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a lot of towers now have a sprint LTE antennas installed but i can't tell which ones are turned on. i've been to 4-5 confirmed sprint tower sites in the area whenever i get the 4g icon on my galaxy S3 and flip to phone settings to read the signal asu but it's always very weak. doesn't make any sense. either these towers aren't putting out a very good signal , or this phone is ver sensitive and switches to 4g when it sniffs a blip of lte. no one has an explaination for this, they just think i'm crazy. i drive 100+ miles every day as part of my job, i know austin well. there's almost 1 million people here. cell towers are like starbucks, there are 2 on every corner by looking at the sensorly map and my knowledge of the hills, bridges and over passes in austin i'd say the signal i'm getting is coming from ben white/lamar area. there is a tower at ben white and frontier trail and another behind matts el rancho. there's a new tower at a construction site across from reds porch. i couldn't get access to even read the fcc registration #.

more 4g in south austin. top middle stick is an lte combo antenna.

hey guys, i found some lte in south austin, it's concentrated around a sprint store and the signal is very weak. any chance this is coming from a lte hotspot device inside the store? none of the nearby towers or rooftops have any lte work done. i know where most of the towers are and know which towers are being worked on. freaked me out when i saw the 4g icon. i mapped it on sensorly http://www.sensorly.com/map/4G/US/USA/Sprint/lte_310sprint

i sure hope we are still in the testing phase. at&t on an iPhone5 hit 58Mbps on a speedtest. anyone know how to upload pics? i have a few of the crew adding LTE antennas to the top of the tower at 1st/slaughter today.

also tower on west slaughter lane near s. 1st is being worked on.

ok guys, i posted this in another link, thought i'd share it here. i drove to I-35 / 620 area and started logging. i finally saw the 4G icon light up on my phone! kinda wished it said 4G LTE but oh well. anyways I drove around a little and did some logging on sensorly. the tower is active but speeds are low, similiar to 3G. I guess they are still testing it out. The tower is close to round rock hospital. http://sensorly.com/...t/lte_310sprint

i'm learning that there are a ton more sprint towers than what sprint website and cellreception.com are listing. most tmobile sites have sprint antennas on them. they did ground work on the tower near duval and research last week. i drove by tonight and there are now some new antennas up top. the waters park site is a lte site but it's still not live yet. anyone have any dates as to when they will turn one on? i cant wait to see the 4g icon on my galaxy s3.

<p>cool that's close to where I work.the cords for the tower just mentionedn 30 13.873 w 97 47.759

that's the wrong tower, look across the street to the right.

I learned they are taking over some new towers, dismantling some old sites for whatever reason and installing the new stuff, if anyone comes across an old cell antenna i'd sure love to have one! i think it'd make a nice conversation piece... yes in the living room! i may even mount it to the wall, angle it and have a simulated radio with some hardline, flashing led's, and an internal fan to smiulate a cell site lol.

another site was being worked on yesterday off w. ben white near frontier trail! i thought all of the lte radios were mounted up at the top, these were at the bottom. maybe the work isn't complete yet. anyways i snapped a pic of the site which shows the gate open. the guys were eating lunch in their trucks and i didn't want to bother them.

12700 block of waters park, sw corner of mopac/parmer ln.

i tried to post from my S3 but when i hit comment the button wouldnt work. tower crews worked into dawn working on LTE site # 2 located off research and duval road. briefly spoke to the operations supervisor and he confirmed sprint is taking over the tower as part of the network vision program.

i have been keeping tabs on this tower since the work begun last week. it seems they are done with everything up top. i'll keep you posted when it goes live!

long time reader, first time poster. is there a map of all the towers in austin that will be getting the LTE upgrade and any dates given of when they will be at each site doing the installs?