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I would GUESS that the cell site is in York County. If you zoom in and look closely, the signal gets weak as you go into Lancaster county.

PythonFan-- Elizabethtown is in Lancaster County. That is NOT Shentel Territory. Sprint corporate is responsible in Lancaster County. I remember seeing a site just west of Elizabethtown college and it was on Sid 4168 if I remember correctly, The Philadelphia SID. If you go west of that site very far, you transfer to the Shentel System, I am not sure exactly where anymore. I do not know if it still happens, but years ago, you would lose the call as you went west out of Elizabethtown and had to transfer from the Sprint site to a Shentel site. Shentel covers Dauphin and York Counties.

Looks to me like you could place new antennas and RRU's on all Sprint sites and be operational fairly quick. I ASSUME, (and I am ready for verification or changes to my assumptions), you could connect these new antennas and RRU's to the existing NV cabinet, use the existing NV backhaul, and use Sprint's new Core Switches. Maybe it may already require some backhaul upgrades? Could this traffic be pulled out and ran to a different Core Switch?? I would also assume that these new Core switches are very smart and could successfully do the proper routing and get the billing correct. I do not believe it is feasible to construct a completely new network. Partnering with somebody is the only way to go and Sprint is the only one with enough correctly spaced cell sites to pull this off at 1900 or higher frequencies.

GETTYSBURG ---Shentel now has LTE in Downtown Gettysburg. Go Shentel.

Yeah. Somebody launch a big party boat on the Susquehanna. Shentel has coverage for at least 30 miles on the river around Harrisburg. Time for a S4gru cruise.

Congratulations. Show it to all of us. Turn Sensorly on and take your phone for a ride all over your neighborhood.

Looks like they now have coverage on the Pennsylvania turnpike around Carlisle.

My EVO would only hold onto a -109, but it was in a vehicle with tinted windows. However, my Galaxy S3 will hold onto a -120 in the same vehicle with the same tinted windows.Tinted windows in a home can cause issues. I am not sure the tint in car windows is the same thing. I did my EVO testing about 6 weeks ago. Maybe you have had an update to yours that improved it??

I traded the EVO for the Samsung Galaxy S3 and had a similar experience. I could go about one-half mile further out and away from the cell site with the Samsung. The EVO would not acquire the LTE signal unless you were sitting right beside the cell site and it would lose it at a -109 level. In the last day or two, I have really been watching my Samsung and the level in my home area. I have seen it acquire a LTE signal with a -114 level. That is the best I ever seen. I see it hold onto a -120 level however at a -120 level the LTE is about useless. Receive speed is only about 2 meg and the transmit side will not be functional at all. LTE just will not work at a -120 level but the phone can manage to hold onto it. If you think about it, a phone that will hold an LTE signal one half mile further out is really giving you a whole bunch of extra coverage. This is one-half mile in all directions from all cell sites. Not a minor thing.. Mustang, now that you have a decent phone, leave us see more purple on Sensory from you?? Go get it.

Yes, I tried to toggle airplane mode and then start Sensorly. What a disaster that phone is. Really was going to cause an accident somewhere some place. I worried with it three days and then made Sprint take it back. I refused to worry with it anymore. An LTE phone that will not find and hold LTE is not going to be in my possession.

The best way to do it is turn Sensory on and tap on "Map Trip". Then tap "Menu" and then "details". The details screen leaves you see received level and verify points being collected and sent. Put your phone on a power cord. Yes, it is risky to play with the phone while driving. I only look toward the top of the screen where it will either say "LTE connected" or something like "CDMA or maybe EPHRD connected" You will either see LTE or some version of 3G. I also glance at the receive level especially if I have a LTE connection. If you have a signal around a -75 or 80, you are close to the cell site. When you see -115 you are fairly close to dropping the signal. At a -120 level, I usually will drop from LTE to old faithful CDMA 3G. I am using a Samsung Galaxy S3 and it is working very well. I think it has recently improved in LTE signal detection and the ability to hold onto the signal. I do not know if a software update to the phone made an improvement or if the Sprint Core and cell site equipment have been getting an upgrade. I am fairly sure things are better recently, Could also be that some antenna optimization/adjustment was done in my area too. I did have a HTC 4G LTE phone and it was horrible on LTE. Almost impossible to use on a cell site hunting mission.

