Shentel / Sprint LTE - (was ntelos - West & N&W Virginia)

[bubretti]

3g was down in Ashland ky and Huntington WV for 6 hrs yesterday maybe it's a good sign.

[Mattaddison]

3G is down again in many places.

 

 

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[Jeremy]

Sent a tweet to Sprint today regarding the Ntelos towers here in Martinsville switching from EV-DO to eHRPD with no data and the reps told me they were recently upgraded with LTE but it has not been turned on yet (see tweets below).  I wonder if this is true because Sprint has always told me they couldn't see any of the Ntelos tower info like they could their own.  

 

 

[bubretti]

Sent a tweet to Sprint today regarding the Ntelos towers here in Martinsville switching from EV-DO to eHRPD with no data and the reps told me they were recently upgraded with LTE but it has not been turned on yet (see tweets below).  I wonder if this is true because Sprint has always told me they couldn't see any of the Ntelos tower info like they could their own.  

 

 

Hope it's true.. having the same issues in Ashland and Huntington WV . eHRPD since Oct last year, but 3g has been down a lot this week.

[shawneyboy123]

If this means that we should be able to use nTelos LTE here soon then I should be getting it any down now. Almost 4 months since they launched it in Beckley WV.

 

 

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[dkyeager]

Sent a tweet to Sprint today regarding the Ntelos towers here in Martinsville switching from EV-DO to eHRPD with no data and the reps told me they were recently upgraded with LTE but it has not been turned on yet (see tweets below).  I wonder if this is true because Sprint has always told me they couldn't see any of the Ntelos tower info like they could their own... 

 

They are appearing on the Sprint Network Enhancements and Upgrades site: https://network.sprint.com/search/Martinsburg,%20wv/ and also for some other parts of Ntelos territory. Happy Hunting!!

 

P.S.: Other members are stating that is Shentel territory. Both seem to claim it: http://s4gru.com/index.php?s=6b6007e334f3a276d579a12834e0eed0&app=forums&module=post&section=post&do=edit_post&f=30&t=4742&p=278475&st=1860&_from=quickedit  If you can not tell by signal, then a site visit might be needed.

[jorge141020]

They are appearing on the Sprint Network Enhancements and Upgrades site: https://network.sprint.com/search/Martinsburg,%20wv/ and also for some other parts of Ntelos territory. Happy Hunting!!

Martinsburg isn't a nTelos area, it is a Shentel area.

[chamb]

nTelos does sell cellular service in Martinsburg but it is not a Sprint affiliate for that area.  Shentel handles the Sprint Service in Martinsburg and nTelos is actually a competitor to Shentel/Sprint in Martinsburg.

[Jeremy]

Martinsville is in Virginia nowhere near Martinsburg WV. We're above Greensboro NC

[Jeremy]

That's why I gave Sprint my zip in the above tweets because I had a feeling they would confuse Martinsville VA with Martinsburg, WV

[dkyeager]

That's why I gave Sprint my zip in the above tweets because I had a feeling they would confuse Martinsville VA with Martinsburg, WV

I always figured you guys would know the area best. What is interesting to me is that Sprint is including affiliate upgrade info on their network improvements page.

 

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[cdunnman]

im in roanoke va i gotta be honest not happy with sprint right now, i found out that there no upgrades coming to roanoke va, becuase sprint is leasing the towers from ntelos, and i have to be honest, if I wanted ntelos i would of signed up with them, but i chose sprint

i love sprint it just why is sprint leasing towers from ntelos in roanoke va

 

 

this great person told me on fb that NTelos is a partner of Sprint. NTelos was avoiding the LTE build up until one of their biggest stockholders (Shentel) was about to build Sprint's network if a new agreement was not reached soon. Now Ntelos has play catch-up in their Sprint-approved LTE deployment for every 

 

 

the reason i like sprint, is becuase of the advantages they have, but I wish i could take advantage of it somewhere besides when i go out of the state

[blackwaterstout]

im in roanoke va i gotta be honest not happy with sprint right now, i found out that there no upgrades coming to roanoke va, becuase sprint is leasing the towers from ntelos, and i have to be honest, if I wanted ntelos i would of signed up with them, but i chose sprint

i love sprint it just why is sprint leasing towers from ntelos in roanoke va

 

 

this great person told me on fb that NTelos is a partner of Sprint. NTelos was avoiding the LTE build up until one of their biggest stockholders (Shentel) was about to build Sprint's network if a new agreement was not reached soon. Now Ntelos has play catch-up in their Sprint-approved LTE deployment for every

 

 

the reason i like sprint, is becuase of the advantages they have, but I wish i could take advantage of it somewhere besides when i go out of the state

NTelos building out LTE because they are afraid of losing Sprint is useless if they aren't going to let Sprint customers access it. NTelos LTE is live in a couple of markets right now (beckley and Jonesboro) and they refuse to let Sprint customers use it. As far as I'm concerned nTelos needs to die a quick and sudden death.

