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  1. It really is impressive what T-Mobile has done. When S4GRU started in 2011, T-Mobile was the 4th place network in coverage, reputation and performance. Now, look at how far they come. Now the leader in so many ways. It's something Sprint could have done too. They could have made the decisions differently from the beginning and followed a similar course. And now what ever was good about Sprint has been fully leveraged by Tmo and put to much better use. I miss Sprint. But really I just miss the potential that was always there. Always excited about what could be tomorrow. That potential has been realized. Just in hues of magenta, instead of yellow. Not that it's all been roses since the buyout. But on the whole, much, much better. Robert
    17 points
  2. Visiting Kansas City for a couple of days. First time since SA 5G has become widespread and easier to access since I upgraded to my S23 Ultra. n25 is online widely across at least the Kansas side of town, I expect it should be in Missouri too since the spectrum holdings are the same. T-Mobile has a ton of spectrum on air now. LTE: 5 Mhz B71 5 Mhz B12 15+5 Mhz B66 15 Mhz B2 20+20 Mhz B41 (this may have changed, I haven't actually see a B41 connection in a while). 5G: 100+40 Mhz n41 20 Mhz n25 10 Mhz n71 While on 5G, I see 100 n41 + 40 n41 + 20 n25. Pulled the fastest speed I've seen on T-Mobile yet. In the middle of the afternoon no less.
    16 points
  3. To all, I wish you Seasons Greetings, Merry Christmas and the Happiest of Holidays. I hope you all are enjoying time with family and friends and remembering what is important. Glad tidings and well wishes to all of you. May you all be blessed beyond measure and have peace and joy. And from me and our S4GRU crew, have a Happy New Year. May 2024 be the best year, ever! Robert
    11 points
  4. Although it's not been perfect, the merger has actually exceeded my expectations. It was a huge merger, and Tmo has largely pulled it off well. Tmo did better running itself and Sprint, than Sprint ever did of itself alone. Tmo has even still grown organic coverage during all of this. Quite amazing. Robert
    11 points
  5. Ran a fair number of speed tests at the final four on Saturday and the championship game today, and T-Mobile performed pretty well. I mostly saw download speeds between 100 and 250 mbps with uploads between 25 and 50 mbps. AT&T’s performance was similar, maybe marginally better than T-Mobile’s. Verizon really struggled. I almost never broke 10 mbps in either direction. Overall, a good showing for T-Mobile .
    11 points
  6. Well.. my power flickered this evening and kicked my cell spot offline. I noticed that my phone still had service, then the 5G UC showed up on my screen. Honestly thought it was just a hang up from the loss and it was not displaying properly... but then I did a speed test and got 250meg down and 30 Meg upload.... apparently they've added n71 here in the past week and I just found it. For the first time in 10+ years I don't need a box to give my service at home!! Like a kid with a new toy now...yay!
    11 points
  7. They just expanded the primary n41 carrier here in Omaha! Up until sometime this morning we were at 80+40n41. This afternoon we are 100+40! A relatively small change but nice to see nonetheless.
    9 points
  8. Even in the rural areas T-Mobile has overbuilt, USCC tends to have a denser/more refined network. I also think increased rural market share would be a big win for T-Mobile. Their home internet offering has the potential to be particularly successful in rural areas that tend to lack alternative high-speed options; awareness and customer loyalty in these areas could really boost home internet traction. USCC’s 700, PCS, AWS and 2500 would all be welcome increases in T-Mobile’s spectrum portfolio, too. And maybe Cellular could be traded to AT&T/VZW in exchange for midband…
    9 points
  9. With that change... first time I've cracked Gig+ in Omaha. Granted it was before 6am, but still...
    8 points
  10. X75 (which I figure will show up in the S24, announced later this month) supports 5CA, which should be close enough. 245 MHz means 100+90 MHz TD n41, plus 55x55 FD. 20x20 in each of n66 and n25 gets you to 40, so the remaining channels would've been 10x10 (probably n66) and 5x5 (probably n25). So the 5CA -> 6CA bump is marginal in this case. A bigger deal would be 4+ CA over n41 + n41 + n77A + n77C, as that would get T-Mobile to 255 MHz TD in a number of areas (20 MHz DoD + 40 MHz C-Band) on 4CA, plus whatever they can pick up on n71/66/25 in that area (likely to hit 15-20 MHz consistently). Comparable speeds without expecting a super aggressive PCS/AWS refarm quite yet. Speaking of refarms, I've seen two n25 channels in a number of places recently. Atlanta has this IIRC, as do parts of NM, IL/MO. n66 is still MIA in most places, but 25+25+71+41+41 maxes out the S24, and being able to do something useful with 5x5 means small blocks of PCS that T-Mobile sometimes has won't just sit there unused, so I'll take that as a win.
