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  1. SteveInPhilly
    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.
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    I called in August about a tower by my house in the Art Museum Area and they said there was an existing ticket from July with an estimated resolution of October 19.
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    Yeah, the way it's unwritten is just a little unclear...it makes it sound as thought he sites that have between 150 and 500 MBit connections are "ready" and that CC, UC, and other high traffic areas already have 1GBit. Steve
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    Hi, Nolan! When you say that Center City has 1GBit of backhaul, I'm really hoping you mean WILL have...because near the towers marked as "completed" in the Sponsor section, I'm still getting <.1MBit down. I know connections to towers aren't consistent, etc. but I've been testing every day for more than a month and have never seen speeds exceed .3MBit down and even that is rare. I was assuming it was a backhaul issue... Thanks for the info! Steve
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    Yeah, that "just turning it on" seems to be the sticky bit. It's great they've been accepted, but until they turn the things on they might as well be 1xRTT lol Just had yet another experience of someone asking me for directions saying her phone wasn't working. My phone was showing 5 bars and a 3G indicator but wouldn't pull back data no matter which app I tried. I asked the girl to pull out her phone; it was a brand new looking EVO 4G, on Sprint, full bars, 3G indicator. Wouldn't pull back data no matter what app we tried. Eventually she went to ask a doorperson in the lobby of a nearby building. This is not really acceptable for being downtown in the 5th largest metropolitan area in the US...so I wish they'd "just turn it on". Not trying to rant, but seriously Sprint service is nearly unusable in Center City...if I were Sprint I'd be giving such a poorly served large market a disproportionate amount of attention. Steve
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    So I take it nothing's cookin in Philly? I was hoping we'd see something now that a few sites had been accepted...a pre-launch status with occasional LTE or something...
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    Art Museum Area/Fairmount. My buddy has an S3 and ususally gets 2 bars in my house, which is better but not good enough for the cost of switching my phones over! haha
  22. SteveInPhilly
    Ah, I've done the whole dance...opened up tickets for outages, etc...would only get 1 bar in my house max. It would sometimes roam onto Verizon, but drop my call when it switched. Same behavior with my old phone (HTC Evo) and my current two phones (iPhone 5's) :-/
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    Yeah, I hear ya...my service is just one step above non-functioning. I did get Sprint to send me an Airave for my house where I got absolutely no voice coverage so that's something. And I'm really hoping LTE at least helps on the data side (obviously wifi works for data at home...). I'd be happy with "normal" 3G speeds once the conversion to LTE happens, using my phone is somewhat painful at this point.
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    I'm right there with you...I was up to a BLAZING .29 Mbps right after 3G became available...now we're back below .1 Mbps. At least the ping times aren't >500ms anymore!
  25. SteveInPhilly
    I, for one, thank our Sprint overlords for teaching us the value of patience
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