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59 minutes ago, danlodish345 said:

 Dude that’s really uncalled for. I’ve seen some improvements in the speed. But by looking at sprints coverage map I doubt the validity Of the actual data on sprints official coverage map. But there still no need to make comments like that. I don’t appreciate that. I’d love to see sprints coverage improve.

I’m not going to drag out something that was posted at 7am. I’ll post this and leave it at that. My post was in response to Kg4icg and him saying he wonder what people are smoking and that being on Sprint is in a way like being on boost. Also That there’s no need to go from one end to another and the difference is little to none. His comment was in response to yours about getting your S9 on boost with the assumption I guess you already had Sprint(saw after my comment was posted). His comment came off as if his city is not the best with Sprint and or Boast and that you’re wasting your money. That’s why I posted what I did.  

Im really not down for a debate and how I’ve gotten a few responses about my comment being uncalled for mean. I personally don’t think so. I think referring to drug use is uncalled for but outside of that, I’ve seen way worse comments get posted on here that gets handled by the admins.   

44 minutes ago, Paynefanbro said:

So much juicy info in the Public Interest Statement that T-Mobile and Sprint put together for the FCC. Page 23 and 24 have some maps that show the projected extent of 5G coverage on both networks in 2024 if they were to go at it alone. Beware, the document is over 600 pages long so if anyone has free time and wants to go through the whole thing, please do!

https://ecfsapi.fcc.gov/file/10618281006240/Public Interest Statement and Appendices A-J (Public Redacted) .pdf

I'll keep editing as I find more cool stuff.

 

Edits: I'm still reading but something to note is that on their own, it is expected that by 2021, Sprint will cover more POP's in high-speed 5G than T-Mobile. So while T-Mobile would have greater overall coverage by a long shot, Sprint would  be capable of providing 153 Million POPs with speeds greater than 150Mbps compared to only 10 Million from T-Mobile.

That doc is sooo juicy with all the tea.  That Sprint 5G map is a mess but its hitting cities that are well off for Sprint.

3 minutes ago, kg4icg said:

And you're taking things way out of proportion. 

Not at all sir. But if you feel like I am then I’ll let you win. 

14 minutes ago, kg4icg said:

Scratches head and wonders what people are smoking , you already on boost in a way being a sprint customer, nothing is going to change. So what's the point? Right now m sitting here with a LG G7. 

It sounds like your area is trash based on your post. Besides all that, it’s his money so who really cares. 

Dang and I thought I was doing something getting 209 on the download on my X. 

7 minutes ago, tybo31316 said:

There lies part of Sprints problem that the competition always get right.

You are getting more for you money feature wise with Boost. Hulu is a perk but not nothing overly special. I'd take the taxes and fees being included in my plan over Hulu. That money I would save could go towards Hulu. 

AT&T and Time Warner got the green light. Let’s open the flood gates officially to buy up whoever. This ruling today gives and shows there little to no reason why Tmo and Sprint cannot marry. 

17 minutes ago, Paynefanbro said:

PCMag's Fastest Mobile Networks 2018 is out now. Here are some quotes from it regarding Sprint.

https://www.pcmag.com/Fastest-Mobile-Networks

Sprint really kept up with the other 3 and at times exceeded them in raw download. It's the upload that holds them back soo much.

I know it's nothing big, anything positive should be considered a small win.. according to this new speed testing firm .. Sprint has surpassed att in average download speeds.
https://speedsmart.net/wireless_index/may_2018/

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You can definitely tell that Sprint is really injecting money into their network. Those results are showing that they are not too far behind in some aspects. The downloads are a mess though but at least they were all above 20mbps.


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I love the fact that Sprint is sticking to being BAU. I just passed a new Sprint Corp store being worked on for launch.  I turned back around and the inside has the same set with the all white, window panels and yellow lighting along the displays. This store will be extremely close to a T-Mobile 

Just now, bigsnake49 said:

I visited that page and it even includes international roaming. Does it include domestic roaming? There is no note of that.

I'm going to take it as it does not if it was missing from the page OR Sprint wants to give the image that you will not roam on their network because they have the coverage.

