Network Vision/LTE - Upper Central Valley Market (Sacramento, Stockton, Redding, Eureka & Reno/Lake Tahoe)

[GiantJay]

I asked my brother if he has seen anyone working on the towers here and he said when he took my neice to softball yesterday somebody was on a lift working on the towers here.

 

Location is at the softball field at the park that's near west oaks blvd & lonetree.

[jordan23]

Just did a bunch of Sensorly mapping in Rocklin. On another note I got a job at the Best Buy in Roseville, acroos from the Galleria Mall, as a Mobile Sales Consultant so feel free to come and see me. I should start working in store in about 2 weeks, my name is Jason and I will be the big bald guy with a beard

 

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so Jay if i drive all the way there from Modesto,will you be able to hook me up?I am due for an upgrade lol.

[GiantJay]

so Jay if i drive all the way there from Modesto,will you be able to hook me up?I am due for an upgrade lol.

Most definitely. I won't be working in store for a couple weeks though. I can't give a discount but I will do everything in my power to get you a good deal. Which Best Buy always has good deals going on for phones and accessories.

 

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[jordan23]

Thanks Jay sounds good.

[GiantJay]

Thanks Jay sounds good.

There is LTE pretty much all around my store so you can actually enjoy a LTE phone after purchasing one for a little bit.

 

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[danny12345]

I was at McDonalds off of harding and I was getting 37 down and 10 up

[Shindo]

First off, congrats on the job Jay! Secondly, would you guys say that by the end of August LTE will hit Davis? My parents are getting really pissed by the service, and I'm not sure if it would be a smart move to jump to another carrier soon. I just don't get why the Sprint service is so poor with its 3G where 3G works great for other carriers around here. 

[piercewayne]

First off, congrats on the job Jay! Secondly, would you guys say that by the end of August LTE will hit Davis? My parents are getting really pissed by the service, and I'm not sure if it would be a smart move to jump to another carrier soon. I just don't get why the Sprint service is so poor with its 3G where 3G works great for other carriers around here. It's been a year full of lies and I'm not sure if LTE will ever come...

 

I live in East Davis. I live next to one of the cell towers and I saw people starting construction on it yesterday at around 5 when I was getting off work. Seems like we're getting LTE here soon!

[Shindo]

I live in East Davis. I live next to one of the cell towers and I saw people starting construction on it yesterday at around 5 when I was getting off work. Seems like we're getting LTE here soon!

I actually saw a gentleman working on the cell tower near the DWR center today. Hope it's what we think it is! 

[piercewayne]

I actually saw a gentleman working on the cell tower near the DWR center today. Hope it's what we think it is! 

Yeah, I live right across the street! Jog by it fairly often and also see it on the way to work. 

3G speeds haven't been terrible in my apartment/commute to work but could always use LTE.

[codex57]

There is LTE pretty much all around my store so you can actually enjoy a LTE phone after purchasing one for a little bit.

 

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Congrats!

 

LTE is on in Roseville/Rocklin from at least Pleasant Grove and Rocklin all the way up North on Lonetree through to Lincoln.  That's gotta be 2 or 3 towers live beyond the very first one in the whole Upper Central Valley one down in SW Roseville.

 

In the past week, my house in Rocklin went from on/off and 2 bars at I think 4 Mbps d/l to a solid 3 bars and about 11 Mbps d/l.

[jwigley]

I picked up 4G on Bannister and Fair Oaks Blvd yesterday evening when I was at the light signal.

 

It was very weak though and as soon as I noticed it, my phone switched to 3G. Not sure which direction it was coming from but I'm sure from Rancho.

 

 

On a side note, I was enjoying 4G earlier in the day yesterday while in Vallejo. 4G works so nicely. Made me irritated when I got back to Sacramento and my streaming music started cutting out.

Edited July 14, 2013 by jwigley

[enigma]

What happened to that list that had all the cities and 4G Rollout % complete? I forgot where it was and can't find it.

[techiegirl]

I picked up 4G on Bannister and Fair Oaks Blvd yesterday evening when I was at the light signal.

 

It was very weak though and as soon as I noticed it, my phone switched to 3G. Not sure which direction it was coming from but I'm sure from Rancho.

 

The only places in Rancho I've seen solid connection to LTE is at Rosemont HS and on Jackson Hwy south of Mather. Someone earlier mentioned picking up a signal near Zinfandel and Hwy 50 south of the freeway, but I don't think the tower in that area has the right equipment yet. I am hopeful that this happens soon. My husband has been kind enough to let me use his upgrade so I can replace my phone since I cracked the screen on it and I don't want to pay $150 to get a refurbished HTC 4g LTE.

