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Too bad most of us that bought the EVO on launch day is eligible for an upgrade January 1.

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It is a SBA tower:

http://www.cellreception.com/towers/details.php?id=1278769

http://map.sbasite.com/SiteInfo.aspx?SiteCode=FL14573-A

 

I had a list somewhere that hinted/showed that it was being leased to Sprint.

If you ever come out this way, let me know and I'll introduce you to the black hole.

 

It does look like it will be a GMO, and the rep did state 1900Mhz.

 

*not complaining on coverage. The new tower being turned on in the next 6 months made my week! (as far as cell phones go lol)

I'm out that way five days a week. I work in the area. Maybe Robert should add this site to his database. The whole city is a black hole for my Evo and I. I can't wait to get a new phone and when that tower comes online you should have LTE at your home.

The tower at brannan field and old jennings has not been turned on yet. There has never been any signal originating from there.

 

I have a Galaxy S3. I do not get signal in my driveway or back yard, let alone inside my house. No 1x, no cdma, no LTE. It might flash for a few seconds every now and then, but never better than -90 RSSI on 1X, forget LTE.

 

So no, not phone related. It is a signal shaping issue. The new tower should fix that.

The only site that is on that intersection is that flag pole which has panels and base station equipment and has had it for a while. If in fact it is a sprint site (according to Roberts database it isn't) more than likely it will be a GMO site. All the towers that are on your screenshot of the Sprint site is 3g/4g accepted.

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I don't see a difference. I flashed the new firmware but haven't updated to a ROM with the new base. So I may not be able to see the difference yet.

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I had to swap out my Airave 1.0 for a 2.5 model yesterday. While speaking with the guy on the phone and waiting for the Airave to do it's thing and startup I inquired about the signal issues in my area.

 

The tower at Brannan Field/Old Jennings Rd will be lit sometime in the next 6 months, at least with what he could see. This makes sense with St Vincents opening the hospital here. You can sit at that intersection and bounce from strong 4G LTE, to -90 RSSI on 1X and back.

 

This is 3/4 to 1 mile from my house and should finally kill the need for the Airave. I've been waiting on that site forever, especially considering the signal strengths I get just 1/4 mile north/east/south/west of my house. The highlighted area is my neighborhood, AKA, crapshoot signal central.

 

Best news I've heard of in a long time, stoked to see how it performs. I've been patient with Sprint, frustrated at times, but I'm not going to carrier hop. The customer service I've had is the best I've seen with the different carriers (I've dealt with all being in IT over the years)

 

Red star is my neighborhood, green arrow is the tower location.

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Anyone else seeing issues with downtown? I have to cycle airplane mode a few times every other day to get a solid signal as it keeps bouncing between 3G and 4G. This started a week or so ago.

The towers in that area are already done and has been for months. The only tower left in that area is the one down the road from the Winn Dixie in Middleburg on the corner of 218 and Blanding. Also what device are you using? If it's the evo LTE you may not pickup LTE signal in your home until you get another device. I get LTE signal until I go indoors then back to 3g. My cousin on his s4 gets signal in more places an I do.

No problems here in Jacksonville Florida either

I spotted a completed tower off i295 in between Normandy and Wilson Blvd. I believe it is broadcasting LTE but not yet accepted. I cant find many towers that aren't complete in Jacksonville anymore. Atleast in the areas that I travel. I just wish the EVO's radio wasn't so weak I bet Sprint's LTE coverage is pretty good around town. I also agree that we will see 2600 LTE before 800 LTE or even CDMA 800. Driving around town Clearwire has some sites in some areas where Sprint doesn't some highly populated areas too. Softbank's plan to put 2600 LTE on all/most towers is a brilliant idea.

I've been looking at the root metrics scores from all the markets and Sprint isn't the BEST yet..... but if you go back and look at previous results from the same markets. You will see that Sprint is improving every time root metrics returns to that city and run market tests.

I would personally like to see 4 strong carriers competing for customers instead of 3. If there was only 3 carriers we would be in a similar situation that Canada is in with very expensive plans with extremely low caps. If anything I think the government should allow for sprint and tmo to buy up the smaller regional carriers to compete with the big two.

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Any guesses on when you guys think HTC will announce the HTC One Max? There has to be a reason why HTC is taking so long to announce this thing. At this rate I assume more delays so I am thinking probably November.

Hopefully they are adding snapdragon 800 and tri band for sprint.

Xbox one for me. Even though the ps4 is $100 cheaper I've always been a Xbox man. I've had the xbox, the Xbox 360, and the Xbox one will be added to the line up

If the one max is tri band I'm going to use my upgrade now discount to purchase that phone on my line.

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That's exactly what I've been saying. They've all been from Weibo and all been the Chinese "variant". We don't know of the u terbational version yet. This device could still be S800 for those outside of China. And tri-band for Sprint.

Hopefully its tri band sprint and HTC seems to have a good relationship so maybe sprint can convince them to include all their bands.

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That is the plan. High density places that aren't reached are getting DAS and femocells to try to keep band 41 mostly continuous in urban areas.

We really need that in some places around town and especially the town center. Well the only issue now is finding a high end device that can actually utilize 800 and 2600 frequencies.

I'm still interested. I think I'm willing to try something other than Samsung for my next daily driver.

 

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Even if it isn't tri band?

Omg please be a tri band device I haven't seen this excited about a phone in a long time.

Well, there is a new update that started getting pushed out over a week ago. We aren't getting 4.3, but supposedly it's a minor update that sounds like it will be beneficial. I want to update so i can root with the last update this phone will ever see.

 

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I never take ota updates. I wait until my favorite developer updates their ROM with the newest base. I also manually update my radio firmware.

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Are there any other HTC EVO 4g lte owners in here who have received the most recent OTA update? Apparently one of the fixes is for LTE connectivity. Just wondering if anyone has it and if so, if they notice that their phone picks up LTE any better.

 

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The last update I received was months ago. I'm able to actually connect to LTE without cycling airplane mode.

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Where was this Clear site? I have a Tri-band hotspot and have been actively searching for 2.5ghz LTE (aka Clear LTE) on Jax.

Pritchard road off 295 near the cardinal building

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Whipped this up earlier. Doesn't include tax, insurance, or other addons, because presumably they will be the same. Assumes unlimited smartphone data for all 10 lines, as well as the inability to stack Everything Data plans. Rounds anything that ends in ".99" to the nearest dollar. Doesn't bother comparing the 3000. Pic is with a 10% discount (Credit Union, as it's the most popular), but different discounts don't change much.

So basically 3-7 lines (the category where most people are) is more expensive with the my way plans vs the old plans?

Well, today I saw some workers installing RRU's on a clear only site. This is great news I cant wait to get my hands on a Tri-Band device to test these sites out and experience super fast lte with unlimited data.

Well at this point if this phone Is tri band I'm buying it. Rather it have a s600 or 800 doesn't matter to me. I really want the note 3 but its single band, Im really not feeling the g2, I'm iffy about the nexus 5 so if this is tri band its mine. I'm more of a htc guy anyway since the last 5 phones I've had has been htc.

If the reception is anything like the EVO LTE I will not touch it at all.

There were sites along jtb and university blvd areas that went live last week that's why you all are seeing new coverage. The gaps in coverage are slowly filling in. They may even disappear with 2600 coming online soon and 800 before the end of the year. So hold off on upgrading until tri band devices are released.

If I read the sheet correctly the $15 discount goes away once you pay off the device. I wish they would leave it discounted like tmo does.