Shentel / Sprint LTE - (was ntelos - West & N&W Virginia)

[sw3tlvnva]

I wonder if they will bring "spark" in any areas now

Edited August 12, 2015 by sw3tlvnva

[shawneyboy123]

I wonder if they will bring "spark" in any areas now

I looked in the Shentel public thread last night and someone said that they have the ok from Sprint to deploy B41 but there are some broadcasting limitations preventing them from deploying it at the moment or something along those lines. I don't think it's a major necessity right now, especially in nTelos land just bring ANY LTE to us and we will be more than happy.

 

 

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[davidtm]

". . . I don't think it's a major necessity right now, especially in nTelos land just bring ANY LTE to us and we will be more than happy."

 

Amen!!

 

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[bbostwick8]

I am sure Sprint will eventually buy Shentel's wireless business and bring it in house. Not now but in 5 years.

Shentel has an affiliate agreement with Sprint through 2029.

 

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[S4GRU]

I looked in the Shentel public thread last night and someone said that they have the ok from Sprint to deploy B41 but there are some broadcasting limitations preventing them from deploying it at the moment or something along those lines. I don't think it's a major necessity right now, especially in nTelos land just bring ANY LTE to us and we will be more than happy.

 

 

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I could have swore that in the Shentel Conference Call yesterday they said they are now free and clear to proceed with B41 in their entire coverage area.  And that they intend to proceed initially with 125 sites, with many being online before the end of 2015.

[shawneyboy123]

Hope Morgantown gets Spark quickly when deployment starts. Moving there Friday and WVU wifi isn't too reliable from what I hear..

 

 

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[Josh]

I could have swore that in the Shentel Conference Call yesterday they said they are now free and clear to proceed with B41 in their entire coverage area.  And that they intend to proceed initially with 125 sites, with many being online before the end of 2015.

 

I had read that in the transcript as well, as well as something about moving to 6 sectors in some areas that are capacity constrained but need the reach of 800/1900Mhz. 

 

Also Robert, maybe the title should be updated to: (soon to be Network Vision) 

[S4GRU]

Also Robert, maybe the title should be updated to: (soon to be Network Vision) 

 

Excellent suggestion.  DONE!  

[ajm8127]

I could have swore that in the Shentel Conference Call yesterday they said they are now free and clear to proceed with B41 in their entire coverage area.  And that they intend to proceed initially with 125 sites, with many being online before the end of 2015.

 

The acquisition of nTelos means Sprint  now has the 2.5 spectrum from Winchester to Harrisonburg which nTelos formerly owned. Roanoke is in there too it seems

 

From here: http://reboot.fcc.gov/reform/systems/spectrum-dashboard

 

Market - Frequency - Call Sign

• Roanoke, VA - 2496-2690 MHz - B376
• Charlottesville, VA - 2496-2690 MHz -WMH388
• Harrisonburg, VA - 2496-2690 MHz - WMI916
• Harrisonburg, VA - 2496-2690 MHz - WMX327
• Harrisonburg, VA - 2496-2690 MHz - WMX366
• Charlottesville, VA - 2496-2690 MHz - B075
• Staunton-Waynesboro, VA - 2496-2690 MHz - B430
• Winchester, VA - 2496-2690 MHz - B479
• Charlottesville, VA - 2496-2690 MHz - WLW840
• Charlottesville, VA - 2496-2690 MHz - WNTH948
• Harrisonburg, VA  -2496-2690 MHz - WMX331

   

So now that is out of the way, B41 can be deployed in the legacy Shentel network at large as soon as Clearwire is done transmitting (November I believe).

 

As for Morgantown, Clearwire seems to have the BRS spectrum in Preston and Monongalia counties. So it looks good to go there for the future.

 

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[shawneyboy123]

Yes the Clearwire broadcast is what I was referring to.

 

 

If only this could be finalized sooner [emoji24]

 

 

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[eore227]

So does this mean we can expect LTE in Charlottesville by Nov? 

[shawneyboy123]

So does this mean we can expect LTE in Charlottesville by Nov?

of 2016 probably.

 

 

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[pablumatic]

As good as this sounds for people like me it sounds like this will be causing further delay. Not that we were getting closer to 4G under Ntelos's control of the area.

[S4GRU]

As good as this sounds for people like me it sounds like this will be causing further delay. Not that we were getting closer to 4G under Ntelos's control of the area.

Not futher delay. nTelos says they will continue the LTE deployment they already had funded, which is all they had planned for now anyway. Shentel will take over all the things they didn't have money for and take it network wide. nTelos never had funding to go beyond their major cities. Shentel will upgrade it all.

 

So, all in all, the upgrade date each remaining tower in the nTelos network will either stay the same or improve. Nothing really should worsen. No matter how you look at this, it's really good news. Except for the redundant nTelos corporate employees who'll lose their job. Fortunately they are giving severance packages.

 

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[bubretti]

I have a coworker's son, which works for ntelos, saying something is going down Monday the 18th for sprint subs. That's all he would say though. Ok, been down this path before but I'll bite. Now we wait.

[davidtm]

So, is it Monday (the 17th) or the 18th? :-D

 

(yes, we are THAT desperate)

 

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[JDP121]

Monday would be the 17th. 

[davidtm]

Here's hoping it's a big deal!

Thanks for the heads up :-D

 

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[eore227]

Yes it better be like they just turn on the switch next week for all of us, or the big announcement is they will eventually do that.

Edited August 14, 2015 by eore227

[chamb]

Just thinking about how to get the nTelos customers switched over to Sprint/Shentel.

 

Wouldn't they have to quickly get the existing ntelos sites connected to the Sprint/Shentel Core switching?

This would give Sprint customers access to the nTelos sites.

Then they can start the process of moving nTelos customers to the Sprint/Shentel network.

[bubretti]

So, is it Monday (the 17th) or the 18th? :-D

(yes, we are THAT desperate)

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Yes this monday... its been a long day ha. Its probably hd voice for the entire area or something. But thats just my guess. Im just gun shy to say LTE, but hoping.

[bbostwick8]

I wouldn't think they'd do much of anything until the deal closes... But that's just me.

 

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[bubretti]

I wouldn't think they'd do much of anything until the deal closes... But that's just me.

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I'm with ya... Just thought I'd pass it along in case of a miracle.

[shawneyboy123]

Miracle might just happen because I moved to Morgantown today and I'm pretty sure they've not launched LTE here. My luck it makes it to places like Beckley.

 

 

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[JDP121]

Def. be interesting to see what nTelos says on Monday.