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I can report that I've connected to 1x800 on my Virgin Mobile phone in northern Indiana and in California. We'll see if I get 800Mhz LTE whenever it comes out. Either way, $35 a month for unlimited 4G LTE is pretty good in my book. If you're looking for a home internet connection, however, VM does NOT have an LTE hotspot yet, only WiMax. And I don't think any of their 4G phones have a tethering plan. You would have to buy a 4G phone, root it, and hope someone has figured out how to tether it. Of course that would break your terms of service.
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Some findings as I detoured past some cell sites on my way to work this morning: The site at I-55/70/270 northwest of Troy IL seems to be in donut mode. Got brief glimpses of SCIDs 262 and 431 as I drove by. Hopefully it will be accepted soon. Ear of corn is still laying at the base of the tower. Grabbed the SCIDs for the Girl Scout Road & Meridian site in Glen Carbon IL: 21 - 190 - 359. I think I may have mis-remembered those when I posted yesterday.
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OK, I'm back from my little hiatus. Looks like a lot of stuff going on in the last 2 weeks. I drove the "Sensorly Loop" around the IL Rt4 and I-70 site in Marine IL this morning. SCIDs: 138 - 307 - 476. Same as Riverview & 270. Thought that looked familiar. I think I caught SCID 52 driving past the Girl Scout Road site in Glen Carbon. I'll try to confirm that and the other two SCIDs soon. I'll also try to check out the Ellis Road site in St. Jacob the next time I have to go to Highland.
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It's been about 15 years for me. Although I do have a free waffle coupon here on my desk that expires on Friday. Maybe this is the week...
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"The little bomb factory across from the Waffle House" or thereabouts...
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Just got this: Ping:102ms Download: 7492kpbs Upload: 3106kbps That's sitting inside with a -108dB signal.
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Drove by the site at I-55/70 and US40 this morning. Confirmed that it is now NOT in donut mode after being accepted over the weekend. Also drove by the I-55/I-70/I-270 site (2347 Tramore). NV antennas and RRUs are up. No visible cabinets, but there is a shelter on the site so they're probably in there. There was no work at the site when I drove by just last week. Looks like they left some "equipment" behind: .
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Grabbed the 3 digits from 370 & 94 (Little Hills Expressway) yesterday: 151 - 320 - 489 Mapped some points, too, but they don't seem to be showing up.
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Nope. Swung by there after checking out the donut. Nuthin.
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You can stay connected to the donut site if you are continuously using the connection. I use 'ping google.com' in Terminal Emulator. At the I-55/70 & US 40 site, I was even able to switch sectors and stay connected. Of course this is purely academic, as one wouldn't want to use this method on a regular basis. But it helps when investigating these sites.
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The site at I-55/70 and US 40, southwest of Troy, IL looks to be active in donut mode. Got SCID's 157-326-495. (I think those are a repeat of another site over in Lemay.) Worst thing is that donut mode is preventing connection in places where we should be able to get a decent signal from another tower. But I suppose that's why they call it donut mode. I'm guessing most of the sites are going donut to test them out before they're accepted, then they switch it on for the rest of us. Anyway, got some pics of the antennas/RRUs:
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Did you have any trouble connecting / keeping connected / re-connecting? I'm just curious if your experience with the site was anything like mine...
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I think I've confirmed that Chambers & 367 is in donut mode: Yesterday I tried to retrace my steps from Monday. But this time, I fired up a terminal emulator and continuously pinged google.com to keep the connection alive (idea from digiblur). Drove south on 367 toward the site, getting 4G from riverview & 270. Sure enough, SCID switched to 102 again. This time it kept the connection all the way to the parking lot of the building that the antennas are on. -74 dB signal strength. I drove to the south side of the building, and 4G disappeared, I assume because I tried to change sectors?. Toggled airplane mode, nothing. Drove back to the point I got the -74 dB signal just moments before & toggled airplane mode: Nuthin'. This morning, I tried from a different direction. I connected to the Lucas&Hunt/New Hall Ferry site, started pinging again, and drove east on Chambers toward the site in question. Sure enough, SCID switched to 440 (that's 102+169+169). Kept the connection until I turned off the ping. Couldn't reconnect to 4G. (Even though I should have been able to grab the Lucas&Hunt site.) I assume they will start allowing connections once the site is accepted. Anyway, maybe Digiblur can comment. (If he still comes around here any more.)
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Grabbed the 3-digit SCIDs for the IL Rt159/Rt140 site (Jamestown Rd, South of Holiday Shores): 126 - 295 - 464. Funny thing is, I caught a glimpse of SCID 295 at Rt143 & I-55 last Wednesday, but I convinced myself that I misread it and that it must have been SCID 290 from the St. Jacob site.
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Picked up SCID 102 this morning as I was approaching 367 and Chambers from the north. Signal strength got as high as -70ish. Grabbed a quick screenshot. I figured the site on top of the apartment building there was active. I thought I'd just swing around the building, confirm that the SCID changes appropriately, and log another active site. However, my signal went away, never to return. Maybe it's in "donut mode." Or maybe they just saw me coming as switched it off.
