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Cellular Phone Forum / Providers / Sprint PCS / October 2004Tower information
I just found this link for Sprint Pcs Towers and I thought it was prett cool. If you want to check out the link...here you go. http://tinyurl.com/64hq > I just found this link for Sprint Pcs Towers and I thought it was pretty > cool. If you want to check out the link...here you go. [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > -- > itzup2me Bad Link - Here's the correct one - http://www.sprint.com/pcsbusiness/coverage/towermaps.html Bob::wondering why "boink" was on the end of that URL?:: Just want to add that Sprint finally updated the tower maps a couple of weeks ago after no updates for almost a year. So they're more accurate now than before. > Just want to add that Sprint finally updated the tower maps a couple of > weeks ago after no updates for almost a year. So they're more accurate > now than before. Speaking of tower maps, I had a link to another web site, that one could locate all the towers for all the providers that I was going to add to my prior post. It's no longer in my favorites. I seem to recall it had "berkina" or something like that within the url, but then again, that could be wrong. Anyone have that other link? Thanks, Bob > > Just want to add that Sprint finally updated the tower maps a couple of > > weeks ago after no updates for almost a year. So they're more accurate [quoted text clipped - 9 lines] > > Thanks, Bob Ahhhh, nevermind :) I found it on the web - http://www.berkana.com/tower.php3 Bob > Ahhhh, nevermind :) I found it on the web - > http://www.berkana.com/tower.php3 Amazing. Sprint actually has a tower in the northeast corner of Apple Valley where there are maybe a dozen homes and nothing else. (I'm not kidding.) No wonder I have such good reception at my house, only a couple miles closer into town than that tower location. Now they just need to fix Victorville up by Air Expressway and life will be perfect. :>  SignatureJustThe.net Internet & New Media Services, http://JustThe.net/ Steven J. Sobol, Geek In Charge / 888.480.4NET (4638) / sjsobol@JustThe.net PGP Key available from your friendly local key server (0xE3AE35ED) Apple Valley, California Nothing scares me anymore. I have three kids. I won't be satisfied until they add two more sites on Hwy 395 between Adelanto and Hwy 58. I hear it's coming soon. I also hear they have a tower going up in Ridgecrest right now. > I won't be satisfied until they add two more sites on Hwy 395 between > Adelanto and Hwy 58. I hear it's coming soon. I also hear they have a > tower going up in Ridgecrest right now. If they add one near the police station or city hall, it'll cover my problem :) but that's not between Adelanto and 58, it's in Adelanto. SignatureJustThe.net Internet & New Media Services, http://JustThe.net/ Steven J. Sobol, Geek In Charge / 888.480.4NET (4638) / sjsobol@JustThe.net PGP Key available from your friendly local key server (0xE3AE35ED) Apple Valley, California Nothing scares me anymore. I have three kids. Another source for tower locations is www.towermaps.com. Data is not online unfortunately. - David Ward >> > Just want to add that Sprint finally updated the tower maps a couple of >> > weeks ago after no updates for almost a year. So they're more accurate [quoted text clipped - 15 lines] > > Bob Hey Bob, thanks for the update...the next time I'll probably skip adding an Ico in the hyperlink. Quote of the Day Yesterday is history, tomorrow is a mystery, today is a gift That's why it is called the present Author ~ Unknow Thanks for the Fcc tower information...that's pretty cool and I can se it helping other people trying to decide between Sprint and the othe carrier's.:rock > Thanks for the Fcc tower information...that's pretty cool and I can see > it helping other people trying to decide between Sprint and the other > carrier's.:rock: One word of advice here, is that you can't judge coverage from Berkana.com's web site, by trying to find specific cellular provider owned towers, by doing a search via the carrier. In the majority of cases, towers are owned by a third party, who leases tower space from 1 up to 4 different wireless carriers, city or state governments. Bob Not only that but in some markets carriers use other methods of coverage besides towers such as microcells, cable boxes, and rooftop and building mounted antennas which would not require FCC registration and thus would not be found on berkana.com. In addition towers of less than 200 ft above sea level are not found on there either as registration is not required. Doing some other research I also discovered that PCS 1900 Mhz towers are not always required to be FCC registered either (no matter what their height is). So using berkana.com is not a very accurate way to find coverage. Use it to look up Verizon towers and it only finds 56 in the entire state of California. Somehow I doubt its accuracy! Thanks for explaining why the results were so sparse. Gregg Hill > Not only that but in some markets carriers use other methods of > coverage besides towers such as microcells, cable boxes, and rooftop [quoted text clipped - 5 lines] > registered either (no matter what their height is). So using > berkana.com is not a very accurate way to find coverage. > Use it to look up Verizon towers and it only finds 56 in the entire state of > California. Somehow I doubt its accuracy! Thanks for explaining why the > results were so sparse. > > Gregg Hill Oh, it's an accurate database. It just shows who owns the towers, not whose antennas are on the towers. Bob > > Use it to look up Verizon towers and it only finds 56 in the entire state > of [quoted text clipped - 7 lines] > > Bob Problem is it doesn't even come close to listing every cell tower that exists (no matter who owns it). I know of many towers here in So. Cal that are not registered with the FCC. > Use it to look up Verizon towers and it only finds 56 in the entire state of > California. Somehow I doubt its accuracy! Thanks for explaining why the > results were so sparse. There are an awful lot of VZW towers that aren't owned by VZW and therefore won't show up as VZW towers. Same for most other carriers. SignatureJustThe.net Internet & New Media Services, http://JustThe.net/ Steven J. Sobol, Geek In Charge / 888.480.4NET (4638) / sjsobol@JustThe.net PGP Key available from your friendly local key server (0xE3AE35ED) Apple Valley, California Nothing scares me anymore. I have three kids. |
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