jhman101

On 1/20/2024 at 8:02 AM, 1dante said:

My little hometown of Live Oak, Fl is getting a T-Mobile corporate store. It’s currently under construction, and should be complete within the next few weeks. 

They also have a large cache of disaster response equipment staged in Live Oak.  At least a dozed semi-trailers of generators and other vehicles and assets.  They have also been doing some footprint expansion in the area with numerous sites under construction and some that have already come online.

4 hours ago, 1dante said:

Connected to 5GUC in Live Oak, FL this morning on highway 129. Got a little over 100mbs down and around 18 up. I’m definitely surprised that UC is available in my super small town. 

They just lit up their third and fourth 5GUC sites in Lake City, FL this week.  Two of the four sites are former Sprint only sites that they converted.  I consistently get over 400 Mbps on all the sites that they upgraded.

Just came across a permit for another rural site that is being converted from Sprint to T-Mobile.  This site covers Interstate 75 and is taking their average tower spacing from 7 miles to just over 3 miles.  This is positive to see the site density that they are keeping with the Sprint sites.

Here are the details on the site https://webportal.columbiacountyfla.com/AlfrescoDownload.aspx?Site=BuildingAndZoning/BuildingPermits&NodeRef=40985554-0c57-478a-b3c7-91bdc66808b4

And just for comparison many of Sprint's sites in this area are 10+ miles apart.

On 10/23/2021 at 3:22 PM, 1dante said:

Do you know of any permits for Live Oak, FL?

Suwannee County doesn't post their permits online like Columbia County does.  However Sprint has numerous sites especially running down 129 in the middle part of the county where T-Mobile has none so I'd imagine they will be converting them.  If I get some time I might swing by the building department to see if they have any permits.  Some of the rural counties around here don't even require permits if they are just doing modifications.

On 10/5/2021 at 8:14 PM, 1dante said:

Not sure what market Lake City, Fl is in as of the merger, but I was connected to 5G UC about a week ago and I got 691 down and 83 up. This was using my new iPhone 13 Pro. 

I live in Lake City FL and they have L41 and N41 active on the watertower site down town.  I was able to get similar speeds 1.5 miles from the site when I had clear line of sight to the site.  Also they recently got permits to add N41 to several more sites.

Also they just got the first permit that I have seen in the area to convert a current Sprint only site to T-Mobile.  The plan details are here https://webportal.columbiacountyfla.com/AlfrescoDownload.aspx?Site=BuildingAndZoning/BuildingPermits&NodeRef=6abd2930-76bb-458c-b7e3-fa71dc841a10

11 minutes ago, 1dante said:

Saw B41 for the first time since being on TNX. Surprisingly, it was in Lake City, FL. I was at a red light...didn’t think to do a Speedtest. 

I just got a S20 FE with TNX and I commonly will grab Sprint B41 in Lake City right near I-75 and Hwy 90 and also by I-75 at Ellisville.  However it only seems to connect to a single carrier where my Legacy Sprint V40 will grab 2 or 3 so I get faster download Speeds on My Sprint Device.  There is a T-Mobile site with N71 a mile and a half away from that site, but my TNX phone will prefer the Sprint B41 when it has a good signal strength.

On 3/10/2020 at 6:50 PM, RCM said:

I started using Cellmapper a few months ago. I found and confirmed a ton of towers and added a lot of polygons. Then the OTA update came down after SprinT-Mobile won their court case and all of our phones switched from MCC-MNC 310-120 to 312-530. Now I'm having to start all over again 😠. Then we have April 1 rapidly approaching.

I won a V40 from Sprint in January of '19 and ever since I switched to it all my reports show as 312-530  A good chunk of the reporting on Cellmapper for 312-530 in the southern and central US I contributed to.  I'd love to see the data combined into one map.

9 minutes ago, 1dante said:

That’s nice! I’m originally from Live Oak so that’s great news. I’m also in Lake City from time to time. This is awesome. 

Still waiting for them to add more sites up here, but in the last 3-4 months they have obtained permits to add B41 on all the sites in Columbia County

2 minutes ago, Terrell352 said:

What does Sprint have a partnership with Walgreens?

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Yes, they recently opened  8 Express Stores in Walgreens in Gainesville, and from I have been told by current employees ( I used to work for Sprint Corp in Gainesville) they have a large scope agreement with Walgreens and will be expanding the Express stores and installing network equipment in most stores.

On 6/11/2018 at 6:58 PM, 1dante said:

Was inside of Walgreens just now, and I noticed that my signal was unusually stronger than normal. Did I field test and got B41 with UARFCN 39874. This particular Walgreens does have a Sprint express booth inside if that info helps any. Just wondering if this is B41 signal came from a small cell or possibly magic box? Any info would be great. 

If they haven't yet they will most likely install a mini macro sites in most every Walgreens.  They recently turned on sites at the Walgreens in Lake City and Like Oak.  Attached is the screenshot that I took from the Lake City store today.  The nearby Macro site has not been upgraded to B41 yet

So I just stumbled across what appears to be a new Sprint mini macro or small cell in Lake City right by Columbia High School it is still under construction by Mobilitie and the site id listed on the pole is JA90XS054 pics here https://www.dropbox.com/sh/jhg5b5qfffimeoc/AAAnogePf_IEtZcie67spx7Ha?dl=0

EDIT: Just uploaded permit to the dropbox folder as well

Does anybody have any info for network vision in the panhandle market. I've seen comments that it's not in first or second round so it won't be started until at least 2013, but I don't see any announcements on it. It seems like when you search the internet for Sprint network problems Tallahassee pops up a lot and probably due to having 2 universities and being the state capital is stressing the 3g network. That and asking with how crazy the city and county here are about permitting.

They just starting mounting panels today on the site in ellisville fl which is in the Panhandle market so I'd imagine Tallahassee has or will have work going on soon other than the ground mount sites that have been completed.

Looks like the site in Lake Butler is live. I started mapping it on Sensorly this morning.

Per Sensorly it looks like we might have got some LTE love in St Augustine this week!

Every Sprint site that I have been to in Florida has had a generator. I think the potential for power outages caused by natural disasters has something to do with it.

Just got done mapping the Gainesville site on Sensorly.

I know of some very recent towers that were added and they were not NV. I believe the reason is the amount of time it takes to get a new site done, so when the process was started they were not deploying Network Vision. I agree it doesn't seem very smart to put up new equipment that will be replaced shortly, but it's just a reality of the way Sprint works.

You can reach me at **JonnyH

http://newsroom.sprint.com/article_display.cfm?article_id=2382

The 4G LTE Network build is under way in the following areas:

• Aguadilla-Isabela-San Sebastian, Puerto Rico
  
• Albermarle, N.C.
  
• Anderson, Ind.
  
• Asheville, N.C.
  
• Athens, Tenn.
  
• Athens, Texas
  
• Austin, Texas
  
• Barnstable Town (Hyannis/Midcape), Mass.
  
• Baton Rouge, La.
  
• Bethesda-Rockville-Frederick, Md.
  
• Boston
  
• Cambridge-Newton-Framingham, Mass.
  
• Charlotte, N.C.
  
• Chattanooga, Tenn.
  
• Chicago
  
• Clarksville, Tenn.
  
• Cleveland, Tenn.
  
• Coamo, Puerto Rico
  
• College Station, Texas
  
• Columbia, Tenn.
  
• Columbus, Ind.
  
• Cookeville, Tenn.
  
• Crossville, Tenn.
  
• Daytona Beach-Deltona-Ormond Beach, Fla.
  
• Elkhart-Goshen, Ind.
  
• Fayetteville, N.C.
  
• Fort Lauderdale-Pompano Beach-Deerfield Beach, Fla.
  
• Gainesville, Fla.
  
• Gary, Ind.
  
• Goldsboro, N.C.
  
• Greenville, N.C.
  
• Greeneville, Tenn.
  
• Guayama, Puerto Rico
  
• Hammond, La.
  
• Harriman, Tenn.
  
• Hickory-Lenoir-Morganton, N.C.
  
• Houma-Bayou Cane-Thibodaux, La.
  
• Hutchinson, Kan.
  
• Indianapolis-Carmel, Ind.
  
• Jacksonville, Fla.
  
• Johnson City, Tenn.
  
• Jonesboro, Ark.
  
• Kankakee-Bradley-Bourbonnais, Ill.
  
• Kerrville, Texas
  
• Killeen-Temple-Fort Hood, Texas
  
• Kingsport-Bristol, Tenn.
  
• Kinston, N.C.
  
• Knoxville, Tenn.
  
• Lakeland-Winter Haven, Fla.
  
• Lancaster, S.C.
  
• Lawrence, Kan.
  
• Lincolnton, N.C.
  
• Los Angeles-Long Beach-Glendale, Calif.
  
• Lumberton, N.C.
  
• McPherson, Kan.
  
• Memphis, Tenn.
  
• Miami-Miami Beach-Kendall, Fla.
  
• Morgan City, La.
  
• Morristown, Tenn.
  
• Mayaguez, Puerto Rico
  
• Muncie, Ind.
  
• Nashville, Tenn.
  
• New Orleans
  
• New York-White Plains-Wayne, N.Y.
  
• Norfolk-Virginia Beach-Newport News, Va.
  
• Ocala, Fla.
  
• Ocean Pines, Md.
  
• Palatka, Fla.
  
• Palm Bay-Melbourne-Titusville, Fla.
  
• Peabody/Lawrence-Methuen/Gloucester, Mass.
  
• Philadelphia
  
• Ponce, Puerto Rico
  
• Port St. Lucie, Fla.
  
• Roanoke Rapids, N.C.
  
• Rochelle, Ill.
  
• Rockford, Ill.
  
• Rocky Mount, N.C.
  
• Salina, Kan.
  
• Salisbury, Md.
  
• Salisbury, N.C.
  
• San German-Cabo Rojo, Puerto Rico
  
• San Juan, Puerto Rico
  
• Sebastian-Vero Beach, Fla.
  
• Sevierville, Tenn.
  
• Shelby, N.C.
  
• Southern Pines-Pinehurst, N.C.
  
• Springfield, Mass.
  
• Statesville-Mooresville, N.C.
  
• St. Thomas, USVI
  
• Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, Fla.
  
• Topeka, Kan.
  
• Tullahoma, Tenn.
  
• Tupelo, Miss.
  
• Warrensburg, Mo.
  
• Washington, D.C.-Arlington-Alexandria, Va.
  
• Waukegan-Lake County, Ill.
  
• West Palm Beach-Boca Raton-Boynton Beach, Fla.
  
• Wichita, Kan.
  
• Wichita Falls, Texas
  
• Wilson, N.C.
  
• Worcester-Fitchburg-Leominster, Mass.
  
• Yauco, Puerto Rico
  

I have now spotted on two seperate occations Ericsson trucks, one in Ocala fl and the other in traffic in Lakeland Fl this month!!! I have so wanted to chase them down and get info on the development of the network so far in the Tampa and Jacksonville markets.

Most of the Ericsson trucks that you are going to see are Network Opps (the guys who maintain the network) and they are as clueless as us on when the deployments are going to be done. They generally don't find out until the build on a site is almost complete.

When I was talking to some tower tech contractors working on an AT&T site up here a few days ago they said they had counterparts doing Sprint builds in the Tampa area right now, and I would assume it was Network Vision that they were doing.

This isn't far off from projections now. The market won't be complete then, but if Sprint discontinues their blocking of LTE connections, there will be live sites in the JAX market then. We will have a Jacksonville update article soon. Stay tuned.

 

Robert

Can't wait for the JAX update. I was talking to several contractors today that are building out a couple AT&T sites and they said they are slated to start doing Sprint builds in the next month or two.

I just received the new Tri-Band Hotpsot and have been dying to try it out and see if the 4G LTE service is up and running in my area yet. I thought it would be a good time to try the new "No Contract" data card plan plan that is available on 4 devices including the Tri-Band Hotpsot to see if it was a viable option for my business which intermittently needs a second data modem. If had to describe the experience with one word it would be "FRUSTRATING!!!!!". I thought that it would be good to describe my experience for other potential users of this service to try and help them avoid some of the pitfalls I encountered. I also leaned a few interesting things about Sprint's data plans that I will pass along as well. Hopefully this will keep someone from losing the 4 1/2 hours I lost trying to get the plan to work on the Tri-Band Hotpsot.

 

1. No one at Sprint support seems to know know or understand this plan as it relates to the Tri-Band Hotpsot. I don't think this would be an issue with the other 3 devices on the plan as they are data modems. I would describe this service as not ready for prime time as it relates to the tri-Band Hotspot. The biggest issue is that the "No Contract" service is designed to work through Sprint Smart View which is not used with Hotspots. Hotspots load a set of drivers to interface with the computer where the data modems rely on the Sprint Smat View to provide this interface. I don't know how many times I was told by multiple different support personnel to open my Hotspot through Sprint Smart view. I had to show them it wouldn't work before they would even attempt troubleshooting. How can you support a device when you don't even understand how it works?

 

2. The store service center can't help with this issue. This is a ploy used by support to get you off their backs when they can't solve an issue. This was the answer I was given most by the support personnel in every department. The service center won't even look at a device for this issue. It has to be handled on the phone with Sprint.

 

3. The rates and data allowances for this service are not that good. Sprint would really rather have you on a contract or with a competitor than on this service. The standard monthly 3GB data plan gives you twice the data for roughly two thirds the cost of the "No Contract" monthly service. The competition offers the same data allowances on both plans with about a 15% price difference.

 

4. If you own a device (no contract or bought outright with no discount) you don't have to sign a two year contact to use it. That is a sales tactic to lock you into a monthly plan. You can get service on a "month to month" basis at the regular rates without having to sign a contract. I found this out in the cancellation department, of all places, because I got transferred there when they decided to get rid of me in support. They are very good at finding a resolution to keep you from leaving Sprint in cancellation. The lady I talked to was amazed that NO ONE offered to put me on the no contract month to month plan as it is a documented plan to serve people who own their own equipment.

 

I hope you find this helpful!

I'm not clear on your exact situation, but in store we are unable to do a new line of service without doing a aggrement on most plans. The only exception is Sprints Business Freedom plans which you pay a higher MRC so you do not have to sign an aggrement. Now changing equipment on a line is a totally different story. Account services has been know to be able to do things we can't.

EDIT: You are correct in their offering of no contract plans, I verified in our system however that if we try to activate one of these devices directly on one of the offered rate plans, it only gives us the contract options, however there should be a way that we could get you on it without contract. On a seperate side note I discovered this device does not support any 800MHz not even the typical 800 cellular bands.

http://newsroom.sprint.com/article_display.cfm?article_id=2301

04 June 2012

Samsung Galaxy S III Comes to Sprint, the Only Wireless Carrier to Offer the Device with Unlimited Data Pricing Plans and Google Wallet Pre-Loaded, on June 21

Pre-order begins June 5 at www.sprint.com/galaxysiii

OVERLAND PARK, Kan. (BUSINESS WIRE), June 04, 2012 - Sprint (NYSE:S), the only national wireless carrier offering truly unlimited data for all phones while on the Sprint network¹, will offer Samsung Galaxy S^® III beginning on Thursday, June 21. Manufactured by Samsung Telecommunications America (Samsung Mobile), the No. 1 mobile phone provider in the U.S. and the No. 1 smartphone provider worldwide², Galaxy S III is powered by Android™ 4.0, Ice Cream Sandwich, and boasts a brilliant 4.8-inch HD Super AMOLED™ touchscreen and access to the Sprint 4G LTE network when it launches later this year.

Sprint is the only national U.S. wireless carrier to offer Galaxy S III preloaded with Google Wallet™ enabling the phone to act like a personal wallet using Near Field Communication (NFC) to make safe purchases at more than 100,000 participating retailers.

Samsung Galaxy S III will be offered in a 16GB version for $199.99 and 32GB version for $249.99 (excluding taxes) with a new line or eligible upgrade and two-year service agreement at Sprint Stores, Sprint Business Sales, Telesales (1-800-SPRINT1) and Web Sales (www.sprint.com). The 32GB version will be available exclusively through Web Sales.

Customers can pre-order the device beginning Tuesday, June 5, at www.sprint.com/galaxysiii. It will be available in two color options – Pebble Blue and Marble White.

“Sprint and Samsung take another leap forward together in bringing our customers the best in mobile technology with Galaxy S III on the Sprint 4G LTE network,” said Fared Adib, vice president – Product Development, Sprint. “Sprint is the only U.S. carrier to offer this device with the simplicity of unlimited data plans. Our customers will appreciate being able to use the robust features and capabilities of this device without worrying about data caps, throttling or silly overage charges.”

Galaxy S III offers the speed of a 1.5GHz dual-core processor and 2GB of RAM for multitasking, amazing graphics and rich HD multimedia content. It also has two cameras – an 8-megapixel rear-facing zero shutter-lag camera with LED flash, 1080p video capture, intelligent camera features and facial recognition and a 1.9-megapixel front-facing camera. New features designed to make the phone easier to use include:

• S Voice™ is the advanced natural language user interface that enables search and basic device-user communication. It can be used to turn the volume up or down on the music player, answer or reject incoming calls, shut off or choose to snooze the alarm clock or take a picture by saying “smile” or “cheese.”
  
• Motion simplifies the user experience by understanding the motion of the user. If the user is messaging but decides to call the person instead, they simply lift the phone to the ear and ‘Direct Call’ will dial the phone number. Motion includes quick camera access, missed event alert, double tap to top of list, screen shot, quick pause, quick rotate, turn over to mute, shake to refresh and raise phone to ear to make a call from messaging.
  
• Smart Stay uses facial recognition technology and the front-facing camera to identify the user’s eyes. Smart Stay disables screen timeout if the device detects the user’s eyes are looking at the screen. Galaxy S III is “smart” enough to recognize the user is reading an e-book or browsing the web and maintains a bright display for easy viewing.
  

Galaxy S III also takes sharing to a new level by making it fast and easy to share pictures, videos and presentations between devices or with friends and groups of people.

• S Beam expands on Android Beam™ to enhance device-to-device sharing through NFC technology by adding the ability to share photos, videos, documents and other DRM-free content to Android Beam. This allows a 1GB file to be shared within minutes and a 10MB file within seconds by simply touching another Galaxy S III phone.
  
• AllShare^®Play allows users to wirelessly connect Galaxy S III to their PC, tablet or television to immediately share files, stream music, user-generated videos, photos and other DRM-free content to AllShare-enabled devices using Wi-Fi^®. It also allows the user to remotely access files on up to six Samsung devices.
  
• AllShare Group Cast lets the user share a presentation or photo album in real time with multiple friends on the same Wi-Fi network.
  
• Share Shot allows photos to be easily and simultaneously shared with a group of friends directly from the camera using device-to-device Wi-Fi Direct.
  

Samsung Galaxy S III customers enjoy an unlimited data experience with Sprint Everything Data plans. Sprint’s Everything Data plan with Any Mobile, Anytime^SM includes unlimited web, texting and calling to and from any mobile in America while on the Sprint Network, starting at just $79.99 per month for smartphones – a savings of $40 per month versus Verizon’s comparable plan with unlimited talk, text and 2GB web, or $10 per month savings versus Verizon’s 450-minute plan with unlimited text and 2GB web (excludes taxes and surcharges).

Sprint announced Atlanta, Baltimore, Dallas, Houston, Kansas City and San Antonio are expected to have 4G LTE and enhanced 3G service in mid-year 2012. The anticipated launch of these large metropolitan areas demonstrates the continued commitment by Sprint to invest in its network through Network Vision. Sprint customers in these areas should soon enjoy ultra-fast data speeds and improved 3G voice quality. For the most up-to-date details on Sprint’s 4G LTE rollout, please visit www.sprint.com/4GLTE.

What are your opinions on this? Do you think this will help speed up the pace of Network Vision?

http://newsroom.spri...article_id=2294

• 29 May 2012
   
  Sprint Nextel Reaches $1 Billion Credit Agreement for Equipment Financing
   
   
  OVERLAND PARK, Kan. (BUSINESS WIRE), May 29, 2012 - Sprint Nextel (NYSE: S) announced today that it has entered into a new $1 billion credit facility with Deutsche Bank and a syndicate of other banks to finance equipment purchases from Ericsson (NASDAQ:ERIC) for Network Vision. The borrowers under the secured credit facility are all of Sprint’s subsidiaries that currently guarantee Sprint’s revolving bank credit facility, and the obligations will be secured by a lien on the equipment purchased from Ericsson in connection with Network Vision and guaranteed by Sprint.
  The secured credit facility expires in March 2017 and benefits from a cost of funding of approximately 6 percent provided by AB Svensk Exportkredit and comprehensive insurance cover from EKN, the Swedish Export Credit Agency. Deutsche Bank acted as one of the Mandated Lead Arrangers and as Facility Agent.
  The covenants under the secured credit facility are similar to those of Sprint’s revolving bank credit facility and those of the guaranteed Notes due 2018 and the guaranteed Notes due 2020.