RAvirani Posted April 3, 2020 Share Posted April 3, 2020 Hi all, Sprint updated their coverage map today and coverage looks absolutely horrendous, at least in Seattle. Has anyone else noticed the update? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
joshnys8913 Posted April 3, 2020 Share Posted April 3, 2020 13 minutes ago, RAvirani said: Hi all, Sprint updated their coverage map today and coverage looks absolutely horrendous, at least in Seattle. Has anyone else noticed the update? Doesn't look much different to me Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RAvirani Posted April 3, 2020 Author Share Posted April 3, 2020 4 minutes ago, joshnys8913 said: Doesn't look much different to me The voice coverage map specifically looks awful in Seattle, probably even worse than L1900 coverage... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grabber5.0 Posted April 3, 2020 Share Posted April 3, 2020 The voice coverage map specifically looks awful in Seattle, probably even worse than L1900 coverage...The main difference I see is all that roaming east of Seattle is gone, but it may have been gone for a while.. I hadn't looked at that area in a while. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RAvirani Posted April 3, 2020 Author Share Posted April 3, 2020 1 hour ago, Grabber5.0 said: The main difference I see is all that roaming east of Seattle is gone, but it may have been gone for a while.. I hadn't looked at that area in a while. Sprint provides CDMA and LTE coverage the entire way from Seattle to Canada on both highways 5 and 9; I've driven both roads numerous times. The new map doesn't reflect this. The new map also displays coverage holes along highway 12 between I-5 and Packwood as well as roaming between Sedro-Woolley and Concrete, both of which are covered well. Large coverage areas south of Tacoma are missing, too, and there appear to be new inaccurate roaming holes on the east side of Lake Washington. Coverage on the west side of the sound is also thoroughly understated... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
S4GRU Posted April 3, 2020 Share Posted April 3, 2020 Just now, RAvirani said: Sprint provides CDMA and LTE coverage the entire way from Seattle to Canada on both highways 5 and 9; I've driven both roads numerous times. The new map doesn't reflect this. The new map also displays coverage holes along highway 12 between I-5 and Packwood as well as roaming between Sedro-Woolley and Concrete, both of which are covered well. Large coverage areas south of Tacoma are missing, too, and there appear to be new inaccurate roaming holes on the east side of Lake Washington. Coverage on the west side of the sound is also thoroughly understated... Yet all the sites are shown. It's like the reporting threshold was reduced several dBm. Robert Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RAvirani Posted April 3, 2020 Author Share Posted April 3, 2020 4 minutes ago, S4GRU said: Yet all the sites are shown. It's like the reporting threshold was reduced several dBm. Robert Yes. Very strange. There were areas before where I thought coverage was understated - now the maps look like they barely display L1900 coverage. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chamb Posted April 3, 2020 Share Posted April 3, 2020 7 minutes ago, RAvirani said: Yes. Very strange. There were areas before where I thought coverage was understated - now the maps look like they barely display L1900 coverage. Maybe "Voice" coverage is not CDMA. They might be showing VOLTE voice capability?? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RAvirani Posted April 3, 2020 Author Share Posted April 3, 2020 23 minutes ago, chamb said: Maybe "Voice" coverage is not CDMA. They might be showing VOLTE voice capability?? Even then, the voice coverage map falls far short of L800 coverage - even short of L1900 coverage in some places. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dkoellerwx Posted April 4, 2020 Share Posted April 4, 2020 6 hours ago, RAvirani said: Hi all, Sprint updated their coverage map today and coverage looks absolutely horrendous, at least in Seattle. Has anyone else noticed the update? Colorado definitely is different. There doesn't seem to be any change for any markets east of Colorado. I'm not familiar enough with SW region markets to be able to tell. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RAvirani Posted April 4, 2020 Author Share Posted April 4, 2020 14 minutes ago, Dkoellerwx said: Colorado definitely is different. There doesn't seem to be any change for any markets east of Colorado. I'm not familiar enough with SW region markets to be able to tell. I can confirm that Louisville and Chicago seem to be relatively unchanged. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brad The Beast Posted April 4, 2020 Share Posted April 4, 2020 Nothing different in ND on this update. On the January update a few sites went from being LTE+3G to 3G only. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jthawks Posted April 4, 2020 Share Posted April 4, 2020 Well I can tell that highway 6 heading to Blackhawk from Golden and then highway 119 to Blackhawk is mostly false. Verizon has small cells all along highway 6 through the canyon so sprint will roam through there. Once you get closer to Blackhawk then all carriers signal improves. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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