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shmoe723 Member Level: iDEN *chirp*

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Hmmmm yeah that's where I live too. I'm not sure then. Can only be good news though!

 

 

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My address on their files would be Rio Rathole, while my # has a Boston, MA area code though...still, no text for me anyway.

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They are starting the ABQ market with the site next to my house. I just ran into subcontractors for Ericsson who are starting to upgrade my site in El Valle de Arroyo Seco, New Mexico. Unbelievable!!!

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OK. I've now uploaded pics. I talked with the guys there. They are electricians hired by SBA. SBA is subcontracted to Ericsson. They are here to install the RRU's only today. My site here did no

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I understand the willingness to move, but NM needs to seriously looking at the number of graduates that are leaving the state. This is starting to become a concern of mine with the ABQ Economic Development Forum. There are not a sufficient number of jobs with skills in the city (or state).

It's pretty tough here right now. The biggest engineer employers are the labs. Sandia will always look out of state to hire someone before in state, it's very odd. Los Alamos, where I worked previously, just doesn't have the money right now. There are some other small firms, but most need mid career folks. We'll probably end up somewhere else. I just hope it's somewhere with mountain biking and skiing ;)

 

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I understand the willingness to move, but NM needs to seriously looking at the number of graduates that are leaving the state.  This is starting to become a concern of mine with the ABQ Economic Development Forum.  There are not a sufficient number of jobs with skills in the city (or state).

Totally off topic....but I'm a recent STEM graduate from UNM.  I'm leaving to pursue my PhD and I can't say that I'm planning on coming back.  I love the land, but I'm not so much of a big fan of the culture around here.  And I don't mean as in ethnic culture (I'm a Hispanic originally form TX) but rather the economic/work culture that I've encountered in New Mexico.  I feel for those of you trying to improve it here because its a tough road.  Good luck!

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It's pretty tough here right now. The biggest engineer employers are the labs. Sandia will always look out of state to hire someone before in state, it's very odd. Los Alamos, where I worked previously, just doesn't have the money right now. There are some other small firms, but most need mid career folks. We'll probably end up somewhere else. I just hope it's somewhere with mountain biking and skiing ;)

 

Sorry for briefly side tracking the thread...

 

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Have you looked at Salt Lake City?  I love that area of the country and you'll get much of the same outdoors type of environment as you do here.  San Diego would probably also work for you two (except for the lack of skiing but then you have the beach instead).

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Well my wife's phone just received the text from sprint. She is interested in getting the HTC one max. I am wondering about the next HTC one, I really liked my LTE EVO, Just not sure what to expect in the next couple of months for phones.

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Totally off topic....but I'm a recent STEM graduate from UNM.  I'm leaving to pursue my PhD and I can't say that I'm planning on coming back.  I love the land, but I'm not so much of a big fan of the culture around here.  And I don't mean as in ethnic culture (I'm a Hispanic originally form TX) but rather the economic/work culture that I've encountered in New Mexico.  I feel for those of you trying to improve it here because its a tough road.  Good luck!

 

It's hard to put into words, but I know exactly what you mean.

 

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Just notice some crew workers working on a possible Sprint tower, it seems like they are replacing the antennas.

Take some pictures if you get a chance, as close up as possible to the new panels would be nice.

 

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I understand the willingness to move, but NM needs to seriously looking at the number of graduates that are leaving the state. This is starting to become a concern of mine with the ABQ Economic Development Forum. There are not a sufficient number of jobs with skills in the city (or state).

I agree, but I am leaving also for San Francisco/ San Jose. Maybe my wife will actually get a job there since las cruces has plenty skilled workers here so that my wife can't get hired. Did I mention that I got great LTE in that area? I doubt I will see LTE here before I move. Even with the text from sprint.

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Funny that you say that since I just started watching Warehouse 13. Any connection???

