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High Point has more working LTE than Greensboro.  I hope you mapped your LTE at the theater with Sensorly.  Also the tower that covered the Movie Theater was one of the towers that had Wi-Max. It would make sense that they would overhaul that one.

That has to be a new tower.  The one that was sending LTE to Southwest High did not reach that far.

Also looks like the Tower just off 40 where it crosses Lee Street is active.  The signal is very strong.  It has not propagated all levels of Sensorly yet you will need to zoom in but it is there.

I picked up LTE on Market Street going towards Hwy 68.  There are two towers on the GSO property.  The one on the south side of the airport is the one I believe is active.  I just checked Sensorly and the signal driving on Market street was very strong.  In regards to T-Mobile it shows that Softbank thinks big.  It is possible that Sprint may some day have the Lexus of communications.  As I drove yesterday I saw many spots where the signal was week where normally is would be decent.  There may be some major work going on that will have huge benefits.  We will have to wait and see.  This may also have something to do with my trip to RDU.  In August I had LTE in terminal 2 on Christmas there was barely a signal at all.  I think all of these events are connected.  Also how would you know you had a SPARK signal as apposed to a normal LTE signal.  In the latest update from Sprint I noticed that the signal lettering had changed making it more pronounced that you have 3G or 4G LTE.  Is there also a setting for SPARK? 

Looks like a 2nd tower in Burlington activated where 62 & 87 cross.  South Church Street & E Webb Ave.  Strong LTE on Huffman Mill Road crossing South Church Street.

Sensorly shows LTE from where 40, 85 & 840 meet all the way to Durham following 40 into Raleigh.  I was at exit 276 on 40 and had a strong LTE signal.  The Raleigh Durham airport was LTE when I was there in August.  For what ever reason it was not working on Christmas Day.  In August I had a strong LTE signal inside Terminal #2 but nothing outside.  Softbank wants to buy T-Mobil so it will be interesting to see how that plays out and how it would affect Sprint customers.

The color is very light.  It could be the very edge of the range of the tower on Nancy Jean Road.  Or there is another tower still to far away to be useful.

Could be an uncalibrated tower but usually when you see a small spot of 4G it is a signal from a tower that normally is out of range.  The signal could be bouncing off something and hitting in that one spot or the way the land curves that spot allows a signal to the tower.  Since there is a sprint store right there you can ask them if they have any information.  Had a similar situation at Friendly Center in Greensboro.  Went to Mimi's Cafe and left my phone in my van so it could charge while I ate.  Came out and saw 4G.  Got supper excited!!! Drove around and the signal disappeared soon as I hit Friendly Ave.  That is when I assumed it must be from the tower on Market Street near the Sheetz.  Sprint says that it turned on its Triband LTE in Chicago.  Of course I can't map that area but hope it is as good as they say.  Just saw on Sensorly the new data.  So it appears that there is an active tower near South Church Street where St. Marks Church Road and S Williamson Ave is.  When you see that dark purple you have found the sweet spot!!!

I see it at the Texas Road House.  It only shows that one area so I don't know if you did not get a good mapping or if that was the only spot available.  I had a similar thing happen in Greensboro.  I ate lunch at friendly shopping center and that one spot showed up and soon as I started to drive to map it the signal went away.  Only time will tell.

Looking at the strength of the signal it is possible that an adjustment was made to the active tower on Market Street near the Sheetz.  It is not impossible there is a new tower but the only way to know is to drive around and map the are with Sensorly.  Sometimes a spot is right in the line of site for a tower and you will get that one spot but once you move you lose it.  If it is a new tower you will have some area to work with.  Also if it is a new tower you will see dark purple leading toward the tower.  Once you have the general area of the tower you can figure out its range. 

I see it on Sensorly.  That is a good sign that 421 is getting some attention.  I drove from 62 up 421 to Greensboro but did not get any 4G signals last week.

I wish I understood why.  They seem to have south east highpoint and north west highpoint getting coverage when the towers are on.  Why they are not left on does not make any sense to me.  A few more towers and High Point would be done.

New tower turned on besides 311 between Kivett Drive and Greendboro Road. In High Point.  So it liiks like 1 tower is being turned on every 2 to 3 weeks in Guilford County.

Samsung GS3 is LTE.  There have not been any WiMax phones available in at least a year.  Sprint allowed everyone with a WiMax device to upgrade or leave last year.  None of Sprints phones have 2.5Ghz as of yet.  We will have to wait and see if the Samsung GS5 does.  Rumor is its delivery date is being moved up since Apple releaced the 5S.  As I drove thru High Point today I noticed that many areas had no bars or data.  They were most likely working on towers today.  Many of the locations I know to have strong 3G service but none today.

I guess we should hope to soon see phones with the 2.5Ghz that supported the old WiMax network. That will be the new TD-LTE network that should move Sprint to the top of the Data Bandwith Hill.

There is a tower between Main street and Johnson street near 68.  I don't have any idea when it is scheduled to be upgraded.  There are supposed to be some towers that have been upgraded but are not transmitting.  I don't know why that would be but life is never simple.

It is possible that the tower on Nancy Jean Road is the reason for that single spot.  I don't know which tower will be for your area.  Right now I think there are 8 towers working in Guilford County.  More will come online soon but I don't know where the next one will be.  Now that the merger with Clear wire is done there are plenty of towers to be done.  Sprint is now all the towers of Sprint, Nextel, Clear wire and towers owned by independent companies.  There is a lot to be upgraded so hopefully we are about to be surprised. 

Unfortunately the cell sites are not fully functional so they are not on all the time.  Also if you are not still you may drive thru the range of the tower before your phone switches.  The new tower on Johnson street was on yesterday but not today.  I wish I could tell you why.  Just be encouraged that there is progress being made and hopefully soon you will see reliable 4G service everywhere.

Tower turned on in northern Highpoint near Johnson and Skeet Club.  Kernersville towers range almost reaches Oak Ridge.

That is only one or two towers from my home so maybe someday soon.

You do get around!!!

Mapped Kernersville today, Business 40 & Hwy 66, Going north past Hwy 150 toward Hwy 158.  You have to zoom in until it propagates to all map levels.

Maybe I have a broken phone.

Coming up I40 to 52 up 52 to business 40. Inj that general area all afternoon then down business 40 to Kernersville.

In Winston today. None of the known LTE spots seem to be on.