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I call ‘em like I sees ‘em. :-P I have, and they’re extremely impressive connections in my area. My friend pulled down 6Mbps on his T-Mo phone at a Cubs game. Of course, there weren’t many people at the game itself, the stadium is just in a densely-packed area. Haha… However, one could make the argument that they’re so good because of the restrictions placed on them. But even these caps might only go so far because we still get situations like this: To have an LTE connection drop a perceptible amount is something to note. I am curious to know just how much it gets down to, but if you say anything more than 6-7Mbps, I might hate you. -
You’re right in that they don’t “have to” offload; there’s nothing saying that they MUST not use the service that they pay for if there’s an alternative. However, you absolutely SHOULD use other connections if you have them available to you because other people who are paying for the same service might not have the alternative that you do. So you took it upon yourself to strain an already overloaded network because they were trying to mitigate the damage and ensure the vast majority of subscribers could still maintain a quality connection?
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To the point that AJ made earlier, you do not need more than a couple Mbps when you’re on your phone. A relative of mine wanted to upgrade her TV/internet/phone after using the same service for nearly a decade. The AT&T rep on the phone pulled up her account and immediately laughed at the fact that my relative was using their 768Kbps connection. The slowest they currently offer is 3Mbps. It was going to be cheaper for her to upgrade to the faster connection. Then there’s the subject of battery life. Is it easier for your phone to communicate with a tower that’s potentially thousands of feet away, or a router 30 feet away? On the subject of security, I cannot claim to know much. I am always wary of going with my instincts or intuition on subjects such as these as there are too many variables. I really do not like disagreeing with people whose arguments I’ve sided with thus far (especially when they’re the freaking ADMIN), but from what little I do know, wouldn’t the cellular connection offer a higher degree of security than a public Wi-Fi? When I use public Wi-Fi, I usually disable syncing and try to use https:// logins. I’m confused… are you saying that you retaliated against a capped plan by deliberately burning up data? I feel like you just went the other way at the end there. First, you’re saying that it’s not your responsibility to attempt to use something other than a cellular network (even if it is just a tap of a button on a power control widget), then you advise against using Sprint as your phone’s sole internet connection.
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How are things in the land of How-it-should-be-is-the-way-it-is? It’s been a while since my last trip. Let’s take this to the extreme and see what would happen if everyone adopts your mentality. Everyone thinks that, since they pay for Sprint’s service, they shouldn’t need to use their own Wi-Fi (despite the fact that they also pay for it…whatever) out of principle. It’s a good thing that people never ride bikes for transportation when they’re paying for car insurance. In the case where they’re within range of a shared public spot, like Starbucks, they still think that, out of principle, they shouldn’t take advantage of a FREE service being offered to them because they’re paying for something already. You would be wise not to accept a ride from a friend if you have your own vehicle; automakers need to learn to meet the demand of consumers to such a degree that nobody would ever need to share a ride.
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You seem to understand that they are all shared resources, but you’re not appreciating the degree to which each one is shared or how sharing affects their capacities. Yes, if you are paying regardless of whether you are on your own Wi-Fi or cellular connection, but do you think that cost between the two is the same? I’m not referring to the amount that you’re paying for each service; I’m referring to the cost to the infrastructures in terms of load and availability. I’m confused by this statement. WiMAX is licensed by Sprint through Clearwire. There are both Sprint and Clearwire customers using that service, so wouldn’t you be putting undue stress on BOTH providers if you had a Wi-Fi connection available?
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I think that he's referring to test servers for the Speed Test app. You can choose the server closest to you for (theoretically) better results. The closest servers to him are probably in Arlington Heights, Chicago and Vernon Hills.
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This, that, and the other thing. Unfortunately, those are relatively legitimate excuses compared to some of the others that I've read. Just out of principle...I feel I shouldn't have to...that's part of what I pay Sprint for. Sent from my SPH-L710 using Tapatalk 2 To which I responded:
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Does anyone remember how old Verizon phones showed two separate bars for "1X" and "EV"? Not knowing what know now, I thought I was getting better EV-DO reception on my Sprint phone because it just showed the one bar. Now Santa is dead.
