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I did find b26 LTE in Sprint's West Virginia Market. Further band 26 details posted here (premier): http://s4gru.com/ind...-45#entry294062

You may have been seeing band 26 LTE (800), which can go 60% future than regular 1900 LTE and has better building penetration. Get this screen shot and post it. If all the characters don't show for cell identity, change your font size so they do. *iPhone 5s or iPhone 5c(theoretically possible) can use the following screen (credit mosoccer): The GCI can be obtained through hexadecimal conversion of cell identify

He identified eliminating the network excuse as one of his priorities which is good. I am not certain about putting the Clearwire guy in charge of the network given they are almost a month behind the latest plan for Clearwire updates for b41 in Columbus. NV 2.0 B41 may beat Clearwire B41 in many parts of town. I think they need to get more people with triband phones is the key, plus far better marketing in a few months. This is an alternate path to try to get a t-mobile merger, which is not as bad as it sounds once Advanced LTE becomes the norm. Sprint already used the 50 state argument. Economies of scale argument would make sense with advanced LTE (ie no 3G).

http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2014-03-09/softbank-said-to-ready-broadband-pitch-amid-merger-doubt.html

From a switch perspective, almost all of our sites at the edge of the market in any direction use the nationwide miscellaneous switch. We have a few near i-71 in the north that use Cleveland. All of these sites do start with 086 (our market identifier) if and when they go LTE. The only tough parts are the three locations that have not started network vision yet located outside of Columbus (untouched clusters). Sponsor reference: http://s4gru.com/index.php?/topic/4742-columbus-market-mapspreadsheet/page-117&do=findComment&comment=291963

I was hoping you could answer that. I will pickup Cambridge definitely nv sites in cdma mode and then we will know. About a week.

From north of bellfontaine sent by tapatalk from my LS-980 (G2)

The switch changes just west of Zanesville, south of circleville, east of bellfountaine, south of bucyrus

There are nv sites in cambridge with lte, so i will get you screen shots from those in about a week. Others mentioned around circleville is also different. sent by tapatalk from my LS-980 (G2)

Here are some from east of Cambridge at the Bear'Den restaurant. It would involve our 2 eastern most sites. sent by tapatalk from my LS-980 (G2)

This message is intended for the Sprint West Virgina market, which covers part of the Ohio river valley in WV and Ohio. I know ntelos is different (used to be one of their customers) and was directed here by an active participant of this thread. As a former West Virginian, I want you to be aware that band 26 LTE has very likely arrived in your market!!! For those unfamiliar, Band 26 LTE (800) can go 60% further than traditional band 25 LTE (1900) or penetrate brick buildings. It can be found on the banks of the little brother of the great river inside WV. Map for premier members: http://s4gru.com/ind...ted-discussion/ To find it you need a triband phone (like a LG G2 or Samsung S4 Mini), or an Apple iPhone 5s or 5c. How to tell in detail (in theory) if you have found band 26 (premier): http://s4gru.com/ind...-11?do=findComment&comment=282742 Please post and Signal Check and engineering screens of band 26 LTE findings.

Hello fellow alumni and former neighbors, band 26 LTE has arrived in your market!!! For those unfamiliar, Band 26 LTE (800) can go 60% further than traditional band 25 LTE (1900) or penetrate brick buildings. Go many miles northwest of downtown. Map for premier members: http://s4gru.com/index.php?/topic/5107-lte-800-band-26-sites-accepted-discussion/ 1x800SMR is popping up all over the Pittsburgh Market, so band 26 LTE may soon cover a much larger portion. To find it you need a triband phone (like a LG G2 or Samsung S4 Mini), or an Apple iPhone 5s or 5c. How to tell in detail (in theory) if you have found band 26 (premier): http://s4gru.com/index.php?/topic/4825-columbus-market-mapspreadsheet-premier-edition/page-11&do=findComment&comment=282742 Please post and Signal Check and engineering screens of band 26 LTE found.

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If the location is within a couple of miles of 1900 LTE (band 25, ie traditional LTE), band 26 LTE (think long distance or brick building penetration) should fill it in. Limited rollout so far of band 26 LTE, but Sprint covered one large metro area literally overnight (166 sites) and then has several rural small town areas. If everything goes to plan, Columbus will also have an awesome band 41 network (think high speed LTE in a smaller area). A true Spark city!! All of that stated, I do agree that there are areas that they should add towers. The big action in Columbus right now appears to be lighting up entire areas at once (clusters), so we just have to wait and see what is next (actually, we go out and check on progress, but that is the sponsor side of the story).

You could have seen the startup of a new LTE tower. Next time get the Field test < Serving Cell Info screen using a font that fully displays the Cell Identity and post a screen shot here. We can tell you if it is a new site. Columbus is not launched yet. We all are impatient at times, but Sprint has launched a large number of new sites LTE recently and work continues on many more. Several more months before it is mostly complete (laggards take longer - permit issues, ISP backhaul delays, etc).

It would be nice if you added GCI support to the list. Apple can be included with a note about hexadecimal conversion. GCI is very handy at identifying specific towers. It might also encourage Samsung and others to add it.

Was that cabinet empty?

There is plenty of LTE downtown, you just need a triband phone with our techniques. Eventually Columbus will be launched and it will be open to all. The progress detail is in the sponsor spreadsheet on the first page of the sponsor forum. Happy hunting!!

Just thought you guys should know that Sprint did a stealth launch on Friday of a number of cities in your market. You can start by looking at our links: http://s4gru.com/index.php?/topic/1904-network-visionlte-columbus-market/page-205&do=findComment&comment=286479

Sprint has 36 more days to go based on its announcement.

Sprint Launched Ohio markets as of Friday (it's buried in a list of launched LTE markets http://newsroom.spri...chedmarkets.htm ) • Ashland, Ohio • Ashtabula, Ohio • Canton/Massillon, Ohio • Dayton, Ohio • Findlay, Ohio • Greenville, Ohio • Mansfield, Ohio • Marion, Ohio • New Philadelphia/Dover, Ohio • Parkersburg, W.Va. • Point Pleasant, W.Va. • Salem, Ohio • Sandusky, Ohio • Tiffin, Ohio • Wooster, Ohio Dayton is not spark because it did not have wimax service. Looking carefully at the coverage map, Sprint also launched in the Columbus Market: - Keyton - Upper Sandusky - Bucyrus - Gallion - Worthington (not the Columbus suburb) - Bowling Green http://coverage.spri...TNAV=ATG:HE:Cov We had all the areas in the Columbus Market fully covered on our sponsor maps

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Mark Twain: "There are lies, damn lies, and statistics". Your Columbus Market stats may be out of date, I come up with 67.25% of our sites are new vision. Now that does not mean that the sites that will be 4g are up to that level yet. Almost half of the remaining sites are in process. Our worst winter in 20 years is also slowing things down. The other factor is West Virginia is not really a complete market because of Ntelos.

I don't use them, but I see where they could be useful on the road -- sort of like a gas gauge. Would love a RSSI or RSRP number twice the size.

Sponsors, I have posted a sprite map with leads to 7 new LTE sites. Not all may be visible to all users or at all times, But you can use this combined with our maps to find and get credit for new LTE sites. http://s4gru.com/index.php?/topic/4742-columbus-market-mapspreadsheet/page-103&do=findComment&comment=283174