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digiblur Member Level: LTE Advanced

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Interesting.  So this seems to imply that the radios were remotely shut off so that it would stop broadcasting the signal.  I know Sprint still needs to send folks out to turn off the power, remove T-1 backhaul and cabinets for the OPEX savings but if this means that CDMA 800 can be launched faster because the 800 MHz signal all over the US is no longer being broadcasted then this is good news.  I still think it will be a few weeks before we see a large acceptance of 800 CDMA sites but I am hope I am wrong.

 

Yes, seems pretty cut and dry to me.  Transmitters were cut off but the basestations, cooling, etc are still churning away so someone does need to physically go by and throw the breakers.  I'm sure someone is assigned to drive around to all the sites the crews will not physically remove this month in order to shut off the breakers.  Or it could be as simple as letting the electric companies do it by putting in disconnect orders and they pull the meter.  Hope they pull the right one! ;)

 

There should be a big uptick in 800SMR but not this massive flood of 800SMR launches either.  It will take time to drive test them and get them online. 

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Has anyone even seen the first Ericsson site turn on 800 cdma yet?

 

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There are 3 or 4 in the KC area.

 

Actually, there are many more sites than that operating, their acceptance just hasn't been passed through the system for our maps. AJ was able to capture the signal with his spectrum analyzer. They just aren't accepting users yet. 

 

Additionally, I believe there have been 800 CDMA sightings reported in the Dallas area, but I don't remember for sure.

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digiblur Member Level: LTE Advanced

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Yes, I had 800smr at DFW while riding the little rail around the outside from concourse to concourse.

 

 

How long ago? Wish I had thought to look when I was there a couple months ago.

Early may. I saw a huge difference in evdo and 1x signals so a quick check and sure enough I was on a distant 800smr site and evdo right in front of me.

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Early may. I saw a huge difference in evdo and 1x signals so a quick check and sure enough I was on a distant 800smr site and evdo right in front of me.

 

Hmm. I was there in late April. Wonder if it was on then. Didn't think to check. Was too frustrated by a struggling LTE signal to think about it.

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Early may. I saw a huge difference in evdo and 1x signals so a quick check and sure enough I was on a distant 800smr site and evdo right in front of me.

 

 

Hmm. I was there in late April. Wonder if it was on then. Didn't think to check. Was too frustrated by a struggling LTE signal to think about it.

Indeed.. LTE was very weak there.

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Early may. I saw a huge difference in evdo and 1x signals so a quick check and sure enough I was on a distant 800smr site and evdo right in front of me.

 

 

Hmm. I was there in late April. Wonder if it was on then. Didn't think to check. Was too frustrated by a struggling LTE signal to think about it.

Lol we might've crossed paths. I was there the last week of april and I was on LTE while the plane arrived from the runway to the terminal plus spots inside the airport as well as the train between terminals..

 

 

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There are 3 or 4 in the KC area.

 

Any idea where?  I work in downtown KC and it goes to roaming at 3rd level+ of underground garage, as well as basement elevator of condo on Plaza.  Looking forward to getting native signal in hard to reach areas.  Have SignalCheck app, looking forward to seeing SID of 22xx someday soon.

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Any idea where?  I work in downtown KC and it goes to roaming at 3rd level+ of underground garage, as well as basement elevator of condo on Plaza.  Looking forward to getting native signal in hard to reach areas.  Have SignalCheck app, looking forward to seeing SID of 22xx someday soon.

 

To quote an old VZW commercial, "There's a map for that."  We have maps of all Sprint sites and their Network Vision upgrade statuses.  If you would like to view the maps, please consider becoming an S4GRU Sponsor.

 

http://s4gru.com/index.php?/topic/1195-information-about-s4gru-sponsorship-levels-and-how-to-become-a-sponsor/

 

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Any idea where?  I work in downtown KC and it goes to roaming at 3rd level+ of underground garage, as well as basement elevator of condo on Plaza.  Looking forward to getting native signal in hard to reach areas.  Have SignalCheck app, looking forward to seeing SID of 22xx someday soon.

I work at 11th and Broadway and have some of the same problems in the middle of my building.  

 

As AJ stated, there is a map that gives the location of the upgraded towers.  

 

I will say that there isn't any 800 in downtown though.

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To quote an old VZW commercial, "There's a map for that."  We have maps of all Sprint sites and their Network Vision upgrade statuses.  If you would like to view the maps, please consider becoming an S4GRU Sponsor.

 

http://s4gru.com/index.php?/topic/1195-information-about-s4gru-sponsorship-levels-and-how-to-become-a-sponsor/

 

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Did you select a winner for your Postmortem contest?

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Must have been some undisclosed fine print :)

 

You didn't get his Group Talk announcement?  :) ..... Oh, wait, can't do that anymore....well, at least not with Nextel.

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Did you select a winner for your Postmortem contest?

The entries were relatively few, so I decided to wait through Sunday as the actual shutdown date for any additional entries. But, then, I forgot. I will go back through the thread and select the winner tomorrow.

 

AJ

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Drumroll, please...
 
The winner of the Nextel iDEN postmortem witticism contest and the people's choice is easttxguy:
 

Ding Dong! The Chirp is dead. Which old Chirp? The Nextel Chirp!


http://s4gru.com/index.php?/topic/3736-countdown-nextel-iden-shutdown/?p=161592

So, easttxguy will have my recent $50 donation credited to his account. And thank you, everyone, for your submissions. Many of them were well played.

AJ

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Drumroll, please...

 

The winner of the Nextel iDEN postmortem witticism contest and the people's choice is easttxguy:

 

http://s4gru.com/index.php?/topic/3736-countdown-nextel-iden-shutdown/?p=161592

 

So, easttxguy will have my recent $50 donation credited to his account. And thank you, everyone, for your submissions. Many of them were well played.

 

AJ

 

And with that, easttxguy is now a Premier Sponsor.  Thanks to AJ and easttxguy for particiapting and helping to support S4GRU!

 

Robert

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Drumroll, please...

 

The winner of the Nextel iDEN postmortem witticism contest and the people's choice is easttxguy:

 

http://s4gru.com/index.php?/topic/3736-countdown-nextel-iden-shutdown/?p=161592

 

So, easttxguy will have my recent $50 donation credited to his account. And thank you, everyone, for your submissions. Many of them were well played.

 

AJ

 

Woohoo! Thanks AJ!

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I have a question about the 800 MHz network. As of 7/5 there are only 376 3G/800 and 846 3G/800/4G sites for a total of 1222 sites. Is this because Sprint waited until iDen was shut down to begin adding 800? My biggest question is how many NV sites will eventually be upgraded with 800? All of them, or only some? Also, since the network was already in place, but not necessarily part of NV, are there more than the listed 1222 800 MHz sites operating? Thanks.

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Also, since the network was already in place, but not necessarily part of NV, are there more than the listed 1222 800 MHz sites operating? Thanks.

 

Are you referring to the Nextel iDEN network?  It is being entirely shut down.  Very few sites are being repurposed for the Sprint network.

 

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Are you referring to the Nextel iDEN network? It is being entirely shut down. Very few sites are being repurposed for the Sprint network.

 

AJ

I think he may mean "how many of the 39k sites will eventually have 800?"

 

To which I think the answer is "as long as you're not in IBEZ, you'll see 800. Also, some urban sites, being spaced at closer than PCS, will not ALL have 800, though you will see 800 assuming not in IBEZ"

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