Network Vision/LTE - West Michigan Market (Grand Rapids/Lansing/Kalamazoo)

[tommym65]

Got a few seconds of 4G LTE while parked at Silver Beach in St. Joe this morning, according to Signal Check. I'm guessing it was from the 4G-complete cell a 3 or 4 miles north of here, but am not sure. At least it flashed, a definite sign that good things are on the way. I couldn't repeat the "discovery", unfortunately.

[SWMich4G]

Got a few seconds of 4G LTE while parked at Silver Beach in St. Joe this morning, according to Signal Check. I'm guessing it was from the 4G-complete cell a 3 or 4 miles north of here, but am not sure. At least it flashed, a definite sign that good things are on the way.  I couldn't repeat the "discovery", unfortunately.

 

Did you happen to scout out the panels on top of the senior apartment complex (the only tall building in town)?  That's only a half mile away so there's a very tiny possibility they were testing LTE there.  I haven't scouted it because I feel creepy pointing a super-telephoto lens at an apartment building and don't want to get arrested.  

 

The site four and a half miles north of Silver Beach does have a panel pointing straight to it, so obviously you're right that it's much more likely coming from there.

[jefbal99]

Upgrades on the Sprint tower in Lansing near the old GM plants between Willow and Saginaw. New panels and two RRUs' date=' indicating 800 SMR. I thought Lansing was in the 100mile exclusion zone, but we might be on the outer edge.

 

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IMG_6341 by jefbal99_, on Flickr

 

Bigger version at Flickr with other pics.

 

Saw techs hanging from this tower last Friday. Wondering if it failed inspection and they had rework.

 

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[sprintjs]

Come on GR.... Keep Expanding! Hopkins MI has live LTE as of yesterday!!!

Edited April 3, 2013 by sprintjs

[RCM]

Someone racked up some serious mileage mapping out the site in Shepherd. Props if it is a S4GRU member!

[Abrown134]

New to the site, but have been lurking for a couple of months now. Had to finally take the time to sign up to share some of the new sites I've been able to grab onto lately.

 

Mason - getting some LTE in town as of last week. I can only pull in the signal with a Tri Fi device and it only shows 1 or 2 bars at best. Download speeds are usually around 10 Mbps. Today I found LTE service south of town and was able to get full signal with the iPhone. Lost it on 127 at about Covert Road.

 

Olivet - I believe the tower at Butterfield Hwy at I-69 is the LTE tower. Found it for the first time yesterday and was very impressed with its performance. Five speed tests run with the slowest at 15mbps down and the fastest 32Mbps.

 

I have sensorly on the iPhone, but do not think its able to map the coverage. I would be very interested in seeing the Mason area coverage if anyone is in the area.

 

 

[SWMich4G]

Someone racked up some serious mileage mapping out the site in Shepherd. Props if it is a S4GRU member!

 

I was gonna say that when I saw the sensorly update a few days ago.  That's some dedication!  That's gotta be around 200 miles of purple, and they probably had to drive quite a bit more than that because of overlap and intentional second passes.  It gives us a great example of the coverage a single tower in a rural location.

[Gavinbarr]

Someone racked up some serious mileage mapping out the site in Shepherd. Props if it is a S4GRU member!

most of that was me but somebody else's been doing quite a bit too I noticed.and there's still quite a bit more to go. usually what I do is when I have to go somewhere I just take a different way of getting there more but sometimes I just go for a drive to map.

[Gavinbarr]

 

 

I was gonna say that when I saw the sensorly update a few days ago.  That's some dedication!  That's gotta be around 200 miles of purple, and they probably had to drive quite a bit more than that because of overlap and intentional second passes.  It gives us a great example of the coverage a single tower in a rural location.

LOL yeah I think somewhere between 300 and 350 miles put on my car ;-)

[SWMich4G]

New to the site, but have been lurking for a couple of months now. Had to finally take the time to sign up to share some of the new sites I've been able to grab onto lately.

 

Mason - getting some LTE in town as of last week. I can only pull in the signal with a Tri Fi device and it only shows 1 or 2 bars at best. Download speeds are usually around 10 Mbps.  Today I found LTE service south of town and was able to get full signal with the iPhone. Lost it on 127 at about Covert Road.

 

Olivet - I believe the tower at Butterfield Hwy at I-69 is the LTE tower. Found it for the first time yesterday and was very impressed with its performance. Five speed tests run with the slowest at 15mbps down and the fastest 32Mbps.

 

I have sensorly on the iPhone, but do not think its able to map the coverage. I would be very interested in seeing the Mason area coverage if anyone is in the area.

 

You should become a sponsor so you can see all the maps of tower locations and scout out which ones they are updating (if he doesn't already have them marked).  If any of the signals you are getting are from a tower still being tested (not already on the approved list & map) and you take some pictures, Robert will add it to the in-progress map and hopefully another sponsor will see it and map it on sensorly.

[DanMacMan]

Good news on the Olivet front. My parents live between Narrow Lake and Duck Lake, and last weekend while driving home I was surprised that I was getting LTE on Narrow Lake Rd, if memory serves correctly, somewhere between 5 Point Hwy and Spicerville Hwy. Of course at my folks' I barely get 3G.

