Pedro1278

I just wanted to post that B41 is active in Houston! I thought it would take a while before anything B41 related happened here but it did!

I've been thinking about this particular phenomenon for the last couple of months and decided to make mention of it. For the past few months after NV upgrades were completed, I have found myself turning my wifi off more frequently in favor of using Sprint 3G to browse the internet and check email. I have found that using 3G results in much faster connections to webpages after clicking on links and allows gmail to load faster than using wifi. There are times when it just sits there as if confused about loading a site when I am on wifi. Once I turn it off, things load practically the instant I click on any link. This isn't just using one particular wifi site, either. This is using the network at my house (comcast 30/10 using dlink wireless n), two sites at work (comcast business class 50/10 using dlink and a linksys) and another area at work uses AT&T DSL (25 down, not sure of up) using a netgear. I've also connected to wifi at various public hotspots.

 

Is this just the case of a universal wifi congestion since practically everywhere uses the technology and it's just become jammed up? I've connected both on 2.4 ghz and 5 ghz frequencies with similar results. It's odd to think that Sprint's 3G EVDO network has become this dependable and fast compared to such a variety of high speed options out there. I was just pondering this today as I turned off wifi yet again because I was tired of my Wells Fargo app just sitting there at the login screen.

 

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I am having the same scenario, my phone on wifi sometimes gets stuck on webpages. I turn wifi off and 4g kicks in and loads the page immediately. But the pages stuck loading can be due to my internet provider(att) or interference from a trillion other wifi networks nearby. 

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Oh, in Houston I think almost all the sites have the correct location as I have tested the app while I would drive all over Houston. But the 800 SMR locations are way off and are not correct at all in this market. 

On signal check pro this was the BSL and I took a look at the site through google street view and it doesn't look like a sprint tower to me. What carrier could this be?

Uverse isn't adequate for web browsing in my area because its always going in and out and I have gotten a new modem, it's the same thing and the sad part is I have a 6 Mbps down plan and my 3G is faster and more reliable then my uverse. But I do offload to wifi when it's working.

Anyways does anyone know when 800 SMR will be deployed in Houston?

Your situation doesn't fit the description on that form, in fact it says just close the window if you don't match the description which is kind of funny.Sent from my HTCONE using Tapatalk 2

It's worth a try, you never know

That's the form. https://www.sprintsitesusa.com/links/cellsite1.cfm

You can try submitting an evaluation form

Thats good to hear

Sprint is already developing Small Cells for FIT deployment this year.  Small Cells should be a big part of capex starting in 2014.

 

Robert

Here's the last public information Sprint gave about small cells.  Insiders may know more.  I would say at some point in 2014 once NV is close to done.  A similar time frame for LTE-A

 

http://www.fiercewireless.com/story/sprints-tarazi-promises-hetnet-focus-network-vision-20/2012-10-04

Thats good to hear, thanks for the info

Is sprint deploying smalls cells now or later? It would really help in a lot of areas were there is high data traffic like in malls and stadiums.

I was wondering how fast would 1X 800 be? Would the speeds be the same as PCS 1X

For the people that have access to it, How's the voice quality better or the same?

Im wondering if Sprint needs to have there fiber connection sped up because in the morning i get around 8-15 mbps and around the day it drops to what i call 3G speeds and it ends up to be around .50-3 mbps. It's hard to facetime over this connection because sometimes the ping is around 100-300. And for the people that are going to tell me use wifi, i cant because all they offer in my area is ATT uverse and that is even barely usuable for web browsing. 

heres the bottom of the tower

I have been wondering where i get my sprint signal from my house and I'm pretty sure this is a sprint tower but can anyone identify the other carriers on this tower

Has sprint enabled 800 SMR in any parts of Houston.

After the Nextel network is shutdown will they start activating 800 smr

Sorry if this question has already been asked

Can't wait! 800 SMR is going to be such an improvement

So I just decided to order a airave and I just wanted to know if it is about the same experience as a regular tower was. My Internet is 50 down 10 up. With average 10 ping. Will I experience poor voice quality. I read online somewhere that I has bad voice quality

So I get terrible service at my house, the average is a about -100 dBm (barely can hold a call)

1. I wanted to know how lte would be like for me

2. Will my signal get better in about 9 months (I live in Houston )

3. How much of an Improvement would it make once my tower is upgraded.

4. Is 800 MHz coming soon

Its very helpful when tethering and you dont want your data connection do be interrupted.

Dial *180 to make all calls go to voicemail

Dial *18 to allow all calls again

Its a hidden do not disturb feature