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blakebaa
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Got this in the Menards parking lot in Hutchinson. My current best speedtest over an LTE network.

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I think this is the fastest Result I've gotten. Order the S8. Can't wait to play with that bad boy.   Sent from my 2PQ93 using Tapatalk

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That sounds like a question that will require that you "become a sponsor".

 

Also, the answer is zero. MN will never have LTE, ever.

 

I read that sprint is pulling the sites they DO have completed out so they can complete Chicago as they need more radio parts..

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That sounds like a question that will require that you "become a sponsor".

 

Also, the answer is zero. MN will never have LTE, ever.

I read that sprint is pulling the sites they DO have completed out so they can complete Chicago as they need more radio parts..

 

Guys, some members are a bit slow on the uptake. So, please do not tease with intentionally inaccurate info. Or if you do wish to joke around a bit, please use an emoticon to let others know that you are not serious.

 

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blakebaa Member Level: 3G EVDO

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I read that sprint is pulling the sites they DO have completed out so they can complete Chicago as they need more radio parts..

Sorry, but I do not believe this. They wouldn't do that now.
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No blake, they were just teasing/playing around with member ott3r.

 

As AJ mentioned, not indicating a statement is a joke/tease can result in those reading the statement to think its true. It can starts a cascading wave of misinformation that does no one any good.

 

Please members, if you are teasing your fellow member or pulling their leg, make sure you indicate it as such.

 

TS

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I drove by the tower AA/FC posted pics on yesterday:

 

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By seeing what's going on here I have reason to believe it's the same crew that was working on a tower close to central-west Bloomington and I believe it may be AT&T not Sprint:

 

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Here you can see the guy working on the right side of the 3rd collar from the bottom.

 

The objects that look like RRUs to be don't look like the RRUs from Samsung that all the local sites are getting.

 

See:

 

Here's an example of what a local Sprint LTE setup looks like:

 

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blakebaa Member Level: 3G EVDO

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I was at my parents house this weekend in st cloud and was very surprised when my phone switched to 4g so I did some mapping, hopefully I'll be able to map some more tomorrow

I live about an hour away from there. Awesome to hear they are getting closer and closer! :D
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Picture time:

 

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The tower on the left (to the left of the storage facility) is the one both myself and AA/FC posted. The tower on the right side of the screen (to the right of the storage facility) I believe is the Sprint tower for that area.

 

Some interesting stuff there, it looks like there's both legacy cabinets and the LTE cabinets (it's hard to see due to the immense amount of brush against the fence keeping the facility secure).

 

But there's no sign of any other LTE stuff happening there - the top antenna array is pure 3G and the bottom collar is weird - it looks EMPTY. You can see cables snaking out of the pole to the edge but it doesn't appear there's any elements in operation unless they are very thin or a type I'm in familiar with. Mophomanners will know.

 

Don't try driving back there, it's literally slippierier than an ice rink and to get a closer look at cabinets on the ground you'd have to park in the middle of a driveway, cross snow covered railroad tracks and peek thru a fence that is mostly covered with foliage.

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blakebaa Member Level: 3G EVDO

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As some of you know, I live in Willmar MN. I was looking at sensorly today and I see purple in Kandiohi, like 10 minutes from my house! Idk if this is wrong or what this is...

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As some of you know, I live in Willmar MN. I was looking at sensorly today and I see purple in Kandiohi, like 10 minutes from my house! Idk if this is wrong or what this is...

 

When I saw it on Sensorly a couple days ago I thought of you. It's only 10 minutes from your house, you should go check it out, and report back. Don't forget to run Sensorly.

 

https://network.spri.../willmar,%20mn/

This site doesn't show every site, but it shows one you're interested in. Become a sponsor of S4gru and you can see a map of every site.

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This is odd. I almost never check network.sprint.com since nothing ever seems to change for my area there but now it has: it claims: 14 voice upgrades, 30 data capacity upgrades, 41 data speed upgrades and 1 new tower. I wonder where the new tower would be? That's for Bloomington MN. I clicked on all the icons and none of them reflect "1 new tower".

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When I saw it on Sensorly a couple days ago I thought of you. It's only 10 minutes from your house, you should go check it out, and report back. Don't forget to run Sensorly.

 

https://network.spri.../willmar,%20mn/

This site doesn't show every site, but it shows one you're interested in. Become a sponsor of S4gru and you can see a map of every site.

Only problem, I dont have an LTE device. I am getting one in december, maybe earlier.
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