Sprint Super Bowl Coverage/DAS

[RedSpark]

13 hours ago, Dkoellerwx said:

Ah, I see. Both stadiums are named Mercedes-Benz, so wasn't sure if that was what you were going off of... haha.

Yeah... I was thinking that “Next-Gen” upgrades progress as a benchmark in one area would bode well for updates in another.

[RedSpark]

Sprint is Getting Ready for the Big Game and 5G in Atlanta

https://newsroom.sprint.com/sprint-is-getting-ready-for-big-game-and-5g-in-atlanta.htm

Pretty great info in this Blog Post! Sprint's going to be in great shape for the game.

 

[Tengen31]

17 hours ago, RedSpark said:

Sprint is Getting Ready for the Big Game and 5G in Atlanta

https://newsroom.sprint.com/sprint-is-getting-ready-for-big-game-and-5g-in-atlanta.htm

Pretty great info in this Blog Post! Sprint's going to be in great shape for the game.

 

They said the same thing this year about small cells in mpls for the super bowl here. Yet I only saw like one. They also claimed they added it at the same time to the local zoo yet my phone was on 3G alot there.

[Flompholph]

5 hours ago, Tengen31 said:

They said the same thing this year about small cells in mpls for the super bowl here. Yet I only saw like one. They also claimed they added it at the same time to the local zoo yet my phone was on 3G alot there.

Most likely didn't look hard enough need Signal Detector logs to really find them but here are a few that I was easily able to find on street view. Would have been easier if there were more 2018 data but still able to find a few.

https://www.google.com/maps/@44.9769706,-93.2565933,3a,15y,95.67h,103.21t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1sMdfT_QCinQYJHkflu2M9Gg!2e0!7i13312!8i6656

https://www.google.com/maps/@44.9761901,-93.2581077,3a,15.1y,193.47h,95.76t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1s0_3f4ZTZJffN-MQ4F8tozA!2e0!7i13312!8i6656

Not sure who else uses the "walrus" design but Mobilitie does use it in LA.
https://www.google.com/maps/@44.9760444,-93.2610722,3a,15.1y,359.12h,106t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1sIufpG5Hhx0pLNSAqVlDoCA!2e0!7i13312!8i6656

And one to show that some are in St Paul
https://www.google.com/maps/@44.9486672,-93.0990218,3a,24.2y,292.41h,106.81t/data=!3m9!1e1!3m7!1svIDAm5ndZHUM3B5RwipZFg!2e0!7i13312!8i6656!9m2!1b1!2i34

[jakeuten]

21 hours ago, Flompholph said:

Most likely didn't look hard enough need Signal Detector logs to really find them but here are a few that I was easily able to find on street view. Would have been easier if there were more 2018 data but still able to find a few.

https://www.google.com/maps/@44.9769706,-93.2565933,3a,15y,95.67h,103.21t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1sMdfT_QCinQYJHkflu2M9Gg!2e0!7i13312!8i6656

https://www.google.com/maps/@44.9761901,-93.2581077,3a,15.1y,193.47h,95.76t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1s0_3f4ZTZJffN-MQ4F8tozA!2e0!7i13312!8i6656

Not sure who else uses the "walrus" design but Mobilitie does use it in LA.
https://www.google.com/maps/@44.9760444,-93.2610722,3a,15.1y,359.12h,106t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1sIufpG5Hhx0pLNSAqVlDoCA!2e0!7i13312!8i6656

And one to show that some are in St Paul
https://www.google.com/maps/@44.9486672,-93.0990218,3a,24.2y,292.41h,106.81t/data=!3m9!1e1!3m7!1svIDAm5ndZHUM3B5RwipZFg!2e0!7i13312!8i6656!9m2!1b1!2i34

That's a fraction of what AT&T and especially Verizon have deployed down there. Verizon is practically on every street corner.

[Tengen31]

That's a fraction of what AT&T and especially Verizon have deployed down there. Verizon is practically on every street corner.

Yes they are. I couldn't believe the amount they deployed there everywhere. Wonder how much TMO has?

 

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[Flompholph]

And those 4 are a fraction of what Sprint has up in the city. What is your point? That Verizon the largest US cell company has more than the smallest company. Sprint did not claim to have more than Verizon. My point was there are more than one. Where is the user generated maps for small cell deployment for that market. No one even uses cellmapper in that market. All the data is old for most towers 1 year + at least. Cellmapper will show small cells if you know what frequency.

