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Thanks. That's where I figured it would end up going. My luck, if I did that they wouldn't let me keep my current plan. I'm on the ED1500 and don't want to lose it.

Did you buy out your contract?

 

Sprint online has a habit of telling you you're eligible when in reality they're referring to a 2-year lease.

 

 

All that matters is when you click on Contract Details it says you're done (or within 4 months).

I would be curious about that as well. I have 4 phones whose plans are up between 5/15 and 7/15. I don't want to lease. Unfortunately, I think I'm SOL to get anything now unless I do a lease, unless what optumummind has done would somehow work for me.

A phone that has a 16 core processor and 8 GB of memory seems to be a little extreme to me. They are also rumoring it will have a foldable 4K display which would be cool. Also have a fast charge which says can charge your phone up to 40% in just 4 minutes. If these rumors are anywhere near the final product, this thing could still be amazing.

 

 

http://www.techtimes.com/articles/111776/20151129/samsung-galaxy-note-6-rumored-to-get-16-core-chip-8gb-ram-microsd-slot-and-4k-screen.htm

This article's writer has a future...writing for The Onion. 

T-Mobile also got 5.1, yet the rest of the carriers are sitting on 5.0. At this point, I'm no longer getting my hopes up.

 

Google/manufacturers need to find a better way to get these updates pushed more efficiently. Nexus is looking pretty damn good right now.

I would have agreed with going toward the Nexus line until the Lollipop update turned my tablet into a paperweight this spring. Now, I'm not so sure. 

Depends on where you are heading exactly, but anything West of Mt. Horeb down 151 is definitely roaming land (maybe until the RRP gets going in the future?).  West side of Madison (Madison, Middleton, Verona) has pretty good coverage.  Where specifically are you heading? 

Thanks. Probably the areas you mention in Madison, but then may hit some of the state parks out west of the city around Mt Horeb and Dodgeville. Any recommendations? 

Good morning. May be looking to travel up toward Madison in the next few weeks, and was curious to know how performance is on the west side of Madison, as well as points west outside the city. From the maps, it looks like once you go west of Mt. Horeb, you're in 3G, or you're off network and roaming. Thanks in advance! 

It is! There are have been reports all over south florida as of recent. B26 should be showing up more and more and more. 

To greencat's post above, do they do B26 and B41 at the same time, or are they independent of one another?

will be interesting to see if it is instantly congested. How many B41 sites have you guys seen here?

I haven't seen anything for B41 yet via SignalCheck, but that doesn't mean it hasn't arrived along with B26. 

Had my first B26 sighting in South Fort Myers this morning. Hope that's a good sign of things to come...

I'd appreciate an invite if someone has one available. 

I don't think so or haven't seen it. I've sent a few reports here in Tampa and can't find a log. That would be a cool feature though.

Agree. Feel like things go off into the ether as they stand now. 

Report it on the Sprint Zone app. Also I think there are more people in the area than what there will be in the future. It is all the hype of the new mall and people coming from out of county. Heck I will be coming from Tampa in the next two weeks and we have plenty of malls here.

Thanks. Did that. Have sent in issues before, but never have heard anything back. Is there a way to access a log of issues that have been submitted via the Sprint Zone?

When the new UTC mall opened in North Sarasota, off of University Pkwy, I took a trip to our new mall and did a few speed tests. But the only thing was that I couldn't do a speed test because of how congested the tower was next to the mall, and its pretty close to it too. Does anyone know if sprint will solve this issue in the coming months because, all I know is it's just gonna get worse in the coming months. 

Was up at UTC and in that area this past weekend. SignalCheck Pro showed connection to B26, but concur with ty that the speeds were bad at best. Looking forward to the expansion of B26/B41 around SW Florida, and hope they are just working the kinks out on that site.

I think most of them have 1x 800 activated. There is just no LTE 800 and from what I can tell service is suffering because it is at/over capacity.

