mmark27

28 updates (4 LTE) in the last two days for Milwaukee......where? I'm not seeing changes for our maps. Sent from my SPH-L720 using Tapatalk 4

Your nearest location is over on High Point Rd. However, the 4GEEZ you're seeing is most likely from the Middleton Tower that's actually active, if you look at Sensorly.com mapping for LTE, its possible to get a light signal. Please map that 4G signal with the sensorly app if you're seeing it routinely.

Sorry for hijacking this thread with the last three posts......I did some more driving tonight...... I just wanted to add that the Apartment Building on West Washington Ave, near Brittingham Park seemed to have two temp cranes/hoists coming off the roof. The old antennas aren't there anymore from previous pictures, so this site might be in progress too, but I ran out of day light to get a good picture.

I'm pretty sure that this site is in progress. This site is on Old University in Madison and serves Camp Randall Stadium. This is new in the last 2 weeks for sure....I haven't gone by it since then despite its proximity to my work (3 blocks). These look like NV antennas, but the RRUs are covered up in boxes. It is not broadcasting yet, nor has it been accepted. Thoughts?

Well, for Madison's permit information, I use google to ask, "Madison building permit reports". Takes me right to the page, then you can pick all construction permits, month, and go. Then once inside the permit document, just search for "Sprint" and it should be under Sprint Spectrum or something along those lines. However, not every community has a nice online system like Madison does. For example, none of the surrounding towns have website access to that stuff. I have to call Fitchburg, Verona, etc. on the phone and ask them if permits have been pulled for certain addresses (of the towers that can be had on the Sponsor section). Tosa doesn't have online reports it appears: http://www.wauwatosa.net/index.aspx?NID=626 but you can get the addresses of the towers and just call in and ask on a few. Sometimes they're real nice, sometimes they want you to fill out paperwork and give them money.

Well, most of Madison's downtown towers have had permits since April/May time. Only 3 of those towers appear to have NV equipment on them, one broadcasting. I've been trying to track down a crew at any of the towers and haven't been able to find one. I spent most of Friday driving around from tower to tower (had some time off and hours to kill), hoping to see workers. Nope. Oh well, one day it'll magically happen. EDIT: July had two more permits filed (that's 11 total now). Apartments near Brittingham Park in Madison and the big tower rack at Hwy 51 and Hwy 30 on the East Side. The APT building would help serve Camp Randall, Regent St. and Kohl Center.

Well, the only other tower that I've seen equipment on is the Tokay tower, but it isn't broadcasting (and not officially accepted yet) and we have no other towers that have been accepted as complete in that area either. I think its a single tower.

I'm pretty impressed how much a single tower can cover....... (the tower is at the top of this map, essentially, nearer the dark purple) There's purple covering existing towers that aren't upgraded yet on this map (Sauk @ Gammon and Pleasant View @ Greenway and others), so the coverage should be really great once they actually get them all upgraded. Great work on mapping, guys! I keep praying that Sprint will beat the start of Badger Football here downtown westside of campus by Camp Randall, but I doubt that'll happen. We really only need a few to get some decent coverage here in Madison.

Those don't appear to be NV to me. I have a lot of racks around me that look like that. The panels look similar, but I don't see the RRUs on the backsides, and those are pretty recognizable. I think the middle rack is VZW equipment? or USCC perhaps? The arrangement of the very top rack is what we're seeing all around that might be like Sprint's, NV (fat panel) in the middle with two legacy panels (skinny guys) on the outsides. Again though, I don't see RRUs on that top rack. Maybe the angle's bad though and something is there? Here's Mooeydj's pics that are awesome -> http://s4gru.com/index.php?/topic/1983-network-visionlte-milwaukee-market-including-madison/page-57&do=findComment&comment=182623 As far as posting pictures on this site....it's a bit of a hassle. I seem to have more luck with loading them from the Tapatalk App on my phone than I do a computer.

Grab some LTE engineering screen shots too while you're at it ---> "howto": http://s4gru.com/index.php?/topic/2198-network-visionlte-new-orleans-market/page-38?p=90231&do=findComment&comment=90231 And I assume you have SingalCheck Pro installed, so definitely get a screen shot of that. That'll tell you what / if you are roaming on and which radio. Its possible to Roam for voice and be connected to Sprint's data according to other posts on this site. Although, I'd guess that would be really rare. I do not believe that 4G roaming is possible at all given the frequencies of LTE.

