LTEBrooklyn

Wow the Bronx is going to be done before the summer at the pace it’s going. I am really excited to see network vision done. The memories of how Sprint was an unusable service which came to be usable everywhere will be in my head forever. Thanks Robert for creating this site.

 

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Chris

I don't get it. Wasn't NV in all of NYC supposed to be complete by end of 1Q?

 

 

Those are awesome speeds! Perfect example of how NV makes everything better!

If I had those speeds consistently, I wouldn't even be so impatient for LTE. But it looks like one extreme to the other. Oh well

The maps for sponsor has the updates

I know but how do I find the NYC? Anyone want to be specific?

 

 

There is a few more places that have LTE towers some they havent been mapped!! Become a sponsor so that you can be able to see the update map and see where those towers are at.

Andy, I couldn't find it. Are you able to message me the link?

Remember that the site is run on donations, so your help makes a difference.

 

 

There is a few more places that have LTE towers some they havent been mapped!! Become a sponsor so that you can be able to see the update map and see where those towers are at.

I am a sponsor and I don't see it for some reason. Andy are u able to pm me the link to location? Thanks

Any more LTE spottings?

 

 

Or maybe they are just testing LTE in those areas and then pre- launch it in the area which might be very spotty.

Lol in the Bronx they are testing boro wide. I somehow think based on the way it's been going, if u look on the map the Bronx is on the top, then manhattan in the middle there and Brooklyn on the bottom. That's how the sensorly map is showing the coverage. So it looks predictable. After Brooklyn or maybe in the middle could be Staten Island and then queens.

From the way NV is looking, it seems like they move to one area and then scatter to the next. I guess the Bronx was an exception or at least it looks like that from sensorly. Do u happen to be in the east side of manhattan?

How was everybody's new year so far?

I got 5 complete bars before. Maxed out LTE

Today I passed by Queens College Around reeves ave and kissena Blvd and saw some workers adding new LTE panels up on a tower. Maybe it was sprint upgrading there panels and adding LTE Radios

What do LTE panels look like ?

 

 

Wow. That is not what I said at all. You will need to re-read that. If you have follow up questions about anything specifically, let me know.

 

Robert via Samsung Note II via Tapatalk

Sorry. Your right after rereading that, I see it's quite different. Sorry I just have a lot of questions some time and I'm trying to get a full understanding.

 

 

Yes. In places where there is already full site density deployment. I did LTE device testing in Wichita Falls, Texas over Thanksgiving weekend. On the north side of the city, the network is already fully deployed on almost all sites. In all the areas of full deployment, with a full strength LTE signal, Sprint LTE averaged 33Mbps. Verizon LTE averaged 20Mbps with a full signal. The peak speed achieved on Sprint LTE was 37.5Mbps. The peak speed on Verizon LTE never went above 25Mbps in all our testing. And this was with several devices.

 

When we were outside areas of full deployment and did testing, Sprint had weaker signals and the speeds did fall to 3-10Mbps. In those areas, Verizon was still averaging 15-20Mbps, because they are fully deployed in those areas. When Sprint LTE is fully deployed in the same areas, the speeds will go up as well.

 

Sprint's LTE on 1900 maxes out at 37.5Mbps speeds with a 5x5 LTE carrier. Which is more than sufficient. Sprint also is more likely to keep their speeds up because they will have a lot more network capacity in any given area because it takes more PCS 1900 sites than LTE on 750 (and Sprint has half the customers to serve from each site). Also, Sprint has more options for additional LTE carriers, because they only need to dig up spectrum for 5MHz channels, instead of wider 10MHz channels.

 

Sprint has a solid LTE capacity advantage with its deployment. Except in very urban areas. In very urban areas, even 700MHz LTE carriers have to make their network dense. So Sprint does not have a density advantage in places like New York. But they will in places like LA, most of Chicago, and almost all other Top 100 markets.

 

Robert

So in other words in NY once sprint is fully deployed we will never see the full potential speed because it won't be dense enough?

I see that around East 59 street and East 96 street there's a LTE signal checkout the sensorly map!

Wow that looks like a weak signal on East 96

 

 

No. Even in the Bronx they have only deployed on about every third site so far. Density will get greater and greater as deployment continues. When fully deployed, Sprint will likely equal or outperform Verizon and AT&T due to the greater site density. Verizon speeds have already started falling in many area. They are only above 10Mbps now in my area in the middle of the night.

 

Robert

I don't understand if Verizon started in 2010, why can't they be fully deployed by now? It will be almost three years.

 

 

Welcome to the forums! Keep an eye out for new spots of LTE and we'll send out someone with a real phone.. ah hmmm.. I mean android phone to map it!

Your right the iPhone 5 isn't a phone, it's a toy. I like toys though, so that's why I have one. Lol. Welcome to the forum.

 

 

Horrible site density. The phone is catching the signal but often times it is super far away from the tower. Then you get the pale purple instead of deep purple.

Is NYC going to look like this on sprint when completed? I sure hope not. If this is 10x10 on Verizon, I can't imagine Verizon has a lot of happy NYC subscribers

Like I said before I am paying for a service now move on.

 

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Look at it this way. Lets say their was a new cell company that started in a few states and NYC was up and coming in a few months and lets say that texting was available for NYC and voice calls were coming soon to NY and u made phone calls for free and they officially didn't announce that you could and u made free calls. It's just a benefit. You can't call them and say my voice service is cutting in and out. You are paying for data now with sprint and when it becomes officially available u can rant all u want, but not here.

Why does it look like the signal is so weak in a lot of places? Any ideas?

If only NYC maps looked similar to this. http://i47.tinypic.com/32zm5ow.jpg

Picked up an LTE signal near Brooklyn College

You mapped it?

How far does 1 LTE tower stretch to?

I have seen WiMAX at 75 mph. Does that count?

 

AJ

I got 500mph flying delta!

Pings suck on WiMAX. Its like having a really slow computer with fiber Internet