Craig

So question with the sensorly app. Does the app run in the background? Do I need to run the speeds test portion or is this all automatic in the background? 

You can have it run in the background after you open it and start mapping a trip, or you can have it run at "opportunistic" times on its own. Speedtests have to be run by you. For the record, the updated app is junk. I reverted back to an older version with Google maps layer and better functionality.

I appears there is an upgrade being done to the tower. I am not sure if this is the Sprint tower or someone elses. There are two towers in this same location. 

 

You're a sponsor, go look at the maps of the CO/UT/ID market. They are really pretty accurate. I could tell you which tower is directly underneath the pin at that location. 

What's with the hair hanging off the tower about 3/4 of the way up??

Hello everyone, I've been following this forum for a few months and had a few questions about the Grand Junction and surrounding markets. From the maps I have been looking at the towers have for the most part been upgraded to NV, is that correct? If so is that as far as it is going to go for quite some time or should we expect 4g at some point? Also our voice and data service has been absolutely terrible for the past month or so. Is this due to the new equipment not being hooked up to the new "backhaul" structor? Sorry for all the questions I just have not seen much info on the western slope, if there is a thread or something I missed in my search for answers please direct me to the correct forum. 

My zip code is 81415

This is probably better put in the sponsors forum, since you are a sponsor and we're talking about the NV sites complete maps, so I'll address that aspect of it in a PM to you. As far as 4G, yes, the hardware is in place and all that need to be done is acceptance of LTE. It could be delayed due to many factors, but the most common reason is currently lack of backhaul being complete to the towers. I've had data issues in various cities I've been to throughout the US as they are working on NV. Sometimes, I can't send texts. I've never had voice issues, but I suppose I don't spend a whole lot of time using my phone as a phone these days. 

Will Sprint's new network upgrades include the Aurora, 80016 zip code, or are they skipping this area? Whenever I look at the network.sprint.com website, it seems that there are no towers in my area. Unless I just don't know what I'm looking at. 

Donate, become a sponsor and you can see all the towers that are slated to be NV upgraded, have been NV upgraded (and what parts of NV have been accepted by Sprint), and what sites are "in progress" based on user and contractor information. That's the easiest way to answer your question and you get a lot more info as well. 

what tower in Brighton if I may ask?  

North of 160th and just east of Highway 85. If the trend holds, though, I would expect the NV hardware to be installed and then you'll have to wait for LTE to be activated for sometime. There are A LOT of towers with the hardware installed all over the metro area, yet very few are accepted and live. But when it happens, it's going to happen FAST!

I don't think we're supposed to post specific towers that went live in this this thread, but I will say that those with sponsorship status know which tower in Golden was accepted with LTE in the last report. I saw work being done on a tower in Brighton earlier today. Things are certainly moving along and once they get the backhaul figured out, we're going to be lit up like a Christmas tree!

If that was the Genesee tower, it was going through the earth.

Sprint's new Band -41 (sub 41) ELF LTE. You can get LTE on a sub anywhere in the world now!

I doubt it's the Genesee tower. Terrain between the tower and where the signal was received would preclude that. If it was C099, there should have been a signal a lot further north than just one mile from US-6 & 93 (the tower itself is nearly one mile N of the intersection). I'm banking on C100 or the Mines tower. 

I was headed home on US6 yesterday and when I came to the intersection with CO-93 in Golden I had full LTE coverage for about a mile north on 93 and then I fell back onto the 3g network.

Huh. No sensorly data on it. I think we all know how this goes. . . "sensorly or . . ."  

See if it's there next time you're through there and for the love of Pete, map that mo-fo.

it is not reasonable to expect anyone to find an answer in a topic with 805 posts. of course 4g in denver is broad and watching it grow is the point. if it is not possible for a lead to switch a post to an appropriate forum then it would be better post a link to the answer. ignoring is more productive than sniping

1) I have no idea what you're trying to say here. 

2) This is the CO market forum. You're in MA. Wrong turn somewhere??

All the tall tales aside, northern colorado springs is going through some data woes, just like I had in San Antonio when they were upgrading sites. Intermittant connection issues and such. I remember those were resolved once the site was done with testing and fully online. Getting some dropped calls too, but again, nothing major.

 

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I've had some issues sending texts lately. Sometimes they take near a minute to show as sent, sometimes it fails to send at all. Hoping it's related to some major work being done in the area. . . 

I've run into the same issue in other cities I've been through while they were working on NV.

Joke's over. Please stop wasting our time. No reason to think you're spinning the story, just no reason to think it is anything BUT a story. This man, he may be very competent in cell phone repair, but that does not mean that he doesn't spread stories to get a rise out of people such as yourself. Seems to have worked in this case. I know plenty of very competent people that love to embellish the truth or even exercise their creativity with total fabrications. Provide some kind of documentation, or please, cease talking about this "incident" that, until proven otherwise, never happened. 

