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Can you do Sprint leasing program if your on a Framily plan?

The Sprint variant Samsung Galaxy S7 will be sold with the SIM card installed. This is not BYOD. You need not obtain a SIM card in advance.

 

AJ

How does apple do it currently, do they ship with carriers SIM installed ?

Hi, do we know what kind of SIM card the Sprint S7 will use? I would like to get the Sim to be prepared.

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How about B26 performance? Since in theory if the B25 is weak, it'll switch over to the B26 when needed. Anyone in a B26 area have information about it?

I do in the location I am at right now.

It does hand off but B26 isn't a huge signal boost.

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I was corresponding with @sprintcares via Twitter and they had me enter ##72786# to go into hands free activation and after a few restarts and system updates I got the LTE to stay.

 

Might work for some of you.

What version of software are you on?

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Question why does the S5 list Band3 Band26 and Band41 under ##data#?

But no Band26.

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You can still do most things with 128k which is over double the speed of dial-up.

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Has anyone confirmed that business can switch yet?

I called and I was told that I couldn't move my business accounts over to it.

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Well yes and no. Yes the total number of spectrum when you include all of the 2.5 GHz spectrum is a lot but the majority of the 2.5 GHz spectrum is EBS spectrum (dynamic, deal with many leases) vs. BRS spectrum (static). Sprint could at any time drop the EBS license leases and would be left with just 55.5 MHz of BRS 2.5 GHz spectrum.

 

However I also say No in this respect because Sprint is still in many major markets spectrum constrained with only 20 MHz of PCS spectrum (not counting G block). The fact that they Sprint still has to support CDMA voice, 3G, and LTE all on the PCS spectrum means that 20 MHz is still not enough. They will still need more PCS spectrum to fill these roles especially in all the major markets to add capacity.

 

I still believe that Sprint needs to bid on the H block and make great use of it to add another 5x5 LTE carrier. Sure we like to poke fun at Charlie and how we would like to see him screwed by driving up the price to make it uncomfortable for him but at the same time, I am looking at the big picture and what is best for the wireless industry. I don't want to see any spectrum wasted and I feel if Dish gets the PCS H block spectrum, they will put the 10 MHz spectrum to waste since they are so disorganized. Dish is already screwed up and they don't have any plan on how they plan to deploy the 2 GHz S-band spectrum. If you add that on top of the steps that Dish would need to do to get the additional PCS H block spectrum 3GPP certified and come up with H block wireless equipment for commercial deployment, I don't see how they will do it and meet the build out deadlines.

 

If I were Sprint, I would definitely call Dish's bluff and bid on the H block to force Dish to convert the 2000-2020 spectrum to supplemental downlink.

With Sprint turning up 800mhz , 2.6 ghz LTE there is no need for Sprint to waste money on the H block over the next 6 months to 1 year a lot of Sprints traffic will be over LTE .

Also over the next 2 years when Sprint would use the H block most of the traffic will be sent over TD LTE one 5x5 carrier will mean little to nothing.

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All this math doesn't add up... if indeed VZW and AT&T are both apparently selling Iphones like hotcakes well above and over the other handsets, how do they not have more than 50% of the market share in the US. Something doesn't quite fit here. Everyone putting their own little spin on things based on which type of device they like and which carrier they like. Brand loyalty...meh...

Agreeded

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How much total 900mhz is licensed in the US?

 

 

I know sprint has like 3x3 right?

 

 

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The 900Mhz SMR is 5x5 and Sprint has on average about 3x3.

Dang I was hoping for maybe 10x10.

Who owns the rest of the 5x5?

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Yeah, PCS H should be worth about half a billion, no more.

 

Now I know that we have talked about this before, but what is Sprint going to do with the 900MHz spectrum that they own? Give it back to the FCC and get some kind of credit? Swap it for Solinc's ESMR spectrum?

 

How much total 900mhz is licensed in the US?

I know sprint has like 3x3 right?

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I don't think Sprint needs to mess with the H block now , when they have TD-lte deployed and with trip band phones coming out shortly there is no need to get in a bidding war with Dish for only 5x5mhz.

 

 

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I think they still do. The only reason being is that I am still not convinced about how expansive the 2.5 GHz TD-LTE rollout is going to be. I have read about creating small islands of TD-LTE but to me that is not enough. We only know of only 5,000 TD-LTE sites that will get upgrades but I expect that number will increase once Sprint pumps funding into Clearwire when the deal closes but it certainly will not be anywhere near 38,000 nor are we sure it will cover some of the major markets that were left out of the Wimax deployment. It makes sense to me to create TD-LTE islands in every single major market and not just those in the Wimax rollout. The H block however will bring the same coverage like the G block at a lower cost.

 

The H block will complement Sprint's G block nicely since they reside right next to each other. The PCS band is Sprint's main band and they need to do whatever it takes to gobble up as much of that. I think giving the 5x5 H block to Dish would be wasteful since they have yet to announce their plans to deploy their own S-band spectrum. I hate to see spectrum wasted since its a limited resource and I would rather have Sprint sell some of their 2.5 GHz spectrum to bolster their spectrum holdings than for Sprint to give up on the H block.

 

But by the time Sprint can buy the H block they can reuse a lot of there current pcs holding and just use TD late where needed.

Also keep in mind what and how softbank uses td-lte in Japan.