    8 points
  11. Updates to SCP are rolling out now, including a new beta with some minor bugfixes. An update to the public app version that aligns with this beta is also being released today. Thank you for all of your support!
    8 points
  12. Now after Tmo overbuilt almost all USCC coverage, now they want to sell. Rich. The spectrum is not all that valuable to them, and they may have to give some up. It would really just be a play for customers and rural market share. It would be something if Tmo ends up being the dominant rural provider. Remember when they were just urban areas practically? They didn't even equal Sprint's highway coverage. A decade later, it's a totally different story. Robert
    8 points
  13. On the topic of backhaul, I was talking to a T-Mobile tech at a local site recently. He claimed that the site has 10Gbps transport, even though my speeds are generally always between 700-800 Mbps only. He mentioned that most(?) T-Mobile sites place a limit on individual UE throughput below what is theoretically possible. To test this, I took a family members phone and ran two speedtests at the same time. Sure enough, both of our devices got ~700 Mbps simultaneously. Could whatever they are doing be why we generally assume that T-Mobile still has 'limited' backhaul on most sites?
    8 points
  14. While US Cellular has great coverage in some needed areas (e.g., the rural areas near Mt. St. Helens in WA), the overall value of that kind coverage isn't great for any single player. The most plausible scenario I have heard is that a buyer would keep the spectrum licenses (selling off or trading those they don't need/want or are required to) and selling the towers off to a company like American Tower who would then do what they see fit with the towers. My guess is the tower company will mostly keep the towers online but it will be based on who they can lease to rather than a single contiguous entity. As for who would be the buyer, ATT makes the most sense (by far) based on USC's spectrum holdings. That being said, there is enough value to be split up that a "corporate raider" type of company could try their hand as well. Any suggestions beyond that are rapidly going into sub-optimal fits. Here's my quick(ish) analysis of USC's spectrum holdings. Looking at them, I see a lot of value for AT&T and less value for TMO/VZW: The 600MHz Block USC doesn't own a lot of this block but where they do, it mostly benefits TMO. The 700MHz Block is a bit more complex: A-Block: With the exception of only a couple of places, US Cellular owns the license to this band where TMO does not. Were TMO to acquire these licenses, it could make the B71 to n71 conversion a lot less painful. B-Block: Much like TMO in the A-Block, US Cellular owns the vast majority of the licenses which ATT lacks. Lower C-Block: They don't own a lot in this block but where they do it could give ATT an easy 12-18MHz of contiguous low-band (when combined with the A and B Block holdings). In the era of NR and FWA, this is HIGHLY valuable. Overall, ATT would benefit the most followed by T-Mobile. 800MHz USC owns assorted licenses, mostly in the 800MHz A-Block. ATT could find value in these holdings by expanding their A-Block geographic coverage. On the other hand, most are contiguous with Verizon's holdings in the B-Block which could allow VZW to expand their 800MHz bands. AWS and PCS Bands. Outside a couple of limited metros, USC really doesn't have a lot of valuable licenses that I can see in these bands. Mostly rural areas with no commonality in overlap with a single provider in the big 3. Not that these licenses aren't devoid of value but that they are likely more valuable split up and sold off to the various carriers than they are as a single holding. EBS/BRS Band: The BRS licenses which USC owns/leases in the WI area which T-Mobile would likely want to acquire (if the price was reasonable). Not a lot of value but clearly would be something T-Mobile would like to acquire. 3.4GHz Band USC owns a contiguous 40MHz block of 3.4GHz spectrum covering decent contiguous rural/semi-rural swaths of the US. ATT owns essentially all of the remaining blocks above these (and often where less than 40MHz, AT&T owns the other blocks) making them HIGHLY valuable for AT&T. This would allow AT&T to deploy up to 80MHz of contiguous 3.4GHz in the majority of these areas. CBRS USC doesn't own much valuable in this range. 