Network Vision/LTE - Cleveland/NE Ohio Market

[StyxPhoenix]

Well, hopefully that means that I will no longer be roaming on Verizon. That is my tower, very close to my house, and I started pulling LTE yesterday afternoon but I was still roaming on VZW for 1X voice. Very annoying. 

 

I haven't been roaming on my GS4, been getting full 3G but my phone has been switching to a faint LTE signal periodically which has been somewhat annoying because it would make the data unstable. It's been okay when I'm at home because I have WiFi but if I've been anywhere in the area, it would be jumping back and forth. 

 

But now that you mention the roaming, my gf's GS2 had been randomly roaming recently in the past week or so ... yet mine was fine and we were right next to each other. Crazy. Maybe it is related ... 

[SID3232]

Well, hopefully that means that I will no longer be roaming on Verizon. That is my tower, very close to my house, and I started pulling LTE yesterday afternoon but I was still roaming on VZW for 1X voice. Very annoying. 

Did you try a profile update? Also try clearing your cache and restart the phone. This might fix your issue.

[Mrick]

Weeks ago I use to drop calls going into Streetsboro because Streetsboro is lit up and upgraded and the transfer from the Hudson towers would drop because they weren't upgraded. Today I drove from Streetsboro all the way to Kent state and never dropped a call

 

Does this mean that Kent is now upgraded? Or does this mean absolutely nothing and I'm just getting my hopes up

 

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[AirJordan613]

Well, it may be a reach for Legacy Village ... I think the one at Cedar and Green would be a bit more beneficial for the northern parts, well, and/or the one near Beachwood Place. Still good to see that area turning on too though.

That's fantastic news. Though at school in Columbus at OSU, I'm from Beachwood and will be back soon. Do we have any info on the other two Beachwood area towers?

 

 

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[irwinshere]

Weeks ago I use to drop calls going into Streetsboro because Streetsboro is lit up and upgraded and the transfer from the Hudson towers would drop because they weren't upgraded. Today I drove from Streetsboro all the way to Kent state and never dropped a call

 

Does this mean that Kent is now upgraded? Or does this mean absolutely nothing and I'm just getting my hopes up

 

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[Mrick]

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I just did and I'm loving it! But check out KSU... I wonder how come

 

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[sergiobanks001]

I'm down at Cleveland State University. I'm on LTE constantly at Fenn Towers inside the building.

 

 

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[irwinshere]

I just did and I'm loving it! But check out KSU... I wonder how come

 

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No idea. Could it be some are on campus?

 

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[Joski1624]

On a slightly different yet related note, has anyone connected to band 41 in the Cleveland area lately? I struck out the last couple of times I was in town over the last week or two.

[StyxPhoenix]

That's fantastic news. Though at school in Columbus at OSU, I'm from Beachwood and will be back soon. Do we have any info on the other two Beachwood area towers?

 

 

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I believe the one by Beachwood Place will be next to light up. The ones closest to the interstates tend to be turned on first it seems. I know my LTE has flickered a few times in that area and that is consistent with the two local towers to me that just went live. I had inconsistent weak signal for about a month before they turned on.

[StyxPhoenix]

I just did and I'm loving it! But check out KSU... I wonder how come

 

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Down in Green it's the same story ... Surrounded by 4G (including an actual launched market in Canton) yet there haven't been any new developments down there. The 3G is full signal but the data speed takes me back to 14.4 dial up modem speeds ... It's horrible. I can only hope that means they are working on the tower closest to where I work. It doesn't even show up as a 3G NV site on the sponsored maps ... Ugh.

[Mrick]

Down in Green it's the same story ... Surrounded by 4G (including an actual launched market in Canton) yet there haven't been any new developments down there. The 3G is full signal but the data speed takes me back to 14.4 dial up modem speeds ... It's horrible. I can only hope that means they are working on the tower closest to where I work. It doesn't even show up as a 3G NV site on the sponsored maps ... Ugh.

 

That's exactly how it is at Kent State. Full bars all around campus and on signal check it shows signal around 55 and even 48 but speeds are .02 I see that they are inching into Kent, I hope they upgrade those soon

 

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[StyxPhoenix]

That's exactly how it is at Kent State. Full bars all around campus and on signal check it shows signal around 55 and even 48 but speeds are .02 I see that they are inching into Kent, I hope they upgrade those soon

 

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It's horrible, isn't it? My speedtest just a few minutes ago in Green is below:

 

At least at home I was getting decent 3G rates even when LTE was only a dream. I do have a service message on my Sprint Zone which indicates one of my most used towers is experiencing voice service quality issues (as of 2/21/2014) and they anticipate the fix to be 5/1/2014. Not sure how they can pad themselves over 2 months to fix an issue like that, but I haven't really gotten any dropped calls recently. Who knows ...  

