markjcc Posted July 19, 2013 Share Posted July 19, 2013 June 29-30 was the shutoff date Guess what the equipment is still on all of the towers in Maui i know this because every day i drive through a road where theres a huge tower and i saw back long long time ago them installing nextel on the second sector right under clearwire. till this day/moment those panels are still there and are present on other towers too. does sprint have like a killswitch or something when they 'killed' it Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fraydog Posted July 19, 2013 Share Posted July 19, 2013 June 29-30 was the shutoff date Guess what the equipment is still on all of the towers in Maui i know this because every day i drive through a road where theres a huge tower and i saw back long long time ago them installing nextel on the second sector right under clearwire. till this day/moment those panels are still there and are present on other towers too. does sprint have like a killswitch or something when they 'killed' it All the Nextel equipment is shut down permanently. Not all removal of said equipment has yet occurred, however. That should all be gone by the end of the year, IIRC. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
markjcc Posted July 19, 2013 Author Share Posted July 19, 2013 All the Nextel equipment is shut down permanently. Not all removal of said equipment has yet occurred, however. That should all be gone by the end of the year, IIRC. Ah so they just sort of used like a killswitch on it Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rukin1 Posted July 19, 2013 Share Posted July 19, 2013 All the Nextel equipment is shut down permanently. Not all removal of said equipment has yet occurred, however. That should all be gone by the end of the year, IIRC. Did they hire people to take down nextel stuff? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fraydog Posted July 19, 2013 Share Posted July 19, 2013 Did they hire people to take down nextel stuff? Yes. Here's a video of a Nextel site removal from YouTube. In this case, Dimola Bros. out of NYC is one of the contractors Sprint has hired to remove old Nextel iDEN sites. 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dkoellerwx Posted July 19, 2013 Share Posted July 19, 2013 Ah so they just sort of used like a killswitch on itThe main switches were shut down for each region, killing the network. Then teams went out to physically shut off the power to the equipment, if possible. The equipment will remain on the tower until a removal time is negotiated. This could be anytime between tomorrow, or the end of the lease 2 years from now. Did they hire people to take down nextel stuff?Yes. Sent from my HTC ONE Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rukin1 Posted July 19, 2013 Share Posted July 19, 2013 Yes. Here's a video of a Nextel site removal from YouTube. In this case, Dimola Bros. out of NYC is one of the contractors Sprint has hired to remove old Nextel iDEN sites. hmm so all the wires ect = recycled coool I bet theres alot of copper lol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
COZisBack Posted July 19, 2013 Share Posted July 19, 2013 My personal opinion is, leave the crap up there if it's going to delay you somehow in delivering NV. Then take it down when you get to it. NV 1st! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WiWavelength Posted July 19, 2013 Share Posted July 19, 2013 My personal opinion is, leave the crap up there if it's going to delay you somehow in delivering NV. Then take it down when you get to it. NV 1st! CDMA2000/LTE bros before iDEN hos? AJ 9 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Geesmill Posted July 19, 2013 Share Posted July 19, 2013 My personal opinion is, leave the crap up there if it's going to delay you somehow in delivering NV. Then take it down when you get to it. NV 1st! I would imagine corporate wants the equipment, shelters, antennas powered down and removed to lower operating expenses and I would imagine the tower leases require removal of equipment before the payments can terminate. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sonic13 Posted July 19, 2013 Share Posted July 19, 2013 Yes. Here's a video of a Nextel site removal from YouTube.http://youtu.be/FeXD81L1PLMIn this case, Dimola Bros. out of NYC is one of the contractors Sprint has hired to remove old Nextel iDEN sites. It's wintertime in this video, I didn't know sites were being removed before June 30th. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lil_jimmy_norton Posted July 19, 2013 Share Posted July 19, 2013 My personal opinion is, leave the crap up there if it's going to delay you somehow in delivering NV. Then take it down when you get to it. NV 1st! They are more than likely using a different set of contractors for removal, so it shouldn't affect NV at all. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dkoellerwx Posted July 19, 2013 Share Posted July 19, 2013 It's wintertime in this video, I didn't know sites were being removed before June 30th. There was an iDen "thinning" project before the actual iDen shutdown. Where it was possible they started shutting down and removing sites as early as last Spring/Summer. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
COZisBack Posted July 19, 2013 Share Posted July 19, 2013 They are more than likely using a different set of contractors for removal, so it shouldn't affect NV at all. Agreed but if they're telling NV crews to wait to install until after the contractors remove Nextel is what I'm saying. Sent from my SPH-L900 using Tapatalk 4 Beta Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dkoellerwx Posted July 19, 2013 Share Posted July 19, 2013 Agreed but if they're telling NV crews to wait to install until after the contractors remove Nextel is what I'm saying. Sent from my SPH-L900 using Tapatalk 4 Beta They're not. The two projects are separate, and do not interfere. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
markjcc Posted July 19, 2013 Author Share Posted July 19, 2013 I cant wait till they launch that 800 LTE and 1XA Nextel/Sprint has a spot on this MASSIVE tower its for a radio station and Nextel and clearwire are both on there if they get it coverage should cover pretty much the entire island of Maui because everywhere you go you can always get a line of sight on it Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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