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Hoping roaming will be treated as native on T-Mobile.

With this roaming agreement, If I lose LTE I’ll pick just pick up a Tmo LTE signal instead of dropping to Sprint 3G? 

4 minutes ago, dro1984 said:

Sprint gives very little actual detail during their earnings calls anymore.    Very different than T-Mobile's earnings call just a few hours ago.    

I think the decent financials are bad from a merger standpoint.   It will allow those who are just interested in maintaining 4 carriers more ammunition for keeping the status quo.      Wonder what John  Legere's "Industry shaking news" is on Aug 15th?   He said "Let the speculation begin"....    Maybe the roaming agreement?   I don't think I'd call that "industry shaking"...   probably something else.     

Layer 3 or I wouldn’t be mad at them allowing you to select a music streaming service (from approved list) and they either pay it or pay half of it per month after you link it to your TMO account. 

Looks like T-Mobile is full steam ahead with their own network plans for 5G in the event the merger is not approved. 

https://www.t-mobile.com/news/nokia-5g-agreement

3 hours ago, utiz4321 said:

This exactly. If the merger goes through t-mobile has committed to giving sprint customers the same plans or better ones and both customer bases get a better network. Why would you leave? Seems like a stupid move. 

Yea especially with T-Mobiles network deployment track record. Yes one can say they had help from the failed attempt with AT&T but they have yet to slow down on expanding their network and their customer numbers show each quarter. Yes the network is not the best in every city but from the majority of them, it’s on par with the top 2. The growth of the network and customers over 4 years had been nothing short of amazing. That’s one thing no one can deny. 

3 hours ago, dro1984 said:

I know... me too!    What has me confused, and I'm sure they do it on purpose, is that it's $70 for first line.  The little box off to the right says save up to $20/month per line if you BYOD or buy a phone outright??    Ummm... I don't think so.... The plan is the plan...   that $20 potential savings is off the cost of a phone...   This was a grey area with Unlimited Freedom.    I get it for $60 / month ($65 if you don't auto-bill)... and then I got $300 off the price of the phone total which saved me about $20/month off the lease of the phone.     

Very shady and buyer beware...    They like to flash those prices up to get your attention, but after you sign on the dotted line, it's higher!   

On Reddit this guy who has Sprint said that T-Mobile is confusing when it comes to pricing.  I had to laugh at his comment cause I’m trying to figure out what Sprint company he had. I think Sprint is the most confusing. Theses new plans make great examples of that. 

3 minutes ago, danlodish345 said:

I got my first Virgin Mobile phone back in the early 2000 is a Kyocera phone it has a blue screen a flashlight and then no camera.

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I had that one too. The flashlight was was kinda on the top side of the phone. Then I got their flip phone. Having Virgin Mobile  was one of the most fun times with a cellular carrier. 

Just now, danlodish345 said:

I really liked it back then for cheap pricing. But now it really seems like they want to phase out the cheaper brand which is a shame.

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Right plus the branding for the company was youthful and fun (T-mobile currently). My parents wouldn’t allow me on their Sprint plan at my age. Atleast they bought the phone I wanted from Virgin. 

16 minutes ago, danlodish345 said:

Virgin Mobile was my first carrier ...it's a shame it's going away...

Mine as well too. 

33 minutes ago, RedSpark said:

You bet. Hopefully they under-promise and over-deliver on this.

I agree. They just need to knock out the 40% by Q4 and just put it behind them. 

3 minutes ago, RedSpark said:

Source for the 60% figure and “substantial majority” date: http://newsroom.sprint.com/triband-upgrades.htm

(Posted June 5, 2018 by Scott Santi, Head of Network Deployment & Operations)

Thanks for that!

10 hours ago, danlodish345 said:

. Also yeah it's frustrating to see it so slowly rolled out. But there's not much I can do about it. Also there's the fact that the equipment capable of that band has to be add on to all the towers which I assume T-Mobile has already done. But if Sprint where to purchase dish they could get all that juicy Spectrum.

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Sprint could but it'll take them forever to get it deployed. You see how long its taking them to get their 2.5 out and that's their network "secret sauce." That's to be "substantially completed" but Q4 aka March/April 2019. Last I heard it was about on 60% of towers so far so why not just finish up the rest of the 40% by that time? Thankfully my market is well covered with all 3 bands. I would love for Sprint to get more low band but they are just scraping by getting out what they have now. No need to add more at this moment.

1 hour ago, nexgencpu said:

New plans incoming...

These look a lot more in line with Tmobile, more feature rich (Tidal and Hulu included) and sustainable, even prioritization has been bumped to 50GB..

 

Now they give Tidal for free...something they should've did from the beginning. 

3 hours ago, bigsnake49 said:

Are you not a Sprint customer? Sprint customers will benefit the most from this merger. Be happy or take your own advice and leave.

I am and have been been for years thank you very much. 

Also my response was an added thought. The person was wishing Sprint had participated in the 600 auction. Which is why my comment was about forgetting brand loyalty and go to a carrier what works for them best. 

