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    Post Your LTE 800 Success Stories Here!

    in Network, Network Vision/LTE Deployment

    Posted

    What are the rules for using 800mhz? Is it always data or always voice? Does it hand-off to 1900 or 2100? Or maybe the tower adjusts the frequencies dynamically to meet the demand?

     

    In Leola, PA  Lancaster County I am seeing the 1x800 signal coming from what I approximate to be the Nextel antennas on the Quarry Road Municipal Water Tower. Also getting 1x800 around Wyomissing, Reading PA.  Managed to get 20MBS and 7MBS up by Route 78 but that was on 2.1ghz.

     

     

    For the most part Ephrata, New Holland, Leola appears to average about 2-3MBS down. However, it gets as low as 400-500kbs if you are only pulling 3G.

    1x800 is voice/minimal data. Band 26 LTE (800 MHz LTE) is data-only. And Sprint does that operate on 2100 MHZ, that is reserved for AWS IIRC.

     

    Sprint operates in the 800 MHz range (1x800, a.k.a. Band Class 10 or SMR, which is for voice and minimal date; and Band 26 LTE, a.k.a. 800 LTE or ESMR, which is data only), 1900 MHz range (1x1900/1xRTT, a.k.a. Band Class 1 or PCS, which is for voice and minimal data; EVDO 1900, which is data only and is also PCS; Band 25 LTE, a.k.a. 1900 LTE, which is data only, and is also PCS), and the 2500-2600 MHz range (Band 41 LTE, a.k.a. 2500/2600 LTE or EBS/BRS, which is also data only).

     

    TL:DR, 1x800 is, for all intents and purposes, voice only. And 2100 is part of AWS (again, IIRC), which Sprint doesn't use.

     

    -Anthony

    How to Spot Sprint Antennas and RRUs (Ericsson)

    in Equipment Spotting

    Posted

    Not sure if it matters, wireless junkie, but this is also a southern Linc market, which may cause Sprint to deploy less hardware than in a market where they have sole band 26. I think SoLinc has 2.5Ghz in 800, but maybe someone can chime in and say for sure. I'd be much happier to see Sprint deploy here than SoLinc hang onto it. It would make the entire southeast much better in Sprint reception.

    I'm sorry, what?

     

    Shockingly we recently had B26 5+5Mhz LTE and SMR 800Mhz 1x activated on almost every site throughout the Birmingham market all the way through Talladega!!

     

    Sent from my HTC One M9 using Tapatalk

    Just for future reference, it's 5x5 MHz, not 5+5. Having a plus is for aggregated spectrum, where-as having an x is for paired spectrum.

     

    -Anthony

    iPhone 6 and iPhone 6 Plus User Thread

    in Apple/iPhone/iOS

    Posted

    So I just finished rebuilding my library. And it turns out, you can't use Apple Music (in the way you would use Spotify; offline songs, streaming stuff, etc) without using iCloud Music Library. I just spent 7 hours rebuilding my library because of iCloud Music Library. So, all those nice things I said about Apple Music earlier? I take it all back. It's the most broken thing I have ever used. I would rather be on the first beta of iOS 7 for the rest of my life than deal with that mess of a service. Apple better fix this before the 3 month trial period expires, or else this service is going to go down the toilet.

     

    </rant>

     

    -Anthony

    iPhone 6 and iPhone 6 Plus User Thread

    in Apple/iPhone/iOS

    Posted

    I will say this about Apple Music as a sort of a warning: Do NOT enable iCloud Music Library. It completely ruined all of my playlists on my PC when I enabled it on my phone and PC. I had to turn it off and delete all of my playlists on my PC because it ruined them that badly. Unless I'm the only one that this has happened too, then I would advise being hesitant about enabling this option if/when you sign up for Apple Music.

     

    -Anthony

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    iPhone 6 and iPhone 6 Plus User Thread

    in Apple/iPhone/iOS

    Posted

    So, what are your thoughts about Apple music? I'm on the fence with it. The layout seems crowded, and a little buggy. Plus, my phone gets red hot when using it. Spotify seems cleaner and easier for me. Plus, I get cross-platform access, and desktop access with one login. I may just stay with Spotify after my 3 month trial with Apple expires.

     

     

    Sent from my iPhone 6

    I like it so far. It has most songs that Spotify has, plus some that Spotify doesn't (and that'll get better as time goes on). It's not as smooth as Spotify is, which isn't surprising, considering this product just launched yesterday. But it has a lot of potential.

