mangurt Posted August 22, 2013 Share Posted August 22, 2013 Well, it's almost the end of Aug, and I really don't see any more updates for the Madison area. Data is still very rough on the West side of town (research park area). Downtown it's non-existent. I wonder if Robert has heard anything when work is suppose to be done in Madison..... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jswets Posted August 22, 2013 Share Posted August 22, 2013 Well, it's almost the end of Aug, and I really don't see any more updates for the Madison area. Data is still very rough on the West side of town (research park area). Downtown it's non-existent. I wonder if Robert has heard anything when work is suppose to be done in Madison..... Yea work has seemed to just go to 1 tower every week or two. It really does not seem like work is ramping up at all. Not sure what the issue is, although i have heard ATT has been extremely slow to getting backhaul to sites. Would be nice to hear from someone that has info on why work is taking so long, we have seen many towers in the market with NV equipment on it but are not active. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mmark27 Posted August 22, 2013 Share Posted August 22, 2013 Well, it's almost the end of Aug, and I really don't see any more updates for the Madison area. Data is still very rough on the West side of town (research park area). Downtown it's non-existent. I wonder if Robert has heard anything when work is suppose to be done in Madison..... I'm pretty impressed how much a single tower can cover....... (the tower is at the top of this map, essentially, nearer the dark purple) There's purple covering existing towers that aren't upgraded yet on this map (Sauk @ Gammon and Pleasant View @ Greenway and others), so the coverage should be really great once they actually get them all upgraded. Great work on mapping, guys! I keep praying that Sprint will beat the start of Badger Football here downtown westside of campus by Camp Randall, but I doubt that'll happen. We really only need a few to get some decent coverage here in Madison. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
barron_burke@yahoo.com Posted August 22, 2013 Share Posted August 22, 2013 A coworker who lives in west allis near state fair could not connect her iphone 4 to any 3G the last couple days. She called Sprint and they said the tower on 66th by state fair was "down". All traffic routed to 43rd street, but that tower is overloaded. I also noticed lots of 1xRTT and EV-DO the last couple days. I have to toggle airplane to get EHRPD, otherwise it goes to EVDO. Must be working on something around here. I work on Theodore Trecker in west allis And I have been on EVDO all day But im connecting to a tower on bluemound Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mr.phoneguy Posted August 22, 2013 Share Posted August 22, 2013 I'm pretty impressed how much a single tower can cover....... (the tower is at the top of this map, essentially, nearer the dark purple) There's purple covering existing towers that aren't upgraded yet on this map (Sauk @ Gammon and Pleasant View @ Greenway and others), so the coverage should be really great once they actually get them all upgraded. Great work on mapping, guys! I keep praying that Sprint will beat the start of Badger Football here downtown westside of campus by Camp Randall, but I doubt that'll happen. We really only need a few to get some decent coverage here in Madison. I doubt one tower is covering all of that. If that were the case I'd be very impressed! ! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
njjdnt Posted August 22, 2013 Share Posted August 22, 2013 I doubt one tower is covering all of that. If that were the case I'd be very impressed! ! I don't doubt that based on what I have seen. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mmark27 Posted August 22, 2013 Share Posted August 22, 2013 I doubt one tower is covering all of that. If that were the case I'd be very impressed! ! Well, the only other tower that I've seen equipment on is the Tokay tower, but it isn't broadcasting (and not officially accepted yet) and we have no other towers that have been accepted as complete in that area either. I think its a single tower. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jreuschl Posted August 22, 2013 Share Posted August 22, 2013 Look at the coverage distance of the Hartland tower, maybe you'll believe then 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kb122 Posted August 22, 2013 Share Posted August 22, 2013 Look at the coverage distance of the Hartland tower, maybe you'll believe then Yep, I've kept LTE from the Hartland tower all the way to where Lisbon splits off to Richmond Rd. near Sussex (didn't map it though ) 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mr.phoneguy Posted August 23, 2013 Share Posted August 23, 2013 The network will be beast when it's finished Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mr.phoneguy Posted August 23, 2013 Share Posted August 23, 2013 How do I upload pics on here? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ernicoats Posted August 23, 2013 Share Posted August 23, 2013 Thank you I was about to say I have LTE off old sauk Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
