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2 minutes ago, bigsnake49 said:

I am not sure if upload CA is released and in the field yet. There was also the possibility of using Band 25 for the upload.

Didn't somebody say that band 25  upload was not going to be aggregated with band 41.  I thoughtful that was stated here somewhere, But I can not find it. 

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Possible silly question here. I know this has been discussed but maybe we need to talk about it again.

Talking about Band 41, slow upload.    Is it possible that some other lower frequency could be used somehow for upload? Leave band 41 configured as it is, but somehow have a completely different upload channel. If you were not having success with uploading on band 41, the second channel would carry the upload. Or something that would aggregate with the current B-41 upload. 

Can a phone transmit on one frequency for upload and another one for download?    Didn't we discuss uploading on 1900 and downloading on 2500?   Is that not possible?  

Do we know if any foreign cell companies that use band 41are trying anything like I mentioned?

I am seeing live feeds to TV networks from sudden hot news spots that break up at times.  I was not sure if they are using wi-fi or cell networks, but they sure are not using the expensive satellite trucks.

6 minutes ago, RedSpark said:

https://www.cnbc.com/2017/10/30/sprint-shares-drop-more-than-5-percent-on-report-that-softbank-is-calling-off-talks-with-t-mobile.html

https://asia.nikkei.com/Business/Deals/SoftBank-calling-off-talks-to-merge-Sprint-T-Mobile

So there's this now....

Now hope that they remain friends and somehow share networks.  Figure out how to allow full no charge extended LTE roaming on each other.

Bring in US Cellular to the party.

Shake hands and build a killer network by co-operating against the bigger two.

T-mobile is well situated to build a rural 600 network.  Sprint is well situated to build a killer 2500 network in high density areas.

Agree to jointly engineer, build and share the best network nationwide.

55 minutes ago, Trip said:

Interesting note, when I left to visit my parents in US Cellular roaming territory on Thursday, my US Cellular phone was roaming on Sprint and Shentel LTE.  On the way home yesterday, it instead roamed on T-Mobile LTE, and still is, but is also doing SRLTE with Sprint 1X.  I tried to disable the T-Mobile bands and force it onto Band 25 and it would not connect.

Very odd, especially considering that I still haven't seen my T-Mobile phone roam onto US Cellular.

- Trip

53 minutes ago, derrph said:

I just don't see why they cant do a full blown Project Fi type thing with both networks but remain separate.

 

Yepper, do a project Fi type of thing.  Make it even better than Project Fi. Quit building duplicate cell sites in the same area.

Keep all the Spectrum.  Build the 600 network in the very rural areas and build the crap out of the 2500 network where needed.

Trade/merge 1900 spectrum if it can be done to make it more efficient and wider channels.

Trade any oddball spectrum with AT&T or Verizon. Maybe even include a deal of some type with US Cellular.

I can not see a full blown merger and the resulting need to dump Spectrum.

Not showing Shentel's B-41 LTE Plus in much of their territory.  It does show   in York, PA and some of Harrisburg, PA.  But nothing to the south along I-81 into Maryland and Virginia. It was showing in previous mapping.

9 minutes ago, bigsnake49 said:

I am hoping that they merge their networks in some fashion whether with a full on merger or just merging the networks.

 

Yep, my thoughts too. No full merger.  Just figure out how to quit building duplicate cell sites. Share. Modern phones already have most of the bands. Customers of both companies use both networks. No roaming, just both networks are native.  If they do a full merger, chances are some spectrum will have to go.   If they can agree to be friends and help each other especially in the rural areas, they can retain all spectrum.  It no longer matters about GSM and CDMA, it will all be LTE soon. 

They can still have two brands. Have two networks that look like one network.  Maybe form a third company to manage the combined networks. The accounting  and management would be the issue.

It is not a technical issue.  The networks can be made to work together.  Stop building two cell sites in the same block.  Quit trying to both cover the very rural areas. Build one site and both companies have access.

29 minutes ago, WiWavelength said:

Not much on the spectrum side.  For anything greater, users need to be supplying the backhaul, not relying on relay backhaul.

AJ

AJ,

Do you know if the Magic box can pick the best B-41carrier of the 3 that might be available?

Or, can Sprint manage to keep all 3 carriers fairly evenly loaded?

21 minutes ago, nexgencpu said:

CA on upload.

It's coming..

Are they not doing CA upload at all right now?  I had thought that they were at least doing it on 2xCA but maybe not on 3xCA.  Can they make it work on older phones like a Galaxy S-7 or it going to take improved hardware?

28 minutes ago, nexgencpu said:

Guenther seems to be suggesting this might be Massive MIMO in action. Massive crowd, and speeds are pretty sweet!

I understand why the upload looks poor and I understand why that are doing it that way.  But the optics of it looks bad.  Just too bad that they can not somehow improve the upload even if it is not really needed. Most of us S4GRU users have it figured out, but the average non-educated cell phone user just looks at the figures and thinks something is wrong with Sprint.

Has a consensus been reached on what to do with the 20% and stuck boxes? Mine arrived today and so far stuck at 20% each time. Run the battery down and then try again? Send it back for replacement? 

I have noticed more than one person complain about the 20% issue in N.C..  There might be a possibility that the network in that area still needs some software or hardware to make the Magic box connect.  Might be a good idea to just hold on to it for awhile.

