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There now these LTE towers up:
3 In Cinncy, 2 in Columbus, 2 in Cleveland..
Yes 7 towers seems like no big deal, but 3 weeks ago there was none.. I'm figuring Ohio will be heavy LTE in 3 months if not announced as LTE pre-launch
Many have been upgraded NV 3G/800 and are only awaiting fiber backhaul to turn on LTE
I said Motorola (equipment) above was being replaced because I live in Columbus ( which I hear might be like Chicago ).. Chicago was upgraded early on and they found out as they upgraded areas with Samsung and turned them on that they were NOT compatible with the old Motorola base towers. So what happened ( besides a major learning experience ! ) was people who were traveling and talking on call might have been on a Motorola tower.. and when they got to a Samsung tower instead of switching towers the call instead dropped.. Sprint has now figured out in cities with Motorola equipment they need to upgrade as many towers as possible at once and turn on the city in clusters...
...On a nationwide scale depending on where you live they are ripping mostly out older Alcatel or Motorola equipment, but either way the Sprint NV upgrade involves ENTIRELY removing old base stations, panels, dishes, etc.. and replacing it with ENTIRELY new equipment. This is why when the NV upgrade is complete Sprint will be looking good. This is also why Sprint seems to be taking more time on upgrading then the other carriers. Right now Sprint customers ( the ones hanging in there ) in places where they are doing upgrades are experiencing bad service because towers are being turned off - while other ones might pick up the load - I find myself roaming on voice calls more and dropping much more then usual.. I believe and hear the main plan for Sprint in most areas is to turn finish NV 3g and turn on 800mhz NV which will drastically improve call quality ( as well as dropped calls ).. and those same sites will all get LTE.. but LTE CAN'T be turned on until fiber backhaul is hooked up.. Some NV sites are still using old backhaul which means data speeds are not yet up to full steam..
Hope this all makes sense..
Robbie, on a point of clarity?
Are you saying that Sprint is replacing old Samsung equipment with new Samsung equipment or replacing ALU and Ericsson gear with Samsung equipment?
Jus' wondering.
DJ