jefbal99 Posted January 29, 2017 Author Share Posted January 29, 2017 Screenshots are from my Galaxy tab e Sent from my Nexus 6P using Tapatalk 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dkyeager Posted July 3, 2017 Share Posted July 3, 2017 The likely 1x800 site, based on two 1x800 and one 3g offset sectors is in West Michigan market south of Grayling, MI on I 75 near Little Mud Lake For more details (premier): http://s4gru.com/index.php?/topic/5107-lte-800-band-26-sites-accepted-discussion/page-172#entry511229 plus a few above that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RCM Posted January 25, 2018 Share Posted January 25, 2018 I'll just leave this here: http://www.mlive.com/news/kalamazoo/index.ssf/2018/01/post_491.html 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flompholph Posted February 27, 2018 Share Posted February 27, 2018 Anyone in Grand Rapids? I was by the Woodland/Centerpointe Malls and saw in my logs what might be a small cell. latitude: 42.92036 longitude: -85.58392 cellid: 0B29E001 physcellid: 484 dBm: -121 tac: 5906 band: 41 earfcn: 41211 mcc: 310 mnc: 120 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
notsrealinc Posted May 27, 2018 Share Posted May 27, 2018 I'm thinking that Sprint has made a deal with Meijer to put roof top small cells on their stores because I passed by a Meijer on the west side and went into a Meijer on Lake Lansing and SCP showed small cell each time. My signal peaked at -54dBm at times around the store on Lake Lansing. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jefbal99 Posted May 29, 2018 Author Share Posted May 29, 2018 On 5/27/2018 at 7:41 AM, notsrealinc said: I'm thinking that Sprint has made a deal with Meijer to put roof top small cells on their stores because I passed by a Meijer on the west side and went into a Meijer on Lake Lansing and SCP showed small cell each time. My signal peaked at -54dBm at times around the store on Lake Lansing. I haven't noticed this at West Saginaw, Grand Ledge, or Ionia, but I'll be keeping an eye out. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jefbal99 Posted July 11, 2018 Author Share Posted July 11, 2018 Any fellow West Michigan folks been having B41 issues the past week or so? Randomly B41 is just totally unusable for 15-30 minutes. I've noticed that my phone and/or magic box are useless. At first I thought my MB was flaky so I turned it off and B25/B26 was stable, however, my phone eventually latched on to B41 and went to a brick. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dro1984 Posted July 11, 2018 Share Posted July 11, 2018 Jeff.... having similar issues here on the east side of Michigan. All I can get is a very crowded B25 (1900). B41 is sometimes available, but data is not very good. Speeds are way down. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jefbal99 Posted July 13, 2018 Author Share Posted July 13, 2018 On 7/11/2018 at 11:10 AM, dro1984 said: Jeff.... having similar issues here on the east side of Michigan. All I can get is a very crowded B25 (1900). B41 is sometimes available, but data is not very good. Speeds are way down. B25 has been reliable over here, just a pain to shutdown the MB, etc. I wish the Hidden Menu screens in the Android P beta would work so I could change the available bands Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jlbattagli Posted July 13, 2018 Share Posted July 13, 2018 I don't normally see a lot of B41, but what I have seen this week has been stable and relatively fast, like normal. Kalamazoo and Grand Rapids mostly. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
notsrealinc Posted October 1, 2018 Share Posted October 1, 2018 (edited) Freshly installed Airspan small cell on Chicago Ave and W Saginaw St: I saw BWL install power on the 24th. Has yet to be powered on. It seems to be backhualed by Ethernet (not relay). Ideas as to the ISP (possibly Lightspeed)? Location: https://www.google.com/maps/place/700+Chicago+Ave,+Lansing,+MI+48915/@42.7409101,-84.5699107,17z/data=!4m5!3m4!1s0x8822ea875eebe707:0x7d7b14ec78f48ad4!8m2!3d42.741052!4d-84.5643317 Edited October 1, 2018 by notsrealinc 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jefbal99 Posted October 8, 2018 Author Share Posted October 8, 2018 On 9/30/2018 at 10:12 PM, notsrealinc said: Freshly installed Airspan small cell on Chicago Ave and W Saginaw St: I saw BWL install power on the 24th. Has yet to be powered on. It seems to be backhualed by Ethernet (not relay). Ideas as to the ISP (possibly Lightspeed)? Location: https://www.google.com/maps/place/700+Chicago+Ave,+Lansing,+MI+48915/@42.7409101,-84.5699107,17z/data=!4m5!3m4!1s0x8822ea875eebe707:0x7d7b14ec78f48ad4!8m2!3d42.741052!4d-84.5643317 I've seen a few SC connections pop up in SCP in the last two weeks, hope to see more density as it is needed! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
