bigsnake49 Posted April 1, 2020 Share Posted April 1, 2020 23 minutes ago, PhillipJames89 said: Makes sense. The other thing that makes it easier is that Boost has a completely separate accounting system than Sprint. Sprint prepaid separate from Boost I think gets serviced by the same accounting system as postpaid Sprint. Those people have to either be incorporated into the Boost accounting system and then the whole Boost accounting system gets transferred to Dish or if Dish gets its own accounting system separate from Boost's then they will have to be transferred separately to it. BSS (Business Support Systems) continuity will be a critical part of the integration. For example T-Mobile's BSS would have to be modified to support Sprint plans so that when a customer is transitioned over, his plan follows him intact or he's offered a new plan that is similar but not identical to the old plan. I am sure that the T-Mobile business people have been looking at all Sprint's plans and devising how best to proceed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RedSpark Posted April 1, 2020 Share Posted April 1, 2020 "Soon" in T-Mobile terms is different than "Soon" in Sprint terms. 😎 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bigsnake49 Posted April 1, 2020 Share Posted April 1, 2020 1 minute ago, RedSpark said: "Soon" in T-Mobile terms is different than "Soon" in Sprint terms. 😎 They don't fart around, do they? 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RedSpark Posted April 1, 2020 Share Posted April 1, 2020 2 minutes ago, bigsnake49 said: They don't fart around, do they? It's going to take some getting used to, but I'm ok with it. 😉 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cyclone Posted April 1, 2020 Share Posted April 1, 2020 5 minutes ago, RedSpark said: "Soon" in T-Mobile terms is different than "Soon" in Sprint terms. 😎 It's just an infographic. At the bottom it says "Be in the know Turn on push notifications and we'll let you know when you can sign in." Then gives you a link to adjust your notification settings to allow push notifications Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RedSpark Posted April 1, 2020 Share Posted April 1, 2020 Here's some news: https://www.cnet.com/news/new-t-mobile-ceo-sprint-users-can-still-keep-plans-after-merger/ Quote Sprint users will be able to tap into T-Mobile's 4G LTE network today without having to do anything on their phone, with Sievert noting that the company is using roaming for LTE to "immediately add both coverage and capacity" for Sprint customers. For Sprint's 5G devices, a software update is coming to enable them to connect to T-Mobile's 5G networks. T-Mobile is also already deploying the newly acquired Sprint 5G spectrum (known as midband), which provides faster speeds than T-Mobile's low-band 5G network while still working indoors. Neville Ray, T-Mobile's president of technology, says that Philadelphia is the first city to go live, with others set to be turned on "rapidly" in the coming weeks. Every T-Mobile 5G device that the carrier has launched will be able to tap into the midband 5G once it's deployed. Heck yeah! 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mdob07 Posted April 1, 2020 Share Posted April 1, 2020 26 minutes ago, dkyeager said: I figure somewhere in the country new equipment is being installed on T-Mobile sites for the former Sprint bands. That should tell us which markets will be converted first so keep your eyes open!! I've found some permits here for installing hybrid cabling on T-mobile sites, but none of them have mentioned antenna or radio adds, yet. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RCM Posted April 1, 2020 Share Posted April 1, 2020 "Sprint users will be able to tap into T-Mobile's 4G LTE network today without having to do anything on their phone, with Sievert noting that the company is using roaming for LTE to "immediately add both coverage and capacity" for Sprint customers. " How is that different than what's already been in place? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yuhfhrh Posted April 1, 2020 Share Posted April 1, 2020 Still not able to roam on T-Mobile towers around here as of now. 311 490 still only being broadcast on a select few sites, and 310 260 not allowing access. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
clbowens Posted April 1, 2020 Share Posted April 1, 2020 Do you think TMobile will deploy B41 in rural areas also? So 5G would be on B71 and B41? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikejeep Posted April 1, 2020 Share Posted April 1, 2020 A ton of B41 Sprint sites in my area (Boston suburbs) have started getting new GCIs over the past few weeks. My first thought was it was related to the merger, but that's just my speculation.. any thoughts? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mdob07 Posted April 1, 2020 Share Posted April 1, 2020 2 minutes ago, mikejeep said: A ton of B41 Sprint sites in my area (Boston suburbs) have started getting new GCIs over the past few weeks. My first thought was it was related to the merger, but that's just my speculation.. any thoughts? Does that line up with T-Mobile's GCI pattern there at all? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brad The Beast Posted April 1, 2020 Share Posted April 1, 2020 4 hours ago, Trip said: dl_freq is the downlink frequency, not the TAC. Since the Internet seems to have no pictures whatsoever of what that screen looks like, I can't tell you what Apple might have called it. If your part of the DC market is like mine and has moved to the T-Mobile TAC values, it should be something like 20234 or 20236. Mine in Alexandria is 20243. You get the idea of the range of values. - Trip They might not even have it in there. They don't have APN in there any more so I wouldn't be surprised if you couldn't find TAC. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RedSpark Posted April 1, 2020 Share Posted April 1, 2020 (edited) 10 minutes ago, Brad The Beast said: They might not even have it in there. They don't have APN in there any more so I wouldn't be surprised if you couldn't find TAC. According to @Trip I'm on a T-Mobile TAC for the DC Market: 20236 Once you're in Field Test, It's under LTE -> NAS -> tai_list (Thanks @cyclone!) Edited April 1, 2020 by RedSpark Added for clarity. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brad The Beast Posted April 1, 2020 Share Posted April 1, 2020 Just now, RedSpark said: According to @Trip I'm on a T-Mobile TAC. Once you're in Field Test, It's under LTE -> NAS -> tai_list Ah, so they do let you look at it. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RedSpark Posted April 1, 2020 Share Posted April 1, 2020 T-Mobile has been switching the Sprint Executives over to new Social Media handles. For example, John Saw is no longer @SprintCTO. He's now @JohnSaw: https://twitter.com/JohnSaw Certain executive's accounts are no longer active. I can't tell if it's because they've been let go, or if they're in the process of reorganizing everything. I guess we'll see over time, but I imagine everything is getting an audit. Social Media is something that T-Mobile always did better than Sprint. In fact, Sprint's efforts on Social Media were horribly disorganized and haphazard in my opinion. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gusherb Posted April 1, 2020 Share Posted April 1, 2020 2 hours ago, dkyeager said: I figure somewhere in the country new equipment is being installed on T-Mobile sites for the former Sprint bands. That should tell us which markets will be converted first so keep your eyes open!! T-Mobile has been very busy in the Chicago area over the last year upgrading sites with Massive MIMO and B71, however in the last few weeks I saw two new macros pop up on the south side including one on a tower Sprint is on, plus others with B71 adds. Haven’t seen any evidence of B41 carrier adds to T-Mobile sites, but I’m assuming T-Mobile will just use what Sprint already has up to begin with and go from there. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikejeep Posted April 1, 2020 Share Posted April 1, 2020 1 hour ago, mdob07 said: Does that line up with T-Mobile's GCI pattern there at all? The GCI and PCI are very different from the old values, and neither appear to match T-Mobile's patterns in this area, including some confirmed to be on the same tower. Interesting that it is only the B41 cells. All of the Sprint TACs (including these new GCIs) in my area are still what they have been all along. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brad The Beast Posted April 1, 2020 Share Posted April 1, 2020 Sadly Apple has declared that there is no fun allowed and there's no field test mode on the iPad. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RedSpark Posted April 1, 2020 Share Posted April 1, 2020 Here's the video of Mike Sievert's interview on CNBC from this morning: https://www.cnbc.com/video/2020/04/01/watch-cnbcs-full-interview-with-t-mobiles-new-ceo-mike-sievert.html Transcript: https://www.cnbc.com/2020/04/01/cnbc-transcript-t-mobile-ceo-mike-sievert-speaks-with-cnbcs-david-faber-on-squawk-on-the-street-today.html Quote DAVID FABER: Mike, does the Sprint brand go away quickly here? MIKE SIEVERT: The main brand obviously will be T-Mobile. And during the crisis here, we’re not going to make big changes. So, think about the summer time frame as being when we start to unify and market with all of our stores and all of our advertising and all our offers in a more unified way. Mid-summer, we haven’t picked a date yet. But that’s certainly always been our intention. That doesn’t mean the Sprint brand will go away completely. We haven’t made those decisions yet. The Sprint brand has an incredible legacy. But we believe that right now in wireless it makes all the sense in the world to unify under the T-Mobile brand. So, the company is called T-Mobile and the flagship brand of the company is called T-Mobile. There's a lot more in that interview... He also talks about how T-Mobile will be able to safely continue tower work during this crisis. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PhillipJames89 Posted April 1, 2020 Share Posted April 1, 2020 6 minutes ago, RedSpark said: Here's the video of Mike Sievert's interview on CNBC from this morning: https://www.cnbc.com/video/2020/04/01/watch-cnbcs-full-interview-with-t-mobiles-new-ceo-mike-sievert.html Transcript: https://www.cnbc.com/2020/04/01/cnbc-transcript-t-mobile-ceo-mike-sievert-speaks-with-cnbcs-david-faber-on-squawk-on-the-street-today.html There's a lot more in that interview... He also talks about how T-Mobile will be able to safely continue tower work during this crisis. I guess Shentel will operate as is until then Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RedSpark Posted April 1, 2020 Share Posted April 1, 2020 I guess this means that Paul Marcarelli is out of a job again... 🙁 Backstory: https://www.fastcompany.com/3060648/how-sprint-got-verizons-can-you-hear-me-now-guy-to-change-teams https://www.nytimes.com/2016/10/15/business/sprint-verizon-hear-me-now-paul-marcarelli.html Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PhillipJames89 Posted April 1, 2020 Share Posted April 1, 2020 Looks like New T-Mobile 2.5 is turned on in philly. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RedSpark Posted April 1, 2020 Share Posted April 1, 2020 3 minutes ago, PhillipJames89 said: Looks like New T-Mobile 2.5 is turned on in philly. The miracle of available capex.... 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bigsnake49 Posted April 1, 2020 Share Posted April 1, 2020 (edited) All of a sudden I got like 3-4 bars in a place in my condo that usually I get 1-2. But before I could enter into field mode it went back to the regular 1-2. Teasing me. Edited April 1, 2020 by bigsnake49 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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