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Does anyone have any input on G-MoN? https://play.google....nue.gmon2&hl=en It looks a little unpolished compared to Sensorly or NetMonitor, but it looks like it might collect some information relevant to what we’re looking for. I’m having trouble with importing a valid .CLF file (not sure what the “comments” are that they say to remove). I used a .CLF file found on the developer’s website- http://nobbi.com/download.html. Here is another resource for the app- www.wardriving-forum.de/wiki/G-MoN.
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Great, now it looks like I'm stalking your profile. haha... You mean this thread? http://s4gru.com/ind...ble-on-sept-21/ Hmm... I have been known to be a little impatient, maybe I just need to give it some time. I'll give that a shot, thanks! I was just out getting lunch and picked up a 4G signal. I knew I was heading away from the tower, so I was watching my RSRP signal strength in the Settings->About->Network menu (I know, not the most accurate place to look), but once RSRP hit -115dBm, that's when it switched back down to 3G. The transition didn't look smooth, though; the 4G icon disappeared and it took an appreciable length of time for the 3G icon to appear.
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Ok, this is getting slightly annoying. The only way I can get my phone to detect a 4G signal is not by cycling between CDMA only and LTE/CDMA, nor by cycling through airplane mode, but by completely restarting. Is anyone else having this issue? I basically have to know when I’m in a 4G area. Meanwhile, I added new data to Sensorly. If you’re on 94/294, you’ll get 4G between Lake Cook and Dundee (maybe even further south). On Lake Cook, you should get 4G from 94 to Welland. The gap between 94 and Saunders was me having to reboot to get the signal that I’m willing to bet was there. The call quality seems to have improved; as of at least a few days ago, the clicking is gone, but I feel like it's been weeks since I completely dropped a call.
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I can't tell you how many times a week I see you post this. I almost think that you should make it (or a link to it) part of your signature. My hat goes off to your ability to communicate solely on texts! Seriously, I wish my friends would do that with me. I hope you at least give HD voice a shot when it comes out. :-P
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Glad to hear that the handoff is seamless! I might be in that area later tonight, so I’ll check it out and report back my findings too, if any. Thanks! I apologize for my perceived tone. I was attempting to humorously make light of the fact that the people on this forum want a level of information with greater detail than you were willing to provide. Saying that you’ve found signal on the west side of a highway along a road that is miles long is an extremely broad statement, given the nature of this thread. However, it’s better than nothing, so thank you for corroborating the claims made by other people. If you download NetMonitor, it should give you the tower that you’re connected to, however, it might not be the tower that’s transmitting LTE. It might not be the right way of going about it, but I look at the BSID on NetMonitor, then compare that to the “LTE available file” in the ##DATA# menu. See above. To get to the menu, go to your dial pad and type in ##3282#, then select View Mode->LTE record->LTE available file. Record the BSIDs and compare them to nearby towers that show up in NetMonitor. I think that you can find your LTE signal strength by going to Settings->About->Network. You’ll see values for RSRQ and RSRP when you’re connected to LTE. EDIT: Crap, Robert beat me to it.
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Over lunch, I headed over to Quiznos near Grand and Green Bay hoping to get signal, but I got nothing the entire time. After firing up Sensorly and NetMonitor, I drove down to Washington and McAree and parked in the lot of the building on the northwest corner. Cycling between CDMA only and LTE/CDMA did nothing; it took a full reboot of the phone before I saw 4G. >:-/ Once I did that, I held on to the LTE signal until just past Skokie Highway as I headed west on Washington (if you go to Sensorly’s website, you’ll see the line that I created). With signal strengths of -79 (RSRP) and -7 (RSRQ), I was pulling down about 20Mbps. Here is what my “LTE available file” is now showing: 0. SID:4384 NID:121 BSID:22706 (Gurnee – Depot/Skokie Highway) 1. SID:4384 NID:121 BSID:22435 (Park City – Belvidere/Skokie Highway) 2. SID:4384 NID:121 BSID:22547 (Waukegan – Washington/McAree) 3. SID:4384 NID:121 BSID:22593 (Gurnee – Washington/Tri-State Parkway) 4. SID:4384 NID:2 BSID:5474 (Matteson - Lincoln/Cicero) 5. SID:4384 NID:2 BSID:5474 (Matteson - Lincoln/Cicero) 6. SID:4384 NID:2 BSID:6786 7. SID:4384 NID:2 BSID:6786 I’m currently connected to 22593, but not getting any LTE signal (even after rebooting again). Just as I was about to post this, the thread refreshed and I saw your post. I thought it was funny how we kind of did the same thing at the same time with Sensorly. Your data runs from Aptakisic down to Dundee? I’m guessing that’s all from the tower at Lake Cook and Milwaukee.
