Gmotif6 Posted February 20, 2014 Share Posted February 20, 2014 Would be nice to have a couple more bars in the home Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chanfishy Posted February 20, 2014 Share Posted February 20, 2014 Would be nice to have a couple more bars in the home You'r lucky you even have LTE in your home, I wont have LTE until around May Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gmotif6 Posted February 21, 2014 Share Posted February 21, 2014 The way sites been lighting up, it may be sooner 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Oakley707 Posted February 21, 2014 Share Posted February 21, 2014 The way sites been lighting up, it may be sooner Get a Nexus 5, I went from 1 bar (needed an airave) to 2 bars LTE. Simply stunning RF. As Coz stated though, don't need LTE in the house. Just nice to have coverage for voice without the airave now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gmotif6 Posted February 21, 2014 Share Posted February 21, 2014 I've only had my Airrave 2wks. I go from 1x to 1-2bar LTE than 3G. Not complaining at all. Rather have something then nothing Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rf40928 Posted February 21, 2014 Share Posted February 21, 2014 Can a Galaxy S3 utilize Sprint 1x800 Voice? 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Oakley707 Posted February 21, 2014 Share Posted February 21, 2014 Can a Galaxy S3 utilize Sprint 1x800 Voice? Yes. TECHNOLOGY CDMA:800, 1900 MHz FDD LTE:1900 (band 25) MHz Data:LTE, EV-DO Rev.A 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ryry4ya Posted February 21, 2014 Share Posted February 21, 2014 Ohh crap he's back Sent from my EVO using Tapatalk 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
COZisBack Posted February 22, 2014 Share Posted February 22, 2014 Ohh crap he's back Sent from my EVO using Tapatalk 2 ??? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rf40928 Posted February 22, 2014 Share Posted February 22, 2014 ??? He is talking about me. It all started when I posted ( months ago ..maybe Aug 2013 ) that I thought West Virginia market would be done before Columbus. He essentially said "You want to bet?" and asked if I was a know it all. I only made "the call" on WV ( likely being done 1st ) because it's much much smaller of an area to upgraded requiring less time and effort .. Both are 4th round markets... and now here today ( feb 22/14 ) the status is : Columbus Market: Status: Partial LTE Launch/NV Upgrades Continuing 47% NV accepted & 28% LTE accepted West Virginia Market: Status: LTE Launched/NV Substantially Complete 97% NV accepted & 50% LTE accepted. Honestly, I really didn't even care if I ended up being wrong and I didn't mention it ever again, until now..... this is a good time to mention it. I asked about the Samsung Galaxy 3 because my friend asked me whether his phone would get the 1x800 and I didn't really know.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
imex99 Posted February 23, 2014 Share Posted February 23, 2014 Sent from my Nexus 5 using Tapatalk 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dkyeager Posted February 23, 2014 Share Posted February 23, 2014 Columbus Market: Status: Partial LTE Launch/NV Upgrades Continuing 47% NV accepted & 28% LTE accepted West Virginia Market: Status: LTE Launched/NV Substantially Complete 97% NV accepted & 50% LTE accepted. Mark Twain: "There are lies, damn lies, and statistics". Your Columbus Market stats may be out of date, I come up with 67.25% of our sites are new vision. Now that does not mean that the sites that will be 4g are up to that level yet. Almost half of the remaining sites are in process. Our worst winter in 20 years is also slowing things down. The other factor is West Virginia is not really a complete market because of Ntelos. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chowder Posted February 23, 2014 Share Posted February 23, 2014 Got some LTE in Lancaster today. I think it was Ewing Street... Or Stringtown. I couldn't really investigate... My wife was with me and she'd make fun of me. Sent from my XT1056 using Tapatalk 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rf40928 Posted February 23, 2014 Share Posted February 23, 2014 Mark Twain: "There are lies, damn lies, and statistics". Your Columbus Market stats may be out of date, I come up with 67.25% of our sites are new vision. Now that does not mean that the sites that will be 4g are up to that level yet. Almost half of the remaining sites are in process. Our worst winter in 20 years is also slowing things down. The other factor is West Virginia is not really a complete market because of Ntelos. After I made the post I thought those stats were probably not being kept up.. The WV stats ( that are part of Sprint NV - NOT Shentel... and includes Marietta Ohio - which is right across the river from WV ) is probably around 90% LTE complete. That area is where my folks live so I've watched it closely. I wasn't aware that nTelos was doing a network upgrade in conjunction with Sprint ( like Shentel was for LTE ).. Shentel's upgrade was done as part of NV .., and uses the same equipment Sprint used. ( http://s4gru.com/index.php?