jmuskratt

He absolutely does but we are on the same trivia team AND I just gave him a motherboard to build his new rig so I am safe from his ire....for now.

Just make sure I don't have any Jameson, boy-o.

I just havent ran into them.

And unless you have your phone set to LTE Only, you likely won't except for a few places in town. The 4G is so thready in most of the city, 3G is clearly stronger and the phone defaults to it. While Sensorly might show a large part of New Orleans covered by 4G, it's a little misleading when you have to be LTE exclusive to get that. I *can* get 4G at my desk, on occasion but it almost never switches to 4G on its own.

Hopefully the spotty data we've been seeing is a symptom of the unofficial nature of the rollout, and that it will be regularized by the time they make it official. I hope. Oh, Jebus, I hope.

That said, as long as I get a good signal in DC, it's consistently 20+ Mbps down, and that was before the official launch.

This only confirms my theory that Sprint monitors this forum and likes to screw with us.

Some major helicopter weird going on Sensorly.

I took a little drive around uptown tonight. I am a Sensorly addict.

I've been running the 4.1.2 update since Friday. No hiccups so far and battery life is noticeably better. =)

edit: i didn't get an OTA, i manually updated it

Does it require anything other than downloading the file and putting it into the proper directory? I'm presently stock OG.

. If I remember right, Eatel had a very close relation with Gulf Coast wireless (ex-Sprint affiliate in this area), not sure if that has a negative impact though due to distaste between the two companies.

Eatel used to be THE Sprint affiliate in the Gonzo/BTR market. I worked retail sales for them back when I was in college, and Sprint had zero say in the day-to-day of the business. It wasn't until shortly after I left that Sprint took over (at least the branding). Back then, we actually sold dual band PCS/Analog phones. Crazy.

Word on the internets is that Sprint is now slowly pushing the 4.1 update to the OGs. We'll see, I've been waiting for it since it was due for release in Q4 2012. I'm still contemplating rooting it and putting a 4.2 rom on it. Other than that, it's a crazy fast phone with a great screen, and the battery is surprisingly robust.

I contemplated a last minute audible to the Note 2, but the practicality of the large size ended up scaring me away.

Let us know when you are ready to pick one.. I recommend the Galaxy S3 or NoteII

Hey, the LG Optimus G might even have Jelly Bean by April!

FYI, nothing in Gonzales by I-10 as of last night.

Was the Poydras and Loyola at ground level? If so you got me beat. Farthest I've been able to snag LTE was ground level at 9.3 miles (not over water). Looks like you got over 10 miles.

 

While stopped at the light. It's an LTE miracle!

As promised, the photos.

First, the photos of the tower:

Next, LTE Engineering screen captures from:

Poydras and Loyola - Note the serving cell!

Napoleon and Freret

Dufossat and Tchoup

Tchoup by the Winn Dixie

All measurements were made at ground level in my car. If the photos are too fuzzy, yell at LG for putting a crap 13MP camera in their flagship phone.

I never was able to get a decent speed test on 65. I was, however, able to pick up a -125 signal from 65 at Washington and Jeff Davis.

FYI, that dark purple on Claiborne near Napoleon is pollution. I'm getting about - 115 on 65 a few blocks north and on the second floor.

 

 

Oh hot damn! That's right by my house. And I can pick that up by the Superdome!?!?

There was nothing up there less than 2 weeks ago. That was fast, and that's a powerful signal.

And 403 by the time you hit the Winn Dixie. When I was going up to Poydras, I alternated between 59 and 65. 65 down Napoleon, and then again back up Jefferson. I can't figure out how to upload photos from my phone. I hope to get to a real computer tonight. Got a shot of the tower and screens of cell ID and power.

Found it. Dufossat and Tchoup. Pictures to follow later. 65 that is. Sensory plot uploading.

But my guess would be Napoleon and Magnolia which I see was already guessed.

If it is, it should show up in Broadmoor tonight, and certainly would have shown up for mkenny as he would have had to drive right past it...unless there's a signal acquisition issue with his LTEvo.

I'll be driving from the FQ, up Poydras, to Broadmoor after work a-mapping. So, at least I'll be able to get the entire length of Poydras. I hope to have something to add, especially from home!

Sorry digi..the trip was keeping me so preoccupied . . .

That you mapped anything, and that you did it without polluting the maps, is great. Thanks for the contribution!

It also seems to be a lot of work getting up LTE sites in the sticks. It is slightly irksome that one can get LTE almost in Folsom, but not in the French Quarter, CBD, or Uptown.

I'm going into default LTE Only/Sensorly when I drive around town now, just in case that mythic Broadmoor tower ever kicks on.

Looks like we're starting to see the sites coming up a little bit faster now. Perhaps the rain delays pushed back the Superbowl LTE extravaganza by a couple weeks?

I just got back from walking around (and Sensorly mapping, of course) the NFL Fan Experience in Woldenberg. Despite all of our hopes that the network would be turned on (more) for the Super Bowl, I got the same coverage as I was getting last week. I'll map my trip home up Canal on the streetcar to see if any of that has improved.

FYI, don't try driving down here. I swear I saw Lord Hummungus.

I noticed some new medium purple at the 10-610 merge by City Park. It appears to be on ground level I-10. There's also a very light three dot long signal at Canal and Navarre.

Make sure you hit Map Trip then Start so it still maps in the background in case you need to text or use the phone for other reasons.

"Other reasons" than Sensorly mapping? I don't get it.