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Network Vision/LTE - Upper Central Valley Market (Sacramento, Stockton, Redding, Eureka & Reno/Lake Tahoe)


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Going through downtown up to Sac State, still had old NID broadcasting, but saw the switch at about College Greens to the Samsung NID. It's starting to switch over. :)

 

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All that's left is downtown. Practically every site south of 50 to Elk Grove has been confirmed by me or someone else.

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Sure feels like a few years but yes all remaining Samsung clusters are being worked on now and will be done in the next 4-8 weeks. 

 

It's mentioned in this post by Robert to S4GRu sponsors. 

I just re-upped my sponsorship after lapsing. While waiting for the permissions to kick in, I wondered if I could ask about Natomas progress. About a week and a half ago the estimate was "4 to 8 weeks" before the City of Sacramento sites would cluster launch. It appears work is progressing at an impressive pace right now -- do we think that estimate is still accurate?

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I just re-upped my sponsorship after lapsing. While waiting for the permissions to kick in, I wondered if I could ask about Natomas progress. About a week and a half ago the estimate was "4 to 8 weeks" before the City of Sacramento sites would cluster launch. It appears work is progressing at an impressive pace right now -- do we think that estimate is still accurate?

 

You're listed as a sponsor already.

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I just re-upped my sponsorship after lapsing. While waiting for the permissions to kick in, I wondered if I could ask about Natomas progress. About a week and a half ago the estimate was "4 to 8 weeks" before the City of Sacramento sites would cluster launch. It appears work is progressing at an impressive pace right now -- do we think that estimate is still accurate?

You mean this?

 

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You mean this?

I've seen a lot of screen shots like that in recent days but I'm afraid I don't know what they mean. I'm not a total noob but it's kinda hard to keep up with some of the technical jargon in this thread -- lots of acronyms and obscure references and people being excited, so I tend to think "that's good news -- even though I don't really understand why (yet)." I work in IT but not telecom (although I worked in telecom back in the '90s).

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You're listed as a sponsor already.

I'm pretty sure "title" (the words under my avatar photo) and permissions in the site are maintained separately and are not always in synch.

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I've seen a lot of screen shots like that in recent days but I'm afraid I don't know what they mean. I'm not a total noob but it's kinda hard to keep up with some of the technical jargon in this thread -- lots of acronyms and obscure references and people being excited, so I tend to think "that's good news -- even though I don't really understand why (yet)." I work in IT but not telecom (although I worked in telecom back in the '90s).

 

NID = Network ID

 

Samsung always runs a NID of 2xx. Screenshots have a nid of 230 which means they're running on the new Samsung equipment.

 

Legacy lucent equipment have a NID of 5. 

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No, they are in sync. 

I assumed they weren't in synch because you guys upgraded me too quickly, like maybe a minute after I tried to access the secured area. :-) Thanks.

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You mean this?

Ah, I think I get it now. I wrote about living in Natomas and you posted info about a site on Bell Avenue, perhaps thinking that was in Natomas. It isn't, but I appreciate the fact that the Bell Avenue site IS within the City of Sacramento and north of the American River, so my take-away is "good things are happening in the north area of the city right now."

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Ahem mentlegen

 

 

 

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lilotimz,

 

It would be cool to have a marked up version of this picture to describe what each of the categories mean and what the values mean.  You could put a link to the picture with the other links in your signature.  This would help people like myself and sharward who are technically-inclined and members of this site, but don't know all the nomenclature.

 

Anyway, just a thought.  Maybe some generous soul will take this on.

 

By the way, I'm downtown, in the middle of a building 12 floors up, metal walls all around me, no windows immediately around me, and getting a Samsung signal (NID: 230) at -82 dBm.

 

-John Kimble

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In my twenty minutes commute to arc I have not lost the 1x800 signal even once.

 

Love this 800.

 

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Do you think they have prioritized 1x800 over 1xRTT for your phone to prefer?

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Dumb question: should voice call clarity have improved with this update as well? Or is it because I just updated my PRL & profile? I just had a conversation with my wife and it sounded like she was standing next to me.

 

Thanks,

DJK

That's called HD voice. It's part of the network vision upgrade to 3g/1x.

 

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When I spoke to my husband earlier, we were both on our cell phones and he kind of sounded like he was in a tunnel. He said I sounded odd. Might be the HD. At the time, I was on 1x800.

 

But, it was the clearest connection I've had really ever while I'm sitting at my desk at work.

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