Celz

Thanks for the help! 

Again, you have the sponsor status to keep up with sites as they come online.  As for the legacy equipment, they cannot take down old equipment until the new equipment has been tested.  Also, the sites will come up in clusters with 3g being accepted first and 4g coming later. 

 

If you are not satisfied with your service, you are welcome to leave.  You can also confirm that permits are being filed with your city and make your presence known at meetings and inform them that the expedience of tower upgrades will not mutate a child’s head into an orange and that the headaches are normal for being alive. 

 

As I and others have stated, there are a lot of items to be checked off before a site comes online from the permit, to the backhaul, to equipment, to installation, to testing.

If you don't have the answer to a question why would you respond? I don't need you to repeat information that has been posted on this site and others countless times or tell me rights as a customer as I am well aware. My question is valid and still remains; why is the 3G rollout for this market different than other markets. I don't expect miracles with 4G like some people; but realistically 3G is the backbone of a mobile data network and a rough estimate as to when usable 3G is available would be helpful. So if I sounded frustrated it's because I am, and rightfully so. Just like I am free to leave if I don't like Sprint's service, you are free to not read or respond to my comments. Thanks for the input though.

That sucks.. Wimax is fast I'm getting 4mbps now in Rancho. I've recently hit 11mbps in Anaheim and I've seen Sprint LTE hit similar numbers.. It's just the 3G is atrocious, almost  unusable. Hopefully we can get real 3G soon or I may have to leave. I remember the good old days when I could hit 2.8mbps on Sprint 3G back when I had my HTC Mogul..

Last week Robert said that this market had legacy (slow) 3G for some reason even when LTE was up and running. Anyone know why and when it will be rectified. I'm trying to stay on but the 3G is killing me... Here is what Robert said to my post in a different thread. Thanks for any input/ insight..

Celz, on 05 Jan 2014 - 6:00 PM, said:

While we are on the subject of Riverside/ San B.. When is 3G going to speed up? Many of the towers here have decent LTE (5mbps) but the 3G is still unusable. Is the backhaul still being completed or will 3G speed up once more LTE towers come on line? Thanks for your help guys if not for the sponsor section that shows progress I probably would have left by now..

3G speeds will go up at each site when LTE backhaul is connected. For some reason they have to leave up 3G on legacy in your area. We are getting off topic and since thisnthread has run its cpourse, we are now closing the thread.

Robert 

While we are on the subject of Riverside/ San B.. When is 3G going to speed up? Many of the towers here have decent LTE (5mbps) but the 3G is still unusable. Is the backhaul still being completed or will 3G speed up once more LTE towers come on line? Thanks for your help guys if not for the sponsor section that shows progress I probably would have left by now..

It's a bug between the Sprint Network and iOS unknown and private calls spell the words out numerically. Apparently other Sprint phones don't do this and iPhones on other carriers don't. I only glanced at it, but I believe the solution was to educate reps to tell customers that they are calls from private and unknown numbers..

Who feels that LTE coverage in the Inland Empire has surpassed WiMax? I know in many areas Wimax never came but Eastern L.A. County (Claremont, Glendora, Covina) has very strong WiMax and Western San B County (Upland, Rancho Cuc.) is spotty but ok. Keep in mind that Eastern L.A. County (San Gabriel Valley) is considered the Inland Empire for Network Vision purposes (afaik). I frequent these areas a great deal for work and don't want to jump the gun on LTE. I saw my GF's Evo LTE in Chino pull some fast speeds and my brother's Nexus in Fontana was good as well. I'm still on the fence however..

I think the Droid branding would have helped. Palm really missed with "feminine" "nature based" and just straight up weird Pre branding and marketing. The iPhone was somewhat neutral and the Droid was ultra masculine; so when Palm comes with an amazing OS on mediocre hardware with "soft" design language the wow factor is greatly diminished. Palm lost when they bet the farm on the pebble hardware design. 

If Sprint would have got the Droid brand it would not have helped much. The Evo wowed almost as much as the Droid did. IMO if Sprint would have got the Droid they wouldn't have got the Evo so they would have cancelled each other out. And the network issues stemmed from running an obsolete and abandonded, 2G only iDen network whose phones went against every trend in the mobile industry..