If you were a sponsor, you could see that yes, there are a large number of sites known to be "in progress" around the Denver area, and CO in general. Most still don't have the "netvision" (Network Vision) turned on yet for various reasons, mostly hypothesized to be related to backhaul delays. 

If I was in an area with band 41 LTE I definitely wouldn't even be looking at a device without triband capabilities.

Neither would I, but they may not want to wait another year for Apple to put out a tri-band iphone.

But how many of those techs/bands could one realistically pack into a handset? And even of you could for a reasonable price, what would the price of battery usage be? IF something like this were to happen, there would have to be a consolidation of network technologies as well I would think.

They would have to keep T-Mo's girl for advertising, however or it's no deal. 

Not much of a surprise here. 

http://lifehacker.com/are-early-upgrade-plans-worth-it-1369868915

Discuss. 

When is sprint going to start the build out of 800 mgz Lte in Colorado or have they started that yet?

I took advantage of Robert's generous deal and upgraded to premier sponsor status for a $25 discount. All your answers are in there, specifically the thread titled "LTE 800 Deployment Maps". Now, go upgrade and enjoy. Do it before Sunday night (I believe that is when the offer ends).

I could tell you the answers myself, but then, well, you know. . .

You're welcome.

SAF-RAP, thru DEN. ERJ-145 and Q400.

 

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My condolences. Neither of those are my airline. Not even sure we still do the DEN-RAP route. Too bad, we stayed at the Hotel Johnson right in downtown. Nice little haunted hotel. Check it out sometime. 

Idaho Springs. Its 4G/3G accepted now.

I was looking for purple, not yellow. Doh!

Thanks.

Sooo, where was the one LTE site accepted this last round? I can't pick it out on the map.

Robert, best of luck with the move and the new job. I agree about the Black Hills being one of the more beautiful spots in this great country. 

If you're flying back and forth between RAP and ABQ, be sure to stop up front if the flight attendant says that First Officer Mills is working that flight. I'll buy you an over-priced snack box. It's the least I can do.

Bon Voyage!

 Is that a big deal to add that to a phones hardware?

 

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It's Apple. They are very conservative when it comes to adding radio tech to the phones. Consider that there was no certainty that Sprint would even be able to close the Clearwire deal while some of the recently announced devices were in design, so it makes sense that the manufacturers would have only used the bands that they knew for certain would be used with Sprint's variant. Now that the whole band dilemma is solved, I would expect just about every forthcoming device to be tri-band capable.

I suppose that Apple and even Samsung could have included 800 LTE at the very least since I don't think that slice of spectrum was ever dependent upon any deal that Sprint was working on over the last year plus, correct? 

To this point, from what I have seen thus far it appears that the Nexus 5 will be tri-band, am I correct in making this statement?

I'm sure you've seen this: http://s4gru.com/index.php?/blog/1/entry-351-teaser-is-the-lg-d820-the-nexus-5/

I was in the Note 3 boat, but no tri-band=no sale. Not sure what I'm looking at now. I'm eligible in April. The Megalith is probably too big, but it is a possibility I suppose, as is the Nexus 5 if it truly is tri-band.

Would band 41 be accessible on the iPhone 5S though a software update? Or is it just completely missing from the hardware?

 

I'm not even sure Sprint is a good carrier in my zip code of 80016. When I checked the network.sprint.com website, they didn't seem to have too many towers where I live.

 

 

 

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It would be a hardware limitation, so it will never see LTE 41.

Look at Sensorly.com (or the app) for good real-world coverage maps. Also, Sprint does have a trial period. You could always sign up and see how the service is where you need it. Not sure how porting works if you were to decide to go back to ATT, though.

I believe Sprint stated not too long ago that they were not going to drop unlimited data in the foreseeable future. I'm thinking a few years at minimum. They will probably see how their subscriber base is after NV 2.0 and how their network is holding up and evaluate it then. 

Not the part I was talking about, nice presumption though. This is what I was disagreeing with:

 

 

But, continue to assume you know what I was intending when talking about your response. Clearly, I am "wrong."

Maybe you should only quote the part you intend to disagree with instead of quoting the whole part about multiple sites being updated. Next time, quote only what you are disagreeing with as you just did above and then you won't have to try and save face while being a tool and back peddling. 

I saw nothing wrong with Robert's reply since you took the entire post and quoted it, in effect saying that everything in the post was a lie. Instead of getting all defensive, try to look at your posts before you hit the submit button. 

Back on topic, hopefully now that the rains are gone and things are starting to dry out, the inspectors can get out and start looking at some of those NV sites that are, in fact updated with the gear since they do, after all have their ar$ses in gear. 

Edit: Your phone seems to be the issue. It's a known LTE dud, so there is another of your problems.

By the title of your thread it sounds like you've already made up your mind that no one in Chicago on Sprint is happy, so why are you even considering Sprint? I'm confused.