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[FLORIDA] 4g metro speeds ;)

This has nothing to do with metro (directly, though indirectly it may) Today while out I checked the network availability for my tmo account, nexus 4 phone, I was able to see the tmo lte testing network connected but did not get anything and when I tried reconnecting it wouldnt let me.

Indirectly this could increase metro lte that will be nice.
 
Gman9831 said:
I'll be moving soon and I can actually see the metro tower when looking out my window it's just behind the park across the street, this is the same tower I hit 13mbps on in December last year and that's when I didn't have the tower in Line of Sight. The house I'm moving to is just 3 or 4 mins away from where I currently live.
I know its a metro tower by using the signal strength in phone info and using the OpenSignal app.
Can probably get a pic tomorrow
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Gman9831 said:
Didn't take the pic today didn't feel like driving over there in the rain but I'll be over there tomorrow morning @8:15 to get a shipment.
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I got it here it is
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Gman9831 said:
I'll be moving soon and I can actually see the metro tower when looking out my window it's just behind the park across the street, this is the same tower I hit 13mbps on in December last year and that's when I didn't have the tower in Line of Sight. The house I'm moving to is just 3 or 4 mins away from where I currently live.
I know its a metro tower by using the signal strength in phone info and using the OpenSignal app.

Can probably get a pic tomorrow
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mike28 said:
Are you moving to another state?
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No he is just moving a short distance. but it will be closer to the tower, thus giving him a faster at home speed.
 
mattyinmotion said:
Where the heck in Fort Myers are you?! My speeds have never topped 7 mbps... now they're solid around 2.5-3.5 mbps average... Some days I'm looking at less than 1.5mbps...

East Fort Myers...
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Some of those are from near the Edison Mall. But most of them are actually from my house in Cape Coral near city hall.
 
Joshuah22a said:
How could i locate my nearest tower?
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You have to use one of the Special Tower Whistles only They can hear.

Metro sells them in the stores for $39.99 or you can get them from Amazon for $2.98. DON'T get the car charger one, they can short the towers out.

Bruce in Ocala, FL :p
 
To actually try and answer his question...

There are Apps that will tell you where THE towers are but as far as I know, not WHO'S towers they Are. I've read here the companies keep that info under wraps. (Specific tower locations.)

The most logical, easiest way I can see is with your phone. If you know where there's a tower, your bars will either go up as you get closer to it or they won't. (Also, I've contended it's not Just your location relative to the tawr, it's the sometime crappy Metro network too. I'm less than 1/2 a mile from a Metro tawr and have 4 bars right
up until a couple hundreds yard Off the interstate, then it drops to 2-3 bars.)

Bruce in Ocala, FL
 
I have been experiencing lost of days signal the last couple of weeks I know there are two towers going up in my area not sure if those towers are from tmobile but I have seen good old 1x lately
 
Joshuah22a said:
How could i locate my nearest tower?
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thats easy you gotta find a lil tree branch thats shaped like a Y hold the two V gently and from your front door walk slowly one foot in front of the other counting one mississippi two mississippi till your lil tree branch starts to point down. from there spin 7 times in a circle with your eyes close and when you open them you will be facing the tower.
 
n4zty said:
thats easy you gotta find a lil tree branch thats shaped like a Y hold the two V gently and from your front door walk slowly one foot in front of the other counting one mississippi two mississippi till your lil tree branch starts to point down. from there spin 7 times in a circle with your eyes close and when you open them you will be facing the tower.
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It worked it worked :p
 
n4zty said:
thats easy you gotta find a lil tree branch thats shaped like a Y hold the two V gently and from your front door walk slowly one foot in front of the other counting one mississippi two mississippi till your lil tree branch starts to point down. from there spin 7 times in a circle with your eyes close and when you open them you will be facing the tower.
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That's too Luddite for even This Luddite.

Come to the Dark Side of digital tower whistles.

We have cookies! :D

Bruce in Ocala, Fl
 
OcalaFlGuy said:
That's too Luddite for even This Luddite.

Come to the Dark Side of digital tower whistles.

We have cookies! :D

Bruce in Ocala, Fl
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You shall not temp me with your stale and moldy cookies! Im no fool them aint chocolate chips them is rasins!!

lol in all seriousness i think there was an app with a tower locator not sure do a search on the market and see what ya can find.
 
Well i went to pay my bill yesterday and i ask "when will 4g be in connecticut"
and she said june 19th, so i did some research and believe that since t-mobile is merging with metro the 4g will kick in several days after the official merge.
Not shure if i'm 100% correct but if anyone has any details please leave a comment or a reply :D
Could not make my own post, so needed a post similar -Sorry
 
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