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I was in Woodridge by Seven Bridges tonight; terrible LTE coverage ?. I barely had service in the movie theater. 

I have to admit, it’s somewhat encouraging network wise for 2018. I’m not overly excited becuase we all know Sprints execution is laughable but if they can expand the network plus continue to densify and add all the bands on all the existing and new towers then they should be back in business. They should have done this back in 2014 but at least it’s getting done. My question is how much expansion are they doing. He mentioned neighborhood expansion just outside coverage areas as well as location destination spots that typically sprint doesn’t provide service to that would get new coverage. My guess is it would be decent expansion when it’s all said and done but nothing overly dramatic. Also, I would love B26 and small cells to takeover SoCal all 2018 but I know I’m dreaming.
 
 
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Is this congestion or just crappy B41?

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On 1/5/2018 at 4:04 PM, WestLoopResident said:

So I contacted Marci Carrie and she replied back immediately and referred the case to a technical service group which contacted me within 2-3 hours. They told me that there is a tower down being repaired and that might be causing my data speed issues. They opened a ticket and even though they have not called me to follow-up I am very happy to say service is much better today. 

Glad to hear it was taken care of so quickly!

I’m really hoping Joel Meyer (new VP of Service Assurance) will be able to provide us with more info about future plans.


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Marci was really quick with a response!

Looks like it’s a straggler ?. I wonder why the delay is so long for B26. 

49 minutes ago, Dkoellerwx said:

Depends on the site. In an area like that, I would think that it wouldn't be, but there must be an issue of some kind if it is still 3G only.

Appreciate the insight!

I tweeted Marci and Sprint with the site ID, so I’ll keep everyone posted on what I hear

22 minutes ago, Dkoellerwx said:

Those appear to be NV antennas, so that's not an issue. They wouldn't put in NV antennas without RRUs. Now the RRUs don't have to go right behind the antennas. They can be placed with the cabinets, making it a GMR site (slightly different from GMO). So it looks to me like a backhaul issue of some kind. Because the equipment is there.

Is backhaul an easy fix? I can’t imagine that’s something they overlooked, especially if @ingenium‘s guess of an addition is correct. 

23 minutes ago, ingenium said:

It might be complicated by the fact that the wires go through a hole in the brick exterior. Perhaps that has something to do with the holdup. But at the very least they should be able to give it GMO LTE.

 

It's also possible they can't get to the radios easily inside (it looks like the top is an addition. The bricks look to be a different color).

 

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I think you could be onto something with the brick exterior. It’s the only site in the area that is 3G only left, so hopefully it gets taken care of in the next round of upgrades. 

You’d think they would have made it easily accessible for their own sakes ?

happy new year!

24 minutes ago, JonnygATL said:

I was thinking the same thing after I posted that.  Using Chrome here. Interpretation is largely subjective.  But there are more clear emojis for either emotion. 

Either way,  those speeds kick ass.

Here's an emoji that shouldn't be debatable: ?

Haha it was definitely a “wow” face. I guess it comes across differently. I guess I should have used “?” ?

Anyways, I snapped a couple pics of that 3G only tower that had been bothering me.

I just got these speeds on B25 ?

4 hours ago, Elijah said:

Will be traveling to Petersburg WV from Cumberland MD tomorrow. I will Sensorly/RootMetrics/OpemSignaln in iOS the trip. Should be full of LTE now with USC Roaming.

Happy New Year and safe travels! Thanks for mapping!

8 hours ago, tongboy said:

I will the next time I can walk out of my house without freezing to death.

It is right off Pyott road between Oak street and McPhee. It's on a power pole on the east side of Pyott.

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Ugh it’s UNBELIEVABLY cold these last couple of weeks. Stay warm!

Glad to hear they’re rolling them out in the burbs, too! I hope it continues in 2018 and they can fill in the gaps of B41.

Will Small Cells be spreading more as well? I see other markets like Columbus and Cincinnati with lots of Air Harmony installs.

8 hours ago, lilotimz said:

That's 10+5 carrier aggregation and not 15x15. Note the 10 MHz carrier @ 8290 EARFCN and the 5 MHz carrier @ 8665 EARFCN. 

Has this been rolled out throughout the Chicago Market?

Some pretty abysmal speeds on B41!



Located in Round Lake by Cedar Lake Rd and Rollins Rd


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Moved to premier section post as his map is from from that section.

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@lilotimz I’m pretty sure the map was made by a user of this site @RAvirani?

i also can’t see my post. Was it deleted?

I didn’t think they made SCP for iOS


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On 12/20/2017 at 7:36 PM, Tengen31 said:

Sprint must have heavily fired up B25 CA in the Twin cities. I've been connected to it on every tower I've connected today.

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Awesome to see! I’ll bet it’s due to gearing up for the Super Bowl!