Jswets

I was taking a look at the Milwaukee area spectrum holdings and had a question. I do not see SMR 800 spectrum listed for Sprint or Nextel in the Milwaukee area. Has it not been filed yet or does Sprint not have licenses for SMR 800 in Milwaukee?

http://reboot.fcc.gov/spectrumdashboard/resultLicenses.seam

Another update regarding SMR 800 in my neighborhood:

 

Sprint's finally got it turned on near my mom's shop in the Bridgeport neighborhood! (Chicago) Now I'm finally getting to experience what SMR 800 is like in an urban setting, and I'll tell you it's just like having AT&T or Verizon again in that regard.

 

I can now make a call from the center of the building where as before I either roamed or just couldn't get a call out. I also now get about 2 bars in the center of the basement, and can successfully make a crystal clear call or send/receive texts. (Before it would be stuck on no service, and no calls or texts whatsoever)

 

Also as a result the signal strength doesn't fluctuate as wildly as it does on 1900.

That is awesome to hear. How is the Data/EVDO/LTE connection in the same place? Can you surf the web, send out emails, or do picture texts from that basement?

All these anecdotal updates are great but how does/can anyone know if any of these relate to NV Sprint LTE work?

If we can get an approximate address we can check the sprint tower maps and cross reference permits for the address.

Any new Sprint antennas on this tower. Something is being done, they have a machine heating up the ground going to a phone connection. What's going on? This is tower 1267131. ML03XC106

It always seems the tower by the Airport gets new Cell Tower equipment first. This might be one of the first to go live. Keep us posted.

Im heading down to Sarasota to visit my dad in late March. Hopefully i will get to experience LTE in Tampa for a short while before getting into Sarasota. Might see a tower or two when im there with LTE. Crossing my fingers!

PS. My dad lives just outside Sarasota and there is virtually no reception at his house. Maybe LTE on 800 will change that in the future!

Good thought though the battery life on my epic touch running jb is terrible.

JB is pretty battery efficient for me. I have not had any battery issues at all.

Hopefully we will be seeing the first LTE tower getting lit up by the end of the month

Very exciting. For anybody that is in a completed market once finished is data constantly working. When I am downtown in Milwaukee during rush hour my speech to text doesn't work which is making me think about switching to big red but if the nv will fix that issue I can wait it out.

Just get a Jelly Bean 4.1+ OS Android Device. Native on board speech to text. No network needed.

5600 W OKLAHOMA AV Could be one as well.

How are you checking these permits? I found the milwaukee DCD site and have been looking some up.

5361 N HOPKINS ST could be one as well. Can someone check or share the permit site you are checking?

It is looking like we might not see any towers going up for a few more weeks. I would not be surprised if work did not start in the Milwaukee area until mid year. Crossing my fingers for some LTE goodness ready for Summerfest/State Fair.

City of Milwaukee has yet to see ehrpd.

I work in Milwaukee near Aurora St. Lukes and i am getting eHRPD.

I'm in Waukesha and am getting Ehrpd now as well. I checked my last speedtest which was 2 weeks ago and that was evdo. So ehrpd went live in the last couple weeks. Getting about same speeds but latency and response seems better.

I have checked both Waukesha & Milwaukee County for permit listings. I have found nothing. I do not see any searchable permit listings on the county websites like the Phoenix one. I will check out others and let you all know if i come up with anything.

So it sounds like Milwaukee will be getting some of its towers started with the NV conversion. I am in Waukesha and am wondering if they will start on the outskirts/suburbs of the metro area and work their way to the downtown area. Can't wait till i hear about the first confirmed LTE signals in the area. It has been a long time coming. Milwaukee only had a taste of Wimax with like 1 tower being converted.