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larry · 05-03-2007, 2:48 PM

http://coverage.sprintpcs.com/IMPACT.jsp

It appears that the RF maps are now ever more conservative than they were before! Areas that used to show as dark green have been changed to lighter green in a number of areas around So. Cal. This is surprising since they seem to want to be downplaying their actual coverage.

AnthroMatt · 05-03-2007, 5:47 PM

How do you know when they are updated? They look the same to me...at least in my neck of the woods.

rosenthalliou · 05-03-2007, 8:44 PM

they did update it but from what I see they basically just changed the light green areas into regular green but there isn't any new towers that were built in the last 90 days, but good job on Sprints part at least they are updating it to the actual coverage.

AnthroMatt · 05-03-2007, 9:02 PM

I still live in a path of crap surrounded by good! lol

larry · 05-03-2007, 10:05 PM

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Originally Posted by AnthroMatt

How do you know when they are updated? They look the same to me...at least in my neck of the woods.

Trust me I keep close tabs on them so I know. Plus I save old screenshots of them and even memorize the coverage patterns and new sites added. The Phoenix area didn't have a lot of changes this time but So. Cal sure did! This is the first update since late February/early March.

larry · 05-03-2007, 10:06 PM

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Originally Posted by AnthroMatt

I still live in a path of crap surrounded by good! lol

Yeah that doesn't look so hot.

larry · 05-03-2007, 10:07 PM

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Originally Posted by rosenthalliou

they did update it but from what I see they basically just changed the light green areas into regular green but there isn't any new towers that were built in the last 90 days, but good job on Sprints part at least they are updating it to the actual coverage.

Boyle Heights got a new site added and also a couple in Manhattan Beach. Also one in Westminster and Huntington Beach. But the most important new site added this time is the one off the 405 in West LA between Santa Monica and the 10 frwy. Seems like most of the activity this time was in the Inland Empire and West side of LA.

budney · 05-03-2007, 10:44 PM

They did make some changes in my area, but with EVDO just turning on their are bound to be some changes in coverage. Also it looks like my old neighborhood in SoCal improved from "fair" to "good", hope it's true.

Fire14 · 05-04-2007, 12:38 AM

In my area it went from Fair coverage to Best, and I can't see where the no coverage with roaming being unchecked is anymore.
What I do see is dark green with dots in area's now that I never saw before when I look further North & West of me.

I also can't get it to show "Future towers" the page just keeps saying "Loading".
Maybe they are still working on it.

larry · 05-04-2007, 1:07 AM

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Originally Posted by Fire14

In my area it went from Fair coverage to Best, and I can't see where the no coverage with roaming being unchecked is anymore.
What I do see is dark green with dots in area's now that I never saw before when I look further North & West of me.

I also can't get it to show "Future towers" the page just keeps saying "Loading".
Maybe they are still working on it.

Yeah they haven't got the 'future towers' function up yet. They do have it up for the IDEN side I think.

larry · 05-04-2007, 6:00 PM

The future towers function is now working!

Yankees368 · 05-04-2007, 6:26 PM

ERRR... Either it's not quite working for the NYC metro area, or Sprint has stopped building out. Clearly, my guess is that this just isnt working quite right yet.

larry · 05-04-2007, 7:15 PM

Hmm. It's working great for the Los Angeles area. Haven't tried anywhere else yet.

larry · 05-04-2007, 9:03 PM

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Originally Posted by Yankees368

ERRR... Either it's not quite working for the NYC metro area, or Sprint has stopped building out. Clearly, my guess is that this just isnt working quite right yet.

Yeah they don't have the New York map working yet. Hopefully soon.

Alienware_51 · 05-04-2007, 10:34 PM

Wow, I checked the maps for Rogers City, and their is alot of Nextel/Sprint (iPCS) sites around here now!! They must have really added alot in the past year in northern michigan.

Fire14 · 05-04-2007, 10:42 PM

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Originally Posted by larry

Yeah they don't have the New York map working yet. Hopefully soon.

I will give them a couple of days before I check again, thanks for the update Larry.

ace41690 · 05-06-2007, 10:57 PM

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Originally Posted by larry

Yeah they don't have the New York map working yet. Hopefully soon.

Why did it have to be my area of the country that doesnt work yet!?

Fire14 · 05-07-2007, 12:15 AM

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Originally Posted by ace41690

Why did it have to be my area of the country that doesnt work yet!?

Because we are special vs the rest of the country.

larry · 05-07-2007, 12:35 AM

I hope they didn't forget to load the New York program. Maybe we should start sending them messages about it.

05-03-2007, 2:48 PM	#1 (permalink)
larry Go Angels! Join Date: Oct 2001 Location: Orange County, CA Posts: 12,870 Phone(s): LG Rumor Provider(s): Sprint Thanks: 11 Thanked 14 Times in 14 Posts Images: 146 My Auctions	Online coverage maps updated! New towers added also updated! http://coverage.sprintpcs.com/IMPACT.jsp It appears that the RF maps are now ever more conservative than they were before! Areas that used to show as dark green have been changed to lighter green in a number of areas around So. Cal. This is surprising since they seem to want to be downplaying their actual coverage.

05-03-2007, 5:47 PM	#2 (permalink)
AnthroMatt Big Meanie Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: Mesa, AZ Posts: 8,322 Phone(s): Motorola V950 Provider(s): Sprint + Airave Thanks: 3 Thanked 11 Times in 8 Posts Images: 1	Re: Online coverage maps updated! New towers added also updated! How do you know when they are updated? They look the same to me...at least in my neck of the woods.

05-03-2007, 8:44 PM	#3 (permalink)
rosenthalliou Fresh Member Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: CALIFORNIA Posts: 42 Phone(s): HTC Touch Provider(s): Sprint PCS Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Re: Online coverage maps updated! New towers added also updated! they did update it but from what I see they basically just changed the light green areas into regular green but there isn't any new towers that were built in the last 90 days, but good job on Sprints part at least they are updating it to the actual coverage.

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05-04-2007, 12:38 AM	#9 (permalink)
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05-04-2007, 6:00 PM	#11 (permalink)
larry Go Angels! Join Date: Oct 2001 Location: Orange County, CA Posts: 12,870 Phone(s): LG Rumor Provider(s): Sprint Thanks: 11 Thanked 14 Times in 14 Posts Images: 146 My Auctions	Re: Online coverage maps updated! New towers added also updated! The future towers function is now working!

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05-04-2007, 7:15 PM	#13 (permalink)
larry Go Angels! Join Date: Oct 2001 Location: Orange County, CA Posts: 12,870 Phone(s): LG Rumor Provider(s): Sprint Thanks: 11 Thanked 14 Times in 14 Posts Images: 146 My Auctions	Re: Online coverage maps updated! New towers added also updated! Hmm. It's working great for the Los Angeles area. Haven't tried anywhere else yet.

05-04-2007, 10:34 PM	#15 (permalink)
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larry Go Angels! Join Date: Oct 2001 Location: Orange County, CA Posts: 12,870 Phone(s): LG Rumor Provider(s): Sprint Thanks: 11 Thanked 14 Times in 14 Posts Images: 146 My Auctions	Re: Online coverage maps updated! New towers added also updated! I hope they didn't forget to load the New York program. Maybe we should start sending them messages about it.

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