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Is it possible to find out what is going on on a mast?

Bigyinuk

Super Pro Member
Hi.

The mast that normally serves me/us has been down since yesterday morning. No band n78 and very slow 4G. Initially I supposed it was a fault and within 45 minutes of it disappearing I spotted engineers going up the mast. Its eNB 12874

They were at it several hours and at the end of yesterday there was a bunch of cables hanging down from the left side of the mast. Today the mast (5G at least) is still down and a bunch of cable is hanging down to the right of the mast.

Could this be some sort of upgrade works, is there any way to find out how long its likely to be off?

4G speeds are really slow (1-20mbps) atm. Looks like I'm still connected to the mast although the cell ID has changed. Bit of a bummer really!

Regards all
 
Do you have any photos? Some members can ID the panels and give some kind of explanation as to what is going on.
 
It's likely a vendor swap so the old Huawei kit is being replaced with Ericsson. It will probably consist of new active antennas, radios and a cabinet. It's quite a bit of work but they usually take about 3 days so assuming no issues with the build everything should be back on air tomorrow afternoon.
 
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... Thanks @FOPS I reckon you're correct and it was an equipment swap. Its back up now, however the 5G signal strength and SINR is slightly lower but I have an extra 4G band. B1, B3 (as before) and now a new band for me B28, plus n78 for 5G as before. Performance on a quick test looks much the same atm although slightly faster on my phone (maybe).

BTW Router is a ZTE MC801a and phone a S20FE 5G.
 
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