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spleck · 10-07-2009, 12:42 AM

I'm using a deactivated Sprint BB, so I don't think it makes a difference. As far as I know, the Cell BID is reported by the tower. I'm not sure why so many other utils report only PN offsets.

It's unfortunate that VZW cells don't report their GPS coords. The Sprint sites all do, and it makes for easy mapping.

n7ryy · 10-07-2009, 3:12 AM

Stranger and stranger. I did some driving around yesterday and noticed some weird things. I don't think the tower I was looking at was showing consecutive #'s for each sector. I did a 1/2 mile radius on a clearly identified Verizon site and I know there are no other sites within a couple miles and the base ID's were not even close to each other. Also one sector was showing a 30-1-xxxx and another sector was showing 30-2-xxxx. I know the 30 is the SID for VZW but I have no idea what the 1 and 2 were for. I will have to go back and check the website to see if there was any explanations on that. Next week I will recheck when I have an activated VZW Blackberr Tour

10-07-2009, 12:42 AM	Original Poster #31
spleck Tool Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: Middle GA Posts: 609 Phone(s): iPhone 3G, iPhone 3GS Provider(s): AT&T Devices: Garmin GPSMAP 76CSx, Canon EOS Rebel XTi Thanks: 15 Thanked 10 Times in 8 Posts Images: 18	Re: Blackberry Fieldtest I'm using a deactivated Sprint BB, so I don't think it makes a difference. As far as I know, the Cell BID is reported by the tower. I'm not sure why so many other utils report only PN offsets. It's unfortunate that VZW cells don't report their GPS coords. The Sprint sites all do, and it makes for easy mapping.

10-07-2009, 3:12 AM	#32
n7ryy Junior Member Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: SW Washington state Posts: 91 Phone(s): Blackberry 8900, LG VX8350, Nokia 6230b, Motorola i850 Provider(s): AT&T and Verizon Devices: LOTS! Thanks: 1 Thanked 2 Times in 1 Post Images: 58	Re: Blackberry Fieldtest Stranger and stranger. I did some driving around yesterday and noticed some weird things. I don't think the tower I was looking at was showing consecutive #'s for each sector. I did a 1/2 mile radius on a clearly identified Verizon site and I know there are no other sites within a couple miles and the base ID's were not even close to each other. Also one sector was showing a 30-1-xxxx and another sector was showing 30-2-xxxx. I know the 30 is the SID for VZW but I have no idea what the 1 and 2 were for. I will have to go back and check the website to see if there was any explanations on that. Next week I will recheck when I have an activated VZW Blackberr Tour

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