Jump to content

Network Vision/LTE - Oregon/SW Washington (including Portland/Vancouver/Salem/Eugene/Medford)


JediFusion

Recommended Posts

I'm just wondering if there was any "chatter" about work being done in portland for lte? I've heard we're lumped into the Washington market

 

Portland is in Sprint's Oregon/SW Washington market, and is different than the Sprint's West Washington market that covers the Seattle/Puget Sound area.

 

Work is definitely underway in the West Washington market. It may be in your market also, but we have not heard any confirmation yet. If not now, then work should start in the next 30-45 days.

 

Robert via Nexus 7 on Tapatalk

 

 

Link to comment
Share on other sites

  • 2 weeks later...

I've noticed an increase in 3g speeds around the Cedar Mills area (217 and 26); previously I would only get .1 mbps. Yesterday I was getting 1.5 - 1.8 mbps download speeds.

 

Hopefully it means work has gotten started.

 

Yes, they should have started by now. It sounds like the tower(s) you were connected may have had their backhaul upgraded, which would be a very good sign. Makes me feel better about losing WiMax when I upgrade my phone next week!

Link to comment
Share on other sites

Man the Portland area is really behind. Do they happen to have a close completion day for this market?

 

No markets really have completion dates. As soon as physically possible.

 

Robert via Samsung Note II via Tapatalk

 

 

Link to comment
Share on other sites

I will be driving down I-5 next month to Roseburg and am wondering if there is a setting or an App than can alert me if my Note2 picks up and LTE signal?

 

http://s4gru.com/index.php?/topic/2864-lte-discovery-app-for-s4gru/

Link to comment
Share on other sites

  • 2 weeks later...
any idea when we could begin to be picking up any sort of LTE signal in PDX? maybe around a month?

 

That's probably about right. Samsung seems to get their signals up the fastest after work has confirmed started. So I would guess the very first LTE signals will appear around Oregon/SW Washington in the next 30 days or so.

 

Robert via Samsung Note II via Tapatalk

  • Like 1
Link to comment
Share on other sites

 

 

That's probably about right. Samsung seems to get their signals up the fastest after work has confirmed started. So I would guess the very first LTE signals will appear around Oregon/SW Washington in the next 30 days or so.

 

Robert via Samsung Note II via Tapatalk

 

Keeping my eyes peeled for that 4G icon!

  • Like 1
Link to comment
Share on other sites

I just saw on Sensorly's coverage maps that Tualatin seems to have 4G coverage showing up. Hopefully it's a sign of things to come.

 

It is. Probably a few sites will come love every week.

 

Robert via Nexus 7 with Tapatalk HD

Link to comment
Share on other sites

Was near two Tualatin towers yesterday and ran some Speed Tests and can report no NV activity to my knowledge-

 

Tower off of Sagert St. - Had a direct line of sight to the tower and got a Speed Test of .69 down and .70 up. Was dark out and could not see anything, but this tower looks different and I am not really sure how to look for the panels. The tower has 3 big brown panels that may be to hide the actual cell panels so that they are not visible for aesthetic looks but I am not sure.

 

Tower at Meridian Park Hospital off of 65th Ave. - Was close to the hospital and got a Speed Test of .51 up and .78 down. I have tried to look for panels here not to long ago, but am not sure where they are. I saw some panels on the roof that were most likely cell panels but wasn't really sure what panels belonged to which carriers. They also were not very easy to see due to the location on the roof.

 

I am near these towers during the week, so I may be able to look at them more if I can determine what I am looking for especially on the unique looking one.

Link to comment
Share on other sites

Join the conversation

You can post now and register later. If you have an account, sign in now to post with your account.

Guest
Reply to this topic...

×   Pasted as rich text.   Paste as plain text instead

  Only 75 emoji are allowed.

×   Your link has been automatically embedded.   Display as a link instead

×   Your previous content has been restored.   Clear editor

×   You cannot paste images directly. Upload or insert images from URL.


  • large.unreadcontent.png.6ef00db54e758d06

  • gallery_1_23_9202.png

  • Posts

    • I posted this in the Nebraska Premier thread last week, but just wanted to share in this thread the progress that T-Mobile has made in filling in the great coverage gap known as Nebraska. Between late last year and this year, they have added 28 new expansion sites filling in the coverage hole, plus 11 Sprint site conversions in eastern Nebraska and far western Iowa. Notably, in the last month n41 coverage was added on over a dozen expansion sites in western Nebraska that were added to the network last year. For comparison, here is the very first map that I created in October of 2022 after we noted expansion sites outside of Sprint conversion in Lincoln and Omaha. It doesn't show any western parts of the state, but just know there was nothing besides roaming coverage and a little B12 coverage leaking down from South Dakota to the west of Valentine, NE.
    • Sent a copy of my DB in an e-mail just now.  Couldn't leave the house today but can hopefully get a screenshot when I'm out on another cell site tomorrow.
    • 76MB Google Play System update after that, bringing the date up to 3/1 from prior 2/1 date. 
    • April security patch is already out - 738.30 MB download. 
    • What do you see with the latest alpha/ beta version?
  • Recently Browsing

    • No registered users viewing this page.
×
×
  • Create New...