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    Looks the part to me. Which one is it? The one east or west of Alva on SR 80? I can mark it as In Progress. Robert via Samsung Note II via Tapatalk
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    "Old New York used to be New Amsterdam.". *sang* Robert via Samsung Note II via Tapatalk
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    Note that I do not have site numbers for about half the Shentel sites. So if it ends in 000, it's not actually a site number. Additionally, all the Central PA sites initially are GMO sites. Full build sites are probably still a few months out. Robert via Samsung Note II via Tapatalk
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    Updated sites accepted in the Nashville market yesterday. Five new sites in total with LTE. First sites in the Chattanooga area, and more in the Eastern tail of the state. More details and maps in the Sponsor section: http://s4gru.com/index.php?/topic/704-network-vision-site-map-nashville-and-westeast-kentucky-markets/page__view__findpost__p__103394 Robert
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    It's an existing colocated site. Sprint just recently was added to the site. It is located off US 1 in Lima, just south of the Wawa Preserve. Out past Media. You can see it on the Sponsor maps. Robert via Nexus 4 using Tapatalk 2
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    Updated the Sponsor maps to include newly accepted sites in the San Diego market. LTE (2) and 3G (8). More details: http://s4gru.com/index.php?/topic/617-network-vision-site-map-san-diego-riversidesan-bernardino-and-las-vegas-markets/page__view__findpost__p__103368 Robert
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    Adding LTE 800 can be done in a day at a site that has already completed a Network Vision upgrade. It may take longer to inspect it and go live. But substantial work can be completed very quickly. At a Samsung site that already has an 800 RRU, an additional RRU is not needed. However, at an Ericsson site, an additional RRU would be required. I believe AlcaLu sites will also require an additional RRU, but I'm not 100% certain on that one. Other than the additional RRU, it's just another carrier card and provisioning. Robert via Nexus 4 using Tapatalk 2
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    A new York site went live this week. Its shown on the update maps. Shentel is finally starting to slow down. 25 updates this week. It appears they did a big push for the end of 2012. Now all those inspections are complete and we may be hitting a new normal for Shentel deployment. 25 is still a very respectable number, though. Robert via Nexus 7 with Tapatalk HD
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    There were two sites accepted in Chattanooga on Thursday. I will be updating the maps today. Robert via Nexus 7 with Tapatalk HD
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    Yes. With the LTE, they don't have any interference issues with so few towers online. However, the 3G side has to be set precisely and coordinated with other adjacent sites, so they optimize an entire cluster all at once on the 3G side before it can go live. Otherwise, there will be dropped calls and performance issues. Robert via Nexus 7 with Tapatalk HD
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    None of the accepted Orange County sites are broadcasting LTE yet. Or they are blocked. It may be related to bringing the core online for this market. We had one week with accepted LTE sites in SNA. Nothing since. I think we are still a few weeks before we start seeing an LTE push in this market. Robert via Nexus 7 with Tapatalk HD
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    This is very similar to my observations. The reduced in city coverage plus EDGE only rural coverage is really holding Tmo down. They really could be a contender. They do a lot of things right. But at 30 per month, I will be keeping my Tmo Nexus 4 as an extra device for a long time. With Tmo, everything is fantastic or poor. No in between. I feel manic depressive. I guess the same can be said about Sprint right now too. Fantastic or poor. I too have been happy with voice quality. I expected Tmo to be more like AT&T since they are both GSM. Poor quality and dropped calls. Have not experienced either. Robert via Nexus 7 with Tapatalk HD
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    What is your LTE signal strength in dBm from your LTE Engineering screen? If you have a weak LTE signal, it may be impressive. Robert via Nexus 7 with Tapatalk HD
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    Galaxy Nexus vs GS2

    S4GRU replied to P_M_G's topic in Samsung

    When it comes to radio performance, my GNex was the worst phone I've ever had. It was extremely frustrating living in a rural area. I spend half my time in mediocre signal areas, and the GNex would be unusable. It was sad for me, because it was a great device. I loved it. I still do. For people whom spend most of their time in urban areas, the GNex is probably fine, though. Robert via Nexus 7 with Tapatalk HD
