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Not a big fan of how roaming is handled either. Should at least be able to buy another chunk of roaming data. From a customer perception standpoint I agree with you statement that when it says "3G Sprint" I would not expect it to go against your roaming. Try a different customer support angle. I would expect you could get a reprieve for a month if nothing else. Sometimes all that is need to stay under the cap is switching apps. Using navigation software with preloaded maps can save several hundred MB a day if you are using it constantly.

3ca is great, but it is starting to become the 600mhz of the sprint phone world, another six months. Personally I set my thresholds and the first phone past it wins. Coming from a g2, and a 32gb photon 4g before that, the likely winner is the g4 (I am always running out of space) with microSD , CA, CCA, and RRHs, more RAM , 5.x, and just a small amount of throttle. Hopefully larger third party battery options with it being removable. Hopefully the early user reports are good. Been siting on a upgrade since last fall.

CA may be out there and you should have the right phone to find it. Good luck!

Recommend you download Signalcheck Pro for $1.99 from google play store. Other option is dial ##debug# and choose LTE.

The first three digits of the gci will increase by one. The last two characters of the gci, which indicate sectors, will move to the next series. For Samsung markets, was was 00, 01, or 02 becomes 03, 04, or 05 to indicate second carrier. SCP will indicate it with an exponent of 2. CA we have not seen yet.

My sense is it will be soon since nTelos wants the increased Sprint revenue.

Agree. It might be in the SCP CDMA log if you have logging turned on, but it looks like you did not have the signal for long enough /strong enough to get the base station longitude latitude, which is now offset in Sprint markets. Under the right conditions I have seen these signal travel 30 miles on a regular basis. This thread discussion is getting very close to needing to move to a sponsor thread to track such things as NID-SID-BID and for 1x1900 and 1x800 along with GCI for various types of GCI. Then you will know where your signal is coming from and can track the roll-out progress.

The biggest consumer of data when roaming for me is navigation, which can use up your allowance in about three hours of use. The Navigator app allows you to download maps so you don't use roaming data. The roaming limit for Sprint is 100MB or 300MB depending on your contract. If you were not traveling, get SignalCheck to see what you are connected to.

nTelos announced yesterday in their quarterly results that they are at 44% of pops covered with LTE, and their plan is 66% by years end. Initial focus is the Roanoke, Charleston, and Huntington market. Zoning and structural issues were listed as impediments. Small cells were listed as future possibilities in those markets primarily in indoor spaces. nTelos said they were port positive for the first time in several years against all four major carriers. They have always been port positive against Verizon and AT&T. They did mention that they did lose some customers to US Cellular at the end of last year. They implied that they have now made up lost ground on customers. There was no mention of Sprint interoperability in the Q&A. Presumably this will be part of the semiannual discussions with Sprint in May. P.S.: Recent travels by passive spotters have not revealed the presence of LTE available to Sprint users in the Charleston Market.

Activate it first to keep your number. Any scratches on the glass? Hair likely held on by static charge. Later, if you find any other issues, take it back to the Sprint store (assuming you purchased it there).

Much much better heat performance: http://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2015/04/30/qualcomms-snapdragon-808-doesnt-get-so-hot-under-the-collar/ If you need more storage and want a removable battery and B413CA and likely CCA / RRPP capability (when available), then the G4 is likely the one. I agree that those who want speed and better video (4K) should go with the Samsung Galaxy S6. http://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2015/04/23/in-depth-with-the-snapdragon-810s-heat-problems/

"Your Sprint smartphone will actually auto-connect to those Hotspots. I noticed this, this week when I was traveling to New York for LG’s G4 event. The Sprint Galaxy S6 I had with me had WiFi turned off, but it would turn on and connect to Boingo Hotspot. Probably a way for Sprint to get some congestion off of their network in that area as well." source:http://mobileosworld.com/post/117773514277/sprint-and-boingo-enter-multi-year-wifi-agreement 'Here’s how it works: Sprint devices within proximity of a Boingo hotspot will automatically connect to our Wi-Fi network, seamlessly and securely. It will be invisible to the consumer – there is nothing she needs to do – no software to download, no passwords to remember, no hoops to jump through. It just happens. As Sprint’s CTO Stephen Bye said, “By enabling our customers to move seamlessly between secure Wi-Fi and cellular, our customers will have a better mobile experience in more locations, all while lowering the cost of data usage.”' source: http://www.boingo.com/blog/2015/04/a-big-day-at-boingo/

I will try to look up the microwave later. Did not find any active under nTelos before, but will attempt under their subsidiaries' names.

In my and other Sprint territories, powertower sites are finished last. In Samsung territory the disparate cabinets were replaced with Network Vision cabinets around the same time as everyone else. Each site was then a Ground Mount Option with new cabinets and remote radio heads (RRHs) mounted on the ground yet still using the old antennas. Then many months later, electric company contractors would replace the antennas, cables, and ground mount RRHs with new antennas with RRHs behind the antennas or nearby in the towers, hybrid cables (fiber optic cables with RRH power) . These contractors will only work in conditions with almost no wind or rain (think high voltage) plus this is not their normal work, so installation times can take two to three times longer (sometimes more than a month). They may or may not remove old equipment at that time.

I have unsuccessfully tried to find that LTE on several trips through the area (It has been there for a while). I also once dragged a Sensorly 50Mbps B41 blip 20 twenty miles to my backyard via a problem with my phone. I contacted Sensorly, even had logs showing exactly where I go it with the same speed an time, but they would not remove it. Fortunately it did not become a tourist attraction like I feared.

