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1 hour ago, clbowens said:

I am no longer able to connect to LTE B25 or B26 here.  😢  Goodbye Sprint network.  It was fun...

 

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Sprint still has G block 5x5 plus another PCS 5x5 live here. B26 and 15MHz B41 also still live in Louisville for now. B41 was just trimmed and moved in the past 2 weeks. 

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G block and B26 are live out here (near-ish London, TX), in addition to 5x5 B71 on what I believe is another site. Will know tonight what's live in the vicinity of Fredericksburg, but betting 2x 5x5 B25 and 20 MHz B41 is still live with how heavily TMo relies on keep sites there.

 

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Yesterday I found all three bands, 25, 26, 41 still operating on the remaining live sites here in the South Puget Sound area in Washington State.

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Came across this on Reddit, its a T-Mobile site plan including n77 gear. Don't think I've seen this yet. Anyone else seen n77 gear in other parts of the country for T-Mobile? 

 

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46 minutes ago, mdob07 said:

Came across this on Reddit, its a T-Mobile site plan including n77 gear. Don't think I've seen this yet. Anyone else seen n77 gear in other parts of the country for T-Mobile? 

 

They are only licensed in major metro iirc.  I would look for it in one with unmet demand which would likely have limited n41 spectrum. San Francisco might fit the bill.

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42 minutes ago, 4GHoward said:

Has not hit the FCC licensing database yet for these markets.

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4 hours ago, dkyeager said:

Has not hit the FCC licensing database yet for these markets.

Likely because it won't be paid for until the second half of next year: https://www.fiercewireless.com/wireless/t-mobile-forks-over-35b-more-600-mhz-spectrum

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18 hours ago, clbowens said:

Anybody else noticed that when your phone connects to SA N41, if it's available in your area, it completely loses signal for a bit then connects?

I have that issue.  But with my LG V60, after it connects, it then shuts down Mobile Data throughput.  Like it won't finish authentication.  Like the T-Mobile network won't allow me to use n41 SA.  And I cannot connect to n2/n25 at all, even though it is on my band selection list.

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I've been noticing random times when my phone will show a decent 5GUC connection, but I have zero data throughput (up or down). Usually have to do an airplane mode cycle to get things working again. My home internet will also do the same a couple times a day, but usually corrects itself after about 30-60 seconds.

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I don't know if T-Mobile pays the tower crews by the hour or what. A crew has been working on adding 2500 gear to a site that already has everything else upgraded, and they've been working on it for 2.5 weeks. Verizon is doing complete rip and replaces in 2-3 days and I've seen new Dish installs going up in less than a day. T-Mobile work seems to take longer than work for the other carriers around here for some reason. Couldn't ask for better weather for this time of year either. 

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On 10/10/2022 at 2:05 PM, mdob07 said:

I don't know if T-Mobile pays the tower crews by the hour or what. A crew has been working on adding 2500 gear to a site that already has everything else upgraded, and they've been working on it for 2.5 weeks. Verizon is doing complete rip and replaces in 2-3 days and I've seen new Dish installs going up in less than a day. T-Mobile work seems to take longer than work for the other carriers around here for some reason. Couldn't ask for better weather for this time of year either. 

I’ve heard a lot of the Nokia AEHCs are defective and that they’re causing a lot of delays. 

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1 hour ago, RAvirani said:

I’ve heard a lot of the Nokia AEHCs are defective and that they’re causing a lot of delays. 

I've noticed several sites had staff replacing AEHC before the site went live (e.g. the Woodinville National Glass site)

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Looks like SA N41 was enabled in Louisville today. Phone switched to it and held for awhile without me having to force it. Once it did switch I was able to lock to n41 and it connected again.

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3 hours ago, mdob07 said:

Looks like SA N41 was enabled in Louisville today. Phone switched to it and held for awhile without me having to force it. Once it did switch I was able to lock to n41 and it connected again.

I was able to connect all over Louisville, southern Indiana, and held it all the way home to Bardstown KY. 

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Poking around the ULS and picked up that T-Mobile is cancelling a few 2.5GHz leases to third parties.  Cancelling leases should result in immediate frequency gains, like what we have seen in Houston, which is listed below.  I will link you to the map, but if you shift to the lease tab you can see what is cancelled.  Limiting to the last six months here is what I spotted:

San Diego, CA: https://wireless2.fcc.gov/UlsApp/UlsSearch/licenseMap.jsp?licKey=2589293  https://wireless2.fcc.gov/UlsApp/UlsSearch/licenseMap.jsp?licKey=2592255

San Jose, CA: https://wireless2.fcc.gov/UlsApp/UlsSearch/licenseMap.jsp?licKey=2588169  https://wireless2.fcc.gov/UlsApp/UlsSearch/licenseMap.jsp?licKey=2592881

San Francisco, CA: https://wireless2.fcc.gov/UlsApp/UlsSearch/licenseMap.jsp?licKey=2588212

Omaha, NE: https://wireless2.fcc.gov/UlsApp/UlsSearch/licenseMap.jsp?licKey=2590253

Fort Collin, Co: https://wireless2.fcc.gov/UlsApp/UlsSearch/licenseMap.jsp?licKey=2588494

San Bernardino, CA: https://wireless2.fcc.gov/UlsApp/UlsSearch/licenseMap.jsp?licKey=2591310

Alexandria, MN: https://wireless2.fcc.gov/UlsApp/UlsSearch/licenseMap.jsp?licKey=2592442

Port Aurthur, TX: https://wireless2.fcc.gov/UlsApp/UlsSearch/licenseMap.jsp?licKey=2588328

Houston, TX: https://wireless2.fcc.gov/UlsApp/UlsSearch/licenseMap.jsp?licKey=2586219

I could go back further, but people may have already noticed the others.  Will check for other bands, which could be done for rural expansion.

Edited by dkyeager
Note: this was just looking at FRN 0018399998 for Clearwire Spectrum Holdings III, LLC
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