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    There speculation elsewhere on this site that the purple sites are problematic with tri-band devices, and that going forward, Samsung will be bringing up 3G and 3g/4g sites, not 4G only sites. http://s4gru.com/index.php?/blog/1/entry-357-nexus-5-and-lg-g2-experience-temporary-sprint-lte-connectivity-issues-due-to-circuit-switched-fallback-technology/ There's also speculation that the Samsung areas were delayed do to this issue. It looks like new deployments will be 3G/4G.
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    It appears that Samsung has gotten very busy in north Tacoma. They really bringing these things up in clusters.
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    I noticed I had 4G at home the first time this morning (south end of Maury/Vashon Island in Puget Sound), and sure enough, I see this evening that on the NV Sites Complete map in the sponsors section, Vashon/Maury now has three 3G/4G towers. I thought we'd be dead last in the Puget Sound area...
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    I believe there's an eventual NV site at Centurylink Field. No progress on it yet, however. I hope it will be able to acommodate game day bandwidth requirements.
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    LTE is on a frequency that doesn't penetrate buildings very well. If it was on the old Nextel frequencies, then building penetration would be much better. The lower the frequency, the better signals carry.
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    I see on the Sensorly map that the City of Seattle has purple areas extending barely across the city limits, both in Lake City and White Center. It's good to see the purple swatches growing...
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    I think I can definitely report that this is the Burien site that I'm seeing from the north end ferry dock on Vashon Island. This morning, I had a solid 4G signal until a ferry boat landed, blocking a direct line of sight to Burien, at which point the 4G signal dropped and 3G signal returned. When that boat left and the line of sight returned, so did the 4G signal. The distance appears to be slightly over six miles, as the crow flies.
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    I'm thrilled to have it, no matter where it's coming from. The ferry commute is quiet, thoughtful, productive time. It helps extend the workday, and LTE on the boat will mean that much less time that work is intruding into family life on the island. There's no downside.
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    I got a pretty good LTE signal on the ferry ride from Fauntleroy in West Seattle to Vashon Island this morning. The speeds and quality diminished the closer we got to Vashon, but speeds were very good just offshore from the Fauntleroy dock. I took this screenshot of my LTE Engineering screen, if it helps identify the tower. I suppose it's the tower in Burien. Mapped on Sensorly.
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    This is the fastest 3G Ive seen, No 4G yet (this was taken on the north end ferry dock on Vashon Island), but these speeds are a big improvement. Edit: Screenshot didn't attach...
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    There's a similar smudge just southwest of SR167/Kent Des Moines Road. It looks grey, not purple, but there it is...
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