Manny789

Just by chance I checked and I have some B26 over on Falkenburg near US 301!

"Sprint will pay you to switch from a rival carrier to its Framily plan" http://www.engadget.com/2014/04/03/sprint-will-pay-you-to-switch-to-its-framily-plan/?utm_medium=feed&utm_source=Feed_Classic&utm_campaign=Engadget&ncid=rss_semi S4GRU referenced again on Engadget.

This also happened to me for both my iPhone 5s & my sister's iPhone 5. Neither of them even scan for LTE anymore.

I honestly think that Tampa Bay has a disproportionately high number of Sprint users too. Anecdotally, my family, my family's friends, my friends... Everyone in my break room at work... Mind you, most everyone I named has LTE iPhones on Sprint, including me. Even with 2.5 GHz and SMR band, we could still use an additional PCS carriers for all the single band devices. Yesterday I was at a bar and couldn't even send an iMessage on LTE. It took a good two minutes.

I'm at Brandon Mall using the LTE adjacent tower. Signal strength is fantastic, as EVDO always has been. Data speeds are also fantastic, unlike legacy EVDO, about 19 Mbps down and 6 up. However, the mall is kind of dead right now. It's filling up for lunch, but the kiddies are still in school. The real test of the improvements will be the upcoming holiday season. Of course, I avoid the mall like the plague due to traffic, so I likely won't be around to test things.

What a difference a day makes... So now the LTE is active again in my workplace. It came back about an hour or so ago after a week being AWOL. Still not not seeing any proof of my 3G upgrade theory, but it could also be that this tower serves a lot of people.

What's funny is that I emphasized this very point in a post a while back, but totally forgot until you just said it. Alternatively, I've gotten so used to the network fluctuations- LTE here, but not there - that it didn't really phase me when I lost LTE.

The tower that serves my workplace has been off for the last week. But I assumed in my case they're working on adding NV 3G upgrades.

My prayers are finally being answered! I spotted LTE at work (Windhorst/Falkenburg-ish area in Brandon/Tampa) today. It doesn't seem to be fully active yet. Every attempt to load anything always times out. But it reaches indoors! Here's hoping it'll be all set up Monday.

Disregard. Phone did a post on its own.

Best line ever!

I retrospect, this is likely what happened. Strangely enough, I was back on EVDO not two minutes later. Maybe is congestion and tower work? (Still keeping fingers crossed.) Side note: check out this post by Robert. http://www.s4gru.com/index.php?/topic/4083-Clearwire-LTE/page__view__findpost__p__171447 TD-LTE in Tampa? Too bad no devices to find it with at the moment. Edit: Not sure that link works. But it's in the Clearwire LTE, post 123.

More network issues at work... A few weeks ago I was bouncing between EVDO and 1x, both really slow. Today on my break, I noticed I was on 1x. As I browsed the web, I got kicked off complete and am now roaming in 1x. Like before, I'm hoping this just means I'm one step closer to LTE at work. Near I-75 and Woodberry in Brandon.

I just got decent EVDO back over by my job. It was heavenly compared to going between 1x and EVDO. 1x wasn't bad, just slow, but EVDO kept timing out. I wished I had a way to make my iPhone 1x only last week.

I had the same thing happening yesterday. I presume that they were working on the tower where near my job, around Falkenburg and Windhorst in Tampa/Brandon. Everyone there with Sprint service mysterious had low battery life that day. Sure enough, EVDO was acting up. Extremely slow, if any response time loading data. A couple if times I got a 'Cannot activate cellular data' error, but I spent most if the day on 1x. Of course, I explained that they they were probably doing tower work. Hoping this means I can get LTE at work soon!

Does downtown Tampa have coverage at all? Sent from my EVO using Tapatalk 2 According to Sprint it 'does'. But it's listed as 'Fair'. Most if the market has 'fair' coverage. And if course, my iPhone being unable to lock on to weak signal, get nothing. It's like the threshold for official launch has dropped.

Tampa is now showing in Sprint.com. Not sure how I feel about that, given how spotty things still are. It's just inviting complaints from the Sprint haters.

Isn't the formula for area of a circle (pi)r^2? You used the area of a square.

Stupid tapatalk.... Anyway, I have not seen new work or LTE at the intersection as of yesterday. A strong LTE signal does 'leak' from accrue the Alafia River from a site directly to the south.

<br /><br />The site at the actual intersection

I'm having 3G issues over in Brandon. It seems to work when I disenable LTE, leading me to think that the EHRPD/LTE core is down.

Sprint accountability according to me... Fix an issue or explain the reason for an issue. If a customer isn't satisfied with that, they can leave. Despite what your intimating, I believe the same as you on this. there is no obligation on Sprint's part do do anything whatsoever about a service that they do not acknowledge.

That's a good question to which I have no definite answer. Even at 100% completion there is no such thing as 100% accountability. As I said, there is no guarantee when it comes to wireless. Ultimately what is considered acceptable is up to the consumer. That said, it's up to Sprint to set reasonable expectations. And to at least deliver what they say they will.

But accountability matters. I can't hold Sprint to the promise of LTE because it isn't launched. It doesn't officially exist. If I have problems with it, there is no recourse except turning off LTE or changing providers. This is not the case post-launch. With launch comes the expectation of a certain level of service. And if this not provided, I can call Sprint and have a reasonable expectation that they look into the problem. In the world or wireless there is no such thing as a guarantee. I get that. Most people don't. Which is why Sprint setting expectations is so imperative. But at the same time, I worry that 'under construction' will become a cop out for not providing what they advertise. I'll rest a lot easier once this first round of NV is fully done.

While seemingly a superficial distinction, I think that an official launch is important because with it brings responsibility and accountability. The 'beta' nature of an unlaunched market allows Sprint to get away with substantial holes in LTE coverage or lower that expected speeds. However once launch occurs, Sprint is obligated to deliver on its promises of an improved network and 4G speeds. This is a very significant thing to me, and I'm sure to many others.