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    Network Vision/LTE - Tampa Market

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    The house definitely drops the signal and speed down. But it is much better that 3G. I used to get between 300kbps and 1.5Mbps on 3G at the same location. The test will be at my mom's house. She lives roughly 3-5 miles NE of that tower. She has horrendously bad signal indoors, and barely there signal outside. Same for my sister a few blocks away. I'll give test the signal at their houses soon and report back. No chance 800mhz has been enabled on that tower? Any way to check? Carlos

     

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    Network Vision/LTE - Tampa Market

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    I've been AWOL for a few weeks, but just noticed strong LTE signal on SR54 near Eiland Blvd/Morris Bridge Red. I suspect the tower by my home went 'live' today... Woo-Hoo! ;). I saw the NV panels going up around new years, so it took ~ 3 months from then. Also, at least one of the downtown Zephyrhills towers seemed to go live a few weeks ago. There's LTE all around me! :)

     

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    Network Vision/LTE - Tampa Market

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    Looks like there is a new tower north between Zephyrhills and Dade City on 301, some tracks showing up on Sensorly.

     

    Yes sir! I am connected to it right now, inside the Wells Fargo. Getting 2MB down >1MB up.

     

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    Network Vision/LTE - Tampa Market

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    I was just in down town Zephyhills and, noticed I had connected to a faint 4G signal. I fired up Sensorly and mapped a little, until the signal dropped. I couldn't spend time to locate the source tower. It wasn't any of the three closest to Zephyrhills(they are not live yet), or the two that recently went live near I75(they are way too far away). There may be another tower live somewhere around farther East...

     

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    Network Vision/LTE - Tampa Market

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    Cool. Sensorly has been taking a long time to update lately. Some zoom levels haven't updated in five days like south Tampa. I wonder if there is a cache on our phones that stores the maps that can be deleted so the info is fresh?

     

    There is an app cache. I've gone to the app in settings and cleared my Data. You have to be careful to not do this if you still have Sensorly data uploading.

     

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    Network Vision/LTE - Tampa Market

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    Hello all. I mapped in SR52 @ I75 this morning. I was getting unusually fast download speeds and was able to go way East from there. Now that I look at my uploaded Sensorly Data, there appears to be a new 4G LTE tower just East of the SR52/I75 intersection...

     

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    Network Vision/LTE - Tampa Market

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    I'm at the waters/dale mabry site right now. No LTE broadcasting here. Definitely has 3 sprint LTE panels up, 1 on each side.

     

    I took pictures of that tower several weeks ago, soon after New Years. At the time, it had the 4G panels & RRUs. There was also someone onsite working on or inspecting the tower.

     

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    Network Vision/LTE - Tampa Market

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    Awesome! Thanks. Did you go down Gunn Hwy?

     

    I think I might have. That, along with a bunch if random streets in the area. I also have been mapping randomly around the tower at Dale Mabry & Van Dyke and the tower in Wesley Chapel when I have time. The maps on Sensorly should start to reflect all of this soon...

     

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    Network Vision/LTE - Tampa Market

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    The thing I dislike about using LTE discovery with Sensorly is when people leave it on to continue to cycle after it finds a LTE signal. It makes it look like moorse code on Sensorly and you can't tell if its a new site or an exiting one because it doesn't have enough time to map before airplane mode comes back on. If our market had only a couple towers you would see its a new hit, but with all the towers coming online here, it can be any exiting tower making a mark on Sensorly.

     

    SpenceSouth works for the company that created that app. I've requested they add a feature that would only start a search (by cycling Airplane mode) when LTE is lost. The current Auto Search feature isn't as useful to me, as I want to stay on LTE as long as possible while mapping. And, in fringe areas, it is inevitable that you will loose and have to reaquire an LTE connection while mapping. Going behind obstructions, over hills, etc all affect this to some extent. As a result, this will cause the morse code like mapping at the edges...

     

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    Network Vision/LTE - Tampa Market

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    Suncoast parkway in citrus park? If you mean the veterans express way, I thought that was already mapped.

     

    Nope... I was mapping earlier in Spring Hill, on my way to Brooksville. I mapped down the Suncoast on the way back. Then made a loop around Citrus Park, as there were spots not on the map there. I made a quick post while driving. Sorry for any confusion... ;)

     

    Also, I'll choose a route to get somewhere that isn't mapped if at all possible. I work all over the state at times & I map whenever I can...

     

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    Network Vision/LTE - Tampa Market

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    I did a small amount of mapping of the newly 'turned on' LTE tower on Dale Mabry, just South of Van Dyke Rd. I took a scenic route through North Dale to lunch. The mapping is starting to show up on Sensorly. I was surprised at what a short distance the LTE seems to travel, compared to the other towers I've mapped. I suspect that this may be due to how many more towers there are in the Carrollwood area, as apposed to the areas that I've mapped in Pasco County. That tower is very close to my office on Van Dyke near the Veteran's, yet I cannot pick up LTE in the parking lot of the building. I'll do some more mapping when I have the spare time...

    LTE Discovery App for S4GRU

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    I actually just saw that for myself when I was out driving last night. It is first up on the docket to get fixed. Automatically searching for 4G again after losing it is always a feature I am excited to work on. Hoping to have that one this weekend as well if the bug doesn't eat up too much time.

     

    Excellent. Even in it's current state, I used it at lunch to map out some LTE in Carollwood, around that newly 'turned on' LTE tower... Thanks again for your app and all of your work. I'm looking forward to the new and improved app...

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