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2/8 Coverage Map Update

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RAvirani    1,564

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Hi everyone,

The coverage map was updated again today. It appears Sprint is displaying increased LTE coverage due to the new (more weak LTE friendly) handoff parameters for VoLTE. I didn't notice any big roaming or native coverage changes otherwise. 

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RAvirani    1,564

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Actually, poking around the coverage map, I noticed that all of Sprint’s former C Sprire roaming coverage in Mississippi is native now. Is this new?

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clbowens    385

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2 hours ago, RAvirani said:

Actually, poking around the coverage map, I noticed that all of Sprint’s former C Sprire roaming coverage in Mississippi is native now. Is this new?

It was like that in the last update in January 

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Cubbiefan82    473

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What is crazy is c-spire is one of the companies that is against the merger though

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RAvirani    1,564

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19 minutes ago, Cubbiefan82 said:

What is crazy is c-spire is one of the companies that is against the merger though

If Sprint and T-Mobile were to merge, C Spire would see a dramatic drop in their network usage by Sprint customers as T-Mobile covers most of the areas C Spire does. This would lead to reduced revenue from roaming fees for C Spire.

Accordingly, C Spire being against the merger seems pretty logical. 

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If Sprint and T-Mobile were to merge, C Spire would see a dramatic drop in their network usage by Sprint customers as T-Mobile covers most of the areas C Spire does. This would lead to reduced revenue from roaming fees for C Spire.
Accordingly, C Spire being against the merger seems pretty logical. 
Oh I obviously. If you see a drop in Revenue that means a drop and overall income. That means less money to build out their Network or launch new services like fixed home internet services. I get they are against it. But at the same time even a reciprocating roaming agreement still puts a lot of strain on c-spire because they lose a ton of roaming Revenue as you just said.

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Grabber5.0    116

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1 hour ago, danlodish345 said:

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Are you using a V40?

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red_dog007    338

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Why would CSpire be shown as native coverage?  I'd imagine a map error. 

Does Sprint have some new roaming tier that CSpire is now part of?

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Are you using a V40?
Yes

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On 2/13/2019 at 8:48 AM, danlodish345 said:

Yes

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Did you just get it a few days ago? I remember you posting in the Galaxy S9/9+ thread recently. You should post your thoughts on it in the V40 thread.

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