trox1971

B26 LTE is starting to light up around Catawba County.  LTE Discovery logs show it started popping up around October 3rd, 2014.

 

It's just in time too!  Since the iPhone 6 launched, B25 LTE has slowed to less than 3Mb/s during peak times.  Hopefully it won't take long for Sprint to optimize the sites and get power increased so we get some decent in-building coverage.  Valley Hills Mall always falls back to 3G on Carolina West Wireless.

On my way home from Boone this weekend, I picked up Band 41 in Lenoir. Whilst in Boone I picked up band 26 & 41 near the intersection of King & 321. 

On my commute to work Rocky river rd, 485 to 85 to 77, I'm connected to band 26 most of the way.

The only thing I heard of in Cabarrus county was the light at S&D coffee blinking for some time...which can't be good, as that's a big intersection that's angled awkwardly. Did anyone ever figure out if the tower at Morehead & 49 in Harrisburg was getting any Sprint equipment. I still don't know who's got service on the tower on Pitts School road near Pitts Elementary. It looks like it's on the property of the dump, so there's no telling what the physical address is to look up permits.

This past Sunday I experienced 1x800 from Freedom House Church on Salome Ch rd, all the way to Aldi store on hwy 49. Only usable LTE I experienced was at the rail crossing @ Robinson CH rd, all the way to the Harris Teeter @ Rocky River and 485.

On another note... Looks like 1x800 is now available @ Truliant CU @ back creek rd and Wt Harris, I could never make a call from there

Here's something interesting. If you happen to go past the AutoZone on Highway 49 at Morehead road, look at the second from the top rack of the tower right there. It looks like a 1900/800 panel and a 8t8r Band 41 panel have been added to the tower. I think Sprint may have changed that to a full NV tower. If so, it is not broadcasting, yet. Hope to find out soon!

 

-Anthony

I think U're right. Looks to me like one sector of band 41 and three that Clearwire installed a few years back. 

I think I understand why there aren't many LTE updates right now, they've deployed 1x800 on 2 towers in the Gold Hill area and another in the northern part of Concord (3800 Hahn Blvd, according to SignalCheck), towards Mt. Pleasant, according to SignalCheck.

 

I had 1x800 from Central Cabarrus HS over to the triangle in Concord (29/601, by the Ben Mynatt dealerships), and all the way up 29 to Kannapolis! My RSSI was -70s to -90s the entire time.

 

I also have solid 1x800 at my house now and all the way down I-85, nearly to Speedway Blvd from that Concord tower. I used the distance measurement tool from Google Map Labs and to check the distance between where it dropped and the tower and that's a 14-mile reach!!!  

 

I have the stock PRL still and it must favor 1x800 to some degree, as I had no 1xRTT until right before the Speedway Blvd exit. I made a few test calls to voicemail along the way and all were crystal clear. I had a RSSI in the upper -90s most of the way down I-85.

I've connected to 800 in Mt Pleasant on Hwy 73W, Stough rd and Albemarle rd in Midland.

In the attached file I was about 8 miles as the crow flies from that tower, when I took the screenshot.

I still have the stock PRL and held 1x800 on Rocky River from Hickory Ridge to 485 and up 485 almost to 29! I'm not sure which tower it was, as the Peabody, Mass location was showing up on SignalCheck, but that wasn't available just last week! I made a couple voicemail calls with no issue. The signal was fairly weak (RSSI was at best, -90 or so, mostly higher).

I am picking up 1x800 inside of the Harris Teeter @ Rocky River & 485 but, for the love of.. I can't make a call. At Reedy Creek park I can make a call just fine. Also picked up 1X800 on West Blvd & Old Steele Creek.

I plan on taking Hwy 49 then 64 on my way to Raleigh this weekend. Will do some mapping

Yes Digiblur's prl. While I was near rocky river and lwr rocky river, I think the tower was the one on 601.

That's with the custom PRL, right? Sprint REALLY could stand to jump on that tower at Rocky River and Lower Rocky River... coverage is really spotty over there.

I go to Planet Fitness off of University City Blvd often and the tower is on the other side of I-485 going towards Harrisburg, and I always get a decent LTE signal, but tonight there was no LTE. I'm probably wondering the same thing as you are.

I frequent the same gym quite a bit and can confirm my evo switches from LTE to 800 and then back to LTE. It's been happening along Rocky River Rd, Hwy 49 in Harrisburg and at Reedy Creek Park. 

A few days ago Signal Check pro indicated I was connected to a 1x800 tower in Peabody, Mass

Modded Wii loved by the entire family. I recently got the Wii U and managed to get ubxloader or wiiflow on it. While it is not fully modded I can play games from 240gb usb ssd. 

Anyone in Charlotte have a tri band LTE hotspot?

I have had the Netgear Zing for a week now. Haven't used it much since Timewarner cable has WIfi at my work location, doctor's office and gym. I used it for about 2 hours yesterday in Rockwell and Salisbury. It hung unto LTE 1900 signal in places where my Evo 4g lte was dropping. After two hours of use I still had 80% of battery left (2 tablets connected)

So I get this new gig, which is a decent pay raise from the old one. So excited I called my new manager and ask if I could come in on Saturday 7/13 and setup my office (put up pics of the kids, candy jar, protein bars...). She said no problem I'll meet U there around 2pm. 

We are chatting while I put up pics, wipe down the desk...  then she freaks out when I pulled out on Tf300t... "this is an HIPAA enviroment, we do not allow digital devices, including...... we do not allow personal electronic devices, personal phone calls, personal emails....... access to the web is absolutely prohibited........"

So thats what I get for working for a health care company. At this point I'm thinking I have to call my old manager and beg for my job. I am sitting there thinking how the heck do I survive this Armageddon?No twitter, no S4gru, no facebook, no google (can U balee dat_)....

Then she suggests a semi private room (no door) outside of the HIPAA zone near IT. I said yes!!!

So it's not quite an office, yet I can use the interweb without violating company policy.

a bit off topic, but the amount of FAIL pictured in Trox's avatar is off the charts! Love it! 

I dont know what U're talkin 'bout...... The greatest assembly of ballers on the planet and U got the gall to.......

I mapped a bit of Branchview, Cabarrus Ave E, Church St, and Union St. in downtown Concord today. I didn't do any speed tests but  my RSRP on that route was -90 to -105 most of the time. LTE blipped on for just a second on Branchview, just north of Brookwood, so I'm assuming some of the panels are aimed back that way from the tower in downtown Concord. I'll have to see how far up Old Concord-Salisbury Rd it reaches at some point, maybe tomorrow. 

I'll borrow my daughters htc one and do some mapping in Concord and along highway 49 to I-73. 

Those of you with a nexus 7/10, have you seen the little grey dot in the top left side of the notification bar? I can't seem to find any articles on what it is or what the device is doing. Any clues?

I also see it on the TF300t since the update to 4.22

I dreamt of owning the upcoming infinity pad, packaged with 10 gigs of prepaid lte data @ 9.99! Then I dreamt a dream of buying the rumored Asus 7" for 99 bucks (not the memopad. The one rumoured to have a snapdragon 600)

I used a hair dryer and it got it hot enough that mine came off rather easily.  What were you heating it with?

Thats what I used. 

How easy was it to replace?  I just cracked mine.  One of the disadvantages of having a house with tile everywhere.  The case could not save it in this instance.  

 

Now I have to decide to fix this one, buy a Samsung Note 8.1 or wait for the Nexus 7+.

 

Robert

It is painful. The housing that covers the glass is glued to it. You'll need some kind of scraper and a heat source to separate the glass from the housing.

I think AT&T force Sprint's hand. They launched a major 4G advertizing blitz on local radio, tv, busses, news papers and college campuses about two weeks before Sprint announced the Charlotte market. I have heard one of those commercials twice since turning on the radio this morning. As I recall they also announced additional markets around the same time.

The Charlotte market is nowhere near complete. Sprint is allowing early access. Of course it's spotty. Kind of like your punctuation. The market is only 52% complete with LTE: http://s4gru.com/index.php?/topic/212-network-visionlte-deployment-running-list/page-2&do=findComment&comment=22589

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Check Mecklenberg county (or Gaston, Cabarrus, Union, York or other adjacent counties) permit site for new permits or holds. In NE Meck county I found 2 new permits issued in the last 5 months and 2 holds. Also found one hold in Mt Pleasant, NC. The holds appear to be bureaucratic red tape.

Coordinate your search with the the interactive maps in the sponsor section and U'll have better a perspective.....

I just picked up an LG Optimus G, so I'm finally ready to start mapping LTE around the city. (Previously was on the NS4G.) But I agree it feels like Sprint gave up on this market


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Eastern Carolina barbecue rocks, the best of the best!! By the way I'm talkin' 'bout de real Carolina (NORTH). It'll even make U forget that no Sprint lte coverage east of I-95 

I called 311 earlier today and negotiated my way to someone who could explain why there were a lot of 'holds' on Sprint tower permits in NE Mecklenberg county. While I don't believe she knew what she was talking about, she did admit the holds had to do with improper electrical wiring......

I am headed to my favorite barbecue joint!!!

Once you go down the path of point to point wireless backhaul, you are likely no longer looking at a small cell.  You need radome(s) and a highly elevated structure -- all of which sounds more like a macrocell.

 

AJ

Thanks for the insight!

I haven't opened an engineering book in almost 20 years so don't quote me on this..... I recall reading a paper on PoE as an alternative to T1..... Is it possible or even practical to use PoE as backhaul?

Not bloody likely.  Have you actually traveled this country?

 

Maybe that would work in North Carolina, but not from the Great Plains through the Rocky Mountains.  Small cells would not cut it for coverage across the wide open spaces.  And they would not be "a fraction of the cost."  The real cost would come from running fiber backhaul to those multiple small cells -- fiber that does not exist. If anything, those multiple fiber links could increase the cost.

 

AJ

I would have lost the wager.

Can't we expect an evolution in backhaul? Perhaps a cost effective point to point wireless backhaul other than mw? Perhaps use whitespace broadband.

Sadly power and backhaul are shortfalls of small cells. That being said the East coast, West coast, Upper mid-west and South east could benefit from improve coverage in the near future.

Where is the ACU? inside the panel??

With advent of LTE it is safe to say all major providers and probably a majority of the minor providers are doing some form of upgrades.

I'll even wager that coverage becomes non-issue in the next 5 to 10 years for all carriers. Imagine Sprint or Tmo or Vz Installing 5 to 10 picos or DAS in a rural area at a fraction of the cost of a full cell site.  It is not infeasible that carriers crowd-source coverage; installing a micro cell in one or two homes in a rural subdivision, every other farm along a lonely stretch of road.....

I believe Sprint has a younger user base than ATT, which may account for the Sensorly participation.

 

..... This site can help people get great information on Sprint's progress, but it can be misleading without as much information on the other carriers. Sprint might have half the users as AT&T, but they probably have considerably more people mapping sensorly for them because of this site. The info in the sponsors section goes way beyond anything I've seen for any carrier. It's difficult to accurately assess which carrier is best for you when you have a lot of future information on one (e.g. Sprint towers in progress) and not even accurate present-day info on others (e.g. very few people actively mapping sensorly for AT&T)......

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I use ubiq ap at home. I think its the unifi ap pro. Most of them even support dd-wrt. I also use an asus rt-ac66u with dd-wrt firmware.