Network Vision/LTE - Washington DC Market

[RedSpark]

New zoning law for 5G in Montgomery County, MD: https://bethesdamagazine.com/2022/10/28/new-zoning-law-will-allow-expansion-of-5g-in-montgomery-county/

Good news!

[Trip]

I'm in DC today, and was curious to see what's been happening in the underground parts of the Metro with NR, if anything.  Short answer, some, but not much.

I figured n25 would be most likely, but spotted none.

I figured n71 would be least likely, and spotted none as expected.

I figured n41 could go either way, and it did.  Surprisingly, I connected to n41 SA in Crystal City/Pentagon City/Pentagon, but nowhere else.  No B41 LTE that I saw when spot-checking, either, even though Sprint had it previously, so the system will support it.

- Trip

[Trip]

Looks like they finally killed B41 LTE here in favor of wider n41.

https://imgur.com/a/EUa8v4V

- Trip

[dkyeager]

50 minutes ago, Trip said:

Looks like they finally killed B41 LTE here in favor of wider n41.

https://imgur.com/a/EUa8v4V

- Trip

Interesting that you are getting SA n41(100) + SA n41(90). With 194MHz n41 total here I am now seeing SA n41(100) + SA n25 (15×15) + SA n41(80) in central Ohio. No band 41 LTE so 10MHz wasted.  At 0.5 mile my max speed at 4am was 1050/45. My site is getting slightly slower. About 10% slower with second sim turned on.

[Trip]

I had locked my phone on n41 to make sure it would show me the two n41 carriers.  I assume it also aggregates with n25 when unlocked.

- Trip

[dkyeager]

1 minute ago, Trip said:

I had locked my phone on n41 to make sure it would show me the two n41 carriers.  I assume it also aggregates with n25 when unlocked.

- Trip

Mine was floating around for a few weeks but now seems stable for about a week. Neither scp or cellmapper accurately report it.

[Trip]

When I looked yesterday, I had 100+50, but B41 LTE was gone.  Today, B41 LTE is still gone, but now 100+90. 

- Trip