StyxPhoenix

Down in Green it's the same story ... Surrounded by 4G (including an actual launched market in Canton) yet there haven't been any new developments down there. The 3G is full signal but the data speed takes me back to 14.4 dial up modem speeds ... It's horrible. I can only hope that means they are working on the tower closest to where I work. It doesn't even show up as a 3G NV site on the sponsored maps ... Ugh.

I believe the one by Beachwood Place will be next to light up. The ones closest to the interstates tend to be turned on first it seems. I know my LTE has flickered a few times in that area and that is consistent with the two local towers to me that just went live. I had inconsistent weak signal for about a month before they turned on.

Happy belated birthday, Robert! Better late than never, right? Haha. Hope it was a good one!

I haven't been roaming on my GS4, been getting full 3G but my phone has been switching to a faint LTE signal periodically which has been somewhat annoying because it would make the data unstable. It's been okay when I'm at home because I have WiFi but if I've been anywhere in the area, it would be jumping back and forth. But now that you mention the roaming, my gf's GS2 had been randomly roaming recently in the past week or so ... yet mine was fine and we were right next to each other. Crazy. Maybe it is related ...

Well, it may be a reach for Legacy Village ... I think the one at Cedar and Green would be a bit more beneficial for the northern parts, well, and/or the one near Beachwood Place. Still good to see that area turning on too though.

Looks like they have turned on LTE at State Rd. / Portage Trail in the Falls. I got home from work and noticed full signal where I have been only getting a weak LTE signal from one of the other towers, but that was not consistent. This morning it is still on and full signal. There's finally light at the end of the "promised 4G" tunnel we've been living in .... haha

You're welcome haha j/k. It has been more out of curiosity than anything for me and there's at least one other mapper in this area. I do think the tower by Cuy Falls HS is now live because LTE has been consistent there since a day or two ago. Now if only they'd get Rex's tower working and probably all the rest of the Falls west of Rt.8 would light up. Good to see it finally reaching this area since it has been lighting up in nearly every other direction.

I have been with Sprint since 2000 and since then I have endured the seemingly endless "4G" promises, so I completely understand the frustration. I do, however, agree with irwinshere on this one. This isn't a platform for bashing Sprint since this community is a community made up entirely for tracking progress of those aforementioned "4G" promises. One of my co-workers is a Sprint subscriber right now (iPhone) and complains all the time. When I told him about LTE starting to light up in the area (he lives near me too) he was unimpressed and touted how great Verizon's 4G coverage is. Their map is certainly impressive looking ... and sure, they did have LTE presence in this market (at least in the Akron subset) before Sprint -- but many I know with Verizon have tons of complaints that they barely get 3G speeds on their devices even when they have full signal. I've heard similar from AT&T and T-Mobile subscribers. T-Mobile has a very aggressive and ballsy Marketing campaign going ... offering to pay ETFs from other carriers for switching. I, for one, am not going to miss all those who think the grass is greener on the other side. Leaves our new, long-awaited LTE network for the rest of us to enjoy. Everyone is entitled to their opinions. Do I think Sprint has handled their 4G implementation the greatest? Heck no, but they were also bit by a few snags outside their control. I think with the backing of SoftBank, Sprint is on the right path. Only time will tell whether NV is all it is cracked up to be ... and Spark is an even bigger question mark. But I'll take visible progress when we've suffered for so long with none.

It appears they are making steps to make the newer phones work with the 700 band as well in roaming on a partner 4G LTE network --- http://newsroom.sprint.com/news-releases/sprint-competitive-carriers-association-and-netamerica-alliance-join-forces-to-accelerate-deployment-and-utilization-of-4g-lte-across-the-united-states.htm

LTE coverage has been creeping toward the Falls from North (Stow/Kent) and from Southwest (Fairlawn/Montrose/Bath) . I first started getting it near State Rd / N. Portage Path about a month or so ago, but the tower at the bottom of the hill in the valley has LTE -- it just isn't turned on all the time, seems they are testing more and more frequently though. This morning when I was leaving for work I had a couple bars LTE and it increased toward Rt 8 and I was able to keep it all the way until the Glenwood overpass on Rt. 8 South. So it appears the tower by Cuy Falls HS may have been upgraded and possibly one over opposite side of Rt. 8 from Stonehedge.

It seems LTE has been creeping down from Hudson and over from Kent. I'm in the Falls and have had a low LTE signal pop up over the past 5 days or so. I have full 3G signal but the actual data is pretty spotty when I do speed tests. I just ran one and did get 1.5 down, but it is early in the morning too. I've been trying to map with Sensorly to pinpoint where this test LTE tower is but have not been able to figure it out. I agree, though, it seems LTE is close to lighting up in the area.