Network Vision/LTE - Milwaukee Market (including Madison)

[mmark27]

Madison actually has a tower with an actual acceptance!  The first time since August.  Too bad its a 3G acceptance which essentially means that the equipment is in place but there is no backhaul for LTE (I believe).  I was pretty sure that Sprint forgot about us.

 

Good to see all my pictures from the In Progress thread make it up there. It looks a lot better now with more pins in the map. 

[Silenze]

Thanks mark for providing great network updates.

 

Updates are happening in the milwaukee market.

 

The site on hwy 60 in grafton is now broadcasting 1x800

[iefbr14]

I actually had 4G for about 3 minutes while I was at the PDQ near 1 St street here in Madison. My phone started vibrating on and off while I was on Williamson St and while I was on east wash. Of course I'm now back to 1xRTT. I think Sprint is just taunting me now.

 

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[mmark27]

I actually had 4G for about 3 minutes while I was at the PDQ near 1 St street here in Madison. My phone started vibrating on and off while I was on Williamson St and while I was on east wash. Of course I'm now back to 1xRTT. I think Sprint is just taunting me now.

 

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I've been 3G, then 1x, then eHRPD, then back again all day downtown. Still 3G in Fitchburg too. No eHRPD here. (after power cycles, etc.)

 

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[aackmann]

Well... Looks like we got stuck with only 1 update (3g at that) but I have to say, I am super excited today!! I've been keeping an eye on what I believe to be my home tower on 92nd and Beloit, which had new cabinets and Fiber already and today I drove past and saw some wires hanging from the racks so I had to cruise by and BAM, a trailer parked next to it, and new NV panels laying on the ground inside the fence! I'm so happy! 

 

I still can't quite figure out how to post those nice thumbnails that people can click on to open the full image :/ So here, you can look at my dropbox folder or this site i uploaded them to as well....

 

http://postimg.org/gallery/2f4cmv6a/

https://www.dropbox.com/sh/91nrayr88uqvl9d/mjS-gJz4sz

 

 

 

The last picture of the cherry picker thing, that is next to the other tower, right across the street. I'm sure they just parked it over there cuz there isn't much room next to the actual tower Sprint shares with AT&T.

[Holcus]

 I saw Pieper working on the tower at 56th and Oklahoma by the firehouse about two months ago but i am not sure if Sprint has antennas there since my signal is not that good in that area.  Any insight if this is Sprint upgrade work going on?

[aackmann]

 I saw Pieper working on the tower at 56th and Oklahoma by the firehouse about two months ago but i am not sure if Sprint has antennas there since my signal is not that good in that area.  Any insight if this is Sprint upgrade work going on?

 

That must be another carrier. I do not believe there is a Sprint tower near there. 

[Holcus]

That must be another carrier. I do not believe there is a Sprint tower near there. 

Pieper had the same model lift and trailer there that you have pictures of at the site on 56th.  They had two lines come down just like they do on the tower at 92nd now. Drove past the site on 92nd today with my girfriend in the truck and she could not figure out what i was so excited about.  It may just be what they use when they do any work on towers but i thought i would bring it up. I did not take pictures since its a firehouse and i didn't want to go behind there without permission.  The tower at 56th has 6 different types of cell antennas plus the array on top for the MPD and MFD communications.  Before the work started there was i believe there was only 5.  Not sure who is all on the tower but it would be nice to find out just out of curiosity.

[aackmann]

Pieper had the same model lift and trailer there that you have pictures of at the site on 56th.  They had two lines come down just like they do on the tower at 92nd now. Drove past the site on 92nd today with my girfriend in the truck and she could not figure out what i was so excited about.  It may just be what they use when they do any work on towers but i thought i would bring it up. I did not take pictures since its a firehouse and i didn't want to go behind there without permission.  The tower at 56th has 6 different types of cell antennas plus the array on top for the MPD and MFD communications.  Before the work started there was i believe there was only 5.  Not sure who is all on the tower but it would be nice to find out just out of curiosity.

 

 

Haha, I had my girlfriend in the car too. She wasn't feeling well, so I'm lucky I was able to stop at all. I would have taken more pictures otherwise

[apphysics]

Thanks mark for providing great network updates.

 

Updates are happening in the milwaukee market.

 

The site on hwy 60 in grafton is now broadcasting 1x800

 

I was just up there right by that tower and i didn't get any 800 at all...

[Silenze]

I was just up there right by that tower and i didn't get any 800 at all...

You will not pick up 800 if coming from the legacy sites in mequon.

Do a PRL update and you will switch over to 1x800

Site ID is also now 22xxx

I also connected to 1x800 on the falls rd tower

[aackmann]

Pieper had the same model lift and trailer there that you have pictures of at the site on 56th.  They had two lines come down just like they do on the tower at 92nd now. Drove past the site on 92nd today with my girfriend in the truck and she could not figure out what i was so excited about.  It may just be what they use when they do any work on towers but i thought i would bring it up. I did not take pictures since its a firehouse and i didn't want to go behind there without permission.  The tower at 56th has 6 different types of cell antennas plus the array on top for the MPD and MFD communications.  Before the work started there was i believe there was only 5.  Not sure who is all on the tower but it would be nice to find out just out of curiosity.

