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7 hours ago, 1dante said:

Has anyone spotted N25 yet? If so…what market?

This will be rough for most to see.  My Samsung A32 5g locked to T-Mobile only has n41 and n71. My Factory unlocked could do it if it is public. Could certainly see n25 if rooted and using NSG. Otherwise a spectrum analyzer is needed.

3 hours ago, Dkoellerwx said:

Are licenses in Nebraska or Kansas actually affected or is that just the region? I went through the links but at a quick glance didn't see anything related to those two states.

Nothing new in this limited time frame. Does not include lease renewals. T-mobile is grabbing what it can. 10 to 1 with 2 in court according to Fiercewireless: https://www.fiercewireless.com/wireless/wco-spectrum-has-1b-active-offers-buy-25-ghz-spectrum

Illinois and Indiana:

Already covered in the Wisper (Arkansas) and Watch T.V. (Ohio) transactions

Done.

Nevada, Utah, Colorado, Guam, Port Rico American Samoa, Minor pacific islands, Gulf of Mexico:

nothing recently.

Nebraska, Kansas, Oklahoma, Iowa, Missouri, Arkansas, Northern Marianas, Hawaii, Alaska:

"The five leases cover portions of eighteen local markets in portions of eight counties in Arkansas, thirty-six counties in Illinois, three counties in Indiana and seven counties in Missouri  - (WLX548) https://wireless2.fcc.gov/UlsEntry/attachments/attachmentViewRD.jsp?applType=search&fileKey=1607714953&attachmentKey=21468595&attachmentInd=applAttach

https://wireless2.fcc.gov/UlsEntry/attachments/attachmentViewRD.jsp?applType=search&fileKey=2029003858&attachmentKey=21468595&attachmentInd=applAttach

Hawaii new lease: https://wireless2.fcc.gov/UlsEntry/attachments/attachmentViewRD.jsp?applType=search&fileKey=1545495400&attachmentKey=21479453&attachmentInd=applAttach   Also many minor changes with the University of Hawaii.

Magnolia, Arkansas - https://wireless2.fcc.gov/UlsEntry/attachments/attachmentViewRD.jsp?applType=search&fileKey=579745719&attachmentKey=21456838&attachmentInd=applAttach

Fort Smith Arkansas - https://wireless2.fcc.gov/UlsEntry/attachments/attachmentViewRD.jsp?applType=search&fileKey=2060550409&attachmentKey=21369722&attachmentInd=applAttach

Alaska new leases - https://wireless2.fcc.gov/UlsEntry/attachments/attachmentViewRD.jsp?applType=search&fileKey=1431039378&attachmentKey=21376655&attachmentInd=applAttach

Louisiana, Texas, New Mexico, Arizona

Mesquite area, TX: https://wireless2.fcc.gov/UlsEntry/attachments/attachmentViewRD.jsp?applType=search&fileKey=715324474&attachmentKey=21366241&attachmentInd=applAttach primarily a fill-in new lease.

Houston and Galveston areas purchase: https://wireless2.fcc.gov/UlsEntry/attachments/attachmentViewRD.jsp?applType=search&fileKey=404866740&attachmentKey=21457038&attachmentInd=applAttach

Houston lease to buy: https://wireless2.fcc.gov/UlsEntry/attachments/attachmentViewRD.jsp?applType=search&fileKey=1023756578&attachmentKey=21465258&attachmentInd=applAttach

and https://wireless2.fcc.gov/UlsEntry/attachments/attachmentViewRD.jsp?applType=search&fileKey=1416588475&attachmentKey=21465258&attachmentInd=applAttach

Brenham Texas new lease: https://wireless2.fcc.gov/UlsApp/ApplicationSearch/applAdmin.jsp?applID=13488125#

Rice Texas New lease: https://wireless2.fcc.gov/UlsApp/ApplicationSearch/applMain.jsp?applID=13421387

Magnolia, AK purchase: https://wireless2.fcc.gov/UlsEntry/attachments/attachmentViewRD.jsp?applType=search&fileKey=330142865&attachmentKey=21456838&attachmentInd=applAttach  and https://wireless2.fcc.gov/UlsApp/ApplicationSearch/applMain.jsp?applID=13327426

Covering ED license frequency adds in Kentucky, Tennessee, Alabama, Mississippi

License purchase in Jacksonville, MS: https://wireless2.fcc.gov/UlsEntry/attachments/attachmentViewRD.jsp?applType=search&fileKey=1735621489&attachmentKey=21153691&attachmentInd=applAttach

North Dakota, South Dakota, Montana, Wyoming, Idaho:

Central South Dakota: https://wireless2.fcc.gov/UlsEntry/attachments/attachmentViewRD.jsp?applType=search&fileKey=1789253661&attachmentKey=21511950&attachmentInd=applAttach

Williston, ND area purchase: https://wireless2.fcc.gov/UlsEntry/attachments/attachmentViewRD.jsp?applType=search&fileKey=275169369&attachmentKey=21528230&attachmentInd=applAttach

The non-keep sites in Columbus starting to go dark.

