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Just got this in my email. This is in St. Louis. Band 41.

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Thanks to the selflessness of one of our members I now have a new shiny HTC ONE to play with! I am speechless! Its only a loaner but this is amazing!

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Last night I had the Mifi at Urban Chestnut for an event and was pulling crazy good Band 41 LTE. I was feeling cocky, so I challenged friends with a Verizon phone & AT&T phone to a speedtest.

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I'm with you there....

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I swear its a once a week thing this year....it seems like I'm spending more time with the sump pump and the shop vac than I do with my wife.

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800smr will be huge. First post on the HTC ONE

 

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It will be huge for places in fringe areas and inside buildings with thick walls or no windows. 800LTE next year will be even bigger.

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Anyone have a feel for how long after a site has been wired up before we might start seeing 4G tests?  I'm wondering about the Bethalto tower?

 

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Varries a lot from over a year to less than a week. Most in a week to a month I think. Lately I thunk lilg740 said abiut 2 weeks for our local area.

 

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Varries a lot from over a year to less than a week. Most in a week to a month I think. Lately I thunk lilg740 said abiut 2 weeks for our local area.

 

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Yea it seems like 2 weeks for any given tower

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Anyone have a feel for how long after a site has been wired up before we might start seeing 4G tests?  I'm wondering about the Bethalto tower?

 

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It depends, I'm worried about the backhaul situation in Metro East. As of now, there are no Illinois sites south of the Chicago Metro that are 4G accepted. All 3G accepted only. 

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is there any way to know what backhaul provider(s) they are using for mo market and/or stl metro areas?

 

is it individually based on towers or groups of towers, or city/area wide, or whoever can get best contract/delivery dates?

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It's not unusual for me to have 4G on I-270 between McDonnell and I-170, due to the I-270 & (North) Lindbergh site.  However yesterday and today I actually checked the SCIDs on the way to work.  East of I-170 I get 220 and around Lindbergh I get 51.  No surprises there.

 

However somewhere between Lindbergh and McDonnell, It switches to 455!  I would have expected 389 if I was still on the Lindbergh site.

 

Not sure where 455 is coming from.  I don't see that SCID in the MO spreadsheet.  Maybe the flagpole right there there by Dunn & Howdershell?  There were crews working on that site a couple months ago.  Seems like a pretty short range, as the signal disappears by the time I get to McDonnell.  Or maybe it's a long range shot from the newly accepted site up further on Lindbergh?

 

If I get a chance I'll investigate on the way home...

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Could be the site at MO Bottom near 270

 

It's not unusual for me to have 4G on I-270 between McDonnell and I-170, due to the I-270 & (North) Lindbergh site.  However yesterday and today I actually checked the SCIDs on the way to work.  East of I-170 I get 220 and around Lindbergh I get 51.  No surprises there.

 

However somewhere between Lindbergh and McDonnell, It switches to 455!  I would have expected 389 if I was still on the Lindbergh site.

 

Not sure where 455 is coming from.  I don't see that SCID in the MO spreadsheet.  Maybe the flagpole right there there by Dunn & Howdershell?  There were crews working on that site a couple months ago.  Seems like a pretty short range, as the signal disappears by the time I get to McDonnell.  Or maybe it's a long range shot from the newly accepted site up further on Lindbergh?

 

If I get a chance I'll investigate on the way home...

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