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

[jfcooley]

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1st is in Shentel area (Elkton). Rest are from home. Love Sprint...

[cdunnman]

Yea i do that how it works thanks and that the way i travek

Shentel has a great network. Ntelos, on the other hand, not so much. The next time you go to NY (assuming NYC), if you're on I-81, watch your phone and it will be on LTE for 99% of your trip from just before Harrisonburg VA until you turn off onto I-78. That is Shentel territory. Then you hit Sprint native territory just a little bit after getting on I-78.


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[cdunnman]

I mean what does small parts of va has 4glte and not roanoke va how is that far?

[Jeremy]

Sprint rep today told me they would announce the LTE release date for Southwest Virginia next month. Hope he was telling the truth!

[cdunnman]

I agree with everyone, just spoke to a nice person at sprint, and it says he does not see any tower in my area, no upgrade, and that i am in the off network roaming

[cdunnman]

i just did this i dont know if it will help  

 

http://www.ipetitions.com/petition/get-sprint-4glte-in-roanoke-va-and-all-over-va

[Dkoellerwx]

i just did this i dont know if it will help  

 

http://www.ipetitions.com/petition/get-sprint-4glte-in-roanoke-va-and-all-over-va

 

Petitioning Sprint doesn't do much. Sprint doesn't have a network in Roanoke. Sprint does have a network in Richmond. Sprint is upgrading it's network in Richmond. Simple as that.

 

You need to petition nTelos to get anything done.

 

That or get Sprint to overbuild nTelos, which isn't likely to happen at this point. 

[davidtm]

* (really long) sigh *

 

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[cdunnman]

thanks

[cdunnman]

I am not mad at sprint, i still like sprint, it just I am not paying for ntelos, i am paying for sprint, and why is it, that  everywhere i go it is sprint towers, but not in roanoke va, that shouldnt be fair

[S4GRU]

Sprint will have nTelos LTE via the CCA if nothing else. I would imagine CCA LTE will be available to Sprint customers soon.

 

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[cdunnman]

Sprint will have nTelos LTE via the CCA if nothing else. I would imagine CCA LTE will be available to Sprint customers soon.

 

Robert via Samsung Note 8.0 using Tapatalk Pro

well i hope it soon, cuz i am reading something that it will end in june or july 2015 which when my contract is up

[S4GRU]

well i hope it soon, cuz i am reading something that it will end in june or july 2015 which when my contract is up

You're talking about the existing Sprint/nTelos agreement. I'm talking about the new CCA parternership that Sprint has with regional providers all around the country.

 

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[cdunnman]

what is cca, and if they have that agreement, why are more fast at getting in this area?

[shawneyboy123]

I would imagine CCA LTE will be available to Sprint customers soon.

 

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How soon would you estimate or think?

 

 

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[DJBPace07]

I believe CCA refers to the Competitive Carriers Association which Sprint has recently joined.  I hope that since Sprint is a part of this, it will be less likely to roam in areas where Sprint has limited coverage.  I would love to join Sprint and they have good Sprint (Ntelos) coverage at my house, but at my workplace, only half the building gets the signal.  Sadly, it ends just before it reaches my desk.  Oh, I can connect, but it is roaming on Verizon.

 

Here's a link to Sprint's newsroom on the CCA.

[S4GRU]

How soon would you estimate or think?

 

 

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I can't make an educated guess. But I'm hoping within 90 days. Sprint specifically included the nTelos logo in their CCA presentation of carriers that they will offer LTE with. So it will happen. It's just a matter of when.

 

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[cdunnman]

ill think ill swithc to tmobile sprint not what i was expecting around here ill just get my iphone unlocked

[Dkoellerwx]

ill think ill swithc to tmobile sprint not what i was expecting around here ill just get my iphone unlocked

 

Doesn't work like that, iPhone's don't transfer nicely. 

[cdunnman]

yea i heard I called few times, and they keep saying no. or that it cannot be unlocked and i heard otherwise from tmobile and apple

[cdunnman]

so if they keep saying no, what i have to do be forceful or something, any suggestions

[Dkoellerwx]

so if they keep saying no, what i have to do be forceful or something, any suggestions

The Sprint iPhone isn't built with the equipment to be compatible with other networks. You might be able to activated it on say T-Mobile, but you'll never get LTE, just 2G.

[cdunnman]

thanks im ok with that anything us bette rthan 0.05mb up an 0.50m down and that on full bars

[cdunnman]

this what sprint told me on fb

 

hank you for posting. Some Apple devices have an MSL code, while others do not.
- However, even unlocking the software using the MSL code will not enable these phones to operate on a domestic carrier's network.
- Apple phones sold for use on Sprint's network are designed with an external SIM slot and sold with a SIM card to operate on Sprint's network.
- Those devices are not enabled for use on a different domestic carrier's network because the Sprint-specific CDMA requirements are hardcoded in the firmware of the device and downloaded for operation on Sprint's network and specific frequencies.
- This is true even within Sprint's Network, for instance between Sprint and Virgin Mobile.
- These phones, if sold through a Sprint channel, were not engineered as a universal domestic device.
- Sprint does not currently have the ability to enable the SIM slot, or unlock this function, to accept another domestic carrier's SIM card for use on a domestic carrier's network.
- There is no technological process available to do this.
- Even if these devices have MSL codes that can be unlocked, the SIM cannot be enabled for use on a domestic carrier's network - Kenneisha

[bbostwick8]

thanks im ok with that anything us bette rthan 0.05mb up an 0.50m down and that on full bars

I don't know where your at but I get 1.8mb down and 0.98mb up.... That's not to bad for EVDO.

 

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