4G roaming?? Did you get screenshots of this event? Nice work on mapping. Be proud that's all you!! Ha ha. Sent from my SPH-L720 using Tapatalk 4

awesome! I wonder if this it the High St. tower or the Greenway Station tower? Hopefully the later, which would mean two towers with equipment. Head out to the High St. tower and see if the readings are super strong.

Actually, that is an amazing advantage of the NV. Battery life is incredible. I was texting, checking replays on mlb app, posting, tweeting, etc. and battery was still like 70% when I left. And those Braun bucks really helped with beer costs! Sent from my SPH-L720 using Tapatalk 4

Wow, service was awesome at Miller Park (and the good guys won). Also, I was detecting 1x800 at Cottage Grove / Waterloo tower on my way back into Madison. Sent from my SPH-L720 using Tapatalk 4

I'm heading out to the Brewers (eh..hem, the Cardinals) game tonight, really hope that Miller Park is still broadcasting the goodness and its usable. Look forward to actually being able to send a text message at that stadium. A feat I haven't been able to accomplish in the 10 years I've been here.....okay, the last 5-6 were full of texting, those first few years, I couldn't T9 text to save my soul so I didn't.

I have 5 lines on my account, so I could get a new phone about every 6 months the way I have them spread out. I always use the upgrade, then bump the phones down the line to the rest of the family! My next upgrade isn't until next March 2014....a lot with tri-band by then I'll bet. My S4 should get me through until then, I highly doubt we'll see any 800 LTE prior to that anyways.

Still no LTE from Middleton, Tokay or State Street towers in Madison. I really would like to know what's going on. Just when we thought we were soooo close to getting some coverage here. Clearly the backhaul wasn't in place or something. All the other hardware is all there. At least the Rimrock tower is active, but doesn't really broadcast very far.

Well, how was it? Did you get LTE? Were you able to use your phone for more than a paperweight? I'd imagine you're still heavily hung over and sleeping. Sent from my SPH-L720 using Tapatalk 4

That's the Rimrock tower. Quann is at the Alliant Energy Center, right? That's what Google Maps tells me.

Whoops, 51 and 30, not 151. I think its more likely this one than the other you're talking about, although maybe that one has equipment on it too, its closer to the others that have been upgraded already.

I'm fairly certain the tower at hwy 151 and hwy 30 intersection has new antennas + RRUs on it, so quite possibly it could be that tower. I haven't been back over there in about a week, and I don't have any pictures. It's a very dense tower with lots of equipment on it. Like they've seen in other areas around the country, the LTE could go active and then go back off quite quickly....or it may only accept so many connections to the LTE at one time during testing. If you see a blip, that's a very good sign and map that sucka with SignalMap! It is also true though that these LTE signals can travel quite some distance.....if you look at the Madison maps, before the Rimrock tower was turned on, there was signal on the beltline that could only really be attributed to the McFarland Tower that was active (tower IDs I grabbed confirmed this). Now there are a few more around that are working sporadically.

No joy on MIDDLETON tower. No broadcast confirmed. Sent from my SPH-L720 using Tapatalk 4

Have you tried rebooting or doing airplane mode on and off? I've been having problems with LTE discovery mode working on my S4 lately for whatever reason. But if I toggle airplane mode myself then I'll grab it. I'll be out in Middleton in 30 mins and I'll check too. It's possible they turned it back off also. Sent from my SPH-L720 using Tapatalk 4

Yup those Mooeydj pics are to what I was referring! Awesome pictures. Sent from my SPH-L720 using Tapatalk 4

There's nothing in those photos that is Network Vision work yet. Perhaps the cabinet looks a little new at the Beltline tower, but I'm not very good at spotting those, others may be. However, there are no new NV antennas on any of those towers. I keep an eye on these towers as they are sort of on my way home from work. Good pics though! The last tower you visited is the one across the street from my house, I watch it like a hawk! Here's what the middleton tower looks like. you are looking for the antennas in the middle with those big boxes coming off them (the RRUs). Each tower will be set up slightly differently with the RRUs placed behind the antenna as space allows....like the Rimrock Rd. tower is set up. There are better pictures in this thread by they get buried pretty quickly.