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I'll ask around to the people more familiar with the TD-LTE side and try to get an update.

My work computer.

:-)

Edit: 40.086340000, -104.98472000000 are the registered coords, see for yourself.

Pretty sure that one is not Sprint.

Nevermind, This one is sprint. It's wasn't supposed to get NetVision until the second round. A change perhaps.

Yesterday, leaving work, saw crews back up working on the tower at Highway 52 and I-25. Not sure if I see LTE equipment yet.

Pretty sure that one is not Sprint.

*cough* 22nd&Tower *cough**someonegosensorly*cough*cough*

Wtf!!! Came to work in Callan Colorado and found out they got 4g!!!!

Calhan? Yea, that was a crappy drive.

BTW, heads up Durango people (if any). *wink*

I located 4G LTE in Thornton, near Grant st and 100th. I decided one night to track down the tower, and I believe I did find it. The image was taken at night, so.. I do apologize for the quality, but I help it helps with the progress tracking.

 

I was averaging speeds between 11 Mbps down to 24 Mbps down. I had my brother with me, using his iPhone 4, he saw 3G speeds between 1.2 Mbps to 2 Mbps down. Not bad at all!

 

I am not sure if I could tell who owned the site, Samsung maybe? 

 

I am using the iPhone 5s.

mmm. There is a Jimmy Johns by that pole.

More dirt...
Sprint is having some difficulty with switching on the towers due to faulty instillation of the fiber from the Cab to the RRUs. On a bunch of sites the fiber in the hybrid cable is immediately failing and they are forced to switch to the backup (which sometimes fails as well). The construction crews are supposed to scope the fiber before and after instillation and have very strict procedures for installation, but apparently some crews aren't following the rules. This is causing delays in switch-on, as well as issues where the LTE goes live, then disappears a few days later.

The list of 'in progress' sites has been sent to the authorities. It is 212 sites, and I would expect about half to already be on the map in some state. Even at that, the list sent does not include about 80 sites that I was unable to add at this time. Yes, that means roughly 300 sites are already at least in progress. I will try to add updates as I feel comfortable making them public (ie. you could have seen them).

As always, PM me if you have specific questions about your neighborhood (sponsors only, please, :] ) 

Hey Merlin , do you know Anything about Arvada-Westminster area by any chance ? I don't see any towers in the sponsors maps that show any work in the area ..,,

You're golden. I'm working on getting that data to the powers that be.

Are we looking around February to March then?

 

How much of our Colorado weather plays into this? If we get a heavy snow winter, are we possibly looking more March to April?

 

Sent from me phone

Running underground fiber through frozen ground is significantly harder. I would guess it should be progressing nicely by March.

Will Sprint's new network upgrades include the Aurora, 80016 zip code, or are they skipping this area? Whenever I look at the network.sprint.com website, it seems that there are no towers in my area. Unless I just don't know what I'm looking at. 

Yes, it is coming to 80016. I would recommend an upgrade to sponsor maps but it appears to be blank in that area for the time being. I plan on fixing some of that incompleteness in the near future.

Hello everyone, I've been following this forum for a few months and had a few questions about the Grand Junction and surrounding markets. From the maps I have been looking at the towers have for the most part been upgraded to NV, is that correct? If so is that as far as it is going to go for quite some time or should we expect 4g at some point? Also our voice and data service has been absolutely terrible for the past month or so. Is this due to the new equipment not being hooked up to the new "backhaul" structor? Sorry for all the questions I just have not seen much info on the western slope, if there is a thread or something I missed in my search for answers please direct me to the correct forum. 

My zip code is 81415

There are hardly any legacy sites remaining in Grand Junction. Look for your 4g to go live sooner than Denver (December?). I would guess that your connection woes are mostly due to the transition taking place rather rapidly and in an area with few sites that double cover. 

Okay, time for some dirt.

The Sprint network backhaul (switch side and branches) is near completion. The only slowdown is the "last mile" backhaul of getting the fiber to the sites. This is done by outside contractors and they are well behind schedule. The network will be ready Jan. 1st. and the 'last mile' should be completed within a couple months of that (weather permitting).

As for the sponsor maps, I am considering a huge data dump to get the Denver area updated. There are easily 2 or 3 times as many "in progress" sites completed than are up there. It might give you guys a better perspective on why the 'last mile' is taking forever, those guys are SWAMPED.  

I will let you guys know the exact moment I see an 800LTE card. But for know I'm skeptical that it is actually happening any time soon.

My bad on the terminology. I was talking about the 3g. But specifically, I have heard rumors from managers about bringing on the LTE in clusters alongside the 3g cluster switch. Either way, there appears to be a big shift coming very soon. The NV shipments are drying up. Could mean more focus on acceptance in the next few weeks.

When the full LTE goes live you will know it. They can't bring up individual sites as they are completed as the NV and legacy equipment can't talk to each other properly. When it happens it will be huge and it will be entire clusters at a time. You are only seeing the sites as they are being tested for a short time. 

Interesting. That tower isn't even listed as in progress in the top secret members only map. ......er...cough cough.

The 1900RRUs are there. It could also be DN03XC100.

EDIT: Site name.

cough*DN03XC099*coughcough

Shoot me a PM and I can check on specific network issues in your area. I can tell you the northern CoSprings has been fairly busy in the past few weeks with NV. 

And that toppled tower story is BS. 

So. I am a tech working hands on with the rollout. Because of NDAs and job security issues I will have to keep most of the details on the vague side. Needless to say this equipment is very, very fast. Unfortunately, the rollout is not going as speedy as planned. I can assure you that I have been to every corner of this fine state to personally see the equipment. It is EVERYWHERE. Based on some inside info on rollout expect Grand Junction and CoSprings to go live a lot faster than Denver will. Ohh, and 800LTE is already in the pipe.