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


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Was in Charlottesville all day today. LTE worked great but when leaving the city there are spots that you go to 3G and I see the LTE go away and then no service then to 1X and back to 3G. Sounds crazy but I think this just needs optimization and will happen when Shentel comes

 

 

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Was in Charlottesville all day today. LTE worked great but when leaving the city there are spots that you go to 3G and I see the LTE go away and then no service then to 1X and back to 3G. Sounds crazy but I think this just needs optimization and will happen when Shentel comes

 

 

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My experience, too. Not very much 1X, but I would get LTE some times and EVDO at other times in the same places.

 

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My experience, too. Not very much 1X, but I would get LTE some times and EVDO at other times in the same places.

 

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I had a hard time at Stonefield today. Would have full bars of LTE and then it would drop to 3G for no reason randomly. I live out near Lake Monticello and once I leave Pantops I drop to 3G till returning to the lake. I wonder how they chose what towers got LTE

 

 

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Was in Charlottesville all day today. LTE worked great but when leaving the city there are spots that you go to 3G and I see the LTE go away and then no service then to 1X and back to 3G. Sounds crazy but I think this just needs optimization and will happen when Shentel comes

 

 

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nTelos has not deployed LTE on all sites, either.  Not even close.

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On Saturday I'll be returning from my parents' house via the normal route up US-15 and I'll be trying to see if any of the 6 nTelos sites I pass have LTE.  I've updated my PRL and profile; is there anything else I should do to prepare for it?  I will bring my spectrum analyzer so that I can look and see if G-block or SMR LTE is active so at least if I don't see it and it's not on my analyzer I don't sit there for a long time wondering.

 

- Trip

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