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For Akron were all those 52 towers NV ? Or ehancements of other kinds.. ? I visit in Akron so would be nice to know service is better there because it hasn't ever been good in Akron..

Ok, makes sense Coz.. although it also it seems like Cinncy is pulling ahead for now.. although we could quickly catch up..

I think in alot of situations this would be a limitation of many routers due to being single band and/ or 2.4 Ghz -which has alot of traffic .. So Unless on dual band or tripple band router - you are using a single band your typical dl speed is the most 30mbps. On dual band it should give you a close 75mbps. I posted a couple times, but my iPhone 5 will sometimes download as slow as 12 Mb/s on Wifi 2.4 Ghz.. yet once I switch to 5Ghz Im at 50 Mb/s all day long ... Note 2 supports wireless N technology for both 2.4/5Ghz bands leh. Therefore the minimum "theoretical speed" attainable should be 130Mbps according to agreed supported standards.. I've found a few threads of people claiming to hit near 50 on the N2 .. and one of some uploading at 42 on the N2... but most are saying 30 Mb/s and most of those folks are using 2.4Ghz routers ..

I know we try to stay intellectual here... but ..... D A M N N N N N .. LOL On a more serious note.. You'd think Columbus being the capital ( of Ohio ).. it would be alittle more important.. but it's good to see progress in Ohio.. and one morning we'll wake up and see the same thing here..

Are you serious ? for LTE? I can't look now at work.. lol

Anyone notice as of today Cincinnati is up to 6 LTE sites ... ? About 3 weeks ago they had Zero..

Coz will we be seeing a lot of this in Columbus city limits?

Not being a pest here I hope.. but wondered is your Router 2.4 Ghz ? My Asus Router is higher end and does both 2.4 and 5Ghz.. My iphone 5 will not do anywhere near the 50 Mb/s down on 2.4 ghz Wi-Fi channels, but once I connect to the 5Ghz Wi-Fi Im getting 50 Mb/s consistently.. I've seen on forums where many never get anywhere near those speeds on other forums and most think its the limitation of the iPhone 5, while I can assure anyone it's not.. This could be the case for your Note 2..

They said it days ago in the earning conference call..

hahaah.. alittle pricey.. maybe a deep basement would come close

2.5 Ghz = 2500 Mhz Yes 2.5 Ghz ..is equal.. to 2500 Mhz ..same frequency Liken it to 5280 feet is also a 1 Mile .. same disntance And a 500 GIG Hard Drive is equal to 500,000 Megabytes... same amount of storage

Interference is also a factor I might add. I can look at my neighbors channels thru windows going to command and running "netsh wlan show networks mode=bssid" 2.4 Ghz is pretty busy - especially with close neighbors and apartments/ townhomes.. I found when I was on close channels ( where some overlapping happens ) my wireless download might only be 20 to 24 Mb/s on the iphone 5.. Once I switch the iPhone 5 to my 5Ghz channel ( my Asus router broadcast both 2.4 Ghz and 5 Ghz ) I can consistently hit 48 to 50 Mb/s .... My Time Warner RR does 50 down and 5 up.. If your router only does 2.4 Ghz experimenting with channels is the best thing to optimize speed.. Sometimes that means using the command I listed above and seeing what's being picked up - If you're picking it up on your pc - then it could definitely slow you down. This is why they are getting newer routers to be "compliant" ( being neighbor friendly ) so you CAN't select 40 Mhz wide channels ( they auto switch to 20 Mhz in congested areas ) to make sure you "are a good neighbor " and don't add to the interference problem..

I'm going to presume what will happen to ( those 8,500 non co-located) clear sites will depend on where they are located and if they are are relevant. Since all Sprint sites are now getting LTE 2500 Mhz there will be SOME areas of redundant overlapping - which would be a waste of resources and money - those sites would be eliminated. Since Sprint now control 100% of clearwire assets: Sprint could convert SOME of those current 8,500 (non co-located ) locations into full Sprint sites ( doing tri-band ) pretty easily w/new base stations. This also makes sense for some locations - where Sprint needs to expand coverage ( or at least improve coverage ) Either way they will do what's best for the network while also be cost saving. Son said of the $16 Billion Softbank was investing in Sprint ( during the first two years ) that "MOST" of the $16B would go to base stations. As mentioned above: Reading into this I'd say Sprint will be putting up sites in areas where they currently have little or NO sites - in order to expand coverage in areas Sprint really needs it. Son did say coverage would have to expand. The fact that Sprint is moving 2.5Ghz TD LTE to every site ( and also adding more sites ) is a step in the right direction for a network that currently needs more speed. Softbank has enough experience running TD-LTE that they can make this work much better then Sprint could've done on it's own ( meaning: If somehow Sprint could've bought Clearwire on it's own ) giving Sprint the leadership to do this since Softbank already runs TD-LTE.. The Now Network is becoming a better network... now.