3 hours ago, red_dog007 said:

Instead of being glad with the merger, go to one of the three other carriers that will satisfy your needs.  

Especially with these large acquisitions, the consumers never win unless there are restrictions placed on the merger that directly benefit  or protect the consumers.

In this case, the only people who might benefit are Sprint customers.  But these guys could just switch providers if they really needed to change providers.

I agree. Sprint users will gain the most from this merger in the ways of better coverage and more consistent speeds. 

Brand loyalty especially with these carriers is just not worth it most of the time cause they owe us nothing. If you’re not liking the quality of service or whatever, switch and go to a carrier that’s going to work for your needs. There’s no use in just settling just because you’re rooting for the underdog and stuff. 

Marcelo’s Submitted Statement painted a really bleak picture for Sprint as a stand-alone company: https://www.judiciary.senate.gov/imo/media/doc/06-27-18 Claure Testimony.pdf
Legere’s Submitted Statement: https://www.judiciary.senate.gov/imo/media/doc/06-27-18 Legere Testimony.pdf
Page 7:
But even before 5G is deployed, the combination will bring benefits for users of the companies’ existing LTE networks. Because the merger will almost immediately add approximately 11,000 Sprint cell sites to T‐Mobile’s network, and deploy all of Sprint’s spectrum on our T‐Mobile towers, New T‐ Mobile’s network capacity will get a massive boost compared to either company standing alone, practically from day one. That means an improved LTE network during the transition to 5G, because New T‐Mobile will be able to more effectively and efficiently allocate spectrum between its LTE and 5G networks. In addition, approximately 20 million Sprint customers will have near immediate access to the T‐Mobile network because their existing phones can be used on either network. Further, New T‐ Mobile will embrace a policy of “same or better” as part of migrating customers onto the combined network, enabling Sprint customers to keep the same or better plans as they join New T‐Mobile.
 

Will this site stay alive once the merger goes through..just with a name change?

41 minutes ago, bigsnake49 said:

I do believe that they will drop them after the merger closes. Of course they have agreements with them and it depends on the terms of agreement whether they are protected or not.

Remember that Sprint already has a roaming agreement with AT&T for LTE. I am guessing that the roaming agreement with T-Mobile is on better terms/cheaper.

Well yeah after the merger I would expect that to happen. I wonder if in the event the merger is rejected if most will be dropped in favor of the T-Mobile roaming. 

I think it’s nice that Sprint has a roaming agreement in the event the merger is rejected. From a network perspective, Sprint has a lot of roaming. I wonder what the roaming map looks like and how much Sprint pays? 

I wonder if Sprint will drop most of their roaming partners in areas where there’s T-Mobile service? 

1 minute ago, bigsnake49 said:

65,000

oh wow I didn't think they had that many. I was guessing around 55k. 

25 minutes ago, bigsnake49 said:

For Sprint customers, the merger will be a godsend. The New T-Mobile will have 85,000 macro sites vs Sprint's current 45,000. The average signal improvement for Sprint customers will be 12db. For current T-Mobile customers it will only be improved by 1db. For current T-mobile customers , it is all about the promise of 5G.

How many towers does T-mobile currently have?

I would guess some people don’t want to apart of those games again like the rip and replace and would just to another carrier instead. 

I honesty don’t see too much disturbance happening especially if you have a device that can easily fold into T-Mobile’s current network. I really don’t see the Sprint plans making up and would probably need to change your plan upon upgrading. I think for me I’ll just jump on my current T-Mobile plan that I play for my parents. It’ll just be one less thing to worry about. 

7 minutes ago, IamMrFamous07 said:

Really good. Haven’t experienced any lag or hiccup. Also Volte works like a champ. Haven’t dropped a call yet

That’s dope. I’m glad it’s worked out for you and to be able fully utilize your device with the VoLTE and stuff. You’ll be right back on B41 next year like you never left. I’m sure T-Mobile will really put it to use. 

2 minutes ago, IamMrFamous07 said:

I made the switch to T-Mobile and I’m very impressed with their service. I can only imagine what the combine network will feel like.

all of that tea is concerning. I feel betrayed lol. They basically said their network won’t be as good to what they claim it will be months ago. Sprint needs the merger. Whether it’s with T-Mobile or Dish or whoever. Sprint had a good run though.

 

 

Hows their data in your city indoors and out?

1 hour ago, bigsnake49 said:

I like the fact that the average signal of the new entity will be 12db better than Sprint standalone. So as a Sprint customer I have a lot to gain. But it will only increase T-Mobile's average signal by one db, which means that they don't plan to increase coverage that much from what T-Mobile covers right now. So the 20,000 additional macro sites will mostly be capacity sites. 

I wonder if  T-Mobile's 700MHz and Sprint's 800MHz will carry VoLTE traffic preferentially. 

I skimmed the report and alot of good things were said said that made me excited for the merger. I don't want Sprint to go but it was really a eye opener as to the state of Sprint and their network going forward.  I would like to keep my plan but worse case if I can't i'll just jump onto my T-mobile One All In promo plan that I currently pay for my parents which would be an extra $35 per month.