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    I vote for Brian Baker to return. Sent from my SM-N920V using Tapatalk
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    http://www.ct.gov/csc/lib/csc/ems/stamford/mainst/t-mobile/em-t-mobile-135-160527_filing_mainst.pdf What an AIR32 install looks like. Permits are from Stanford, CT.
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    match maker
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    Sprint could just get bought out completely by SoftBank, right? Doesn't that invoke automatically if Sprint buys more than 85%, right?
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    Am I the only one here who thinks CYBIH has run its course? Sprint has to be able to sell on merit and network performance. Sent from my SM-N920V using Tapatalk
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    The 4K Video demo seems more like a home broadband play, right? Sent from my SM-N920V using Tapatalk
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    Aren't they massively into small cells there as well? I find it funny that on one industry site I won't name, I saw a bunch of people knocking small cells because Sprint was doing small cells. Yet AT&T and Verizon already have extensive small cell deployments and T-Mobile is moving forward with LAA, a technology reliant on indoor small cells. I found a small cell setup in Sparta, IL for what it is worth. Ericsson small cell, probably not all that different from what Ericsson and T-Mobile uses in New York. That rural enough of a small cell deployment for you? Sent from my SM-N920V using Tapatalk
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    It is a happy accident from the Suncoast acquisition IIRC. Sent from my SM-N920V using Tapatalk
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    http://www.howardforums.com/showthread.php/1883924-Myrtle-beach-little-river-sc-band-5-850-MHz Band 5 LTE makes it's appearance in the Myrtle Beach area.
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    It's back in the thread. Robatti's comments to JPMorgan. Sent from my SM-N920V using Tapatalk
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    If you off load to B41 80% of the time and B25 15 % of the time, the 5% of the time you are on B26 can be decent. Sent from my SM-N920V using Tapatalk
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    Paying down debt, likely. Sent from my SM-N920V using Tapatalk
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    Robatti put out there that half the traffic is on B41, so yes. They do have that info. Sent from my SM-N920V using Tapatalk
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    This all goes back to the Robatti interview I posted a few pages back. Time on B41 is a critical metric. Right now, that is where Sprint has 80% of their spectrum. It goes without saying that B41 time has to be up beyond where it is now. All Nielsen is proving is that B41 performance is good. That in and of itself shouldn't be shocking. Now how does Sprint increase that metric? By my own calculations, Sprint has to get people on B41 80% of the time. Also it is to be Nielsen stats released are for B41. Rootmetrics and Ookla measure across all technologies. Sent from my SM-N920V using Tapatalk
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    People seem to think that Sprint could buy T-Mobile, but under this debt load? I can't possibly see it. Maybe if we're talking a reverse scenario where T-Mobile is effectively the acquirer and SoftBank retains a minority share of the combined company. Even that transaction would get challenged by regulators who are in place right now. If the Republicans win, that might make things different. Legere, if I recall correctly, is Republican.
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    I honestly don't give a shit about Alibaba TBH. If that's $7.9 billion that suddenly went into Sprint CapEx the next two years, I'm sure we'd see exponential improvement out of it.
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    Which trouble are we referring to here?
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    Fighting the tax man is a hard proposition. Sent from my SM-N920V using Tapatalk
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    Billion? Sent from my SM-N920V using Tapatalk
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    Hi to everyone on Reddit who is making their way to this thread! ???? Also, for those who think there's going to be a drop in call reliability scores for Verizon when they switch to VoLTE... I don't think so. Verizon has VoLTE pretty nailed down here. I can imagine NYC will be the same. I have only dropped one call on VoLTE the one time I've had it. Sent from my SM-N920V using Tapatalk
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    Back on topic: T-Mobile's offering a tourist plan for international visitors. Unlimited data with 2 GB at LTE speed, 1000 minutes, and unlimited text, for $30. Plan lasts for 21 days and doesn't renew. http://prepaid-phones.t-mobile.com/prepaid-international-tourist-plan?clickid=Wc80fK3ugT8Cy3X38YR4A0kZUkSVSpxZQ0P10I0&iradid=189313&cmpid=WTR_AF_189313&irpid=10078&irgwc=1 I'm kinda underwhelmed by it compared to the $30 plan T-Mobile already offers. Sent from my SM-N920V using Tapatalk
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    I think Arysyn should watch this. Britain has bad rural coverage. They also have no regionals. I honestly can't remember the last time I dropped a call on Verizon (on VoLTE!) Yet Britain has to deal with horrid rural coverage. Yet compare the winning Root scores in Britain of EE and the winning Root scores of Verizon here. Verizon's are higher. Final kicker, Sprint is ahead of EE on most metrics as well. EE is trying to plug the rural gap with small cells and more masts but they're more on the boat with Sprint and T-Mobile. 5 MHz block in band 20, aka Europe's 800 MHz. Sent from my SM-N920V using Tapatalk
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    http://seekingalpha.com/article/3977755-sprint-s-management-presents-44th-annual-j-p-morgan-global-technology-media-telecom I think this guy gets it, overall. Sent from my SM-N920V using Tapatalk
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    Sprint has to improve time on B41 TDD-LTE universally. Sprint has, in most of their markets, anywhere between 60 to 80% of their spectrum in B41. Time on B41 LTE is the big metric that will improve Sprint the quickest. It is the capacity layer. If Sprint has issues in places where devices fall back to B25, B26, or worse, 3G or 1X, it is going to make a major dent in the user experience. There's areas where Sprint is kicking ass on the speed test wars. That's not the issue most customers are having. It's congestion on non-B41 sectors. All that while keeping the C11 lawyers away. This is not an easy situation to deal with. Magenta has great speeds urban but they still are going to need more density everywhere else. Small cells and more macros in suburban, exurban, and rural. I know some denigrate small cells but they can be an effective solution in rural due to keeping costs in control. A macro cell might not be able to return investment in a lot of places for T-Mobile, but small cells can. That's good but B25/B26 is going to inevitably hit congestion points in a city that dense. Hence the small cell strategy. Sprint can also bring in 3D beamforming into the picture along with 4x4 MIMO and 256 QAM. That's something that is going to bring even greater capacity gains. http://networks.nokia.com/portfolio/products/mobile-broadband/long-term-evolution-lte/td-lte http://networks.nokia.com/news-events/press-room/press-releases/nokia-networks-shows-industry-s-first-td-lte-advanced-3-carrier-aggregation-plus-256-qam-u See the Nokia LG U+ video for a 3D beamforming demonstration.
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    Funny you mention that. Dallas is likely heading for top speeds of 262.5 Mbps theoretical with an extra 15 MHz of PCS LTE coming online for existing handsets that support 2x20 carrier aggregation on FDD. https://np.reddit.com/r/tmobile/comments/4ld4ah/update_dallas_15x15_pcs_lte_spotted/ My concern comes from in a lot of middle America markets, there isn't the spectrum to do that. Heck, there isn't even the spectrum to do that in most large metros. STL, ironically enough, is now the spectrum runt of the T-Mobile system. No low band here and 15x15 total of both PCS and AWS.
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