Fraydog Posted September 2, 2015 Share Posted September 2, 2015 Yeah. I don't understand why this market is so terrible with multiple carriers even with a population of 500,000 people. 1. iWireless sucks. 2. Someone else owns the B41 spectrum. *sad trombone* Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
billyjoejimbob Posted September 2, 2015 Share Posted September 2, 2015 (edited) The big 2 are fine in the Quad Cities. US Cellular is also fine in the Quad Cities, but I personally don't see why anyone would pick them when they're basically the same price as the other 2 carriers but with a much smaller network that got even smaller when they sold off their Chicago market to Sprint. With US Cellular drive an hour east of the Quad Cities and you're roaming (often at 1X data). As has been mentioned in this thread, if Sprint would add some more towers it would probably help tremendously. There are many towers in the Quad Cities that the other carriers use that Sprint could co-locate on if they chose to, so it wouldn't even involve the trouble and expense of actually building a new tower. And unless I'm mis-reading Sprint's own coverage map, there are spots (albeit little) right in the main urban areas in the Quad Cities that are roaming coverage *boggle* On the subject of 2500mhz, it does appear that Speedconnect is using their spectrum in the Quad Cities. Here is an article in the local newspaper about it. http://qctimes.com/news/local/quad-city-providers-unveil-new-residential-broadband-services/article_4b3c61aa-50ee-5926-ae5a-35e98c57f453.html Edited September 2, 2015 by billyjoejimbob Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr.Nuke Posted September 2, 2015 Share Posted September 2, 2015 http://qctimes.com/news/local/quad-city-providers-unveil-new-residential-broadband-services/article_4b3c61aa-50ee-5926-ae5a-35e98c57f453.html Currently, SpeedConnect is advertising its LTEXtreme Internet, a 50- megabits-per-second service for $129.95 per month 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
billyjoejimbob Posted September 2, 2015 Share Posted September 2, 2015 @Mr. Nuke> Yeah, I'm with you on that reaction. That just shows how much people hate the incumbent cable company who can give them decent speeds, and how little alternative they are given by the incumbent Telco who often cannot. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bkco14 Posted September 3, 2015 Share Posted September 3, 2015 @Mr. Nuke> Yeah, I'm with you on that reaction. That just shows how much people hate the incumbent cable company who can give them decent speeds, and how little alternative they are given by the incumbent Telco who often cannot. Exactly. We have 2 choices, ATT DSL with a max speed of 3-6 Mbps with a cap at 150Gb or Mediacom who is despised in this area and caps their plan at 250 Gbs (unless you want to pay more for a larger cap) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bretton88 Posted September 3, 2015 Share Posted September 3, 2015 Exactly. We have 2 choices, ATT DSL with a max speed of 3-6 Mbps with a cap at 150Gb or Mediacom who is despised in this area and caps their plan at 250 Gbs (unless you want to pay more for a larger cap)But even Mediacom is cheaper than that. They're 75$ for 100mbps and that's with a 1TB cap and no discounts (so that's the highest price you pay). I think the reaction is more that SpeedConnect owns almost all the 2.5 ghz spectrum, so Sprint can't reasonably deploy Spark. That ad is one of the big reasons Sprint service sticks in the Quad Cities. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bkco14 Posted September 3, 2015 Share Posted September 3, 2015 Oh I agree that Mediacom is a lot cheaper than SpeedConnect's extreme service. I was agreeing with the post above where people will pay more for the same service if they don't like the business and I know people hate Mediacom. There are also many posts in this forum as a whole about people who wouldn't do business with ATT (even if their service is better than sprint) because they don't like the business practices. I am also upset that this company bought up all the spectrum so Sprint can't have proper service in this area. We do need competition here in the wireless, TV, and broadband services though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bkco14 Posted October 14, 2015 Share Posted October 14, 2015 Does anyone know if something is going on in the area? The CEO (support)Twitter account told me twice the B41 is in our area and I had to correct them, but I hope it means something is going on here. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr.Nuke Posted October 14, 2015 Share Posted October 14, 2015 Does anyone know if something is going on in the area? The CEO (support)Twitter account told me twice the B41 is in our area and I had to correct them, but I hope it means something is going on here. Nothing has changed in the Quad Cities. Sprint could deploy a single 15 Mhz band 41 channel only after the Wimax shutdown. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bkco14 Posted October 14, 2015 Share Posted October 14, 2015 what is the top speed of that and will it do much good? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr.Nuke Posted October 14, 2015 Share Posted October 14, 2015 what is the top speed of that and will it do much good? Just ball-parking it without running any calculations the usable speed is probably around 40 down* so roughly the same as the theoretical max for 25/26. And yes that would help quite a bit if they choose to build the QC out. Just like the 20 Mhz channels everywhere else from a network management perspective you'd put everyone you could on the 15 Mhz channel which 1) provides them with a better experience than the current B25/B26 only setup and 2) improves the quality of service for people that cannot connect to Band 41 as the other bands are less burdened. Again though, we have no indication this will happen. *Edit: Thanks to Tim, theoretical max is 60.3 Mbps in configuration 1 and 82.3 Mbps in configuration 2. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bkco14 Posted October 14, 2015 Share Posted October 14, 2015 so they need to wait until after Nov 6 if they are going to implement it here. Could they already be doing work and waiting for Wimax to be turned off before flipping the switch to turn b41 on? Or could they not do any work until wimax is offline? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr.Nuke Posted October 14, 2015 Share Posted October 14, 2015 Could they already be doing work and waiting for Wimax to be turned off before flipping the switch to turn b41 on? Or could they not do any work until wimax is offline? They could be installing the equipment in advance of the Wimax shutoff date. It is on you guys that live there to figure out if it is happening. That said, again there is no guarantee that Sprint will deploy widespread Band 41 equipment in the Quad Cities now or in the future. