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Any idea yet if these devices support HPUE?
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Official Tmobile-Sprint merger discussion thread
derrph replied to Nextel49's topic in T-Mobile Merger/5G NR Deployment
Yea that’s nothing. Any mmwave auctions they are really going to be spending money cause you’re playing with Verizon, AT&T and whoever else. They will jack the price out of their reach unless their parent company helps out which I can see happening. Right now Sprint and AT&T are sitting pretty comfy with their spectrum for 5G. Oh and that crap ton of mmwave Verizon has as well. -
Official Tmobile-Sprint merger discussion thread
derrph replied to Nextel49's topic in T-Mobile Merger/5G NR Deployment
I agree and Sprint could attract just on Speed alone (just like what T-Mobile does). 5G is there chance to take over. I will say that a lot of what T-Mobile is promising is riding on getting that 2.5. Will they be fine without it? Yes. But it’s going to be harder for them somewhat. This layer 3 is suppose to be via a cellular connection. That 2.5 will help with congestion. Without it...well it’s going to slow things down kinda especially since they are promising 4K resolution. -
Official Tmobile-Sprint merger discussion thread
derrph replied to Nextel49's topic in T-Mobile Merger/5G NR Deployment
I’d it goes into 2020, who will really care at that point besides Sprint and T-Mobile. Both their networks will be pretty built out. I would assume at that time Sprint will have a pretty strong 5G network....if they keep investing their 6b per year. -
if they only did this level of work last year. the level if network investment is right in line with what T-Mobile has been giving over the last few years. Sprint definitely would've been in a stronger position today and probably better than T-mobile. Better late than never. they are laying a good foundation in the event the merger is not approved or they pull out.
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Official Tmobile-Sprint merger discussion thread
derrph replied to Nextel49's topic in T-Mobile Merger/5G NR Deployment
Do you happen to know what their average was 4Q 2017? -
Official Tmobile-Sprint merger discussion thread
derrph replied to Nextel49's topic in T-Mobile Merger/5G NR Deployment
That’ll be some ish if they did pass them up. According to that doc that was posted a few posts ago, Sprints average was 23.8. Wow the wonders of investing in the network lol. They’ve had a huge speed spike in such a short time. Whats crazy is still have PLENTY room to grow their speeds. However, I feel like T-Mobile is starting to hit their ceiling on average speeds. -
Official Tmobile-Sprint merger discussion thread
derrph replied to Nextel49's topic in T-Mobile Merger/5G NR Deployment
True. I feel like the end goal here is that T-Mobile just wants Sprints 2.5. They’ll say what they need to to get their hands on it as soon as possible. Without it T-Mobile could possibly run the risk of being the slowest in the 5G world. The last thing they want is Sprint passing them with Speeds which at this rate and the way they’ve been rapidly doing upgrades to the towers is very possible. Plus when it comes to these high band auctions, they’re really going to have bring the big bags to compete against ATT and Verizon. Sprint is sitting pretty for 5G. Could they use the MMWAve? Yes but it’s no rush they need it. Its just my views. -
Official Tmobile-Sprint merger discussion thread
derrph replied to Nextel49's topic in T-Mobile Merger/5G NR Deployment
I believe John said a while back that if the merger goes through that they’ll create “attractive” plans but they won’t force anyone off their current plan if they like it. Hopefully that applies to business accounts as well. -
Was at the Jay-Z, Beyonce concert at the Ohio Stadium. Granted I don't have Sprint anymore but one of my friends did. Her calls were failing and nothing loaded(My carrier T-mobile included...the service didn't try to put up a fight to load anything despite having a full LTE signal) and the concert didn't really start until 7:30pm. We were in the stadium and at our seats by 6:10 with the gates opening at 6pm so there wasn't many people seated. Once we left and got outside those concrete and steel walls, her service went back to normal. I don't see why OSU does not have contacts with these carriers to allow them to install network equipment in the stadium.
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Honestly they have all the tools to really bring it with 5G hell even with 4G(we all know what happened there). They just lack scale which is going to possibly be a problem for 5G and density. If Sprint can get to together, I have no problem coming back for their 5G network cause I know they can outdo the competition and not have a crap ton of small cells on every other block cause of MmWave.
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Official Tmobile-Sprint merger discussion thread
derrph replied to Nextel49's topic in T-Mobile Merger/5G NR Deployment
That’ll be awesome. Then at that point, they’ll need to compete on price or the things that come included with your plan outside of talk, text and data. Also why is it that T-Mobile is the only carrier who hasn’t announced their initial 5G markets? They said they’ll have 30 in first half of 2019 but there’s no list provided. It’s just kinda odd only because they’re always vocal about things. -
Official Tmobile-Sprint merger discussion thread
derrph replied to Nextel49's topic in T-Mobile Merger/5G NR Deployment
No lies detected. -
Official Tmobile-Sprint merger discussion thread
derrph replied to Nextel49's topic in T-Mobile Merger/5G NR Deployment
I thought in the starter 5G cities they were deploying 5G ready equipment? -
Official Tmobile-Sprint merger discussion thread
derrph replied to Nextel49's topic in T-Mobile Merger/5G NR Deployment
Yea that’s a mess. As they keep adding so will T-Mobile. -
Official Tmobile-Sprint merger discussion thread
derrph replied to Nextel49's topic in T-Mobile Merger/5G NR Deployment
I can probably agree with that. Sprint needs work in many cities. Which is what they are doing now but as a fallback in the case the merger falls through but to for better prep for 5G. This is really their chance to shine. -
Official Tmobile-Sprint merger discussion thread
derrph replied to Nextel49's topic in T-Mobile Merger/5G NR Deployment
That MMWAve is going to require them to place small cells pretty close together just like what Verizon is doing. Sprint on the other hand honestly just needs a good cell grind along with their small cells. Their 2.5 travels far enough. From a network perspective in my eyes, Sprint would have the cleaner looking network within cities and not all these small cells every direction you turn.