 

[jakeuten]

On 12/7/2018 at 2:01 PM, Flompholph said:

And those 4 are a fraction of what Sprint has up in the city. What is your point? That Verizon the largest US cell company has more than the smallest company. Sprint did not claim to have more than Verizon. My point was there are more than one. Where is the user generated maps for small cell deployment for that market. No one even uses cellmapper in that market. All the data is old for most towers 1 year + at least. Cellmapper will show small cells if you know what frequency.

 

Have you ever been down there? Sprint's small cell deployment is paltry compared to AT&T and Verizon's C-RAN deployments.

[Flompholph]

Have I been to Minneapolis and St Paul ? Yes I am number 6 in contributions for that market. But not sure what your point is because apparently I have found more installed small cells 900 miles away than you. 

Give us numbers then how many small cells does Sprint have how many do Verizon and ATT have. "paltry" means nothing if you have no numbers to back it up.  You and Tengen31 like to complain but neither of you help collect data. If you can't put forth numbers then this thread should move on to Atlanta news. 

[JonnygATL]

Speaking of the A, I was at Hartsfield this morning and can attest to the fact that - at least where I was in Concourse D - data speeds have increased tremendously since my last visit to that concourse.  I was pulling over 40 megabits  per second just before boarding (D38 to be extremely specific as that airport is absolutely enormous). WiFi was NOT engaged.

[RedSpark]

News Release: https://newsroom.sprint.com/massive-mimo-in-atlanta-sprints-mvp-for-big-game-and-beyond.htm

[RedSpark]

Wow!

[cyclone]

I wish at big events like this, they would flip the priority to prefer upload > download. 13mbps on a fairly empty network isn't going to mean much when it gets crowded

[ingenium]

I wish at big events like this, they would flip the priority to prefer upload > download. 13mbps on a fairly empty network isn't going to mean much when it gets crowded

It would cause massive interference and wouldn't work unless you had a buffer area with no b41. Or if they had an unused set of earfcns, they could potentially use those just at the stadium with a different TDD timing config.

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[RedSpark]

Interesting read about a lawsuit associated with the installation of the DAS: https://www.mobilesportsreport.com/2019/01/corning-seeks-dismissal-of-ibm-claims-in-mercedes-benz-stadium-das-lawsuit/

[RedSpark]

For comparison, here's what T-Mobile is doing: https://www.t-mobile.com/news/super-bowl-network-enhancements

[RedSpark]

More news on the Stadium Preparation:

https://www.mobilesportsreport.com/2019/01/mercedes-benz-wi-fi-and-das-ready-for-super-bowl-liii/

 

Edited January 25, 2019 by RedSpark
Removed one link was already posted earlier....

[RedSpark]

Here's what AT&T is doing to prep for comparison: https://about.att.com/story/2019/att_boosts_atlanta_coverage.html

Verizon hasn't posted yet, but when they do, it'll probably be tagged with "Super Bowl": https://www.verizon.com/about/news-tag/super-bowl

[RedSpark]

More news about Sprint’s network improvements for the Big Game: http://www.wirelesswednesday.live/single-post/2019/01/24/Sprint-Super-Bowl-upgrades-are-here-to-stay-as-5G-arrives

[Flompholph]

Has anyone gone there and log data with SCP or signal detector? I don't see anything new in cellmapper. 

I know of 2 people that from here that live in the region. But I have not seen any gci/pci data yet.

[RedSpark]

 

[RedSpark]

Curious what they have planned for February 3rd:

Also this, which links to Sprint's prior update on its Super Bowl coverage improvements:

 

[RedSpark]

Link: https://hypepotamus.com/news/sprint-5g-atlanta/

[shaferz]

Can confirm - work in the MARTA stations now extends from the Airport all the way up to the Buckhead station the red line.  Last week, it was down, this week - its alive and well.  I was called into a meeting the entire route from Arts Center Station underground - the entire way to the airport. 

 

AWESOME.  

[RedSpark]

13 minutes ago, shaferz said:

Can confirm - work in the MARTA stations now extends from the Airport all the way up to the Buckhead station the red line.  Last week, it was down, this week - its alive and well.  I was called into a meeting the entire route from Arts Center Station underground - the entire way to the airport. 

 

AWESOME.  

 

Yay! Things coming together in the last few days it seems.