The Kickstart page is live. Nice breakdown on what all you get compared to their UF plan. The only problem I have is the coverage map, It shows the "overall" coverage. I guess if the other carriers are doing it then why not. The map shows coverage everywhere but that might not be the case based on that map. 

 

https://www.sprint.com/en/shop/plans/unlimited-kickstart.html

23 minutes ago, RedSpark said:

New Promotion starting Friday (tomorrow):

http://newsroom.sprint.com/best-time-to-switch-to-sprint-ever-try-sprints-great-network-get-unlimited-for-15-per-month-per-line.htm

USA Today: Sprint's new $15 per month unlimited offer hopes to lure in switchers

CNET’s take: https://www.cnet.com/news/sprint-gets-even-cheaper-with-promotional-15-unlimited-data-plan/

Nice price but looking at the press release its a very watered down unlimited plan:

video -480p

Music 500 kbps

Online gaming 2mbps

data is slowed in areas of congestion. Theres no no 22GB trigger

 

3 minutes ago, RedSpark said:

http://newsroom.sprint.com/triband-upgrades.htm

According to Sprint’s Head of Network Deployment & Operations: “We now have 2.5 GHz deployed on roughly 60% of our macro sites and expect to complete the substantial majority of our tri-band upgrades by the end of fiscal 2018.”

What a way to really kick things in gear with the network with a merger at the heel.

7 minutes ago, nexgencpu said:

Sprint performing awesome on the new Always connected PC here all over NYC. Its unfortunate that this model is only running a snapdragon 835 CPU (which is kinda weak for non native apps) But, big big ups to Sprint performance and giving away free data with purchase of any Always connected PC for the remainder of 2018..

BTW, really nice video preview by Jaime and the pocket now team..

 

This is good publicity for Sprint and their network in NY.

4 minutes ago, bigsnake49 said:

They're still bragging about 2.5 GHz. Although in that article he does say that 5G will be better with T-Mobile in that they can leverage low, mid and higher bands for an ubiquitous 5G experience.

I hate when they brag about their 2.5. 

https://www.fiercewireless.com/wireless/sprint-cto-explains-how-it-plans-to-win-5g-race

I just find it kinda strange that when Sprint has any network based press releases that they don't really mention too much about the merger and how it will "help." Whereas T-Mobile just about every press release there is a spill about how great the merger is going to be and what it will accomplish. I would have assumed that Sprint would be hitting the pavement just as hard about the merger. It's like Sprint is keeping somewhat of a distance and speaks on the merger when asked and is not putting all there eggs in one basket again.
 

https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/sprint-partners-with-scopeworker-on-multi-billion-dollar-5g-deployment-300652330.html

 

Lets see what comes of this. Sounds promising though!

why was framily plan a flop?

Your guess is as good as mine. To me that plan appeared as though it was a pyramid scheme to get a cheaper price.


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31 minutes ago, lilotimz said:

ED is unaffected. 

Framily, Unlimited My, My Way and ED, what other plans could they be talking about? 

55 minutes ago, RedSpark said:

Sprint sure loves its robots!!!

I would love to see Sprint target AT&T since they  are in some ways on par or better. 

These robots would be great for their 5G marketing. 

25 minutes ago, bigsnake49 said:

Verizon also does not care about the merger.

I think that's because when it comes to 5G everyone is on their own path and are trying to accomplish what they set out to do with 5G and are looking way past just mobile. It's going to be a money maker since it can be connected to so many more things than just tablets and phones. Sprint and Tmo are more concerned with mobile which is not a area of rush for the Top 2.

http://newsroom.sprint.com/sprint-announces-new-york-city-phoenix-and-kansas-city-among-first-to-experience-sprint-5g.htm

 

Sprint has added New York, Phoenix and Kansas to the list of 5G cities for Q1 2019. I'm really liking how Sprint is moving fast on the network thus far as if there is no merger on the table. 

CASA for small cells

looks like Sprint is using Casa as well for their small cell plan. 

3 hours ago, danlodish345 said:

Well I know the government will definitely make them divest some of their Spectrum. But if they don't divest some the merger won't happen.

And that I think will be the major key here. That 2.5 is the bread and butter for their 5G and having to give some up would defeat the purpose of coming together. Another carrier will swoop in and buy up what Tmo/Sprint had to give up. If that happens...Then what?