chris92

On 6/24/2019 at 5:21 PM, Grabber5.0 said:

Got the June security patch today, and the change log only referenced enhancements, not the security updates - can't remember if they are normally like that.

Just got my LG V50 today and was worried at first because SignalCheck was having issues where it wasn't updating the signal info. But after this update, things seem to be working now!

Yeah so Speedconnect and Sprint initially did some swaps back in middle of 2017 - mostly Sprint got SC's E, F, and H block for their BRS2 (and probably some money).  Last year, it looks like SpeedConnect let their Blackhawk College lease expire for the C and D block, and Sprint picked those 2 up, so now they are sitting pretty well with 100MHz+.  At their current configuration, it seems like they are only using the F, H, and G-blocks.  I haven't seen any C, D or E spectrum used around here yet.  

Almost all the sites are using 3 B41 carriers, but only a couple sites I've seen have really great speeds (Southpark Mall site I've got 100+).  They must still have limited site backhaul for most of them.

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1cHdOzM5i-Jy5HtqGrqvukOSDlbfFPbLhVWfxcgR4Ljw/edit?usp=sharing

Interesting I think I saw one of those in northern Iowa. Almost mistakened it for a Hexadecaport, but upon closer look I didnt see the right RRUs.

Bunch of juicy details about the QC in the Premier Thread ?

I usually get faster then that there where were you in P-Town.

Coming in, I visually saw the panels on the tower just west of Northwoods mall - got about 28 and 32 Meg, 10 up.

Then went to the Bass Pro Shop - had a B41 signal except the in back and tested about 18-20Meg, and then B26 was pretty good and got about 8 Meg.  I think the tower I was pulling was the 4-points downtown hotel one.

Also went by Bradley - that tower didn't even have any LTE yet

Then the tower by the Grand Praire mall didn't have B41 yet, but B26 was very usable at 12Meg.

Looking in my SCP logs, it looks like I picked up B41 off of a few other towers....we should get a Premier thread going to track progress!!

Forgot to mention I went to Peoria on the 1st...found about 4 towers live with B41- got about 25 Meg down on each of them. Pretty nice to see that Sprint is now comparable to Verizon now!

This has been covered in the Premier Forums--a false positive

Nice article! I wish we had that in my area...Our farm house is in the middle of the ends of 2 DSL providers: AT&T from the north and Frontier from the south...neither want to build out. AT&T is the the current POTS provider, and recently laid all new underground lines, but didn't bother to extend DSL service ... 57,000ft. from the CO that's from a town twice as far away from the closest town with a CO!

Still running on a Sprint 3G card, though...it's not too bad since the NV upgrades

I find the insurance pretty convenient. I have the $11/month plan and this past Saturday, I cracked the screen on my G3, submitted the paperwork around noon Sunday, and the replacement shipped out Sunday at 8pm. Didn't get it until Tuesday at noon, but that's not too long.

Not to mention, I bought my G3 from a guy off of Craigslist only 4 weeks ago...I don't think any other insurance would cover that!

I believe it works by administration checking and verifying the listing. I'm not sure how they actually do meid checks though. You need a verified paypal account as well to sell and buy. So both parties are protected from fraudulent listings.

 

They have a link above the the information screen to check esn/meid of the device.

Yes, the seller is required to put in the esn/meid when listing it so that the admins can check it...the actual number does not appear on the listing.  You don't even need a paypal account to buy--you can use a credit card that goes through paypal.  Sellers have to be paypal verifed, I believe.

Would this be a good place to mention that I've got a MiFi 500 collecting dust that I'm looking to sell?

Ebay...A guy just offered me $75 for mine....I think I'll try to push it higher.

It's also nice to see traffic going straight to Chicago instead of Kansas City, much faster pings!

traceroute to google.com (74.125.225.37), 30 hops max, 60 byte packets
 1  sprinthotspot (192.168.1.1)  1.819 ms  1.872 ms  2.666 ms
 2  * * *
 3  10.156.31.75 (10.156.31.75)  93.992 ms  93.894 ms  93.821 ms
 4  10.156.28.198 (10.156.28.198)  93.684 ms  93.087 ms  111.969 ms
 5  * * *
 6  66.1.28.242 (66.1.28.242)  171.405 ms  171.015 ms  171.001 ms
 7  144.228.98.29 (144.228.98.29)  171.106 ms  88.079 ms  87.775 ms
 8  144.232.1.72 (144.232.1.72)  95.634 ms  91.660 ms  91.369 ms
 9  144.232.1.102 (144.232.1.102)  82.575 ms  76.412 ms  93.086 ms
10  72.14.213.31 (72.14.213.31)  93.219 ms  92.787 ms  98.231 ms
11  209.85.244.1 (209.85.244.1)  98.388 ms  94.067 ms  95.487 ms
12  209.85.250.28 (209.85.250.28)  91.629 ms  85.057 ms  107.034 ms
13  ord08s06-in-f5.1e100.net (74.125.225.37)  86.895 ms  90.678 ms  103.063 ms

3G upgrades are here in the metro Quad Cities!  Last week I was lucky to get 0.2MBit down in town and now it's pretty amazing!  This is at Augustana College:

For anyone looking to buy a U770, there's a guy on eBay selling them for only $15:

http://www.ebay.com/itm/161128043193

Not too bad considering the other LTE cards are over $100.

Just got my Tri-Band FreedomPop MiFi 500 today (Saturday)!  They just slapped a "FreedomPop" sticker over where it should say Sprint on the box , and pre-opened the box to put in their leaflet on how to get connected to the device   It came pre-activated, it said it was activated on the 10th of October.  So far so good - I was surprised that I got an LTE signal from where I am at: I did a Speedtest with these stats: Signal strength (RSRP): -112 dBm, Signal quality (RSRQ): -11 dB

Do you guys know when a specific tower will be upgraded? 3G in my central Davenport house is pathetic, and virtually unusable I can't even usually load this website with no pictures or animation

We don't know when one will be upgraded, but the ones that are upgraded for 4G aren't upgraded for 3G yet.  So 3G still may be bad.  I can tell you that the tower South of Milan IL has been upgraded for 3G (but not 4G), and speeds are around 2Mbit down.

LTE 1900*

 

LTE 700mhz - 800mhz is good for 4-7 miles in urban areas and up to 10+ in rural areas. 

Very true - if only we know which are the 800 mhz .  Verizon 700 mhz can go some crazy distances!

Has anybody near Waterloo Cedar Falls driven up to Waverly?  Does the LTE signal reach that far?  I am right on the sharp bend on 218.  The sensorly map doesn't show 4g but that might have been whoever was collecting data just turning around and going home lol...thanks 

 LTE signals only travel about 5 miles on average...line of sight maybe 10 miles, in town with buildings, 2 miles.

Just went to the Sprint store by Target, and no LTE on any phones .  I need to get off this Verizon plan soon!

Speeds Dec. 2010:

Edit: Found Speedtest of when right next to tower in 2011:

Speeds After NV: