Network Vision/LTE - Milwaukee Market (including Madison)

[tommym65]

I see that AT&T continues to press on, they just officially launched Lake Geneva and Whitewater for 4G LTE

 

They may have announced a launch, but Sensorly shows exactly zero coverage anywhere near Whitewater, and no real coverage in any of the area around Lake Geneva:

 

 

The Evil Empire seems to have some coverage in Delavan, but the very pale purple on the roads (like on US-12 and -14) does not indicate usable coverage.

 

[/Disclaimer: Sensorly, of course, only maps where mobile users tell it to, so in theory there may be coverage in places where no one has bothered to map.  Of course, if Sprint were to announce a market before there was any visible coverage in that market, the trolls and naysayers would have a howling field day! AT&T, on the other hand, gets away with lies and distortion constantly. (Oh, come on, TM65, say what you really think!) /EndDisclaimer]

[jreuschl]

While I will agree AT&T can throw around anything it wants, let's remember that Sprint says a smaller market is launched with 1-2 towers. (Like Baraboo)

 

We know that Sprint users are way more active on Sensorly than other carriers.

 

No, I'm not trying to be an AT&T defender.  I think some hoped Sprint would ramp up ahead of them.

[mmark27]

28 updates (4 LTE) in the last two days for Milwaukee......where? I'm not seeing changes for our maps.

 

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[jreuschl]

28 updates (4 LTE) in the last two days for Milwaukee......where? I'm not seeing changes for our maps.

 

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I think there are a few updates in the southern part of our area.  Looks like a ton of towers are 3G updated and some are marked 3G and 4G complete.

[Smacks]

28 updates (4 LTE) in the last two days for Milwaukee......where? I'm not seeing changes for our maps.

 

I'm guessing one of those updates is the Viking apartments on Oakland and Kane. Ping has been between 30 and 150 ms, as opposed to the usual ~900 ms. Data speeds are still abysmal, but progress is progress....

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[mr.phoneguy]

I have a feeling a tower near the far east side of Middleton will be 4g accepted soon, as my phone sporadically connects too lte in my apartment. I have wifi at home, but, I noticed I had lte when I drove into my parking lot last night! Now it's gone again.

[dequardo]

I'm sorry but this 'rollout' in MKE and Madison seems to be a mess. Could it go any slower? Death by a thousand cuts.

[ColinJay]

I'm sorry but this 'rollout' in MKE and Madison seems to be a mess. Could it go any slower? Death by a thousand cuts.

I concur.

[qhinton]

I concur.

So dissapointing I want to sell my Note 2 pick up a cheap Nexus 4 and roll with a prepaid service. Thats a shame that Straight Talk provides faster data than Sprint.

 

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[norsairius]

28 updates (4 LTE) in the last two days for Milwaukee......where? I'm not seeing changes for our maps.

 

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That's what I'm wondering. I sure haven't noticed any improvements in service either, so the updates must not have been in my area.

 

If Sprint isn't working significantly better by the time my contract is up, I'm jumping ship. Data caps were never an issue for me before when I was on AT&T and unlimited data is really the only thing that'd keep me with Sprint now since their new plan pricing is more aligned to their competitors in terms of cost.

 

I give AT&T a pass on their slow (depending on where you're at) LTE rollout because their 3G and Faux G is significantly faster and more reliable than Sprint's data. I could easily stream YouTube videos on AT&T. Sometimes even checking email requires a long wait or doesn't work at all on Sprint where I work. Most of the speed test results I get are sad or don't even finish. I'd get better service if I carried a laptop around and plugged in to a phone jack and used AOL (and I very much remember the speeds and ping I got with that because I played Counter-Strike and used the internet with it in ye olde days).

 

I'm still opimistic though that we'll see improvements as the year goes on and I know there's a lot of obstacles and hoops that Sprint needs to navigate (permits, etc.) to get the work done, but it's just disappointing to be paying money (several hundred per year) for service I don't get and can't use. I know that weathering the storm will be worth it in the end, but the question is how long do we need to keep paying to weather the storm.

Edited August 30, 2013 by norsairius

[mmark27]

That's what I'm wondering. I sure haven't noticed any improvements in service either, so the updates must not have been in my area.

 

If Sprint isn't working significantly better by the time my contract is up, I'm jumping ship. Data caps were never an issue for me before when I was on AT&T and unlimited data is really the only thing that'd keep me with Sprint now since their new plan pricing is more aligned to their competitors in terms of cost.

 

I give AT&T a pass on their slow (depending on where you're at) LTE rollout because their 3G and Faux G is significantly faster and more reliable than Sprint's data. I could easily stream YouTube videos on AT&T. Sometimes even checking email requires a long wait or doesn't work at all on Sprint where I work. Most of the speed test results I get are sad or don't even finish. I'd get better service if I carried a laptop around and plugged in to a phone jack and used AOL (and I very much remember the speeds and ping I got with that because I played Counter-Strike and used the internet with it in ye olde days).

 

I'm still opimistic though that we'll see improvements as the year goes on and I know there's a lot of obstacles and hoops that Sprint needs to navigate (permits, etc.) to get the work done, but it's just disappointing to be paying money (several hundred per year) for service I don't get and can't use. I know that weathering the storm will be worth it in the end, but the question is how long do we need to keep paying to weather the storm.

 

 

It. is. coming.  It's so close to being glorious. When complete, Sprint's network will be awesome.  Most of us have waiting it out for years upon years.  Are we suckers? perhaps, but the reward will be coming soon.  There are a lot of sites now in the Madison area that have antennas up but aren't on yet.  Just a few of those go live and we'd be covered in purple quickly.  Milwaukee is much the same.  There is work going on, we just don't always see it.  Don't lose faith now!!!   

