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Found some super speedy B41 today in Burlingame on Old Bayshore Hwy. Haven't been there for a while, but it definitely wasn't there the last time!

I just noticed that eHRPD is back on in San Jose today. Also, the tower close to Santana Row has been broadcasting 800Mhz all week and now it looks like LTE as well. Hopefully things are picking up steam in this part of the market

Spotted some LTE driving on San Tomas in San Jose today. Was able to grab a few data points in Sensorly so hopefully they pop up on the map

If you have time to go around the major arterial roads and highways, especially in Western Santa Clara County and take notice of where you get a 4G LTE signal and plot down the findings on a map, that would be fantastic.

 

Robert

So I did some driving today with the app "RF Signal Tracker" running to create the map below. Two things:

1. There is definitely some live LTE, especially around the Cupertino area. It doesn't allow for a great connection... connects for a few seconds, then back to 3G, but it is definitely there. Seems like a work-in-progress

2. eHRPD seems to be everywhere. You can see there weren't any areas I drove that didn't have it. Is it safe to assume that means work has begun on multiple towers in the South Bay? Not sure if eHRPD automatically means the NV process has started?

Green is LTE, Purple is eHRPD

If some of you South Bay members want to plot some signal areas for us, I would be happy to write an article about this. Very exciting stuff.

 

Robert

Robert, I'd be happy to help (how do I do it? Lol)

I spotted a few more brief LTE moments while driving home on 280 in San Jose today, far away from the Apple campus this time. I've also noticed eHRPD almost everywhere I go around here the past few days (I think that is a sign of LTE-to-come?) Even have eHRPD in my house now which was EVDO only a few days ago

Thanks

I doubt he was a DAS

Is there anyway to tell? I'd be happy to make a return trip to check it out (my newb self didn't really know what to do outside of a speed test.) This all took place inside of a TJMaxx store...

Thanks

 

 

Were you near an Apple building? Apple has Sprint LTE DAS in most of their buildings.

 

Robert via CM9 Kindle Fire using Forum Runner

Interesting, I didn't think about a DAS. I guess it was about a mile from their campus. Would a DAS travel that far? I know it isn't an accurate measurement but I had three or four bars the entire time on both 3/4G

Thanks!

I was shocked to find a live LTE connection in the South Bay Market this evening (Cupertino, CA) since the first sites aren't expected until November.

It was very sporadic and seemed to constantly flip between 3G & 4G. Most of my speed tests started on 4G, then finished on 3G though I did manage to get one start to finish on LTE. 3G speeds were also MUCH faster (normally 300-500kbps up/down, was getting around 1.6Mbps down/600kbps up.)

Hopefully this is a sign that the South Bay market will be completed sooner than expected