mmark27

Must be Armageddon. Downtown Madison is on EV-DO again instead of eHRPD as well.

It seems as though my tower has regressed to EV-DO Rev A. from EHRPD. It's also flipping down to 1xRTT quite often. I suppose I snooped too much! They're on to me! (there is no new hardware on my tower) Sent from my SPH-L710 using Tapatalk 2

I'm stock as well. Seriously, I'm trying hard to map for Sensorly but nothing I map shows up. That's quite frustrating. Anyways, based on the tower IDs from my LTE engineering shots, the tower is different than the McFarland and Oregon towers. As far as I can tell. Sent from my SPH-L710 using Tapatalk 2

What settings do you use for Sensorly? I have it set to active only, then I map trips with it and it shows 4G getting mapped, but they never appear on Sensorly? What gives? Sent from my SPH-L710 using Tapatalk 2

Why do none of my points show up in Sensorly???? I've been getting LTE right at Broadway and Bridge as well as Southtown and Beltline in Madison. Sent from my SPH-L710 using Tapatalk 2

listen up, copper: (this one: really should be more guns a blazin' in the air like yosemite sam than shooting at "something", but you get the point) When my tower lights up with LTE, I'll host a cigar/bourbon party at my house! Then we can just all sit there and do speed tests.

I have been snooping around my tower on Marketplace Dr. (near PD and Seminole Hwy). Unfortunately, the closer I get to the tower, the more I see that the entire base of the tower site is surrounded by brick walls, so I can't get any ideas of new cabinets or other items laying around. I do see orange piping out of the ground for the Fiber (with fresh-ish dirt), so I know the backhaul is in place (well, I don't "know" anything) but I sure learned a lot out at the Oregon Tower site and reading the Sponsor forums and I'm fairly certain. I've got some zoomed in shots of that, but they're not very helpful. Anyways, hopefully they get back to me with permit information.

okay, I sent in emails to the two smaller cities around me, Verona and Fitchburg. We will see if I get any sort of response. Thanks for your information!

Can I ask, what did you request in your email? City of Fitchburg has an online request thing, but I'm not certain I even know what to request??? I saw in a different part of the forums "how" to look for/at permits, but just curious what you asked for.

Went down to Oregon tonight to witness this for myself. I took some pictures of the tower but they're a little dark. I mapped 423 points of 4G with Sensorly. Attached are my speedtest results, with a 3G one right outside the range. I had LTE signal all the way out Netherwood Rd until I hit Fish Hatchery Rd, heading north. I then got another blip of LTE near Irish Lane and Fish Hatchery Rd. The tower that's right near there (next to the FItchburg water tower) appeared to have RRUs on them and a new case in the fence, however it was too late to get a picture but I could see them in the sunset pretty clearly with my eyes. I would guess that tower might be on the completed list soon. Also attached are my LTE Engineering shot: And Signal Check Pro (as I was driving away):

Yup. It's right next to my friend's house, so I'll be mapping that very soon. If LTE is available there. Sent from my SPH-L710 using Tapatalk 2

and now my scavenger hunt begins! Can you narrow it down to side of town? Is it the Tokay tower??? EDIT: I did send you a paypal for a few bucks, I'll send them as I can. I do appreciate what you guys are doing here. Sent from my SPH-L710 using Tapatalk 2

You may also need the number to put in to get to LTE Engineering (after ##DEBUG#) and that code is: SPRINT -> 777468

Great to hear! Tokay should hit my wife's office. Today I was snooping around my tower at PD and Seminole and as shown earlier in my picture, my tower lacks the NV RRUs and whatnot. Plus I still have iDEN legacy antennas. Anyways, there are quite a few orange pipes and flags that are all new (fresh dirt and such) that say "Fiber Optic". Not to say that's specifically for Sprint, just thought I'd put it out there. I was down "near" McFarland but didn't get any LTE showing up on my device, even cycling airplane and SignalCheck. FWIW. Sent from my SPH-L710 using Tapatalk 2

I can't tell you how excited this makes me: https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/60396219/Untitled-1.gif Great job on mapping guys! I'll be down that way over the weekend, and I'll get more purple on there! Excited to see Stoughton Rd. up further into Madison get some purple too!