Looks to me like you proved that there is not a NV site active in center city yet. I think you were connected to a site north of Route 30 probably close to Pennsylvania ave. Keep up with the good work. What you did is exactly what we need to see.

You are correct if I have it figured right. There is more coverage than Sensorly is showing. We need people like you to contribute to Sensorly when you can. Thanks for your input.

Good job. Looks like there is a new site east of the river maybe along 322-22 near I-81. Fill up your gas tank and go-go-go. I think there is a new site near the airport too and I see a weak signal on Three Mile Island.

Great. Keep Sensorly running and when you get a chance, take some alternate routes and watch the Sensorly map grow. The more Sensorly users, the better.

Can we sweet-talk you into installing Sensorly on your phone, turn it on and drive around Harrisburg?? Harrisburg has more coverage than we see on the Sensorly maps. Not enough people in that area know about Sensorly and are using it.

My Galaxy S 3 only takes about 7 seconds to enter or leave Airplane mode. I am not sure what my older phones took, but I do not consider 7 seconds to be poor. I do also see it lock onto LTE fairly quickly sometimes even in weak areas. Occasionally it does lag when finding LTE, but it is much much better at finding LTE than the HTC 4G LTE phone. I did have the HTC 4G LTE phone until it aggravated me and forced me to return it within my 14 day window. I traded it for the the Galaxy S3.

Yes, I suspect there may be 3 sites in york. Definitely two but maybe 3. I have found that getting a power cord and turning Sensorly on is the secret. Just turn it on and drive. Even if you do not see the 4g ICON, it will mark the Sensorly Map. I even take alternate routes in areas that I suspect might have LTE active. Of course, this is not always practical due to time constraints, but taking the alternate route will soon start placing violet on Sensorly. Remember, if you operate Sensorly off a power cord, your battery actually will possibly start charging rather then discharge. And, with the newer LTE phones, your calls & texts will still come in and you do not even have to drop Sensory to answer the call. Make sure you have GPS turned on properly so Sensorly can properly report your location.

Three more Shentel discoveries. 1- just south of Greencastle, Pa along I-81 2- Along I-81 at Marion, Pa 3-Along I-81 just south of Chambersburg, Pa. Interstate 81 is sure getting some attention thanks to Shentel. Will soon be the best covered Interstate in the country. 4 - looks like York, Pa might now have more than one site too.(just a good educated guess here)

I find that you will see bright green on the Sensorly map for your house if your phone connects to your Airave and/or Wi-Fi while you are running Sensorly.

No, I do not have access to Shentel maps at all. I suspect that they are upgrading the sites that are the easiest. Some are Shentel owned and that helps. Some are much easier to install backhaul. Some are almost impossible to install backhaul. Some may have a permitting issue or a landlord issue.

Shentel has 510 cell sites. 434 of them are EVDO enabled and the EVDO covers 94% of their POP's. The plan is to upgrade 274 cell sites in 2012 and 236 in 2013.

Another New Shentel NV Upgrade. Site was turned on 10-17-2012, located east of Waynesboro, Pa in the village of Rouzerville. You can drive right up to the site. Approximate address -11220 Airport Rd, Waynesboro,Pa. This site does serve mostly the rural area east of Waynesboro. Waynesboro has several other sites that are not converted to NV yet. Speed near the site ---26 down and about 12-15 up. Some mapping on Sensorly has been done. This site is just north of the Ringgold., Md site and there is some overlap of the signals. No dead spot between them. More Sensorly mapping will make it look better.

There is a cell site in Pennsylvania very close to the Maryland border. When they activate LTE on that one, the coverage will continue to Greencastle, Pa. It will happen. Takes some time to do them all. Shentel is responsible for I-81 in Pennsylvania too.

Welcome to the club Warlab. I knew somebody else did place some info on Sensorly, but most of the mapping had been mine. Today, I had to run from Greencastle, Pa to West Virginia, so I covered I-81 going both ways. I also had to visit Lowes at Valley Mall and Home Depot, so both of the major shopping centers now show LTE coverage. Please turn Sensorly on when you are out traveling around and when possible, take an alternate route other than what you may normally take.