bigsnake49 Posted August 4, 2018 Share Posted August 4, 2018 6 hours ago, Bob Newhart said: That is what John Saw said. He was very specific. IF the area has roaming enabled. It will use LTE on T-mobile and other partners. I guess they really want to reclaim the channels used for EVDO. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BlueAngel Posted August 4, 2018 Share Posted August 4, 2018 Hoping roaming will be treated as native on T-Mobile. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
derrph Posted August 4, 2018 Share Posted August 4, 2018 Hoping roaming will be treated as native on T-Mobile.I think it will be I haven’t heard that it wasn’t going to be. Now my question is, will Sprint be able to tell is someone is abusing the roaming especially if T-Mobile is offering a better data experience and that use forces their phone to stay on roaming? Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
greenbastard Posted August 4, 2018 Share Posted August 4, 2018 2 minutes ago, derrph said: I think it will be I haven’t heard that it wasn’t going to be. Now my question is, will Sprint be able to tell is someone is abusing the roaming especially if T-Mobile is offering a better data experience and that use forces their phone to stay on roaming? It would be no different than people who are in US Cellular markets today. I'm sure you would still receive a warning for excessive roaming. Also, I doubt 99% of cellphone users even know how to force their phone to roam. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bob Newhart Posted August 4, 2018 Share Posted August 4, 2018 1 hour ago, BlueAngel said: Hoping roaming will be treated as native on T-Mobile. That is what they have said, Extended, unlimited. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
danlodish345 Posted August 4, 2018 Share Posted August 4, 2018 That is what they have said, Extended, unlimited.I hope so because I eventually would like to see sprint enable it for where I live .Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dkoellerwx Posted August 4, 2018 Share Posted August 4, 2018 7 hours ago, derrph said: I think it will be I haven’t heard that it wasn’t going to be. Now my question is, will Sprint be able to tell is someone is abusing the roaming especially if T-Mobile is offering a better data experience and that use forces their phone to stay on roaming? Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk 7 hours ago, greenbastard said: It would be no different than people who are in US Cellular markets today. I'm sure you would still receive a warning for excessive roaming. Also, I doubt 99% of cellphone users even know how to force their phone to roam. It has been explicitly stated it would be extended, not limited roaming. USCC is extended LTE, and T-Mobile will be as well. There aren't any hard limits, though I sure if would be flagged if you use it excessively. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shannonbrian Posted August 5, 2018 Share Posted August 5, 2018 This tmobile roaming on all bands or just 1 or 2. What about Ca on 2 different bands same time on sprint phone ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thomas L. Posted August 6, 2018 Share Posted August 6, 2018 On 8/4/2018 at 12:45 AM, Bob Newhart said: That is what John Saw said. He was very specific. IF the area has roaming enabled. It will use LTE on T-mobile and other partners. Is there a page where they break this down or where I can see the transcript of his statements? Was it part of the fiscal report? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dkoellerwx Posted August 6, 2018 Share Posted August 6, 2018 8 hours ago, shannonbrian said: This tmobile roaming on all bands or just 1 or 2. What about Ca on 2 different bands same time on sprint phone ? I don't think any bands would be blocked, but CA while roaming using Sprint handsets would be very unlikely. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ingenium Posted August 6, 2018 Share Posted August 6, 2018 This tmobile roaming on all bands or just 1 or 2. What about Ca on 2 different bands same time on sprint phone ?I imagine if the phone supports it, and it's not throttled, they would allow CA (though T-Mobile could disable it). When roaming internationally, my Pixel engaged CA in multiple countries. Sent from my Pixel 2 XL using Tapatalk 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
danlodish345 Posted August 6, 2018 Share Posted August 6, 2018 On 7/31/2018 at 1:21 PM, Dkoellerwx said: At this point, in most cases I would suspect an 8T8R or 16 port is most likely, but given your area they could do MIMO. in my market i know of one 8T8R site in town...but only 2 carrier aggregation last time i checked... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dro1984 Posted August 6, 2018 Share Posted August 6, 2018 DOJ now is ok with 3 National Wireless carriers per Washington Post Feds Provide boost to the Sprint / T-Mobile merger chances 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dro1984 Posted August 6, 2018 Share Posted August 6, 2018 32 minutes ago, dro1984 said: DOJ now is ok with 3 National Wireless carriers per Washington Post Feds Provide boost to the Sprint / T-Mobile merger chances Correction: Per: New York Post. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tyroned3222 Posted August 6, 2018 Share Posted August 6, 2018 Correction: Per: New York Post. I'd still like to see Sprint give a shot on their own with recent numbers and network advancements. Just to see what they can really do , but it may be too late at this point Sent from my SM-G965U using Tapatalk 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dro1984 Posted August 6, 2018 Share Posted August 6, 2018 I understand your hope. But I don't want them to do it alone... They have tried and failed on too many different network "work"/upgrades and rarely actually complete any of it. T-Mobile actually does what they promise. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nexgencpu Posted August 6, 2018 Share Posted August 6, 2018 1 hour ago, tyroned3222 said: I'd still like to see Sprint give a shot on their own with recent numbers and network advancements. Just to see what they can really do , but it may be too late at this point Sent from my SM-G965U using Tapatalk They can 100% go at it alone, but I kinda understand Softbank point of view, they do not want to go on a 3-5 year journey for 30% marketshare. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tyroned3222 Posted August 6, 2018 Share Posted August 6, 2018 I understand your hope. But I don't want them to do it alone... They have tried and failed on too many different network "work"/upgrades and rarely actually complete any of it. T-Mobile actually does what they promise. I agree, but this is the first we are actually seeing Sprint put money behind this network and rootmetrics is already showing early signs of Sprint improving drastically.. and I'm sure more will come soon Sent from my SM-G965U using Tapatalk Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BlueAngel Posted August 6, 2018 Share Posted August 6, 2018 I've been dropping to 3G lately for no apparent reason in places I have never in the past, hoping that means they're upgrading things. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tybo31316 Posted August 6, 2018 Share Posted August 6, 2018 I've been dropping to 3G lately for no apparent reason in places I have never in the past, hoping that means they're upgrading things.It’s been happening to me for weeks now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dro1984 Posted August 6, 2018 Share Posted August 6, 2018 and myself as well. Very unstable network. I think it has to do with launch of VoLTE. Things are being reconfigured. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BlueAngel Posted August 6, 2018 Share Posted August 6, 2018 Glad I'm not the only one. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
though Posted August 6, 2018 Share Posted August 6, 2018 Can't say I've noticed that in the Nebraska/Iowa market... I have noticed though that the phone will jump more quickly to LTE roaming instead of searching and searching and searching when you leave native Sprint service area... Edit: I am noticing drops down to 3G for sure! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bigsnake49 Posted August 6, 2018 Share Posted August 6, 2018 So, if this merger goes through and it seems that it will, the New T-Mobile will have a very nice swath of 30x30MHz of 1900MHz. However it seems to me that they will have to go through a lot of swaps again to consolidate it into continuous spectrum. Are there any other spectrum swaps that they might do to simplify things? Like lets' say AWS for PCS? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RAvirani Posted August 6, 2018 Share Posted August 6, 2018 1 hour ago, BlueAngel said: I've been dropping to 3G lately for no apparent reason in places I have never in the past, hoping that means they're upgrading things. I began to notice this yesterday. Hopefully they’ll finish whatever they’re doing quickly—this lack or reliability is a bit disappointing. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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