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John is going to pull a RHOA group trip out of country and get a argument started at the dinner table about their networks. He’ll call out Verizon and they’ll go back and force and then Verizon will walk off in true Nene fashion. [emoji23]

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CORRECT. 

I became a Sprint customer on June 4, 2010 with the launch of the HTC EVO 4G.  I came over from AT&T.  I had just moved to New Mexico earlier that year and had virtually no AT&T Service in my area.  Sprint had decent coverage, and I thought I better move to a "4G" device if I was changing providers and getting all new equipment.  The rest was history.

You know, we are coming up on the 10 Year Anniversary of  the HTC EVO 4G launch.  10 YEARS!!!  It really is what was the catalyst that caused S4GRU to come about.  If I had gone to Verizon, this site and all the past 10 years of 4G hunting never would have happened.  It was really a close decision.  I think the cost of adding a line for my then 13 year old son is what probably pushed me over the edge.  What's funny is I pay about the same now for 5 lines on T-Mobile what I paid for 3 lines on Sprint back in 2010.

Robert

Wow I never knew that the Evo 4G was the spark for the creation on S4GRU. I thank you for not going to Verizon! I’ve had sooo many memories of this site. I still have my Evo 4G that I got in college. Over the years I did switch away from Sprint a few times to see if the grass was greener being that Sprint has been the only carrier I’ve had since being on my parents plan in high school.

The other carriers (Verizon and att) did have better service at times but for me the price just wasn’t worth it to have service that was slightly faster. However, no matter what carrier I switched to, I kept my sprint account on the side just to keep up with things. As of yesterday I officially closed out the Verizon account after two years and ported my number back into sprint. I’m at the point where for the places I go, Sprint works just fine. Yes Verizon might be a little faster but it doesn’t justify the price. Hell I have the unlimited Premium plan for $65 per month (employee discount and Byod discount) thats a price you can’t beat with the amount of features you get.

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We'll see what they're offering this Fall. They said we could keep our plans/pricing for 3 years (5 in the case of CA apparently). I don't think they'd mandate a plan switch to upgrade devices. Even so, T-Mobile's plans may be better, especially with taxes/fees included.

If we weren't doing iPhone leases through Sprint, we'd be doing the iPhone Annual Upgrade Program. That being said, I hope they keep the lease program the way it is. I don't want to have to pay off the entire device and do a trade-in/sell-back to upgrade.

Just in case if you haven’t seen it

I just had a thought. For those with first gen 5G phones who are not in a current Sprint 5G market, what are the odds those individuals will get the upgrade offer?

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Our phones very  rarely connected well to our magic box when I lived with my ex in the old place though when they did our service went from "meh" to very good. Where I live now I get great service with Sprint on band 41 even deep inside my apartment. Never less than 100 down.  But I've lived here a year and haven't once felt the need to even plug in the magic box. He took the dog and I got this silly MB that I've never even felt the need to use in my new spot?  At least my dating apps load lickety split here on band 41! [emoji23]

From John Saw

I would like to assume that they’d start notifying those individuals starting the 28th, the same day that the Sprint s20 line gets access to T-Mobiles low band 5G.


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It's going on now.  Go on the website and try and upgrade. 

TMobile is so kind they're giving me a free Samsung s20 5g on lease. I assume cause I have a LGV50 5g they're going to shut down the 5g part as soon as they can.  

If that last sentence is correct then those of us with S20's will be losing access to n41 via Sprint pretty soon and getting n41 via T-Mobile with its (currently) smaller footprint. That sucks. At least we'll still have Band 41 LTE for the time being.

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My takeaways from tbis

1. Columbus Ohio is now getting 5G

2. My V50 that I’ve had for almost 3 weeks will not have 5G access and will simply be a LTE device..not too late to return it.

Over at youtube, sneed mobile states (

that T-Mobile CEO Mike Sievert is emailing Sprint customers stating that they will keep all of their stuff like hotspot, Hulu, pricing etc. Is this the same email that was mentioned last Friday  (in the quote above?)  

Odd change of events, my iPhone X seems to perform damn good on b25 in Columbus, OH. My V50 parks itself on B41 and is not as good. The download varies but the upload cannot even complete due to the configuration on the network. I personally don’t mind staying on b25 if I’m getting these kind of speeds. I reinstated the Sprint bands on my V50. I’ll just wait until whatever OTA gets pushed out to it to access T-Mobile.




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And that may be the thought.  But yesterday I was between Bremerton and Shelton, Washington where there is seamless Sprint service and very patchy Tmo service, and I wished they were doing reverse roaming.  See, I have been a Tmo customer since moving to Washington State 4 years ago.  But Sprint actually has better service here, all things considered.  They can pick and choose Sprint sites to allow Tmo roaming if they wanted.  Sprint did the opposite for years.  Especially the sites they are considering keeping, like the ones that densify coverage in the right areas or add coverage.
Robert

If T-Mobile-to-Sprint roaming isn't enabled (and by the looks of it, it won't be), T-Mobile users are going to get an awful network experience. 

Cap was removed in Columbus Ohio. After disabling the Sprint bands, I latched onto b66 and got 36 down and 20 up.

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T-Mobile hit the spectrum jackpot with the Sprint Merger. It's going to be a monster of a network when they get everything aligned.

I also just noticed the only 5G phones available from Sprint right now are the S20 series.

Exactly. I’m excited for this new chapter. Happy that everything was approved. Happy we won’t see Masa Son as much lol

Within the Service Cell Info, I found the TAC labeled as Tracking Area Code. I kinda figured it might be the correct one.


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Mine is 45305 on mi iPhone. It’s under the Serving Cell Info


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Wow I cannot believe it, Sprint as we all know it is over. A end to a era. Looking back at it all, it was really a ride but a fun one at that in retrospect. We’ve definitely created a bond and community here. S4GRU was/still is one my favorite forums to be on. Even though we all will be under a new brand and stuff. I hope that this forum as we know it will not go away. I thank Sprint for the highs and lows but more so everyone who has participated on here for the past few years!

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