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    Good questions. But neither have a definitive answer. Sprint has three different OEM's managing the deployment with their equipment. Alcatel Lucent, Samsung and Ericsson. Each OEM has hired dozens of subcontractors. All these different companies working with different equipment in different climates/weather and different people who work at different speeds. And each site is unique, some are harder than others. Then there could be inspection and bureaucratic delays. Backhaul problems. Provisioning issues. So we have seen that most sites take between 3 weeks and 3 months from start to finish. We had one site in New Orleans that appeared to finish in one week. We also have had one site start 9 months ago in Kansas and now finishing up. So there is a lot of variability. As for how far an LTE signal can reach...it is also highly variable. In Sprint deployments it can be as little as a few blocks in a dense urban environment, or as much as 10 miles in a flat rural area outdoors. Cell sizes are engineered precisely. RF Engineers design each LTE signal to propagate a certain distance for maximum benefit. They adjust transmission power and panel downtilt accordingly. They cannot extend the signal as far as possible where it interferes with other Sprint sites broadcasting on the same channel. Each site can only overlap the next sites signal by a little bit. In denser city and suburban locations, if they allowed the signal to broadcast as far as possible, it would reach over the adjacent two or three sites in each direction and cause severe interference. The LTE performance would plummet as a result. So these cells are designed to be much, much smaller. Rural LTE sites on boomers can be hundreds of square miles in coverage though. Robert via Nexus 7 with Tapatalk HD
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    I have no sources in Wisconsin. So unless one of my corporate Sprint or Samsung sources provides info about Milwaukee, then we will likely just be surprised when something appears in the market. However, my Samsung source has said that every Samsung market will be under way in the next 2-3 months. So no matter what, you can take solace in that. Robert via Nexus 7 with Tapatalk HD
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    AlcaLu had a pretty large update of accepted sites in the Philly market this week. They really haven't switched to 4/G mode yet in their deployment. The one site live is a brand new site and was built with 4G from the ground up. AlcaLu will likely switch on a lot more LTE at completed sites in the next 30 days. And then it should be steady after that. Robert via Nexus 7 with Tapatalk HD
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    iDEN has only 4-1/2 months left of life support until Hesseson pulls the plug. LTE must be coming. Or should I say, LTE 800 must be coming? Robert via Nexus 7 with Tapatalk HD
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    It will probably be back soon. This happens occasionally in prelaunch markets. Robert via Nexus 7 with Tapatalk HD
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    Two additional sites went live in that area last week. Sprint contractors work on each site the moment it is available. They don't play favorites with neighborhoods. We see just as many complaints about Sprint starting in poor neighborhoods and ignoring the better demographics. Neither is true. Robert via Nexus 7 with Tapatalk HD
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    I'd be willing to try the Z10...but the Q10 is not my cup of tea. Robert via Nexus 7 with Tapatalk HD
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    T-Mobile LTE is just a simple overlay of their existing HSPA+ network. It should be very fast to install. But they are only adding LTE to their existing 4G footprint. Don't get me wrong, it will perform admirably. And I'm happy for Tmo. But let's see Tmo add LTE to their EDGE network, and we can talk. Robert via Nexus 7 with Tapatalk HD
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    knocked up Robert via Nexus 7 with Tapatalk HD
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    It means accepted, or "signed off." However, Sprint allows connections to accepted sites immediately in most instances. Only at a handful of sites are customers not able to connect to an accepted site. And its usually because of a problem. Robert via Samsung Note II via Tapatalk
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    3G is accepted, but not yet live. They bring 3G live in clusters. Sprint even mentioned that in the Q&A article on the wall. At the Homestead site, 4G is live but 3G is legacy until the other 3G sites in the cluster are ready. Robert via Samsung Note II via Tapatalk
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