Sprint now serves Green River, UT?

[Andy]

I just checked the Sprint website and they now claim to natively cover the city of Green River and show coverage on I-70 all the way to Grand Junction...does anybody know when this went live or what SID Sprint uses in that area??
I went through that area about 1.5 months ago and there was still no sign of Sprint as far as I could tell, any input??

~Andy

[WiggyFife]

Originally Posted by Andy84094

I just checked the Sprint website and they now claim to natively cover the city of Green River and show coverage on I-70 all the way to Grand Junction...does anybody know when this went live or what SID Sprint uses in that area??
I went through that area about 1.5 months ago and there was still no sign of Sprint as far as I could tell, any input??

~Andy

ya thinkin of switchin' Andy??? LOL!!!

[Andy]

I'd still be roaming too much, but sure

[larry]

Originally Posted by Andy84094

I just checked the Sprint website and they now claim to natively cover the city of Green River and show coverage on I-70 all the way to Grand Junction...does anybody know when this went live or what SID Sprint uses in that area??
I went through that area about 1.5 months ago and there was still no sign of Sprint as far as I could tell, any input??

~Andy

They must have just updated the online maps because that coverage wasn't showing last time I checked.

[Andy]

Originally Posted by larry

They must have just updated the online maps because that coverage wasn't showing last time I checked.

So do you think they launches service there within the last month since i was there??? I thought they usually take forever to update their maps.
They show a small green spot for their Wendover Cellsite

[agentHibby]

Wonder if Sprint will get I-70 100% covered in UT before Verizon does

[Andy]

Originally Posted by agentHibby

Wonder if Sprint will get I-70 100% covered in UT before Verizon does

Verizon doesn't have the license to do it I thought.

[larry]

Originally Posted by Andy84094

So do you think they launches service there within the last month since i was there??? I thought they usually take forever to update their maps.
They show a small green spot for their Wendover Cellsite

It's possible. I've seen it happen before.

By the way I also noticed new coverage in AZ along I-40 between Flagstaff and New Mexico! Looks like they updated the maps in more than just Utah.

[Andy]

Originally Posted by larry

It's possible. I've seen it happen before.

By the way I also noticed new coverage in AZ along I-40 between Flagstaff and New Mexico! Looks like they updated the maps in more than just Utah.

Larry, I as far as I know Sprint uses SID 4180 is Utah, is that a correct statement or do they also use other SIDs?
I'm going to be down in that area over Father's Day Weekend so I will definitely check on that, but as of last month, there was still no Sprint coverage.

[larry]

I've never really studied Sprint's SID's outside of CA. So I don't know. But I would think that Grand Junction might be a different SID since it's an affiliate area. Here in Southern, CA Sprint uses a different SID in Bakersfield (which is affilaite) then they do for Los Angeles.

[Andy]

So Sprint might actually serve that coverage along I-70 with a CO SID???

I checked the web and only found one sid for all of Utah(Sprint): 4180

[larry]

Not doubting that at all but don't foget this is new coverage that might not be on the web yet. If it's a continuation of the Grand Junction market (affiliate) then it might have a different SID or it might not.

[Andy]

I can't wait to go 4-wheeling, and now I can't wait to go check out this new Sprint coverage, lol. Two more weeks or so.

[agentHibby]

Originally Posted by Andy84094

Verizon doesn't have the license to do it I thought.

I think they do have a license to cover the whole corridor

[BillRadio]

Originally Posted by agentHibby

I think they do have a license to cover the whole corridor

This map:

Western U.S. Cellular License Map

shows that Verizon does not have any license to cover the entire northeast corner of UT. Verizon has several options there, much like they have in many parts of the country:

1) They can buy one of the PCS licenses there, then build sites.
2) They can build their own cell site under Phase II ("unserved") rules.
3) They can depend on a roaming agreement with an existing carrier.

Of these three, #3 is the cheapest for such a low-usage area.

