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  1. How is the transition between networks for real-time data use (streaming something) and most importantly phone calls? Have you been able to test VoNR to VoLTE and vice versa? I don't talk a lot on the phone so for me, it is no big deal. But my SO is still the person that easily uses 1500 minutes a month, so would be negatively impacted if the transition isn't smooth. But if VoNR/VoLTE is as smooth as VoLTE/WiFi transitions are these days, that will be fantastic. Also, just out of extra curiosity, does the Samsung denote a difference if you have a call over 5G. On my Pixel I get a little symbol if the call is using WiFi or is HD. Wondering if we may see a new one for VoNR. Oh also, does the phone make it easy to identify if you are on Dish or a non-Dish network? Or do you have to enter service mode or use an app to find out?
  2. Financially, they still have positive net revenue and up for the year. Likely won't be the 10-15% it typically is. Merger with Echostar, they don't make money but have little debt and almost $2B in revenue. Should help their debt ratio and give them some added leverage. The terrible bit is just constantly hemorrhaging customers. I think the wireless business is still a long term play and it's going to be difficult for them. Faster they can pass out rainbow sims, faster they can at least start saving money. Sling has been around 8 years and only has 2M customers. That service is a Deadman walking. Then DishTV, at what point is it worth just shutting the service off? Then Echostar, I don't see how they can long term compete with constellations such as that from Starlink. They still bring in a lot of revenue but how long can they keep it up? Wireless is only $3.2B of their revenue at $35 ARPU.
  3. If dish can't get $3.6B in funding, how are they to get $7.1B? These companies can't realistically hold onto everything below 2.5GHz for Dish to buy when they get the money or "approve" the sale to a competitor. I could understand if Dish's defense if they had the money but they don't. If they had better phone support, they could at least try to do a lease to buy option with these guys. Get the spectrum deployed, and start saving money. Just sitting here wondering when I can start using their airwaves. :/
  4. Geez. $1.2B savings to shift 70% traffic off MVNO with what is it, 9M customers. That's $11.11/mo avg per customer paid to ATT / TMo. Pretty nuts. Maybe their high churn would actually be helpful, lol. People leave with incompatible Dish phones and new sign ups come in with compatible Dish phones.
  5. Thanks. Didn't know about that. For discussion... Whats the word on 3.45GHz? From my understanding, 3GHz radios at first (maybe still not?) didn't support both 3.45 and 3.7GHz. What about CBRS? Was that it's own radio or supported by 3.45 or 3.7GHz? Just curious when we might see this band go live if not already. I haven't heard much buzz around it.
  6. Few weeks ago I noticed that 3.7GHz was active on AT&T in my area. Had it basically down the whole interstate, some 15 miles. But it was only 2xCA. Usually paired with PCS. The signalcheckpro app showed it as 80MHz with a center frequency of 3871.20MHz. Ok, cool. Assumed it was 3830 to 3910MHz. I couldn't remember the exact band layout while I was driving. Looking at it just now on Spectrum Omega, that was way wrong. AT&T owns B4 through C2, or 3860MHz to 3940MHz. So instead of having a single 80MHz carrier, it is really 4 carriers? I have a Pixel 7, so not sure if it is 5xCA or 6xCA, but 4 carriers will be taken up by 3.7GHz? With that spectrum ownership, I would have figured a single 80MHz carrier with a center frequency of 3900MHz. Then I could CA 4 or 5 other carriers and be connected to upwards of 200MHz.
  7. Speaking of rivalry, I herd a Comcast ad on the radio today. Advertising 75Mbps (selling for $20/mo) on their "10G network."
  8. Is B&M a shell company possibly affiliated with TMo to look "interested". If B&M plan is just to lease spectrum use and let users build their own network, I don't see that happening at all. If someone wanted to do something like what Southern Linc has, it would have been done a long time ago.
  9. Hopefully they can secure it. IMO they need it. I think that's why Sprint struggled a lot, only having 5x5 for lowband. $4B for 2024-2025 fiscal years is very interesting. Likely just enough to meet 75% build out deadlines. Which makes sense considering they don't have customers for such a large network. USCC will be interesting. I feel like the big carriers might want to work together under an umbrella company with equal shares ownership. Have the umbrella company buy USCC. Then piece meal everything.
  10. Well that's cool. I think I'd be willing to do that. Ive been wanting to get a hotspot. Did you have to be invited? How does one get sign up information after you get the device?
  11. And the hotspot is no longer available. S22 has been replaced with the Moto Edge+. Plan was reduced from $30 to $25. Does anyone know if this plan allows hotspot? T&C says that hotspot is allowed on allowed plans basically, but the plan doesn't mention if hotspot is available. It does say additional devices coming soon. Hopefully another hotspot option. I was afraid something like this was gonna happen soon.
  12. Almost 2M FWA customers. I wonder if FWA is causing carriers to do full builds in more rural sites. With 50% of their sites using VZW fiber, I wonder why not get into the FTTH business, at least a long the path of their fiber runs. 50% seems pretty wild to me considering they don't service much of the country with residential services. Maybe they focus largely on big business services, kinda like what Sprint did.
  13. Net income is still positive. I would imagine if they start trending negative in their finances, they would just sell off some spectrum assets, markets or portions of markets that are less profitable first. I wouldn't be surprised to see them even go private.
  14. That's not it. Once out of beta, thinking plans are going to change up a bit. Want to get in before that.
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