3.7GHz Band USC's has substantial holdings in the C2-C4 Blocks. AT&T owns the C1 Block across essentially the entire US and REALLY significant holdings in the C2-C4 throughout the US. AT&T acquiring this spectrum would really benefit AT&T. There would also be a bit of benefit for TMO, as TMO owns the C3 and/or C4 blocks in some areas where USC doesn't. mmWave USC has a bunch of scattered holdings but in general they are in more rural areas making them really low value. As recent history has shown, the forte of mmWave at this time is in high density environments (the opposite of what USC holds). As you can see, a USC acquisition would put ATT on a much better/more equal footing to Verizon and TMO when it comes to mid-band. A USC acquisition would give them huge swaths of 80+MHz contiguous mid-band coverage, the kind of coverage that is needed for 5G and beyond. That being said, it would also somewhat overload them on the low-band (especially in the 700MHz range), giving them too much of an advantage. I could see the Justice department requiring ATT to off-load some of their lower band holdings (namely the 600/700 MHz holdings) to TMO and/or Dish as a requirement of the acquisition. For TMO, who lacks low-band compared to VZW/ATT, this would put them on a much better low-band footing than before. As for Dish, they would benefit significantly from the improved raw spectrum holdings but I doubt they could easily utilize anytime soon.
    8 points
  15. A brand new SignalCheck Pro update is finally rolling out to all users today! The number of changes and improvements is significant, see here for the full list: https://signalcheck.app/changelog Dual-SIM support is still in the final phases of testing and is not included in this public release. I anticipate it to be ready soon, testing is going very well but there are still a few more bugs to iron out. I appreciate everyone's support and look forward to feedback! EDIT: Update has been processed and is now available for download from Google Play.
    8 points
  16. https://www.fiercewireless.com/5g/t-mobile-plays-5g-sa-lead-samsung-s24-series T-Mobile has said that more than 70% of the smartphones on its network are 5G smartphones and more than 70% of its total network traffic is 5G. Over the next couple years, T-Mobile will move even more traffic onto 5G spectrum, although it will continue to maintain LTE capability for long-tail devices, according to Castle. The S24 works on all of T-Mobile’s bands, including n41/2.5 GHz. It also supports the 600 MHz low band and n25/1900 MHz mid-band. During tests, T-Mobile engineers clocked a top uplink speed of 275 Mbps – the fastest ever recorded using sub-6 GHz spectrum, according to T-Mobile. Incredible.
    7 points
  17. T-Mobile Revs Up Millimeter Wave with 5G Standalone https://www.t-mobile.com/news/press/t-mobile-revs-up-millimeter-wave-with-5g-standalone
    7 points
  18. https://www.fiercewireless.com/5g/t-mobile-values-partnerships-both-nokia-ericsson Lots of interesting stuff here: In mid-band, T-Mobile bought 3.45 GHz and C-band spectrum licenses to enhance its 2.5 GHz holdings. T-Mobile had been holding off on the deployment of that newer spectrum until it had dual-band radios that could operate at both frequencies; they now have those radios, he said.
    7 points
  19. An update to SignalCheck Pro is rolling out now to all users, and should be available on Google Play shortly! Here are the highlights of version 4.83: Added option to control LTE/NR TA display when reported value is 0. Added option to control LTE-TDD TA correction. Adjusted Dish Wireless 5G-NR site notes to be unique per sector (instead of per site) until proper site note linking can be implemented. Previously logged Dish Wireless note entries may be incorrect. Improved identification of unregistered 5G-NR cells. Improved permission request handling. Resolved issue with blank display on devices with restricted permissions. Resolved issue with incorrect 5G-NR bands displayed on some devices due to Android bug. Resolved issue with invalid LTE/NR data displayed on some Motorola Edge devices. Resolved numerous force closes, mostly related to permissions that were not granted by the user. The full changelog can also be viewed here. I appreciate everyone's feedback and support!
