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That's the thing though, my band 25 signal is not as strong as the band 41 signal would be. When I had a wimax phone I would get almost full signal from that tower. The Clearwire/Spark tower is about a mile and a half closer than the nearest Sprint NV tower.
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So how is everyone's luck in connecting to band 41? I know for a fact there is an active band 41 tower that I can see out my window (and confirmed on sprint's spark coverage maps) and my Nexus 5 won't connect to it. I set the band 41 as priority 1, 26 as 2, and 25 as 3. Is there something else I may be missing? or might it be the tower?
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Thanks guys, I actually ended up rooting it and using the catlog method that I found back on page 83. Plus I was planning on rooting it anyway so I hit two birds with one stone here!
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Ok guys I finally got my Nexus 5 in the mail today and I activated it.. The problem I am having now is that Sprint is not giving me my MSL number so I can turn on bands 26 and 41. They said that they can't release the info for lines still under contract, even if I did buy the phone outright. Any ideas?
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At least when I'm back in Chicago no one will call me 'bro' or talk about college football
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Overheard my roommate talking in German to his parents that he failed one of his classes. Lol
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So I ordered a Nexus 5 and I'll be getting it on Thursday. I called Sprint to ask about the SIM card issue, as I've heard multiple things from multiple people. The rep told me to order it online from Google Play but I don't see it anywhere. What's the real deal for this SIM? I want to be able to use it right away and not have to wait a week to get it in the mail. And will it connect to TD-LTE out of the box (I live in a Spark area) or is there any tinkering with it to be done first?
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Just placed an order for a Nexus 5, I should be getting it by the end of the week. I'll be up in Chicago then, I'll keep everyone updated on what kind of spark madness I find up there. I'll be hunting for: Band 41 TD-LTE Band 26 800LTE Degraded SNR and performance on Band 25 1900LTE I'll be back in Orlando January 6th, maybe I'll at least come back to 1x800 or the tower across the street from me actually LTE accepted. I don't know why it's taking them so long, NV equipment has been up for months!
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WSJ: Sprint looking at T-Mobile purchase
kyle_4thousand replied to LuisOlachea's topic in General Topics
Wow. I can't imagine- If this actually makes it through regulators Sprint will surely be top dog within a year. I don't think the GSM to CDMA difference is much of an important factor looking forward. TMO purchased Metro PCS, a CDMA carrier. Plus LTE technologies are pretty similar among carriers with the exception of spectrum its deployed on and TD / FD LTE. At least that's my take. -
I actually just made a donation.. I made one a month ago but my account never got upgraded, so I just gave it another shot. I'm actually driving in, doing the haul in one day which takes about 18 hours depending on traffic. I've done it several times now and been noticing changes in coverage along the way over the past year. Last time I got LTE most of the way, with the exception of South Georgia, parts of Kentucky and i-65 between Indy and Chicago. I'm expecting it to be even better this time around and hopefully be seeing LTE the whole way.
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Basically they have AWS (1700Mhz) spectrum that they are now beginning to deploy. They are actually starting to experience capacity issues on their existing LTE network in certain places. The AWS spectrum they have is not quite as fat of spectrum that Sprint has for BC 41. AWS will definitely give a Sprint even more run for their money considering we are still far behind VZW and ATT on deployment. Spark (triband) is already deployed to some extent in select markets (Chicago, Tampa, Miami, others) but it looks like Orlando will be behind considering we just got word of official launch of LTE here this month. I'll bet there are some TD-LTE accepted sites in Orlando since Clearwire has been upgrading their sites to TD-LTE at their own pace prior to the merger. My guess is mid to late 2014 for LTE800 and an official Spark launch here.
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So I'll be returning to Chicagoland next week from Orlando (LTE there is very spotty and because its and Ericcson market, we do not have 1x800 either ) and am curious to witness all this nonsense with degraded SNR values on LTE. My parents house is in the NW burbs (Fox River Grove) and we have decent LTE coverage there. I plan on getting my hands on a Nexus 5 so I can check out some of that TD-LTE as well. Fox River Grove is in a 'Turbo' shaded area on the new coverage maps on Sprint.com as well so I'm rather excited to experience that. I also know that US Cellular has (had) antennas on the water tower in town, and I'm curious to see if Sprint will decide to take that spot since there is no NV equipment in town (only Clearwire TD-LTE/Wimax antennas, which are on the ski jump) What do you guys think the chances are that I'll see NV equipment installed on either 1. the existing USC spot on the water tower and/or 2. on the ski jump with the Clearwire equipment? Also I'll be hunting for LTE800 as well. Hopefully I can find some and confirm its presence in Chicago!