 

 

I drove by there on my way to work again this morning and saw the guys out there working at 7am in the rain. I really wanted to stop and talk to em, but I didn't leave early enough to be able to stop and chat. I'll be driving by on my way home for sure, so maybe they'll still be there. 

[dequardo]

Thankfully there's only a couple fervent trackers here else work would never get done :-)

[aackmann]

Thankfully there's only a couple fervent trackers here else work would never get done :-)

 

haha. Well as long as we all pay attention to each others' posts, and keep sharing info, they should only get bothered ONCE at each cell tower

[tumtum101]

Is La Crosse, WI included in the Milwaukee market?  Does anyone know if/when La Crosse will be getting NV updates?  I need to get a new phone soon, and I'm wondering if it pays to wait for a tri-band phone like the LG G2.

[aackmann]

Is La Crosse, WI included in the Milwaukee market?  Does anyone know if/when La Crosse will be getting NV updates?  I need to get a new phone soon, and I'm wondering if it pays to wait for a tri-band phone like the LG G2.

 

It looks like LaCrosse already has a bunch of LTE. Go to www.sensorly.com and look at the coverage maps there, switch it to "Sprint 4G" and you can see that users have mapped a bunch of 4G LTE coverage around LaCrosse. There are a few more towers around that area that haven't been completed yet, but it's pretty much covered.

[mmark27]

Me thinks our Madison 3G accepted tower is actually a 4G accepted tower.  No way you get that purple from any of the other towers that are already broadcasting (Middleton or SP)....and that tower is real close to where its darkest.  The dawn is always purplest before the light......  Anyone able to map some more around there???

 

[tumtum101]

It looks like LaCrosse already has a bunch of LTE. Go to www.sensorly.com and look at the coverage maps there, switch it to "Sprint 4G" and you can see that users have mapped a bunch of 4G LTE coverage around LaCrosse. There are a few more towers around that area that haven't been completed yet, but it's pretty much covered.

Thanks.  I know that La Crosse has LTE on the initial 1900 mhz spectrum, but was wondering if/when they might be getting the other LTE spectrums (800 mhz, 2600 mhz).  Is the goal of Network Vision to eventually upgrade every single Sprint cell tower, or just the ones in major cities?

[Mooeydj]

Is La Crosse, WI included in the Milwaukee market?  Does anyone know if/when La Crosse will be getting NV updates?  I need to get a new phone soon, and I'm wondering if it pays to wait for a tri-band phone like the LG G2.

 

It is in the Minnesota market.

[mmark27]

Thanks.  I know that La Crosse has LTE on the initial 1900 mhz spectrum, but was wondering if/when they might be getting the other LTE spectrums (800 mhz, 2600 mhz).  Is the goal of Network Vision to eventually upgrade every single Sprint cell tower, or just the ones in major cities?

 

Most every tower.  Like 99% of them. There's only a few that won't be, but you can rest assured that most ones that you hit will be updated. 

[aackmann]

Thanks.  I know that La Crosse has LTE on the initial 1900 mhz spectrum, but was wondering if/when they might be getting the other LTE spectrums (800 mhz, 2600 mhz).  Is the goal of Network Vision to eventually upgrade every single Sprint cell tower, or just the ones in major cities?

 

I don't think anyone has any solid info on when sites will be upgraded to include the other LTE spectrum. That'll probably be some time next year. I think they're just trying to go balls-to-the-wall on getting the initial 1900Mhz LTE deployed so they try to catch up to the other carriers.

[tumtum101]

Thank you aackmann, mmark27, and Mooeydj for the quick and insightful feedback!

[mmark27]

Thanks.  I know that La Crosse has LTE on the initial 1900 mhz spectrum, but was wondering if/when they might be getting the other LTE spectrums (800 mhz, 2600 mhz).  Is the goal of Network Vision to eventually upgrade every single Sprint cell tower, or just the ones in major cities?

 

 

I don't think anyone has any solid info on when sites will be upgraded to include the other LTE spectrum. That'll probably be some time next year. I think they're just trying to go balls-to-the-wall on getting the initial 1900Mhz LTE deployed so they try to catch up to the other carriers.

 

Well, the equipment they're installing for 1900 LTE will do the 800 LTE as well, so that's just a flip o' the switch on their end.  However, the 2600 will require more hardware, I'm not too concerned about it because the 800 will be what puts them on par with everyone else. 

[smalltimehack]

I don't think anyone has any solid info on when sites will be upgraded to include the other LTE spectrum. That'll probably be some time next year. I think they're just trying to go balls-to-the-wall on getting the initial 1900Mhz LTE deployed so they try to catch up to the other carriers.

I posted about a week or more back about a Samsung test driver telling me that this month they would be getting equipment to test lte 800 so it will probably be sooner than we think.

But then again he tests from Madison south to the border and as far north as green bay. So who knows where it will pop up first.

[iefbr14]

Me thinks our Madison 3G accepted tower is actually a 4G accepted tower.  No way you get that purple from any of the other towers that are already broadcasting (Middleton or SP)....and that tower is real close to where its darkest.  The dawn is always purplest before the light......  Anyone able to map some more around there???

 

 

I should be able to do some mapping around there during the next few days.