danlodish345

Over the past week the 4G signal has been getting stronger.  I'm consistently getting 3-5 bars in the house.  I also got a SMS from Sprint notifying of network improvements.

do you have a triband device ?

I use Sprint Direct Connect only to test and make sure it works on other customer phones. Nobody else I know has it, or is willing to get it, as it's only on a handful of high-end phones, and a handful of very-low-end phones.

darn its sad sprints direct connect is awesome and i would like to use it to talk to someone

i have it and would like to test it out with someone but idk who would be willing to use it with me

dose anyone have direct connect ? dose it still work like the old iden chirp phones ?

hello i dont know if this question has been answered or is even in the right topic but dose network vision also include raising the power output of a tower  ? and how high are they allowed to transmit at ? answer would be appreciatd

I was in the area on Saturday, and picked up that tower. Unfortunately once I turned down 130 and drove to the Shoprite, coverage dropped to <1 bar, roaming.

 

They really need to bring 800mhz onair there.

i ve noticed that sprint deployed 800 smr voice on a tower nearby

here in east brunswick central jersey network vision is in full swing

plus 800 meghaertz voice is deployed near by i get a great voice signal

For a market to be considered for an official launch, they have to surpase 40% POPs coverage, and have the center of the main city covered. For Jersey... not sure how that'd work. Maybe just a POPs thing for your area.

 

As far as recently updated, there's now a map for that! Check the NV Sites Complete thread, and scroll down a couple posts.

here in east brunswick central jersey network vision is in full swing

hey i dont know if this question has already been answered but dose the kyocera duramax support sprints 800 smr for voice ?

I don't know where in East Brunswick you live, but I was there a couple of days ago visiting a relative who's unfortunately in a long-term care facility off of Cranbury Road (CR 535) and that seems to be an almost dead spot (which is the complete opposite for how coverage is driving along Route 18).  Occasionally I'll get 1 or 2 bars of 3G (or it'll switch over to 1X), and sometimes it will roam onto Verizon.  I think the closest tower from that place is the one off the Turnpike, and according to the sponsor maps it's still a legacy tower.  Not sure if that's the closest tower from your place.

the closest one to me is by the brunswick square mall its a stealth site and i usually have 3G but sometimes roam on to verizon but the signal has had some noticeable improvements

Why am I lucky? Are you insinuating that the rollout out of band 25 is complete anywhere?

no i m insinuating that its basically most places besides my area that has it complete and i know it still on going the band 25 rollout plus i m on the coverage edge of two towers so i m curious of how it will perform and what not

Yes it is, its sprints 1900 band LTE.

grr you guys are lucky lol band 25 lte is still being rolled out here

Glad to help.  And bear in mind two things about the Sensorly maps for Sprint LTE:

 

1) I personally wouldn't count the parts of Philly and South Jersey where the 4G signal is one bar, it's likely where LTE hung on a little longer than it should before switching over to 3G.  Basically stating that LTE is probably unusable in that area.  However, LTE on the 800 spectrum will definitely help out with that issue.

 

2) Since it's crowd sourced, it's dependent on people mapping those areas where LTE is present.  There are some sites broadcasting LTE where people haven't mapped coverage on Sensorly.  In South Jersey, 27% of LTE sites have been accepted since around the end of August (and that's only counting information as of the end of last month, so you gotta think that percentage is a bit higher now).

 

Let's hope there isn't another polar vortex headed our way, and hopefully the LTE acceptances will continue to come at a good clip going forward.

i can recall for my area that sprint 800 voice was being deployed here but then shut off last summer

Lower frequency = longer wavelength, which means better signal propagation and building penetration with 800 vs 1900.

ah ok i get what your saying now

Based on what you've said, if you are on the fringe of two CDMA 1900 sites now, you will likely get LTE 800, but not likely get LTE 1900 when these are deployed to your adjacent sites.  There are too many factors to say with any certainty.

 

Robert

yes so how are the propagation with cdma 1900 vs cdma 800

I will give you the basic synopsis:  Sprint LTE on 800MHz will be vastly superior in coverage indoors and outdoors over the existing Sprint LTE on 1900MHz.  It will even extend a little further than the existing 3G network.

 

Robert

sprints 1900 MHz 3g network gets one bar back here if i m lucky but i have had odd incidents where it has fluctuated between 2 annd 5 bars plus i m the coverage edge of two towers....

I still don't know what you mean.  Are you having problems understanding what I posted above?  I can clarify if there is something that you are having issues with.

 

Robert

yes i am having problems understanding please clarify the entire paragraph for me

New to what, in particular?  I'm confused.

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I don't know what you're trying to say. But I can tell you I'm not in error.

 

Robert via Nexus 5 using Tapatalk

i m new to some of the terms here and some of the technology my area of expertise is the spectrum used by the carriers sorry if i confused anyone

i m kinda new to this

And LTE 800 will not have a hugely larger coverage area than CDMA 1900. The signal will just be stronger within the coverage area. But it will be much better than LTE 1900.

 

In my testing of VZW LTE 750, the LTE signal did not extend much farther than CDMA 1900. And had nowhere near the coverage of VZW CDMA 850. But within the area covered by CDMA 1900, the LTE 750 signal strength was pretty darn good.

 

But once you traveled outside of the CDMA 1900 area and into the fringe LTE 750 area, the signal degraded quickly. If you look at a VZW coverage map, they show the areas that would essentially be out of CDMA 1900 coverage as "Extended LTE coverage". Meaning you may or may not get a signal. But if you do, it will be weak.

 

But as with every single site and sector, it will come down to how it is deployed. A boomer site with panels set with no downtilt will have LTE 800 stretch a long, long way. Especially in the plains.

 

Robert via Samsung Note 8.0 using Tapatalk Pro

i thought it was also determined by the spectral frequency that is being used not just the air link protocal

Sprint is upgrading their entire network. If you get EVDO signal, you will see LTE by the time upgrades are complete.

 

All markets are under construction at this point. The vast majority of sites have had their new equipment installed, however are still waiting on the upgraded backhaul (Fiber, Microwave, etc.) to be delivered to the site before they can turn on LTE. 

 

It will likely take the majority of this year to get LTE active on all sites, however they should have most areas with some coverage in the next few months. 

i barely get a evdo signal that means i ll barely get a pcs lte signal ..

from my understanding yes there is lte there the

Hey, all:

 

Been reading this thread with some interest. I'm looking at Virgin Mobile, for my iPhone. VM uses Sprint's network.

 

So am I correct in understanding that the major towns in Camden and Burlington Counties (Cherry Hill, Mt. Laurel, Evesham, etc.) are actually get 4G LTE?

 

TIA for any help.

deployment is still on going

lol your lucky i dont know how far along mine is and is your deployment just PCS or is it also SMR and the EBS and BRS  spectrum ?

hey aj how s the lte deployment going by you ?

You mean your refrigerator?

 

AJ

no the lte