Maryland, DC, Virginia results:

https://wireless2.fcc.gov/UlsApp/ApplicationSearch/applLeases.jsp?applID=10128331

New lease for the Winchester VA area, about 40Mhz of spectrum.

https://wireless2.fcc.gov/UlsApp/ApplicationSearch/applAdmin.jsp?applID=10128331#

New lease for Roanoke, VA

North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia, Florida

New purchase for Ashville, NC: https://wireless2.fcc.gov/UlsEntry/attachments/attachmentViewRD.jsp?applType=search&fileKey=1234792620&attachmentKey=21494016&attachmentInd=applAttach

57 minutes ago, Paynefanbro said:

Weird how they've already done all of the metro and state rankings for 1H 2022 but the national ranking is only on 2H 2021.

Good catch

T-Mobile manages to win the state of Hawaii (sharing with Verizon), Nationally a distant third. Worst states appear to be Wyoming, Vermont, Alaska.

https://rootmetrics.com/en-US/rootscore/map/national/united-states/2021/2H

https://rootmetrics.com/en-US/rootscore/map/state/hawaii/2022/1H

https://rootmetrics.com/en-US/rootscore/map/state/wyoming/2022/1H

https://rootmetrics.com/en-US/rootscore/map/state/vermont/2022/1H

https://rootmetrics.com/en-US/rootscore/map/state/alaska/2022/1H

Root Metrics give AT&T a slight edge over Verizon nationally with both sharing first place:https://rootmetrics.com/en-US/content/us-state-of-the-mobile-union-1h-2022

https://www.pcmag.com/news/genesis-rising-dish-5g-network-gets-better-after-first-week

More 2.5 purchased to fulfill merger 5g obligations for Watertown SD area for 8 SD counties and 5 MN counties: https://wireless2.fcc.gov/UlsEntry/attachments/attachmentViewRD.jsp?applType=search&fileKey=138600801&attachmentKey=21481609&attachmentInd=applAttach

Change in ownership to T-Mobile from Northern Arizona University (already leased).  https://wireless2.fcc.gov/UlsEntry/attachments/attachmentViewRD.jsp?applType=search&fileKey=1026040304&attachmentKey=21432847&attachmentInd=applAttach

"The assignment includes EBS license areas covering parts of 42 Cellular Market Areas (“CMAs”) in markets across the United States, including Albany, New York; Knoxville, Tennessee; San Antonio, Texas; Nashville, Tennessee; Orlando, Florida; Rochester, New York; Evansville, Indiana; Rutland, Vermont and Amarillo, Texas and portions of 107 counties in these areas."

This one covers the greater Boston area and appears to be a new lease: https://wireless2.fcc.gov/UlsEntry/attachments/attachmentViewRD.jsp?applType=search&fileKey=111517181&attachmentKey=21340773&attachmentInd=applAttach

"The Lease Agreement cover portions of eight local markets in portions of seven counties in Massachusetts, four counties in New Hampshire and one county each in Connecticut and Rhode Island and there is no need for any additional competitive review."

A weird one from a Burlington Vermont Bank https://wireless2.fcc.gov/UlsEntry/attachments/attachmentViewRD.jsp?applType=search&fileKey=453703197&attachmentKey=21526085&attachmentInd=applAttach  Can you say due diligence? IMO will likely be sold.

States recently covered: California, Oregon, Washington, Minnesota, Wisconsin, Michigan, Ohio,  Pennsylvania, New York, Vermont, New Hampshire, Maine, Rhode Island, Connecticut, New Jersey, Delaware, West Virginia.  Only looked at pending.

T-Mobile continues to buyout ED (2.5GHz) spectrum in small amounts.  Here is California:

https://wireless2.fcc.gov/UlsEntry/attachments/attachmentViewRD.jsp?applType=search&fileKey=1671153433&attachmentKey=21487162&attachmentInd=applAttach

https://wireless2.fcc.gov/UlsEntry/attachments/attachmentViewRD.jsp?applType=search&fileKey=1861609718&attachmentKey=21487164&attachmentInd=applAttach

And here is a new lease from the Ewiiaapaayp Band of Kumeyaay Indian, which was recently acquired from the FCC:

https://wireless2.fcc.gov/UlsApp/UlsSearch/licenseMap.jsp?licKey=4345805

As you can see from above, this is a significant amount of spectrum that will hopefully allow this Band to receive much better internet.

