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    NEW SPRINT COVERAGE MAPS WITH LTE COMING SOON!

    in Network, Network Vision/LTE Deployment

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    Holy crap you're so right. In my area the Sprint coverage maps are so far off! I remember their WiMax map showing coverage in my area only outside and it's not true unless you are just about line sight to the tower. Also my friends house is supposedly in the range of WiMax in his house but no go there either. Also the 3G maps are way off as it says my house I should get best signal, yet in my house I get 1 bar and even standing outside I only get 3! I wish there was a site that would have true coverage maps. :( I would rather get 3MB/sec UP/DOWN EVERYWHERE then 30+MB/sec down here and then none over there. I mean I'm only getting 200Kbps now on Sprint 3G in most spots but it has large coverage gaps in which my phone just returns no connection found even-though it says I have a connection. Does anyone else feel that way? I would rather get the same coverage EVERYWHERE, in an elevator, basement, etc and I would sacrifice speed to get it.

     

    That is not possible, due to the physics of RF, you are going to have stronger signals at the source and weaker signals at the edges. Then you have to consider are you inside or outside, what is the building made out of, how many barriers do you have to get through, etc. I know that when I'm in the lower floors of my building, my signal is shit, its just a given.

     

    As for the coverage maps, they are crap. I would like to see someone like Google attach cell receptors for each of the major carriers to their rover cars and create a nationwide, accurate coverage map.

    Network Vision Explained

    in Network, Network Vision/LTE Deployment

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    It looks like to me that Aplena iDEN may have the same number of sites as CDMA. It just illustrates the propagation benefits of 800 over 1900.

     

    Robert via Kindle Fire using Forum Runner

     

    Seriously? I'm going to try and find a tower list. The coverage maps on sprint.com for northern Michigan are littered with what appears to be a single tower in the middle of the town, and a purple splooge around it. However, the Nextel coverage is almost 100%. I'm wondering with the Canadian border if these towers will get the voice and LTE carriers in 800MHz

    Network Vision Explained

    in Network, Network Vision/LTE Deployment

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    Here's an example of one of those 100 that need to be done. Sprint had initially stated a future tower was going to be built in the very southern portion of this roaming pocket, but they pulled it and never built it when the NV plans came out . Not sure how much it would have helped the issue here though. The iDen only tower is located near a very busy highway that sees quite a bit of traffic and commuters. I wish that would utilize the iDen only towers covering the northeast portion of this map as well but that's wishful thinking.

     

    When the nextel network is shut down, this tower will probably sit idle as AT&T, Tmobile, and VZW have towers just south of this location. Seems like they could negotiate a pretty good deal on this with that fact.

     

     

     

    Northern Michigan is littered with places that Nextel towers are needed to fill in coverage, here is a great example, Alpena.

     

    Sprint Coverage

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    alpena_sprint by jefbal99_, on Flickr

     

    Nextel Coverage

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    alpena_nextel by jefbal99_, on Flickr

    NEW SPRINT COVERAGE MAPS WITH LTE COMING SOON!

    in Network, Network Vision/LTE Deployment

    Posted

    I would stick with 5x5 LTE myself. I think consumers are going to start rejecting ridiculous mobile download speeds. Your smartphone won't notice the difference. It will just become a gimmick. Give me a consistent 8Mbps over the entire network, and I'm happy. And we aren't going to be able to do much more than occassional tethering in the future. So it is not going to matter much once we have ubiquitous LTE.

     

    Once wireless carriers see that consumers aren't willing to pay more for super fast LTE over fast LTE, they are going to stop throwing money at making LTE faster and faster. There will be no greater return on making it faster. If wireless carriers made speeds a la carte, and priced it based on speed, the majority of users would probably pick some where between 8Mbps and 10Mbps.

     

    Robert via Kindle Fire using Forum Runner

     

    Hopefully once that point is reached, then the focus of coverage gaps can be addressed again. Sprint is very generous on their coverage maps, hopefully the "20%" gain with NV will make them a bit more true. :)

    Seeing higher speeds in Charlotte

    in Markets

    Posted

    check out network.sprint.com and see if you recently got some "band aid" fixes. Sprint and one of their network partners are preforming other upgrades on legacy towers including additional voice and data carriers, along with additional/upgraded backhaul.

    Network Vision Explained

    in Network, Network Vision/LTE Deployment

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    Or so many nextel towers without a single whiff of Sprint cdma around.

     

    Sent from my C64 w/Epyx FastLoad cartridge

     

    Those are obvious drops, but look at North East Michigan, so many towns with a single Sprint tower. But there are plenty of Nextel only sites that could build a very PCS nice footprint

     

    Sent from my CM9 Epic 4g Touch using Forum Runner

    Network Vision Explained

    in Network, Network Vision/LTE Deployment

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    The answer officially is no. Up until today, I have only heard that they are removing all iDEN, on every site. And on iDEN only sites, they had no plans to add back CDMA/LTE.

     

    However, today I heard the first credible rumor that Sprint is looking at a few strategic iDEN only sites for CDMA/LTE expansion. I have no more details than this at this time. And it is just a rumor, but the source is someone I trust. I hope it pans out...for us, and for Sprint.

     

    Robert

     

    Wow, that would be awesome. There are so many markets with single CDMA tower, could really improve the footprint and keep the Nextel customers happy too

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