Network Vision/LTE - Albuquerque market (including El Paso, Las Cruces, Santa Fe, Los Alamos, Roswell)

[john69]

LOL my 4G is showing 0.86 DL and 0.46 upload.... But it is STILL BETTER than before Sprint started turning on 4G

[e127nb]

LOL my 4G is showing 0.86 DL and 0.46 upload.... But it is STILL BETTER than before Sprint started turning on 4G

where were you when you did the speed test?

 

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[jroepcke51]

LOL my 4G is showing 0.86 DL and 0.46 upload.... But it is STILL BETTER than before Sprint started turning on 4G

This had to be fringe area. I have been able to do tests on all the accepted towers in town and have not gotten that low. Still better than 3G though

[john69]

I was at Wyoming and copper. I usually get 5-9 DL with an

Onetime top speed of 15. It is usually quite workable.

[jroepcke51]

Robert, have there been any updates for ABQ?

[S4GRU]

Robert, have there been any updates for ABQ?

I'm finishing the update. No new ABQ updates since last.

 

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[jroepcke51]

I'm finishing the update. No new ABQ updates since last.

 

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Thanks! I will keep looking out for Centurylink then around town.

 

and wow that was fast.

[SeanK_]

Umm I got LTE on the westside near Coors and Eagle Ranch. O_o

 

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[techcj_manzer]

And I'm not getting LTE at all anymore. Ugh.

 

 

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[TheCUJuan]

And I woke up to no service at my house near San Antonio and Louisiana

 

 

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[jroepcke51]

And I woke up to no service at my house near San Antonio and Louisiana

 

 

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I live there too on Luella Anne and San Anatonio.  I had service this morning.

[john69]

I pulled 22 download this morning (about 6 am)near Wyoming and Copper. The speeds have been all over the place. I got less than 1 bps recently, in the same spot. I haven't noticed any new 4G going north from Central.

[jroepcke51]

I pulled 22 download this morning (about 6 am)near Wyoming and Copper. The speeds have been all over the place. I got less than 1 bps recently, in the same spot. I haven't noticed any new 4G going north from Central.

I agree. I think it depends on the time and day.  With more towers accepted and turned on, more capacity will be achieved and consistent speeds will come.

 

Also, in the priemier section, you can see which towers are scheduled for B26 (800 LTE) for ABQ.

[S4GRU]

Speeds and pings are also erratic because of ongoing Ericsson work at Sprint MSC's/DDC's.

 

Robert

[shmoe723]

I agree. I think it depends on the time and day.  With more towers accepted and turned on, more capacity will be achieved and consistent speeds will come.

 

Also, in the priemier section, you can see which towers are scheduled for B26 (800 LTE) for ABQ.

  But I don't have a tri band phone!!!!!

[Bdawg505]

Anyone noticing LTE near Cottonwood Mall area or at least 3g? I've been mainly 1x for about a week now.

[Bdawg505]

Umm I got LTE on the westside near Coors and Eagle Ranch. O_o

 

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I had it there too, but only for about 20 seconds...

[SeanK_]

I had it there too, but only for about 20 seconds...

That's good, was the signal pretty weak? 

[john69]

I got an 85 and a 74 ping at Candelaria and Vassar. I used to get "network communication issues" there. I also got a solid 4G lock at the Heights Octopus car wash... Definitely work going on. I believe that Sprint will smoke everybody when the roll out is done. And have you SEEN the Sprint Spark speeds? Check out Sprint 4g LTE on google plus.

[john69]

Mr. Hesse I don't hate you anymore. Thank you for sticking to your plan.

[jamisonshaw125]

Mr. Hesse I don't hate you anymore. Thank you for sticking to your plan.

That was always the plan. Just took longer than expected.

 

 

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[SeanK_]

That was always the plan. Just took longer than expected.

 

 

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A lot longer!

[S4GRU]

Albuquerque was always a 4th Round Market.  I often talked about that ABQ was always going to be one of the last markets.  http://s4gru.com/index.php?/topic/2243-network-visionlte-albuquerque-market-including-el-paso-las-cruces-santa-fe-los-alamos-roswell/?p=84479

 

However, a lot of our hopes went up when we started seeing NV activity start 17 months ago.  And then when full builds really started to take off in May, we really got excited.  However, from the time of the first build acceptance to first LTE acceptance was damn near a year.  That is the part that made us all really anxious.  But I'm happy for you guys now.  Part of me is kind of sad to miss it all.  But not the part of me that enjoys breathing!

 

Robert

[john69]

I know when guys were pulling those crazed Spark speeds, and here in Albuquerque we were getting substandard 3G, I was convinced Sprint had abandoned us. What really bugged me was that the only thing I ever needed was a consistent 1.5 DL to be content. Now I can boast of 4G and unlimited data. It's a good feeling. Does anyone know if Sprint will start throttling? I have noticed an absence of no throttling ads.

[S4GRU]

I know when guys were pulling those crazed Spark speeds, and here in Albuquerque we were getting substandard 3G, I was convinced Sprint had abandoned us. What really bugged me was that the only thing I ever needed was a consistent 1.5 DL to be content. Now I can boast of 4G and unlimited data. It's a good feeling. Does anyone know if Sprint will start throttling? I have noticed an absence of no throttling ads.

On unlimited My Way and Framily plans, Sprint only reserves the right to throttle video streaming down to 1Mbps when needed. It's in their terms. However, they either are currently not using it, or it's very rare. No one really ever complains about it.

 

It's intent is to prevent people from using unlimited to stream to their TV's and bypass using a home ISP. 1Mbps YouTube or Netflix stream is pretty adequate for a smartphone, but not for a TV.

 

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