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Jeffas332

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  1. Culture Club I'll stand still for the rotten tomatoes.
  2. VERY interesting thing happened yesterday. I responded to a call regarding missing equipment. Turns out to be a site that was in the process of receiving the NV upgrade but someone stole equipment and spools that were stored inside the gated area. I was able to snap all kinds of photos but I can't post images of the aftermath and disclose any real details until after the investigation is complete. Stay tuned.
  3. I whizzed by it today and didn't even think to look (or listen) for an LTE signal. But I was en route to a call and really didn't have a chance to do so, either.
  4. Back in the day, I remember a tv station (WCGV Ch. 24) here going off air at about 7pm or so and it made room for SelecTV to broadcast. We would have to turn on the SelecTV decoder box at a specific time to receive whatever code was necessary to watch movies that night. The code sent OTA had to agree with the code entered in the thumb wheels on the front of the decoder box. If we were late in "warming up the box" we didn't get to see movies that day.
  5. You're right. I failed to add "low speed data" to my explanation.
  6. I got a little closer to the NV site near my house (which is still smokin' fast) and I noticed there is no fiber backhaul. It's microwave. If you look at the center of the cluster in the pic, you'll see a thin mast with two white microwave antennas.
  7. Not sure if you're aware of it or not but 1x is simply your voice and text connection. Nothing more. Your 3G connection will be either EVDO or EHRPD. That's where all your data comes from.
  8. The flippy floppy service (From 1x, to 3G to roaming) isn't unusual while they work the sites. It WILL settle down and you'll have tasty LTE goodness with lots of speed slathered on for flavor in no time. The sucky part about downtown sites is that it's difficult to physically see progress because the antenna panels are mounted on a building so the work is less obvious. If you're lucky, you'll see work trucks parked in an alley.
  9. Easiest way is to use imgur.com. Create a free account there and upload your images. From there you can select the photos you wish to share here. To do that, click on "View Image Info" and select "Generate Image Links". Select the image you wish to post and then "Done". Be sure to change the link type to "Direct Link" and change the image size if you'd like. In the "Reply to this topic" (or when you create a new one) section a topic or forum, click on the "Image" button. It looks like a tiny green square on the bottom row of the format icons. Paste the COMPLETE URL of the image and then "OK" and your image will pop into place.
  10. Chances are, and it's not 100% sure (it's just my own layman's experience) that work is proceeding downtown. Typically when Network Vision work is going on at any given site, phones connected to that site will experience unstable service in all areas (Voice, Text and Data). The other think to bear in mind is that since downtown is heavily populated, many phones may be trying to use data at the same time which, of course, drags things to a snail's pace - if you're lucky. Considider dropping some scratch to the site and become a sponsor. You can find out how here: ( http://s4gru.com/index.php?/topic/1195-information-about-s4gru-sponsorship-levels-and-how-to-become-a-sponsor/ ) It doesn't take much - give what you can. You'll have access to lots of great information.
  11. That's entirely possible, I guess. But I can't imagine so many Sprint customers in the area that it would bog the system. My guess is it just isn't operational at the moment as it tends to be a common thread that LTE goes up and down in some areas for a while. I can't say that's for sure, but who knows. Besides.. I'm at the fair for the beer and fried butter anyway. And that cow with a hole in its side.
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