/blog/1/entry-20-sprint-regional-affiliate-shentel-releases-some-more-network-vision-info-in-conference-call-with-investors/ ) I think there was/is rumbling that Sprint may buy Shentel at some point and the equipment wouldn't need to be changed, but the affiliate agreement between the two doesnt expire till 2024 - with provisions made for two 10 year contracts extensions.. Also the areas that are Shentel LTE in WV ( not alot ) are offically done as well. ( Shentel invested over $100 million in 2012 and 2013 building the largest and most advanced 4G LTE and enhanced 3G network in communities stretching along the I-81 corridor from Harrisonburg, VA, through Winchester, VA; Martinsburg, WV; Hagerstown, MD; and Chambersburg, to Harrisburg, PA and east to Hanover and York, and west along the turnpike to Breezewood, and north to Altoona, PA. ) I'm pretty sure that alot of West Virginia is neither Shentel or Sprint. So Sprints LTE coverage in West Virginia is not ideal. I don't know if Sprint has cross agreements with anyone else besides nTelos - for roaming.. I don't think we can count on nTelos bringing much to Sprint though. It appears Sprint may not be renewing any roaming agreements with nTelos: Feb 2014: "NTELOS sinks after firm predicts Sprint deal won't be renewed NTELOS (NTLS), a regional wireless retailer, is tumbling after research firm FBR predicted that the company's partnership with Sprint (S) would not be renewed when the deal expires in 2015. FBR, which noted that NTELOS obtains the majority of its profits from its partnership with the carrier through the Sprint Strategic Network Alliance" My brother lives around there - in an ntelos area and has an nTelos contract. From what I understand, for him this would mean when he leaves the nTelos area he wouldn't be roaming on Sprint (or anyone - unless another agreement is made ) Maybe Coz or someone else knows more.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dkyeager Posted February 23, 2014 Share Posted February 23, 2014 After I made the post I thought those stats were probably not being kept up.. The WV stats ( that are part of Sprint NV - NOT Shentel... and includes Marietta Ohio - which is right across the river from WV ) is probably around 90% LTE complete. That area is where my folks live so I've watched it closely. I wasn't aware that nTelos was doing a network upgrade in conjunction with Sprint ( like Shentel was for LTE ).. Shentel's upgrade was done as part of NV .., and uses the same equipment Sprint used. ( http://s4gru.com/index.php?/blog/1/entry-20-sprint-regional-affiliate-shentel-releases-some-more-network-vision-info-in-conference-call-with-investors/ ) I think there was/is rumbling that Sprint may buy Shentel at some point and the equipment wouldn't need to be changed, but the affiliate agreement between the two doesnt expire till 2024 - with provisions made for two 10 year contracts extensions.. Also the areas that are Shentel LTE in WV ( not alot ) are offically done as well. ( Shentel invested over $100 million in 2012 and 2013 building the largest and most advanced 4G LTE and enhanced 3G network in communities stretching along the I-81 corridor from Harrisonburg, VA, through Winchester, VA; Martinsburg, WV; Hagerstown, MD; and Chambersburg, to Harrisburg, PA and east to Hanover and York, and west along the turnpike to Breezewood, and north to Altoona, PA. ) I'm pretty sure that alot of West Virginia is neither Shentel or Sprint. So Sprints LTE coverage in West Virginia is not ideal. I don't know if Sprint has cross agreements with anyone else besides nTelos - for roaming.. I don't think we can count on nTelos bringing much to Sprint though. It appears Sprint may not be renewing any roaming agreements with nTelos: Feb 2014: "NTELOS sinks after firm predicts Sprint deal won't be renewed NTELOS (NTLS), a regional wireless retailer, is tumbling after research firm FBR predicted that the company's partnership with Sprint (S) would not be renewed when the deal expires in 2015. FBR, which noted that NTELOS obtains the majority of its profits from its partnership with the carrier through the Sprint Strategic Network Alliance" My brother lives around there - in an ntelos area and has an nTelos contract. From what I understand, for him this would mean when he leaves the nTelos area he wouldn't be roaming on Sprint (or anyone - unless another agreement is made ) Maybe Coz or someone else knows more.. continues here: http://s4gru.com/index.php?/topic/4742-columbus-market-mapspreadsheet/page-109&do=findComment&comment=286392 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dkyeager Posted February 24, 2014 Share Posted February 24, 2014 Sprint Launched Ohio markets as of Friday (it's buried in a list of launched LTE markets http://newsroom.spri...chedmarkets.htm ) • Ashland, Ohio • Ashtabula, Ohio • Canton/Massillon, Ohio • Dayton, Ohio • Findlay, Ohio • Greenville, Ohio • Mansfield, Ohio • Marion, Ohio • New Philadelphia/Dover, Ohio • Parkersburg, W.Va. • Point Pleasant, W.Va. • Salem, Ohio • Sandusky, Ohio • Tiffin, Ohio • Wooster, Ohio Dayton is not spark because it did not have wimax service. Looking carefully at the coverage map, Sprint also launched in the Columbus Market: - Keyton - Upper Sandusky - Bucyrus - Gallion - Worthington (not the Columbus suburb) - Bowling Green http://coverage.spri...TNAV=ATG:HE:Cov We had all the areas in the Columbus Market fully covered on our sponsor maps 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
