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I am a new Sprint customer as of today.  I purchased a 64Gig iPhone 6 and the iPhone for life program, unlimited everything.  I actually live in Waukee, Ia.  Suburb of Des Moines.  I had Verizon for t

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I found out why it is taking so long.  

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got this from the west des moines Marriott tower, thats newly live with B41, tonight!     fastest i've ever seen from sprint in the des moines metro area!

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They finally must be ramping up B41.  If you look Sprint's coverage map its showing Spark covering the entire metro (however we all know that isn't true).  Here is hoping to Ames soon...

 

Ames already has some B41, got this next to memorial union on ISU campus this weekend :D

 

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sarcoptic Member Level: 1xRTT

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Ok I am going bananas here...for the last 2 weeks this tower in Ames has not been right.  Every 30 minutes or so it will completely drop LTE data with LTE connection remaining strong.  My 6P will just sit and spin....then about 5 minutes later it starts to work again.  Almost as if the tower itself rebooted or something.  Anyone know if they are working on this tower or should I contact Sprint?

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Ok I am going bananas here...for the last 2 weeks this tower in Ames has not been right.  Every 30 minutes or so it will completely drop LTE data with LTE connection remaining strong.  My 6P will just sit and spin....then about 5 minutes later it starts to work again.  Almost as if the tower itself rebooted or something.  Anyone know if they are working on this tower or should I contact Sprint?

 

 

contact sprint. there aren't any upgrades happening right now so its most likely a tower issue.

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Dkoellerwx Member Level: LTE Advanced

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Speed on the LTE ROAMING

 

 

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Are you positive you were roaming on LTE. In the past "Extended LTE" on an iPhone indicated a roaming 1x signal, but native LTE. 

 

We would need to see the field test screen to confirm that you were in fact roaming on LTE. Is your S4GRU profile up to date indicating you have an iPhone 5?

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bmoses Member Level: 4G LTE

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heads up to those still in the central iowa market :) they have started firing up LTE on GMO towers outside of the metro area. so that nice giant LTE hole along I-35 between the des moines metro and ames is now mostly covered with LTE :)

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He just talked about added coverage in central Iowa along I-35. I wanted to see where he was talking about

 

 

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Why would you ask if it was roaming though? GMOs are getting LTE. They are already Sprint sites.

 

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Because I'm still new to this app and trying to get use to what exactly you guys are talking about. I'm gathering all my information from you guys because you're all my trusted sources

 

 

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Because I'm still new to this app and trying to get use to what exactly you guys are talking about. I'm gathering all my information from you guys because you're all my trusted sources

 

 

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Well, your account does say you are here for trolling.

 

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Well, your account does say you are here for trolling.

 

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I set this account up last year and haven't been on in awhile plus it was meant to be a joke. I'm a diehard Sprint fan that wants to see them succeed but this LTE rollout has been a nightmare to watch unfold. I just hope small cells in SoCal as well as the reband 800 LTE is cleared up soon to roll out both.

 

 

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Post a map of where you're talking about & is it native coverage or roaming LTE ?

 

 

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I-35 between Ankeny and Ames now has LTE, its native, they turned LTE on a GMO tower that didn't have LTE until now.

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based on the Sprint coverage map there is a decent size gab of coverage along I-35 between Ankeny and Ames. Just curious is that accurate or do the towers north and south of the gap reach out far enough?

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based on the Sprint coverage map there is a decent size gab of coverage along I-35 between Ankeny and Ames. Just curious is that accurate or do the towers north and south of the gap reach out far enough?

 

their coverage map hasn't updated yet, but there is a GMO tower just north of huxley, IA that just got accepted with LTE as a GMO last week. it fills in most of that gap, not all of it, but enough to make it better than it was.

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their coverage map hasn't updated yet, but there is a GMO tower just north of huxley, IA that just got accepted with LTE as a GMO last week. it fills in most of that gap, not all of it, but enough to make it better than it was.

The gap doesn't even show 3G coverage. So unless the map is inaccurate with the range of coverage this is a prime location for a new tower on a Nextel site. Or rebuild the surrounding GMO sites so they have B26 for farther range. the location more specifically is south of Huxley and north of Ankeny

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The gap doesn't even show 3G coverage. So unless the map is inaccurate with the range of coverage this is a prime location for a new tower on a Nextel site. Or rebuild the surrounding GMO sites so they have B26 for farther range.

 

must just be a map issue then. being a premier sponsor you can check our maps in the IA/NE threads to see where the towers are. trust me there is one there and it has 1x/EVDO and now LTE. and yeah it could use a full build conversion to get 1x800/B26 to help with coverage but its a low priority tower that just finally got LTE 3 years after all the full builds did around here, so its not going full build anytime soon.

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must just be a map issue then. being a premier sponsor you can check our maps in the IA/NE threads to see where the towers are. trust me there is one there and it has 1x/EVDO and now LTE. and yeah it could use a full build conversion to get 1x800/B26 to help with coverage but its a low priority tower that just finally got LTE 3 years after all the full builds did around here, so its not going full build anytime soon.

yeah i can see the tower. what i was trying to say was there is a section of roaming along i-35 on sprints coverage map. I guess what your saying is sprints coverage map just isn't accurate. im just used to it overstating coverage not understating it. 

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yeah i can see the tower. what i was trying to say was there is a section of roaming along i-35 on sprints coverage map. I guess what your saying is sprints coverage map just isn't accurate. im just used to it overstating coverage not understating it. 

 

lol yeah they seem to have gone the opposite direction this time, wouldn't surprise me either if they forgot they had a tower there ;) i just drove up to huxley last weekend along I-35 and between the ankeny towers and the new GMO LTE i had LTE the entire time.

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Well, your account does say you are here for trolling.

 

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And I've just told you that I'm not here for trolling. I do, in fact love sprint.

 

 

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