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

[Galaxyguy]

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Now with EV-DO...

 

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That looks like you're connecting to two different towers. The RSSI would usually be pretty close if you're connecting to the same tower.

 

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[COMO83]

Lately it's been as far as - 110 to - 65.

 

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[COMO83]

Now on eHRPD

 

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[mrancier]

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You aren't authenticated, though, so you aren't getting a link.  That has been happening for years.

[davidtm]

When I'm on eHRPD in nTelos-land after a restart or profile update, I have no data connection for a few mins until it spontaneously changes back to EVDO

 

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[COMO83]

Same here. That's what I did so I could capture an image.

Really hoping that we get lte before Xmas.

 

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[bbostwick8]

Same here. That's what I did so I could capture an image.

Really hoping that we get lte before Xmas.

 

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It's been doing this for months if not a year.

 

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[mrancier]

Nearly 2 years.

[eore227]

Ok one of you make sure to check at midnight to see if we get LTE finally.

[COMO83]

Lol, will do buddy.

 

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[Overwatch]

For about 1 minute today in Roanoke my phone lit up with "extended network LTE", then went to no service and then back to 3G. Maybe something is happening but I will believe it when I see it.

Was on iPhone 6 Plus .

[COMO83]

Been getting lte in Huntington WV for like a minute here and there, but the connections were weeks apart started in early October...

 

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[cshiffy]

For about 1 minute today in Roanoke my phone lit up with "extended network LTE", then went to no service and then back to 3G. Maybe something is happening but I will believe it when I see it.

Was on iPhone 6 Plus .

Yesterday and today I have been getting the 3G to 1X to No service and then back to 3G all day. It will do it randomly but only when the enable LTE switch is on

 

 

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[Overwatch]

Same here, 3G to 1X to no service and back to 3G for a few days in Roanoke. First time I ever saw extended network LTE light up though. Not sure what it means.

Sad thing is it's almost 2016 and we are still waiting...

[anthony.spina97]

Yesterday and today I have been getting the 3G to 1X to No service and then back to 3G all day. It will do it randomly but only when the enable LTE switch is on

 

 

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That's exactly the problem I was having while traveling through West Virginia and Virginia.

 

-Anthony

[eore227]

Nov 20 now.  No LTE, ahhhhhhhhhh.  i knew it!

[mrancier]

Still 3G. Bummer.

 

 

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[Roanoke_Rep]

For all of those Iphones with the 3g to 1x issue, this has been working for the majority of my customers.

 

1. Reset Network Settings

2. Turn of LTE as soon as the phone turns back on

3. Connect to WiFi

4. dial ##Update#

5. Make sure LTE is still turned off in cellular data.

[Roanoke_Rep]

Also, From what I've been told by a direct Shentel Rep, once they receive the towers from nTelos they will be flipping the switch for all of us. This isn't poised to happen until the beginning of 2016. We were expected to receive LTE by end of 2015, but that was before this nTelos/Shentel thing happened. So it has been pushed off for a few months.

 

So don't get your hopes up for LTE I'd say until around February 16 or Later.

[davidtm]

So, a little less Soon™ ????

 

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[Roanoke_Rep]

They have been Testing in and around Charleston WV since Mid 2015 and the last I heard from anyone was August about a soft trial/launch to Android devices only and then a targeted date specifically for "This area or Around this area" to be OCT/NOV of 2015. And that was completely contingent on how things were working with trial periods.

 

Unfortunately I don't know what I'm allowed/not allowed to say in regards to specifics, so I didn't bring that up on here back in August when I was told that.

[cshiffy]

Sadly I think Sprint is going to lose a large number of customers in Charlottesville. In my office I am one of the few Sprint users left due to lack of 4G. Most of the users don't care about LTE but when the 3G has been topping out at a whopping 0.20-0.50 here complaints start happening. I can say I am frustrated to not have LTE when it is working just fine for nTelos users

 

 

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[davidtm]

nTelos is dying much later than it should have . . .

 

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[mrancier]

They have been Testing in and around Charleston WV since Mid 2015 and the last I heard from anyone was August about a soft trial/launch to Android devices only and then a targeted date specifically for "This area or Around this area" to be OCT/NOV of 2015. And that was completely contingent on how things were working with trial periods.

 

Unfortunately I don't know what I'm allowed/not allowed to say in regards to specifics, so I didn't bring that up on here back in August when I was told that.

Trials ? This is mature technology. Sounds more like the contingency once based around who pays for this.

 

 

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[Overwatch]

Sounds to me like Sprint just doesn't give a damn about Roanoke VA. They are the only carrier in this city without LTE and they don't even care enough to give us an honest answer of when it will get better. Hell Verizon launched LTE here in November of 2011, 4 years ago now. It's getting to be a big joke....it's time to move on.