 

If nothing changes it's gonna be twice as bad in a month.

 

Very interesting how slow the work has been in completing the upgrades. At this pace I'd expect June 2015 before any real improvement.

I don't think so. I went back and looked at the sponsor maps and it shows which ones have 3g/4g, and which ones also have 3g/1X800 and 3g/1X800/4g. There isn't anything about LTE 800. Once you cross over Charlotte Harbor, there are five sites that have been noted as 1X800 down to Naples. 

Agree totally about the burden on the network once the snowbirds come back to roost for the winter. Let's hope they keep working to get things better sooner rather than later.

Am I correct that there isn't really a schedule per se that lists when markets/locations will receive Band 26/41 upgrades? I am hoping that will help with some of the issues that we've been seeing. 

Also, as it pertains to 1X800, IIRC, there are only about 5 towers that have been noted as live with it in the Naples/Fort Myers area. Lots more to go, I would think.

All of this sound like CSFB issues.

So, is there anything I can do on my end to help the situation?

I thought I would update you guys. Service still sucks. I'm on the lg g2 and I rarely get LTE around fort myers. Was sitting at Daniels and 41 today and had 3g but the network was so overburdened there was no thruput. At 6 mile cypress and 41 there is LTE but it only lasts for 3 or 4 blocks... Very little coverage. Forget about service around the beach. I'd be surprised if they have more than 10% market share.

 

The thing is this is really a market they ought to want to be great in due to all the people who come here from all over the country. Very hard to believe they're 90% complete here. If every market was like this at 90% sprint would have a hard time growing customers.

I have noticed this as well in areas throughout the city. Places where I was receiving LTE earlier in the spring are now getting 3g. However, I have noticed that I am now getting sporadic LTE on the second floor of my house, which sometimes kicks me off of my Airave. Hopefully Band 26 will be coming soon. Have seen really good speeds in Charlotte county with it.

If Band 26 is causing CSFB problems, cycling airplane mode isn't going to fix anything. 

 

Again, try disabling Band 26 and see what happens. 

How does one disable a specific band on the Galaxy S5?

Also, here is a screenshot of 1X800. I get it sporadically here at work. Will keep my eyes open elsewhere.

What are you using to see the towers in your area?

I use the Sprint website. According to that, I sit almost exactly in between two towers, with a third off to my northwest. At my house I had to get an Airave because I couldn't send a text or place a call from my first floor. 

If you look at my posts you will see sevice has been horrible. After looking at some maps of the towers the tower spacing and number of towers for the area is significantly insufficient. Unless you live close to a tower or are using ur phone close to a tower expect degraded service. Especially west of Winkler. Hopefully once 800LTE is running it will be better, but im skeptical.

 

Sprint has told me there are no plans to build more towers in the area right now.

I have actually been getting sporadic 1X800 service. When I think to, I will get a screen shot and pass it along. I thought that 1X800 was only for voice, and Band 26/41 would be the additions for LTE as we move to Spark. But, I could be wrong.

They are doing optimizations as they bring Band 26 LTE online that may effect B25 LTE signals. This could be affecting you, or it could be something completely different in your area.

 

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Thanks. Would there be a timeline on that, or will that just be similar to when LTE was originally going live in that we would need to Speedtest and look at Engineering screens until the Spark market is officially announced?

Has anyone in this market (especially the Fort Myers area) noticed any performance degradation over the past month or so? I thought it might be quirks with the S5 after it's update, but my son said he has noticed it on his Note 2 as well. I'm now getting 3g service where I was consistently getting LTE service before.

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Thanks. Still not able to use Wi-Fi calling, but will deal with that tonight. Another thing that I noticed this afternoon is that SignalCheck Pro isn't showing a data connection when the status bar shows one, albeit a roaming one (which is usually about as good as it gets here at work). One silver lining is that I'm occasionally getting 1X800 voice. I've attached screenshots. I will try and contact the SignalCheck folks

and let them see this too.