OddProject

There is not a lot of coverage in the Manhattan, IL area. One of the problems right now in that area is the site closest to town has Network Vision upgrades complete. The other sites that she may pick up are not NV sites. So transferring from the NV site to the non NV sites will cause problems. We wrote about the issue in this article: http://s4gru.com/ind...the-windy-city/

 

These problems will be temporary. Once the other towers in the area also get upgraded, she will no longer have dropped calls and slow data. Coverage should also be a little better too once all the sites in the area are upgraded.

 

However, if she is experiencing significant coverage problems now, it will probably not be a lot better for her until Sprint starts to deploy 800MHz service. 800 Voice services should be available in Manhattan this year (unless she has an iPhone). 800 LTE will arrive in this area in another year or two.

 

Robert

Thank you very much, I appreciate it.

I'm sorry, I should have been more specific. I was talking about Manhattan, IL, a southwest suburb of Chicago. It's near Joliet.

It used to be a rural area but has been building up in recent years, still a lot of rural land though, so I'm thinking maybe they just don't have many towers out that way.

Any idea what's going on in Manhattan? My sister moved out there two months ago and has horrible reception. She can't make a phone call without it getting dropped, misses phone calls completely, and gets super slow data speeds.

Because of this, she wants to change carriers, but we're on a plan together. Are the issues a part of the tower transition, or does Manhattan just have bad service? Should I tell her to wait or switch?