SteveInPhilly
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Similar things going on in Center City. All day at 18th & Market (normally 5 bars of [slow] 3G service), it's been flipping between one bar of 3G, one bar of LTE, and a few bars of 1xRTT. I'm assuming they're doing something with our closest tower (1701 JFK). Maybe it'll go live with LTE soon! Even just being 3G NV complete would be nice; it's been "in progress" for a very long time
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Haha - not to one-up you, but when I'm in my office, there's a certain part of my desk where if I sit my phone down I get a single bar of LTE...when I pick it up, it reverts to 3G Steve
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LTE in my office (18th and market) has been coming and going all morning! Again, no LTE speeds, but the indicator will flip to LTE for a bit, then revert to 3G. Glad progress is being made!
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BTW, I had a type in there - it was 17th and Chestnut, much closer to where you describe
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Thanks, Jerry!! BTW, I was just able to grab an LTE signal at 11th and Chestnut...never saw one there before! The signal disappeared as I headed toward Market, so I'm thinking it was testing on the tower at 1826 Chestnut and I lost it when I got handed off to 1701 JFK. It was only a single bar and there were no LTE speeds, but it's progress!!
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I keep forgetting where the completed NV tower map is...can someone remind me? Thanks
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So this just happened downstairs from my work (18th & Market). Can't map on Sensorly because the iPhone app doesn't support it :-/ 5MBbs down with a single bar of signal is pretty good! Oh, and for everyone who states that "Center City has good Sprint coverage", please look at the scores below the top one to see the reality... :-P
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Man I'm dying for 1700 JFK Blvd to be accepted...that's the one that covers me at work and home*! *Yes, you never know what tower you're connecting to...but this one would at least be in the mix very frequently!
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I think I was finally able to connect to one of the recently accepted 3G towers in center city! Yesterday I was eating at a restaurant on 15th between Walnut & Locust and noticed that my iMessages (which are sent as data) were sending MUCH more quickly than usual. So I fired up Speed Test and got 2.3Mb down/1.05 up! I was praying I'd see a 4G indicator show up, but hey I'll take these improved 3G speeds in the meantime
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Hmmm...that was my only thought...I know a lot of people with Sprint iPhones (and other LTE phones, I'm sure) turned off LTE to save on battery until the network was ready. Steve
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Which tower you connect to is a complicated affair (I'm sure Robert will chime in on this topic)...but are you sure your phone has LTE enabled? I see you're on an iPhone 5...go to "Settings" -> "General" -> "Cellular" and make sure that "Enable LTE" is toggled to "ON". Steve
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They deserve a little bit of bashing, just for letting the network devolve as it has in Philly. That being said, their prices are really good and when I had a coverage issue in my house, they sent me an Airave free of charge! :-)
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So, on an unrelated topic, any new towers accepted?
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I've always been curious if this is tied to the heavy adoption of the MVNOs (MetroPCS, Virgin, Boost, Cricket) in the area. They piggyback on Sprint's network so it seems like that's potentially where the unanticipated volume comes from. I'm actually hoping that with SoftBank's big investment in Sprint (assuming it's approved) they won't have to over-leverage their network to bolster cash-flow. And I'm really hoping they don't lease out their LTE network the way they did 3G.
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To be fair, Boosted, you're sitting in Harrisburg BATHED in LTE while we're struggling to get 0.1Mbit speeds here in Philly. It is seriously not fun.
