unccjester

I can't seem to find permits for Cabarrus County anymore with the name of business being "Sprint".

https://citizenaccess.cabarruscounty.us/Cap/CapHome.aspx?module=Permits

Any ideas? I've also tried NV, just for grins. That used to turn up a few items.

To those of us that saw the tower go up on Pitts School Road in Concord, just wanted to let you guys know the (disappointing) news, it's a T-Mobile tower :/

 

-Anthony

I figured it had to be T-Mobile since I know folks that have been by it with VzW, Sprint, and AT&T haven't seen a bit of difference in service. I'm hoping Sprint will also go up on that tower or at least on a tower somewhere over by Morehead and 49.

No issues in the University area...

I think I caught some 8T8R equipment in testing last night, but I was also kicked off before I could confirm. The GCI was different and Signalcheck was reporting regular B25 but according to other users it can be inaccurate with 8T8Rs. I was off of the site before I could check the debug screen.

Which tower were you at?

So I was outside yesterday and connected to B41! It was for a very brief time and I couldn't tell if it was from the Stough/49 tower or the 49/485 tower but something's definitely going on with the testing of that equipment. The only reason I knew was because LTE Discovery beeped at me (couldn't see the GCI in time). Just something for the Harrisburg-area folks to keep an eye on.

This is the most vulgar thing ever posted in S4GRU history.

 

You don't even want to know what the CCR area is.

Well I know that there is a Sprint tower over near Pharr Mill and Rocky River Rd, but as far as I know, B26 isn't activated on it. Frankly B26 will be our only saving grace when it comes to Sprint LTE in Harrisburg. There is Clearwire equipment on the water tower in between Robinson Church Road and Hickory Ridge Road on Rocky River Road, and there is also Clear equipment on that tower at Morehead and 49. Sprint should really consider adding NV equipment to those towers, because even if they only deploy B25 and EVDO 1900 on those towers, it would do wonders for this ever growing town!

 

-Anthony

The tower near Pharr Mill & Rocky River (the one I've mentioned before that's got 3 different carriers on it at Rocky River & Lower Rocky River - SignalCheck shows it as 8030 Lower Rocky River when I roam to VzW in the area) has zero Sprint service (that's active anyway). I come through that area once a week and the service there is caca. It'd be amazing if they'd put panels on that tower facing down Pharr Mill / Stallings Rd, down Rocky River towards 485 / Hickory Ridge Rd area, and probably another one facing Lower Rocky River / towards the 2 schools on Holden Dr.

I connect to that tower in my house in Rocky River Crossing and I connect to that same tower when I'm at school at Hickory Ridge High. -115 to -108 dBm at my house, -110 to -100 at school. That's amazing coverage, from one tower! And on LTE, none-the-less!

 

-Anthony

I can pick up light B26 when I'm coming up Roberta in the RRC area but it dies when I'm in Harrisburg. I live just around the corner and can pick up about the same fringe values in the front of my neighborhood. If Sprint would just hop on one of the towers over at Morehead and 49 or by Pitts Elementary, it'd REALLY light our area up. That's pretty good reach to HRHS... too bad it drops on Pharr Mill as you crest over the hill and down towards Shamrock Rd... that's another dismal area.

B26 is active in Harrisburg at the tower on Stough and 49! Too bad some of those panels aren't pointed at the heart of Harrisburg over by town hall, as that stretch has pretty bad service.

I've been on the fence about picking one up...how does Netflix look on it? Sorry if I missed this one...don't think I've seen any reviews on that here.

My wifi calling keeps giving me and authentication error.  Any ideas?

I initially read that as "My wife keeps giving me an authentication error".

Band 41 popping up on Moore Rd near independence Blvd. Looks like sprint is pushing it

Are they pushing it real good?

I have got to go get a G3 and get off this EVO.

I called Sprint's tech support last night to have them "pinpoint" 2 more addresses where the 3G/4G and/or 1X800 just sucks due to tower spacing in Harrisburg & Concord and let them know about the towers on Pitts School and Rocky River / Lower Rocky River. The more calls they get with addresses in the Harrisburg area, the more quickly they're going to look at it, so anyone in the area please fire away with addresses (I gave them RSSI ranges from SignalCheck as well) for tech support on the East & West sides of Harrisburg, since we know they're sparse on 4G in that area.

The only thing I heard of in Cabarrus county was the light at S&D coffee blinking for some time...which can't be good, as that's a big intersection that's angled awkwardly. Did anyone ever figure out if the tower at Morehead & 49 in Harrisburg was getting any Sprint equipment. I still don't know who's got service on the tower on Pitts School road near Pitts Elementary. It looks like it's on the property of the dump, so there's no telling what the physical address is to look up permits.

I did not assume.  I made a logical inference.  He has satellite broadband for his house.  He dislikes satellite broadband and wants to use LTE instead.  Put two and two together.

 

AJ

Just playing devil's advocate here, I would have to say your conclusion can't be definite by any means. You did not ask him if he would rather use LTE all the time for whatever he needs, just for the phone, and turn wi-fi off on the phone. If you have unlimited data, why couldn't this be a perfectly fair 2+2=4 as well for Netflix, music streaming, etc? This could hypothetically free up more bandwidth for his other devices. Maybe you're right, maybe you're not; however, without asking the guy, you can only assume / hypothesize. I'm not calling anyone out in a negative way, I'm just looking at what anyone could truly determine from his post in this respect.

