Network Vision/LTE - San Diego Market

[itsrobert]

LTE has been solid the last few days inside my home in San Marcos<br /><br />Sent from my SPH-L710 using Tapatalk 2<br /><br /><br />

[sqy0h]

no, that one's definitely off. people have been getting LTE around Gilman/the VA hospital.

 

I don't think the tower is located at the VA. I live at Nobel and Villa La Jolla and pass by the VA 6 times a day. Unfortunately, I'm in the dead zone for 4G in that area. Still, if it was the VA, I should get the signal at home if I can get it on LJS north. Also, the tower down at 52/Gilman was back as of Tuesday. I'm going to try to map some of the neighborhood near the canyon this week.

 

The La Jolla Scenic Area is very odd. I get a strong signal around Sugarman but if I start heading South, it cuts out as you pass the YMCA, (i.e. get closer to 52) where the signal should be stronger. However, when I go down Sugarman in the same direction, it's a great 4G signal, all the way to the end of the road. It's also somewhat odd in the neighborhood just between LJS and Torrey Pines also. The signal is very strong then just cuts out.

 

I'll be over there this afternoon. I'll use netmonitor to try to figure out which tower it is.

[TT01]

Just wondering if this topic is capped at 29 pages? No new posts for 5 days, a definite contrast to the previous activity level, although still marked as 'HOT' in the topic lists.

 

I'm in Poway and wondering if LTE is ever going to make its way east to the Midland/Garden Road area. Don't see any towers on the sprint map in this area but maybe I'm just missing them.

[njjdnt]

Just wondering if this topic is capped at 29 pages?

No

[garytheo]

i think everyone is taking a brake ,,,,, :P

[Marv1]

As for Encinitas, Garden View is back on, and running strong. I decided to stop by Walmart in Encinitas after work yesterday, which is located at the cross streets Town Center Pl/Leucadia (north side). While in the parking lot, coverage was terrible! 3G/LTE was going flashing on and off, unlike the other side. Made 2 calls, and both were dropped after serveral attempts, and when calls came through, I heard a lot of clicking. While on the phone with this person, he said he could barely hear me, and sounds like I was fading out as if my phone was about to go out. Not only that, network was going and coming every few minutes to the point when I tried getting on the internet, signal was lost, came back on, lost again, etc.......... While going into the store, 3G/LTE was swtiching back and forth. I tried getting on the internet with LTE, a page would begin loading, then it will freeze. I'll refresh, and same thing. It was also very slow! Weird! But like I said, on the other side of the Leucadia, it wasn't anything like that.

 

One more thing. I logged onto Sprint Forums (Networking), and Oceanside has been mentioned a few times. I live in Oceanside myself, but not in the LTE active areas. I got LTE signals in the areas, and also mapped a lot on Sensorly, in which I have a screenshot I took when I discovered O'side Blvd/El Camino Real stretch. I hope you tower experts that can see what's going on, can verify what this Sprint Social Care rep said on April 15th. What about the rest of O'side?

 

http://community.spr...art=45&tstart=0

Edited April 17, 2013 by Marv1

[bucdenny]

LTE was found next to site on Logan and S Euclid Ave. Also, LTE next to site on Skyline and S 61st St and confirmed visually this site has new NV gear which most likely was completed recently. Both of these sites are in South East San Diego.

 

Both location are mapped on Sensorly

[djmatty]

Coverage has been very mediocre during the upgrade. I just got 4G back here at my desk, but since last week, I've either had no signal, or only 3G with speeds as low as 2 kbps.

[bookertdub]

I've said this before people, Network Vision is far from complete. The San Diego market hasn't even technically launched yet. These are a part of the growing pains Network Vision.

 

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[djmatty]

I don't mind only having 3G, but I have family in Boston, and not having a signal on Monday was not fun.

[Marv1]

I did a little bit more mapping this morning in Encinitas, on way to work. Garden View has been running strong. Turned onto El Camino Real/Garden View heading south, and LTE was running great. I made a U-turn onto Via Montoro/El Camino Real due to me working on that side next to the Encintas Carwash. Still had LTE on that side, in which I never got, only 3G. There were times where LTE turned to 3G just before Via Montoro. Got to the parking lot, LTE was still on, then it goes out. Had 3G for the rest of the day. I don't get it. Why is LTE up and running on one side, and not the other?

 

During my lunch, I ran an errand. Decided to try again to see if LTE was active on the East and West sides of Encinitas Blvd taking El Camino Real. It was on, and I had Sensorly going. Here's the strange part. I couple hundred feet just before I reached the Encinitas Blvd/El Camino Real intersection, everything stopped! Network on phone was lost, and Sensorly froze up. The only thing I could do was switch in and out of my home screen.

[garytheo]

hi all, i see that 4g is showing in canyon lake,,, does anyone know who mapped it ????

[bookertdub]

hi all, i see that 4g is showing in canyon lake,,, does anyone know who mapped it ????

Check the Inland Empire market thread

 

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[bugzy]

Just wondering if this topic is capped at 29 pages? No new posts for 5 days, a definite contrast to the previous activity level, although still marked as 'HOT' in the topic lists.

 

I'm in Poway and wondering if LTE is ever going to make its way east to the Midland/Garden Road area. Don't see any towers on the sprint map in this area but maybe I'm just missing them.

 

Nothing yet. I'm up near Costco area in Poway and no LTE here.

