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It all depends on where you live and your closest tower. If you donate we have maps that will give you all the answers you wish lol

. I was asking about how the towers divvy out their signal, I've seen many maps, and know where my local towers are. I'm more curious about how I can be so close to the towers and pick up a weak signal but how it isn't consistent

Typically I get super slow 3G in and around my house, but I've started to notice sometimes early in the morning, my iphone 5 will pick up a very weak LTE signal at a certain part of my house, but if I move from that spot, I lose it. Can anyone in the know about how cell networks function explain this to me? Is it a sign that I might see full on LTE soon, or is it just that the network is getting so little traffic at that early hour that it's briefly strong enough to reach further than normal?

And, as CDK noted, Central Illinois is a work in progress. If you were to become a sponsor ( [Become an S4GRU Sponsor] ) you would be able to see all 3G-4G-800 Voice upgraded Sprint sites, and when 800 LTE and 2500-2600 LTE sites are reported to Robert, he has said he will post those too.

After becoming a sponsor, where would I go to view the above mentioned info?

Understand that Sensorly does not show where the signal actually is, but only shows where people have detected a signal while mapping with Sensorly.  What you are seeing on the LTE map are tracks as people drove on specific roads -- the blank spaces don't necessarily mean that LTE isn't there.

 

And, as CDK noted, Central Illinois is a work in progress.  If you were to become a sponsor ( [Become an S4GRU Sponsor] ) you would be able to see all 3G-4G-800 Voice upgraded Sprint sites, and when 800 LTE and 2500-2600 LTE sites are reported to Robert, he has said he will post those too.

Yea, the sensorly maps were just posted more as reference to the area.  But what you see there is generally what I see real time as for speed.  I've tested all over the place over there and really that neighborhood is where its the worst.

 

As for wifi(newboyx's comment)  I do have to use wifi at home, but obviously don't pay sprint for wifi.  At times when my power goes out, having a reliable data connection would be nice.

 

Granted that neighborhood isn't the only place I don't get acceptable 3G(or LTE).  Downtown E. Peoria, is pretty bad as well.

can anyone in the central IL thread speak to the question I posed in different thread?

 

http://s4gru.com/index.php?/topic/4900-will-sprint-lte-reach-my-house/

 

Hi, first post, and I'm wondering if anyone has knowledge on how the implementation of LTE works.

I live in the neighborhood directly to the left of the "oakwood rd" label on these maps(on the zoomed map, the Coventry ln area).  As you can see, there is no 3g or LTE in that neighborhood.  I literally get .12 mb download speeds on a good day. 

 

The LTE thats is going up in my area has spread a little, so I'm wondering if once the tower supplying this area is finished, if the signal will get longer and spread to my neighborhood.  I now get LTE at work which is in Morton, IL and if I drive 8 mins from my house, I get LTE.  Just not at my house. (WTF).  Calling sprint is no help.  Wondering if anyone here can give some insight into my problem.