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mr.phoneguy Member Level: 1x Advanced

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It was probably the tower just south of McFarland on HWY 51. I would expect an extremely weak signal from that far away. Grab the SID and other tower info next time you connect and we can see if its the same tower.

That streach of purple on Stoughton rd would be to far from the McFarland to get a signal. Even if it did, I wouldn't be able to get full bars like I do when driving on that road.

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haha. Yea, I'm not expecting big batches of LTE in the Milwaukee market quite yet. I'm guessing a few will trickle in here and there for the next few weeks at least, then we might start seeing handfuls per week.

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haha. Yea, I'm not expecting big batches of LTE in the Milwaukee market quite yet. I'm guessing a few will trickle in here and there for the next few weeks at least, then we might start seeing handfuls per week.

 

Looks like more work is going on at the two towers near me. The first (red warehouse at 1st and Becher - with 3 circles) are definitely Sprint towers. I asked a technician what they were doing and he confirmed they were upgrades. When I asked if LTE panels were going up, he shook his head and said "shortly". I didn't wanna hound him but I had the feeling of watching the linesmen install cable in my neighborhood when I was a little kid. I tried to get photos but the panel racks are set back on the roof so there was no way I could get a really good shot without using a more advanced camera. I'll get that done as soon as I'm able and share those.

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Looks like more work is going on at the two towers near me. The first (red warehouse at 1st and Becher - with 3 circles) are definitely Sprint towers. I asked a technician what they were doing and he confirmed they were upgrades. When I asked if LTE panels were going up, he shook his head and said "shortly". I didn't wanna hound him but I had the feeling of watching the linesmen install cable in my neighborhood when I was a little kid. I tried to get photos but the panel racks are set back on the roof so there was no way I could get a really good shot without using a more advanced camera. I'll get that done as soon as I'm able and share those.

That would explain alot! I walk past there often and it has been worse than normal.
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That would explain alot! I walk past there often and it has been worse than normal.

 

There's been some activity on the old Gimbels at 11th and Mitchell. There are several clusters of panels so it's hard to say if they were working on Sprint's.

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So, based on the permits that were pulled and the activity going on at these locations - and my sporadic signal quality, the city of Milwaukee is getting ready for warp speed.

 

This one is for the Gimsters & Schubels (The old Gimbel's / Scheuster's building) at 11th and Mitchell st. It looks like it's miscategorized by the person who issued the permit, but the contractor is identical to the one working on the tower at 7th and Cleveland.

 

http://itmdapps.milw...20MITCHELL%20ST

 

This is the one for the tower at 7th & Cleveland

 

http://itmdapps.milw...0CLEVELAND%20AV

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Signal quality has been a little shady lately.... Anybody have any information about other sites in Milwaukee?

 

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About the only thing I can recommend short of tossing a few bucks to this site (so you can access the maps) is get the address of the building that the offending towers are on and check the city's property info for any construction with alteration type permits. If you're not sure of the location of the tower, try an app called SignalSite Map. It's not the best but it keeps a running map of the towers you've hit and plots its approximate location on a map.

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There was another Madison area site accepted on Friday. :tu:

 

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There was another Madison area site accepted on Friday. :tu:

 

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and now my scavenger hunt begins! Can you narrow it down to side of town? Is it the Tokay tower???

 

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Was up in Fond du Lac at the Fleet Farm checking out their sprint 4g this weekend. Not nearly as good as Allenton. Getting 16-23mb/s thru there and only 3-4mb in Fond du lac. Looks like North Fond du lac has it now... I frequently ride Milwaukee-Oshkosh route each week. Still waiting for a blip in Milwaukee.

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Was up in Fond du Lac at the Fleet Farm checking out their sprint 4g this weekend. Not nearly as good as Allenton. Getting 16-23mb/s thru there and only 3-4mb in Fond du lac. Looks like North Fond du lac has it now... I frequently ride Milwaukee-Oshkosh route each week. Still waiting for a blip in Milwaukee.

 

You might want to keep an eye on 11th/Mitchell and 1st/Becher. There's been activitiy around those areas but who knows what the real reason is.

 

I'd get a photo of the antennas at 1st/Becher but it's a building mount and it's set back on the roof so I can't get a photo of it unless I trespass on the Canadian Pacific tracks behind it. And I'm not. :)

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You might want to keep an eye on 11th/Mitchell and 1st/Becher. There's been activitiy around those areas but who knows what the real reason is.

 

I'd get a photo of the antennas at 1st/Becher but it's a building mount and it's set back on the roof so I can't get a photo of it unless I trespass on the Canadian Pacific tracks behind it. And I'm not. :)

What you have to worry about getting a trespass going on a railroad track? I've violated restricted floors in a building because I'm nosy. Just do it.
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Had a literally 2 second blip of LTE in downtown madison, forget exactly where but I remember. Sensorly was mapping at the time, but I don't see it on the map yet.

Looks like you mapped out your blip while you were on John Nolen Dr. Very weak purple signal but a signal none the less. I'd assume sprint will have towers lit up on major Madison streets/rd's (stoughton rd, E.Washington ave, University ave and the Beltine hwy) before any other towers go live. I plan on having sensorly running at all times during my travels on thoes roads.

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Looks like you mapped out your blip while you were on John Nolen Dr. Very weak purple signal but a signal none the less. I'd assume sprint will have towers lit up on major Madison streets/rd's (stoughton rd, E.Washington ave, University ave and the Beltine hwy) before any other towers go live. I plan on having sensorly running at all times during my travels on thoes roads.

 

Thats the one.

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