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    Samsung SPH-L500 hits the FCC

    in Samsung

    Posted

    RF from the FCC is very suspect. The EVO LTE had very good numbers in the FCC report, but in real life, it is an RF dog for LTE. The Galaxy Note 2 had very average LTE RF in the FCC report, but it is an RF beast for LTE. Need to get some real world testing...

    Has the wait been worth it?

    in Network, Network Vision/LTE Deployment

    Posted

    Not worth it Here in Miami. Only able to get good 4g on the Major Highways. 1 area in my neighborhood gets 20+ MB so sad. As soon as sprint start to do a data cap like AT&T and Verizon We may start seeing faster speeds.

     

    If you become a sponsor, you can see what towers are actually accepted, what towers are in progress, and what towers haven't been touched. Miami is not a "launched market" and has many, many towers to upgrade.

    Everything 800mhz (1xA, LTE, coverage, timeline, etc)

    in Network, Network Vision/LTE Deployment

    Posted

    If you're on a call on 1xA on 800mhz, you won't be able to hand off, since legacy non-NV towers do NOT have 800mhz deployed.

    No, inter frequency hard handoffs are possible. The VZW network has to deal with them all the time, since VZW runs CDMA1X 850/1900 in many markets.

     

    AJ

     

    Didn't Robert report successful SMR to PCS handoffs of voice calls in his testing in Kansas or Texas? I know that I run into hard PCS to PCS handoffs that drop calls going from NV to legacy in West Michigan, so I'm going to guess that is what you are seeing.

    Network Vision/LTE - West Michigan Market (Grand Rapids/Lansing/Kalamazoo)

    in Markets

    Posted

    I haven't found any in Delta yet. Saw them working on the tower on Snow Rd at the railroad tracks several months ago' date=' but nothing from there yet. Last week I saw a crew working near Ingersol and Grand River. I will be checking back there on Monday.[/quote']

     

    I checked out the delta tower near horrocks tonight, nothing on the tower, couldn't see the base.

     

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    Network Vision/LTE - East Michigan Market (Detroit/Flint/Ann Arbor/Tri-Cities)

    in Markets

    Posted

     

    Well' date=' it seems a site went live out by Perry and Belsay. I'm not mapping in GB though. I worked the Holly area with the Belford/I-75 site. I'm waiting for the site to go live on the northern side of Fenton but there was still a crew on site and up on the tower as of this weekend.

     

    Have fun in GB![/quote']

     

    I was on the very west edge of Perry yesterday and didn't get any LTE

     

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    Should Sprint just acquire US Celluar

    in General Topics

    Posted

    I thought they should have acquired/merged with them a long time ago along with alltel. Sprint would have reduced their roaming bill and gained coverage credibility instantly.

     

    Alltel tried to buy/merge with Sprint years ago and Sprint shot them down. This was a few years before the merger with big red.

     

    Sprint got royally screwed in that deal as Sprint and Alltel had reciprocal roaming as native coverage. IE Alltel 3g appeared as Sprint to Sprint devices and Sprint 3g appeared as Alltel coverage to Alltel devices. Sprint had to greatly reduce their coverage maps when that deal went through.

    Network Vision/LTE - West Michigan Market (Grand Rapids/Lansing/Kalamazoo)

    in Markets

    Posted

    I just came back from Florida on vacation. 4G was nice in the Orlando area. Indiana was strong all down 69/65. Charlotte' date=' Potterville, and Eaton Rapids are strong. I live in Grand Ledge. We have a Nextel Tower right behind Meijer on M43 which is in my Dad's neighbor's field on St. Joe HWY. Does anyone now if that one is one to be scheduled to be 4G LTE? That would so light up this area!! The 4G I have experienced this far on my Samsung Galaxy S3 has been impressive so far. Can't wait for Grand Ledge and West Lansing to have it.[/quote']

     

    If you donate to the forum, you get access to maps with every Sprint tower in the country.

     

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    Network Vision/LTE - West Michigan Market (Grand Rapids/Lansing/Kalamazoo)

    in Markets

    Posted

    Picked up strong signal near WMU's campus and along Michigan Ave. to Westnedge in Kalamazoo today. Couldn't map it as I was driving' date=' but glancing down several times I saw 4-5 bars of 4G on my Evo.[/quote']

     

    Unless you are running a custom Rom, the bars are your 1x signal. Get signal check from forum member Mikejeep to get true signal strengths on stock

     

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    You guys might flame, but I gotta ask

    in Network, Network Vision/LTE Deployment

    Posted

    If you want hardcore widespread LTE coverage TODAY then you should probably just go to AT&T or VZW. Not S or TMO.

     

    The problem with this statement is capacity. The LTE networks from big red and blue are already slowing down due to saturation. Big red is adding AWS LTE, but just like Sprint, no devices support it. Blue will eventually add WCS spectrum, but that is years off. They may have the most coverage, but they also have the most users.

     

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    Is Sprint still on track to utilize Clearwire LTE in 2013?

    in General Topics

    Posted

    I've seen slides that show a bunch of movement in Chicago.

     

    With the Spectrum constraints that Sprint has in Chicago (pre USCC deal) I could see Sprint really pushing Triband devices in that market early on. Chicago was the first big push for 800Mhz 1xA, moving more early adopters and upgrades to SMR/BRS LTE will off load traffic from the PCS EVDO and LTE carriers.

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