[GiantJay]

I don't think the tree tower on Walerga is Sprint. When I drive by it and I'm only about 15 feet away I have 3-4 bars. I'm at Les Schwab right now and have 5 bars. Where is the fire station with the stealth site? I think that is the Sprint tower over here.

 

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[GiantJay]

I found the fire station but don't see any cell equipment.

 

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[GiantJay]

Just thought I would share this and ask how long or what is the process going to be for this? Since this is happening in the middle of our LTE NV upgrade? http://www.mobileburn.com/21822/news/sprint-coverage-will-greatly-improve-later-this-year-with-tri-band-4g-lte

 

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[Oedipus]

For the sites that have 800 RRUs, they will (once turned on) broadcast 1x RTT and later on will broadcast LTE on the 800mhz frequency. I'm not sure what type of modifications need to be made to the site config in order for 800 LTE to be enabled, but it's kind of a moot point right now because of the lack of devices supporting 800 LTE.

 

As for the 2.5ghz portion, that will not be covered in the current NV deployment. The whole Clearwire/Sprint relationship is a bit of a mystery to me, but I know that existing NV and Clearwire hardware (outside of testing, anyway) is not set up for 2.5 LTE.

[lilotimz]

Just thought I would share this and ask how long or what is the process going to be for this? Since this is happening in the middle of our LTE NV upgrade? http://www.mobileburn.com/21822/news/sprint-coverage-will-greatly-improve-later-this-year-with-tri-band-4g-lte

 

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What this means is that Sprint may elect to immediately launch LTE 800 / CDMA 800 1x alongside LTE 1900. SMR 800 services does not need to be part of a coordinated cluster launch nor does it need upgraded backhaul and its propagation properties are nearly equal to ATT / Vz cellular 850 / 700. Practically every phone released within the past 2 years support CDMA 1x 800 (except Iphone 4/4s / photon ..) and would dramatically increase voice coverage & quality.

 

I've posted about TD-LTE before in a previous post but to I'll type it again. Sprint, in the Sacramento region, has a continuous 40mhz BRS and plenty of leased EBS. They can utilize the BRS in a 20mhz carrier or 20+20 carrier aggregated setup. The first can do approximately ~80-100 mbps dl / ~20 mbps UL while carrier aggregation effectively doubles it. It would be a huge boom to high population density areas like downtown /midtown sacramento or other downtowns where a lot of people gather during the work hours. 

 

If sprint wants to do it quickly then all they need to do is replace the RRUs on existing antennas for new Sammy BRS/EBS ones and connect the hybrid fiber coax wires from old cabinets to the new Samsung MMBS cabinets that are being deployed. 

[nexgencpu]

For the sites that have 800 RRUs, they will (once turned on) broadcast 1x RTT and later on will broadcast LTE on the 800mhz frequency. I'm not sure what type of modifications need to be made to the site config in order for 800 LTE to be enabled, but it's kind of a moot point right now because of the lack of devices supporting 800 LTE.

 

As for the 2.5ghz portion, that will not be covered in the current NV deployment.

800LTE device hotspot coming this friday, So im hoping NV completed sites broadcasting 1x 800 would be broadcasting LTE as well.

[lilotimz]

yay! Finally someone mapped LTE over at Carson City! 

 

Also a few blips of LTE showed up over at Auburn, CA and Newcastle, CA on sensorly. 

 

Edit: LTE site accepted in Auburn,CA. 

[techiegirl]

yay! Finally someone mapped LTE over at Carson City! 

 

Also a few blips of LTE showed up over at Auburn, CA and Newcastle, CA on sensorly. 

 

Edit: LTE site accepted in Auburn,CA. 

 

I'm still waiting to see blips near my house. Sensorly has one bar signals all around my development, but I haven't seen anything. Dang you, Rancho, for not having better permit issuance review access! I'd love to see for sure that permits were issued.

[Lasttruwarrior]

I was driving around Reno and saw two towers that are listed on the map and got some pics.  I cant tell if they are sprint or not as this was my first attempt but they are drastically different than what street view shows them being and one even had a crew that looked like it was packing up.

 

http://s4gru.com/index.php?/files/file/30-possible-sprint-towers/

 

[lilotimz]

I was driving around Reno and saw two towers that are listed on the map and got some pics.  I cant tell if they are sprint or not as this was my first attempt but they are drastically different than what street view shows them being and one even had a crew that looked like it was packing up.

 

Hey look. Confirmed Sprint Samsung Network Vision equipment on those two towers!

[techiegirl]

Hey look. Confirmed Sprint Samsung Network Vision equipment on those two towers!

 

I assume that's Sprint on the lower rack, right?