ANIMAL7296 Posted September 6, 2013 Share Posted September 6, 2013 Lately I agree with you. After LTE showed up around N. Temple and Redwood and a few other sites it was busy in here. Now it is quiet as a church. Maybe Sprint is completing a bunch of sites and then they will flip the switch to all of them at once. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
illest_ios Posted September 6, 2013 Share Posted September 6, 2013 Lately I agree with you. After LTE showed up around N. Temple and Redwood and a few other sites it was busy in here. Now it is quiet as a church. Maybe Sprint is completing a bunch of sites and then they will flip the switch to all of them at once. that would be freakin sweet Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rgcrockett Posted September 6, 2013 Share Posted September 6, 2013 Not likely. Take a look at Denver on Sensorly. They had their first tower long before we did and their coverage is still very, very sparse. It's just painfully slow. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
illest_ios Posted September 6, 2013 Share Posted September 6, 2013 isnt denver covered in LTE via 2600 though? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
floorguy Posted September 7, 2013 Share Posted September 7, 2013 here is a sprint rep giving..some blah blah.... i gave this place some love in an earlier post as well http://community.sprint.com/baw/message/630883#630883 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oldpapa2003 Posted September 9, 2013 Share Posted September 9, 2013 here is a sprint rep giving..some blah blah.... i gave this place some love in an earlier post as well http://community.sprint.com/baw/message/630883#630883 I'm oldpapahl on that post Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
floorguy Posted September 9, 2013 Share Posted September 9, 2013 and what do you think of their advice, or info vs here??? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oldpapa2003 Posted September 9, 2013 Share Posted September 9, 2013 We have EYE's, they have their own link to generic.. We're up to date and theirs the same since earlier this year. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Goober Posted September 9, 2013 Share Posted September 9, 2013 I was at best buy sandy over the weekend adding a phone to our plan and the sales guy said something I wanted to get your opinion on. He said he knew of the live towers downtown sl and tremonton and Spanish fork he said it took the other carriers 6 months to fill in the lte towers in the area when you started to hear similar news. What do you think about that news? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dmplus Posted September 9, 2013 Share Posted September 9, 2013 I was at best buy sandy over the weekend adding a phone to our plan and the sales guy said something I wanted to get your opinion on. He said he knew of the live towers downtown sl and tremonton and Spanish fork he said it took the other carriers 6 months to fill in the lte towers in the area when you started to hear similar news. What do you think about that news? What I think is that some carriers do it differently than others, but in the case of t-mobile in the SLC market they went from zero to nearly full covered in like 2 months. Not all towers are done but most areas have at least some coverage. It's too bad Sprint couldn't do something similar. Why was t-mobile able to pull that off? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
njjdnt Posted September 9, 2013 Share Posted September 9, 2013 What I think is that some carriers do it differently than others, but in the case of t-mobile in the SLC market they went from zero to nearly full covered in like 2 months. Not all towers are done but most areas have at least some coverage. It's too bad Sprint couldn't do something similar. Why was t-mobile able to pull that off? http://s4gru.com/index.php?/topic/1704-frequently-asked-questions/?p=35684 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bosox801 Posted September 9, 2013 Share Posted September 9, 2013 >tmo only had to add some hardware. Sprint is replacing everything and adding fiber backhual. That is a huge difference. Yes its a slow process but by this time next year thise who stuck it out will very pleased with there service and their lower monthly bill. Sent from my rooted G Note 2 Using TapaTalk 4 Beta Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dmplus Posted September 9, 2013 Share Posted September 9, 2013 >tmo only had to add some hardware. Sprint is replacing everything and adding fiber backhual. That is a huge difference. Yes its a slow process but by this time next year thise who stuck it out will very pleased with there service and their lower monthly bill. Sent from my rooted G Note 2 Using TapaTalk 4 Beta Did they not have to do panels and cabinets as well? Requiring permits and all the same stuff? I read the link from njjdnt but it didn't address my question. I'm starting to wonder if the pace is significantly based on cost controls. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Goober Posted September 9, 2013 Share Posted September 9, 2013 This past weekend I was going on I-15 and I-80 and recorded this speed test. I wish this tower were by my house:) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
illest_ios Posted September 9, 2013 Share Posted September 9, 2013 maybe sprint is doing some important ish today. i have litterally been stuck in 1x all day -_- Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ANIMAL7296 Posted September 9, 2013 Share Posted September 9, 2013 maybe sprint is doing some important ish today. i have litterally been stuck in 1x all day -_- Where are you at? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bosco Posted September 9, 2013 Share Posted September 9, 2013 if i remember right illest is in w valley? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lvanders Posted September 9, 2013 Share Posted September 9, 2013 What I think is that some carriers do it differently than others, but in the case of t-mobile in the SLC market they went from zero to nearly full covered in like 2 months. Not all towers are done but most areas have at least some coverage. It's too bad Sprint couldn't do something similar. Why was t-mobile able to pull that off? Hopefully this will answer your question...So t-mobile started putting in fiber backhaul a few years ago and getting their network ready for this kind of thing (amazing job done by the CEO and other head honchos) Then when it came time to update their towers the backhaul was installed and all they had to do was put up equipment. As you've seen in our market once stuff started happening equipment went up very quickly on many sites within the matter of 1 month we have seen a lot of equipment go up on many sites. Yes they had permitting to do but they didn't have extra permitting and problems with backhaul to deal with. Sprint is struggling because they figured they didn't need backhaul when everyone else was putting it in because of WiMAX and WiMAX used microwave instead of fiber backhaul so they are playing catch-up. Also another thing to take into consideration is some of the other carriers don't update every single tower like sprint is doing. They do a "blanket" effect and they don't update every tower. So updating every tower and getting permits for it and running backhaul to every single tower takes time. hope that helps. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
illest_ios Posted September 9, 2013 Share Posted September 9, 2013 if i remember right illest is in w valley? YUP! well techincally SLC but yeah. it returned to 3G but occasionally my iphone does that. and just stays stuck. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ANIMAL7296 Posted September 9, 2013 Share Posted September 9, 2013 if i remember right illest is in w valley? I hope they are working there. I live on the T-ville-West Valley border and my service has been total garbage since the first of last month. I have to walk out to 2200 w just to get enough signal to make a call. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
illest_ios Posted September 9, 2013 Share Posted September 9, 2013 same here. maybe it is signs of progress though! it sucks but i hope we weill see something soon! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
illest_ios Posted September 9, 2013 Share Posted September 9, 2013 Hopefully this will answer your question...So t-mobile started putting in fiber backhaul a few years ago and getting their network ready for this kind of thing (amazing job done by the CEO and other head honchos) Then when it came time to update their towers the backhaul was installed and all they had to do was put up equipment. As you've seen in our market once stuff started happening equipment went up very quickly on many sites within the matter of 1 month we have seen a lot of equipment go up on many sites. Yes they had permitting to do but they didn't have extra permitting and problems with backhaul to deal with. Sprint is struggling because they figured they didn't need backhaul when everyone else was putting it in because of WiMAX and WiMAX used microwave instead of fiber backhaul so they are playing catch-up. Also another thing to take into consideration is some of the other carriers don't update every single tower like sprint is doing. They do a "blanket" effect and they don't update every tower. So updating every tower and getting permits for it and running backhaul to every single tower takes time. hope that helps. thanks for the update! ive always wondered that also. damn T-Mo Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dmplus Posted September 9, 2013 Share Posted September 9, 2013 Hopefully this will answer your question...So t-mobile started putting in fiber backhaul a few years ago and getting their network ready for this kind of thing (amazing job done by the CEO and other head honchos) Then when it came time to update their towers the backhaul was installed and all they had to do was put up equipment. As you've seen in our market once stuff started happening equipment went up very quickly on many sites within the matter of 1 month we have seen a lot of equipment go up on many sites. Yes they had permitting to do but they didn't have extra permitting and problems with backhaul to deal with. Sprint is struggling because they figured they didn't need backhaul when everyone else was putting it in because of WiMAX and WiMAX used microwave instead of fiber backhaul so they are playing catch-up. Also another thing to take into consideration is some of the other carriers don't update every single tower like sprint is doing. They do a "blanket" effect and they don't update every tower. So updating every tower and getting permits for it and running backhaul to every single tower takes time. hope that helps. This is great, thank you. I did not know that wimax used microwave as primary backhaul. I know that the other carriers do use microwave, but usually only when local backhaul is not practical. Would it be safe to say that if there is a tower where other carriers have already had centurylink run fiber, that sprint could have CL splice off of that for them? Meaning, are we more likely to see towers with other carriers on it with backhual, light up first? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
floorguy Posted September 9, 2013 Share Posted September 9, 2013 i asked a sub that question today....they were doing tmobile I was so excited...was driving by the tower and saw a lift came back by and chatted with them...t-mo... ruined my day anyway...they had no idea...there was back haul brought in, because this was a site that had a guy working on it a few weeks ago i chatted with....and now i saw the "disturbed" dirt running from the street to the site...... lets hope that wasnt only t-mo Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dmplus Posted September 10, 2013 Share Posted September 10, 2013 (edited) i asked a sub that question today....they were doing tmobile I was so excited...was driving by the tower and saw a lift came back by and chatted with them...t-mo... ruined my day anyway...they had no idea...there was back haul brought in, because this was a site that had a guy working on it a few weeks ago i chatted with....and now i saw the "disturbed" dirt running from the street to the site...... lets hope that wasnt only t-mo Which site was this? The one at the top of 2nd north? The one by the Smith's in Farmington? Edited September 10, 2013 by dmplus Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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