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It sounds like Dish is going to cause more trouble getting Sprint/Softbank into a bidding war with the H block. How much time does Dish have left in their build out requirements for the AWS spectrum they currently own? And when do we expect the auctions for the H block?

 

 

I hope the H block auction is sometime in Oct/Nov this year and I do expect Dish to try to cause havoc in bidding for the large markets like LA, NYC, Chicago, Houston, etc to drive the price up for Sprint/Softbank. I think Sprint/Softbank needs to spend whatever it takes to get nationwide H block to bolster their overall PCS holdings and to get contiguous 10 MHz so that they can add another 5x5 LTE carrier for capacity.

I don't think Sprint needs to mess with the H block now , when they have TD-lte deployed and with trip band phones coming out shortly there is no need to get in a bidding war with Dish for only 5x5mhz.

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I had tons of issues here in Indiana I would connect fine with 800 MHz just no voice or SMS service.

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What about prl 2001 for the note 2, I can't find much about it.

 

 

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My initial suspicions were correct. The weird number is due to an emergency temporary PRL for certain devices. They removed every single bit of 800SMR scans out of the PRL. And yes, 2000 is the standard account PRL with no VZW EVDO roaming. The 2002 is the corporate EVDO roaming PRL. I bet this PRL will be here until they can fire up a bunch of 800SMR after 6/30/13.

 

I bet the 2001 is the business EVDO roaming PRL.

Interesting Thank You for looking into them.

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I see one of my biggest pet peeves pervades this thread, too.

 

 

So, we need to start a "3G" jar. Anyone who calls EV-DO generically "3G" has to put a dollar in the jar that then gets donated to the site.

 

 

AJ

Hmm well evdo is 3g or did the redo it to be 5g now lmao ?

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What about prl 2001 for the note 2, I can't find much about it.

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You would need the 800SMR testing PRL to connect to that 22429.

 

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Unless you are in a market that is up and running with the line prl.

Can we get a list of those markets?

I'm not sure how against the rules it is' date=' but considering you only have 300mb of roaming regardless of what tech you use it on I don't see why.

 

If you want to use Verizon EV-DO while outside of the native coverage footprint, either you need a corporate PRL or the area you're roaming in needs to be a former Alltel area (no custom PRL required!), To get a corporate PRL the latest is 12121 which may or may not give you Verizon EV-DO roaming but it will also give you EV-DO roaming on other carriers like US Cellular (which is better than VZW in my experience).

 

Download the 12121 PRL (google it). Look up installing custom PRLs on the iPhone 5, (there should be guides), then follow the instructions,

 

Force roaming is a different thing entirely. On android phones you can use Roam Control but I have no idea how you would do it with an iPhone (maybe a jaibreak app?)[/quote']

 

Robert doesnt this violate s4gru policy?

All Sprint towers are being upgraded.

 

SouthernLINC will be able to take advantage of the 3GPP approval of band 26' date=' just like Sprint can. They'll be fine. SouthernLINC also works rather closely with NII Holdings (who does business as Nextel International). They'll work in lockstep toward LTE.[/quote']

 

I though Sprint excluded LINC's spectrum from there request to the 3GPP?

St. Louis is already a much larger market for Sprint market share wise than USCC is/was. That said' date=' the extra spectrum will be an aid there if Sprint wants to further go after AT&T which is the dominant player in that market.

 

St. Louis is the biggest third round market for Sprint BY FAR as far as market share and number of customers. I'm frankly shocked at the decision making that got it plugged into the third round. Sprint has more customers than Verizon in St. Louis.[/quote']

 

Hi,

 

Where do you find the number of subs per carrier's, I would love to see a thread of market by market.

Have you all been getting a ton of dropped calls now a days on 465?

So as most of you know' date=' the FCC recently approved the deal to allow Clearwire, and sprint merge together to enhance sprint`s wireless experience. The merger between these two companies means that sprint will be able to take advantage of clearwire`s large swath of 2.5 Ghz spectrum, and eventually use it to enhance their LTE network. Also with this deal, sprint will become more competitive with bigger wireless companies such as Verizon wireless, or AT&T. Verizon is one of the carriers that has 10 x 10 Ghz blocks of spectrum deployed on most sites, meaning more spectrum available on these towers. With all this being said, Clearwire will now have the appropriate amount of funds to continue thier deployment of TD-LTE on the 2.5 Ghz spectrum, and eventually, sprint plans to use Clearwire`s LTE network to offload excessive data traffic off of Sprint`s LTE network, meaning excessive users on one LTE tower will be transfered over to Clearwires LTE network, where available, making towers less loaded down with data access. But in order for the offloading to work on phones, sprint will have to talk with phone manufacturers to create a dual-LTE phone with two seperate LTE radios (one for sprint`s LTE network, and one for clearwire`s LTE network.). But all this being said, one problem lies ahead of this possible LTE offloading plan. Sprint also stated that they are shutting down their iDEN network running on the 800Mhz SMR spectrum, and they will recycle it to be used with deploying LTE over the 800Mhz SMR spectrum instead, which will mean better geographical reach to more customers. But for that to happen, phone manufacturers will have to create an LTE radio that supports both spectrums of sprint`s LTE network, as well as a seperate LTE radio that will be used with Clearwire`s planned LTE deployment on the 2.5 Ghz spectrum. so The main question here is: Will the merger between sprint and clearwire be hurtful or helpful to sprint?[/quote']

 

I don't believe the FCC has approved the purchase as of yet.