COZisBack Posted February 24, 2014 Share Posted February 24, 2014 NEW LTE Columbus x 2 Lancaster Plain City Zanesville 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chowder Posted February 24, 2014 Share Posted February 24, 2014 Lancaster is the Ewing Street site. I don't do PCI stuff. Lol Sent from my XT1056 using Tapatalk Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
amcferrin90 Posted February 24, 2014 Share Posted February 24, 2014 Lancaster is the Ewing Street site. I don't do PCI stuff. Lol Sent from my XT1056 using Tapatalk Dear james, hopefully you're stuck on a mountain somewhere so I can swoop through and pick up some GCI data. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
COZisBack Posted February 24, 2014 Share Posted February 24, 2014 Dear james, hopefully you're stuck on a mountain somewhere so I can swoop through and pick up some GCI data. I thought that site was confirmed already. If it's not, go enjoy yourself. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ritamosuno Posted February 26, 2014 Share Posted February 26, 2014 So... When it comes to voice service, the standard PRL will only go to 800 if there's nothing else available, right? The last few days, the voice service at my house (in the E Broad and Lancaster Ave area) has gone completely down the drain. It's basically not usable. Signal Check tells me it's because I am connecting to 1x800, and the signal on it isn't great. Throughout these few days, I will periodically see the old 1xRTT signal I'm used to pop in, then voice works just fine. So anyways, I'm like 99.9% sure this is just an intermittent tower issue like we've had all through this roll out, but in the past I would never pick up the 800. Just wanting to be sure this isn't a problem by design. If it is, I need to be calling for an airrave... 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
amcferrin90 Posted February 26, 2014 Share Posted February 26, 2014 So... When it comes to voice service, the standard PRL will only go to 800 if there's nothing else available, right? The last few days, the voice service at my house (in the E Broad and Lancaster Ave area) has gone completely down the drain. It's basically not usable. Signal Check tells me it's because I am connecting to 1x800, and the signal on it isn't great. Throughout these few days, I will periodically see the old 1xRTT signal I'm used to pop in, then voice works just fine. So anyways, I'm like 99.9% sure this is just an intermittent tower issue like we've had all through this roll out, but in the past I would never pick up the 800. Just wanting to be sure this isn't a problem by design. If it is, I need to be calling for an airrave... I have a friend that works on Reyn-NA Rd that has been complaining the past couple days about how bad service has gone non-existent. Has to do with the launching of clusters. You're in range of 800 but low signal. Try to make or answer a call and it's unusable or unstable so your phone will switch back to PCS/1X but because of the handoff issue between 800 and legacy PCS the call will drop. If you can change PRL's, it would be best to use one that doesn't have 800 until the rest of R-burg gets launched. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ritamosuno Posted February 26, 2014 Share Posted February 26, 2014 I have a friend that works on Reyn-NA Rd that has been complaining the past couple days about how bad service has gone non-existent. Has to do with the launching of clusters. You're in range of 800 but low signal. Try to make or answer a call and it's unusable or unstable so your phone will switch back to PCS/1X but because of the handoff issue between 800 and legacy PCS the call will drop. If you can change PRL's, it would be best to use one that doesn't have 800 until the rest of R-burg gets launched. Cool thanks. At this point I think I'll just live with it. I hardly use voice service myself, and the people in my house that are complaining about it would not be open to me doing any tinkering with their phone. So far the data seems to be fine. I can still pull the same speeds I always have. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scooter Posted February 26, 2014 Share Posted February 26, 2014 Getting no data in the Northland area this morning. Getting frustrated. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andycapps Posted February 26, 2014 Share Posted February 26, 2014 So... When it comes to voice service, the standard PRL will only go to 800 if there's nothing else available, right? The last few days, the voice service at my house (in the E Broad and Lancaster Ave area) has gone completely down the drain. It's basically not usable. Signal Check tells me it's because I am connecting to 1x800, and the signal on it isn't great. Throughout these few days, I will periodically see the old 1xRTT signal I'm used to pop in, then voice works just fine. So anyways, I'm like 99.9% sure this is just an intermittent tower issue like we've had all through this roll out, but in the past I would never pick up the 800. Just wanting to be sure this isn't a problem by design. If it is, I need to be calling for an airrave... Yeah that tower hasn't had any work done yet. Frustrating but "one of these days"... We're in that no mans land between pockets of NV complete work and can cause some issues with voice. Like you, I rarely use my phone at home so it's not really an issue. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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