They will show up on Sensorly Maps eventually. Not sure the lag, but yesterday in the Madison, WI area, someone mapped our first tower and about 30 minutes later we all could see the purple (just south of McFarland, WI). But you have to zoom in pretty far to get the purple to show up if there isn't much in your area. Mileage may vary some with this.

' Also if you have an android device, you can get this app http://goo.gl/5XNLg (free version available too) made by a S4GRU member. Its great for determining your network and such. Also includes a quick way to reset your data connections and potentially pop into LTE. Sensorly will just keep you stuck in 3G if you started in 3G because its sending data that way. It will be reluctant to switch over to LTE. So if you're in an area that has LTE for sure, then go airplane mode and back, or use the SignalCheck Pro app. EDIT: then kick on the mapping tool Sensorly after you've established the LTE connection. This is what I have learned in the Milwaukee/Madison market thread. Very helpful. We FINALLY have our first towers in the STATE!

nothing like a bunch of dudes meeting at a rest stop. Haven't you seen Something About Mary?

Ha. Seriously can't believe this is happening! Thanks for the drive out there. Sent from my SPH-L710 using Tapatalk 2

Ha, I was just trying to think up an excuse to tell my wife why we needed to drive to McFarland tonight. Sent from my SPH-L710 using Tapatalk 2

Yes, I know that and I thank you all for great contributions. I just was confused on the points that I asked as they weren't very clear to me from reading. thanks for the responses though, I believe I have now filled in my knowledge gaps. Aren't forums great.

So after a lot of reading and nice use of that SignalCheck App, I see now that my towers around me are broadcasting eHRPD. https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/60396219/Screenshot_2013-05-01-17-54-37.png This is a new development in my area as far as I know, I swear it was reporting EVDO rev A just a couple weeks ago. In that screen shot from SignalCheck, it is saying that BSL: is located at an area that A) a tower doesn't exist (in the ghetto to boot) and its not reporting from the tower closest to me which is located at 5995-5999 McKee Rd Fitchburg, WI 53719 (which I recently posted a picture of a few pages back). Now I know that this is a Sprint tower, it had recently been reported on the upgrades list at network.sprint.com, although it doesn't show up now on that page. The Googles told me that eHRPD is the software upgrade portion for tower handoffs with LTE, so its a precursor, but not necessarily anytime soon kinda precursor, right? So, my questions are, #1. Has eHRPD been reported for the Madison area, I see that it has been reported in the Milwaukee area and in between before. Searching this thread showed most chatter about Milwaukee towers dating back to early January, sorry if I'm late to this party. It was NOT reporting eHRPD downtown Madison at all. #2. Am I reading that SignalCheck App wrong? Why is it putting a tower where there isn't one? I have seen it report this at that station area before using a different app to identify towers, but I thought that one was broken as there is no tower there. I do understand that the BSD is reporting the 1xRTT signal, I suppose it is possible that the EVDO (eHRPD) is coming from the tower at 5995-5999 McKee Rd? Thanks guys. You can simply just point me to articles that tell me more if you don't want to respond in full or if this has been asked a lot before.

Robert, not trying to be a thorn here, just asking a question. If you aren't turning a profit off the website, why continue to host your own site instead of just making a Google + Community? You can set up different sections and whatnot. I understand being entrenched with all the data that has accumulated over the years on these topics and starting anew, but just a thought. I want to be able to help you out, just can't at this time.

Perfect, thank you sir!

The one at Middleton HS on the light post? (if that's a Sprint tower) I was at Bowling Green Rec on Lisa Ln. for softball last night and did see a 1.5mbps 3G speed test. Thought for sure I just had too much beer and was seeing things.