I cannot confirm or deny that. :hah:

 

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Tested twice at San Mateo/Osuna and got sub 100 pings (95 and 97). The DL speeds were a not so amazing 1.5. At San Antonio and North frontage, I got 5-6 hundred on the pingd, and a top DL of .04. The Jefferson and Alameda area is staying pretty consistent with the low 100 (ping) and DLs in the low 2 Mbps range. That being said, the area had poor performance yesterday.

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Tested twice at San Mateo/Osuna and got sub 100 pings (95 and 97). The DL speeds were a not so amazing 1.5. At San Antonio and North frontage, I got 5-6 hundred on the pingd, and a top DL of .04. The Jefferson and Alameda area is staying pretty consistent with the low 100 (ping) and DLs in the low 2 Mbps range. That being said, the area had poor performance yesterday.

Was this on 3G or 4G? if  3G, those are quite impressive, if 4G, it was probably a very weak signal.

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Tested twice at San Mateo/Osuna and got sub 100 pings (95 and 97). The DL speeds were a not so amazing 1.5. At San Antonio and North frontage, I got 5-6 hundred on the pingd, and a top DL of .04. The Jefferson and Alameda area is staying pretty consistent with the low 100 (ping) and DLs in the low 2 Mbps range. That being said, the area had poor performance yesterday.

The towers are upgraded where u got good speeds. The sub par performance was a flag pole mono pole.
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Tmo is god awful between ABQ and Santa Fe too. Also, indoor coverage can be pretty crappy in ABQ. Where Tmo has zero bars, Sprint usually at least has one or two. But where Tmo is good, it's very good.

 

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Well I've been driving to Santa Fe the last two days and let me tell you... service is pretty darn crappy on Sprint too. There are about three dead zones. One is around la bajada, the other one is by the san felipe casino and the third is in between sandia pueblo and bernalillo. I'm hoping this is just a problem of those towers getting upgraded.

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Well I've been driving to Santa Fe the last two days and let me tell you... service is pretty darn crappy on Sprint too. There are about three dead zones. One is around la bajada, the other one is by the san felipe casino and the third is in between sandia pueblo and bernalillo. I'm hoping this is just a problem of those towers getting upgraded.

What device are you using? The very bottom of La Bajada for about 1/2 mile and the very bottom of San Felipe Pueblo for about 1/2 mile was all I ever had as a dead zone. I've never lost a signal between Sandia and Bernalillo.

 

However, the Sprint 3G speeds between Santa Fe and Bernalillo are great. Often over 2Mbps. On Tmo, you will be 100kbps EDGE from 3 miles north of US 550 until the La Cienega exit.

 

Tmo is completely unusable for about 3 miles around San Felipe Pueblo. But it does not drop at La Bajada, as they have a little witty bitty EDGE tower on the canyon rim just to the NE of the freeway. If you look for it when north bound, you'll see it. Cute little thing.

 

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Oh, and one other thing. San Felipe Pueblo is a dead zone to all providers. The pueblo won't let a tower be erected. 850 gets there a little better from the Budaghers tower. But no one has good service there.

 

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What device are you using? The very bottom of La Bajada for about 1/2 mile and the very bottom of San Felipe Pueblo for about 1/2 mile was all I ever had as a dead zone. I've never lost a signal between Sandia and Bernalillo.

 

However, the Sprint 3G speeds between Santa Fe and Bernalillo are great. Often over 2Mbps. On Tmo, you will be 100kbps EDGE from 3 miles north of US 550 until the La Cienega exit.

 

Tmo is completely unusable for about 3 miles around San Felipe Pueblo. But it does not drop at La Bajada, as they have a little witty bitty EDGE tower on the canyon rim just to the NE of the freeway. If you look for it when north bound, you'll see it. Cute little thing.

 

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I'm using an iphone 5S But i didn´t have that problem before, so I think that issue is due to whatever updates they are doing for NV on the Sandia Pueblo?
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Can a tower only send a 4g signal one direction and 3g signal in the other direction?

 

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It's possible.  But not likely.

 

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