banananuts87 148 Posted July 17, 2016 I was over there in June. Beautiful area...not so much for cell service though. One thing I found was that i was roaming on some carrier called "Devon Mobile Communication" now and then according to signal check. Never heard of them. I breifly roamed on Extended LTE passing Montpielier. That could be it. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
swintec 372 Posted July 17, 2016 I breifly roamed on Extended LTE passing Montpielier. That could be it. Oh hhhmm. I only used their EVDO. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
signalchaser 14 Posted August 15, 2016 I have found a few Nextel towers that still come up as licensed in Southern NH but have no signals out of them. One of the licenses shows about a dozen frequencies in the 862mhz range. Does anyone know what these would be used for now? Do some people still have an IDEN type service? I would be thrilled if Sprint were to put a 1x800 signal on them since service West of Goffstown is basically non existent. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
swintec 372 Posted August 15, 2016 possibly they are GMO setups? I feel like they have essentially abandoned us up here. Nextel stuff is still up on my local GMO tower. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
signalchaser 14 Posted August 15, 2016 There is no signal that I can detect from either of them. The one near Francestown is callsign WPBN325 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
swintec 372 Posted August 16, 2016 There is no signal that I can detect from either of them. The one near Francestown is callsign WPBN325 Hhhmmm...looking at southern maine, it seems the towers for nextel were just recently updated with the FCC, they all show "(Effective: 07/26/2016 - Expires: 07/26/2026)". Why would they extend out so long? Is that the minimum license length? Is it possible that as long as the equipment is located on the tower, it needs to be registered with the FCC? It seems for at least the past year, all upgrades and what not have come to a halt in this market, unfortuantely so it may take them until 2026 to get the stuff down. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
signalchaser 14 Posted August 16, 2016 I am curious if they are still using nextel type services for people who still rely on this for work. I found an old Nextel map of the area but now I can't find it. Nonetheless, there are few Sprint towers in my area. T-mobile has added quite a few in the last year while Sprint's footprint is essentially the same here. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
swintec 372 Posted August 16, 2016 there are few Sprint towers in my area. T-mobile has added quite a few in the last year while Sprint's footprint is essentially the same here. You are preaching to the choir, buddy. Although southern maine isnt to bad, the huge amount of GMOs around the market doesnt help things. From what I have seen, most of the nextel used towers, also have a sprint set up on them. Maybe that is why they are still using the old nextel name on licenses since they plan on leaving the sprint equipment operational? I doubt very much any nextel gear still on site is even being used. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
JDP121 183 Posted May 13, 2017 Has anyone used the network in Maine lately? If so has it improved for the best? Thinking about taking a trip up to see family and friends at the end of June if I'm able to. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
banananuts87 148 Posted May 13, 2017 Has anyone used the network in Maine lately? If so has it improved for the best? Thinking about taking a trip up to see family and friends at the end of June if I'm able to. No issues in Portland or around I-95 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
JDP121 183 Posted May 13, 2017 No issues in Portland or around I-95 Nice. What about the Bangor Area? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
swintec 372 Posted May 14, 2017 Nice. What about the Bangor Area? Bangor is fine if you are literally right in the city and outskirts. You will also have service right up 95 with no issues (voice and text, LTE sparse). bangor has decent LTE. Southern and central maine just started allowing US Celluar LTE roaming this past week while northern maine had it for almost a year now so you will be good in that regard. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
JDP121 183 Posted May 14, 2017 Nice. Thanks you all. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
WiseGuy321 128 Posted May 14, 2017 Has anyone used the network in Maine lately? If so has it improved for the best? Thinking about taking a trip up to see family and friends at the end of June if I'm able to. It baffles me how Sprint has this huge gap in their LTE coverage on 95 from the NH/ME border. Then you get near Portland, and Sprint LTE comes back. No one else's coverage is this sparse in the area, even Tmo Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
S4GRU 57,254 Posted May 14, 2017 With USCC LTE Roaming now, though, that gap is less annoying than it used to be. Now if USCC would only become a LTE RRPP Partner where you didn't have to use your roaming limits. 2 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
RAvirani 1,862 Posted May 14, 2017 Now if USCC would only become a LTE RRPP Partner where you didn't have to use your roaming limits. I posted this in another thread just an hour or two ago ????. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
swintec 372 Posted May 14, 2017 With USCC LTE Roaming now, though, that gap is less annoying than it used to be. Yea but the sprint lte gap simply means we fall back to Sprint EVDO which is adequate but we still wont failover to USCC LTE since sprint 3G service is there. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
mikejeep 4,491 Posted May 26, 2017 With USCC LTE Roaming now, though, that gap is less annoying than it used to be. Now if USCC would only become a LTE RRPP Partner where you didn't have to use your roaming limits. The map around Lake Winnipesaukee (central NH) seems to show mostly "LTE Roaming" on Sprint's map, with some "Off-Network Roaming" -- what is the difference between these two? Do both count against your roaming cap? I'm guessing it's USCC around there. -Mike Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Flompholph 1,207 Posted May 26, 2017 USCC counts against your roaming. The good news they are sometimes slow to report to sprint your usage. So you may be able to go over the roaming limit. At least I was able to for a weekend then two days latter I get an email about hitting my limit and roaming was blocked. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
swintec 372 Posted May 26, 2017 USCC counts against your roaming. The good news they are sometimes slow to report to sprint your usage. So you may be able to go over the roaming limit. At least I was able to for a weekend then two days latter I get an email about hitting my limit and roaming was blocked. At least with USCC LTE roaming, its a matter of an hour or two for reporting from what I have seen these days. Also, speeds seem to be capped at about 2 megabits in both directions for LTE roaming...anyone else confirm? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
swintec 372 Posted June 20, 2017 Huge progress on GMO sites being upgraded the past few weeks to have band 25 LTE. Seems the rate they are going, all GMO sites in maine will be done by end of summer or sooner. 5 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Jones 533 Posted July 19, 2017 Looks like a future plan actually happened... https://www.wirelessweek.com/news/2017/07/sprint-teams-great-north-woods-wireless-provide-lte-roaming-new-hampshire I'll be driving to visit my parents in Coos County next week too! Bad part is that we'll be making a 14 hr drive with a 2 and 6 year old and a dog. I'll report back with results, if I'm still alive/sane Sent from my SM-G930P using Tapatalk 3 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Kevster1321 165 Posted February 16, 2018 So I was looking at this http://specmap.sequence-omega.net map of sprints spectrum and it looks like sprint doesn't own any BRS spectrum in Vermont is this true and if so are they just using EBS? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
signalchaser 14 Posted April 10, 2018 According to the Sprint NH coverage tool, it looks as if all towers have been upgraded to LTE! I was driving along 202 a couple weeks ago and noticed new band 26 along my drive passing the Pat's peak area. 2 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Tengen31 692 Posted April 22, 2018 So I was looking at this http://specmap.sequence-omega.net map of sprints spectrum and it looks like sprint doesn't own any BRS spectrum in Vermont is this true and if so are they just using EBS?That's a good question. That area could be one where they need to buy more B41 spectrumSent from my SM-G950U using Tapatalk Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
