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By the way Josh... the FCC did have low frequencies available just a couple years later (2007/2008)... 700mHz, I believe, the old VHF TV frequencies... AT&T, Verizon, T Mobile and I think Dish got them. Sprint sat out on that one also. Sprint has sat out on most all of the FCC auctions... I don't think they played in the AWS-1 and AWS-3 auctions either/ as they don't have any. Does anyone remember?

Sprint wanted Nextel for all the 2.5G they had... (alot of it). Clearwire didn't come into the picture until Sprint spun the 2.5G off to them... only later to reacquire it when Softbank came into the picture (2013). (what a mess). Then you have the low band 800/900. 900 goes bye-bye, and it takes nearly 10 years... no wait... Sprint and Nextel tied the knot on August 12th 2005... It takes 13+ years to get 800 everywhere (and it's still not done due to all the rebanding and $$$ spent)... Not a great business plan. I just don't think Sprint can survive on it's own anymore. Softbank is only a silent owner now, waiting to unload it's misfortune.

...so nothing changes with this company... one bad decision after another. Merged with Nextel, (poorly executed and full of mistakes)...gets 800 and 900 mHz which it can't use and has to give back/sell 900 and then reband the entire public safety network in the country in order to use the 800 it has ... has to write the entire Nextel thing off the books years later... then it chooses the wrong 4G (Wimax) when within a few weeks, others including AT&T and Verizon and everyone else chose LTE. They never really deploy Wi-Max except to a few small chosen spots and never very dense just to appease the FCC for it's claim to 2500 mHz. Then it stops updating it's network until they have to fix it and decide on a "Rip - and Replace" which just about kills service to many long time users, me included for a long period... Then Son comes along and decides to buy the majority of the company so he can merge it, not realizing it has to be approved by the US government. It was a real eye opener, and a sad state of affairs... but especially when in the 2G and 3G days, Sprint was a leader and a disruptor! They had good phones... I had a Samsung "Blade" a full metal version of the Moto Razr... great phone! Sprint had some of the first color screen phones (Sanyo), the Motorola Razr (I believe AT&T was allowed to carry Razr's first)... They (Sprint) were the carrier to be with back in the day. I miss those days... I'm hoping T Mobile can do what Sprint used to do better.

Hey guys.... I thought Sprint owned band 41 licenses Nationwide? (all 50 states)?? Wow... No band 41 for North Minnesota ??

Hope it works...

Looks like the powers that be are trying a little friendly persuasion... New T Mobile to build customer care facility in Central California

LOL.... the picture is crooked.... Look at the fence. It is funny though! 😋

Backhaul has always been a very weak spot for Sprint. I remember talking about this 6 or 7 years ago or more, back in the 3G upgrade days.... every time a cell site was added. It gets old having a company suffer from the same problems year after year. Is T Mobile a bit more successful on getting backhaul to a site?

Sprint's are right up there too. They are not the cheap discount carrier either. Nobody is what I would call cheaper unless you go with a Family Mobile or Google Fi or a similar virtual carrier.

From Fortune Magazine news: T-Mobile's John Legere Promises Rates Won't Increase If the Sprint Merger Gets Approved In addition, Legere from a Reuters News feed, Legere and T Mobile is asking FCC to speed up the review process quickly... In a letter to the FCC, T-Mobile Chief Executive John Legere asked the government to move forward “expeditiously” in reviewing the merger of the No. 3 and No. 4 wireless carriers, and attempted to allay fears the deal would mean higher prices. Reuters: T-Mobile pledges three-year price clampdown

I was thinking the same thing. There is a hard enough time to try to get 2.5 G (Sprint's band 41) to penetrate builds. (it doesn't). How is 28G going to do it? You'd need a small cell/ repeater every 1/2 or 1/4 mile or possible every so many feet? How does this work?

Any improvement is great!! Glad for you! Maybe as they clear more 600 mHz and deploy more 700 mHz and such, the other small town areas around you will improve as well! Great to hear good news!

Dan... those are great speeds. I can only wish to achieve these with S. You used to say T Mobile didn't cover your area very well and the speeds were poor. Did your service recently improve?

I'm guessing a "Customer Experience Center" is a super fancy way of saying: Call Center...

As a follow up, the clock was stopped this last time due to Government Shutdown.

Democrats in the Senate are a minority. ... I don't think it means much. Also, I don't believe Congress has much say in the overall plot as it's up to the FCC and the Dept of Justice. If you all remember, Sprint and T Mobile already met with Senators back in May or June. Don't really know what else can be done. The FCC has a 180 Day "shot clock". It can go over 180 days, but not 2 years?! I'm hoping there is some word/ communication this week or next.

Agree! Seems like this is taking forever.

Government (FCC) reopens probably Monday.... Merger back on for review... do you think we'll see any quick movement now?

Sorry... was thinking AT&T and Direct TV.

Agree. Dish has nothing to win by T Mobile and Sprint merging... Aren't they part of AT&T anyway? The article was written from a one sided old idea that most all mergers hurt the public. I think Sprint, on it's own will eventually hurt the customers because they won't be able to compete on a one to one basis with the likes of giants like AT&T and Verizon (even T Mobile is now nearly 1 1/2 times bigger than Sprint), but will have to charge nearly as much for monthly service regardless, even if their service doesn't measure up to Verizon or AT&T. Prices are already nearly the same! It will be painful and very slow for them to get 5G out to the masses on their own. Let's face it, like Bigsnake49 and DanD said above, prices are not going anywhere but probably holding steady or rising... like every other purchased good we buy.

I am hoping for an early gift.

Interesting... in the following CNN link, T Mobile Indicated the Justice Dept, Homeland Security and Defense Dept all withdrew a request for a merger delay.... "Cleared key hurdles"... I like the video feed, if you can see it... with Marcelo and John. John is always the key spokesperson. Marcelo is kinda just in the background mostly... Could this mean that the merger is very quickly drawing to a close? What's your take? How soon do you think this can this happen? T-Mobile and Sprint just cleared key hurdles to their huge merger

It's Fixed. Try it again.

One down, two more to go... T-Mobile takeover of Sprint wins approval of U.S. national security panel

Does anyone know if Sprint has completely built out all their 1900 band? I know they had received more (G Block?) when they had to return some 800 and 900mHz back when they closed with Nextel. I'm just wondering if any spare spectrum is available, so once T Mobile gets the green light, there is something they can quickly implement?