Network Vision/LTE - East Texas Market (Longview, Tyler, Texarkana, Shreveport, Monroe)

[djtrill]

ok yeah there is a tower there . I got my roads mixed up. Its accepted I believe. Signal check pro cost 2 bucks and its worth it! Id download it if I were you

Ok thanks bro

[djtrill]

My speeds at home are a whole lot better at last. I think im connected to the tower downtown now vs the one over on Gentry. I was downtown today and noticed I had a full LTE signal and got 30 mbps down and now my LTE stays connected at home and im averaging 9mbps down vs the 1 or 2mbps I was getting from another tower. Great job Sprint!!

[Blaine_Woods]

Is there a iPhone app to check where the tower youre connected too? like signal check?

[Destroyallcubes]

My speeds at home are a whole lot better at last. I think im connected to the tower downtown now vs the one over on Gentry. I was downtown today and noticed I had a full LTE signal and got 30 mbps down and now my LTE stays connected at home and im averaging 9mbps down vs the 1 or 2mbps I was getting from another tower. Great job Sprint!!

downtown is active I believe. Got signal on 5th street on the west side of broadway. Never got it there before

[djtrill]

You know its funny because alot of people I know here in Tyler ditched Sprint for the lack of 4G data and slow speeds and switched to Verizon or AT&T but I told them they would regret it when Sprint fully deployed LTE which is close to being done here in Tyler and now that they dont have unlimited data and extremely high bills they want to come running back to Sprint especially when i tell them my LTE coverage hardly goes away (except in buildings sometimes) they only wish they were still with Sprint. Idk about the rest of Sprints 4G markets across the U.S. but I can truly say 4G data in Tyler for Sprint is doing wonders

[Destroyallcubes]

You know its funny because alot of people I know here in Tyler ditched Sprint for the lack of 4G data and slow speeds and switched to Verizon or AT&T but I told them they would regret it when Sprint fully deployed LTE which is close to being done here in Tyler and now that they dont have unlimited data and extremely high bills they want to come running back to Sprint especially when i tell them my LTE coverage hardly goes away (except in buildings sometimes) they only wish they were still with Sprint. Idk about the rest of Sprints 4G markets across the U.S. but I can truly say 4G data in Tyler for Sprint is doing wonders

well tyler isnt a huge market for sprint.so we dont have as much congestion. They still need a few more towers near the lake and on broadway south of Walmart. But I cant complain too much. The refurb/ replacement devices are whats killing me!

[djtrill]

well tyler isnt a huge market for sprint.so we dont have as much congestion. They still need a few more towers near the lake and on broadway south of Walmart. But I cant complain too much. The refurb/ replacement devices are whats killing me!

what do u mean by refurb replacement devices?

[Destroyallcubes]

what do u mean by refurb replacement devices?

ive had 5 faulty devices. 4 of them refurbished galaxy s4's. The refurbs arenr checked very well for issues

[djtrill]

ive had 5 faulty devices. 4 of them refurbished galaxy s4's. The refurbs arenr checked very well for issues

oh ok never had that problem buy I feel your pain

[Destroyallcubes]

oh ok never had that problem buy I feel your pain

are you having any data issues today? My 3g seems to be kicking in and out, and 4g has been working some but really slow.

[djtrill]

are you having any data issues today? My 3g seems to be kicking in and out, and 4g has been working some but really slow.

can't really think of any places that I go in tyler w/o lte. ...seems to be pretty well covered

[Destroyallcubes]

can't really think of any places that I go in tyler w/o lte. ...seems to be pretty well covered

yeah it has dead spots because of lacking 5 towers still. Once thet get 800lte we will be better covered

[djtrill]

yeah it has dead spots because of lacking 5 towers still. Once thet get 800lte we will be better covered

Oh yea im sure there's some wholes still left to be filled but I was just saying from Monday-Sunday the path I travel im consistently blanketed in LTE

[rclongacre]

RIP East Texas Network Vision deployment. It's dead.

 

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[Destroyallcubes]

RIP East Texas Network Vision deployment. It's dead. Sent from my SPH-L900 using Tapatalk

just as an update yall might be seeing a 1x800 more and more now. Ive been seeing and tracking it the past week.

[rclongacre]

Just spoke to a technician at the downtown Atlanta tower site. He said 4g would be live within the month. Tower was offline all day so I drove by and caught him down there.

It's a little late but finally get 4G from the Atlanta and Queen City towers.

 

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[rclongacre]

Hey John - I called Sprint everyday during the outage...at first they were telling me it was a "T1" issue so I figured they were adding some additional T1 capacity. Then they told me it was a "Software upgrade" issue. They didn't say as much, but I think it was the DO 1X Advanced software upgrade. The speeds have improved, but I think it is due to extra T1 capacity and software upgrade. The tower in Atlanta and Queen City both have new AT&T fiber run to the tower, but I do not believe the 3G is connected to it yet. I figure crews will show up and connect both 3G and 4G to it. And a side note - The tower in Atlanta has its sectors messed up. The Alpha (North) sector reports the SE location, the Beta (SE) sector reports the SW location and the Gamma (SW) sector is reporting the north location.

They finally fixed the sector locations. I'm so glad, it was messing with my OCD.

 

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[Jeffrey_J]

Done.

[Blainew_]

Don't know if anyone still reads this... But has anyone seen Band 41 around east texas? I thought they were testing it in Longview last night around 9 because I was getting 25 up (Which almost never happens) But I did a field test and it was Band 26.

[Destroyallcubes]

Don't know if anyone still reads this... But has anyone seen Band 41 around east texas? I thought they were testing it in Longview last night around 9 because I was getting 25 up (Which almost never happens) But I did a field test and it was Band 26.

Band 26 is a bit off ,at least in my expectations , it may pop up as early as summer.

[Blainew_]

Band 26 is a bit off ,at least in my expectations , it may pop up as early as summer.

Really? Band 26 has made LTE a LOT better in Longview at least. I never drop LTE anywhere anymore and speed tests are always over 15! And Spark popping up as early as summer would be great! The only bad thing is I've read the newest iPhone's don't really pick spark. And now that two out of my 5 lines have it I hope they would pick it up!

[cyclone]

I have the iPhone 6 Plus and my phone LOVES B41 here in San Antonio. I have family in New Boston and can't wait until everything gets built out and optimized.

[Destroyallcubes]

Really? Band 26 has made LTE a LOT better in Longview at least. I never drop LTE anywhere anymore and speed tests are always over 15! And Spark popping up as early as summer would be great! The only bad thing is I've read the newest iPhone's don't really pick spark. And now that two out of my 5 lines have it I hope they would pick it up!

sorry I meant band 41. Band 26 has helped alot, Tyler would be absolutely terrible by now without band 26.

[Blainew_]

I have the iPhone 6 Plus and my phone LOVES B41 here in San Antonio. I have family in New Boston and can't wait until everything gets built out and optimized.

Really??? can you take a speed test when you pick it up again? I should be going to Dallas soon so hopefully I can test it there.

[Destroyallcubes]

Really??? can you take a speed test when you pick it up again? I should be going to Dallas soon so hopefully I can test it there.

In dallas ive seen up to 72mbps down, and 15mbps up. Works great in some places, not sp in others.