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

[Flompholph]

It just means the GCI last 2 digits matches what was seen as a second carrier. It does not mean CA just that it is possible a second carrier is there to share the load of users.

[tekjunkie]

(nTelos)

 

You guys are still waiting on Shentel to take over. It shouldn't take too long once the take over is complete as the combined PCS holdings will enable expansion from the small 5x5 to two individual 5x5 for double the capacity or even 10x10 second carrier for triple the capacity. All of which is through software but until Shentel takes over you guys are still at the mercy of the woeful ntelos network. =(

I would just like for my calls I receive to actually come through.

 

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[Jeremy]

LTE lit up in Martinsville today,  just one location.  Drops in Collinsville back to 3G.  Band 25 - says Sprint,  goes back to Ntelos when on 3G.

[COMO83]

Ok guys rattle your brains for a while. What would cause these things?

When it says LTE, there is no data and my phone number etc is wiped like the first image shows...

 

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[Flompholph]

Ok guys rattle your brains for a while. What would cause these things?

When it says LTE, there is no data and my phone number etc is wiped like the first image shows...

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Is this the first time you connected to LTE with your Boost phone? Is it only on this one tower or is your phone number missing all the time now? I am sure you tried to update your system,profile, and prl. So I am not sure what you need to do.

 

You may have to call sprint again and tell them about it. The no phone number is strange and may have to do with some thing between your phone and the network. Like your phone needs reset for the network which can be done by your local store.

[COMO83]

Was like this all the way from Charleston wv to Bluefield WV. Only dropped signal in the Beckley dead zone around the welcome center and roamed to Verizon and US cellular as shown in the images. However I was not able to access anything.... I'm now connected again, but back to 3g....

 

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[Flompholph]

When I had issues outside of my home area it was caused by forgetting to do a profile and prl update. But it maybe related to your phone trying to connect to LTE only outside your home area. There is lte on most the trip as seen by sensorly which seems to be correct by my trip through there. But there is LTE from Huntington to Ashland also so I am scratching my head.

[COMO83]

When I had issues outside of my home area it was caused by forgetting to do a profile and prl update. But it maybe related to your phone trying to connect to LTE only outside your home area. There is lte on most the trip as seen by sensorly which seems to be correct by my trip through there. But there is LTE from Huntington to Ashland also so I am scratching my head.

Not for Boost in Huntington.

 

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[Flompholph]

Not for Boost in Huntington.

 

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But sprint does I have LTE there. I have been able to match a couple GCIs to sites. That is why I asked if it was the first time you saw LTE on your Boost phone in nTelos. They maybe testing Boost plmn there and you can call them to tell them it's not working.

[COMO83]

But sprint does I have LTE there. I have been able to match a couple GCIs to sites. That is why I asked if it was the first time you saw LTE on your Boost phone in nTelos. They maybe testing Boost plmn there and you can call them to tell them it's not working.

Oh, I have called weekly since December 13th when the Boost coverage map had Huntington listed as being an area that has LTE.

 

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[tekjunkie]

 

 

Pulled that down from macados in Salem va.

 

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[lburgdavid]

Well folks, it became easier to move to a different sprint region then get shentel to fix this mess lol :-) (joking...kinda)  

Moving up to Columbus, OH (got a new job)here in a few days, and will be promptly switching to sprint soon after. Its be fun, but I am looking forward to living an a market that is serviced by sprint proper. 

[Galaxyguy]

Well folks, it became easier to move to a different sprint region then get shentel to fix this mess lol :-) (joking...kinda)

 

Moving up to Columbus, OH (got a new job)here in a few days, and will be promptly switching to sprint soon after. Its be fun, but I am looking forward to living an a market that is serviced by sprint proper.

Congrats on the new job.

 

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[lburgdavid]

Congrats on the new job.

 

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Thanks! I will miss monitoring the ever changing ShenTelos landscape with you all. :-) One day I hope to return to a lynchburg blanketed in LTE. 

[davidtm]

Do check in here from time to time from wherever!

[Jeremy]

3 weeks later still experiencing horrible LTE coverage in Martinsville area. I think they only cut on 2 towers for the entire area. Unless you're on a high hill, we only get one lil dot of LTE. Do they usually just turn on one or two locations for a few weeks? Surely it'll be better than this

[Jeremy]

The LTE that was saying Sprint in SignalCheck, now it says nTelos as of Saturday. I guess the rest of the tower info stayed the same because my notes are still the same in SignalCheck.  I wonder why they would change it to nTelos?

 

[Dkoellerwx]

The LTE that was saying Sprint in SignalCheck, now it says nTelos as of Saturday. I guess the rest of the tower info stayed the same because my notes are still the same in SignalCheck. I wonder why they would change it to nTelos?

 

Nothing network side changed. Signal Check was updated to properly display nTelos. Notice before it was Sprint**. That was an indication you were connecting to something that wasn't exactly Sprint (but still native signal) but Signal Check wasn't sure what it was.

 

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[bretton88]

Looks like the second carrier is going live. In Charleston, WV.

[shawneyboy123]

Still following this roll out even though I've now switched carriers. Many towers in Beckley have began to have 3 extra antennas so 2 per sector. I saw one yesterday and thought I might have just seen it wrong since I was driving but just now on my way to class the tower by my campus had workers on it and each sector has an extra antenna to it. Is this just extra capacity adding a second carrier like the above post in Charleston? I don't have a sprint phone to test it with currently but I know last time I curiously checked my mothers phone there is still ONLY B25 in the Beckley area.

 

 

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[Flompholph]

2 per sector is a good sign maybe they are adding B41 it takes a while for it to turn on I haven't noticed it there yet.  A second B25 carrier should be live on some sites in Beckley.

[shawneyboy123]

I stand corrected. B26 in Beckley now.

 

 

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[Brynn0823]

I stand corrected. B26 in Beckley now.

 

 

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How can you look up which band your iPhone is connected to ? I have an iPhone 6S plus on sprint

[shawneyboy123]

Type *3001#12345#* into the dialer and hit call and it will take you to the engineering screen. Tap freq band indicator and this screen will appear.

 

 

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[RAvirani]

Type *3001#12345#* into the dialer and hit call and it will take you to the engineering screen. Tap freq band indicator and this screen will appear.

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Correction - tap serving cell info and then look at what freq band indicator says.