Here is Washington state (none in Oregon):

https://wireless2.fcc.gov/UlsEntry/attachments/attachmentViewRD.jsp?applType=search&fileKey=430721178&attachmentKey=21504414&attachmentInd=applAttach

Likely many others elsewhere in small amounts.

15 hours ago, iansltx said:

In terms of X goes further than Y, I've seen this IRL on sites around here. Same equipment broadcasting both n41 and B41, with B41 usually at a higher frequency than n41. LTE is a less complex signal than NR, and chipsets are more mature, so it just goes further before dropping out. When the closest n41 site to me was ~1 mi away I could pull B41 from that site consistently, but to get anything near reliable n41 I'd have to get within 0.7 mi or so. It's less obvious at this point as n41 coverage is closer to contiguous, but I know for a fact that I was looking at B41 and n41 from the same site, same panels (though IIRC LTE gets broadcast from different M-MIMO antenna elements), and these are the perf characteristics I've seen.

Note that the interference robustness issue shouldn't ever come into play as we're talking about licensed spectrum. Attenuation, sure, but fancier modulations require higher SNR to make work.

Likewise, VZW n2 doesn't reach nearly as far as B2 here, though that may be a function of VZW not trying very hard to keep phones on DSS rather than plain LTE.

Agree that we must discount Verizon. 

What you're observing could also be a design issue of 5g: the complexity of being able to serve so many more devices where signal is strong leads to edge deterioration. I agree that this might be able to be addressed in the future.

I would like you to discount the bandwidth size theory if you can. What is the bandwidth difference in places where you have observed n41 falling short of b41?

2 hours ago, sunmybun said:

on the s22 ultra unlocked(U1) firmware. (..2AVF1)
the band selection menu is gone as stated by others.

I noticed that the wifi calling is gone also.
I cant make calls over wifi when there is no cell service or when I force it on wifi calling.

Ive seen s21 ultra users having similar issues on the new update, so I didnt update my s21u.
I wish i didnt for my s22 ultra also

Unless you take special steps, the update to force itself upon your phone.

1 hour ago, iansltx said:

B41 goes further than n41, so my bet is that the site is broadcasting n41, just not loudly enough for your phone to hear it.

I would think this would be determined by the amount of bandwidth.  My hypothesis would be in a rural area with 20+20 of b41 would go further than 10Mhz of n41, while in a more endowed urban area 100Mhz of n41 would go further than 20+20 of b41. Larger bandwidth can more easily overcome interference.

Another hypothesis would be the age and capabilities of the site equipment

B25 no longer visible to my G2s with Sprint Sims except when rooted using NSG.  These were last used on MVNO Tello.  My LG G4 which was last used on Sprint with a Sprint Sim is unregistered on Verizon 3g.

T-Mobile is asking FCC for approval to obtain Watch TV 2.5 spectrum in Ohio to meet its 5G rural merger obligations in 29 Ohio and 2 Indiana counties. https://wireless2.fcc.gov/UlsEntry/attachments/attachmentViewRD.jsp?applType=search&fileKey=1979344942&attachmentKey=21484155&attachmentInd=applAttach

This implies that T-Mobile will aggressively go after 2.5 rural spectrum in the upcoming FCC auction 108 even more than I thought.

2 hours ago, bigsnake49 said:

It's a small channel size and it's just yet another frequency they have to support. They should just sell it to AT&T/Verizon/USCC and be done with it. 

Or sell it to the government and have it incorporate it in the 700/800 Public Service frequencies.

The FCC should consider ways to consolidate many bands into larger bandwith channels.

Known non-keep powerline site site near a powerful T-Mobile site in NW Columbus OH still operating on band 25 today.

2 hours ago, PedroDaGr8 said:

I believe one of the merger conditions was they had offer to sell it to Dish. 

EDIT: Oops didn't see that this had already been answered. 

Actually, you are correct. It is possible Dish won't take it. Meanwhile both Dish and T-Mobile pretend they don't want it for negotiation purposes.

31 minutes ago, schmidtj said:

Saw this on Reddit:

T-Mobile will soon pay you to get off your Sprint SIM Card

That tells me they won't be turning off Sprint on June 30.  Previous I had see mention of  shutoff to investors list "summer".

2 hours ago, PedroDaGr8 said:

Interesting add! Now if they would just enable the other bands the phone is capable of as well.

I was looking to see if they added n70 for Dish, but not yet.

one way to remove it:

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