Network Vision/LTE - New York City Market

[cooltech6597]

On 9/22/2024 at 10:11 AM, Paynefanbro said:

x75 modem

Iphone 16 series is confirmed to have X71M modem, not x75, as shown in teardowns. It seems to be a upgraded x70, rather than an x75 based modem.

[Paynefanbro]

On 8/30/2024 at 2:05 PM, Paynefanbro said:

All done!

A month later and this site is finally live. Not getting gig+ download speeds yet but uploads on this site are insane. 

[Paynefanbro]

If anyone was curious what a flagpole site looks like after getting an n41 upgrade. Came across this one in Staten Island. Terrible wiring but decent speeds and great ping.

 

[Paynefanbro]

Passed by the former Sprint site at 1184 60th St in Brooklyn last week and noticed T-Mobile took down all of the Sprint equipment but it looked like they installed some new cabinets so conversion is likely in progress.

[Paynefanbro]

On 10/11/2024 at 11:01 AM, Paynefanbro said:

Passed by the former Sprint site at 1184 60th St in Brooklyn last week and noticed T-Mobile took down all of the Sprint equipment but it looked like they installed some new cabinets so conversion is likely in progress.

Stopped by again today and the antennas are up but it isn't live just yet. If other Sprint conversions are anything to go by it'll likely take about a month for the site to go live.

[Paynefanbro]

Another weird site upgrade. This is eNB 47152/gNB 1096256. It was originally built as a Band 12/66 mini-macro. Right now it's only broadcasting n25. The antennas don't look any different than they did before so I'm thinking it may just be a radio upgrade as opposed to a completely new set of antennas. I'm curious if it's also broadcasting n71.

[Paynefanbro]

New n261 license reduction for Brooklyn and Queens kinda gives insight into T-Mobile's mmWave plans going forward. While it sucks that they aren't going to widely deploy it in the outer boroughs, they chose great areas to retain the license. Downtown Flushing, Long Island City, Dumbo, Greenpoint, and Williamsburg all make the cut which is pretty obvious given their density. 

I'm surprised to see Red Hook make it in and the entire waterfront along Sunset Park. Maybe they plan on some mmWave small cells along 1st Ave in Industry City. Also looks like they retained the license in the party section of Bushwick/East Williamsburg where Elsewhere, House of Yes, Brooklyn Mirage, etc. all are so that would be cool to see get covered in mmWave.

In Queens they scooped up Citi Field, Billie Jean King National Tennis Center, and all of Flushing Meadows Park which should be helpful for all of the festivals that take place in that part of Queens.

Also looks like they kept the license for LGA but not for JFK.

[cooltech6597]

23 hours ago, Paynefanbro said:

New n261 license reduction for Brooklyn and Queens kinda gives insight into T-Mobile's mmWave plans going forward. While it sucks that they aren't going to widely deploy it in the outer boroughs, they chose great areas to retain the license. Downtown Flushing, Long Island City, Dumbo, Greenpoint, and Williamsburg all make the cut which is pretty obvious given their density. 

I'm surprised to see Red Hook make it in and the entire waterfront along Sunset Park. Maybe they plan on some mmWave small cells along 1st Ave in Industry City. Also looks like they retained the license in the party section of Bushwick/East Williamsburg where Elsewhere, House of Yes, Brooklyn Mirage, etc. all are so that would be cool to see get covered in mmWave.

In Queens they scooped up Citi Field, Billie Jean King National Tennis Center, and all of Flushing Meadows Park which should be helpful for all of the festivals that take place in that part of Queens.

Also looks like they kept the license for LGA but not for JFK.

It looks like they have 700mhz of 24ghz n258 in those areas anyway. Seems like they've been trying to streamline mmw to just n258 anyway.

[Paynefanbro]

T-Mobile interferes with NextWave's network, FCC finds

https://www.lightreading.com/5g/t-mobile-interferes-with-nextwave-s-network-fcc-finds

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The FCC said its field agents conducted 2.5GHz signal strength measurements in a total of six locations across New York City in September. The agency reported that, in one set of tests, T-Mobile's median signal strength ranged from 23 dB to 42 dB above the operator's 47 dBµV/m legal limit. In another set of tests, the operator's median signal strength ranged from 17 dB to 24 dB above T-Mobile's 47 dBµV/m limit.

At this point, T-Mobile should just open up the checkbook and pay whatever it takes together rid of NextWave for good.