Network Vision/LTE - Delaware market (including Wilmington, Dover, Laurel and Elkton MD)

[cdk]

It looks like you are getting your 1x & 3G signal from a different tower.

 

It is possible that the difference between 100 & 115 may be enough to go from a decent 6mbps to sub 3G speeds.

[jcopin]

Went outside 4g signal went to 90.. same thing

[cdk]

Went outside 4g signal went to 90.. same thing

 

If you aren't getting better speeds outside, I think it goes back to the airlink being overloaded.

[jcopin]

To me that makes zero sense. When it was 3g if was fine. .Now that the tower was upgraded is overloaded? At 8am on a thursday.

[jcopin]

Had to shut off lte all together to slow

[cdk]

To me that makes zero sense. When it was 3g if was fine. .Now that the tower was upgraded is overloaded? At 8am on a thursday.

 

Since the phones can be connected to two towers, one for 1x and one for 3G or 4G, it could create an imbalance. The phones will hang on to that 4G connection for as long as possible. So as they move away from the Kirkwood tower they hand off the 1x connection to another tower but keep the 4G connection until the extreme edge of the signal. The result is you have more phones connected than what is typically expected. 

 

Once you have a couple of surrounding towers go live with 4G that should not be an issue. Of course it is entirely possibly they are back making adjustments and that is causing a problem too.

[jcopin]

Ahh ok that makes sense

[cdk]

Ahh ok that makes sense

 

I have never had a knack for explaining things but glad it helped. Another way you can see it is by looking at sensorly. If you know where a live tower is you will often see that the signal stretches to (or past) another tower that isn't live.

[jcopin]

I would buy the overload idea if it wasnt happening at 8am which is what I believed when it was happening between 1-3pm last week

[jcopin]

uploads usually are lousy when downloads go south but today for a bit they were not

[jcopin]

I'm right around troop 6

[shannonbrian]

I think troop 6 to far . Weak signal.

[jcopin]

I was getting20mbps outside behind trip 6

[jcopin]

The question I have is.. Anyone else getting these low speeds on these towers or is it just me?

[jcopin]

This morning I tried speed testing at the route 40 tower and then on the Kirkwood tower and both have terrible. .10mbps ish speeds. Is it my phone? Or anyone else getting this? Am I being throttled for the wacky 6gb I used this month? its really frustrating at this point.

Edited September 13, 2013 by jcopin

[cdk]

I am not in the area so I can't say if its your phone or the towers. Hopefully it is resolved quick.

[shannonbrian]

Glassco park is always 20megs at the park alwayd

[jcopin]

I'll have to see what I get there

[shannonbrian]

Just map tower 5

[shannonbrian]

Red lion rd and 71rt

[jcopin]

Oh boy..cant wait to get. .02mbps there too! <sarcasm> their Poppin up pretty quick now

Edited September 14, 2013 by jcopin

[shannonbrian]

New tower speed 

[jcopin]

I'm going there lol. And in bringing my girls s3 to see if its my phone

[shannonbrian]

What kind phone I got note 2

[jcopin]

S3 we both got one