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Does Sensorely show them too?

Sensorly will show them only if someone drove by with the app running.

Also, seeing a new tower light up isn't always super obvious, since it may be adjacent to an existing tower.

 

In the past week, I've personally mapped some coverage in these three areas (with new towers on in the past week):

1) Montague @ 880 (not to be confused with Great Mall area's coverage)

2) N Fair Oaks Ave @ Central Expy (not to be confused with existing Central Expy coverage)

3) 880 between Stevenson Blvd and Cushing Pkwy/Fremont Blvd.

 

I also added some mere dots near the SJC airport, and noticed someone else added some more by Eastridge Mall (another tower turned on there.) Also, 85 by De Anza Blvd. .. and 101 @ Rengstorff (by the Google campus.)

 

In other news, my 3G has been dropping extremely frequently at my desk this morning. I hope that means there's some work going on!

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I haven't seen much expansion is this market for the last two weeks. It used to be that you could find new towers weekly, but hard to say if work is done to prep more towers or if people and equipment have been sent to help out LA and other markets.

 

There is expansion, but more slowly, and they seem to be hitting the north (and by north I mean practically Sacramento) bay much more heavily than any other area. I can also say that I in the South Bay am not seeing LTE in a lot of areas I did previously... they might have started the blocking.

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http://sensorly.com/map/4G/US/USA/Sprint/lte_310sprint#q=38.077893,-122.161501

 

I just mapped the area around this water tower yesterday. Noticed it when I checked my phone and turned on sensorly as soon as I could. Got about 4mbps down, 3mbps up.

 

My eyes are burning just thinking about it. I have sensitive eyes. They cannot handle the air quality in Benicia or Martinez unless the air is blowing. :(

 

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My eyes are burning just thinking about it. I have sensitive eyes. They cannot handle the air quality in Benicia or Martinez unless the air is blowing. :(

 

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Yeah, I don't blame you. I was there visiting my family. Every time I head there my allergies go crazy.

 

If you switch the map to satellite you can see the water tank from an angle view. There is an antenna structure next to the water tank but I think the actual sprint panels are mounted on the water tank itself. The antenna structure is for police and fire dispatch and a local ham radio club.

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Yeah' date=' I don't blame you. I was there visiting my family. Every time I head there my allergies go crazy.

 

If you switch the map to satellite you can see the water tank from an angle view. There is an antenna structure next to the water tank but I think the actual sprint panels are mounted on the water tank itself. The antenna structure is for police and fire dispatch and a local ham radio club.[/quote']

 

I used to run the Western Region for a hotel developer and had hotels in Napa, Pleasant Hill, San Ramon, Santa Clara, San Jose and Sacramento. I drove through Benicia all the time.

 

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I've been unable to connect to the new one by 880/Montague that I found twice last week (and was added to the Sponsor-only "NV Sites Complete" thread.) Tried last night and today.

 

First time that I've been unable to connect to previously-found LTE. I only tried for a few minutes though.

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I've been unable to connect to the new one by 880/Montague that I found twice last week (and was added to the Sponsor-only "NV Sites Complete" thread.) Tried last night and today.

 

First time that I've been unable to connect to previously-found LTE. I only tried for a few minutes though.

 

I was unable to connect to LTE at all on Saratoga in the places I had it previously, but I noticed right near Saratoga and 85 there was a tower that looked like it had NV work being done on it, so maybe they had deactivated it there as they were working on it in the area... I don't know.

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Some new dots over the water in sf today. Some ferry riders I guess. Sent from my SPH-L710 using Tapatalk 2

 

I was on a Halloween boat cruise. Takes a few days for the dots to show up.

 

I went wine tasting on Friday, and found LTE in V. Sattui and Korbel. Yes, you roam on the road to Korbel, but get LTE once actually there. You'll find a dot there on Sensorly. The planning department must have many wine lovers. :)

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I was on a Halloween boat cruise. Takes a few days for the dots to show up.

