stanleywinthrop

I wanted to give an update on the Columbia/Lexington area.  Since this summer the B41 rollout has been impressive. In Lexington, it has made it all the way out to my neighborhood which I was not expecting for quite some time as I live a ways out.  Overall, I am very pleased and impressed with the rollout in the Lexington area.

Downtown columbia has also seen a pretty good rollout of Band 41.  The USC campus is pretty well covered and although spotty, you can find it down assembly and up towards main street as well.  However as we all know B41 does not penetrate buildings well and does not make it into mine past about 10 feet of a south/west facing  window.  The bad news is that I had expected Band 41's presence to relieve pressure on the way over congested B25 in downtown, but alas B25 is as slow and congested as ever.

That's B41?

 

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Affirmative. Check out my previous posts.

Forgive my enthusiasm, but I've suffered on Sprint far too long. Just pulled this beauty in Lexington. Lat and Long included for the curious.

Good to see! Whereabouts in Lexington? Everytime I go to visit family there, it's quite pathetic.

 

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I would call it central, but to be more specific, it starts in downtown lexington and goes east out 378 towards the main shopping areas including wal mart.  I haven't fully tested how far, but it could be all the way to Target.

Exciting news (at least for me lol) picked up Band 41 for the first time in central Lexington area. Was able to pull a 47 Mbps download which is light years ahead of anything I've seen in this area.

Unfortunately downtown Columbia remains a B25 wasteland with terrible speeds.

Did you get to send your RCS message?

nope.

Just a follow up on my B41 in Columbia I was only attached to 2 sites that SCP did not guess a band that fit the nokia mini macro B41 style. Both were near exit 9 I-77 one picked up 3 sectors so pretty sure about where that is and the other is just one sector so it would be a guess to where it would be. The different GCI for each sector makes it a pain to be sure though. It goes from 022A0731 to 022A3532 meaning there may be up to 10 sites live in the market some where to fill in the missing GCI.

Check out the Harbison area.  Definitely some Band 41 active in that area.

So I wonder how Sprint will roll out 41 in SC start with Major areas first like Columbia Greenville/Spartanburg/Anderson I mean Anderson would be fine if we had 10Mhz band 25 but seeing 41 would be awesome I mean anyone in here in the GSP area seen some 41?

 

 

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Next time you're transiting I-26, stop for lunch in the harbison area. Solid band 41. I've been getting 30-50 Mbps speeds, which blows anything I've ever seen on Bands 25 or 26 away.

"Band Priority" does NOT affect which bands you are more likely to connect to. It changes the scanning order. If you set B25 as 1, it will scan B25 first. Once you are connected to the network, Band Priority no longer does anything, as the network determines which band you are best suited to connect to based on the information your device is able to report back.

Ah ok. It just sucks that the network consistantly selects the wrong network at my office.

With Samsung saying their native messaging app supports RCS on the GS8 and that it's uses the GSMA's universal standard, does that mean I can use their app for RCS messaging other devices that are using Android Messages?

 

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Yes, assuming both you and the recipient are on a carrier that has RCS enabled.

So I've had RCS enabled for 4 months now. My wife uses an iPhone and I don't know a single person who has a sprint android. Is there a group chat i can join? Or at least someone willing to let me send a RCS message so i can at least say I've used RCS?

Yep. 2/4/5/12 (and maybe 17) are in there for roaming purposes. If you want to prioritize that I'd probably say 4>2>5>12/17.

Nope.  12 was the only non-Sprint band listed in my phone, which is interesting because the phone itself is compatible with every LTE band currently used in the US.  And while on that thought, I don't think I've ever roamed in LTE for some reason.  I do head out into the boondocks occasionally and usually I roam on 3G only.

Someone else with more expertise regarding android might be able to chime in, but I think that if you call Sprint and get your MSL code, you can change band priority on your phone…

Thanks for the suggestion RAV.  I set my priority to 26-1, 41-2, 25-3, 12-4.  (I assume 12 is in there for roaming purposes?)

We'll see if this makes much of a difference.

I think the word you're looking for is throughput, not bandwidth (in most markets B25 is 5x5+5x5, 10x10 of even greater whereas B26 is always limited to 5x5 or 3x3.

 

What device do you have?

Bandwidth, Throughput, Billput, whatever you call it, my point is that Band 25 in my office in downtown Columbia is glacial which seems needless considering Band 26 is available and offers better performance at this particular location.

Currently I have a Moto G5 plus, but have gotten similar results with a Moto G4 plus and HTC Bolt.

So saw B41 in Columbia,SC that is new to me.

 

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Yep.  I've been getting solid B41 in the Harbison area for the last 3 weeks.  I also got some downtown for the first time this morning!  Hopefully B41 will be expanded more downtown via the densification plans.

My biggest gripe now with sprint is that in my office building downtown I get solid B25 coverage, but the bandwidth is horrid, usually below 1Mbps.  I know B26 is present, because when I go a little bit deeper into the building, B25 drops out and the phone grabs B26.  The funny thing is B26 has better bandwidth, usually 3-5 Mbps.

I wish there was some way to force the phone to prefer B26.

Hello everyone. I left sprint a couple of years ago over poor reception. I work in downtown Columbia and back then Sprints building penetration was horrid. I think B26 was coming online but not making much of a difference.

While I don't miss Sprint's coverage I do miss their prices!

So, query: I assume a full rollout of band 26 would resolve my problems in downtown COLA, so is there anyone who spends time here who can update me on coverage? Thanks.

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Todon, yep got 4g for the first time in downtown today as well. Very exciting! I've also been getting good signal in Lexington near 378/6 area. Been getting 12-18 Mbps in that area.