Hey Guys it's been a while since I posted here, but wanted to give an update on my experience with the LTE in Visalia. Here is a little background information I moved into my new place about a year ago and have horrible service where I live now, so I had to get an Airave to be able to make phone calls and receive them. Well now that 4G LTE is launched in Visalia I decided to unplug my Airave and see what type of connection I was getting.
I will say this it is better than before since now I can get 1 bar instead of no bars and my calls no longer drop but they are very digital at best.
I downloaded Signal check pro at the recommendation of another S4GRU member. When I'm off the Airave I bounce between the Acequia tower which I connect to at my job (Near Santa Fe St and Murry Ave near the old El Presadente restaurant) and have 3 bars at best, I get LTE at -111 dBm, still no 1X800 (I'm still on 1XRTT) so I know the Acequia tower is broadcasting an LTE signal.
Well when I'm at my house (near the corner of Pinkham and Walnut) my phone bounces from the Acequia and the Farmersville tower, not sure why that would be since they are equal distance from each other wouldn't my phone connect to the LTE tower instead of the 3G tower?
why would I get such terrible service only 2 miles down the road from work when I get decent signal at work but no signal at home, so for now I have to stick with my Airave, and I'm really not a fan of having another device hooked up to my network.