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but but but... thanks for sharing
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I have been in contact with sprint support, its slow going... they always run to, " I see no problems in your area" yes i know its on, but you must see almost no connections to band 41, as the tower is in a corn field yet band 41 reaches 4-5 houses and a small lightly used road.... mean while the interstate and my home within view of the tower 1.5 has sub .5meg edge of coverage band 26 all day long... on plus side a different tower in town 1-2 miles away while inside buildings with steel walls and steel roof, great band 41 service both signal and speed.
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That is either overly optimistic or my area is in desperate need of major optimization, i have a very tall tower (so tall it needs a flashing light) band 41 about .5 miles, band 25 about 2 miles band 26 about 3 miles tops. (yes its all from that tower signal is strong if I hug the tower, that is over an open corn field unobstructed view, level ground. can optimization really improve range to that much? if so that would be AWESOME!
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he was probably thinking of this article http://www.dailywireless.org/2014/02/05/sprint-spark-firestarter-or-blowing-smoke/ "base stations equipped with beamforming and 8T8R technologies could increase cell range by a factor of 1.5 – theoretically reducing the need for cell sites by nearly 50 per cent." But that is talking 1.5 increase over old clear equipment I think. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
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learn something new every day, thanks
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yeah i had no problem with Imessage, regular texts and phone calls all working fine (wifi calling was turned off). this was a huge difference from last year when my phone was a paper wight all game. I have found the millwakee market has been getting better the last couple of months, LTE has been more prevalent and reliable. Has any found any second band 41 carrier in Milwaukee? I have in iphone so i cant get it ) :
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Easy pay has tax added at the time of sale, the lease you walk out without paying a cent for the phone ( with good credit). Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
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I was on the lower level, behind home plate, I had band 25 most of the game, signal was between 90-100 in the stands and 85-90 by the concessions. It was usable all night, I was curious about the wifi but where I was sitting it was basically dead. I have to imagine they have many antennas for both the sprint system and the wifi, so as you move from antenna to antenna service and speed will change. Overall I was happy with the experience, band 41 was very nice in the parking lot [emoji3]. I wish the DAS had band 41 though, it wasn't a sold out game (33-34 in attendance). I hope the DAS gets upgraded in the coming years with band 41. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
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the question is do the 49% of people prefer 2 year contract subsidies or do they just fear change so they stick with what they know, i know many people who don't under stand lease or easy pay... so they stick with what they know ($200 phone on 2 year contract) not everyone follows this stuff as close as we all do. Take my girlfriend for example she didn't understand lease at first, but when she pick up the iPhone and didn't have to pay a cent in the store and only $25/month for the phone she was very happy with the choice. I think most people will be ok with the change, most view it as the phone used to cost $200, but now it is no down payment and $15-$30 per month (of course that varies wildly from phone to phone)
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leave sprint for who? AT&T is the last nation wide carrier to have 2 year contracts... you think they wont follow everyone else?
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I think activation fees need to die, especially if your leasing the phone... if your a member of a credit union or AAA you can have your activation fee waived by sprint (plus some other perks) most wireless carriers, or any company will happily waive a activation fee if you call them and ask real nice any ways..
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I think average sprint user will be ok with this, lease the phone pay us nothing up front, return the phone to us in a year or two and we will let you walk out with a new one, again paying nothing up front. sometimes you just have to move forward, this is the direction all the wireless carriers seem to be heading, I would think people on legacy plans will be encouraged or offered an incentive to change to the new way, but not required.
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Happy to hear they are aware of the issue, hope they can resolve it ... Soon... [emoji12]. As for the cream puffs yes and yes, giant cookies fried cookie dough, and even cheeses cake on a stick... Dipped in chocolate and covered in sprinkles how I don't weight 300 pounds I haven't a clue!!!! On a side note I contacted a mid level manager in customer advocate department, he had a "long talk with network management and engineering". At first glance the Wisconsin state fair appeared properly covered and that data was operating "as expected". But upon further inspection they agreed with me that data was unusable, I have an online appointment with a network engineer tomorrow to go over my data... So we will see Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
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I see, its a shame the macro tower is not positioned better to cover the fair grounds, if your fair grounds are like the WI state fair grounds its used for large events all summer long (ours even has a large race track). Perhaps next year they will place a Tri band COW.
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It frustrates me as well.... they have the assets (spectrum wise) they know when theses events occur, would love to see some super COW, with Band 25,26, and 4 or more Band 41 carriers with carrier aggregation... and a big sprint both with free mobile hot spot access and a big sign "your carrier failing you??? try sprint LTE, make the switch today". Wisconsin state fair is sponsored by US cellular they have a macro tower right in the heart of the fair (plus a COW, I think it was US cell it was half hidden behind a roller coaster) they also have a mobile store that is packed with people buying new phones and signing up for service.
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question, did the COW hurt the performance at the fair this year? could the new band 41 from the dean ave tower have covered the grounds if the COW would not have been present, perhaps over powering the band 41? I ask because i was at the Wisconsin state fair this year (last Saturday) and north end of the fair had strong usable band 41, but the rest of the fair was covered by unusable very strong band 25/26. My first though was sprint had a COW present that drowned out the usable band 41 with unusable band 25/26... I dont know if that was the case or if its even possible for a COW to do that, but that was my first thought.
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I was at the Allstate fair yesterday (Saturday) found data on band 25, 26 was overloaded and unusable.. But I had band 41 in all of spin city and the far west edge of the fair, it was holding up well didn't do a speed test but it was auto loading videos on my Facebook news feed just fine. I hope that 2 carriers of band 41 blanket the entire state fair next year! ( : it's tough to watch sprint fall down at large events like that because of the limited capacity of band 25/26, people like my girlfriend gets frustrated I heard " I have full lte why won't anything work" so many times. lol Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
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Happy to report miller park now has usable data, seems they installed a new DAS. Between the DAS and the great wifi coverage data wasn't a problem. [emoji2]. Also parking lot had full band 41 coverage it was blazing fast for tail gating. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
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Am I the only one here that has an Apple Watch?
nick replied to ZebraDude's topic in Apple/iPhone/iOS
for me battery life is not a problem, by the end of the night i have 50-55 percent left, it won't make it two days of normal usage for me tho... But I am happy with battery life. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk -
I notice a lot of band 41 in Milwaukee but it seems most is not optimized, I find some sites that extend 1.5 even 2 miles while others .5 miles or less. ( same in my home town janesville wi) Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
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why do you feel it's a lost cause? If band 41 covered the fair I see no reason they couldn't deploy 3-4 or more band 41 carriers... That could handle all but the most crowded of events. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
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That's what I figured ) : it was the same last year, I have noticed a lot of band 41 deployment in the area and I was hopeful that would improve the fair experience, millwakee has been a work in progress for awhile now.. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
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I agree, the network is much improved but it should be the number one network before they rebrand, otherwise its just a waste if people come looking for new sprint (what ever they call it) and discover old sprint. Before anyone jumps on my case about how much better sprint is now, i know its much improved and getting better everyday... But i think they only get one try at a rebrad so it needs to count..... but honestly sprint as it is plus the best network in the country should do well without a rebrand, If they deliver a fast reliable cellular experience across all markets they operate in, and all large events the service will sell itself. I added large events because sprint seems to struggle with those in my area, think fairs concerts, summer fest so on...
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Has anyone attended the Wisconsin state fair, I will be there this Friday and wanted to know what to expect as far as data service?
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Odd you mention that, my iPhone 6 plus has been doing the same thing but only on my "home tower" (3G only). It will go from strong usable 3G to no service then 30 sec later 1x if 5-10 min then back to strong 3G... Hopping that's a sign my tower will have Lte soon but I don't think that's the case..... I can dream tho. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