On a thread-related note, has anyone upgraded to the G3 on SERO so far? Just curious to see if you had difficult or easy experiences and if difficult, what was the end result that made it happen. TIA! It really seems like Sprint has tied their retentions department up and made it part of their regular CSR world, making it impossible to get any help on upgrading a device at a lower cost (wife just wants a 5C, not expecting help on the G3 of course).

I have retract my previous statement (to some degree) on the Pitts School road tower! I passed by it this morning and panels are going up as of this morning because they weren't going up yesterday! I can't tell whose panels they are and the tower is actually on the property of the dump, so I'm not sure there's a way to drive up to this one from Pitts School road (I'll have to double-check). Hopefully, Sprint's first on this one and that'll bring strong service to Harrisburg and the Roberta Rd corridor!

Here's something interesting. If you happen to go past the AutoZone on Highway 49 at Morehead road, look at the second from the top rack of the tower right there. It looks like a 1900/800 panel and a 8t8r Band 41 panel have been added to the tower. I think Sprint may have changed that to a full NV tower. If so, it is not broadcasting, yet. Hope to find out soon!

 

-Anthony

Still no signs of real life from the tower you're talking about and nothing on the tower on Pitts School yet... seems like that one is just collecting dust at this point, as I've seen nothing new, structurally, happen to it in some time.

I can only assume that crews must be working hard on a massive 1X800 update because the Charlotte updates have been pretty lifeless lately as far as acceptance reports.

Here's something interesting. If you happen to go past the AutoZone on Highway 49 at Morehead road, look at the second from the top rack of the tower right there. It looks like a 1900/800 panel and a 8t8r Band 41 panel have been added to the tower. I think Sprint may have changed that to a full NV tower. If so, it is not broadcasting, yet. Hope to find out soon!

 

-Anthony

I hope they put equipment up there, they've never had it on that tower before.

I really hope they put equipment on that tower. Harrisburg shouldn't need to have 800 LTE activated on the surrounding towers in order to have ANY LTE at all.

 

There isn't even a single Sprint tower in Harrisburg. There are a couple Clearwire towers, and some old Nextel towers, but other than that, the Sprint signal you receive is from surrounding towers in Charlotte and Concord.

 

-Anthony

So this is odd... SignalCheck is giving me the rough address of that tower off Pitts School that's still being built when I'm in the area, but there's no equipment on the tower and the signal strength is caca... I also get the rough address of the tower off Pitts School & 29 when I'm in the area, so there's differentiation between the locations... Very strange.   

I retract my previous statement, 1x800 just got turned on in Kannapolis today on the 2 towers I mentioned above!

Keep in mind that unless its necessary it should not always connect to 1x800, I will ask him his address anyway to find out for sure what area to expect it.

I did pick up on 1x800 while at the Gem theatre...I was pulling it from the tower out Hwy 3, toward Mooresville...I'm also pulling 800 off Harris Blvd and 85 too. Still not getting 800 off the other Kannapolis towers at Lane St & 85 or Hwy 29 & Hwy 3.

I really hope they put equipment on that tower. Harrisburg shouldn't need to have 800 LTE activated on the surrounding towers in order to have ANY LTE at all.

 

There isn't even a single Sprint tower in Harrisburg. There are a couple Clearwire towers, and some old Nextel towers, but other than that, the Sprint signal you receive is from surrounding towers in Charlotte and Concord.

 

-Anthony

It is really pathetic with 1 or 2 towers at Morehead/49 and another at Rocky River/Lower Rocky River. Having coverage on those 2 locations alone would provide a TON of coverage for Harrisburg.

Nexgencpu, I was using custom PRL 502, which should act like a stock PRL, IIRC from the description in the thread, and I would connect to 800 quite a bit with that, so I still have my doubts.

I had my buddy run signal check on his G2, looks like 1x800 cluster launch in NC, he is in Kannapolis.

I'm right between 2 towers in Kannapolis on the Cabarrus county side...I rolled off PRL 502 yesterday and on to the stock one, rebooted my EVO 4G, and haven't seen a bit of 800 from the house all the way down to Harris Blvd last night or today. Is your buddy on the Rowan county side of Kannapolis? I don't pick up on the tower that far north on 29.

I'm still curious to see if Sprint's going to be on that tower they're building off Pitts School Rd... that one has the potential to serve a good bit of Harrisburg.

Just wondering if any of you guys have driven around the Charlotte Motor Speeway area lately?  There appears to be what looks like a new cell tower on Pitts School road (in between Pitts School Road Elementry and Morris Glen).  No antennas on it yet, just curious if anyone has heard if it might be a Sprint tower? The surrounding Harrisburg area and neighborhoods on Pitt School Road could definitely use it!!

I just saw what you're talking about the other day. That would help, since the tower @ Pitts School & 29 doesn't reach much past the high school and the Roberta Rd / 49 tower doesn't reach much past the park...or into Harrisburg for that matter. 

Thermo Nuclear War! I think I saw that movie.

 

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You cannot have a milkshake...

 

AJ

It might bring all the boys to the yard too...