Paynefanbro Posted March 15 Share Posted March 15 T-Mobile finally got a permit to decommission their old Band 66 site at 1 Carlton Ave across the street from the Brooklyn Navy Yard. It hasn't been active for a few months now so it's no surprise really. https://maps.app.goo.gl/mKapEnxkPdJuRLC96 Curious to see if they'll join move to another building or if they content with just not having a site in that area. — — — — — For the folks that travel on the Grand Central Parkway, T-Mobile finally upgraded the site on top of Creedmoor Psychiatric Center, finally filling in that gap of weaker n41 coverage on the highway. I was wondering when they would get to this one. Really felt like it was never going to happen. — — — — — T-Mobile's only site on City Island also got upgraded just in time for the spring crowds. I haven't actually seen the site or been there to map but I was in Sands Point last weekend and noticed that I connected to a new Band 12 eNB that shared PCIs with the City Island site in an area where I used to connect to that weird old split sector Band 66 antenna. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paynefanbro Posted March 18 Share Posted March 18 New AT&T speed record for me. I encountered an AT&T site with upgraded backhaul in Crown Heights. I'm certain I can hit 1Gbps on this site off-peak. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paynefanbro Posted March 22 Share Posted March 22 On 3/15/2024 at 7:53 PM, Paynefanbro said: T-Mobile's only site on City Island also got upgraded just in time for the spring crowds. I haven't actually seen the site or been there to map but I was in Sands Point last weekend and noticed that I connected to a new Band 12 eNB that shared PCIs with the City Island site in an area where I used to connect to that weird old split sector Band 66 antenna. Following up on this. I just went up to City Island and it looks like T-Mobile is giving them the Broad Channel treatment by adding a bunch of small cells throughout the island. I mapped three new ones today bringing them to a total of seven small cells. It's still not a replacement for actual macros though. They need to join Verizon and AT&T in adding at least one more site closer to the north end of the island. Also snapped a pic of the upgraded site: — — — — — I mapped a recently upgraded site in Cobble Hill earlier and noticed that the gNB IDs for n41 and n25/71 are separated by two. Maybe it's a sneak peak into the numbering scheme going forward? gNB ID 1089448 is n41 and 1089450 is n25/71. Maybe n66 or n77 will be given 1089449. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paynefanbro Posted March 28 Share Posted March 28 There's a permit for a new 47 story building at 205 Montague St in Downtown Brooklyn. The problem is that T-Mobile eNB 48352 is on the building next door and this new building will block two out of 3 sectors of the site. For reference, the new building will be roughly as tall as 16 Court St which is right across the street. This site is the primary site covering Cadman Plaza so I wonder what the plan is. Will they just try to change sector placement, move to a different building, or will this just speed up the conversion of the Sprint site at 25 Monroe Place? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dkyeager Posted March 29 Share Posted March 29 I believe Verizon has 160Mhz of n77 licenses in NYC, which have been available since last summer. Have any of you seen more than 100Mhz? Does SCP report it correctly in terms of band and nr-arfcn? Of course ideally it would be SA lol. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paynefanbro Posted March 30 Share Posted March 30 On 3/29/2024 at 7:52 PM, dkyeager said: I believe Verizon has 160Mhz of n77 licenses in NYC, which have been available since last summer. Have any of you seen more than 100Mhz? Does SCP report it correctly in terms of band and nr-arfcn? Of course ideally it would be SA lol. Yeah they definitely have 160MHz live but no idea if SCP reports properly. I only have Cellmapper on my Android device and only map AT&T and T-Mobile at the moment. Also no standalone on Verizon here. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paynefanbro Posted April 12 Share Posted April 12 NextWave is complaining about interference from T-Mobile's network again. It's super annoying considering the area where T-Mobile operates a full 150MHz of BRS/EBS shrank significantly in late 2023. In a place as dense as NYC, have two operators with such split holdings of this band doesn't make sense. Interference seems nearly inevitable. Next Wave has only submitted permits for 22 sites so far, they honestly should just sell. https://www.lightreading.com/5g/redzone-nextwave-also-complain-of-interference-from-t-mobile-s-5g 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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