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6 minutes ago, jamesinclair said:

When and why did Sprint stop doing international unlock?

Thats a huge downgrade in their international services.

To improve money flow I’m guessing.

Why allow people to do an International Unlock to switch to a foreign carrier with an International SIM when you can instead keep them on your Global Roaming Plan that’s free for text/data ($.20/Min or more for Voice) , but has an upcharge for High Speed Data?

There are benefits to being on Global Roaming, as it’s clear and simple.

However, having the International Unlock option available again for devices on Lease would be useful.

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 https://twitter.com/WaltBTIG/status/980784046874812416?s=19

 

So I wanted to post this and see what you guys think. I think this may be sprint .. what do you guys think ?

Since sprint is the carrier that still needs to fund the largest scale deployment

 

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5 minutes ago, tyroned3222 said:

 

 

So I wanted to post this and see what you guys think. I think this may be sprint .. what do you guys think ?

Since sprint is the carrier that still needs to fund the largest scale deployment

 

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15 minutes ago, tyroned3222 said:

This should work df795c143679f85bf5a6c2b21354caba.jpg

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Highly likely that it's Sprint. John specifically mentioned zayo in his 5G chat with fiercewireless.

https://www.fiercewireless.com/5g/sprint-promises-to-launch-nationwide-mobile-5g-network-first-half-2019-and-to-raise-unlimited

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Highly likely that it's Sprint. John specifically mentioned zayo in his 5G chat with fiercewireless.
https://www.fiercewireless.com/5g/sprint-promises-to-launch-nationwide-mobile-5g-network-first-half-2019-and-to-raise-unlimited
Nice find ! So looks like it's going to get rolling

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Look like Verizon gets to keep all the MMWave spectrum that T-Mobile was trying to make the FCC block

http:// https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.mobileworldlive.com/featured-content/top-three/fcc-refuses-to-block-verizon-mmwave-licence-transfer/amp/

So now what’s next T-Mobile? But I believe they have some but it’s in different places if I’m not mistaken. Sprint has their high band for 5G, ATT has theirs as well as Verizon.


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2 hours ago, derrph said:

Look like Verizon gets to keep all the MMWave spectrum that T-Mobile was trying to make the FCC block

http:// https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.mobileworldlive.com/featured-content/top-three/fcc-refuses-to-block-verizon-mmwave-licence-transfer/amp/

So now what’s next T-Mobile? But I believe they have some but it’s in different places if I’m not mistaken. Sprint has their high band for 5G, ATT has theirs as well as Verizon.


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They have 600Mhz ?

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They have 600Mhz [emoji6]
600 mhz tops out at 20x20 in some areas. Less than that in other areas. Mine they got 15x15. That's not enough for 5G.

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3 hours ago, derrph said:

Look like Verizon gets to keep all the MMWave spectrum that T-Mobile was trying to make the FCC block

http:// https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.mobileworldlive.com/featured-content/top-three/fcc-refuses-to-block-verizon-mmwave-licence-transfer/amp/

So now what’s next T-Mobile? But I believe they have some but it’s in different places if I’m not mistaken. Sprint has their high band for 5G, ATT has theirs as well as Verizon.


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They will have to wait until November to bid on the new auction if the FCC goes with its plan without delays. This is where Sprint needs to go ballistic and deploy those massive radios.

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2 hours ago, Tengen31 said:

600 mhz tops out at 20x20 in some areas. Less than that in other areas. Mine they got 15x15. That's not enough for 5G.

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Well count yourself lucky. In my area TMobile only has 10 megahertz 600 band.

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Well count yourself lucky. In my area TMobile only has 10 megahertz 600 band.
Yeah. What do they have for Bandwidth in your area on B4 and B2? Any B66?

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Yeah. What do they have for Bandwidth in your area on B4 and B2? Any B66?

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In my area they have 20 megahertz band four deployed on LTE 10 megahertz of Band 2. And 5 megahertz band 12.

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https://www.fiercewireless.com/wireless/another-5g-obstacle-finding-technicians-to-actually-climb-cell-towers

Took a look at this article this morning .. I hope this doesn't effect sprint in any way as they seem to really be pushing for the network this year

 

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I noticed this interesting addition to the “Why Sprint” section of the Website: Coverage Map Comparison Slider for Kansas City area (2014 vs 2018)

https://www.sprint.com/en/landings/network.html?INTNAV=TopNav:WhySprint:Network  

Scroll down towards the bottom to see it.

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1 hour ago, RedSpark said:

I noticed this interesting addition to the “Why Sprint” section of the Website: Coverage Map Comparison Slider for Kansas City area (2014 vs 2018)

https://www.sprint.com/en/landings/network.html?INTNAV=TopNav:WhySprint:Network  

Scroll down towards the bottom to see it.

Why isn't new york mentioned?

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4 hours ago, tyroned3222 said:

I'm sure NYC overall hasnt been fully updraded as of yet..

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I hope it gets upgraded completely pretty soon. I want to see Sprint become a viable competitior real soon.

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19 minutes ago, danlodish345 said:

Is New York their most dense market?

Yes.

15 minutes ago, tyroned3222 said:

Certain borroughs aren't a problem for sprint .. but overall NYC I'm sure it hasnt been fully upgraded to reflect as it shows on kansas city map

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Pretty much every site has been upgraded in NYC and then some. It's just that KC is their home market so they used that.

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Just now, Paynefanbro said:

Yes.

Pretty much every site has been upgraded in NYC and then some. It's just that KC is their home market so they used that.

I’d love to see this comparison for other markets across the country as Sprint makes progress on its network upgrades this year.

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