Jump to content

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


marioc21

Recommended Posts

Just rode by the nTelos at Pantops in Charlottesville. Closed with no lights on but a Sprint sign in the window. I guess it will be reopening and what I saw before was ripping all the old nTelos kiosks out.

Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

If its the one in.the same.shopping center as Christians Pizza I noticed that yesterday as well. With that store it was closed and a Sprint sign up. I know the one uo at the Kholes Dtore Shopping Center I know that has a Sprint sign up as well. Havent checked to see if the one at Shoppers world has a sign up yet or not.

Link to comment
Share on other sites

The website is so confusing to me. For example, why are there 5 different "United States" and why are there so many name less carriers?

They break the PLMN down to MCC-MNC. Sprint normally uses MCC 310 and nTelos MCC is normally 312. The nameless carriers are normally either a mistake in the app or a testing MNC that is unknown for the carriers. If you click through to them you will see they are normally only in a small area.

 

If they combined the B41 and B25 data I would probably use it. I understand not wanting to combine B25 and B26 when the PCI matches and they are close. I have 15443 unique sectors in my SCP logs so I would probably be high on their contributor list.

  • Like 1
Link to comment
Share on other sites

I see Sprint has updated the coverage map for the Ch'ville/Albemarle/Greene areas for LTE. 

  • Like 3
Link to comment
Share on other sites

Was on B41 at work, and checked for grins. (This is the tower on Jefferson St. downtown C'ville) e6613a5668b6b661d7f056e2ca1b4188.jpg

 

I'm grinning! [emoji2]

 

Sent from my 0PJA2 using Tapatalk

 

Ya I've picked up B41 in a few different spots in Ch'ville the past two weeks. I got similar results as what you got. 

Link to comment
Share on other sites

I got this on Friday in a line of sight of the B41 tower that broadcasts over downtown. I almost hit 50mbps but couldn't do it 67cc59e1034bd963e32ecb4bffc30639.jpg

 

 

Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

  • Like 6
Link to comment
Share on other sites

  • 2 weeks later...

Anyone had HD voice work yet ?

 

Sent from my LGLS992 using Tapatalk

Mine works very randomly and only with one person on a nTelos phone. It sounds great but can't figure out how to make it work all the time!

 

 

Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

  • Like 1
Link to comment
Share on other sites

Does anyone know if shentel gets a list of amont of roaming and where that roaming took place? I am camping and it seems like only us cellular has data. Weak sprint 3G from 15 miles away and verizon is only 1x. I am fine with it the roaming data I was just curious.

 

I also took a trip to kingwood WV so hopefully I was able to collect some data. It was mostly roaming us cellular and 3g on WV26 going down. I did take a speedtest on nTelos lte with rootmetric at autozone.

Link to comment
Share on other sites

Does anyone know if shentel gets a list of amont of roaming and where that roaming took place? I am camping and it seems like only us cellular has data. Weak sprint 3G from 15 miles away and verizon is only 1x. I am fine with it the roaming data I was just curious.

 

I also took a trip to kingwood WV so hopefully I was able to collect some data. It was mostly roaming us cellular and 3g on WV26 going down. I did take a speedtest on nTelos lte with rootmetric at autozone.

I don't know for sure, but I doubt Shentel gets info on roaming for individual users. Sprint takes care of all the billing, per their agreement. They (Shentel) may get aggregated user data from Sprint to help plug "holes" in their network where a lot of roaming data is used.

 

Sent from my SM-N910P using Tapatalk

Link to comment
Share on other sites

I don't know for sure, but I doubt Shentel gets info on roaming for individual users. Sprint takes care of all the billing, per their agreement. They (Shentel) may get aggregated user data from Sprint to help plug "holes" in their network where a lot of roaming data is used.

 

Sent from my SM-N910P using Tapatalk

This would be data on 1000s of people. At times data slows to a stop and US Cellular has 2 B5 5x5 and a B12 5x5 on the tower.

 

It is not so much a hole in one market but where 3 markets meet.(Pitt,W PA,and nTelos) It has always been bad here even verizon users have their pockets of coverage they have to drive to.

 

The tower that us cellular built is probably already paid for itself this year with roaming profits. What would it take 40TB at $5/GB to pay for the tower?

Link to comment
Share on other sites

Has anyone else seen LTE 800 around southern WV? I've noticed it a few times when randomly checking my Signal Check. I thought I had captured a screen shot but apparently not. ( I just got a new LG G5 and I am getting used to it still). 

Link to comment
Share on other sites

Read the post directly above it.

 

Looks like an unknown or unmatched GCI. Where was it beckley or farther south? Always nice to see new GCIs being found.

This was in downtown Beckley.

 

 

Sent from my LGLS992 using Tapatalk

Link to comment
Share on other sites

Read the post directly above it.

 

Looks like an unknown or unmatched GCI. Where was it beckley or farther south? Always nice to see new GCIs being found.

Oh sorry, I missed that.  My bad.

Link to comment
Share on other sites

  • 2 weeks later...

I know that this is not in our "Shentel" market but does anyone have any clue on when Zions Crossroads will be getting some sort of LTE. I asked a few months ago and Trip is usually good with this stuff so I figured I would ask.