 

I went wine tasting on Friday, and found LTE in V. Sattui and Korbel. Yes, you roam on the road to Korbel, but get LTE once actually there. You'll find a dot there on Sensorly. The planning department must have many wine lovers. :)

 

The site near Guerneville went live last week. Good timing. One of the best coffees I've ever had was near the river on the west side of Guerneville at a place called Spliff's. I'm not sure it was the coffee, or the contact high from the on site medicinal marijuana lounge. ;)

 

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So I was comparing the rollout status page this week vs last week for all markets, and "% of towers complete" went up by only 1-2% for most locations in a given week. At 1%-2%/week, rollouts will take at least a year in most areas. Given that many expected "launch dates" (like LA area) or just a month or two away, is the rate expected to accelerate at some point soon?

 

For example, when i look at San Francisco sensorly map, I haven't seen a single new tower lit up in at least 3 weeks, yet I'm that even at a rate of 1 tower/week, the rollout will take years. (ok, that's me speculating at this point, since I don't know how many towers Sprint has in SF proper)

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So I was comparing the rollout status page this week vs last week for all markets' date=' and "% of towers complete" went up by only 1-2% for most locations in a given week. At 1%-2%/week, rollouts will take at least a year in most areas. Given that many expected "launch dates" (like LA area) or just a month or two away, is the rate expected to accelerate at some point soon?

 

For example, when i look at San Francisco sensorly map, I haven't seen a single new tower lit up in at least 3 weeks, yet I'm that even at a rate of 1 tower/week, the rollout will take years. (ok, that's me speculating at this point, since I don't know how many towers Sprint has in SF proper)[/quote']

 

Production dropped in all markets this past week. It is assumed that they sent a lot of crews to Hurricane ravaged areas to help restore service. It may even affect deployment rate for another week.

 

The best place to monitor deployment is our Sponsor maps that are updated with newly completed sites every week.

 

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So I was comparing the rollout status page this week vs last week for all markets, and "% of towers complete" went up by only 1-2% for most locations in a given week. At 1%-2%/week, rollouts will take at least a year in most areas. Given that many expected "launch dates" (like LA area) or just a month or two away, is the rate expected to accelerate at some point soon?

 

For example, when i look at San Francisco sensorly map, I haven't seen a single new tower lit up in at least 3 weeks, yet I'm that even at a rate of 1 tower/week, the rollout will take years. (ok, that's me speculating at this point, since I don't know how many towers Sprint has in SF proper)

 

Umm, Multiple towers go live in SF every week. S4GRU reported 21 tower upgrades last week, 21 the week before that, 37 the week before that, and.......

If you want to know more and the exact location of each tower, become a S4GRU sponsor: http://s4gru.com/index.php?/topic/1195-information-about-s4gru-sponsorship-levels-and-how-to-become-a-sponsor/

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Umm, Multiple towers go live in SF every week. S4GRU reported 21 tower upgrades last week, 21 the week before that, 37 the week before that, and....... If you want to know more and the exact location of each tower, become a S4GRU sponsor: http://s4gru.com/index.php?/topic/1195-information-about-s4gru-sponsorship-levels-and-how-to-become-a-sponsor/

 

Are those for all of SF market, or specifically within city limits?

 

Also, does "21 tower upgraded" translate loosely into 1% of towers upgraded? Still seems like a slow pace, but glad it's faster than what I thought.

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Are those for all of SF market, or specifically within city limits?

 

Also, does "21 tower upgraded" translate loosely into 1% of towers upgraded? Still seems like a slow pace, but glad it's faster than what I thought.

 

Its a lot faster than what you stated. 20 to 40 towers a week in a single market, like they've been doing in SF, is pretty good. You'll have to become a sponsor for more info.

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  • 2 weeks later...

 

 

Brentwood has not shown up in Sprint's updates or on Sensorly, yet. Stay tuned. We update the maps in our Sponsor section every week showing all the sites Sprint accepted from their OEM's the week before. For more info about becoming a Sponsor: http://s4gru.com/index.php?/topic/1195-information-about-s4gru-sponsorship-levels-and-how-to-become-a-sponsor/

 

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LTE is alive in spots of Brentwood! Today I was able to connect to LTE at the corner of Vasco and Walnut Blvd. Woohoo!

 

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Got a quick question about permitting for cell sites for Robert or anyone else. Being that the Bay Area is very stingy on giving permits on cell towers, namely Marin county, can a city deny a cell site for lte? If not, can some cities take longer to approve cites than others?

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