RCM

Fixed that for you.

I've been checking on my way home every afternoon this week. I know a lot of people who will be happy when LTE from north Fenton goes live which I hope is soon. Everything has generally been ready to go there for months.

Sitting at Culver's in Fenton enjoying the newly online LTE signal. This weekend's forecast: mapping LTE from the Fenton and Linden sites.

That problem *should* be greatly reduced now, if not eliminated. You being a Premier Sponsor, you have access to all the maps showing all the updates. A lot of updates have occurred in SE Michigan the last couple of weeks which have nearly taken all legacy equipment offline with the exception being one pocket in Jackson.

There was/is a blog post on rabbitears.info conceptualizing ATSC 2.0 and how the standard would have two stations shareone channel. I can't find it at the moment though. "Worthwhile" is very subjective.

Hopefully the Jackson pocket gets knocked out soon then we'll be near 100% complete.

Sprint to combine Virgin and Boost and revive Nextel (also regional grocery chain and obscure cult comedy thread)

What better way to say "I love you" than with the gift of a spatula?

True dat.

My wife got the text on Monday. Mine came down today. We're on the same account. Doesn't appear to have any rhyme or reason. The text seems meaningless anyway considering NV has largely been complete in my area for some time now.

Another big update for our market. One more legacy network pocket knocked out and more LTE coming online!

Understandable. Just looking at your issue on the surface with dropped calls and what not seems indicative of the inability of Sprint's legacy network handing off to the updated NV network and vice versa. There are only 3 small-ish pockets of legacy network left in Michigan which I referred to earlier. Yeah, it sucks bad. I went through it in my area back in early summer. It's like night and day though once the legacy network is taken offline and those sites are integrated into the NV system. Again, I could be wrong and your issue may be different but initially that'd be my guess. I suppose there are two options: 1) wait it out because while Samsung contractors are busting tail getting all sites in Michigan converted, they can only go so fast, or cut your losses and head for higher ground. I only suggest you carefully review all options (coverage, costs, data caps, etc) if you decide to switch to a different provider.

Still no LTE from sites in Fenton, Holly and Linden proper. However, all sites in the area have been integrated into the new NV network for some time. The Holly site is not on the fire dept water tower. As a S4GRU Sponsor I cannot divulge the exact location of Sprint sites outside of Sponsor forums. But what I can do is point you to this link: http://s4gru.com/index.php?/topic/3906-how-to-spot-sprint-antennas-and-rrus-samsung-style/&do=findComment&comment=146816, look at the 10th photo down and compare the antenna/RRU setup to the other towers (water or otherwise) in town.

There are a couple small pockets of Detroit that have not yet been integrated into the new network. My guess is you live within one of those areas. Funny though that you mention Chicago looking back at the amount of trouble that city endured which blazed the trail on how NV rollout occurred for the rest of the country.

Looks like Jackson and a couple spots in outer suburban Detroit still need integration. This update was big for us otherwise as far as 3G/CSFB is concerned. 800 SMR update for W Michigan was big too. Updates seem to be bipolar at least for our markets.

Looks like Plankton failed again

Nor is 100mbps mobile data

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I certainly can't blame you for being frustrated. There are times when I'm right there with you. Just make sure that you make an informed decision whatever you ultimately decide to do. Sprint isn't going to be the be-all-end-all in our market compared to the majority of the country. Be sure to take into consideration competitor price, coverage and caps. As cranky as I get with Sprint, the employer discount I get plus the amount of data I use (~10GB/month) pretty much puts the competition out of reach.

This raises a few questions for me. Where did you get this impression? Was there an expectation for LTE to go live at a ton of sites on the new year? What is your definition of new year? Let me put this out there: there are no hard dates for anything to happen. There is a lot of speculation and conjecture and plain ol' pulling guesses out of one's arse. What we thought we knew didn't turn out to be reality. Things change, changed and will continue to change. We just go along for the ride. Some of us happy, some not so much. As for updates, Samsung contractors have been busy integrating legacy sites into the NV network focusing on getting 100% upgrade completion and less on rolling out LTE.

I'm not exactly buying what's trying to be sold here today.

Much appreciated as always. Thank you for your help.

Sorry to break up the fun, but... As it relates to Sprint, what exactly is the exclusion buffer distance? 100 or 140km?