Hi everyone, Today, we will see some photos of some cell towers and cells in the roof of certain buildings, which seem to be from Movistar. In my recent visit, I found that at least in Maracaibo, Movistar worked better than Digitel. I had a dual eSIM setup, but sometimes Digitel would be extremely slow while Movistar worked. Post Views: 7
Somehow, no one had mapped Maracaibo and Coro, along other parts. I am glad to have contributed the following. I’ve entered through the Maicao border, to Maracaibo. Used eSIMS from Qrispy (Digitel) and Airalo (Movistar). I’ve then kept the Qrispy eSIM and a physical Movistar SIM once I arrived in Maracaibo, since it was cheaper than just continuing using the travel eSIMs. Venezuela still operates 3G UMTS/HSPA and 4G LTE. There is no 5G on Movistar and Digitel yet, at…
Hi everyone, I have reached an accomplishment as I’ve now scanned over 15,000 cellular cells with the CellMapper Android App. As can be seen from the image above, I’ve scanned 2 regions. It reports 3 because it uses the MCC code and in the USA, Verizon uses the code 311 while AT&T and T-Mobile uses the code 310. Code 732 is from Colombia. I’ve scanned the following carrier cells and towers: USA Colombia My next goal is to reach 20,000…
Verizon recently collocated themselves on an existing cell tower near Paddock Mall, in Ocala, Florida. This tower already had T-Mobile, AT&T, and Boost cells. Verizon was not part of this tower but literally have one almost next to it. Verizon made an interesting move in using a Galtronics GP6536-08157 antenna in it, a first on Ocala. Also interesting is that the antenna is installed on a single sector. There seem to be remote radio units installed on all of the…
Hi everyone, Some months ago, I wrote about a cell tower containing Verizon’s hardware in Inverness, Florida. Today, we will be taking a look at some other towers that I passed by but were not located in the CellMapper app. From the above image, the only ones that remain unlocated are the Verizon eNB 145883 and 506565. These are probably very old and may have been removed. This post covers the following Verizon eNB sites: Verizon commonly have 2 eNobeB…
Hi everyone, Today, we will be taking a look at a cell tower located in The Villages, Florida, in the new section being built and expanded in Wildwood. This tower has the Verizon eNB 145769, which has the LTE bands 5 and 13, and the eNB 445769, containing the LTE bands 2 and 66. According to CellMapper OpenStreetMap data, the tower is located at 6843 Marsh Bend Trail, Wildwood, Florida, United States. This address, however, leads to another place in…
Hi everyone, Today, we will see a cell tower with Verizon eNB 145435 and 445435, located in Center Hill, Florida. The Verizon eNB 145345 has LTE bands 5 and 13, while Verizon eNB 445345 has LTE bands 2 and 66. The tower is located around 87 West Kings Highway, in Center Hill, Florida. Below are screenshots of both eNBs from the CellMapper app: Both eNB cells covers a wide area of Center Hill, as represented by data gathered by CellMapper…
Hi everyone, Today, we will be seeing a cell tower located in The Villages, Florida, containing Verizon eNB 145134. This cell tower is specifically located right next to the parking of a business named Rainey Construction Company, LLC, at 7496 Dodson Dr, The Villages, FL 32163 Below is the tower as seen from E C 470, or Central Pkwy, and from behind the business: To get to it, you must go through Jansen Loop: This tower was not placed correctly…
Hi everyone, After making the post about this cell tower with Verizon eNB 145369 and 445369, a user commented on Reddit that the tower actually is shown in Google Streetview with the added antennas on a specific area. I am sharing here the photo of the tower before and after the upgrade. Before After As I mentioned in the past post, the cell antennas are added below the microwave antennas. The updated tower was first seen in the CellMapper app…
Hi everyone, Today, we will be looking at a cell tower that hosts Verizon eNB 445369, operating on LTE bands 2 and 66, and the Verizon eNB 145369, operating on LTE band 5. The tower is located approximately on Mile Marker 304.5 on Florida’s Turnpike. The actual tower location is 302 Florida’s Tpke, which in turn is located in Wildwood, Florida, or better said, The Villages, due to all the new construction that has been happening there. This tower was…