Network Vision/LTE - Louisiana Market (Lake Charles, Lafayette, Alexandria, Beaumont/Port Arthur Texas)

[pokefan02]

Crews are currently performing NV upgrades throughout the Lake Charles area. Post if you see any workers on sites near you

[sbeezy]

I saw them out like 2 weeks ago at the tower on 210 by the best buy when i was in LC

[NothinbutTru7h]

I've been getting a ton of dropped calls here recently.  The sound is fine and then it just drops.  Is this a result of the Network Vision upgrades in progress?

[pokefan02]

There is currently 3 towers in the Sulphur, Maplewood area that have had upgrades accepted. One is west of 108 on Maplewood Dr. ,one is off of Swisco rd and Carbide Rd and the 3rd is on Houston River Rd not far from Beglis. If you are by one it is possible they are causing problems

[NothinbutTru7h]

I'm not even a mile from the Maplewood tower. Thanks.

[pokefan02]

The crew is now working on the tower in Westlake off of Sampson Street

 

 

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[d_rail34]

I'm not even a mile from the Maplewood tower. Thanks.

My shop is off of Maplewood & Hazel. I've been getting some great 3G speeds as of late.

[digiblur]

A site was 4G accepted in the Louisiana market today details of the exact location are in the sponsor thread:  http://s4gru.com/index.php?/topic/579-network-vision-site-map-new-orleans-memphis-gulf-coast-east-texas-mississippi-and-louisiana-markets/?p=163800&do=findComment&comment=163800

[sbeezy]

Sprint lte is active in port Arthur

 

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[digiblur]

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Nice! Quicker than I thought! I hope you are mapping it out on Sensorly for others. Please post LTE engineering screen shots as well as I may do a spreadsheet for this market to keep track of serving cells.

[sbeezy]

I just had gotten out the gate at work and saw the 4g icon lit up... I'm gonna have to turn sensorly on and ride back by the plant so I can map it out. As the tower I'm on now isn't lte active yet.

 

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[digiblur]

I just had gotten out the gate at work and saw the 4g icon lit up... I'm gonna have to turn sensorly on and ride back by the plant so I can map it out. As the tower I'm on now isn't lte active yet.

 

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I highly recommend the LTE discovery app from the play store. It will cycle the airplane mode to help find it. The SignalCheck app is also good for showing your LTE signal strength as the bars only shows your 1x signal strength.

 

Make sure you hit map trip and start on sensorly then lay down some purple.

[sbeezy]

 

 

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[sbeezy]

I highly recommend the LTE discovery app from the play store. It will cycle the airplane mode to help find it. The SignalCheck app is also good for showing your LTE signal strength as the bars only shows your 1x signal strength.

 

Make sure you hit map trip and start on sensorly then lay down some purple.

Will do!

 

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[sbeezy]

I know it doesn't mean much but check it out!

 

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[pokefan02]

Sensorly website  appears to be down right now. I am not sure if that will hinder mapping

[digiblur]

I know it doesn't mean much but check it out!

 

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I'm sure the Lake Charles folks will be jealous!    But this definitely means their turn is right around the corner! 

 

Seeing your screenshots I hope the ROM you have they didn't change the carrier files to their name (some idiot developers do this), otherwise Sensorly won't lay down anything on the map. 

 

So where is this located in Port Arthur?

[digiblur]

Sensorly website  appears to be down right now. I am not sure if that will hinder mapping

 

I just mapped something about 30 minutes ago in Baton Rouge and it came up fine. 

[sbeezy]

I'm sure the Lake Charles folks will be jealous! But this definitely means their turn is right around the corner!

 

Seeing your screenshots I hope the ROM you have they didn't change the carrier files to their name (some idiot developers do this), otherwise Sensorly won't lay down anything on the map.

 

So where is this located in Port Arthur?

Its the L shape on the port Arthur map I laid all that down the tower that I suspect is throwing Lte signals is on hwy 73 between 9th ave and memorial blvd. I also hit Lte on hwy 365 but it might not be ready as it kept kicking me off

 

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[digiblur]

Its the L shape on the port Arthur map I laid all that down the tower that I suspect is throwing Lte signals is on hwy 73 between 9th ave and memorial blvd. I also hit Lte on hwy 365 but it might not be ready as it kept kicking me off

 

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Nice job!  I see it on the map now. 

 

Go into your LTE Engineering screen.  Dial ##DEBUG#, the code is 777468 (SPRINT).  Pick LTE engineering.  Even though you are not connected it should have a three digit serving cell.  These will be very important to determine if you have a second site or not. 

 

Read about why here:  http://s4gru.com/index.php?/topic/2198-network-visionlte-new-orleans-market/page-38&do=findComment&comment=90231

[sbeezy]

 

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[sbeezy]

About to go mapping again!:wub:

 

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[digiblur]

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Those aren't good signals so you must be far. The best I have seen personally is a -55 or so. Generally if you have a -70 to -80 the tower is in view. -118 or so and it is about to go bye bye.