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I monitored the signal coming down Blanding Blvd from I-295 until Old Jennings Road. The signal stayed on B41, but bounced between Sprint and Clearwire. I had a B41(2) signal at Jefferson Ave and Blanding Blvd. Here are the screenshots from SignalCheck Pro and Speedtest. Pretty impressive speeds at that location.

Hi all, been a while since Ive posted. Anyone have a clue as to why the speeds are horrid here off of Riverside Avenue near the Fuller Warren Bridge in Jacksonville? Using SignalCheck Pro and Speedtest. I have a Galaxy S7 Edge, fully updated, PRL 55057. On Automatic Mode, I get B41 or B26, mainly B26. Speeds are .30Mbps down, .70 Mbps up. B26 shows -88 dBm, B41 shows -112 dBm. On LTE/CDMA mode I get B26. Speeds/Signal are the same as Automatic. On CDMA mode, I get .80Mbps down, .40Mbps up, -72 dBm. When I get B41, SignalCheck Pro shows Clearwire B41 (311870). On B26, it shows Sprint B26 (310120). I sit in an area that is surrounded by windows on 3 walls, so it shouldn't be a signal issue, and SignalCheck Pro shows no issue either.

Anyone else having issues keeping LTE? Or it taking forever to switch from 3G to LTE? Note4 with 5.0.1 and there are quite a few towers with this issue. The one in Orange Park on south Blanding never wants to connect to LTE when I leave my house unless I toggle airplane mode. It will stay on 3G from Old Jennings to Publix at College before it switches. I'm also dropping LTE and switching to 3G at Deerwood and Southside Blvd. Downtown is still solid, I can keep LTE even in elevators, so it's not the phone.

I was able to grab band 41 coming down Blanding until I turned onto Old Jennigs heading west, then it switch to band 25. Band 41 was at 121 RSRP. When it switched to Band 25 it was 102 RSRP, then stayed on 25 when I pulled into my driveway with a strength of 123 RSRP.

The area from Bear Run to Old Jennings used to be a bad dead zone. I can now get LTE in my driveway. The signal usually stays between 105 to 115 RSRP on band 25, I haven't seen 26 or 41 in my driveway yet, but I'll grab some screens when I do. I upgraded to a Note 4, so that does help. Inside 1x is spotty, but wifi calling works fine, so no more Airave. It's still 3G only at my wife's work, but at least it no longer roams.

I understand that there is better signal levels around town, but the issues we've had are with my wife's work and our house. My phone drops LTE as soon as I turn into my neighborhood and I cannot keep enough signal to make calls in my wood framed house. My phone starts roaming when I pull into my wife's work parking lot. I can carry LTE everywhere else except for the Buckman span at time with my 2 year old phone. I'll try to borrow a new spark phone from work, if we have one, to check again with these two locations. As far as new phones, anyone know how the LG G3 is signal wise compared to the GS5 or Note 4 in our area?

When I last talked to Sprint customer service (around June), they stated that the area around my wife's work is in a low signal area. Unless I can verify that a new S5 or LG G3 would work, I hesitate to pull the trigger. I can't justify sticking with them anymore for her phone unless they have coverage, so any decision to upgrade phones and plans hinges on truly checking the signal. I doubt Sprint will let me upgrade with a 30 day return cancellation as an existing customer lol.

How are the newer phones signal reception on Sprint as far as 1x 800 goes? The wife and I are getting new phones in the next few weeks and she is about to jump ship. She doesn't need data at work, but hates that she cannot even makes calls or text on her cell phone. At home, we are stuck with the Airave still. Even if she jumps to AT&T or Verizon, I'll probably stay with Sprint. I get good LTE at work downtown, and decent LTE in the Deerwood area at my companies HQ, but drop to 3G inside. I don't care so much about data at any work location or home as I can use wifi. We both have older GS3s, so I cannot check 1x 800 coverage. If anyone is around Argyle and/or Old Jennings and Blanding, can you do me a favor and check an address (not just down the road)? If you can, message me and I'll send you the addresses.

The company that owns it primarily leases their towers to Sprint. Last year I had a person on the engineering side mention that was going to be a Sprint tower, and the escalation customer service has also mentioned it. That tower is around 1 mile from my house and it would help fill in the signal holes there.

I haven't been able to keep a LTE signal at times from that tower. They are doing some kind of upgrades/updates.

Hmm.. that's still a few miles away from my wife's school. They need one to cover the Spencer's Plantation area. I still cannot hold a 1x out there. Although we do roam a lot more while at her school, and Sprint has confirmed that area is in a weak signal area. I finally have a strong enough signal in my driveway to pull LTE and 1x, but still not strong enough in the house to get rid of the Airave. Downtown has been great, they just need to fix the holes in Clay County, 2 of which affect me.

Is there anyway to check if 1x is on 800mhz? I have a GS3 and refuse to upgrade with Sprint until I can get a usable signal at my house. How does it show up in debug? I know that I won't see band26 on LTE with this phone.

Wow. How fast?

