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Well my 3g suddenly improved a little bit in areas where it had previously gone downhill. Hopefully a good sign of better things to come!

Something is going on in the metairie/kenner area this evening. Can't even complete phone calls. Get busy signals or call failed message. This was confirmed on 4 different sprint phones. Of which not one of them can get above 50 kbps 3g data speeds. Hope they get it sorted out soon.

My 3g has been absolutely terrible the last 2 days in the elmwood area. Almost unusable. Like 15kbps bad. Strange because I have been running ehrpd for a while in this area so not sure what could be going on. Just thought I would share and to see if anyone else in then area is seeing the same thing.

So I took some pictures of a tower very near my house today. Unfortunately I did not have my good camera with me because it was unexpected to see anyone working there honestly.

Not completely sure this is a Sprint tower but pretty sure it is by looking at maps and seeing a sprint truck there a long while ago.

Anyway this tower is on I-10 in Laplace near I-55. There were about 5 trucks and certainly some new panels being hung today. Some of the smaller ones in the middle are the new ones as I know they were not there previously.

Anyway these are the best pics I could get with my phone. Anyone want to take a shot at what we are looking at? Is it even a Sprint job?

The site won't let me embed the pics for some reason but.....

You can see the guy up on the tower in the first pic.

https://docs.google.com/open?id=0B2iVpYAHcxNXM1JmVWkwRU41aGM

https://docs.google.com/open?id=0B2iVpYAHcxNXSjUyVlRDNzBlZW8

https://docs.google.com/open?id=0B2iVpYAHcxNXdDVDWVAwRjN6Y2s

https://docs.google.com/open?id=0B2iVpYAHcxNXeW9ETFR6dDh3NWM

Link to photos of NV work in new orleans...

 

https://plus.google....sts/3QVPNHCZCTx

 

https://plus.google....sts/YByXKkEs3tM

hey nice. thanks for the update and pics.

Interesting... thanks for the pics. With the lines coming down from the tower I would say the RRU's are either up already or about to be put up.

 

 

 

If you can be sure and grab some pictures. If you have a camera with a decent optical zoom take a picture of the racks up top.

I do have a camera that can do this but I will have to remember to bring it next time I head out to do something at my flooded house.I can say that the racks have not changed though because I can see them from my front door and i have most certainly been on the lookout.

will post pics when i get them.

Just seen some work being done at Crowder Blvd and lake forest. Actually they were doing work in some cabinets on the outside. Also there was a ladder going up the tower but nobody up there.

 

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That sounds like good news.

I also saw some cabinet work going on yesterday on the tower at I10 near hwy 51 in laplace.

I wonder if Issac has anything to do with the delay. I know they had some tower damage because I saw 2 towers getting repaired just after the storm. Maybe since they had to do repairs they couldnt get to the upgrades as planned.

Just a thought.

First post on this board. Just wanted to say I really appreciate all of the information and knowledgable posts.

Also wanted to add that after reading this thread....it feels all too much like the WIMAX situation for New Orleans area. Extremely dissapointing to see that we appear to be well behind schedule with not much activity.