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It's not that there is no backhaul in the vicinity. But rather, Sprint has hired several backhaul vendors. And, for whatever reason, whoever the backhaul vendor is in your area will not be ready at the front end. it could be because they have to set up a microwave ring. It could be they are waiting on specific fiber trunk line in that area. I have no specific info in this instance, but these are the types of issues I have seen when a very specific area seems to be omitted prior to launch. Robert

Long Island Status: LTE Launched/NV Upgrades Continuing NV Sites Accepted = 85% LTE Sites Accepted = 76% LTE Launched = April 29, 2014 Original Scheduled Completion = September 2013 Current Production Rate Completion = December 2015

You are assuming Sprint laid out a schedule where they hand picked which sites will be blessed first. This is not the case. The biggest factor in the site order is backhaul availability. If you see an entire area without coverage at market launch, it most likely is that getting backhaul at those sites is going to take longer. The site map is only a snap shot in time around the projected launch month, using the schedule. Deployment is not stopping at launch and will continue at full speed until the entire market is complete. Those sites you are referring to may even be in the week after launch in the schedule. Also, sometimes they get ahead of schedule. Like is occurring in Chicago. This article only contains information that is available in the schedule at this time. I would not get over excited about any specific data. Robert

CDMA HDR LTE mode

I'm not sure I know what you mean by EVDO setting. Robert

Let us know if anything appears in your LTE record or if you should happen to get a live LTE signal. Thanks! Robert

It is not very accurate at all. Robert

just to clarify...this is the site you are referring to, correct? I guess it is possible that it is offline at the moment. Robert

No. If you have never pressed clear and you are in Edit mode means that your device has likely never detected a LTE site in its range. Is it possible you were in CDMA only mode when you were in the area of that site? If so, it will not look for or connect to a LTE signal at all. Robert

It's coming soon. I'm publishing articles in Launch order. Because NYC is such a large market, it is launching after some of the smaller early 2nd Round markets. Robert

Have you pressed Clear File since you were last in that area? Also, I believe you must go in to Edit Mode to see the LTE records. I believe if you go into View Mode, it will always say record empty. Robert

by Robert Herron Sprint 4G Rollout Updates Monday, June 25, 2012 - 12:08 PM MDT The next market in our Network Vision/LTE deployment schedule update series is just about to get moving...the Norfolk and the Virginia Tidewater Region. The Norfolk market has yet to be announced by Sprint, but is expected to be announced in the near future. Perhaps around the time of the first market launches. The Sprint Norfolk market covers basically all of Southeast Virginia and the Hampton Roads, from the Norfolk/Virginia Beach metro area, up through Hampton/Newport News and Williamsburg, on the Virginia portion of the Delmarva peninsula and the Northern portion of North Carolina's Outer Banks. Sprint's Network Vision OEM Alcatel/Lucent is scheduled to begin mobilizing in this area with its subcontractors this month. Completed Network Vision sites should start coming online in July. Market Launch and Remaining Schedule It was Sprint's original plan to launch markets when they reached 50% of sites converted to Network Vision. However, it has now been determined that Sprint will move up launches sooner than 50% completion in several markets. This is likely to maintain a Mid 2012 launch in markets that have already been announced. However, in an unannounced market like Norfolk, we don't know if they will resume pushing back market launches to 50%, or if they will now settle on a 40% completion to be the new normal for market launches. If Sprint waits for 50% completion to launch the Norfolk market, it would make the launch month to be November (should the OEM stay on schedule). If they plan on a 40% market completion for launch, that would be October. You may think that 40% - 50% site completion is not enough to launch LTE service, but it would provide pretty good coverage. Even Verizon doesn't launch on all sites in a market initially. Usually less than 50%, then filling in with more and more sites every few months. Anticipated Sites Complete at Market Launch. According to the Network Vision schedules that S4GRU has reviewed, if Sprint launched the market in October, these are the anticipated sites that would likely have LTE complete at that time. This would provide fairly good LTE coverage over many parts of the market. The bottom line... We currently do not have a date that Sprint will formally "launch" the Norfolk market. It is really hard to call at this point, but the schedule as of today would indicate an October or November market launch (going on a 40% - 50% completion for launch). But there is no way to know if Alcatel/Lucent and their subcontractors will actually hit their schedule dates this early in the deployment for this market. We will be able to gauge better after a few months of production. AlcaLu will only need to hit a production rate of 35 sites per month to stay on schedule. This seems like an easy to achieve rate, compared with how other Network Vision markets are progressing. In fact, they may be able to beat this conservative production rate and complete the market early. Here's to hoping! S4GRU has examined the schedule in great detail in this market and sees that most of the sites will be complete by February 2013. However, there may be a few sporadic sites that will linger past the completion. Photo of Norfolk skyline provided courtesy of Wikimedia Commons. NOTE: S4GRU Sponsor Members can track regular updates of Network Vision sites completed nationwide. Completed sites are shown in an interactive Google Maps interface. Information about sponsorship can be found here: S4GRU Sponsorship

