Any word on the Connecticut rollout?

Originally Posted by sc00basteve

We've kinda got the CT horseshoe going on, nothing in the Danbury area right near the NY border. I could prob be in range for 3G if they filled in I-84.

Originally Posted by Loki008

(I know this is the Western CT thread, but CT is fairly small and i didnt want to crowd the forum with another CT thread)

Originally Posted by Wrangler3383

So I've got some good news. The tower down the street from my office in Madison is being worked on as I type. I called in to CS and they told me that it is being upgraded to UMTS. As well she confirmed that the rest of the gap on 95 from Madison to New London is being upgraded!

Not sure about the rest of the state, but I remember a while back that someone posted the minutes from a Connecticut Siting Counsil meeting: http://www.ct.gov/csc/cwp/view.asp?a=956&Q=248150. Looks like some of the AT&T upgrades proposed in July are finally making their way towards reality. W00T!

Originally Posted by SD69

I'm surprised a CS person knows this information. Or do you know a different number to call that has better info?

Originally Posted by mpacific

I understand that, but I've been waiting for the iPhone 3G or a phone that will have 3G and tear me away from the iPhone. Alas, ATT is being way too slow with their deployment and VZW is coming out with some no-too-shabby devices

Originally Posted by Wrangler3383

In the coverage map thread I mentioned that the coverage map had been updated to include all of I95. It isn't turned on for customers yet though. Still seems to be barred. They also updated the map to include 3g all the way up to and including Springfield. I'm not familiar enough with the other areas of 3g coverage in the state to notice any other coverage increases. Check out the coverage map, type in CT for state and then turn on 3g. The new cells might not be accessible yet, but they are obviously on the way.

Originally Posted by Wrangler3383

They JUST and I do mean JUST turned on 3G in Madison CT. Will report about the rest of interstate 95 after my ride home. I can only assume that the whole stretch just went live.

All of 95 is now 3G in Connecticut. Coverage also goes up 395 to just before Montville.

Originally Posted by bobolito

I was a bit disappointed with 3G on my ride from NY to Boston this Christmas. Of course I took the 95 corridor all the way through CT hoping to get 3G all the way. However, my data card kept on falling back to EDGE for some reason through the eastern CT region and so audio streaming kept on cutting off. It looks like even though 3G is there, is just not strong enough (1900Mhz) and the card falls back to EDGE (850Mhz), but gosh I was in a car, not indoors

And even through the city of Providence my card would not detect 3G at all, even though it's supposed to be all covered.

Originally Posted by Loki008

Yeah, i am not pleased so far with the 3G rollout in hartford either. I am constantly switching between 3G and EDGE all day on my n95 which can cause a bit of havoc when i am trying to leave an IM app logged in durring the day.

As for the I-95 streach in eastern CT, i go down to Waterford / New London area quite frequently and have noticed the same thing

Originally Posted by bobolito

I was a bit disappointed with 3G on my ride from NY to Boston this Christmas. Of course I took the 95 corridor all the way through CT hoping to get 3G all the way. However, my data card kept on falling back to EDGE for some reason through the eastern CT region and so audio streaming kept on cutting off. It looks like even though 3G is there, is just not strong enough (1900Mhz) and the card falls back to EDGE (850Mhz), but gosh I was in a car, not indoors

And even through the city of Providence my card would not detect 3G at all, even though it's supposed to be all covered.

Originally Posted by Wrangler3383

That is pretty odd, I travel from New Haven to New London every day and never drop 3G, and I'm streaming radio and Google maps all the while. I have spoken to a technician in Rockville CT and he told me that the new deployments along I95 in CT are all 850. I've spoken to my fair share of reps and technicians and this guy DID actually seem to know what he was talking about. Where in eastern CT were you dropping the connection Bobo? I wouldn't have posted this had I not been extensively testing the I95 connection since it went live. I personally have been quite pleased. I do admit that in Hartford I have noticed the same thing as you guys.