    7 points
  20. In the grand scheme of things that 1% doesn’t look bad. But concidering that T-(uncarrier acting more like carrier) Mobile had 116.7 million customers, that still leaves 1,167,000 million pissed off customers.
    7 points
  21. Dish is buying at least some of the Sprint 800MHz spectrum. I did see Maine covered, so they are buying some in border regions.
    7 points
  22. A second n41 channel and 4xCA just went live in Omaha today! Perhaps other parts of the Nebraska/Iowa market as well, though it's difficult to say for sure due to the patchwork of B41 licenses across the state, still waiting on the auction to get that cleared up. Still waiting on that additional spectrum to get our primary channel up to 100Mhz.
    7 points
  23. Sprint eNB Unknown -> T-Mobile gNB 1371640 Location: 132-07 14th Ave, College Point, NY 11356 (40.78749217352727, -73.83569067377078) Sprint eNB Unknown -> T-Mobile gNB 1358277 Location: 81 W 104th St, New York, NY 10025 (40.79795431905179, -73.96330050041114) Decommission permit came in recently for the T-Mobile site on the shorter building. It's already offline. — — — — — A second mmWave node in Times Square (n260 at 400MHz). Good to see T-Mobile going all out deploying both mmWave and n41 in a single small cell. Hopefully we see a larger deployment this year focused on high density commercial areas at least initially. Areas like Fulton Mall, Fordham Road, Downtown Flushing, etc. could really benefit from these. Even a deployment in the lesser known "Main Streets" like 5th Ave in Sunset Park, 86th Street in Bath Beach/Gravesend, or Flatbush Ave/Church Ave in East Flatbush would be cool.
    6 points
  24. https://www.wtaj.com/news/national-news/5g-sale-act-bill-on-its-way-to-president-bidens-desk/ I assume Biden will sign it. So hopefully licenses can be issued sooner than later. - Trip
    6 points
  25. Turns out the new 5G small cells can be pretty fast. This one is eNB 478115-1/11 that I mentioned a couple of weeks back and just went live at the beginning of the month. I thought T-Mobile was capping backhaul on small cells so that they peak around 600Mbps but this one has way more backhaul.
    6 points
  26. USCC has a very good network in central/northern NH and Maine.. probably better than the Big 3 in most areas. I hope that if anything changes hands, that coverage remains accessible to T-Mobile customers in some fashion. It was more of a big deal pre-merger when Sprint had NO coverage in those areas, but they still beat T-Mobile in many areas, especially when you get away from the larger cities.
    6 points
  27. Saw 20x20 n25 in Atlanta when there Sunday/Monday. Also, 100+50 MHz n41. IIRC DFW also has 20x20 n25 now; I know I saw it on the ride up 35 somewhere, on top of 20x20 n71 at the time. Albuquerque continues to have 3CA n41+25+71.
    6 points
  28. T‑Mobile Takes the Limelight in Latest Industry Expert Report https://www.t-mobile.com/news/network/t-mobile-takes-the-limelight-in-latest-report
    6 points
  29. So, T-Mobile actually has two n25 carriers live here. In addition to the 20x20 one mentioned earlier, they also have a 5x5 one in the G block. So you can get 35x35 FDD NR here by aggregating n71+n25+n25, which I did earlier this week.
    6 points
  30. Thanks all, I was able to figure out the issue, it was a compiler problem -- new beta update is rolling out now that resolves it!
    6 points
  31. Scattered reports over on Reddit that TMO has started deploying a third 10MHz n41 channel in select markets (bringing the BW up to 190MHz). Keep an eye out for it.
    5 points
  32. New Third-Party Report Ranks T-Mobile Fastest in North America with the Best Video Experience in the U.S.
    5 points
  33. T-Mobile Achieves Record-Breaking Uplink Speeds with Another 5G First 345 Mbs
    5 points
  34. The latest from the FCC on the T-Mobile 2.5 GHz licenses: https://docs.fcc.gov/public/attachments/DA-24-101A1.pdf Looks like the FCC is seeking to incorporate additional documents into the decision because of the objection from AT&T. (Disclaimer: I work at the FCC, but I don't work on wireless industry issues, so I know no more than anyone else here.) - Trip
    5 points
  35. https://www.fiercewireless.com/5g/t-mobile-chronicles-5g-achievements-sprint-merger Lots to read in the report, even with the redactions: https://www.fcc.gov/ecfs/document/10102068428950/1
    5 points
  36. The FCC Can Finally Issue T-Mobile Their Auction 108 Spectrum Winnings
    5 points
  37. The Verizon site right outside the Barclay Center has finally been upgraded with C-band. Quite a funky antenna addition on the right there, too.