YES.... Steve Elfman, president of network operations at Sprint, noted during the company's second-quarter earnings conference call that Sprint now plans to deploy Clearwire's 2.5 GHz spectrum on all 38,000 of its planned Network Vision cell sites and even more sites than that in a nationwide rollout. Previously, Sprint had said it would use Clearwire's spectrum as a "hotspot" LTE network to offload traffic in urban markets. In an interview with FierceWireless, Euteneuer said SoftBank's $21.6 billion acquisition--which includes $5 billion in new capital and allowed Sprint to buy Clearwire--spurred Sprint to make the shift in strategy. The move will let Sprint add more capacity to its own FDD-LTE network, which it is still in the process of being built out. Euteneuer noted that Sprint and Clearwire originally planned to deploy Clearwire's spectrum on around 5,000 cell sites as an offload network in urban markets. Those plans are still proceeding this year, but Sprint now wants to expand that to improve the customer experience. Read more: Sprint CFO: SoftBank deal lets us take Clearwire spectrum nationwide - FierceWireless http://www.fiercewir...0#ixzz2afIYaxzM

Slightly off topic - but this does effect Columbus: Steve Elfman, president of network operations at Sprint, noted during the company's second-quarter earnings conference call that Sprint now plans to deploy Clearwire's 2.5 GHz spectrum on all 38,000 of its planned Network Vision cell sites and even more sites than that in a nationwide rollout. Previously, Sprint had said it would use Clearwire's spectrum as a "hotspot" LTE network to offload traffic in urban markets. In an interview with FierceWireless, Euteneuer said SoftBank's $21.6 billion acquisition--which includes $5 billion in new capital and allowed Sprint to buy Clearwire--spurred Sprint to make the shift in strategy. The move will let Sprint add more capacity to its own FDD-LTE network, which it is still in the process of being built out. Euteneuer noted that Sprint and Clearwire originally planned to deploy Clearwire's spectrum on around 5,000 cell sites as an offload network in urban markets. Those plans are still proceeding this year, but Sprint now wants to expand that to improve the customer experience. Read more: Sprint CFO: SoftBank deal lets us take Clearwire spectrum nationwide - FierceWireless http://www.fiercewireless.com/story/sprint-cfo-softbank-deal-lets-us-take-clearwire-spectrum-nationwide/2013-07-30#ixzz2afIYaxzM

A new tower would be nice

I suppose multiple carrriers could be using the tower.. Would be sweet cuz it's in my area..

Including you there's 3 of us in this immediate blacklick area on this forum so far.. small world

I checked it out.. and.. the TWO parts that got my attention: A) "Get ready for Sprint unshackled....The Overland Park, Kan., company is poised to step up its game on multiple fronts in the coming months, with plans to get more vocal on the marketing front and to improve its service by accelerating its network upgrade plans." Hesse said on a conference call Tuesday he believes his company will build a network that is similar or superior to rivals by late this year or early 2014, and that consumers will start hearing about it then.

You live in the area? That tower is closest to me..

The first Columbus tower was only 6 weeks ago ( 2nd week of Jun, no ? ) 'IF' there was a 3rd tower in another few days - That would make 3 towers within 6 to 7 weeks.. Cincinnati has went from 'zero' LTE sites to FIVE sites in about 4 weeks.. So with Columbus anything is possible from here on out.. Even if you look at the NV Site Acceptance Report Updates.. many areas are getting NV LTE updates only days apart - and this includes many areas already launched. Of course Sprint is launching areas that are sometimes only 60% done - but at least we can see they 'really do' continue to finish those areas in the Site Acceptance Reports..

Select the “Cell Information” menu option to display a summary of all nearby towers. The “RX” code displays the signal strength of each tower. These RX values are dBm signal strength readings, where lower values means strong signal (so -60 signifies stronger signal than -80). The towers are listed by signal strength, and the top tower is usually the tower your phone is connecting to. Selecting the first tower will take you to a further menu that displays more specific information. The “Freq” value shows the frequency block that the network is using. I.E if the Freq number is between 128 and 251, the tower is using the 850 MHz Cellular band. If the Freq number is between 512 and 810, the tower is using the 1900MHz PCS band. So I guess if the value was under 128 it would be 800... Hope that helps. A lot of iPhone users don't know about that code. Pretty handy since you can look up a lot of stuff without downloading a program from iTunes..

You can type *3001#12345#* and hit CALL ... it'll bring up some options and also replace your bars ( at top left ) with an actual signal strength number.. it'll show a lot of stuff.. you can exit out of screen usually by hitting the HOME button.. Sometimes to exit out you may have to power down.. then on power up everything will be normal except the bars will still have a signal number... To return to the default bars dial *3001#12345#* on your iPhone then press Call..

Congrats !

Coz, where in Columbus ? is this 'Columbus' out outer areas? Does this mean these are accepted and could be turned on anytime ? I didn't see any new "aqua blue" markers notating 800..