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    Network Vision/LTE - Tampa Market

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    One other thing he says they are not lighting up one particular area but that is the one thing that is false. Maybe he doesn't know the turn on part, but this site I saw him at fits in nicely with the site that Tux has been watching like a hawk on Railroad and other sites in that area. All of those sites are on the sites complete maps in the Sponsor section.

     

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    So finally caught him.. Unfortunately, I caught him while he was on a conference call. Thus what he told me. The Tampa market SHOULD have about 75 LTE sites broadcasting by the end of the year. He said they wouldn't be concentrated in one area but he definitely said they would be some sites in Pinellas County that were along 19N he mentioned that around the first of the year we may hear an announcement. I'm thinking maybe a few cities within the market.

     

    He said fiber, microwave, and some ethernet is what they are using for backhaul.

     

    Think the guy was legit. Says there are a lot if people in involved and he was strictly cabinets so wasn't sure of everything. Definitely a better resource than the last guy I met.

     

    If I were going to dissect what he said I would say it sounds about right. I saw him at another in progress site we didn't know about until now. That would be about 10 or more sites including the one that is lit up in St Petersburg. That's just the ones we have seen, plus possibly one other I haven't been back by yet and only in Pinellas County. I think it safe to say there are others we haven't seen yet either in Pinellas and absolutely in Hillsborough. We will know I am another week or so or possibly with Roberts update on Sunday

     

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    Asurion insurance warning

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    Anyway. The point of the post was just to let you guys know how they do things. It was likely in the terms but I didn't read them and that was my fault. At the same time I was couldn't see why the phone being used would be a stipulation of coverage. Still can't. I plan on writing a nice letter to the insurance commission here in Florida.

     

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    Ok, thanks. That's on the north end of the coverage provided so far by the one tower lit up in St. Pete. I can only imagine what it will be like when they get the towers that have hardware installed on them now fired up. I'm going to take a motorcycle ride around today and see what I can find on my side of town, basically the furthest southwest and west bordering sites in the Tampa market.

     

    Also, judging by the signals so far, has anyone checked out the tower at Fort Desoto Park?

     

    Wildman, I asked last week but you may have missed it if you had the impression that the signal you were getting was coming from that one tower or if possibly it could have been coming from the other side so the bridge or another tower?

     

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    I drove by the Kia dealer tower you mentioned (TA03XC040). The tower is just East of the I-75/Bruce B Downs/SR54 Intersections. There are actually 3 different cell towers at the site. I have a picture of all three towers, and then close-ups of each individual cell tower. Again, I could not get really close, so I had to use the digital zoom on my GS3, and the quality is not outstanding. I'm not totally sure which tower has the Sprint Panels on it. Nor can I really tell if there are Network Vision LTE panels on the Sprint tower. There is currently no Sprint LTE coming from the tower.

    That tower is rigged with a rope no?

    Network Vision/LTE - Tampa Market

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    Have any of you seen the mark in Coquina Key..I saw it a few days ago but wasn't sure if it was new or had been there. Looks like it might be another site though..Most of us actually map showing tracks. I think this is the Sprint/Ericsson tech leaving bread crumbs again.

    Asurion insurance warning

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    Is it actually in the T&C that the phone must not only be active on the line, but that it must have been used? That seems an odd thing. Why would they care if the phone was turned off for a couple of months? I can come up with lots of reasons for that to be the case, like not being able to afford the deductible, being out of the country, or even in the hospital recovering from a serious illness for an extended time.

     

    That was my point. I told the lady I could think of a million reasons why I would have the phone being used. Illness, death, deployment, and in my case punishment for my son ruining another phone. I was heated. I wonder how many people they get like this every year that won't fight.

     

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    Asurion insurance warning

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    The 60 days to report a claim is in the terms and conditions on the TEP page of the contract.

     

    To get a round this put it back on his line and wait a day and file a claim. Hopefully they did not mark the esn DBR or something already.

     

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    They gave it to me after a fight so that wasn't an issue. Not sure if we are talking about the same thing. They were saying because the phone hadn't been used (talk, text, data) the claim was denied. The phone was still active on my account, and the insurance was being paid for the whole time.

    Network Vision/LTE - Tampa Market

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    I was there was night but it wouldn't let me connect until I was right next to it

     

    arrg..I did a lot of Sunday to my phone including flashing a new baseband . I went to the site on Sunday night and couldn't connect to the site, so I was surprised to see it on this weeks update, but all of you were not having any issues. This morning I went again and couldn't again and was thinking it was my phone based on what I had done to it on Sunday

    Network Vision/LTE - Tampa Market

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    If you look at JAX and ORL they did the same thing, 3 or 4 towers come online then all has gone quiet. I think Sprint is pushing hard to get a few towers up in each Market so they can then claim to have coverage in all these markets. Looks better on paper and to investors than it does in real life. they can currently say they have LTE in Florida's 4 major markets. They don't have to say how much :unsure:

    I'm not sure thats the case really. We can only speculate of course but in our case we know of about 6 towers that appear to have work completed. I think that Ericsson and Sprint are just spread thin and running back and forth between markets. Testing guy for Sprint may be in Orlando for 2 days this week because sites have been completed and 3 days in the Tampa market because we have sites complete. This is a huge undertaking and I'm sure there are a lot of resource sharing going around with the project as well as normal day to day tasks. It wouldn't make sense for a a Ericsson and Sprint tech to sit around a market waiting for towers to be completed if in a market nearby they had 4 sites ready for testing.

    Asurion insurance warning

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    I had to use my insurance on my son's Nexus yesterday after he had dropped it in the water a few months ago. I was so mad at him that I said maybe he didn't deserve the phone and purposely did not file the claim until yesterday

     

    When I called them I was denied coverage the reason being that the phone had not been in use for over 60 days. I freaking lost it over the phone with the lady then asked for a super who gave me a one time courtesy of covering the phone. I was still pissed though and plan on speaking with someone at the insurance commission to see if that is legal. I know it's a small amount every month but I also know that there are rules that insurance companies need to abide by. I asked numerous times if they had sent a cancellation notice and what was the business reason for that (I would have been cool if they could come up with one for still charging for coverage even though they had canceled with no prior notice) anyone have any dealing with them? I'll go Squaretrade from now on.

     

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    Network Vision/LTE - Tampa Market

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    Is it possible that's all from one tower just covering that far on the interstate from line of site. It sure looks that way from the way the signal drops off when your not on the interstate.

     

    Its possible but you know that area too. The 275N yes I think possibly one tower.. But all the way up to 22N and 34th St? I'm not sure of that. I think there might be another site up. That site in south st Pete isn't 300ft in the air you know? I haven't been back over there since Sunday night to see if there is down tilt or not

     

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