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You’ll be able to maintain your occupational anonymity as long as you don’t say, “Takeda Parkway and Lake Cook Road.” You could just say that it’s the tower between Saunders and Portwine just off of Lake Cook. That narrows it down to about 5 large companies within a 1-mile radius with roughly 20,000 employees total. I think you’ll be ok, Bruce Wayne.
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Can you tell me which towers you guys are connecting to? According to the maps, there are only two towers that have 4G- the one near Green Bay and Buckley at the training center and the one at Washington and Keller/McAree. I saw blips of 4G while I was heading north on 94 towards Grand. I only started seeing these brief connections once I was approaching/past Buckley. I’m currently on the west side of 94 right across from Gurnee Mills and only picking up 3G.
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CriticalityEvent replied to jegillis's topic in Network, Network Vision/LTE Deployment
What about power consumption/battery life? This. When I have a choked data connection, I'm wondering how many people there are in my area that could just as easily be on a Wi-Fi network that I'm either not in range of or don't have the password to. Once the novelty of having an LTE connection wears off (also after a day or two), I'll be on Wi-Fi wherever I can again. After finding a test tower last month, I performed about 20-25 speed tests. On LTE, that came out to over 600MB. In less than an hour. That put things into perspective for me. -
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CriticalityEvent replied to jegillis's topic in Network, Network Vision/LTE Deployment
Just out of curiosity, why wouldn't you use your wireless at your house? -
As far as a ratio of information-to-words is concerned, this ranks up there with some of your most informative posts, but this is, by a wide margin, the most curt post that I’ve seen you make (minus the signature). You freaking rock.
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I believe the plan was to have the Chicago market (which really extends out to Rockford) go live late this month with a completion date of December: http://s4gru.com/ind...chedule-update/ There are some more recent posts that seem to indicate that the market might not go live until October with an estimated completion of January, so it was really just pushed back a month.
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Do you know what neighborhood your friend lives in? The loop area can be pretty damn good for Sprint, but some of the northern neighborhoods (Uptown, Edgewater, some parts of Lincoln Park, etc…) can really drag. This. T-Mo is fantastic in Chicago. My friends who are on it consistently get 2-3Mbps on speed tests (even at Cubs games), with spikes up to 6 or 7. They like to taunt me with their results. :-(
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I've been getting eHRPD again in Gurnee, Arlington Heights, and Chicago over the last couple of days.
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This would actually happen to me as well. I would get to work around 9:30, have great speed and no connection issues, then by 11, it was all gone. You could almost set your watch to it. I chalked it up to working near Six Flags in Gurnee. Of course, I work between the tower that is closest to the park and the park itself, so I’m sure there’s quite a load being placed on it. What would be awesome is if there was an app that allowed you to manually choose which tower you would like to connect to. Yes, more often than not, the phone can choose the best tower, but sometimes… yeah… no…
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I was getting it in Gurnee for a while, then it recently stopped, but I'm still getting it in Arlington Heights.
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Um what does that mean. MVNO – Mobile Virtual Network Operator (e.g. Firefly Mobile, NET10, Straight Talk, etc…). Basically, they use a major carrier’s network to offer (typically) cheaper plans because they don’t have to invest the money to maintain infrastructure. Of course, this makes his statement somewhat confusing as Sprint is not an MVNO; it’s its own network operator through which MVNOs operate. I’m guessing it was some kind of jab at their service, or lack thereof from his perspective.