 

Honestly, if they can get LTE to more areas in Madison for Badger game days and then more coverage around the mall so I could do Christmas shopping and not hang around the apple store if I need to look something up, my god, my god, I'll be very happy.  However, then we're all going to need something else to bitch about.....

[WiWavelength]

Members...

 

Several of you are not sponsors, so you cannot view the Network Vision sites completed maps.  You really have no solid idea how slowly or quickly Network Vision deployment is progressing in your own market, let alone around the country.

 

As for discussions of switching to other wireless providers, that is walking a fine line.  S4GRU's mission is not to recruit users to Sprint, nor is it to encourage users to switch to other wireless providers.  No, S4GRU's mission is to educate about Network Vision.  But if you do not have sponsor level access, then you are missing out on much of that knowledge.

 

Regarding AT&T, be an informed consumer.  Know that this company cooperates with NSA wiretaps, fights Net Neutrality, supports anti competitive measures in the wireless industry, lobbies against public broadband deployment, and seeks to shutter its copper DSL network in favor of LTE to the home.  If you give AT&T money, you effectively support its anti social corporate agenda.

 

AJ

[norsairius]

It. is. coming.  It's so close to being glorious. When complete, Sprint's network will be awesome.  Most of us have waiting it out for years upon years.  Are we suckers? perhaps, but the reward will be coming soon.  There are a lot of sites now in the Madison area that have antennas up but aren't on yet.  Just a few of those go live and we'd be covered in purple quickly.  Milwaukee is much the same.  There is work going on, we just don't always see it.  Don't lose faith now!!!  

 

Honestly, if they can get LTE to more areas in Madison for Badger game days and then more coverage around the mall so I could do Christmas shopping and not hang around the apple store if I need to look something up, my god, my god, I'll be very happy.  However, then we're all going to need something else to bitch about.....

 

Ohhh I knowwww. Some days it doesn't bother me while on others it's particularly infuriating. I know the updated network is on its way. The running deployment list and acceptance updates are encouraging too. I feel pretty confident that Sprint will be looking much better around the new year, if not sooner. Fingers crossed!

Edited August 30, 2013 by norsairius

[mr.phoneguy]

 

 

Members...

Several of you are not sponsors, so you cannot view the Network Vision sites completed maps.  You really have no solid idea how slowly or quickly Network Vision deployment is progressing in your own market, let alone around the country.

 

As for discussions of switching to other wireless providers, that is walking a fine line..

In other words, be careful of you're complaints about sprints network on this site. My account on here was suspended without warning for almost two week's for venting my displeasure to my fellow Sprint user's in here.

As far as waiting for 4g is concerned, the area's that I most frequent are covered very nicely. It takes a fraction of a second to load an album on rahpsody. However, im not seeing much improvment

[WiWavelength]

mr.phoneguy, if you are going to quote my post, please do not butcher it with an erratic edit and unenclosed tag.  I fixed it for you.

 

In other words, be careful of you're complaints about sprints network on this site. My account on here was suspended without warning for almost two week's for venting my displeasure to my fellow Sprint user's in here.

 

Yes, this is entirely correct.  S4GRU does not host complaints.  We have made that clear for well over a year now.  If you want to learn and ask questions, you are in just the right place.  But if you want to complain, take it elsewhere.

 

http://s4gru.com/index.php?/topic/1197-s4gru-posting-guidelines-aka-the-rulez/

 

AJ

[mr.phoneguy]

Thanks, I have difficulty writing post's on here using my phone.

Edited August 30, 2013 by mr.phoneguy

[snowmobiler487]

Something back on topic, I just drove past the tower by 894 an hour ago and it was broadcasting usable LTE!!

[Calvin200]

Something back on topic, I just drove past the tower by 894 an hour ago and it was broadcasting usable LTE!!

The one by Loomis?

[snowmobiler487]

The one by Loomis?

That would be the one.

[a02]

Are the sponsor maps showing every sprint tower? Im in the Edgerton area and was expecting there to be a tower closer to one of the business parks in the city where signal tends to be very strong but never see lte.

[njjdnt]

Are the sponsor maps showing every sprint tower? Im in the Edgerton area and was expecting there to be a tower closer to one of the business parks in the city where signal tends to be very strong but never see lte.

Yes, this map http://s4gru.com/index.php?/topic/4186-network-vision-site-map-minnesota-dakotas-milwaukee-and-north-wisconsin-markets/ shows every Sprint tower as of sometime in 2012. 

[a02]

Yes, this map http://s4gru.com/index.php?/topic/4186-network-vision-site-map-minnesota-dakotas-milwaukee-and-north-wisconsin-markets/ shows every Sprint tower as of sometime in 2012. 

Ok thanks, so a tower showing on that map but not the other must not have work scheduled for it yet.

[njjdnt]

Ok thanks, so a tower showing on that map but not the other must not have work scheduled for it yet.

Some work could be done on sites not showing up on the NV complete map.  The work just might not have been accepted by Sprint yet as complete. If you get a chance you should go check out the site in question, take pictures and report back what you find. If your pics show work being done or done, it can be mark as in progress on the NV complete map. 

[jreuschl]

It never seems to amount to anything but I've had EVDO in Pewaukee/Delafield in the last day or two.

 

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[dphalbach]

I was downtown for the Badger game yesterday and my phone was basically unusable by 9 a.m.  I could not even send text messages... although I should not be surprised given that it's been like this on Badger game days for as long as I can remember.  I really wish Sprint would beef up the service downtown and around the stadium by Regent street.