     

    -Anthony

    Sprint Organic Network Expansion Discussion Thread

    in Network, Network Vision/LTE Deployment

    Posted

    I've read and heard about Sprints plan to expand it's network but has anyone actually experienced or seen this expansion anywhere, mainly in areas like Missouri which is supposedly part if Project Ocean. Or anywhere else,specifically outside of metro areas. Has anyone picked up a signal in an area that should be no service or roaming, and is sure it isn't one of Sprints rural partners. Are there any new towers that have added coverage to the map, not just increase coverage within an existing footprint.

     

    Or has anyone discovered documentation showing plans for where a proposed Sprint tower is to be built. (permits, etc.)

    Well Sprint did only JUST get funding for the project, so it's not likely we'll have seen anything like that yet. But Soon™, more than likely.

     

    -Anthony

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    iPhone 6 and iPhone 6 Plus User Thread

    in Apple/iPhone/iOS

    Posted

    Battery is sucking for me now. It was good at first, now it sucks haha. Oh well, the price of having a beta and I'm totally okay with it. The next update will probably resolve any issues like that. Im currently at 3 hour 54 mins of usage and 7 hours 2 mins standby and have only 30% left. 

    You should have seen the battery life on beta 1. My 6 Plus was dying one percent every couple minutes. I'm perfectly content with this beta's battery life. I can easily make it through a day still. The bugs are what is getting me right now.

     

    -Anthony

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    Everything 800mhz (1xA, LTE, coverage, timeline, etc)

    in Network, Network Vision/LTE Deployment

    Posted

    I notice my iPhone 6 doesn't hold LTE as well as Android Spark phone's. Is there a reason? Does the iPhone use eCSFB or the 1x chain receive method for CDMA paging and active LTE radio like Verizon?

    Iirc there was a Carrier update that went out recently which caused a bit of a ruckus due to lte drops and whatnot. Maybe consult with the apple device owners to see if you are experiencing what others are as well.

     

    Sent from my Nexus 5

    To expand on what Tim said, there was a carrier update recently that was pushed by either Sprint or Apple (I may know a lot about iOS, but for some reason I still don't know for certain where carrier updates come from on iOS devices) that kinda broke edge-of-service LTE connectivity. Me and several others are using the iOS 9 beta currently, which uses a different carrier bundle, and LTE connectivity is much better. I would just wait it out to see if Apple/Sprint releases a better carrier update to remedy the issue.

     

    -Anthony

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    iPhone 6 and iPhone 6 Plus User Thread

    in Apple/iPhone/iOS

    Posted

    Something higher than 20.1? If so, it's new; if not, it's been out for about a week, and you're just now being prompted to update.

     

     

    Sent from my iPhone 6

     

    Well actually now that you point it out. I'm on 20.5.8 with iOS 9 Beta 1. I haven't noticed anything except it takes a little bit more time to switch bands. I have to force it in places where it'd be natural for the switch to occur.

     

     

    Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

    And beta 2 has 20.5.9, but other than that, I know not of another carrier bundle that is higher than 20.1.

     

    -Anthony

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    Marcelo Claure, Town Hall Meetings, New Family Share Pack Plan, Unlimited Individual Plan, Discussion Thread

    in General Topics

    Posted

    There's a new carrier bundle: Sprint 20.1

     

    Does it address this?

    iOS 8.3 was released with a carrier bundle that was lower than 20.1, and that bundle wasn't very good. Then in the 8.4 beta there was a better carrier bundle that made LTE work almost flawlessly, but then carrier bundle 20.1 was released for 8.4, 8.3, etc. and then it all went to crap again.

     

    -Anthony

    Marcelo Claure, Town Hall Meetings, New Family Share Pack Plan, Unlimited Individual Plan, Discussion Thread

    in General Topics

    Posted

    Really? In my personal experience, the S5 performs way better than the iPhone 6 indoors (B26), and the iPhone has a pretty solid reputation when it comes to rf performance.

    The reason the iPhone 6 is behaving poorly on Band 26 is because either Sprint or Apple, not sure which one, released a crappy Carrier Bundle in iOS 8.3 that causes the phone to drop off of LTE at a much higher signal level than it should. The iOS 9 betas have a much better carrier bundle that cause the device to hold onto LTE like it should, which the general public does not have access to, which is why most people's devices are having crappy RF performance. It's kind of like back when the Nexus 5 had that really amazing radio software that everyone clung onto even though there was a newer one out, because the new one messed up it's amazing RF performance. The only difference is us iOS users don't have that kind of freedom to just choose our radio software.

     

    -Anthony

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