First Tracks

Thanks Robert! Sent from my Samsung Galaxy Note II using Tapatalk 2

What are Protection Sites? Sent from my Samsung Galaxy Note II using Tapatalk 2

Saw a brief flash of 4G LTE this morning at Bangerter at 2100 S before quickly reverting to 3G despite a strong signal. Sent from my Samsung Galaxy Note II using Tapatalk 2

I also have an SPH-L900 (Samsung Galaxy Note II) and didn't have to toggle when I picked up LTE on Foothill. Sent from my Samsung Galaxy Note II using Tapatalk 2

Yeah, when I checked the map had yet to be updated. Glad that someone managed to map it. Sent from my Samsung Galaxy Note II using Tapatalk 2

As I was in Jiffy Lube on Foothill in SLC this morning waiting for a tire change 4G suddenly appeared on my phone. I took a quick screen shot but before I could run a speed test or turn on Sensorly it switched back to 3G. They're apparently testing a cell site on Foothill. Sent from my Samsung Galaxy Note II using Tapatalk 2

All of the sites on that deployment list were added to the list before work actually started. Sent from my Samsung Galaxy Note II using Tapatalk 2

Network Vision is running between 3-6 months behind in most markets. They have revised their estimate to Mid 2014 completion. However, Utah is not behind schedule. They were always planning to start this market in Spring 2013. And they have indeed started. Probably still a few weeks out until the first site is accepted from the OEM as complete. Robert, that is indeed good news! Thank you for the update. I'm curious, though, why Utah does not appear in your deployment running list (http://www.s4gru.com/index.php?/topic/212-Network-Vision/LTE-Deployment-Running-List)? Sent from my Samsung Galaxy Note II using Tapatalk 2

Woohoo!!! Sent from my Samsung Galaxy Note II using Tapatalk 2

It would seem so. Sent from my Samsung Galaxy Note II using Tapatalk 2

I haven't touched my tablet (HP TouchPad running CM9) since I brought the GN2 home. Sent from my Samsung Galaxy Note II using Tapatalk 2

I'm on day 3 and haven't really noticed. I'm in Salt Lake City, which isn't even published as a third round market yet although two reps have separately told me that techs are installing some LTE equipment already at local tower sites. Whether or not that's true, I don't know. In any event I'm not expecting LTE here until at least next summer. Like you I'm a power user, as I suspect most S4GRU readers must be, so I was tempted to even possibly jump ship to T-Mo when upgrading from my old Epic 4G. But then I thought about it. Service would cost me about $25 more per month on T-Mobile after considering my Sprint discount, and much of the time I would drift in and out of WiMax coverage anyway with my Epic while driving around town. Often I'm using Wifi anyway, especially while at home or the office. For something not data intensive like email it makes no difference at all to be back on 3G. Web pages load in roughly the same time because of the Note 2's faster processor and increased RAM. The only time I truly wished for a faster connection so far was when I streamed from my Slingbox. So far I have no regrets whatsoever. Sent from my Samsung Galaxy Note II using Tapatalk 2