Some of the towers out my way *blanding blvd/old jennings middleburg) are still being worked on, at least according to escalated support (Dan@sprint.com). Not sure what they are doing to them, but some days I have to cycle airplane mode with the phone (GS3) next to the Airave to reconnect on that. It sees just enough signal from a tower to try to connect, only to drop again every 10-15 seconds. I did get a monthly credit for 6 months due to those issues. It's good to see that there is some signal work being done, but having it drop every 10-15 seconds is not good for a call, especially since the Airave won't hand off to the towers. I can now carry a call into the neighborhood and to my driveway. I cannot make another call out though unless I connect to the Airave or go down the street a ways. Here is what it looks like standing on my back porch with the Airave off. I have had it connect to LTE the other night, but as soon as I went into the debug, it dropped back to 3G and LTE was not connected. Riverside is rocking the LTE now, going down Park st, I no longer drop connection on Milk Music. The signal does drop some around Park and King, but stays strong enough to keep LTE.

I might have caught that this morning once I was north of Old Jennings. Slightly better signal in that area. Will need to map it out. I did notice that today was the first day in a few weeks that I didnt get EHRPD errors when I left the house and airave and finally flipped to 3G. Probably not connected, but interesting that they are working in this area.

Every morning for the past week, when I leave my house and go from the Airave to the Sprint network, I get an EHRPD data connection error. The 3G signal is there and I can make calls and surf internet and such, but until I toggle airplane mode, I cannot get rid of the error message. When I do toggle airplane mode, I immediately go back to 4G signal. Any ideas on what I should have Sprint look at?

Anyone else get the Sprint text about the network status? SprintFreeMsg: Over the next month, the new network will be largely completed in your area.

I have to keep the wife from jumping ship. The black hole at our house and her work bugs her more than me. I can deal with waiting until I'm a 1/2 mile down the road before making a call off of the airave. Her work location having no signal is harder to deal with. I work downtown so I'm good for signal. Trying to buy time for 800 to see if that fixes the 0 signal issues we deal with.

If anyone on a tri-band is ever out by Blanding Blvd and Old Jennings road, can you check the signal levels for me? I cannot find any 800mhz cdma on my GS3, so maybe another phone might see it. If anything, the signal got worse again for 1x, I'll ignore LTE as I have wifi at home. I'd love to not rely on the Airave, or not be able to call near my house. Other than my black hole, I'm loving the coverage. LTE is fast enough at work that I don't use the company wifi. I still sometimes drop back to 3G at Blanding and 295, but its random and only about 20% of the time max.

It is a SBA tower: http://www.cellreception.com/towers/details.php?id=1278769 http://map.sbasite.com/SiteInfo.aspx?SiteCode=FL14573-A I had a list somewhere that hinted/showed that it was being leased to Sprint. If you ever come out this way, let me know and I'll introduce you to the black hole. It does look like it will be a GMO, and the rep did state 1900Mhz. *not complaining on coverage. The new tower being turned on in the next 6 months made my week! (as far as cell phones go lol)

The tower at brannan field and old jennings has not been turned on yet. There has never been any signal originating from there. I have a Galaxy S3. I do not get signal in my driveway or back yard, let alone inside my house. No 1x, no cdma, no LTE. It might flash for a few seconds every now and then, but never better than -90 RSSI on 1X, forget LTE. So no, not phone related. It is a signal shaping issue. The new tower should fix that.

I had to swap out my Airave 1.0 for a 2.5 model yesterday. While speaking with the guy on the phone and waiting for the Airave to do it's thing and startup I inquired about the signal issues in my area. The tower at Brannan Field/Old Jennings Rd will be lit sometime in the next 6 months, at least with what he could see. This makes sense with St Vincents opening the hospital here. You can sit at that intersection and bounce from strong 4G LTE, to -90 RSSI on 1X and back. This is 3/4 to 1 mile from my house and should finally kill the need for the Airave. I've been waiting on that site forever, especially considering the signal strengths I get just 1/4 mile north/east/south/west of my house. The highlighted area is my neighborhood, AKA, crapshoot signal central. Best news I've heard of in a long time, stoked to see how it performs. I've been patient with Sprint, frustrated at times, but I'm not going to carrier hop. The customer service I've had is the best I've seen with the different carriers (I've dealt with all being in IT over the years) Red star is my neighborhood, green arrow is the tower location. Anyone else seeing issues with downtown? I have to cycle airplane mode a few times every other day to get a solid signal as it keeps bouncing between 3G and 4G. This started a week or so ago.

You could be like me, have best LTE listed as coverage, yet as I barley get -100RSSI in my driveway on 1X, and -120 RSSP on LTE. I'm back to working with support again. No way all around gets LTE, and my 1X suffers let alone me getting LTE like they show. It would be nice to not have to rely on an airave in an area saturated by LTE supposedly.

I have yet to receive any notification about the 1.0 being turned off. Mine still works, and its needed badly. I barely get better than -95dBm outside my house, yet 1/2 mile away i get 4G with high speeds. I have to wait until i am that far from the house before attempting a call.

There is good coverage with voice in most areas. However there are still voice coverage issues. By my house is now limping at worse than -95dBm while LTE flies just a few blocks away. I've never gotten better than -87ish. I cannot talk to my wife at her work on her cell phone. It drops constantly until she is a little ways away. This is not a gripe, just an observation. At my job downtown I get excellent LTE all day long. Same with most of my drive to and from. Just saying that I had hoped that those holes I do experience would be better addressed, but the focus is on LTE only right now. I can PM you two locations that are dead that my wife deals with daily and I've seen firsthand. Back to the original subject, anyone else keep dropping LTE on I10 between stockton and I295? I've also been losing it on I295 through the westside. Orange Park is much stronger now though.