[Andy]

Originally Posted by agentHibby

I think they do have a license to cover the whole corridor

Then they really need to get their act together

[agentHibby]

if you look at the map south straight south Price the Cellular B network "VZW" is dead. I know there are very few villiages and people, but Western Wireless has it covered. looks like alot of Lake Powell is not covered either.

Maybe a few miles of I-70 might be in UBET territory by the Colorado/Utah boarder. Other than that Verizon can build out anywhere else on I-70

[Andy]

Originally Posted by agentHibby

if you look at the map south straight south Price the Cellular B network "VZW" is dead. I know there are very few villiages and people, but Western Wireless has it covered. looks like alot of Lake Powell is not covered either.

Maybe a few miles of I-70 might be in UBET territory by the Colorado/Utah boarder. Other than that Verizon can build out anywhere else on I-70

Not 100% sure about lake powell, but I have had friends with tri-mode phones sucessfully use Verizon on/around Lake Powell; they did tell me that AMPS was useful there.

Yes, VZW doesn't have a license for most of northeastern UT, hence WW/Cell One is in the PRL, but Bill says that VZW has no license to cover Grand County.

[RJB]

I was on I-70 by green river in march I was going off of Verizon coverage. The way there it was on and off still alot of patches could be alit better and alot worse as well. From Moab to Green River the coverage is very good I was accessing the internet from a T-mobile blackberry there.

[Fathead]

In other UT news, I was pleasantly suprised at the level of service I had at Flaming Gorge this past weekend, on sid 1858. Good digital service most of the time.

[RJB]

Originally Posted by Fathead

In other UT news, I was pleasantly suprised at the level of service I had at Flaming Gorge this past weekend, on sid 1858. Good digital service most of the time.

Well that is good to know because I am going there in 2 weeks to stay at my parents cabin.

[Andy]

Originally Posted by Fathead

In other UT news, I was pleasantly suprised at the level of service I had at Flaming Gorge this past weekend, on sid 1858. Good digital service most of the time.

Awesome Fathead, Thank you for the information. Ryan, I believe you do have to have an AC2 plan in order to use 1858 for Free, I don't think it's included in AC1 plans. Did WW cover that area as well, Fathead?
Did you travel through any other areas you could give us a coverage report for?

[Andy]

Originally Posted by RyanB

I was on I-70 by green river in march I was going off of Verizon coverage. The way there it was on and off still alot of patches could be alit better and alot worse as well. From Moab to Green River the coverage is very good I was accessing the internet from a T-mobile blackberry there.

T-Mobile roams on Cingular along I-70 and some WW as well I believe, hence the good coverage.

Verizon is ok, it will go in and out of service if you're not using your phone, but I was using my phone from Crescend Junction(I believe that's what it's called) along I-70 up past the I-70/U.S. 6 junction and had no problems whatsoever with call quality/dropped calls, the only problem was it took forever for the call to connect at first.

[Fathead]

There is no coverage from Montpeiler, ID until about 5 miles off of I-70 as you drive through cokeville and kemmerer. Then you get a VZW amps signal for a couple miles, then VZW digital.


roaming on WW, you get a good is-95 signal in manila and on many spots on the water near lucerne valley marina. The antenna is on the bluff behind the trading post store in manila.

[Andy]

Thanks for the report, Fathead. Was WW all IS-95 because my friend roamed in the Vernal area about a year ago and got a 1x signal.

[Fathead]

the only signal i could get was is-95

[Andy]

Interesting, thanks Fathead. I never go out that way myself so I wouldn't know.
ONe more question, were you able to use WW AMPS there at all?? There's conflicting reports of whether or not WW only runs CDMA on SID 1741, so I'm just wondering if you found anything.

[Fathead]

my uncle's a650 was on the same sid, but with a solid triangle analog signal.


we didn't try making a call with it.

[Andy]

Was his PRL up to date? Is he also on AC2?

[agentHibby]

Originally Posted by Andy84094

Thanks for the report, Fathead. Was WW all IS-95 because my friend roamed in the Vernal area about a year ago and got a 1x signal.

So is it IS-95A only
Or 1XRTT??