 

New to the site, but have been lurking for a couple of months now. Had to finally take the time to sign up to share some of the new sites I've been able to grab onto lately.

 

Mason - getting some LTE in town as of last week. I can only pull in the signal with a Tri Fi device and it only shows 1 or 2 bars at best. Download speeds are usually around 10 Mbps. Today I found LTE service south of town and was able to get full signal with the iPhone. Lost it on 127 at about Covert Road.

 

Olivet - I believe the tower at Butterfield Hwy at I-69 is the LTE tower. Found it for the first time yesterday and was very impressed with its performance. Five speed tests run with the slowest at 15mbps down and the fastest 32Mbps.

 

I have sensorly on the iPhone, but do not think its able to map the coverage. I would be very interested in seeing the Mason area coverage if anyone is in the area.

[Abrown134]

That may have been off from the tower at 5 Point and Cochran area. That one came alive a few weeks ago.

[DanMacMan]

Cool. Though I'm really looking forward to getting LTE service in Delta Township.

[Abrown134]

I haven't found any in Delta yet. Saw them working on the tower on Snow Rd at the railroad tracks several months ago, but nothing from there yet. Last week I saw a crew working near Ingersol and Grand River. I will be checking back there on Monday.

[Overboost]

Picked up strong signal near WMU's campus and along Michigan Ave. to Westnedge in Kalamazoo today. Couldn't map it as I was driving, but glancing down several times I saw 4-5 bars of 4G on my Evo.

[jefbal99]

Picked up strong signal near WMU's campus and along Michigan Ave. to Westnedge in Kalamazoo today. Couldn't map it as I was driving' date=' but glancing down several times I saw 4-5 bars of 4G on my Evo.[/quote']

 

Unless you are running a custom Rom, the bars are your 1x signal. Get signal check from forum member Mikejeep to get true signal strengths on stock

 

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[Overboost]

I have it, but didn't have it open to check.

[hamiltondude]

I just came back from Florida on vacation. 4G was nice in the Orlando area. Indiana was strong all down 69/65. Charlotte, Potterville, and Eaton Rapids are strong. I live in Grand Ledge. We have a Nextel Tower right behind Meijer on M43 which is in my Dad's neighbor's field on St. Joe HWY. Does anyone now if that one is one to be scheduled to be 4G LTE? That would so light up this area!! The 4G I have experienced this far on my Samsung Galaxy S3 has been impressive so far. Can't wait for Grand Ledge and West Lansing to have it.

[jefbal99]

I just came back from Florida on vacation. 4G was nice in the Orlando area. Indiana was strong all down 69/65. Charlotte' date=' Potterville, and Eaton Rapids are strong. I live in Grand Ledge. We have a Nextel Tower right behind Meijer on M43 which is in my Dad's neighbor's field on St. Joe HWY. Does anyone now if that one is one to be scheduled to be 4G LTE? That would so light up this area!! The 4G I have experienced this far on my Samsung Galaxy S3 has been impressive so far. Can't wait for Grand Ledge and West Lansing to have it.[/quote']

 

If you donate to the forum, you get access to maps with every Sprint tower in the country.

 

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[jefbal99]

I haven't found any in Delta yet. Saw them working on the tower on Snow Rd at the railroad tracks several months ago' date=' but nothing from there yet. Last week I saw a crew working near Ingersol and Grand River. I will be checking back there on Monday.[/quote']

 

I checked out the delta tower near horrocks tonight, nothing on the tower, couldn't see the base.

 

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[DanMacMan]

While this story linked below is primarily about at&t and Verizon, it does mention Sprint at the end, but seems to misrepresent their LTE offerings. I thought they officially launched in parts of the state, right?

 

http://www.mlive.com/business/index.ssf/2013/04/att_expanding_4g_lte_network_t.html#incart_river_default

[azoclark]

While this story linked below is primarily about at&t and Verizon, it does mention Sprint at the end, but seems to misrepresent their LTE offerings. I thought they officially launched in parts of the state, right?

 

http://www.mlive.com...t_river_default

 

I think that latest official word that I remember hearing about that mentioned Michigan was in the following press release: <http://newsroom.sprint.com/article_display.cfm?article_id=2495>

 

I took at look at AT&T LTE Sensorly maps for Michigan and it sure looks to me that Sprint has more LTE coverage now than AT&T.

[kBlanker]

well I don't think a lot of people are mapping at&t compared to sprint.

[bbrad8]

I think that latest official word that I remember hearing about that mentioned Michigan was in the following press release: <http://newsroom.spri...article_id=2495>

 

I took at look at AT&T LTE Sensorly maps for Michigan and it sure looks to me that Sprint has more LTE coverage now than AT&T.

 

Don't let the Sensorly map fool you, AT&T has a large 4G footprint in Michigan (we have friends on AT&T so do have personal experience/knowledge). Remember iPhone customers are unable to assistt w/ this task.

[Theot]

I've been getting 4g on the south edge of kentwood all week from dutton to cutlerville along 68th street and up 131 to 196 amd down to fuller ave here in GR. However it hasn't been overly fast as it has barely registered over 1mb download speeds in spots and the most I've gotten was 4. And it will barely penetrate into a building like a house and is nonexistant inside a big building. Hope this gets better or it wont be any better than their 3g. Anyway, fyi.

Edited April 12, 2013 by Theot