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I like this one better, now they show everything in details. 

Yeah, I hadn't viewed any reports, I was going based on the Map and Home Page.

 

The actual reports page is definitely better, though.

Rootmetrics.com got a makeover .

I think the older layout was better. 

Coming from T-Mobile in December, I can honestly say my service with Sprint in rural areas is much better. At least in North Carolina, Virginia, and Pennsylvania. Speeds arent always record breaking but I've hit areas in Maryland where I would get 100mbps easily, where with Tmobile it was still 2g. T-Mobile is full of crap with their coverage and I was highly disappointed in their B12 coverage.

Some rural areas here in Jacksonville are complete dead spots on Tmo, even though the maps show verified coverage??

$2.58 as of this post.  Does somebody have a relatable GIF to express my sadness in being invested financially with this company?

 

EDIT: Found my own.

Shots fired from Verizon: https://twitter.com/verizon/status/696530713307279360

 

 

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T-Mobile should have a guy bust through the front door with a Verizon bill as a response when someone there loads an HD video on a Verizon phone.  

Yes just letting everyone know... i know a lot of people who are actually paying off devices to switch

 

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Which carrier are you switching to now?

Sprint now allows you to leave ur agreement with no penalties just turn in your devices...

 

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Where are you seeing this? I find it hard to believe.

 

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Fraydog has tried T-Mobile prepaid in his area, so he knows the ins and outs.

 

As for Jacksonville, it was like a year ago that S4GRU members were saying how great Sprint had become there. Now, that is no longer true? Well, the same can hold for T-Mobile. Give it a year.

 

AJ

They actually were becoming great but all of the sudden (around the time they started adding subs), their speeds tanked in my area. No word on B41 upgrades, I figured it was time to switch until Sprint gets upgrades rolling.

 

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I just couldn't switch off to either Sprint or T-Mobile where I live. Sprint because there is simply no coverage in my small backwater town, and T-Mobile due to the lack of low band in St. Louis. I know I don't chime in much anymore here, but I think that my own low perception of T-Mobile all along might have been influenced by lack of low band on their part here. Now granted, it isn't all their fault, some of it probably lies on USCC holding the 700 A license in St. Louis and Southern Illinois in what I would describe as a marginal matter, but I'd also say that maybe T-Mobile should just offer the right price and get it over with.

Just wanted to point out, T-Mobile is absolutely fantastic here in Jacksonville, FL.  And they do not have lowband here either.  St Louis might be different but I'd definitely give T-Mobile a try and see how their coverage is.  You should be able to test their speeds on an unactivated sim.

The only question at this point from me would be:

 

Throttling still appears apply at the 23gb limit.  Does the 14gb of mobile hotspot count against that 23gb limit?

It was bumped up to 25GB and yes the hotspot usage counts towards that "soft limit."

Question: Who is Marci? 

Marci is part of Marcelo's Executive team.  She deals with the customer support side of things.  From what I've seen, she's pretty good at resolving problems.

Yeah no point in rushing to it, and honestly not reacting is a good thing sometimes.

 

New Sprint has done an excellent job of reacting to changes in the industry, but sometimes they do not need to.

This new Sprint has stopped the exodus of customers because they've reacted well to competitor's offerings.  Going back to Hesse era, where none of the uncarrier events were even acknowledged led Sprint down the path of doom.  Sprint would be very wise to respond to this T-Mobile and AT&T offering because their stance is "best value in wireless", whereas they need to compete on price and right now their unlimited data plans are more expensive than T-Mobile and AT&T's unl plans.

You're on an Android handset, yes?

 

 

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Yeah, I exclusively run Android but my brother has an iPhone 6s on Sprint.  He has no issues with phone calls.  Of course, he rarely leaves south Jacksonville.

Not sure what's going on. Sprint was really good after NV1.0 was mostly completed in Jax, then about 3 months ago went to total shit. Clear B41 is totally overloaded and calls are totally unreliable. If you can catch some Sprint B41, it is fast, especially with CA.

 

Do we still have a High-Level Sprint contact that we can contact on S4GRU? Anybody that you guys know? I've called and submitted countless tickets and never get a response and the issue continues to get worse.

 

 

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I never had issues with calls, but data all around my (St Johns area) is flaky.  Sub 1mbps on Sprint's LTE occurred way too often.  In the mean time, I've switched over to T-Mobile (who happens to have a very appealing unl family plan at the moment.)  If you live within the city, I'd recommend them.  In those same spots, T-Mobile tends to average 80-100x the speeds of Sprint.  Mainly around the Avenues Mall is a big area I frequent.  I wonder if Sprint's going to convert the Wimax site in the Walmart parking lot soon.

So, any findings recently in Jacksonville market?  It's too quiet.  I was told by a Sprint rep that the legacy site over by Lowes (off 295 and Old St Augustine Rd) would be upgraded to LTE by February.  I haven't been by there lately, though.

An unlocked version with full domestic band support certainly does seem like a strong possibility.  Even though there will be just one "US" hardware variant, it has come to light that separate firmware still will create operator specific variants.  The Sprint variant, for example, will support the usual CCA/RRPP compliant bands 2/4/5/12/25/26/41, while other LTE bands for VZW and AT&T will be locked out.

 

http://www.phonescoop.com/articles/article.php?a=17201

 

AJ

How do the RF numbers hold up on this device for Sprint?

Probably 25% of B41 sites already have sufficient backhaul for 3xCA, and another 25% within the next 6 months. Hopefully they will fire it up on a site by site basis when ready, and not wait for all areas to be ready.

 

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Didn't Sprint order backhaul providers with adjustable backhaul?  Meaning enabling the necessary backhaul is as simple as ordering it from the backhaul vendor who can remotely adjust it?

When does Sprint have a time frame for 3xCA.

They've specifically mentioned this year.  I'd expect to see some B41 3xCA results by Summer, though.

Now, bring on the 3xCA. For triple the B41 fun!!!

 

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Seems like they'll focus markets where Wimax is shutting down.  They don't have enough spectrum to do so otherwise, yes?

These new plans are getting closer and closer to the ED1500 pricing.  I'm shocked!  Imo, it appears Sprint really needs to adjust their unlimited data plans.  They're probably waiting until more B41 rolls out first to support the demand.

Looks like a response to atts unlimited package 4 lines $180

Let's see what sprint does... Should be interesting

I'm expecting Sprint to match it but honestly if they really wanted to 1-up the competition, they'd just allow the CYBIH promo work for competitor's unlimited data plans.  That'd be amazing.

So what did Sprint do differently to give it a boost on ping?

IIRC, Sprint has a global IP setup that is utilized I think for shorter transit times (ie: reduced latency.)

https://www.sprint.net/images/network_maps/full/Global-Global-IP.png

 

Someone please correct me if I'm wrong.

 

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At&t pings here are not bad but most certainly not the best. Every band 41 speed test I tried it on was in the Orlando market and not one of them are below 60. From the Villages to downtown Orlando. Must be a lot of DDC issues in central Florida.

This is a Sprint one in Jax.

 

Now sure what the deal is but when I switched to the Nexus 5x, my pings went down considerably from my HTC One M8.

 

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New 2.5 radio revision just in today.

 

RRH8x20-B

 

Mostly internal changes and externally identicle.

Is sprint going to be using those for future deployment?

 

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WiMax extended until March 31st by Judge...ugh

 

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