Dkoellerwx Posted May 30, 2014 Share Posted May 30, 2014 Could anyone confirm or deny the new tower on Harris Ave. in Champaign is a Sprint tower? I watched a crew put it up a few weeks ago and all the equipment looks to be Sprint, Samsung hardware. Any thoughts? Pictures would help confirm. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bitslizer Posted June 3, 2014 Share Posted June 3, 2014 Still sad that Springfield (southeastern area by I55 and the power plant) still dont have LTE. I travel there roughly once a month on business trip Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dkoellerwx Posted June 8, 2014 Share Posted June 8, 2014 Could anyone confirm or deny the new tower on Harris Ave. in Champaign is a Sprint tower? I watched a crew put it up a few weeks ago and all the equipment looks to be Sprint, Samsung hardware. Any thoughts? I see your pictures. That is a Sprint/Samsung hardware. Where is it exactly? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bdlarck Posted June 9, 2014 Share Posted June 9, 2014 Quote name="Dkoellerwx" post="325884" timestamp="1402208275"]I see your pictures. That is a Sprint/Samsung hardware. Where is it exactly? near 1403 N Harris AveChampaign, IL 61820; it's in the gravel lot by the bus garage. Also they have already trenched in the fiber conduit but i don't know if they connected anything yet. If you use Google maps you can see the tower. You can use street view too. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CoreyTrevor Posted June 9, 2014 Share Posted June 9, 2014 They are building these towers everywhere in champaign and vermilion county. I've seen the Harris Ave. Working on one in Savoy on 45 and curtis. Muncie (not live) and St Joe by 74 and sportsman pond. I was told champaign is to be a spark market and that it should be live by August 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CoreyTrevor Posted June 13, 2014 Share Posted June 13, 2014 LTE showed up for a brief second yesterday at the 1400 block of south Neil street. Sent from my SM-G900P using Tapatalk Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phil Posted June 16, 2014 Share Posted June 16, 2014 A friend said he had 4g for a couple of minutes near the corner of Neil and Windsor. I went to check, nothing. Maybe they are still working on a connection in the area. Fingers crossed! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CoreyTrevor Posted June 18, 2014 Share Posted June 18, 2014 Called spring today about dropped calls and no 3g. Apparently towers are having issues and being upgraded. Network vision 2.0? Supposed to get a call back Thursday from sprint about the status of the towers Sent from my SM-G900P using Tapatalk 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blc95 Posted June 18, 2014 Share Posted June 18, 2014 Called spring today about dropped calls and no 3g. Apparently towers are having issues and being upgraded. Network vision 2.0? Supposed to get a call back Thursday from sprint about the status of the towers Sent from my SM-G900P using Tapatalk I haven't been getting 3G around town either, but I haven't seen any crews working on the sites lately??? I've only been getting 1x in most places and it's taking forever to place calls......... EDIT: You are talking about champaign Urbana right?!?! Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CoreyTrevor Posted June 18, 2014 Share Posted June 18, 2014 Yes I'm talking about CU. Best thing to do is call sprint and report it the more complaints the more likely they are to work on it sooner. Good luck getting as good a rep as I got she tried calling me back but kept getting my voice mail. Sent from my SM-G900P using Tapatalk Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phil Posted June 18, 2014 Share Posted June 18, 2014 (edited) Yesterday I drove by the tower by South Neil in Champaign. (East of Neil and Devonshire) no crew but there is fiber sticking up at the edge of property. So, it is not hooked up but, looks ready. I did get over 2Mbps on 3g in South Champaign. That has not happened before. Usually it is ~0.30. Edited June 18, 2014 by Phil Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CoreyTrevor Posted June 18, 2014 Share Posted June 18, 2014 There are 3 towers down in CU and they are doing upgrades. I was told by sprint care Oklahoma call center that the 800 spectrum is tba but the 1.9 and 2.5 are to be live whenever they are done on these towers Sent from my SM-G900P using Tapatalk 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blc95 Posted June 18, 2014 Share Posted June 18, 2014 There are 3 towers down in CU and they are doing upgrades. I was told by sprint care Oklahoma call center that the 800 spectrum is tba but the 1.9 and 2.5 are to be live whenever they are done on these towers Sent from my SM-G900P using Tapatalk Did they tell you which towers? I haven't seen crews anywhere lately..... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CoreyTrevor Posted June 18, 2014 Share Posted June 18, 2014 The one by Bradley,downtown by Logan, and the one on Kenyon road Sent from my SM-G900P using Tapatalk Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phil Posted June 19, 2014 Share Posted June 19, 2014 I just drove by all 3 towers mentioned. No crews or signs of trenching. However, I can confirm the entire area has NO data. (that is only slightly worse than normal) 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CoreyTrevor Posted June 20, 2014 Share Posted June 20, 2014 There was a Crew yesterday at logan behind the amtrak station. I was delivering couldn't stop to talk Sent from my SM-G900P using Tapatalk 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CoreyTrevor Posted June 20, 2014 Share Posted June 20, 2014 And the tower on Harris isn't sprint. Best way to check is read the sign on it. It will have the letters ch on it we are considered southern Chicago market. Sent from my SM-G900P using Tapatalk Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chief YYZ Posted June 20, 2014 Share Posted June 20, 2014 Data off and on has been nonexistent since Tuesday for me. Stopped by the Sprint store on Prospect after work today. They told me multiple towers are being worked on 4 are down as of today. Told me Urbana will be first and LTE rollout is supposed to be done by late August. Two devices in the store were showing LTE, but would revert to 3G or 1x if you tried to use browser. They had a customer's iPhone behind the counter because they couldn't even activate it at the time due to network issues. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phil Posted June 21, 2014 Share Posted June 21, 2014 Found a Sprint vehicle at the tower on Logan. Did not see the employee. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CoreyTrevor Posted June 21, 2014 Share Posted June 21, 2014 I don't trust the sprint store the technician there has a lot of wrong info. I was able to prove him wrong just after 5 mins on the forum. I got more info from a call I got from a certain call center. She looked up deployment dates and all. Said the 1.9 and 2.5 data should be here late August fully deployed and operational but no word on the 800. Sent from my SM-G900P using Tapatalk Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bdlarck Posted June 21, 2014 Share Posted June 21, 2014 And the tower on Harris isn't sprint. Best way to check is read the sign on it. It will have the letters ch on it we are considered southern Chicago market. Sent from my SM-G900P using Tapatalk If not Sprint then who? I was just wondering when I posted the pictures of the hardware; (The other user indicated that it was Sprint.) It all looks like the Samsung stuff Sprint uses. (Based on pictures from this website. ) Are other carriers deploying similar looking hardware in this area? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CoreyTrevor Posted June 22, 2014 Share Posted June 22, 2014 Anyone know a good site to look up the FCC ID? But I would guess Verizon Sent from my SM-G900P using Tapatalk Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lilotimz Posted June 22, 2014 Share Posted June 22, 2014 Anyone know a good site to look up the FCC ID? But I would guess Verizon Sent from my SM-G900P using Tapatalk https://apps.fcc.gov/oetcf/eas/reports/GenericSearch.cfm Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CoreyTrevor Posted June 22, 2014 Share Posted June 22, 2014 Thanks. I'll look it up on my next delivery Sent from my SM-G900P using Tapatalk Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CoreyTrevor Posted June 22, 2014 Share Posted June 22, 2014 Well on the door of the little building it says US cellular Sent from my SM-G900P using Tapatalk Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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