So I set up my camera to watch the front door and my better half stayed home to sign the packages this morning. Noticed a few UPS guys come to the door to deliver packages, but none from Sprint. But just now, another one came and bam, its from Sprint. The Notes have arrived. Too bad I won't have time to play with them today since after work i have a concert to go to and will get back late, but tomorrow with be Note Exploring Day for me.

Instead of setting at your front door waiting for your Notes, I stopped the UPS truck down the street and turned the inventory of the truck inside out.   Somehow I must have missed the package I was looking for.  I slowed down the entire load, but you got lucky that I could not find the package.

Yes, it was on my account the day it shipped and is assigned a Suburban Chicago Area Code (630), despite living in Western NC (828).  So I'm not sure if that makes a difference.

I am not sure if the number has to be local or not, but my number is very local. It sure is something to look at.

Maybe others will be lucky, but my status has changed from scheduled delivery of today to Tuesday Sept 5. Which sucks since there won't be anyone home to sign for it. ugh.

 

TS

No worries, I will sit at your front door on Sept 5 and accept it.  And the best thing is that you will never see me or the phone again.

No, exactly what Anthony said above is what happens to mine.  I'm letting the battery drain completely on mine just to see if that makes any difference.

Did you look at your account on Sprint.com to see if the MB is there. It will also have a phone number assigned probably only used for tracking.

I may give that a try. The e-Ink screen is a bit frustrating that it doesn't go blank.  It just retains the last screen that was up on the display until it refreshes with something different.

 

I took my MB outside in clear view of the sky and line-of-sight of two Sprint towers and the MB still didn't connect after three attempts.  It just stays at 20% until it asks me if I want to shut down or try again.

Does it give you and "Error Code 30" message when failing at 20%.

You don't need to out it by a window. Just tour it whenever you get a decent signal. I have mine facing a wall in a desk.

 

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Could they be telling us to place it near a window to make it easy to receive the GPS signals?

From what was posted before, Sprint does not prioritize voice traffic, at least not yet.

 

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I am not sure if they are or are not prioritizing voice traffic, but voice will work poorly unless the data channel is not congested and running totally smooth. Any burp in the data destroys VOIP.  Running VOIP over a congested 5x5 band 26 channel with no voice prioritization will be  a disaster. This is true if it is VOIP or something just similar to VOIP.   When a data stream stutters, voice stutters unless it is buffered somewhere and gets some correction. 

My Directv Now Video streaming will buffer.  Suddenly it backs up about 3 seconds and repeats the programming that was messed up.   With voice, backing up and repeating the last 3 seconds of a voice call might not be so good.  It has to be almost flawless the first time.

I actually was able to hear a calling plus call. My friend and I was out and he called our other friend who has an S8 and the call sounded good. Then the person with the S8 started to break up really bad. Is it possible that Sprint can route those calls as top priority on the network when one is made?

 

 

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That SHOULD have already been thought of and set up. If it was not, then somebody looks bad.

No, 8140 is the product of an expansion of the 5x5 A Block LTE carrier to a 10x10 A Block carrier. The 5x5 G Block carrier (at 8665) should not have changed...

It was late last night when I discovered this new 10X10 Carrier and I did not really have time to investigate it.  You could be right on the use of the "A" Block.  It could be that Shentel could be forcing more 1x voice traffic onto 800 so that they could clear the "A" block for this 10X10. Another possibility is that 1X voice could have been shifted onto 1900 spectrum they obtained when they killed the nTelos cell sites in this area of Pennsylvania. Needs more investigation.  My Galaxy s7 totally loves this new 10X10 and I am not able to get it to land on the old "G" block at all.

Just found a new 10X10 band 25 carrier in Shentel territory.  It Waynesboro, Pa city

UL channel 26140     DL Channel 8140.

This is a change.  We did have the standard G block 5X5 and another 5X5 probably in Block "A"

SCP identifies this as B25 with no second carrier identification.

I am not sure if they obtained something other than block "A" somehow or what.

I have not seen a B-25 second carrier identification in SCPsince this 10X10 suddenly appeared, but there may still be a second b-25 carrier here.

An nTelos site was removed here as it was no longer needed.  nTelos used band 25 but not sure what block was used here. It was not block "A:"

If I recall correctly, you live within shentel coverage. This may be the reason why no one has contacted.

 

I live within shentel's footprint too and also requested a magic box the second I read about it on this forum. I haven't received any communication from Sprint aside from the acknowledgement email.

 

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Yep, Shentel area.  Kinda make you wonder if that is the reason.

They said I would be getting one. They confirmed my shipping address and some other things about my account, and said I would receive an email when it ships.

Great for you. Makes me wonder what they see in your request that made them decide to ship one to you.  My request was much earlier and while I did not get a rejection, I did not get any other explanation of the status.

Signed up for the Magic Box on July 18th, and got the phone call this week.

What did they tell you?  Did they say you definitely are getting one or what?   I signed up in June and only got a e-mail acknowledging my request.

Still waiting for any contact. I've yet to have a phone call or email. I put in for one on the second day. I'm still wondering if I might be getting looked over because of being in a non-Sprint owned market (Shentel).

 

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I am in the same exact boat with you.  Shentel and I ordered the second day.  I did get an e-mail acknowledging my request on June 12, but nothing since.