Oakley707

Post some screenshots of a speed test / engineering screens!!! I have a Nexus 5 and have been unable to connect to any B41 towers. Where were you at? Thanks.

Unfortunately, the problem is lack of communication from Sprint. If you were not on this website researching the information yourself you would be completely uneducated on the matter. Having said that, here is what you need to know in a nutshell. Sprint recently acquired Clearwire who had a pretty decent / large Wimax network in Columbus. This Wimax network is being phased out and in turn will be converted to B41 LTE. Concurrently, Sprint is rolling out Network Vision improvements that will add both 1900 Mhz LTE and 800 Mhz LTE (later down the road) to all existing Sprint towers. As you can see, the two projects are NOT the same and therefore do not depend on each other. From what we know they are not even being executed by the same teams at all. Totally different project managers / contractors working on the Clear towers vs. the Sprint towers. I know this may be more than what you were asking for, but it is the least I can do to explain the situation. Reynoldsburg / the entire Columbus market is being upgraded to NV which will move all (read: 95% of the towers) to 4G LTE @ 1900 Mhz to start and later be updated to 800 Mhz LTE. Also, all Clear towers are being upgraded to B41 or 2500 Mhz 4G LTE as well. The NV towers are already being upgraded and if you make a small donation to this site you can gain access to that information. Which includes full Google Maps with information on expected completion date / progress to date. We do not have a ton of members in the Reynoldsburg area so that would be great to get you added so you can scope some towers by you to see if the work is completed. The HTC One has access to only 1900 Mhz LTE while the N5 has access to 1900, 800 and 2500 Mhz LTE. Keep the questions coming.

Correct, no dice on the N5 or the HTC One. Keep in mind the HTC One will not be able to connect to B41 altogether. While the Nexus 5 will be able to, just needs to get the official Sprint Spark update. Which, unfortunately noone has a good understanding of when that is going to happen. We are thinking 1st quarter of this year. The LG G2 just received its update earlier this week and we are thinking it should be "soon" after that we receive it for the LG N5. Let us know if you have any other questions.

The sites are active when they are posted. Typically there is a one day delay between when they are turned on and when we get the acceptance report. I.E. The sites listed should all be broadcasting NV. As Coz said above, Reynoldsburg area is B41 for now...

I'm having a hard time understanding the map / scale... Looking at the sponsor side of things were all towers are located it doesn't appear to be located where the yellow dot is. How do you know for sure that the tower you are connecting to is the yellow / purple dot? I'm sorry, just not familiar with iOS.

Are you saying this, simply because a new revision of the phone is coming out? I do not think the red Nexus 5 is going to have any correlation to the Spark update. It'd be nice, but I thought you had another / inside source...

Any luck?

I cannot tell you exactly, but let's say it is extremely close to Nissan North. A small donation and you would have access to exactly where this and all the other towers are. Thanks again!

Hmm... Looks like it may be the tower North of you on 23. However, it is quite a bit away. If it is that tower, it just went live today. Maybe during your lunch break you can drive north on 23 to get a better look? Thanks. That means it is LTE1900, which makes sense.

Just checked the spreadsheet and do not see serving cell 301... Where are you at?

Keep in mind you are on the brink of usable service @ 110dB... Anything at or higher than that should be thought of as gravy...

Interesting, I'll be back there today. Try to snag a photo if you have a chance, I know it is a difficult one to document with all of the traffic. Thanks.

I didn't notice any work when I left for a lunch appt at 11:30 ... Did you see it afterwards?

This is a good point.

I'm that guy. Thank goodness I listened. I'm coming from the HTC evo and had never even heard of it. Already uploaded to Dropbox. ;-). Thanks Digi.

Yes it is being updated, I've been watching that tower for at least a year due to it being directly next to my office. It's too bad, because that site is the worst. Cannot wait for that site to go live.

Where were you in westerville, any where near I-270? That site is legacy and cannot keep up anymore. I've been getting 1x from it for a couple weeks now...

Portsmouth is in ours. I do not know about Lucasville. Lucasville is in our market as well. If you were a sponsor you would have access to which towers went live with LTE down in that area...

I like fussy better...

That's from your house? Damn...

, I'm one of those with an airave and hoping that 1X800 will allow me to turn it off. That or WiFi calling, I'm down with that as well...

That's inside your house, right? Pretty awesome connection. I'm hoping for 90 dB in my house, .

I wonder which cluster that is referring to. We have Sunbury the city mostly converted to LTE already? Great to have you back in the forums!

I hate to be a pest, but any particular reason as to the slow down in Ohio. Permits, site locations, weather, contractors? Just curious. Not that it helps any, but it may ease the pain a little... Hope things are going well with you!

Correct, the Spark update is not out yet. You didn't by chance take a screenshot of your SCP did you? Post it if you do, it would definitely confirm Band 41 based on the GCI / PCI numbers.