This also confirms what I have seen in one other report, that the nTelos site identification codes are two letters for the town plus three numbers, which is what you should look for if you go to look at a site. This is no guarantee that it will be there, but you often see the carrier's number, but the carrier's name is only mentioned in some cases. Electric meters sometimes have the names listed as well. Then you will be certain about your possible site.

I think it now includes Atlanta Milwaukee Akron Anaheim etc. Edit: Additional details posted here first: http://www.reddit.com/r/Sprint/comments/32tqhz/sprint_spark_and_4g_lte_continues_to_expand/

Been looking at the photos. Will need more to be certain. Most of the time you can talk to the contractors and they will tell you. Called in Limotimz, who believes the top rack is Verizon, the bottom is AT&T. That leaves the middle. The equipment they are working on is ALU, which nTelos is contracted with, but Verizon now also uses. Site is in the wholesale market zone, meaning it will at some point in the near future be Sprint compliant. I would expect to see remote Radio Heads mounted next to the antennas for a Sprint compliant setup in most cases.

As covered above, there is the overall agreement, which includes penalties for not making targets. These things also take time. The FCC just approved Sprint leasing spectrum to nTelos last week (which was applied for in December). You can check to see what equipment is installed at your favorite nTelos sites (post photos)

We are actually getting to see behind the curtain here. We now know that Sprint and nTelos were busy in December, and may have had FCC questions since then. nTelos could only fully begin once these leases were approved, which was last week.

Here are the leases from Sprint (Nextel) that touch Ohio, including Ohio's Lawrence county: Lease & Call Sign Frequencies (Channel Block) Market WQKT264 - L000015444 1910-1915/1990-1995 G Charleston Charleston Market included counties: Carter-KY, Elliott-KY, Lawrence-OH, Boone, Braxton, Cabell, Clay, Fayette, Gilmer, Jackson, Kanawha, Lincoln, Mason, Nicholas, Putnam, Raleigh, Roane, Summers, Wayne, Webster, Wyoming Lease & Call Sign Frequencies (Channel Block) Market KNLH537 - L000015473 1865-1870/1945-1950 D Huntington/Ashland Huntington/Ashland market includes the following counties for this: Lawrence-OH, Boyd-KY, Carter-KY, Elliot-KY, Lawrence-KY, Cabell, Wayne. Lease & Call Sign Frequencies Market WPLM684 - L000015484 817-818/862-863 Charleston WPLM685 - L000015485 818-824/863-869 Charleston This includes the following counties: Lawrence-OH, Boyd-KY, Carter-KY, Elliott-KY, Boone, Braxton, Cabell, Clay, Fayette, Gilmer, Jackson, Kanawha, Lincoln, Mason, Nicholas, Putnam, Raleigh, Roane, Summers, Wayne, Webster, Wyoming. nTelos licenses for Ohio: Call Sign Frequencies (Channel Block) Market WPTT275 1857.5-1865/1937.5-1945 A Columbus Columbus Market includes the following Ohio counties: Guernsey, Muskingum, Noble Call Sign Frequencies (Channel Block) Market WPTT275 1857.5-1860/1937.5-1940 A Columbus WPTT277 1860-1865/1940-1945 A Columbus Columbus Market includes the following Ohio counties: Athens, Jackson. Meigs, Vinton, Pike, Ross, Morgan Perry Other interesting nTelos licenses: WPTT276 is listed for NTelos in the Cincinnati-Dayton Market although it covers WV counties Braxton, Clay, Nicholas, Pocahontos, and Webster for 1860-1865/1940-1945 Channel Block A. WPOJ713 is leased by nTelos to its subsidiary West Virginia PCS Alliance covering counties Washington–OH, Calhoun, Pleasants, Ritchie, Wirt, Wood for 1895-1910/1975-1990 Channel Block C. WPOJ714 for nTelos which was leased to Bellevue Wireless, LLC, which a portion of was bought by Sprint which uses 1902-1910/1982.5-1990 Channel Block C in the entire Wheeling WV Market, covering counties Belmont-OH, Harrison-OH, Monroe-OH, Marshall, Ohio, Tyler, Wetzel much of which is in Sprint's Pittsburgh Market. The town of Cadiz in Ohio could be a good opportunity for nTelos as the area is dominated by Verizon with no Sprint and lots of new oil places (I have seen both abandoned equipment and the bigger players drilling new wells recently). B41 licenses were also transferred . These are listed in the Wimax thread: http://s4gru.com/index.php?/topic/2136-wimax-protection-site-maps-substantial-service-sites/page-3&do=findComment&comment=412765 (Mistakes could have been made with this. Corrections or additions welcome).

EARFCN 8615 (downlink) [Chillicothe, Ohio (Ross County)] EARFCN 26615 (uplink) [Chillicothe, Ohio (Ross County)] source: http://s4gru.com/index.php?/topic/4742-columbus-market-mapspreadsheet/page-187&do=findComment&comment=411896

Try here: http://s4gru.com/index.php?/topic/4346-b26b41-schedule-maps/page-83 or here here: http://s4gru.com/index.php?/topic/5816-tdd-lte-2600-band-41-8t8r-sites-accepted-discussion-thread/ (check there posting requirements first - your missing at least a SCP screen shot or LTE engineering screens). We are not an official group, but you might get more information.

I personally think it is good business sense to show it as soon as they have it (with reasonable accuracy). Previously I have seen Sprint take a year to show existing coverage, during which time many potential customers did not know such coverage was available (nor most local Sprint sales representatives).

Now shows Stuebenville and Wintersville, OH