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So I went n41 hunting and unfortunately it did not go well. Connected to zero n41, drove from 34st west to east then crossed 42nd St from east to west and up 8th Ave from 42nd St to 109st. Not a blip of 41. Mainly connected to n71 and other usual bands. On a positive note, I did connect to mmwave between 42nd and 72nd St on and off, unfortunately not a continuous connection. Speeds hovered between 100 and 270mbs. Wonder if it's because I'm on a Sprint phone, would be pretty ironic if Sprint users were blocked from using 2.5
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Yup
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Official Tmobile-Sprint merger discussion thread
nexgencpu replied to Nextel49's topic in T-Mobile Merger/5G NR Deployment
As Paynefanbro has mentioned, deployment is still too early, I went to northern parts of Manhattan and only found some N71(and the rest of the expected bands), just like in the Bronx. I might drive to midtown tomorrow to see if I can latch onto some of that "new" N41. Being forced onto T-Mobile 100% of the time has brought something to light in NYC, they absolutely needed N41(speeds range from .30-150mb, uploads are almost always unburdened) without that extra 600Mhz from Dish, I just don't see how they would have been competitive, Sprint's B41+N41 deployment was more consistent. Regardless, now that T-Mobile has access to 2.5, they can deploy it without their hands tied behind their backs (cough* Softbank cough*) and bring on that sweet backhaul and four-layer N41 goodness. -
Official Tmobile-Sprint merger discussion thread
nexgencpu replied to Nextel49's topic in T-Mobile Merger/5G NR Deployment
No more "Sprint" N41 its only T-Mobile's N41 now, they just repurposed Sprints EARFCN. But since they went all in and deployed it with 4 layers enabled plus proper backhaul to support it, we are seeing these great speeds. -
Just wanted to add that this is 40mhz of 4 Layer N41. It is bittersweet seeing T-Mobile deploy what should have been live for us well over a year ago. Markets with 60Mhz of NR should see speeds close to 1gbps and more.
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OHHHH!
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In my case, the two locations that were slow used B12 as PCC. One positive note, at my sister's apt, speeds are quite a bit faster than Sprint. Solid 5G signal with speeds over 20mbs where as Sprint barely hit 1mb. Funny thing tho, shes on tmobile using an iPhone 11 and she barely can hit .20mbs and drops calls quite often.
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I wish I could could say the same, but hopefully once they deploy n41 it would fill the voids I've found(two spots with sub .03mb). On a positive note tho I did hit 300mb/50mb in midtown east(Sprint was around 150mb in that area) Bottom line, throw in that 40mhz that was lost from 2.5 and we are back in business.
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That's a big loss, unfortunately TMobile is pretty weak around my way.
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Ah ok. Makes sense, so can you gain access to b41 at all disabling TMobile bands?
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I find it interesting that your network comes up as TMobile on speed test. I'm assuming that's the difference between Sprint branded one vs unlocked one. No proxy.
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GS20 users are basically switched to TMobile as primary. Lte users are still on Sprint sites as far as I know.
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For me I have very unstable speeds. Sometimes 30mbs, sometimes .50mbs indoors. Outside, it's similar.
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It seems that way. I'm gonna keep T-Mobile bands enabled to see how well they optimize things, so far, they seem to be moving at a good pace. It seems that when B12 is PCC is when I run into some speed issues, so let's see how that works out.
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Weird, I never connected to B71 at all till now, could be they just added B71 to a tower closer to me since signal is strong.
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Now this i can get behind! Woke up to this.. 20mhz b71 https://imgur.com/gallery/O46IqV2 B71 went from 10mhz to 20! And now it's PCC. Speeds increased considerably. Wonder what happened to N71?! I personally think this makes way more sense instead of a sliver of slow NR.
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Mine does connect, make sure roaming is enabled.
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I don't doubt it will be better in the end, I just feel that city folks will end up worse initially (more rural and suburban areas will see the most benefit at the beginning) At the end of the day, just worried about the road on the way to that "better end" Hopefully I'm wrong...
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While having access to that 60mhz of FDD spectrum is cool(not counting mmWave since that deployment seems to be on pause as far as I know and has limited availability ), you are not taking into consideration that T-Mobile customers are already occupying that spectrum and now they just added more into the mix with us Sprint customers. Also, I don't see how 60Mhz B41+40Mhz of N41 would be slower than what T-Mobile is currently broadcasting. But I digress, I do appreciate the speed in which T-Mobile is making changes, its worlds faster than Sprint were ever allowed to be.
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I have a feeling T-Mobile isn't as dense as Sprint is in NYC (especially if you include SC's). So far, in places I've been since having access to T-Mobile bands (granted, that's not very many places under these circumstances) signal is almost always weaker than Sprint. Of course, this only probably applies to a few cities in the US. Bottom line, it will be incredibly challenging for T-Mobile to be clearly better in all instances here in NYC than when T-Mobile and Sprint were separate entities.
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Seems only way to connect to NR is in combination with B2/4. With this combo I am seeing decent speeds(20-60mbs). But as some of you guys also mentioned the 5G logo is still coming up when B2/4 are PCC with or without NR. Unfortuntely, B2/4 are too weak to reach deep inside my apartment, so end up falling back to B12, which is pretty sh%t.
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I will do more investigating and keep you posted. It seems to have connected for just a min then switched back to no N71.
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Well lookie what I found.. https://imgur.com/gallery/ZQ3AWyr
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I'm on Sprint branded model. No B/N71 live here yet..
