UCFKnight]

 

From the window of my office, tower was about maybe 500 yds away.

[sddabrow]

Hey guys,

 

Sad to say I moved on to ATT this past weekend to get the Galaxy Note 3. Had an opportunity to cut my bill down by joining the family and been drooling over the phone for a while now.

 

Thanks for all the great info and I will be sure to check in to see how Orlando is developing. I may be back in two years

 

Wishing you all a speedy LTE rollout!

[jamisonshaw125]

Hey guys,

 

Sad to say I moved on to ATT this past weekend to get the Galaxy Note 3. Had an opportunity to cut my bill down by joining the family and been drooling over the phone for a while now.

 

Thanks for all the great info and I will be sure to check in to see how Orlando is developing. I may be back in two years

 

Wishing you all a speedy LTE rollout!

Bye foreve  r. Enjoy your delicious LTE and fantastic coverage. 

Edited October 8, 2013 by jamisonshaw125

[supersanborn]

Hey guys,

 

Sad to say I moved on to ATT this past weekend to get the Galaxy Note 3. Had an opportunity to cut my bill down by joining the family and been drooling over the phone for a while now.

 

Thanks for all the great info and I will be sure to check in to see how Orlando is developing. I may be back in two years

 

Wishing you all a speedy LTE rollout!

Best of luck!

 

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[supersanborn]

So I noticed a few things at my tower on Apopka Vineland and Clarcona Ocoee. First, they seem to have removed the gigantic osprey nest that used to crown it. Second, there is now a middle rack of antennas that I don't recall seeing before. What's more, they look to my untrained eye like Ericsson towers for Sprint. Thoughts? I need to bring a zoom lens next time...

 

 

 

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[UCF1996]

The Sprint LTE RRUs I've seen have four square boxes mounted behind the panel, with two at the top and two at the bottom as if they were piece of bread sandwiched together...for lack of a better description.

[supersanborn]

The Sprint LTE RRUs I've seen have four square boxes mounted behind the panel, with two at the top and two at the bottom as if they were piece of bread sandwiched together...for lack of a better description.

Hmm, wonder what I'm seeing then

 

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[gf11speed]

Hmm, wonder what I'm seeing then

 

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No LTE in the area yet?

[supersanborn]

No LTE in the area yet?

I'm getting the fringes of it from two nearby towers, but its -112 (and unusable) at best.

 

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[jamisonshaw125]

 

From the window of my office, tower was about maybe 500 yds away.

???????? Whoa. Wish I could pick up speeds like that.

[AMejia1976]

Got this at 0525 am near Dr Phillips Hospital. I know the RSSI is high. That is because I was already a mile way by the time I got the screen capture... 

 

While the ping is not great the rest sure is...

 

YEAYYYYYY

 

 

@l3x

[Zach8503]

This was yesterday at the intersection of Dr. Phillips and Wallace road. Upload wasn't great on this test, but on a following test it was in the 1mb-2mb range.

 

 

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[CAL7]

Hi, guys. Just checking in. I live in Winter Springs, a couple of hundred yards from the tower at Tuscawilla Country Club. I really want to get the Moto X, but am fearful of being locked into a single-band LTE phone. Any advice on how happy I'd be with that arrangement for a couple of years? Thanks!

[kyle_4thousand]

Hi, guys. Just checking in. I live in Winter Springs, a couple of hundred yards from the tower at Tuscawilla Country Club. I really want to get the Moto X, but am fearful of being locked into a single-band LTE phone. Any advice on how happy I'd be with that arrangement for a couple of years? Thanks!

Quite honestly I would hold out for the LG G2, which is tri-band capable. I'm not impressed with Sprint's LTE on the 1900mhz band at all. When they deploy LTE on the 800mhz band the coverage will be a lot better especially in buildings and the 2300mhz TD-LTE will be crazy fast once they get that deployed. 

 

But you also have to realize that at the pace things are going, we may not see tri-band fully deployed in Orlando for some time. They haven't even activated 1x800, let alone finished their NV upgrades. However, I'm pretty sure clearwire has activated some TD-LTE sites in the area, so you may be able to take advantage of that sooner rather than later.

[samer21]

dean rd and curry ford rd is now live.

[jamisonshaw125]

Was down in historic Orlando today driving around after leaving the dog park and had a consistent LTE signal... Is quite nice. It's like a tsunami wave and it's not towards this side of Orlando yet LOL

[Metsfan3789]

dean rd and curry ford rd is now live.

Good. Can you please post some screenshots? Thanks.

[Metsfan3789]

Was down in historic Orlando today driving around after leaving the dog park and had a consistent LTE signal... Is quite nice. It's like a tsunami wave and it's not towards this side of Orlando yet LOL

That's great!. Where in Orlando was this. Do you have any screenshots of speedtests that you can share?

[jamisonshaw125]

I, for the first time, am screenshot-less because I was using my navigation because I had no idea where I was . Pretty much from lake Baldwin fleets people park all the way to the regal cinemas down there I had LTE. It was a pretty consistent signal never went below like 3 or 4 bars. I did do a speed test at a light but I closed it before it finished. Download was something like 15 down and 1 up with a really good ping. I was impressed.

 

Also, there are a ton of beautiful houses down there. Wouldn't mind living there if I decide to make Orlando my permanent home.

Edited October 17, 2013 by jamisonshaw125

[AMejia1976]

Can we get Launched already.... We have got to be at 60% by now... was like 41% 2 months ago... COME ON...........................

 

@l3x

[jamisonshaw125]

Can we get Launched already.... We have got to be at 60% by now... was like 41% 2 months ago... COME ON...........................

 

@l3x

Oh please oh please oh please! I say this everyday lol. I just put my gigantic mophie juice pack on my phone because I'm tired of it dying when I go someplace with bad coverage. Sigh... Cough. Everywhere Edited October 17, 2013 by jamisonshaw125