anthony.spina97

Yeah, but to not have the actual phone as an option for making a phone call seems like a weird mistake.

 

 

Sent from my iPhone 6+

When you have something plugged into the headphone jack, it overrides the earpiece. It's been like that for years, long before iOS 6/7.

 

-Anthony

But that would involve carrier aggregation which Verizon hasn't really starting to build out for. Only 2 current US carriers can do LTEAdvanced, AT&T and Sprint. T-Mobile and Verizon for right now are still on FDD.

The CAPACITY of a 15x15, not the throughput of a 15x15. It's the same thing as Sprint launching a second 5x5 carrier in PCS.

 

-Anthony

i have been thinking about this for a while now. if you take away B41 (2500MHz) from sprint they actually have like no spectrum what so ever. if they could only deploy 5x5 on B26 and 25 they effectively have less spectrum than T-Mo.

 

I know they license some 2500MHz from schools and such so lets hope they dont get any ideas to take the spectrum from sprint and try to sell if for a profit. considering a 20 or 40MHz Block of spectrum would get them a boat load of money.

 

On the other hand i have no idea why verizon is even deploying LTE in 1900MHz as a 5x5 carrier. they have so many customers that their 700MHz 10x10 is slower than sprint in alot of places so whats the point of a 5x5 carrier. all they would do is give their subs slower speeds and miff em real good.

 

They would be better off selling that small sliver of spectrum since T-mo/spint/AT&T/ would probably be highly interested in adding it to their own holdings for wider channels.

First, you have to include Sprint's PCS holdings that currently are being used for CDMA instead of LTE, which alone can be more than 35 MHz in some markets.

 

Next, the benefit of Verizon running a 5x5 in PCS means that Verizon goes from having the capacity of a 10x10 network to having the capacity of a 15x15 network when in range of the PCS carrier. Which, in turn, will increase speeds on the 700 MHz network.

 

-Anthony

Are we sure it's sprint?

Who else could it be?

 

-Anthony

Is there a certain distance that band 41 starts fading?

 

Thanks,

 

Tony

There isn't a specific distance that Band 41(or any radio frequency/technology) begins to fade. It varies by every site in every market. It depends on a plethora of environmental factors, site transmit power, down tilt, etc.

 

-Anthony

Why is it a bad idea for tri-band devices to be sold on Sprint Prepaid brands? Sprints Prepaid brands (Boost Mobile, Virgin Mobile USA, Sprint Prepaid) represent over 14 million subs. Thats a 1/4 of Sprints customer base. I feel it is important that anyone one Sprints network have the same experience. If not, they would be losing more subs than they already have.

Plus, if all of those uni-band devices on Sprint Prepaid are all camped on Band 25, that makes it even more congested than it already is. Band 41 is the capacity band, not Band 25, so we shouldn't be putting those ~14 million subs all on Band 25. The load needs to be spread out.

 

-Anthony

This is why I use the mobile site. Works great for me

 

-Anthony

My brain... It hurts...

 

-Anthony

A cool way I could see them altering this would be to remove unlimited from b25 and b26. If you're on 2.5 ghz, use all the data you want because there is plenty of spectrum

 

 

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I imagine that that would be a nightmare to implement :/

 

-Anthony

I can already see the advertising...

 

*Fits iPhone 6 and 6 Plus

You think they'll have to have those pants MFi certified?

 

-Anthony

Chevrolet FTW!

 

-Anthony

For whatever reason, PCS 3G is more robust than PCS LTE.

It has to do with how LTE is modulated. Any LTE on any frequency will propagate worse than EVDO/1x on the same frequency.

 

-Anthony

Why does Sprint struggle so badly in Louisiana? There must be a reason or 2. But no provider is best for everyone, everywhere. If the glass slipper doesn't fit, it just doesn't fit!

I remember reading that most or all of the Louisiana area was an affiliate market that Sprint bought, and that affliate had poor cell spacing to begin with.

 

-Anthony

I'll probably pick up a G2 once we are a triband market. As of now I am not aware of anything other than band 25 in the city. Am I missing something? (Not talking about "one tower out in concord".)

 

"Normal" speeds uptown continue to be ~0.25 Mbps down and that is what I am seeing today.

Yeah Robert is right. I have a 5S, and I pick up Band 26 all over the place. It's not exactly optimized yet, but where you get it, it works well. I actually haven't even seen more than a few places without it. And many of our other members in Charlotte and the surrounding areas will tell you that Band 41 is just as prevalent, if not more-so.

 

-Anthony

I thought you would be on a Sprint plan.

Not in the part of the US that he lives in. No native Sprint service there :/

 

-Anthony

If you are that hungry, go eat an Apple. I hope that it has a worm inside.

 

AJ

I hear worms taste like chicken. Thanks for the recommendation

 

-Anthony

Nothing wrong with Sprint getting a message together too. It will be interesting to see how their new marketing machine drives the point home.

Sometimes I think Sprint should hire Apple's marketing team. Just food for thought...

 

-Anthony

Found an LTE-Only tweak for jailbroken iOS! it's called Lock4GLTE and it is a paid tweak.

Have you tested it?

 

-Anthony

Granted, Verizon's LTE coverage throughout northeast corridor is second to none.

I was just about to point that out. Verizon's LTE is, in most places, ubiquitous. Sprint's, on the other hand, will have some dead zones in Band 25 only areas. So we aren't talking LTE to LTE handoffs, we're talking LTE to 3G to LTE handoffs.

 

-Anthony

Do all carriers or devices do this or is it just Sprints network or devices? I noticed this too, and I'm sure this doesn't help with the Sprint bashing. Is there a post that explains more about why this happens?

All devices do it, regardless of the network.

 

-Anthony

One other comment, though. I'm not getting nearly the range out of LTE800 as I get out of 1x800. Maybe this is by design, though.

You will never get the same range out of LTE 800 as you get with 1x800. LTE is a much more fragile airlink than 1x is, so you can't hold LTE nearly as well as you can hold 1x.

 

-Anthony

I figured it had to be T-Mobile since I know folks that have been by it with VzW, Sprint, and AT&T haven't seen a bit of difference in service. I'm hoping Sprint will also go up on that tower or at least on a tower somewhere over by Morehead and 49.

As am I. Since I live in Harrisburg, it'll greatly benefit me. (And everyone else with Sprint in this area)

 

-Anthony

To those of us that saw the tower go up on Pitts School Road in Concord, just wanted to let you guys know the (disappointing) news, it's a T-Mobile tower :/

 

-Anthony

I would've cancelled the order and just waited for the stores to restock. All Apple stores are restocking for the holiday rush.

He would, but he ordered it through Next and the only way they'll let him get a phone through Next at an Apple Store is if he was a new customer, which he isn't. He just called every AT&T store within a 50 mile radius of us (which is a lot of stores) and all of them only have 16 GB models. I feel for the dude.

 

-Anthony

A friend of mine on AT&T ordered a 128 GB 6 Plus on 10/4. His estimated ship date was 11/18-11/28. AT&T just updated his order page to an estimated delivery of 12/12-12/19. That's over 2 months of waiting for the device. Safe to say he is very aggravated.

 

-Anthony