 

My company might be taking 75-100 phone lines and jumping ship soon to another carrier.

[djmatty]

There are two Costcos in Poway.

[bookertdub]

Actually there isn't, one Costco is within the city limits of Poway, the other is in Rancho Bernardo which is part of the city of San Diego.

 

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[Hypeo]

Ok, my San Diego-ites, San Diego-ins; San Diego-uns.. I mapped a little on Sensorly on April 17 coming back from San Diego, I hit 4G on I-8 at Acorn Casino and coming down the mountain going West I hit another spot. They should be on the map now.

[Marv1]

On way home, I picked up LTE when I got off the 5fwy/Oceanside BLVD exit. Didn't notice until I was sitting at the traffic light, then quickly mapped it on Sensorly just before it turned back to 3G about 30 seconds or so later. I also noticed someone mapped Oceanside Village Square. I usually take that route home, and always pick up ePHRD, 1xRTT (every once in a while), or Unknown network signals. Most of the time it was ePHRD and Unknown. Looks like good things are begining to happen in that area.

[bucdenny]

Mapped LTE on Sensorly throughout Paradise Hills today. More and more coverage each week.

[bucdenny]

Nothing yet. I'm up near Costco area in Poway and no LTE here.

 

My company might be taking 75-100 phone lines and jumping ship soon to another carrier.

 

Where is your company located? In Clairemont Mesa/Balboa its covered, in Mira Mesa/Miramar its covered with LTE.

Just last week we had no LTE in Paradise Hills. This weekend all covered with LTE

 

We almost jumped ship to Verizon too, but knowing that Sprint is upgrading all towers it will only get better and will be comparable to Verizon or better. Just remember Verizon had only upgraded some towers to LTE where Sprint is upgrading all towers where possible.

[S4GRU]

I've been mapping in my part of Pt. Loma, where there seems to be two active LTE towers. One tower, near the Fresh n Easy on Catalina Blvd. by Talbot St. Where the signal looks to be pointed south along Catalina.

 

The other nexus, seems to be at Ebers and Pt. Loma Ave. My list shows that tower actually 1/2 block east of Sunset Cliffs Blvd. along the south side of Pt. Loma Ave. That LTE source would be great for me- I live within the purple painted area- except due to the folds of the land I currently have no LTE connection.

 

So howcome 3g gets to me and 4g doesn't? For that matter, I've walked and driven past the edges of the purple and there are holes that persist on the map- is the signal blocked because of the land's ridges and dipping there? Is that why no apparent signal at Venice and Savoy and yet Venice and Del Mar has a signal? - But the crest follows along Santa Barbara from Orchard north so both are below the lip of the hill.

 

The next tower to the north, still on 3g now, is I believe at Lotus and Bacon (near Robb Field). That tower may not be of use to us to the south as there are two ridges between there and my area. One ridge along Narragansett and the other along Coronado both block line-of-sight to the tower.

 

So, how much earth can these signals go through?

 

Two things...one, you may be getting 3G from a different site than the LTE ones. Therefore, the 3G signal is stronger.

 

Two, LTE signal is more fragile. Your device needs a stronger LTE signal to be useful than 3G EVDO. LTE maxes out its usefulness at -95dBm RSSI, whereas EVDO can often work up to -105dBm.

 

As far as penetrating earth, no RF signal can. If it's hard enough, like rock, and smooth, it can bounce a little. Some frequencies bounce better than others. But nothing will penetrate the ground.

 

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[TheUrbanLegend]

Finally 4G is spreading in Chula Vista and finally got 4G in my house though very weak signal which I promptly lost. Also mapped 4G in Campo right at the Golden Acorn Casino, guess they got their personal NV update there because as soon as you drive away its gone

[Marv1]

UrbanLegend, I was out in that area Friday afternoon coming from North County. I was amazed how much LTE coverage was live passing by downtown San Diego on the 5, heading far south. Chula Vista is heavily covered. My final destination was San Ysidro over by the outlets/TJ border. Coverage was awful there! Slow network, dropped calls, 1-2 bars, texts seemed like it took 5 min or longer to go through so I stop trying to send, etc....... Funny there was a Sprint store across the parking lot from the Nike outlet.

 

On may way back heading north, entering Chula Vista, I seen the 2 Sprint towers that aren't far apart from one another on the 5. They were 2 big, huge white tall towers with many panels. A few on each were tilted, others weren't. That was the first time I've seen an example of "tilt" that has been mentioned on this site, when I asked questions about it. I didn't get a speed test due to driving, but the network was extremely fast browsing just to see internet speeds.

[baba booey]

Mapped LTE on Sensorly throughout Paradise Hills today. More and more coverage each week.

 

I was in the in and out line national city this afternoon and was using lte while in line. I tested 5 mpbs dl

[baba booey]

UrbanLegend, I was out in that area Friday afternoon coming from North County. I was amazed how much LTE coverage was live passing by downtown San Diego on the 5, heading far south. Chula Vista is heavily covered. My final destination was San Ysidro over by the outlets/TJ border. Coverage was awful there! Slow network, dropped calls, 1-2 bars, texts seemed like it took 5 min or longer to go through so I stop trying to send, etc....... Funny there was a Sprint store across the parking lot from the Nike outlet.

 

This is where I live and it is bad. And that store is where I bought my note two last week. Lol. According to things I've seen here, it appears NV hasn't touched the San Ysidro towers yet.