Network Vision/LTE - New Orleans Market

[digiblur]

I wonder why this tower doesn't show up on the sprint.com/network website, also it says that includes updates on the sprint 4g lte network but they dont specify on what towers they are deploying lte.

 

That website only shows towers that were updated in the last 6 months.

 

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[digiblur]

Checked on two sites again in my area on the way home from work.... tumbleweeds...

[JoSe_RaUL_96]

http://www.pcworld.com/article/2013117/sprint-hits-delays-in-lte-rollout.html

Are we one of the markets affected? it looks like it.

[david279]

I dont know how much of a delay but i passed a tower yesterday with workers on it.

[JoSe_RaUL_96]

Where? And have anyone seen any upgrades downtown?

[david279]

I was in the east. Guy here has also seen workers on towers on the westbank.

[JoSe_RaUL_96]

Those are some really good news, how long you think before we start seeing LTE?

[david279]

Hopefully by Dec 1...the Superbowl is in Feb so they gotta get on that.

[digiblur]

I think they will be more concerned with voice and evdo carriers with the super bowl though than LTE. LTE will just be icing on the cake for the dome area if they can pull it off.

 

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[JoSe_RaUL_96]

How long does it usually take to upgrade a tower? And I hope they have at least a tower with LTE by December, 3G here is almost unusable.

[S4GRU]

How long does it usually take to upgrade a tower? And I hope they have at least a tower with LTE by December' date=' 3G here is almost unusable.[/quote']

 

It's highly variable. Sometimes they show up and they can have things complete and a LTE testing signal in 4-5 days. Sometimes it takes three weeks. It depends on how the site is staged, the physical characteristics of the site, the subcontractors involved, and other factors.

 

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[ktulu909]

The Westwego tower is definitely approaching that 3 week mark.

[ktulu909]

I was in the east. Guy here has also seen workers on towers on the westbank.

 

Unfortunatly is only been workers on a single tower,and Ive been by more than 15 of them.

[digiblur]

I've called off my tower spotting for at least a month. Went on a ride at lunch today to another site, and nothing stirring, nothing different. That puts them almost 2 months behind here. I planned on checking 2 sites today and another 2 tomorrow that I haven't gone to yet but there's no point as I already know the answer. Kinda sad to have only spotted some work at 2 towers in the market. And those two towers were definitely closer to the hurricane than the ones they haven't started on.... calling shenanigans!

[ktulu909]

Yea,Im in the same boat.Ill report on the ones I drive past every day if i see anything,but I can see driving thirty minutes out of my way to look at nothing.

[digiblur]

This morning I went by the tower behind the Baton Rouge Clinic near Perkins and Essen and took a picture.

 

What am I looking at here? Which one Sprint, or are they all?

 

I happened to go by this tower today. I took some zoomed in pictures. Very easy access to this site. You can even read he frequencies on the bottom of the ATT panels. Looks like they have some dual use PCS/AWS band and 700mhz panels with independent downtilt. They do not have the pcs/AWS side hooked up at all.

 

I will post them tomorrow when I get a chance.

 

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[digiblur]

Pics of another site with nothing happening... I was more interested in taking pictures of the AT&T equipment.

 

[digiblur]

[digiblur]

Looks like the new panel in the middle is an Andrew panel:

http://www.commscope.com/catalog/andrew/product_details.aspx?id=17610

 

I believe this was the bolt on for AT&T LTE here.

[JoSe_RaUL_96]

Is network vision worth the wait? And has anyone seen any work being done in Metairie, or Kenner?

[digiblur]

Is network vision worth the wait? And has anyone seen any work being done in Metairie, or Kenner?

 

I haven't seen too many people hating on the 15+ megabit download speeds and improved coverage.

[david279]

Just saw a crew up on a tower at 510@I-10 . Look like they had removed one of the panels. Only seen 3 up there instead of the normal 4. Couldn't get any pics, I'm on a fire truck.

 

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[david279]

Went pass the tower again and they had one of the nv panels up. Guess it takes all day to hoist those up. Gonna try to get pics on my way back.

 

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[JoSe_RaUL_96]

Went pass the tower again and they had one of the nv panels up. Guess it takes all day to hoist those up. Gonna try to get pics on my way back.

 

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Where is it that you saw this tower?

[david279]

I-10 west at 510

 

http://goo.gl/maps/vb9ap

 

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