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jimwayda · 06-07-2008, 11:46 PM

I was in a remote location inside of one of the stores in the Ontario Mills Mall in Southern California today. For the most part, the Sprint service in the Ontario Mills Mall is quite good. I was in a location at the very back of a store that didn't have Sprint Service. I figured, no problem because my phone was indicating that I was roaming. I made the incorrect assumption that I was roaming on Verizon and that I wouldn't have a problem making a call because I had three bars of signal. WRONG! I kept trying to initiate a call and kept getting a message stating "LA-10 Unable to Complete Your Call". I couldn't understand why this was happening. I decided to dial "611" and I got a message saying "Hello, Hello, Hello" and that I had reached MetroPCS. My phone was roaming on MetroPCS!!

Shouldn't the Sprint PRL have preferred Verizon? I sure hope so because MetroPCS is not very well deployed in Southern California. I am running the latest Sprint PRL. Maybe there wasn't any Verizon signal and MetroPCS was the last choice from the PRL.

I would appreciate input from anyone that understands what happened here.

Thanks,

-jim

Yankees368 · 06-08-2008, 1:35 AM

Well it seems that you found one of the very, VERY few spots in the world where both Sprint and Verizon signals were dead, and Metro PCS was not. Congrats. Dont worry about it.

AnthroMatt · 06-08-2008, 1:46 AM

MetroPCS is usually a negative entry in Sprint PRLs (so is Cricket in most markets).

~~RJB~~ · 06-08-2008, 1:53 AM

That is interesting lol. Were you able to find the DAS you were going off of.

larry · 06-08-2008, 1:57 PM

Ontario Mills has always been a mall that's been a challenge to get a good signal everywhere inside. I'm not surprised that you found a spot where neither Sprint or Verizon would pick up. However I am surprised that you landed on Metro considering that they don't have an antenna any closer to the mall than Sprint does.

~~RJB~~ · 06-08-2008, 2:20 PM

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Originally Posted by larry

Ontario Mills has always been a mall that's been a challenge to get a good signal everywhere inside. I'm not surprised that you found a spot where neither Sprint or Verizon would pick up. However I am surprised that you landed on Metro considering that they don't have an antenna any closer to the mall than Sprint does.

So is it a DAS antenna?? Or do they have panels up somewhere close?

larry · 06-08-2008, 2:38 PM

It could be a DAS antenna although I wasn't aware that any of those type had ever been deployed at Ontario Mills. Sprint was never able to get permission to put any up there. Sprint uses two freestanding towers to cover that mall. One at 9528 Richmond Place in Rancho Cucamonga (North) and 4663 Guasti Road (South) in Ontario.

06-07-2008, 11:46 PM	#1 (permalink)
jimwayda Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Laguna Niguel, CA Posts: 255 Phone(s): Sanyo MM-7400 Provider(s): Sprint Thanks: 2 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Sprint MetroPCS Roaming I was in a remote location inside of one of the stores in the Ontario Mills Mall in Southern California today. For the most part, the Sprint service in the Ontario Mills Mall is quite good. I was in a location at the very back of a store that didn't have Sprint Service. I figured, no problem because my phone was indicating that I was roaming. I made the incorrect assumption that I was roaming on Verizon and that I wouldn't have a problem making a call because I had three bars of signal. WRONG! I kept trying to initiate a call and kept getting a message stating "LA-10 Unable to Complete Your Call". I couldn't understand why this was happening. I decided to dial "611" and I got a message saying "Hello, Hello, Hello" and that I had reached MetroPCS. My phone was roaming on MetroPCS!! Shouldn't the Sprint PRL have preferred Verizon? I sure hope so because MetroPCS is not very well deployed in Southern California. I am running the latest Sprint PRL. Maybe there wasn't any Verizon signal and MetroPCS was the last choice from the PRL. I would appreciate input from anyone that understands what happened here. Thanks, -jim

06-08-2008, 1:35 AM	#2 (permalink)
Yankees368 Compulsive Signal Checker Join Date: Oct 2003 Location: Amherst, NY & Long Island Posts: 3,197 Phone(s): TouchPRO, Mogul, Sanyo M1, Motorola K1m,Samsung a900, Sanyo 7400 8200 8100 6200, Samsung a460, Nokia 5190 Provider(s): Sprint PCS (since 2002), Voicestream (2001-2002) Devices: 30GB iPod 5g, 2GB nano, Dell Latitude E6500 Thanks: 0 Thanked 6 Times in 4 Posts Images: 528	Re: Sprint MetroPCS Roaming Well it seems that you found one of the very, VERY few spots in the world where both Sprint and Verizon signals were dead, and Metro PCS was not. Congrats. Dont worry about it. __________________ "'Current Sprint Service Can Not Be Used' What the hell does that mean?!?"

06-08-2008, 1:46 AM	#3 (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: Sprint MetroPCS Roaming MetroPCS is usually a negative entry in Sprint PRLs (so is Cricket in most markets). __________________ Motorola V950

06-08-2008, 1:53 AM	#4 (permalink)
~~RJB~~ Banned Join Date: Dec 2004 Posts: 7,040 Thanks: 35 Thanked 13 Times in 13 Posts Images: 69	Re: Sprint MetroPCS Roaming That is interesting lol. Were you able to find the DAS you were going off of.

06-08-2008, 1:57 PM	#5 (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: Sprint MetroPCS Roaming Ontario Mills has always been a mall that's been a challenge to get a good signal everywhere inside. I'm not surprised that you found a spot where neither Sprint or Verizon would pick up. However I am surprised that you landed on Metro considering that they don't have an antenna any closer to the mall than Sprint does.

06-08-2008, 2:38 PM	#7 (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: Sprint MetroPCS Roaming It could be a DAS antenna although I wasn't aware that any of those type had ever been deployed at Ontario Mills. Sprint was never able to get permission to put any up there. Sprint uses two freestanding towers to cover that mall. One at 9528 Richmond Place in Rancho Cucamonga (North) and 4663 Guasti Road (South) in Ontario.

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