J_GAG

I guess I should have specified I donated to the site, and not everyone specifically. But if you'd like, I do have 30 cents burning a hole in my pocket....

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Ahhhh, the tease.  I meant to post this last Thursday but you know, life and stuff.  I was walking my dog along the highline canal by Mississippi Ave and Leetsdale (along Fremont Cemetery) when it happened.  On my single band iPhone 5 the LTE logo appeared, just a few hundred yards from my house.  But then, before I had a chance to run a pointless speedtest or download season 2 of Girls, it was gone.  Poof.  And it hasn't been back since.  

I know it's coming soon and it will be glorious, but that tease is making the wait that much harder.  

FYI, I finally decided to stop being a freeloader and just paypal'd some scratch as a thank you for the great time I've had participating on this board.  Thank you everyone for your great contributions and consistently positive dialogue.  This has been one of the best boards I've been on in my 50* some years on the internet.  

*approximately, I'm bad with numbers and dates. 

According to this site www.cellularinsider.com/lirpa0114/jk  Sprint has announced the decision to move Denver's launch to 2015 siting "Denver already has too many things going for it.  When you considering the high standard of living, great geography and multiple professional sport franchises, we here at Sprint don't currently feel the Denver market wouldn't appreciate our Network enhancements nearly enough."

The Spokesperson goes on to say "Growing up in Cleveland and Kansas City, I felt it would be irresponsible for Sprint to launch LTE in Denver despite the majority of our sites being near completion."

Standing in a Sprint store downtown right now and a rep stated unequivocally to another customer that LTE should be fully deployed in Denver by the end of April. It's the corporate store too, not the Verity Wireless store. Take it for what it's worth. Sent from my Nexus 5 using Tapatalk

My guess is that by the end of April the metro area will be near 50-60% complete which might appear to the average user as complete.   Meaning that LTE will be relatively common in most suburban areas, a little patchy in places, etc.  Then by the end of June, 95% of the upgraded sites will be online and functioning as expected.  (This assumes that at any time at least 5% of sites require some kind of maintenance.)  That's just my guess based on watching the project so far but I could be waaaaay off.  I literally have zero expertise in this area. 

I interrupt this productive and helpful thread to mention my phone has only displayed "Extended" since yesterday in and around Glendale and along Leetsdale.  Is it sad that I now view things like that as positive signs?

Im highly anticipating the next round of Accepted Towers on the maps, anyone else?

What's that old saying, a watched site never gets accepted? Personally I think I constitute over 80% of Sensorly's traffic each day. Thank you OCD.

Hey guys I'm in Centennial right now and I'm getting really great 3G speeds pages load fast, videos actually load. I snapped some pictures from my iPhones field test hopefully someone here can see if I'm connected to a NV Tower.

I'm getting blazing 3G speeds this morning as well, down the Leetsdale corridor and into Glendale.  Hopefully that's a sign that some back-haul is in place.  Whoot whoot!  

 

The LTE rollout is coming soon, it could be as soon as a couple of days, 

 

Thou shall knock on wood, or thou must wait an additional fortnight before enjoying the graces of NV and LTE.  

Dear Sprint,

As you know, Opening Day for the Rockies is fast approaching and you're probably just as excited as I am.  I was thinking it would be a great omen for the new season if you were to make the majority of the Denver Sensorly map purple with LTE coverage by opening day.  I know I asked you for something similar with the Superbowl and while I'm not blaming you specifically for that loss, I'm also not, not blaming you either.  Please make this happen so we can win the NL pennant this year.  

Yours Truly,

J_GAG

Good point, that was very poor choice of words on my part . My apologies.

3G speeds near my house on Leetsdale + Monaco jumped this morning from an average around .1-.2 mbps to .6-.8 mbps.  During the the test it was throttling  near 1mbps.  Noticeable improvement in webpage loading, etc.  

I'll assume this improvement is due to sun spots until further testing is done.

Big oops, it's really fun trying to bring up a site and the MMBS cant talk to the RRUs. Even more fun when you switch to the backup fiber line to the RRU and that one is trashed as well. Most of the tower crews are out of state low-end crews, but I have run in to several crews that thoroughly know their shit and get it done right the first/only time.

 I got a buddy that does this although he said he rarely gets Sprint contracts.  He works mostly in remote areas and likes to take photos of the view when he climbs.  Just seeing them on FB makes me dizzy.  I don't have a fear of heights, but I do apparently have a fear of very tall skinny poles.   

It's because it's fing cold outside! Lol

 

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Its true.  Most data packets refuse to go outside when it's this cold, although some of them will sit outside the door smoking regardless of temperature.  

Although it's probably more related to the snow or sun spots or whatnot, but for the first time I'm able to get 3g at my desk today (-91 db on my iphone5) .  I work in the Galleria bldg on Colorado blvd (the gold building next to Shotguns that blinds everyone).  I never get more than 1x at my desk as long as I can remember.  

I'm predicting that by the time the Broncos make their first pick int he 2014 draft, I will have LTE here at the office in Glendale.

Matter of fact, by opening day at Coors I bet LTE becomes a common occurrence in downtown. 

Who wants in on this action?

Is the rumor (that I just made up right now) true that if the Bronco's win the Super Bowl then Sprint will light up LTE throughout Denver?

I just got back from a business trip to Philly and all I have to say is wow. I know it will be some time before the Denver market reaches that level but I was extremely impressed with the network out there.  I did pull some speed test but honestly the numbers weren't crazy impressive.  What was impressive was that it "barely" mattered if I was on 3g on LTE.  Video, large email attachments, news feeds all loaded quickly.  The whole user experience was incredibly responsive.   LTE was certainly quicker, but even when I only had 3g it was still noticeably better than here.  

Unfortunately, seeing how good it's going to be is only going to make waiting for that much harder  

Can volunteer my weekends to assist laying backhaul? 

*cough CoBLVD and I25 cough*

I work in Glendale and although I can't map on my iphone, I'll report if I see anything interesting.  

This is getting fun.  I'm almost going to be sad when it's done.  (I know, I know, it's never "done"), lol.

Sadly, not this year. 

 

On a side note, it looks like I may be on-call for Christmas fixes. You guys keep the complaints to a minimum, m'kay?

I know, but I couldn't think of any good President Day songs.  And I hope you aren't called in to work tomorrow.  The network can wait. (Plus, I'll be on wifi all day

*butt held*  Granted I feel a little awkward walking around with my hands on my butt, but I trust Merlin on this one. 

~I'm dreaming a fast Christmas, Not like the ones I used to know. Where the data is speedy, and connections aren't greedy, and Pandora is streaming all day long.~

My apologies to Irving Berlin