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September 29, 2008
With the completion of a new T-Mobile cell site in west Reno on Summit Ridge Drive (CID 4360x), T-Mobile has surpassed at&t as the carrier with the most cell sites covering the Reno-Sparks city limits. The new site which is just to the southeast of McCarran and Interstate 80 brings the total number of T-Mobile cell sites to 40. at&t has 39 cell sites serving the Reno-Sparks city limits.
However, just because T-Mobile has more cell sites does not necessarily mean they have better overall coverage. Part of at&t’s network operates in the 850Mhz radio spectrum, which generally covers a larger area that 1900Mhz which is where T-Mobile’s network operates. T-Mobile has been rapidly expanding their network this year in the Reno area, turning on 5 new cell sites in the past year compared to 1 new at&t cell site.
You can view maps and a list of the number of cell sites per carrier on the Cell Site Locations & Coverage maps page.
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September 25, 2008
A new T-Mobile cell site is active in central Sparks behind 635 E. Prater Way in the Iron Horse Shopping Center near Prater & McCarran. CID 4346x. With the completion of this cell site T-Mobile is now tied with at&t as the carrier with the most cell sites covering the Reno/Sparks city limits. After the completion of another new cell site in west Reno, T-Mobile will have the most cell sites (40).
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September 18, 2008
A new T-Mobile cell site is under construction in west Reno on Summit Ridge Drive, just to the southeast of McCarran and Interstate 80. The site is co-located on an existing monopole that currently has antennas for Cricket.
Cricket recently got approval for a new cell site which will improve coverage in the South Meadows area. The cell site will be co-located on an existing monopole cell tower located on the easternmost point of Trademark Drive, just to the northwest of the intersection of South Meadows Parkway and Wilbur May Parkway. The monopole currently has antennas for T-Mobile, Nextel and Clearwire.
September 15, 2008
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September 10, 2008
A new T-Mobile cell site is currently under construction in central Sparks behind 635 E. Prater Way in the Iron Horse Shopping Center near Prater & McCarran. Once complete, T-Mobile will be tied with at&t as the carrier with the most cell sites serving the Reno/Sparks city limits.
August 16, 2008
AT&T has recently added a cell site in Floriston, California, filling a coverage gap that previously existed along Interstate 80 between Reno and Truckee. CID 1308.
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July 31, 2008
A new T-Mobile cell site was recently put into service near the corner of Vista Blvd. and Baring Blvd. in east Sparks. The antennas are disguised in a flagpole located in the shopping center at the northeast corner of the intersection. CID 4334x.
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July 4, 2008
Sprint has added a cell site which improves coverage between the Floriston and Hirschdale exits. They have co-located antennas at an existing cell site occuppied by Nextel and AT&T. See our maps to view up-to-date cell site locations for all carriers.
July 3, 2008
T-mobile has placed their antennas atop a newly-heightened monopole behind Wal-Mart on Damonte Ranch Parkway and South Virginia Street. Their antennas are over 100-feet high, providing improved coverage in the south Reno area. CID 1326x. See our maps to compare cell site locations for all carriers.
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We decided on Cingular wireless for our cell-phones based on this site and recommendation from a friend… We live in Fernley and needed good coverage in Reno, Fernley, and Fallon…The only place we have yet had no signal is deep inside the Fallon Walmart (standing inside the front door by the snackbar gave a strong enough signal to use our new Nokia phone). We had older AT&T service previously that was almost useless in Fernley and Reno and especially in the I-80 canyon between Fernley and Reno (mostly in the canyon our phones showed “no Service”). We are now able (with our new Cingular phones and service) to talk all the way through the canyon with absolutely NO dead spots!) It is also the same in Fernley and Fallon and all along Alt 50 between them.
I hope this info on our experience will in some way help with your site! You are providing a great and needed service to this area!
Thanks again, R.S.
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Thanks for giving the customer a better shot at choosing a carrier.
R.G.
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I recently tested a Motorola V505 flip phone… …where our Nextels barely worked. The V505 is a Quadband phone and it seemed to pickup a signal in more locations. It did have some trouble but by simply walking around a little, I found a strong signal to make a call. We then purchased 8 V180 Quadband phones for our company, and switched from Nextel to AT&T Wireless… .
Thank you, D. M.
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