Network Vision/LTE - Tampa Market

[Manny789]

Just got on Sensorly and saw the Spring Hill site. Been shadowing this thread from Brandon for ages, so I rushed over. So gladd to see progress in Tampa Bay!

[Wildman]

Just got on Sensorly and saw the Spring Hill site. Been shadowing this thread from Brandon for ages, so I rushed over. So gladd to see progress in Tampa Bay!

 

I've been gone for a few days and look what happens, some activity. Great news. Back in town today and look forward to seeing some LTE. Keep up the good work guys!

[Feech]

I'm gonna go ahead and say it because I have been thinking about it all night. Spring Hill? Really?

 

 

 

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[thtguyuknw]

I'm gonna go ahead and say it because I have been thinking about it all night. Spring Hill? Really?

 

 

I know. Some serious middle of no-where action going on right there.

[SpenceSouth]

Time to start driving around with Sensorly on. Maybe we'll get lucky and map some LTE we haven't found yet.

[hopeforLTE1]

Well from 60 to 301 to sligh is a no go for lte been driving around all morning with sensorly and nothing

[Wildman]

Time to start driving around with Sensorly on. Maybe we'll get lucky and map some LTE we haven't found yet.

I usually run my RF Signal app on my S3. The characters are large and it is how I spotted that I was in LTE when I drove through Orlando on I-4 recently. It's mounted on my dash and easily can see it switch from eHRPD to LTE. Then I know its time to run Sensorly.

[Feech]

I was just in Clearwater nothing up there either no panels and no signals.

 

Also the the Railroad site and a couple of the other ones I know of and the crickets are chirping.

 

I'm not even seeing climbers at all so I wonder where they are. Hillsborough maybe? The beaches? St. Pete?

 

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[Feech]

So I wonder if that site being up means the Core is ready

[thtguyuknw]

So I wonder if that site being up means the Core is ready

 

Just a guess but I would say Yes.

[SpenceSouth]

 

 

Just a guess but I would say Yes.

 

I'd agree with that.

[Wildman]

I'm enjoying this 4G in Spring Hill

 

26166 down / 12138 up from the Publix parking lot.

 

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[Feech]

Hey are you gonna try do some mapping to the North East and West?

 

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[thtguyuknw]

I'm enjoying this 4G in Spring Hill

 

26166 down / 12138 up from the Publix parking lot.

 

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Go ahead and map some more of the area, see how much coverage that tower has.

[SpenceSouth]

Looking at Sensorly, that's a wide distance to be covered by one tower... Good job on mapping that Wildman,

[SpenceSouth]

Think there may be a tower active on 19 as well?

[Wildman]

On my way home found another site in progress at Nebraska and Waters Pics to follow.

 

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[Feech]

On my way home found another site in progress at Nebraska and Waters pocs to follow.

 

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was just about to ask if you saw any other panels up

 

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[SpenceSouth]

Only slightly relevant thought:

 

I've been wanting to build a medium range aerial drone for a while now (roughly 30 minute flight time). I was just thinking it would be really cool to equip an LTE phone on this drone and use it to map LTE sites in a grid pattern. Could very well be done, and now I am excited to start building it again lol.

[SpenceSouth]

On my way home found another site in progress at Nebraska and Waters pocs to follow.

 

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That's not too far from me. May have to go check this sight out later.

[Wildman]

On my way home found another site in progress at Nebraska and Waters Pics to follow.

 

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Ok, besides the extra Sensorly I added to the map today in Spring Hill, here are the photos from today's finds:

 

Spring Hill, officially our first hot LTE site in the Tampa market on Sensorly:

 

http://bit.ly/TKhezm

http://bit.ly/SMetNp

http://bit.ly/RI9ezN

http://bit.ly/TPKUIg

 

I will say that on the motorcycle I passed one tower on County Road 578 on my way west from US41. Didn't see anything on it. From over a mile away I could tell the next tower, the one in the photos off of Old Shady Hill Rd., was the configuration we are used to seeing. I tool some speed tests and was off the charts on my S3 at 26,166 on the download and 12,738 on the upload, which I took from the Publix parking lot nearby. This is the tower location: http://bit.ly/YVZy70

 

 

Here is what I found on the way home on Nebraska (US41) and Waters:

 

http://bit.ly/Vtbm9V

http://bit.ly/Rfq0qg

[mikeg001]

That is very odd that spring hill would get the first one over st pete or tampa. Great to finally see something!

[Wildman]

That is very odd that spring hill would get the first one over st pete or tampa. Great to finally see something!

 

Seems like that is how Orlando started with Cocoa being first.

[Feech]

I think St. Petersburg and Tampa are having backhaul issues. Not sure why permits were pulled for most of these sites in Aug.. Poor planning I think

 

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[digiblur]

Time to start driving around with Sensorly on. Maybe we'll get lucky and map some LTE we haven't found yet.

 

Actually doing that is less chance of finding LTE. Your phone will be busy sending up data on 3g instead of looking for 4g. It won't switch up to 4G while and active 3g connection is going.

 

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