supersanborn

I had a friend in high school who used to literally say "lol". He didn't quite grasp the concept that it is Internet shorthand and not an actual word. He was considered "gifted" by the state of Florida, which shows you the sad state of our education system. But, regardless, LOL.

We are talking about America's Wang.... 

The start of NV. The hand off was horrible period. But now I've had no problems, my phone even connects to towers that are in testing stages with no problems and NO prl updates.

Orlando is still a bit of a patchwork of legacy and NV towers as well as having several that can be quite overloaded during the day, so it really just depends on what I'm handing off to. There's lots of eHRPD on towers here that aren't upgraded yet, so sometimes the eHRPD is dog slow that I'm switching to.

My mother has the Note 2 and the hand off is horrible. but my GS3's handoff is a piece of cake

Same here. Typically my GS3 handoffs are about 75% seamless.

Edit: Assuming that the eHRPD and LTE connections are strong and working well.

Looks like there isn't any Ericsson NV equipment up yet but it the tower comes down, the tower company is going to have to come back and put a new one up first. Who knows what their schedule is.

Glad that's not my tower!

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These are pictures of the site, apparently there was a crew of four working on it when the fire broke out.

1: The tower bursts into flames

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Yes, it's a Sprint site. I can't post the Site ID here, but yes it's Sprint.

 

700 Historic Goldsboro Blvd, Sanford, Seminole, Florida 32771

I wonder if there's an "on fire" color that Robert can use for his sites complete map...? :-)

Id say stick to the plan you have right now.  

 

Per the sprint site "

Discounts apply to the monthly data charge rather than the primary rate plan for lines on the Unlimited, My Way plan. The My All-in plan is non-discountable."

 

@l3x

Yup. Unless my plan suddenly gains a cap or throttling, I'm staying with what I have.

You mean a cell tower fire like this one in Sanford today?

 

http://www.wftv.com/news/news/local/cell-phone-tower-catches-fire-seminole-co/nZX69/

Wow!

Do we know if that's a Sprint tower?

That's what I thought I read somewhere too. So I wouldn't get the discount...Would there be any benefit to switching over or should I just stick with my plan.

I'm on the family plan from before these new plans. I get 25% off the line one plan, so they can get me off this plan when they pry it out of my cold dead hands.

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IS that a better plan for 3 people? We have a family plan and I have a discount from my AAA card, which I no longer have but they keep discounting me....My bill with insurance for my phone is 77. Everyone elses is like 66...

I thought they didn't discount the fully unlimited plans?

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That's strange. Something is up with the 1x in your area. It's possible they're making the switch from Legacy to NV 3G. I noticed some huge issues like that east of where I live when they switched over to NV 3G. It took a couple of days, but it went back to normal once the switch was finished. 

I'm noticing little bugs here and there with Voice service in my area as of late. Makes me think perhaps they're doing testing as sometimes I can't place calls until I've reached a different tower than the one near me.

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This is what happens when:
A: A 4G tower bursts into flames
B: A 4G tower is overloaded
C: Sprint decides to start messing with me
D: A 4G tower doesn't actually have backhaul yet.

Wonder which?

(image below since Sprint is being difficult tonight)

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Eventually our obsession with LTE...we will just be assimilated into the towers...Either electronically or literally fused to the tower itself. Yup.

They'll give us backpack femtocells to carry around that are powered by walking.

Was over there the other day in Hercules...at least I think thats what its called. Friends have an apartment thing there, and I had excellent coverage. Even clocked 2 mb down on 3g. Is it bad that everywhere I go if I notice the signal appears to be better I test the data speeds. LOL

Resistance is futile.

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Alright guys I have a layover at Memphis International Airport on my way back to Orlando from Houston. Here's the speed test I got here just for the heck of it lol

 

Reminds me of the great LTE coverage in Atlanta. Too bad I have no desire to live in GA.

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I thought we the people could help him with pictures and proof of a tower with 800 and 4G and ect. But I guess that's not enough lol

We could but if the rest of the community is anything like me, they care more about the deployment of 800/1900/2600 LTE more :-)

If I remember correctly Robert isn't getting the same constant source of 800 activations like he is for 3G and 4G acceptances. So it's entirely possible that there are more 800 acceptances than we realize.

I was propositioned by a hooker on the OBT 22 years ago, the weekend after I got my drivers license. Glad to see things haven't changed after all these years. SMH

 

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"Hey sailor, wanna help me find all my 4 G's?" 

I was at EPCOT Saturday and maintained a fairly steady 4g throughout the park, It was even usable most of the time. Nice change from the last time I was at that park in April.

Yeah, Sprint has overall done a commendable job getting the Disney area to a more usable state, especially considering how unbearable it used to be. They need to get the tower south of AK done and then roll out LTE800 to really get the park covered though, as a lot of the bigger buildings and foliage really break down that 1900 LTE signal.

Cheep cheap! Midrange phone, cheap cheep price.

 

 

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Felt it needed to be restated for the record, eh? 

Cheep cheap! Midrange phone, cheap cheep price.

 

 

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True but since most people still buy their phones on contract, the pricing difference is often completely mitigated if one just gets the right Wirefly/Amazon Wireless/etc deal. I'm also a total spec whore who is ALWAYS wanting something more, so it would drive me absolutely bonkers to have something mid-range, even if I did get some tiny little concession in device pricing (plan pricing is where the biggest expense is anyways).

I honestly don't know what the appeal of the Mega would be against the Note 3. Why would you want an under-spec'd device with a monster screen when you could still have a monster screen with good specs and battery life to match?

Yep. And Samsung and AT&T have started replacing them free of charge for the first one only.

 

 

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The New AT&T Galaxy S4 Active - Waterproof*

*Waterproof doesn't mean water won't get into the phone, just that it can be placed nearby water without peril.

Tr-band only for me. I'm already leaning more towards the Note 3 vs the GS4, so unless the GS4 Tri-band Superspeed Unicorn Poop Edition with Google happens to exist, I'll probably just grab the Note 3. Unless the case is made out of butter.