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oneslimguy_83 Posted January 26, 2016 Share Posted January 26, 2016 Look what I ran across late last night/early this morning in Rock Island, IL!!! Some good ol band 41! Of course, it's not live but it's definitely some tinkering going on in the wee hours of the morning!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dkoellerwx Posted January 26, 2016 Share Posted January 26, 2016 Look what I ran across late last night/early this morning in Rock Island, IL!!! Some good ol band 41! Of course, it's not live but it's definitely some tinkering going on in the wee hours of the morning!!!Screenshot_2016-01-25-01-27-20.pngScreenshot_2016-01-25-03-08-39.png Have you checked the LTE engineering screen other times when you are connected to 3G? I think that might be just some of the idle values, and not indicative of an actual connection. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oneslimguy_83 Posted January 26, 2016 Share Posted January 26, 2016 This was actual the second night in a row that I seen this. The night before it happened so quick I thought my eyes were playing tricks on me so I didn't have time to screen shot. It usually happy as my phone switched from 3g to 4g. It would go from band 26 for a slot second then hit band 41. On this occasion, it sat parked for several minutes... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oneslimguy_83 Posted January 26, 2016 Share Posted January 26, 2016 Yes it's never done that before. It's would usually say idle as the value or "blank" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oneslimguy_83 Posted January 26, 2016 Share Posted January 26, 2016 Looking at the DL channel values they are on par with what has already been reported for band 41. I got two different ones. While the UL channels are the same as I usually get while on band 25. Could be nothing, but it's definitely giving me a glimmer of hope for February when they flip the switch off WiMax!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dkoellerwx Posted January 26, 2016 Share Posted January 26, 2016 Yes it's never done that before. It's would usually say idle as the value or "blank"You may also be seeing your device scanning LTE channels. When I was in a roaming area this past weekend, I saw Band 2, 4, 5, 12, 25, 26 and 41 showing in the engineering screen as it scanned for different possible channels. Or, there is a B41 signal somewhere near you. Until you see a valid download channel, assume it's a glitch. Sent from my LG G4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lilotimz Posted January 26, 2016 Share Posted January 26, 2016 You may also be seeing your device scanning LTE channels. When I was in a roaming area this past weekend, I saw Band 2, 4, 5, 12, 25, 26 and 41 showing in the engineering screen as it scanned for different possible channels. Or, there is a B41 signal somewhere near you. Until you see a valid download channel, assume it's a glitch. Sent from my LG G4 Band 41 doesnt neccesarily populate both download and upload channels on engineering screens. It depends on device model and if at that moment the device is using TDD time frames for uplink or downlink. Typically if its null values then both EARFCNs will be something invalid. If at least one is a valid EARFCN then there's something live. Look what I ran across late last night/early this morning in Rock Island, IL!!! Some good ol band 41! Of course, it's not live but it's definitely some tinkering going on in the wee hours of the morning!!! Screenshot_2016-01-25-01-27-20.png Screenshot_2016-01-25-03-08-39.png Unluckily for you that is not Sprint. Those center frequencies land smack dab in Speedconnect EBS holdings where they are doing home wireless broadband internet using LTE Band 41. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oneslimguy_83 Posted January 26, 2016 Share Posted January 26, 2016 Band 41 doesnt neccesarily populate both download and upload channels on engineering screens. It depends on device model and if at that moment the device is using TDD time frames for uplink or downlink. Typically if its null values then both EARFCNs will be something invalid. If at least one is a valid EARFCN then there's something live. Unluckily for you that is not Sprint. Those center frequencies land smack dab in Speedconnect EBS holdings where they are doing home wireless broadband internet using LTE Band 41. I am aware of Speedconnect in the QC area, but if I remember correctly Clear had a large chunk of Davenport, IA and at least parts of downtown Rock Island, IL on there coverage map offering service before they were bought out by Sprint. I live not to far from downtown Rock Island, so I was thinking maybe I was picking up a tower from downtown Davenport. (I have no idea of any former Clear tower placement) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oneslimguy_83 Posted January 26, 2016 Share Posted January 26, 2016 Sorry, I'm using my phone to type this. Excuse any craziness that comes out when I type. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lilotimz Posted January 26, 2016 Share Posted January 26, 2016 I am aware of Speedconnect in the QC area, but if I remember correctly Clear had a large chunk of Davenport, IA and at least parts of downtown Rock Island, IL on there coverage map offering service before they were bought out by Sprint. I live not to far from downtown Rock Island, so I was thinking maybe I was picking up a tower from downtown Davenport. (I have no idea of any former Clear tower placement) No. EARFCNs don't lie. The 2 Clear sites were protection sites deployed to meet FCC buildout requirements. They were deployed to "protect" the 6 MHz (2618-2624 MHz) of total spectrum clearwire is licensed there from being taken back by the FCC. Speedconnect is licensed all the rest and uses it. No agreement whatsoever with Sprint have been discovered. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oneslimguy_83 Posted January 26, 2016 Share Posted January 26, 2016 Oh okay... Well thanks for the clarification. I got excited for a second, we could definitely use some more bandwidth here. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bkco14 Posted January 26, 2016 Share Posted January 26, 2016 Yeah. It is brutal and don't see a light at the end of the tunnel since they don't much if any band 41 here. Which is sad since we have 500,000 people around here Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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