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The Sprint goal was to preserve licenses. The only immediate benefit was to reduce roaming costs, thus speeds around 3g might be viewed as acceptable. Like many of the Wimax protection sites, I don't expect this to appear on coverage maps. The only one of these rural areas that Sprint has publicly committed to is Montana, thus I would expect them to be more fully expanded first. This has to be placed into the context of Sprint's goal of becoming profitable this fiscal year.

 

Besides decent backhaul, to truly serve an area you want overlapping sites - only one site was seen in Caspar on a drive through. The service from some of the Wimax protection sites was good. They were like an oasis in the desert. I would hope Sprint would at least rise to this level and make these moderately performing LTE sites. Then they could even put them on the coverage map.

 

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I'm guessing no one has mapped this on Sensorly

 

 

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Correct. If I remember correctly it was mapped on root metrics, which showed it had very weak throughput. I like to know when it was done. Sensorly does have bad data at times, root metrics does not give dates.

 

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Logs provided by ingenium show a Sprint B25 LTE three sector site in Caspar WY, 08497Cxx.  Signal strength and coverage appear reasonable.  No details on throughput.

Ive posted on a different thread but i didnt get any replies

But can someone help me out with this question

Ive switched the liability of the account from personal to enterprise/business while ago. I still have the legacy ED 1500 plan for 3 of my lines. I was wondering is it possible to add another line of the same plan to the account

I remember someone posted that they added a new line with the same legacy plan..or maybe ive read it wrong

 

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I believe you still can. You we need to have a knowledgable rep willing to do it.

 

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How do I send in some cash?

 

 

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http://s4gru.com/index.php?/index

 

Paypal in upper right

It means we are now ready for B41 3rd Carrier. Details in Premier thread.

Just for new customers.

 

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Today's logs.

 

https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B7XPKk2wFGJ4cHFTbDFBZ2tWVW8/view?usp=drivesdk

 

https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B7XPKk2wFGJ4ZWdFMU83U2tTVE0/view?usp=drivesdk

 

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FYI your GPS ended about 4:45PM on the 9th, logs end at 7:30PM on the 9th (in case you thought they went to the 11th).  Logs are always welcome.

Ok. I was hoping that everything we do helps the network. Maybe if some Shentel employees here look at the info we share, then it will give them an idea of what needs the most improvement!

 

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The sales force does not get all of the info we have, although Sprint has gotten dramatically better in supplying them info during the last few months.

Preparation for band 41 3rd carrier. We do not have proof of that shift yet, but it is a logical conclusion.

 

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JDP121, on 06 May 2016 - 6:50 PM, said:

 

I hit the coverage thing on the nTelos site. It took me here http://unlimityourdata.com/coverage/ .. It also includes 2 different coverage maps. One in the current state of what LTE (Says Exsiting Coverage as of April 2016) and another button that you can click right above it that says Projected Network Status by the End of 2018.

To summarize, every single nTelos site, covered by Shentel, or in the Columbus or Sprint WV Market, is to be converted to LTE within 32 months or so. The Sprint markets I am familiar with all have some 3G only sites. Quite a treat for nTelos customers. There will be enough B25 spectrum, that in some places where B41 is not available, it should not dramatically matter*.

 

Then Shentel is adding more than 150 additional coverage sites and rolling out major network upgrades inside the shaded area.http://welcometoshentel.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/shentel_coverage.png

 

The spectrum benefits will extend to a lesser extend into the southern and eastern portion of the expanded Columbus metro area, close to Richmond. plus other areas. This has also spurred other spectrum deals that extend the benefits even further.

 

 

*given new 1900 RRH possibilities or use of multiple 1900 RRHs per sector. The current RRHs will be maximized first to a much greater degree than usual.

 

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Thank God it wasn't just me. My phone reset on its own last night and I had to reconnect my google accounts. I thought the network errors all day in Grandview were related to the phone crapping out.

Just got reports that Methodist hospital near Upper Arlington and Grant Hospital downtown were fine at that time, so it was widespread but was also spotty.

 

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back to normal. reset your network settings back to global. battery may have drained more than usual.

Dublin ok. Delaware having lots of drops to 3G. Sprint Customer care is aware of the issue.

Issues reported in Hilliard, west side of Columbus, Reynoldsburg, south end of Columbus.  A lot of people in our chat have vanished, likely due to no connection.  Waiting for other reports.

So I have only had the device for a couple hours, but so far so good. Good display. Very responsive. Coming from an iPhone 6s plus, I love the size, the feel, and the look of the device. A happy medium in terms of size. I think it is perfect. I'll put it through more later today when I get home from work and type up an update.

Shots of debug LTE screens please! Thanks.

 

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Sprint LTE network down in Columbus.  Started with B41 this morning and was back for a while, then all LTE died before lunch.

 

To get on 3G your must go to settings | Mobile Network | Network Mode and then change it to CDMA.  Don't forget to change it back to global later today.

Status of licensing for rural buildout remains the same, pending - Offlined for Expired License Review.

The City of Seattle was listed for 12/2015.

I will be curious to see the early results.  Hopefully rootable.  Plus other items on my list: good TX/RX, bandwidth, SCP support, turn off bands,  screen visibility in sunlight, etc. Ability to augment battery is always good.  Likely will make my decision a month after launch when realworld results are in.  Main competition at this point would be the LG G5 if they CAx3 support, or if S7 becomes rootable.

Sprint CA phones, or phones capable of CA on any carrier? Because the Nexus 6 got this "issue" after the Marshmallow upgrade, but didn't have it with Lollipop.

 

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Correct addition. It takes a village.

 

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Given the threat of patent lawyers, I would assume a slightly different explanation will ultimately be found for Android phones.  I only saw this issue on CA phones.  The common view was it was a bug, I saw it as a benefit. 

 

WiWavelength's work is well researched and definitely a welcome addition for S4GRU.

Columbus is experiencing its third LTE 1900 expansion. What started as LTE 5x5 was expanded at many sites to 10x10 last year. Now a third expansion to 5x5 + 10x10 has begun. It has been observed at sites of all types, except GMO LTE which make up less than 1% of our sites. Currently more than 70 sites with 5x5 + 10x10 have been found, generally by people driving around doing their usual activities.

 

If you wish to know which sites have been found, or even to help out by providing peak signal data logs through Signal Check Professional ($3 or so), make a small donation to S4GRU for $10-20 or more by clicking on the donation item in the upper right corner here: http://s4gru.com/index.php?/index

 

Question... can anybody explain why I am not even pulling 2 mbps up or down In the Barnett Rd and Livingston Ave area on my HTC M9? I dread these Clearwire Towers. #Sofrustrating.

 

The Clear sites as currently configured are at the end of their useful economic life and are reportedly no longer supported by their manufacturer. The US government views them as a security risk thus they are slated to be upgraded (to the best of our knowledge). The court case against Sprint likely delayed action on this by 4 months minimum (they could not make new plans while it was an uncertain resolution. Held up by a bunch of church people -- so your to blame . Since they generally measure time in millenniums rather than nano seconds, WiMAX was advanced technology to them! ).

 

Decommissioning of Clear sites only used for WiMAX has begun. We have also seen fiber going towards Clear sites broadcasting LTE, which could eliminate the current microwave bottleneck. Microwave is not bad, the Clear microwave has just been never upgraded in virtually all cases.

 

The way all Columbus Metro LTE 2500 is currently configured, even the Sprint LTE 2500 sites can not be upgraded to host a third LTE 2500 carrier for carrier aggregation (combining them for better speed for the latest phones, adding capacity for everyone else) until the Clear sites are upgraded.