 

3G at this point is not usable. Reminds me of Myrtle Beach the whole summer season. Can barely send an iMessage [emoji23]

f235a9683821015e8f54e9821bd705b3.jpg

 

 

Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Link to comment
Share on other sites

Every time I go by there, I always hope for LTE.  So far, disappointment every time.  (Sad, since the Troy ShenTelos tower down 15 has LTE now.)  But it really is unusable; the signal does almost nothing there, too.  I'm guessing that's what the pre-NV gear was like nation wide.

 

- Trip

Link to comment
Share on other sites

  • 2 weeks later...

Can anyone identify this tower and let me know if it is a Sprint tower? This is beside my work here in Charlottesville and I'm assuming the address would be Avon Street Extended. I have always had weak LTE signal here but full EVDO and two weeks ago they placed the big white panel on top and now I have full Band 26.

 

 

I know it's not the best picture but the best I can get at the moment

 

Thanks! 969ca7ab721b9ce761c0901439fc61f4.jpg

 

 

Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Link to comment
Share on other sites

Can anyone identify this tower and let me know if it is a Sprint tower? This is beside my work here in Charlottesville and I'm assuming the address would be Avon Street Extended. I have always had weak LTE signal here but full EVDO and two weeks ago they placed the big white panel on top and now I have full Band 26.

 

 

I know it's not the best picture but the best I can get at the moment

 

Thanks! 

 

Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

 

http://www.albemarle.org/weblink/3/doc/317036/Page1.aspx?searchid=d64b72a3-c907-4625-b34f-e4a47e816b03

 

- Trip

  • Like 1
Link to comment
Share on other sites

  • 3 weeks later...

It's been kinda quiet in here lately but just saw something odd today. All of my family's nTelos phone have had no LTE since Friday. No clue why but it will not connect to LTE while my Sprint phone is working just fine. It's vice versa from what it was like back last year! [emoji23]

 

 

 

 

Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Link to comment
Share on other sites

Join the conversation

You can post now and register later. If you have an account, sign in now to post with your account.

Guest
Reply to this topic...

×   Pasted as rich text.   Paste as plain text instead

  Only 75 emoji are allowed.

×   Your link has been automatically embedded.   Display as a link instead

×   Your previous content has been restored.   Clear editor

×   You cannot paste images directly. Upload or insert images from URL.


  • large.unreadcontent.png.6ef00db54e758d06

  • gallery_1_23_9202.png

  • Posts

    • In the conference call they had two question on additional spectrum. One was the 800 spectrum. They are not certain what will happen, thus have not really put it into their plans either way (sale or no sale). The do have a reserve level. It is seen as great for new technologies which I presume is IOT or 5g slices.  They did not bite on use of their c-band or DOD.  mmWave rapidly approaching deadlines not mentioned at all. FWA brushes on this as it deals with underutilized spectrum on a sector by sector basis.  They are willing to take more money to allow FWA to be mobile (think RV or camping). Unsure if this represents a higher priority, for example, RVs in Walmart parking lots where mobile needs all the capacity. In terms of FWA capacity, their offload strategy is fiber through joint ventures where T-Mobile does the marketing, sales, and customer support while the fiber company does the network planning and installation.  50%-50% financial split not being consolidated into their books. I think discussion of other spectrum would have diluted the fiber joint venture discussion. They do have a fund which one use is to purchase new spectrum. Sale of the 800Mhz would go into this. It should be noted that they continue to buy 2.5Ghz spectrum from schools etc to replace leases. They will have a conference this fall  to update their overall strategies. Other notes from the call are 75% of the phones on the network are 5g. About 85% of their sites have n41, n25, and n71. 93% of traffic is on midband.  SA is also adding to their performance advantage, which they figure is still ahead of other carriers by two years. It took two weeks to put the auction 108 spectrum to use at their existing sites. Mention was also made that their site spacing was designed for midrange thus no gaps in n41 coverage, while competitors was designed for lowband thus toggles back and forth for n77.  
    • The manual network selection sounds like it isn't always scanning NR, hence Dish not showing up. Your easiest way to force Dish is going to be forcing the phone into NR-only mode (*#*#4636#*#* menu?), since rainbow sims don't support SA on T-Mobile.
    • "The company’s unique multi-layer approach to 5G, with dedicated standalone 5G deployed nationwide across 600MHz, 1.9GHz, and 2.5GHz delivers customers a consistently strong experience, with 85% of 5G traffic on sites with all three spectrum bands deployed." Meanwhile they are very close to a construction deadline in June for 850Mhz of mmWave in most of Ohio iirc. No reported sightings.
    • T-Mobile Delivers Industry-Leading Customer, Service Revenue and Profitability Growth in Q1 2024, and Raises 2024 Guidance https://www.t-mobile.com/news/business/t-mobile-q1-2024-earnings — — — — — I find it funny that when they talk about their spectrum layers they're saying n71, n25, and n41. They're completely avoiding talking about mmWave.
    • Was true in my market. Likely means a higher percentage of 5g phones in your market.
  • Recently Browsing

    • No registered users viewing this page.
×
×
  • Create New...