[hedphurst]

I just had a brief LTE connection at the intersection of Belvoir and Mayfield in South Euclid for the first time. It wasn't a strong signal, I was driving and dropped down to 1x before a speed test completed, but while I had around -100db connection strength, I got download speeds of about 6-8Mbps. I live very close to that intersection, so this is by far the most positive sign I've seen in my home area since Sprint announced they were moving away from WiMax for LTE.

 

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[AirJordan613]

I believe the one by Beachwood Place will be next to light up. The ones closest to the interstates tend to be turned on first it seems. I know my LTE has flickered a few times in that area and that is consistent with the two local towers to me that just went live. I had inconsistent weak signal for about a month before they turned on.

That would be great. Maybe I can finally ditch the airrave at my house in Beachwood.

 

 

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[StyxPhoenix]

That would be great. Maybe I can finally ditch the airrave at my house in Beachwood.

 

 

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Judging by Sensorly, it appears that tower is active, or at least has been long enough for someone to map the signal. But it's full right there where the tower is so that's a good sign.

 

I'll tell you what, the new LTE data speed at my house is faster than my U-Verse internet service ... not that I'm going to get rid of it, but dam, LTE is fast!  The upload is 600% faster than my home internet and the download, depending on time of day, is between 20 and 60% faster. Pretty impressive.

[Mrick]

It's horrible, isn't it? My speedtest just a few minutes ago in Green is below:

 

At least at home I was getting decent 3G rates even when LTE was only a dream. I do have a service message on my Sprint Zone which indicates one of my most used towers is experiencing voice service quality issues (as of 2/21/2014) and they anticipate the fix to be 5/1/2014. Not sure how they can pad themselves over 2 months to fix an issue like that, but I haven't really gotten any dropped calls recently. Who knows ...

 

I feel your pain man, Kent is horrible just like green. This is what signal check shows when I'm on campus

 

Now there is a tower very close to campus but I'm on the totally opposite side with these kind of readings. You would thing with signal like this I would at least an age .50 down but not a chance. I'm lucky to get .10 down. Sometimes it even fails

 

The good news is that all around my house just recently got upgraded so I'm pretty content. 3g speeds of 1 to 1.5 and I can also snag some LTE just barely from outside my house

 

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[Mrick]

I'm currently on Akron's campus and on LTE ahhh it feels so nice!

 

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[irwinshere]

I'm currently on Akron's campus and on LTE ahhh it feels so nice!

 

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Awesome!

 

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[laep]

This morning I managed to hold a steady LTE signal from I-71 by Lodi, all the way up 271 to the Richfield exit, then all the way up 21 to just past the Pilot station near Brecksville. First time I've been able to hold the signal coming out of Medina, and I've never seen it in Richfield before today.

 

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[blemas]

Did you try a profile update? Also try clearing your cache and restart the phone. This might fix your issue.

Yep, updated everything. I had also been experiencing the data call failure error 67 as well but it has been resolved. It just started picking up a Sprint voice signal yesterday (my wife's Iphone 5 was roaming as well) in addition to the LTE signal. Now, the only problem is that text messages are being delayed, sometimes by as much as an hour! I'm sure that it will get worked out eventually. The $50 credit I received helps. I also received an Airrave yesterday to address any signal issues at the house. I am going to hold onto it till they get the area officially launched. 

[sergiobanks001]

Yes! LTE getting closer to my area (college area!!) ????

 

 

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[Mrick]

Alright guys. Tuesday at KSU I had full bars and only Ev-Do and today I have EHRPD does this mean they might have upgraded these towers?

 

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[sergiobanks001]

Steady LTE on Mayfield road with 4 bars. Haven't dropped yet.

 

 

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[StyxPhoenix]

Alright guys. Tuesday at KSU I had full bars and only Ev-Do and today I have EHRPD does this mean they might have upgraded these towers?Sent from my Nexus 5 using Tapatalk

Possibly, but word of caution ... I've had eHRPD in the Falls for months before LTE popped up, so it is no guarantee that LTE is going to light up in the near future. However, the way NE Ohio has been getting LTE in the past month, I would certainly not count it out. Especially since they have been testing LTE in the Kent area for several months. I've picked up LTE a few times but then the next time I went through same area it was back to 3G.