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Sorry to revive a thread that has run its course' date=' but I have an update. Quite a few towers have been upgraded in my area. You can tell right away since the nid and tower id change. Don't expect high speeds on day one however. It seems even if a tower is marked complete the backhaul and/or fiber may not be totally done yet... Does that make sense or am I wrong? As time goes on speeds seem to be increasing around here.[/quote']

 

PM me the Site IDs and I can tell you if the backhaul has been upgraded.

 

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How would I go about finding a Site ID, for curiosity?

 

What I was referring to is actually the BSID. You can find it using Netmonitor or CDMA Field Test.

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How would I go about finding a Site ID' date=' for curiosity?[/quote']

 

Go to our Google Interactive Maps and click on the site. The Site ID is shown there.

 

 

What I was referring to is actually the BSID. You can find it using Netmonitor or CDMA Field Test.

 

BSID numbers shown in Field Test and Netmonitor do not come up in Sprint Databases. I need the Sprint Site ID# or Cascade ID. These are shown on our maps.

 

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Go to our Google Interactive Maps and click on the site. The Site ID is shown there.

 

 

 

BSID numbers shown in Field Test and Netmonitor do not come up in Sprint Databases. I need the Sprint Site ID# or Cascade ID. These are shown on our maps.

 

 

I would have never figured that. Do they just pick a random number for the BSID?

 

I sent you an updated PM.

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I would have never figured that. Do they just pick a random number for the BSID?

 

I sent you an updated PM.

 

I have no idea. However, here is the info you requested on backhaul:

 

CH03XC430

Backhaul Ready: 4/25/21012 (E)

RRU Install: 3/9/2012 (A)

3G OnAir: 3/30/2012 (E)

4G OnAir: 6/28/2012 (E)

 

CH03XC432

Backhaul Ready: 2/3/21012 (A)

RRU Install: 2/7/2012 (A)

3G OnAir: 4/9/2012 (E)

4G OnAir: 6/14/2012 (E)

 

This document is dated 3/30/2012. A means "actual", E means "estimated." In the first one, the backhaul will not be live until the end of the month. The second one, the backhaul is already ready.

 

Neither one of them had NV 3G live on 3/30. And it appears that only the first one has gone live since then. It seems that for the most part Chicago is running a week behind schedule. It's likely you are still on a legacy signal on the other site, even though the work is underway.

 

If you are running slower speeds on the first site, then that makes sense since the enhanced backhaul is not currently live there. This must be chaos for the subcontractors keeping track of all the sites they have to go back to and hookup new backhaul to when ready. Notice the 4G live dates in Chicago are not until June. :(

 

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Wow! I did not realize how much of a discrepency there could be between the 3g going on the air and the backhaul being installed.

 

The variability between dates at different sites is amazing in many instances.

 

Robert

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Seems like the perfect place to ask - what's the best PRL for a Sumasung Epic owner like me? I'm looking for the best 3G PRL since WiMax is pretty thin near the house. TIA.

EDIT: Sure WiFi works on my device, but still, need something to improve here.

 

 

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Im on an EPIC Touch running Stock Rooted EL29 ROM/Kernel but i am trying out different leaked modems.

What i have found is the modems can play with speeds.

Example.

Have a friend with all stock Epic Touch.

Sitting in a meeting last week i grabbed his phone and his and mine side by side.

Were set up the same but i had FC15 modem in mine.

3G speed test was extremely slow, but thats a tower / loading issue.

4G speed test on his was 3.6mb down and mine was 7.2 down.

UP his was 1 up and mine was 1.4 up.

Its not the most scientific test but it did prove to me that different modems can make a difference.

Remember the modem controls all the radios, WiFi, GPS, 3G, 4G. The FC 15 modem also fixed my GPS issue that he still has on his EL29 modem.

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