njjdnt Posted August 23, 2013 Share Posted August 23, 2013 How do I upload pics on here? http://s4gru.com/index.php?/topic/3767-adding-images-to-posts-imgur-links/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AcctDeleted_w9awx1 Posted August 23, 2013 Share Posted August 23, 2013 I see the i94 and Barker Road site is online. LTE all the way east on Bluemound to the Brookfield Lakes Corporate center. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikepolinske Posted August 23, 2013 Share Posted August 23, 2013 Not really 4G related, but my 3G signal by Appleton and Good Hope in Menomonee Falls really improved yesterday afternoon. I can't wait for 4G Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mr.phoneguy Posted August 23, 2013 Share Posted August 23, 2013 Theres lte almost everywhere on the far west Madison/Middleton!! Decent speeds too! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ernicoats Posted August 24, 2013 Share Posted August 24, 2013 Theres lte almost everywhere on the far west Madison/Middleton!! Decent speeds too! yes there is, I was very impressed that they lite it up on the west side. it looked like east then slowly moving west. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mangurt Posted August 24, 2013 Share Posted August 24, 2013 yes there is, I was very impressed that they lite it up on the west side. it looked like east then slowly moving west. Now it has to get on the entire beltline and downtown..... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CJOHNSONTHE2ND Posted August 24, 2013 Share Posted August 24, 2013 Now it has to get on the entire beltline and downtown..... Ill be happy when i see something in Fitchburg... I mapped a little but of that in Middleton the other day Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jreuschl Posted August 24, 2013 Share Posted August 24, 2013 You'd think Sprint would cover Lambeau Field for the start of the season, too (I know that is Northern WI market) Sounds like there is some testing going on up there though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kb122 Posted August 24, 2013 Share Posted August 24, 2013 I saw some work being done on the big water tower on 164 in Pewaukee yesterday. I believe there are panels with RRUs up... a little hard to tell though, there are several carriers on that tower. Plus it's so busy over there, hard to get a good look. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shltsw34k Posted August 24, 2013 Share Posted August 24, 2013 This has been the story of my life since I started working downtown back in late May. Service gets particularly bad in the office. It's otherwise OK at best on the lower east side but gets horrible again around North Ave. I'm not surprised that there's not a single Sprint store around here. The one on Brady St. closed recently too. Tough to sell phones/service in an area where the network isn't doing so hot. It's still horrible downtown. I've been working downtown since late May and I don't know how long it's been bad before that. I can't rely on data for anything. Sometimes it's so bad I can't even "like" something on FB or grab an email. I really hope things start getting better. I've seen more flipping between the circle icon and 3G on my iPhone in the last couple weeks which I hope is a sign that work is going on. Sad to say it, but I'd be satisfied with even just 30-40 KB/s download speeds if it could just be consistent and reliable. Even then, that's anywhere from 3-6 times slower than what I'd get on ATT's 3G/Faux G network. The Sprint store on Brady didn't close because of bad service. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
norsairius Posted August 24, 2013 Share Posted August 24, 2013 (edited) The Sprint store on Brady didn't close because of bad service. I didn't mean for it to sound like I was saying it closed because of bad service. Service around the Brady St. area is actually pretty decent, but still slower than what I've experienced on AT&T. The people working there were always awesome too. I just mentioned it as an additional bit of info on how there's not really any Sprint stores in the downtown area. Edited August 24, 2013 by norsairius Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mr.phoneguy Posted August 24, 2013 Share Posted August 24, 2013 Well, the only other tower that I've seen equipment on is the Tokay tower, but it isn't broadcasting (and not officially accepted yet) and we have no other towers that have been accepted as complete in that area either. I think its a single tower.I wonder how accurate is the accepted list Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
njjdnt Posted August 24, 2013 Share Posted August 24, 2013 I wonder how accurate is the accepted list It has been extremely accurate for LTE by my observation. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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