notsrealinc Posted October 22, 2018 Share Posted October 22, 2018 T-Mobile roaming in East Lansing! Have you guys seen roaming at all too? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jefbal99 Posted October 31, 2018 Author Share Posted October 31, 2018 On 10/21/2018 at 8:03 PM, notsrealinc said: T-Mobile roaming in East Lansing! Have you guys seen roaming at all too? I haven't seen anything, but I also haven't been actively looking either. I've got a few spots out by Portland that should be covered by T-Mobile Roaming, but I still just lose service. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jefbal99 Posted November 14, 2018 Author Share Posted November 14, 2018 I've seen TMobile roaming around Portland, so its well into West Michigan. It's not consistent, but its filling gaps Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tengen31 Posted November 15, 2018 Share Posted November 15, 2018 I haven't seen anything, but I also haven't been actively looking either. I've got a few spots out by Portland that should be covered by T-Mobile Roaming, but I still just lose service.I have question about this. Why if your getting Sprint 1x800 can you not get Sprint LTE then?Sent from my SM-G950U using Tapatalk Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dkoellerwx Posted November 16, 2018 Share Posted November 16, 2018 9 hours ago, Tengen31 said: I have question about this. Why if your getting Sprint 1x800 can you not get Sprint LTE then? Sent from my SM-G950U using Tapatalk 1x800 is usable at greater distances from the cell site than any other LTE signals. Plenty of reasons why LTE might not be available or reliable. Plus they seem to be adjusting roaming levels, allowing it when Sprint LTE signals are just weak, not all together absent. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jefbal99 Posted November 21, 2018 Author Share Posted November 21, 2018 On 11/16/2018 at 1:35 AM, Dkoellerwx said: 1x800 is usable at greater distances from the cell site than any other LTE signals. Plenty of reasons why LTE might not be available or reliable. Plus they seem to be adjusting roaming levels, allowing it when Sprint LTE signals are just weak, not all together absent. My biggest issue currently is that when I roam on the local t-mobile site, it changes my system time to GMT and screws up all kinds of shit 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jefbal99 Posted August 23, 2019 Author Share Posted August 23, 2019 Does anyone know who Sprint uses for backhaul in West Michigan? Is it a master contract for the area, is it based on the tower leasing company, or is each tower a separate entity? Portland starting having massive telco issues yesterday afternoon that still persist. It's impacting almost all wired and wireless providers, so my gut is that its backhaul. So bad that the school and city government have put out notices their phones aren't working, with internet access being very spotty. I'm trying to figure out who the backhaul providers in the area how, but I'm coming up short on my Internet sluething. I thought at&t and merit had fiber running through town, but I'm not able to confirm that via the online maps. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jefbal99 Posted August 26, 2019 Author Share Posted August 26, 2019 On 8/23/2019 at 10:54 AM, jefbal99 said: Does anyone know who Sprint uses for backhaul in West Michigan? Is it a master contract for the area, is it based on the tower leasing company, or is each tower a separate entity? Portland starting having massive telco issues yesterday afternoon that still persist. It's impacting almost all wired and wireless providers, so my gut is that its backhaul. So bad that the school and city government have put out notices their phones aren't working, with internet access being very spotty. I'm trying to figure out who the backhaul providers in the area how, but I'm coming up short on my Internet sluething. I thought at&t and merit had fiber running through town, but I'm not able to confirm that via the online maps. Turns out it was at&t backhaul, they got it fixed sometime on Saturday, the Sprint connectivity is still flakey, but its getting better. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mdob07 Posted September 10, 2019 Share Posted September 10, 2019 On 5/27/2018 at 7:41 AM, notsrealinc said: I'm thinking that Sprint has made a deal with Meijer to put roof top small cells on their stores because I passed by a Meijer on the west side and went into a Meijer on Lake Lansing and SCP showed small cell each time. My signal peaked at -54dBm at times around the store on Lake Lansing. On 5/29/2018 at 1:10 PM, jefbal99 said: I haven't noticed this at West Saginaw, Grand Ledge, or Ionia, but I'll be keeping an eye out. Older post but I can confirm, all of the Meijer stores around my area in KY have a small cell on the roof with an antenna down inside the store also. Cellmapper has first seen dates of March and April 2019 on all of the ones I've checked so far around here. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hatstrow Posted October 26, 2020 Share Posted October 26, 2020 Not sure if this is the right place to post this since this is under the old Sprint Network Vision deployment, but here it is anyways. Let me know if I should post this elsewhere. Received some sweet T-Mobile upgrades to a tower in Union City, MI. These upgrades were done on the same week the iPhone 12 was launched and finalized the day after the launch. This tower upgrade added completely new antennas with 5G support. LTE signal has greatly improved around this area, thanks to 600 and 700 MHz support on this tower. The only thing lacking on this tower right now is the capacity to it. Right now, I have only seen peak speeds of 35 Mbps download and 15 Mbps upload on 5G. This tower is most likely still being worked on, but so far, I’m impressed with the improvements. This tower now supports all of these frequencies. LTE 600 LTE700A LTE 1900 LTE 2100 4G/3G U1900 4G/3G U2100 2G 5G N600 SA 5G N600 NSA 5G N2500 NSA 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dkoellerwx Posted October 26, 2020 Share Posted October 26, 2020 1 hour ago, Hatstrow said: Not sure if this is the right place to post this since this is under the old Sprint Network Vision deployment, but here it is anyways. Let me know if I should post this elsewhere. I think this'll work just fine. Easier than creating a bunch of new threads. Thanks for the report! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hatstrow Posted April 19, 2022 Share Posted April 19, 2022 Thought I would add some more content to our West Michigan Market forum, with some 5G upgrades happening around lower Michigan since there hasn't been much activity on here recently. My local T-Mobile tower has gotten some more upgrades in Union City, MI, which happened on April 11th. Not entirely sure what kind of changes they are doing on the sector, but they have installed some smaller antennas on the sector (bottom is T-Mobile). I would assume this is for adding 5G Ultra Capacity support on n41. I have yet to see any indication of that being enabled (using my iPhone 13 Pro as a test device). Band 41 used to be on all the Sprint towers nearby (there are about 2 within 3 miles), but have mostly been turned off, so I would assume they would be using the old band 41 frequency for 5G. This T-Mobile tower was suffering from capacity issues for almost a year now, but ever since this upgrades, the speeds have greatly improved. I used to be seeing anywhere from 5 to 30 Mbps download and 30 Mbps upload. Now I have seen upwards of 80 Mbps download and 55 upload on band 2 15 MHz 5G NSA, though the speeds have been fluctuating lately. Awesome to see T-Mobile moving so fast in improving the network and towers around this rural area; especially with 5G. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PedroDaGr8 Posted April 19, 2022 Share Posted April 19, 2022 11 hours ago, Hatstrow said: Thought I would add some more content to our West Michigan Market forum, with some 5G upgrades happening around lower Michigan since there hasn't been much activity on here recently. My local T-Mobile tower has gotten some more upgrades in Union City, MI, which happened on April 11th. Not entirely sure what kind of changes they are doing on the sector, but they have installed some smaller antennas on the sector (bottom is T-Mobile). I would assume this is for adding 5G Ultra Capacity support on n41. I have yet to see any indication of that being enabled (using my iPhone 13 Pro as a test device). Band 41 used to be on all the Sprint towers nearby (there are about 2 within 3 miles), but have mostly been turned off, so I would assume they would be using the old band 41 frequency for 5G. This T-Mobile tower was suffering from capacity issues for almost a year now, but ever since this upgrades, the speeds have greatly improved. I used to be seeing anywhere from 5 to 30 Mbps download and 30 Mbps upload. Now I have seen upwards of 80 Mbps download and 55 upload on band 2 15 MHz 5G NSA, though the speeds have been fluctuating lately. Awesome to see T-Mobile moving so fast in improving the network and towers around this rural area; especially with 5G. Those definitely look B41/n41 panels. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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