If you have your MSL number for your device, you can go to your phone dialer and dial ##DATA#, select Edit Mode, then go down and select LTE record. It will give you a list of all the LTE sites you have connected to, even blocked sites. If you see something there, your device has been seeing LTE sites but unallowed to connect. Robert

There is one 4G LTE site that has gone live west of New Bedford. We talked about it in this article: http://s4gru.com/index.php?/blog/1/entry-268-first-4g-lte-sites-start-going-on-air-in-sprints-boston-market/ We have not confirmed whether this site is being blocked as of yet. Robert

Very soon. Maybe tomorrow. Robert

I sure hope Sprint does it. However, I have not seen anything in all the schedules I've ever looked at that I can deduct that Las Vegas deployment will be underway before CES. But possibly they will get into the market ahead of CES and start deployment there. They should do something. Robert

Lots of opinions. Not much meat. I think this thread has run its course. Closed. Robert

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by Robert Herron Sprint 4G Rollout Updates Monday, June 25, 2012 - 7:15 AM MDT The next market in our Network Vision/LTE deployment schedule update series is a place where things are just starting to get hopping...Miami and South Florida. This is the first Second Round market we have written up in this article series. The Miami/West Palm market has yet to be announced by Sprint, but is expected to be announced in the near future. Perhaps around the time of the first market launches. The Sprint Miami/West Palm market covers basically all of South Florida, from West Palm Beach to Key West. Dade, Broward, Monroe and West Palm counties. Sprint's Network Vision OEM Ericsson began mobilizing in this area with its subcontractors in May and has been actively working throughout June thus far. To date, there are no completed and active Network Vision sites in the market, but there should be pretty soon. Network Vision work in Miami/West Palm market. A site receiving Network Vision overhaul in Homestead, Florida in June 2012. Photos courtesy of S4GRU Member flycuban. Market Launch and Remaining Schedule It was Sprint's original plan to launch markets when they reached 50% of sites converted to Network Vision. However, it has now been determined that Sprint will move up launches sooner than 50% completion in several markets. This is likely to maintain a Mid 2012 launch in markets that have already been announced. However, in an unannounced market like Miami, we don't know if they will resume pushing back market launches to 50%, or if they will now settle on a 40% completion to be the new normal for market launches. If Sprint waits for 50% completion to launch the Miami/West Palm market, it would make the launch month to be November (should Ericsson stay on schedule). If they plan on a 40% market completion for launch, that would be October. You may think that 40% - 50% site completion is not enough to launch LTE service, but it would provide pretty good coverage. Even Verizon doesn't launch on all sites in a market initially. Usually less than 50%, then filling in with more and more sites every few months. Anticipated Sites Complete at Market Launch. According to the Network Vision schedules that S4GRU has reviewed, if Sprint launched the market in October, these are the anticipated sites that would likely have LTE complete at that time. This would provide fairly good LTE coverage over many parts of the market. The bottom line... We currently do not have a date that Sprint will formally "launch" the Miami/West Palm market. It is really hard to call at this point, but the schedule as of today would indicate an October or November market launch (going on a 40% - 50% completion for launch). But there is no way to know if Ericsson and their subcontractors will actually hit their schedule dates this early in the deployment for this market. We will be able to gauge better after a few months of production. Ericsson will only need to hit a production rate of 65 sites per month to stay on schedule. This seems like a reasonable rate, compared with how some other Ericsson markets are going along. The Atlanta/Athens market has hit rates beyond this. And the Chicago market has been able to hit 50 sites in a week at times, but that market is being handled by Samsung and a different subcontractor base. S4GRU has examined the schedule in great detail in this market and sees that most of the sites will be complete by February 2013. However, there may be a few sporadic sites that will linger past the completion. Photo of Miami provided courtesy of Wikimedia Commons. NOTE: S4GRU Sponsor Members can track regular updates of Network Vision sites completed nationwide. Completed sites are shown in an interactive Google Maps interface. Information about sponsorship can be found here: S4GRU Sponsorship

We are in the middle of the market schedule update article series. It will include the Riverside/San Bernardino market. Stay tuned to S4GRU.com. Robert

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