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Here's what my take on all this from reading these forms for the last few months: The reason why LTE tends to drop down so much compared to your eHRPD and 1x signal is because LTE is much more fragile, especially when it is being utilized on the higher high frequency band class 25 (1900Mhz) . Due to this your RSSI and SNR values tend to drop much lower more quickly when indoors. Your eHRPD and 1x signal also comes in on band 25 but the signal is not as vulnerable to propagation barriers like LTE is. I'm not entirely sure on the specifics of why, but I would think it is because LTE requires more data to be sent at faster rates, while for example 1x does not so propagation barriers impair that ability on LTE more so. I also know from experience that 1x on band class 26 (800Mhz) has excellent building penetration characteristics, so I would expect an LTE signal on BC26 to be just as good as your 1x signal on BC25. That said when we obtain devices that are compatible with BC41 (2500Mz) the propagation characteristics will be even poorer than what we see now for LTE. However Clearwire towers are typically spaced even closer together than Sprint towers and Sprint plans on deploying additional BC41 equipment on their towers that don't already have it in addition to deploying small cells. (mini cell towers on power poles, fem to cell, etc) That should solve part of the problem with respect to the BC26 TD-LTE when we see full deployment. I'm trying to get my hands on a Nexus 5 for when I go home to Chicago next week. I'll be hunting for LTE800 and TD-LTE! The maps on sprint.com show my house being in a "turbo" area for Sprint Spark, which means that I'll for sure have that sweet sweet TD-LTE with download speeds of 50 mbps! (hopefully)
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Any band 41 spotted in Orlando yet? I'm thinking of getting myself a Nexus 5 for Christmas. Also I'm mad at sprint I had full LTE in my office and now the signal strength has been diminished from that tower to where I barely get a blip of it. I'm assuming they adjusted the tilt. Oh well at least evdo works better now that the tower is NV accepted
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Unfortunately I can't see LTE 800 in Orlando until after we see CDMA on 800 first. I've only had one instance of seeing 1x800 on my phone in Orlando, and it was for a brief moment and once I tried making a call it immediately fell back to 1x1900. Since then I have not seen it on my signal check. Network Vision accepted sites in Orlando are only spitting out 1900 LTE/CDMA and there has been no other visible progress in deploying 1x800 so my guess would be that LTE 800 will be here mid 2014. Although 1900 LTE has improved leaps and bounds in the area, I still struggle to have it indoors, especially on the UCF campus. The market may be launched by the end of the year but I can't see LTE 800 being here for a while. We may even see TD-LTE on 2500 before LTE 800
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I was at tailgate/the game and flashed the PRL for Verizon 3G data. That's the only way I can use my phone without it being stuck on the battery killing useless Sprint network at the UCF games. But a bit of good news, I have full LTE at my office in research park- they activated the tower on Alison Dr (south east side of campus/ north east side of research park). I haven't done a speed test.. but I have had no issues using spotty and pandora when I'm working. HOWEVER they still have yet to activate the towers (for LTE) on W Plaza Dr just north of BHN stadium and the tower on Libra & Gemini. Should be a matter of weeks seeing that the equipment has been there for more than 3 months (W Plaza Tower), but I'm not holding my breath. ALSO BEWARE that they are experiencing horrible PCS interference problems up in Chicago- This could very well creep its way down here and choke your LTE speeds down to .35 mbs To be perfectly honest I'm going to grab a tri-band device as soon as they activate 800. I'm so sick of PCS and it's fragile propagation characteristics, especially in my apartment and now with its problems up north. A SMR signal will easily penetrate the concrete apartment building I live in rather than fizzle out when I walk into my bathroom like what happens now. (not just LTE, but I get completely no service) PCS is increasingly seeming to be an inferior spectrum band to use for mobile communication. I really hope sprint goes all out with 800 deployment ASAP.
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Anyone have a tri-band device yet? I want to see what's going on with TD-LTE with respect to to the Chicago market
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Dont know if its related to the Chicago issues, but I've also been noticing some pretty low data speeds and SNR levels in Orlando (0.3-5.0)
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I noticed work going on as well. However, do we know for sure it is Sprint? I don't see the 2 RRU's next to the antennas they where working on. Perhaps they aren't done with it yet? or since it is on an odd structure maybe it's hidden elsewhere? Also.. The tower on W Plaza Drive has been upgraded with NV for a good 3 months now but there is no LTE coming from it. I noticed crews at the site here and there last month but I haven't noticed any recently. I don't think it is a backhaul issue since there are LTE antennas for another carrier on the same tower. They need to hurry because LTE coverage is abysmal on campus. Elsewhere, it's not too bad.
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Quite honestly I would hold out for the LG G2, which is tri-band capable. I'm not impressed with Sprint's LTE on the 1900mhz band at all. When they deploy LTE on the 800mhz band the coverage will be a lot better especially in buildings and the 2300mhz TD-LTE will be crazy fast once they get that deployed. But you also have to realize that at the pace things are going, we may not see tri-band fully deployed in Orlando for some time. They haven't even activated 1x800, let alone finished their NV upgrades. However, I'm pretty sure clearwire has activated some TD-LTE sites in the area, so you may be able to take advantage of that sooner rather than later.
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