powinmo

I've had to call Sprint cancellations various times the past few months as I've shifted a number of lines over to other providers. It's been a while since I've had to do that, and before I always dealt with US call centers for non technical matters I would consider "delicate" (eg, back when they had a "retentions" group). Every one of my recent calls so far has been routed to that call center in the Philippines (assuming so). They really need to re-train those reps and/or use better directional/noise cancelling mics. I understand the dialect they use, and the things you can hear them talk about in the background sometimes is not appropriate - IMHO.

Thank you for the tip. I found the maps and saw the boundaries for the Pittsburgh market. Having a high amount of GMOs in the mid-northern sectors/counties could explain the lack of decent or any LTE through most of the northern stretch of I-79 to I-80. I can say that 800 LTE in the northwestern parts of the market (I-376 to the OH stateline) seem to be decent via LTE Discovery. The current version of Sensorly in the play store does not seem to be recognize/report the proper carrier id, etc for Sprint - so my mapping attempts do not appear to be helping. Though, I have not had a chance to review posts on sensorly issues with sprint, etc.

I read through this thread and the WestPenn thread... and maybe there is more info about this in the premier forums, but wanted to see if anyone had more insight please. Apologies if I missed any recent updates posted. I'm in the towns off the I-79 exit 87 and 88, Zelienople, Harmony and Evans City often. According to the Sprint coverage site, LTE is there, but looks spotty. Nothing (or barely) on the sensorly, opensignal, or rootmetrics maps but mostly 3G. I saw references in the forums to the tower(s) near Evans City being worked on a while back. The only coverage I typically receive is 3G. I've disabled band 41 and 26 just in case during various testing I've tried. If you drive North on I-79 from Pittsburgh in to the Cranberry (I-79, I-76) areas, LTE and SPARK are decent. Once you reach the northern boundary of the Cranberry Township area on I-79, LTE seems to just go away as you approach these smaller towns. Are these areas considered part of the Pittsburgh market (out of my own curiosity)? I realize the edges of a market area can be very hit and miss. Anyone go through these areas that can comment in case I'm doing something wrong, if the area might be due up for more upgrades, backhaul issues, etc? TIA to anyone that lives in the area and has any input.

Oh boy. Clicked on this a while back, now my family can't stop watching this guy lol. From what I remember Sprint 3G was fine in the park, so I'm guessing the cricket phones were on ATT after the buyout.

Hello all. First post here. Thanks to the staff and posters that keep threads like this updated with any information that might be relevant. Note that I've been with Sprint for a very long time, back when it had regional affiliates like Horizon PCS (if anyone remembers and how Sprint acquired them, and others likewise). I go through the western PA - primary the areas between Pittsburgh and Erie - market area for many years now. I have always wondered why Sprint's demarcation for 3G, and now LTE, is always been delayed and/or non existent... S4GRU mentioned that this area (Erie) is pretty much at the absolute bottom of Sprint's priority list for LTE. I think I can speculate why: If you google for "Erie, Clearwire, Sprint FCC" - you'll find many FCC filings containing the Diocese of Erie PA being part of groups attempting to block various Softbank and Sprint transactions regarding Clearwire assets. If you look at the PA counties that the Diocese covers, it clearly overlays where LTE and/or SPARK stop towards the Pittsburgh area. Sure there are a few tiny LTE/SPARK blips in those areas, but insignificant in the scheme of things in my opinion. Again, pure speculation on my part. But the many FCC filings make for good reading and possibly why Sprint/Softbank just do not care for this part of Pennsylvania. The other interesting tidbit is why a Diocese would even be part of FCC filings in the first place, but I'll leave that for everyone else to ponder and read. Here's hoping someone at Softbank or Sprint read this, and if this is true... forgive and forget please. Let the kind folks of northwest PA have a better glimmer of hope then just little GMO activity here and there.