[Galaxyguy]

I doubt you will see a Sprint and/or Shentel over build any time soon but hopefully some day.

 

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[cdunnman]

so ntelos is the ones that preventing them from expanding here or building there network?, but if so why does sprint just build there own towers here or something like that?

[cdunnman]

and what would you suggest I do like partition ntelos or anything? or shantel

[Galaxyguy]

so ntelos is the ones that preventing them from expanding here or building there network?, but if so why does sprint just build there own towers here or something like that?

I would say Sprint is a little busy upgrading their entire network so once they finish (or get close to finishing) that's probably when they would consider building out into new territory.

 

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[Dkoellerwx]

and what would you suggest I do like partition ntelos or anything? or shantel

Wat?

 

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[cdunnman]

I mean like partition like write letters and emails, i mean I like sprint, it just why should i experience 4g speeds in richmond va which is 5 hrs away, when I cant even get those speeds in my own city

[Dkoellerwx]

I mean like partition like write letters and emails, i mean I like sprint, it just why should i experience 4g speeds in richmond va which is 5 hrs away, when I cant even get those speeds in my own city

You mean petition.

 

And Shentel, not shantel. -_-

[cdunnman]

I am handicaped so my spelling and grammar isnt that great, and that shentel was copy and pasted from someone else so i did not k now the right spelling

[Dkoellerwx]

I am handicaped so my spelling and grammar isnt that great, and that shentel was copy and pasted from someone else so i did not k now the right spelling

Sorry about that, but every other posting in this thread was spelled properly, so it must have come from somewhere else.

 

As far as getting nTelos to build out LTE faster/better/stronger, not sure there is anything that you can do to make them do that. There is nothing in their contract with you that says they must provide LTE. Only Sprint can rattle the cage some and get them moving. And even then it may take some time.

 

[jfcooley]

I created an account just to add to the confusion with nTelos and Sprint LTE.

 

Since last Monday my wife and I have been experiencing horrible reliability and speeds with Sprint in the Stoney Point area of Charlottesville.

 

I called Sprint to see what's up. We've been dropping to 1x mostly and poor 3g when it isn't just gone. The rep I spoke to claimed this is due to tower upgrades. She claimed the upgrade was for LTE.

 

I've lurked this forum for a bit so I tried hard to throw some curves. I asked about nTelos and she wouldn't say a word. I asked repeatedly if she was sure it was an LTE upgrade. She insisted it was and the information was being supplied by whatever screen she was using.

 

Now I told her I believed there were troubles with nTelos...she insisted.

 

I asked her if she was 100% certain. I had heard rumor after rumor in regards to LTE coming to Charlottesville. She insisted.

 

Now in town, 3g is quick. Not super great but good enough. I struggle to believe our area would be first. Open Signal shows nothing being reported.

 

My wife turns LTE on and her phone is unusable for anything but phone calls. Mine actually improves a little over 3g/2g setting.

 

There you have it. All I know. I'm guessing the reality is tower work but not 4g. I know the nearest tower is 5(?) Miles away. I haven't time to try and track it down.

 

Of course I'll post IF hell freezes over and LTE makes an appearance.

[cdunnman]

yea, I agree in my area of roanoke va i get like, because im not evening getting 1mb download more like  0.25

 

 

Now I go to richmond va often, beford pa, and new york sometimes, and have 4glte sprint should be allowed to build in roanoke va and they should have there own tower and not leasing them from shentel.ntelos

[Galaxyguy]

yea, I agree in my area of roanoke va i get like, because im not evening getting 1mb download more like 0.25

 

 

Now I go to richmond va often, beford pa, and new york sometimes, and have 4glte sprint should be allowed to build in roanoke va and they should have there own tower and not leasing them from shentel.ntelos

Shentel has a great network. Ntelos, on the other hand, not so much. The next time you go to NY (assuming NYC), if you're on I-81, watch your phone and it will be on LTE for 99% of your trip from just before Harrisonburg VA until you turn off onto I-78. That is Shentel territory. Then you hit Sprint native territory just a little bit after getting on I-78.

 

 

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