I can understand going with wp being that they got a quick infuse of cash from MS but even back in 2009 nokia would have stood a better chance jumping on the android bandwagon than going all in on meego. 

In 2009 yea I think so back then Android and iOS were terrible compared to what they are now.. Especially since the major players got lost with the custom skins. I would imagine Nokia would have kept things simpler. But in 2011 I think the Android window was closed and WP was their last option. 

I seriously wonder what they were thinking by not going Meego, Android, or WP. Did they think the market was going to just reverse and people would trade their iPhones in for S60 devices. I can't imagine how they wasted so many years..

I am sure that once an agreement was made with microsoft back in february of 2011 that android was no longer an option.  I am not really sure how long the agreement was for though but I think we all can agree(then and now) that Nokia made a mistake partnering with microsoft.

I'd wager that partnering with MS was the least worst idea. Nokia got special privileges and some cash for going all in WP. The options were S60, Meego, Android, or WP. I just don't see Nokia unseating Samsung, they would have to take HTC out the picture and then steal some marketshare from everyone else to be viable on Android.

The N900 was released in 09, if Nokia would have went all in Meego then I think that would have been their best option..

You think lte speeds will improve as time goes on ?? Cause my lte speeds are only between 3-10 mbps smfh that sucks especially if i want to download large torrents

If your gonna be downloading "large torrents" make sure you are on a tether plan. 

there are so many completed towers just waiting on backhaul things will start picking up soon

 

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So those completed towers just show as 3G on the Sponsor maps right? And when they get the backhaul connected they will just turn on the LTE or does it require another visit from technicians?

About 2 weeks ago I noticed a fiber optic data truck on the 15 fwy doing some work in Fontana near a 3G only Tower. And that area has LTE live about 2 miles north and south of it on the 15..

Thanks but unfortunately i dont have the money for a sponsor.

I would donate whatever you can and whatever you feel is appropriate. They give better CS here than any corp could. Until you donate check out the sensorly thread they are usually only a few days behind the sponsor section but it still won't show exact towers.. Our suffering should be over soon.. *fingers crossed

Sprint has Claremont in the Riverside/San Bernardino market, even though it is technically just barely inside LA County.

 

Robert

That makes sense the L.A. County cities near Claremont have Inland Empire Area Codes.. But that's good news for me! Hopefully I'll be able to send a donation you guys way pretty soon!

LTE started lighting up in the market over a week ago. First two sites went live. One in Temecula and another in Claremont. They will continue with a few sites here and there and they will likely pick up steam in the next 2-3 weeks.

 

Robert via Nexus 7 with Tapatalk HD

Is Claremont considered Inland Empire for Sprint's purposes? I know Claremont is East L.A. County so technically it should be San Gabriel Valley but the neighboring city Montclair is San Bernardino County.

Thanks for the help!

Back in 2008 my Evdo speeds in North Fontana were anywhere from 2mbps to 2.7mbps. Obviously we are no where near that today and probably never will be again. But a few days ago off of the 210 and Citrus I hit 1mbps consistently. I was waiting for someone and tried to watch a video from the CNN app which is usually an exercise in futility unless I have Wimax or Wifi. But it loaded almost instantly. I was so shocked I cut the video off and checked with my Speedtest app.. Are there any upgardes going on in North Fontana around the 210? I've haven't seen speeds close to 1mbps in years..

Southern Pacific Railroad Intercontinental Network of Telecommunications

Yep it's not often you see Railroads and Banks jumping in the telecom game..

I should hope not. Softbank Mobile has one of the most absurd names in wireless, the equivalent of something like Bank of America Wireless or US Bank Mobile.

 

AJ

To expand on this, maybe more random corporations should buy into wireless. Chrysler Cellular? Frito-Lay Mobility? Before you know it, even some electrical utility company in the South would have its own wireless division.

 

 

AJ

It's not as strange as one might think... The S-P-R in Sprint means Southern Pacific Railroad.. lol