    5 points
  38. Press Release: Bills Signed: H.R. 1734, S. 788, S. 2747, S. 2787 https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/legislation/2023/12/19/press-release-bills-signed-h-r-1734-s-788-s-2747-s-2787/
    5 points
  39. Will T-Mobile buy UScellular? 'Maybe,' says CEO https://www.lightreading.com/5g-and-beyond/will-t-mobile-buy-uscellular-maybe-says-ceo/d/d-id/786408? — — — — — Chart released recently showing average spectrum holdings in the top 100 markets.
    5 points
  40. https://www.t-mobile.com/news/network/t-mobile-revs-up-5g-with-four-carrier-aggregation
    5 points
  41. B71 is definitely turned off across NYC, and n71 got widened to 15 MHz. Brooklyn and Queens both don't B71 live anymore, so I would assume its citywide, if not New York City PEA wide.
    5 points
  42. Update from Denver: the top 15x15 of PCS is n25 now. There's also 15x15 B2 still. Locking to n25-only gets me about 75/35, which isn't bad. VoNR is not yet active.
    5 points
  43. Got my fastest standalone 5G speed test on T-Mobile today. eNB 41050 in Park Slope
    5 points
  44. New Gig+ Sites: eNB 877322 and eNB 41323 are gig+ sites. While I only got 843 on 41323, it initially shot over 1Gbps before settling down. — — — — — DoD sighting in Brooklyn. This is AT&T eNB 110691 in Red Hook. — — — — — Filled out Bergen Beach, Old Mill Basin, and Canarsie a bit on Cellmapper. The AT&T layers have started coming through but the T-Mobile layers are a bit slower to show up.
    5 points
  45. Converted and live: Sprint eNB 74321 -> T-Mobile eNB 347217 Location: 40.711555634592045, -73.90205282897874 Sprint eNB 253648 -> T-Mobile eNB 344966 Location: 40.739909422602764, -74.00570475706513 Sprint eNB Unknown -> T-Mobile eNB 310766 Location: 40.760188344416285, -73.96886037075352 Sprint eNB Unknown -> T-Mobile eNB 894887 40.80706983542683, -73.91457816360656 Sprint eNB 6829 -> T-Mobile eNB 347832 Location: 40.5971347474561, -73.95019458988855 — — — — — Converted but not live: Sprint eNB 5888 Location: 40.62612064693741, -73.93488926518539
    5 points
  46. A new SignalCheck Pro update is rolling out to all users now; it should become available on Google Play within the next several hours. This release includes numerous bugfixes, including: Resolved force closes when phone permission was not granted on some older devices. Resolved issue with incorrect 5G-NR bands displayed on many devices due to Android bug. Resolved issue with internal crash reporting library initialization errors on some devices. Resolved issue with missing icons on some devices. Resolved issue with Wi-Fi info only updating on connection/disconnection. Dual-SIM support remains in development and is not included in this public release. Testing continues to go well but there are still a few more bugs being worked on. I appreciate all of your support!
    5 points
  47. First image is SA n25, aka 5G on B25. Second is NSA 5G, likely n25 or n71 combined with B66 LTE. Last image is not 5G, that is B71 LTE. All those combinations are pretty normal things to see when you are in a somewhat fringe area.
    5 points
  48. Back at it with another fresh beta release, containing several bugfixes.. most notably, Wi-Fi information was only updating upon connection and disconnection. Still working on ironing out the last few hiccups on Dual-SIM devices..
    5 points
  49. Another SignalCheck beta update is rolling out now.. NSA 5G-NR band is now displayed on the main screen, network connection type in dual-SIM configurations will be more reliable (on some devices, the secondary SIM would overwrite the "Connected to" display on the main screen), and other minor bugfixes are included. Pending any new bugs that pop up over the next few days, this version will roll out as a public release at the end of the week..
    5 points
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