As far as I know in my market Verizon CDMA is still active. Sprint better get its butt in gear and install some more cell sites macro cells won't cover the coverage gaps that Sprint has in my market. I'm in the central New Jersey market. Sent from my GM1917 using Tapatalk
Where I live T-Mobile launched band 71 on pretty much every site. But the capacity is only a 5 MHz chunk of the 10 megahertz they own here. But then again it is what it is. Sent from my Pixel 2 XL using Tapatalk
Exactly. I don't even pay attention to it anymore. Whenever someone mentions fifth generation network technology I just sit back and chuckle. Besides they're a joke if they think they're going to run 5G on 5 MHz of band 71. in my area T-Mobile runs it on 5 MHz of band 71 even though they have 10 megahertz total. It's a total joke that's why they stop paying attention and long ago after they rolled it out here. Sent from my Pixel 2 XL using Tapatalk
That's why I always go for the unlocked versions of the phones if I can afford them. Quicker software updates in most cases. Sent from my GM1917 using Tapatalk
Well they still obviously also have to fix their dead spots. The dead spots that are within their own footprint. I haven't seen that happened here yet. But I'd like to see improvements though. Sent from my moto g(7) using Tapatalk
Yeah it's not enabled here as far as I'm aware of. I have T-Mobile as my main carrier and Sprint as my backup. I have noticed no roaming here in town. Sent from my moto g(7) using Tapatalk
Exactly T-Mobile covers my town much better than Sprint. but springs highway coverage is pretty good but once you get off the main highway and go a mile West the service drops the roaming or 3-g which is completely useless. so I'm interested to see if the merger will improve things in my area. Sent from my moto g(7) using Tapatalk
Yeah I hope T-Mobile doesn't decommission any small cells that would work to their detriment. My man curiosity is in remote and rural areas of the country. Sent from my moto g(7) using Tapatalk
But then again as well you need coverage for it. Speed is useless without coverage. I don't really care too much about speed what I really care about is a coverage and consistency of the network. Density is also an issue with 5G. Sent from my moto g(7) using Tapatalk
Yes they obviously need much more. More capacity is needed. But then again more cell site density is also needed. Sent from my moto g(7) using Tapatalk
In my opinion 5G is overhyped. I actually don't care for it. But obviously there are usable applications for that a real world applications. so that's that for me as a general consumer from my point of view I don't see 5G as something as revolutionary as LTE was back in the day. Sent from my moto g(7) using Tapatalk