Handyman

I stand corrected - they are indeed B41 Spark panels

B26 panels have been added to the Morning Sun Rd tower in Oxford.

It's not a rumor. AT&T has been putting up sites that are UMTS/LTE only as of late. Expect the density of GSM sites to fall over time.

AT&T has a history of doing this -- as they did with AMPS/TDMA sites when they phased over to GSM.

What's much worse about it? I've only been in ALu areas so far (NYC, Boston, Greenville) and my experience has been good. Improved coverage and no dropped calls whatsoever, but that's to be expected of Network Vision sites.

Well, not sure if it is the snow on the ground, but now I'm getting 3-4 bars at Dad's house when a call is in progress. Still only one measley bar in standby, and data is still slow. I did upgrade his WiFi router from an old Linksys 54g to a newer Asus 802.11ac. It did improve the coverage inside his house a little bit, which is nice with my Republic Wireless phone...

If I cycle airplane mode several times, I can get one bar of 4g here at home but if I move around the yard much, it switches to 3g.....

 

 

I'm holding out hope that my speeds increase in the future

Same thing happens at my Dad's house. 1 bar of 4G outside, inside 2-3 bars of 3G that are not reliable.  Solid 4G coverage on Sprint's map, although he is in the lighter-shaded area.  Nearest "3G" yellow-shaded area is nearly a mile away from his house.  Seems like a case of miscommunication between marketing and engineering...

Handoffs are finally working between Liberty, IN tower and Oxford, OH towers. Apparently someone finally loaded the correct candidate PN information!

Everyone complaining about not having B41 yet makes me laugh.  Now, if I could just get some LTE love on the half dozen or so towers in Butler and Wayne counties that don't have it yet, but are clearly listed on Sprint's maps as solid LTE, I would be happy.

I should probably clarify -- by "clearly listed on Sprint's maps," I mean "clearly listed on http://sprint.com/coverage as a 4G data area."  The tower maps in the sponsor forums still show quite a few 3G-only towers (and they are putting out only 3G, many not even 800 yet).  Getting mad that Sprint would show this area 4G when it is not.  When they shaded in the Dayton area, they were conservative. But now that they've also done Cincinnati, they've clearly jumped the gun.

Everyone complaining about not having B41 yet makes me laugh.  Now, if I could just get some LTE love on the half dozen or so towers in Butler and Wayne counties that don't have it yet, but are clearly listed on Sprint's maps as solid LTE, I would be happy.

Does anyone have a timeline for the LTE deployment in the cincy market or the timeline for the LTE roaming agreements to be active?

 

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Sprint now has the entire Cincinnati area listed as Sprint Spark on its maps: http://sprint.com/maps

HOWEVER, there are several areas where my phone doesn't get 4G and it should, which tells me some of the towers may not be cranking 4G yet.

I don't think that is the case.  In my experiences traveling 71 during the New vision build out, I would stream pandora for the drive up there and my S3 would cycle on and off 4G with out losing connection.  I have experienced the same thing running sensorly.   I would be on 4g and then go to  3g and then back to 4g all while mapping.   

Could be an issue with the Moto X or being with an MVNO.

Work going on with the Sprint tower in Eastgate. We have had 4g for a couple months already here.

Got me some INTERNATIONAL ROAMING love once around that area.  Was several months ago... Maybe a fix?

It seems like they have the i-75 corridor just about covered, but often I am having to toggle airplane mode on my LG G2 to get it.  Otherwise it will just sit on useless 3g.  Anybody else seeing this? Any fixes?

Same thing happens to me, there are times I fall into 3G and my phone takes forever to connect back to 4G even in a well covered area, I have to toggle to get it back. Since it hasn't been officially launched, I try not to let it get to me.

My guess is that some app on your phone is not closing a connection while on 3G.  If all apps disconnect, then a link with 4G can be established. My experience is that they can go from 4G to 3G, no problems, but not the other direction.

Yep, your testicles are now like hard boiled eggs.

 

AJ

Gonna have to put that on the list of things to get checked...lol!

Sorry to dig this up...

 

But why are you looking at Teleconnections!???

That was just the video I was watching at the time I took the snapshot to show the SignalCheck indicator. It's part of the the W3 Skyeyeweather video that Rich Apuzzo does.

It means "Holy #?*! that's a strong signal!"

 

S4 Mini & Tapatalk

I confirmed with the software author that's the case.  Anything stronger than -40dbm is not metered, and instead just gives the "Bat signal" lol.

However, this does present a good point.   In my bedroom, where I spend 8+ hours a day, I'm getting bombarded by the site.  Starting to wonder if there are any health risks.  This level is much stronger than even my WiFi router, which is about -60dbm in my bedroom.

Inside my house, I am getting a weird indicator from SignalCheck Pro...

Often the 1x 800 indicator reads between -60 to -40dbm.  However, sometimes I see #?*! for the signal level.  I am assuming it is because it's stronger than -40dbm.  I live about .2miles from the tower, and the panel appears to be aimed in my general direction.

I have attached a screenshot of the indicator, top left.

Anyone tell me what this means, for sure?

Anyone notice that the Richmond, IN area is now showing 4G service on the official Sprint maps?

http://coverage.sprint.com/IMPACT.jsp?ECID=vanity:maps

They didn't expand the 4G area southward to Oxford, OH yet (although it's been 4G longer than Richmond).  I suspect they may be waiting for Cincinnati to come online and do it all at once.

Some of this is starting to make a little sense. According to the LTE engineering screen the PLMN ID is 310120, which breaks down to a MCC of 310 (US) and a MNC of 120 (Sprint). OK good so far. The band #26 I will have to leave to those of you with infinitely more knowledge than I.

From the looks of it, you have a Republic Wireless Moto X.  That may be the reason for the odd TX results.  Still learning how to read/interpret them myself, but not a whole lot of time to do the research.

I think you mean 747 Handyman. 741 goes from Kings Island up to Dayton.

Yes - 747.  What was I thinking... lol!

Any new "sightings" anyone? 

Saw some panels being pulled up onto the tower at I-275 and OH-741 near Tri-County Mall Saturday...currently, this site is listed as "no NV activity."  

Where do we report it to S4GRU.com?

That site is a GMO site, will not get new panels. 

Pottershop Rd or Miami University's tower?  They both appear to have the same panels.

I ran into a Integration Tech up here in Richmond, IN yesterday.  She was installing B26 cards at 10 towers in the local area.  Stated that her and another tech has a list of 79 towers in the Cincinnati market to get completed soon.

 

I zoomed in from outside the gate to get a pic of her installing it.

I noticed that the tower on Pottershop Road near US27 didn't appear to have the newer panels installed yet.  Neither have they hung them on the site at Miami University.

Went to a Reds game in late April.  30000 fans.  No problems with 3G.

Went to a Reds game last Thursday, 25000 fans.  Full bars but 3G didn't work at all.  Nor did it work across the pond in Covington.

Sure signs of progress...

Spotted workers working on the tower on Duke Rd Friday afternoon...Didn't have time to stop and chat...

https://www.google.com/maps/place/39%C2%B018%2749.2%22N+84%C2%B017%2758.2%22W/@39.313678,-84.299494,15z/data=!3m1!4b1!4m2!3m1!1s0x0:0x0?hl=en