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I found another site in Louisville yesterday off the Gene Synder. Still has work going on but it is close to completion. I'll post pics and site id in sponsor section after I get some sleep.

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Just got a notification on my phone from sprint saying they are building a new network in my area.

 

Hopefully they only send these out when serious work is about to happen close by, and not just a generic one sent to everyone.

I got that today too. They have a handful of sites with the new equipment up, just not running yet. Hopefully it gets turned on and accepted soon.

Another one for Louisville. This one is off the Waterson. 4 RRUs per sector on this one.

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I've been in almost weekly contact with corporate tech support over my data issues and they said that the capacity upgrade was moved up for Shepherdsville. When I talked to him a few days ago he said that it was more than just a capacity upgrade' date=' but for LTE too. I asked when it was scheduled to be complted and he said 6-9 months. As always, I'll believe it when I see it, but I'm hopeful.[/quote']

 

I'd be highly surprised if it takes that long. Personally I'd say two to three months if that now that they have started working. I know the site in Shep already has its fiber ran to the outside of the fence.

Where is this? Nice pictures.

 

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I have both locations as well many more pictures in the sponsor map thread for ky. They are both here in Louisville.

It has begun. Keep an eye out for this.

New Ericsson cabinets with the legacy Sprint equipment behind them. Found two sites like this last night.

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ok I went by that tower today off 3 Spring Road & it looks like new racks, but they haven't been hooked up yet. They also have a bunch of North Star Batteries which you can see in one of the pics.

 

http://tinypic.com/r/3460xte/4

http://tinypic.com/r/2vt5c7m/4

http://tinypic.com/r/1zxm8sh/4

 

sorry I didn't get more pics it was raining when I was there

Great find. Those are definitely Ericsson cabinets. You might want to report it on the sponsor thread as in progress. Keep an eye out for new panels/RRUs going up on the tower.

Remember you can use this as a reference of what to look for.

http://s4gru.com/index.php?/topic/2902-how-to-spot-sprint-panels-and-rrus-ericsson-style/

Lets hope LTE isn't too far out.

Paducah Ky has been added to Sprints coming soon list.

http://finance.yahoo.com/news/sprint-announces-availability-4g-lte-140000191.html

May I ask where you have seen back haul work in Louisville. I am about to jump ship to T-Mobile if something doesn't happen here soon.

 

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Here is some Backhaul work that I have seen.

I'm hoping there're more sites with fiber ready than what I've found so far. These are all either on the fence of a Sprint tower or very near, such as coming off the main road. More info in Sponsor threads.

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Anybody in East KY seen any signs of progress? The other three markets anounced in the article back in October with East KY (North LA, Upstate New York East, and VT/NH/ME) have already posted significant progress. I've seen some backhaul work around Louisville but not much else. Hopefully soon for both of us.

Darn. Keep watching your area. Watch for signs of new backhaul being ran (eg running new wires down street to outer perimeter of tower fence, buried cable tube outside fence like I posted above, trench being dug to site, ect.) Sites with backhaul ready will be the first to be converted. It wouldn't surprise me if they started in that area first before moving up to Louisville. It gives them time to get the NV project figured out and test equipment out before they affect heavily populated areas. I hope to see some conversion progress in the next few months. I have at least 3 sites around me that I know for a fact have had new fiber ran at least a month ago. Suspect others have as well. Keep us posted.

Happy Birthday Robert! Maybe your NM sites will get accepted today.

May I ask where you have seen back haul work in Louisville. I am about to jump ship to T-Mobile if something doesn't happen here soon.

 

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Look for things like this at the perimeter of a site. This is a Windstream install at a site in Bullitt county where I live. I have found three sites around me with newly ran fiber.

I'm pretty sure one of the in progress sites in Louisville has had fiber ran to it, and I think two others do as well, but can't confirm. Looking at Windstreams fiber map, I think they will get a lot of the Louisville area backhaul. They have a lot of fiber through E-Town and Glasgow as well. Not much in BG though. Not sure who else could be backhaul providers in West KY, there will likely be 3 or 4 at least. Sites in Louisville have been harder to observe. Most are either surounded by solid wooden fences, or on private or inaccessible property. Another thing is that a lot of Sprints sites in Louisville are co-located with other carriers, making it harder to tell a new fiber install unless I see it going in.

Windstream Map

http://www.windstreambusiness.com/support/coverage-area

Very interesting to compare this map with the sponsor map.

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I have no idea where any of the towers are there. I am hardly ever in Glasgow & don't know the area at all. If I had addresses the next time I am there I will drive by & check

Being a sponsor you have access to maps that plot every Sprint site. You can click on the pointer and get an close address (Batchgeo generates the address). I use the maps all the time to check out sites.

http://s4gru.com/index.php?/topic/704-network-vision-site-map-nashville-and-westeast-kentucky-markets/

The exact location is sponsor info, I will say that there is only one tower for sprint, and that it is a bit NW of the town center. The Wendy's is only about a mile away from it. In google Earth it looks like there are about 4 or 5 carriers on that tower. There is probably only one tower maybe two max for every carrier in Glasgow. If you see a tower, odds are good its the Sprint tower.

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I was in Glasgow KY today & never picked up a LTE signal. And the 3G was not that great either

Did you happen to get any tower pics? Would love to know if work has started, cabinets delievered, ect. Observing a lot of backhaul work around Louisville but not much else, yet. I'll get real excited when I start seeing equipment being delivered.

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I would love to read the Ericsson NV thread. I did a search for it, but can't find. Can someone please link to it?

http://s4gru.com/index.php?/topic/2902-how-to-spot-sprint-panels-and-rrus-ericsson-style/