Marcelo Claure, Town Hall Meetings, New Family Share Pack Plan, Unlimited Individual Plan, Discussion Thread

[mnjeepmale]

I don't even know that Vegas is dense enough. Too many coverage gaps at times.

 

 

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I'm on 3G almost all the time when inside the casinos. Only outside and convention center i'm on LTE.

[tyroned3222]

I'm on 3G almost all the time when inside the casinos. Only outside and convention center i'm on LTE.

so Vegas would probably be ify

 

 

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[Brynn0823]

I'm on 3G almost all the time when inside the casinos. Only outside and convention center i'm on LTE.

 

When was the last time you were in Vegas ?

 

 

 

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[mnjeepmale]

When was the last time you were in Vegas ?

 

 

 

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Sept. I go there several times a year.

[Brynn0823]

Sept. I go there several times a year.

They started rolling out band 26 LTE around that time. When you go back. You won't have those issues anymore

 

 

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[MacinJosh]

They started rolling out band 26 LTE around that time. When you go back. You won't have those issues anymore

 

 

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There will always be some areas that they will drop to 3G until all in building DAS systems are upgraded.

 

 

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[mnjeepmale]

There will always be some areas that they will drop to 3G until all in building DAS systems are upgraded.

 

 

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I agree. Still will be a lot of 3G in the casinos until DAS has been upgraded.

 

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[ingenium]

NYC, Northern NJ, Philly, Miami, Chicago. I have hit very little to almost no 3G.NYC, Northern NJ, Philly, Miami, Chicago. I have hit very little to almost no 3G.

Add in SF Bay Area and Pittsburgh city. I never see 3G drops unless it's an actual dead spot for CDMA too. Now non-B41 may be unusably saturated (*cough cough* SF...), but QoS makes that a non issue for VoLTE.

 

I just wish they'd roll it out and make it a secret dialer code to enable (and BYOD wifi calling...). And reset it with a profile update (to ease tech support). It lets people use it who want to, and gives Sprint valuable data. Plus no complaints since it's not an official feature yet. It just seems like a no brainier. It'd only be power users using it at first anyway

 

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[tyroned3222]

hey, just a question.. New sighting of band 41 that reaches inside a home that never reached inside the home. Could this be a small cell maybe

 

 

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[Tengen31]

hey, just a question.. New sighting of band 41 that reaches inside a home that never reached inside the home. Could this be a small cell maybe

 

 

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That says clearwire so I doubt it

 

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[tyroned3222]

That says clearwire so I doubt it

 

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maybe a new Marco site

 

 

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[IamMrFamous07]

maybe a new Marco site

 

 

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Could be since it shows "Clearwire Band 41".

[nexgencpu]

maybe a new Marco site

 

 

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They are not building new Clear sites, This could be SCP being confused by the GCI..

 

or optimized site.

 

If you go into your engineering screen you can confirm the PLMN, at least you will know whether its a Sprint site or a Clear site.

[tyroned3222]

They are not building new Clear sites, This could be SCP being confused by the GCI..

 

or optimized site.

I see great info . So site optimization is now able to push the signal out further

 

 

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[nexgencpu]

I see great info . So site optimization is now able to push the signal out further

 

 

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That's what optimization is all about, extend the signal to as many folks as possible. Slight tilt could have a huge impact on how and where the signal travels.

[nexgencpu]

I see great info . So site optimization is now able to push the signal out further

 

 

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But regardless try to get the engineering screen so we can all confirm what it actually is.

[JossMan]

On 1/2/2017 at 2:21 AM, ingenium said:

I just wish they'd roll it out and make it a secret dialer code to enable (and BYOD wifi calling...). And reset it with a profile update (to ease tech support). It lets people use it who want to, and gives Sprint valuable data. Plus no complaints since it's not an official feature yet. It just seems like a no brainier. It'd only be power users using it at first anyway

 

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Or just turn VoLTE on and off at the flip of a switch 

 

 

[swintec]

Or just turn VoLTE on and off at the flip of a switch 

 

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Does that actually do anything though?  My Bolt already shows the VOLTE flag as on and will not let me disable it.

[lilotimz]

Does that actually do anything though? My Bolt already shows the VOLTE flag as on and will not let me disable it.

Nope.

 

Volte has to be both sprint and FCC tested and certified.

 

No devices other than just one has been certified for volte.

 

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[ericdabbs]

Nope.

 

Volte has to be both sprint and FCC tested and certified.

 

No devices other than just one has been certified for volte.

 

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Is it the HTC bolt?

 

 

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[lilotimz]

Is it the HTC bolt?

 

 

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Nope. G5.

 

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[RedSpark]

Nope. G5.

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Was there a specific reason the G5 was certified with VoLTE?

[Dkoellerwx]

hey, just a question.. New sighting of band 41 that reaches inside a home that never reached inside the home. Could this be a small cell maybe

 

 

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maybe a new Marco site

 

 

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Could be since it shows "Clearwire Band 41".

 

 

They are not building new Clear sites, This could be SCP being confused by the GCI..

 

or optimized site.

 

If you go into your engineering screen you can confirm the PLMN, at least you will know whether its a Sprint site or a Clear site.

 

Likely just a slight change in signal for some reason. SCP identifies Clearwire signals based off the PLMN, not the GCI, so there is no confusion (as long as you are an actual Sprint user, not an MVNO like Virgin or Boost). So no new sites, not a small cell or anything like that.

[caspar347]

Just wanna let y'all know in the general thread that I saw a new 8T8R install on a 25/26-only macro in Charlotte last night on my way back in from Kentucky. First one in a loooooong time. This is only an anecdote, but it looks like Sprint might actually spend money on the network in 2017!

 

Edit. Now that I think about it it could've theoretically been a mini macro on a macro tower setup since it was dark and I had no way of telling the difference. But I connected to band 41, it had the predicted GCI, and I saw a second set of antennas on the Sprint rack. So I know it's on that particular tower. Almost definitely an 8T8R.

[Dkoellerwx]

Just wanna let y'all know in the general thread that I saw a new 8T8R install on a 25/26-only macro in Charlotte last night on my way back in from Kentucky. First one in a loooooong time. This is only an anecdote, but it looks like Sprint might actually spend money on the network in 2017!

 

Edit. Now that I think about it it could've theoretically been a mini macro on a macro tower setup since it was dark and I had no way of telling the difference. But I connected to band 41, it had the predicted GCI, and I saw a second set of antennas on the Sprint rack. So I know it's on that particular tower.

 

Most likely a regular 8T8R install. Mini-macros so far generally used to replace Clear equipment. There may be other deployments, but I'm not really aware of them or can't recall them at the moment.