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LTE Speed Tests?

Yes. I know they are building some new towers. 2 new ones but they are not live yet. There is a new one by the landfill and one a little closer to elk river near the gravel pit. The one by the land fill is where I got my speed test. The tower is right by the windmill. Forgot where to third tower is. The one by the windmill and landfill is live!

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Did a few tests yesterday with wife's new Victory, consistently getting 15-16 mbps at the house on LTE. Best feature of the phone, easily.
 
jrccomputer said:
Yes. I know they are building some new towers. 2 new ones but they are not live yet. There is a new one by the landfill and one a little closer to elk river near the gravel pit. The one by the land fill is where I got my speed test. The tower is right by the windmill. Forgot where to third tower is. The one by the windmill and landfill is live!

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jrccomputer, have you noticed the LTE signal coming and going from the "live" tower, or is it staying steady for you? I know there are upgrades and repairs happening all over the NW Twin Cities area, toward St. Cloud... but I'm not sure whether spotty signal is the tower or possibly a problem with my phone :(

Otherwise, when I do see LTE, it's hitting around 18 - 20... very nice! And I even noticed some LTE up the highway in Zimmerman, so I'm cheering on the Network Vision project. Go, Sprint!
 
aml1025 said:
jrccomputer, have you noticed the LTE signal coming and going from the "live" tower, or is it staying steady for you? I know there are upgrades and repairs happening all over the NW Twin Cities area, toward St. Cloud... but I'm not sure whether spotty signal is the tower or possibly a problem with my phone :(

Otherwise, when I do see LTE, it's hitting around 18 - 20... very nice! And I even noticed some LTE up the highway in Zimmerman, so I'm cheering on the Network Vision project. Go, Sprint!
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Yes. I was the one doing the coverage in zimmerman. The tower by the windmill in elk river is always live and has never cut out. I travel to elk river twice a day and always get LTE by the Windmill. I also think they are working somewhere in zimmerman cause I get some coverage over there.
 
jrccomputer said:
Yes. I was the one doing the coverage in zimmerman. The tower by the windmill in elk river is always live and has never cut out. I travel to elk river twice a day and always get LTE by the Windmill. I also think they are working somewhere in zimmerman cause I get some coverage over there.
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I've also mapped some of the coverage in Zimmerman :) I know they're doing tower work in Zimmerman - it's been noted as an outage with customer service since the 14th, with latest estimated repair date to be 5/28.

Well, drat... if I'm only sometimes seeing LTE from the tower by the windmill, it probably means my phone is at fault. I'm already working on troubleshooting and replacement for a family member's phone. Not sure if I have the patience to work on both at once. Maybe I'll wait until after the holiday weekend.

Thanks for the info - very helpful!
 
SuppliedRelic said:
I suggest using the Sensorly app to map Sprint's expanding 4G LTE coverage.
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I have been... thought I mentioned Sensorly in my other post, but apparently not. Oops!

Good reminder, though, as some of the towers I referenced have literally only shown LTE in the past week. Sprint is hard at work, in the Mpls/ St. Paul area, anyway!
 
Got one for myself today. Got 28 mbps down out on the balcony, faster than our wifi here. Lowest 4G speed clocked so far about 4 mbps, typical speeds between 15-20 mbps. Page loading is usually almost instant.

I am very pleased with this after suffering though years of crappy Sprint/VM 3G speeds. This is a fantastic bargain.
 
fisterkev said:
Got one for myself today. Got 28 mbps down out on the balcony, faster than our wifi here. Lowest 4G speed clocked so far about 4 mbps, typical speeds between 15-20 mbps. Page loading is usually almost instant.

I am very pleased with this after suffering though years of crappy Sprint/VM 3G speeds. This is a fantastic bargain.
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I've pretty much got the same exact speed range. I live in the north bay of the San Fran Bay Area.

Except fortunately Sprint 3G speeds in the Bay Area are pretty decent and serves as a good backup to 4G.
 
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