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My view is the merger followed closely by possible chapter 14 bankruptcy is planned by Ergen. Whether it goes as he plans remains to seen. Stockholders usually get haircuts and suppliers take over. I assume the spectrum is legally hidden away, which will likely need to change. Bankruptcy could also just be a terror tactic to get better terms (for now). Band 26 will be on the block. White knight not possible until during or after bankruptcy proceedings. I do agree that the way Dish wireless is being run is a dumpster fire.

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Likely. A few of the sites appeared not to have 5g, or just had n71. Not real scientific: passenger. no site stops. Was using 4 or 5 phones on T-Mobile. Ran into some Verizon roaming. Some deliberate, more for short distances. Some coverage better than Sorint. Never observed Band 41 LTE or Band 26 LTE. Some phones were Band locked. Had phones running on the duo, but was not interacting with them. 7.5 hours of driving.

Time will tell. If popular, will they added more satellites to reduce coverage area? Will this also apply to an hurricane or earthquake damaged area?

I think each market or region is making many changes. With n41 SA as primary I have seen on a regular basis: n41 SA 100Mhz plus n25 SA + n71 SA + n41 SA 80Mhz. Today about 90 minutes east I saw n41 SA 100MHz + n25 20x20 × n71 + n25 SA 5x5. This was in an auction 108 area. Throughput 10 times greater at on point (was congested). Also an 108 area were sites likely in process of being upgraded, but need to double check this mathematically. I took an interstate route to an event them a divided highway/ two lane road back. It dawned on me that T-Mobile likely has fewer band 41 sites than Sprint, especially away from interstates. This could be a problem for Home Internet expansion. Hopefully it does well on existing rural n41 sites so they upgrade the others. Edit: So I did the math on Jefferson County Ohio area with the Ed and Br licences. The eastern sliver (Pittsburgh) max bandwidth is 72, northern sliver (Youngtown) max is 72 twice, north 1/3 and rest of county max is 55. New auction 108 max is 108 and 72 (could beg for the rest). So I believe in my seeing 80 and 100 MHz, the 80 MHz was just transitory in the upgrade process. Time will tell. Will test on some future trip.

https://www.fcc.gov/ecfs/document/1030712968789/1 Very rosey reports from SpaceX of satellite to phone performance stating ingredients it even worked inside. Note the testing was done at low altitudes. Operates on band 25 g block as was noted in the past. Number of satellites will be key, as well as how use is limited, since satellite capacity is finite. Credit: https://www.reddit.com/r/tmobile/s/MrnobMcnMR

I am now just seeing SA in my market with either 100mhz or 80Mhz as primary, an FD SA, then the other SA b41. Will be out again looking for auction 108 live spectrum very soon.

Mine was floating around for a few weeks but now seems stable for about a week. Neither scp or cellmapper accurately report it.

Interesting that you are getting SA n41(100) + SA n41(90). With 194MHz n41 total here I am now seeing SA n41(100) + SA n25 (15×15) + SA n41(80) in central Ohio. No band 41 LTE so 10MHz wasted. At 0.5 mile my max speed at 4am was 1050/45. My site is getting slightly slower. About 10% slower with second sim turned on.

On the same g- play date with factory unlocked ultra.

Sent in diag on s24 ultra factory unlocked. T-Mobile "n38" not allowing note.

Another possibility is to divide up NSA and SA with one getting 100MHz and the other getting 80MHz or the remainder. Some people on Reddit have reported seeing this. I may have seen it, but did not test it well enough to comment yet.

Wonder how they will handle greater than 100Mhz in rural areas? They could do LTE CA, but considering most of the phones are 5g this likely makes little sense.

Now we have our timeliness which is as expected: "over the next few days, covering nearly 60 million customers". The other 20 million customers will happen as they build out towers.

B26 is data only on two sites here in Ohio. Calls will hangup on first ring.

In Zanesville OH, With 50Mhz n41, gave me 45/30 yesterday outside the courthouse. They should now have 138.5 contiguous n41 now, which should make a significant difference.

Iirc T-Mobile is supposed to try to sell it first. I think IOT would be a good use case. The question with trying to replace b71 LTE is how many phones can support it?

Bankruptcy could take years. Many painful years. Now is the time to surrender to a white knight while it can still be saved. Dish basically seems paralyzed. Plenty of rational ways to improve cash flow. Start with Ergen not being the CEO.

Hunting auction 108 spectrum. S24 ultra 80mhz n41 nsa but only showing as nr on scp. sent in diags. Edits: Picking up 100mhz on a32 and it is showing in scp. S24 ultra shows 100mhz when verizon sim turned off and appears correctly in SCP. May have caught the changeover but will double check later. Edit 2: Redditors on auction 108 hunts have reported 100Mhz as NSA, 80 MHz as SA (second channel)

7156 licenses for T-Mobile (all that T-Mobile won). They are not yet geographically searchable, thus you would need to read through each one to find those that interest you (or get lucky). Not announced yet as a release for auction 108. For an overview plus map see: https://s4gru.com/entry/442-t-mobile-goes-deeper-wider-in-25ghz-holdings-fcc-auction-108-results-and-impact/ As for those who say T-Mobile won in the regulatory ruling earlier this week, my view differs from most. While T-Mobile finally gets its licenses, it will not have the same impact as two years ago. The duo is spreading c-band far and wide. Two years ago high speed 5g and home internet would have been revolutionary. Today it is an also ran in many areas. T-Mobile will still have impact, just not as much. For that reason, AT&T won. Perhaps T-Mobile can remove some of the tarnish off its uncarrier reputation with a defeating the death star commercial touting its new rural coverage with high speed internet.

I checked some counties for T-Mobile auction 108 licenses and the licenses have not been granted yet. I expect it will take a few days or longer.

No sign yet of n77 or mmWave (T-Mobile has like 800Mhz iirc). The mmWave has a deadline coming up soon iirc. My guess is they will put it at busy interstate intersections.

What I see in Columbus is n41 (100), n25 (15x15), n41 (80). Lte only is 66 (20x20), 71 (5x5) 2 (20x20) or 66(20x20) 2 (20x20) 66 (5x5). So 12(5x5) is reserved for voice. 26 (5×5) is available for just desperation data from one site in two counties. 41 (10) is unused.

TWO MAJOR SOLAR FLARES; EFFECTS ON CELLULAR NETWORKS UNLIKELY published: Thursday, February 22, 2024 19:30 UTC The Sun emitted two strong solar flares (both R3 on the NOAA Space Weather Scales), the first one peaking at 6:07 p.m. EST on Feb. 21, 2024, and the second peaking at 1:32 a.m. EST on Feb. 22, 2024. While solar flares can affect communication systems, radar, and the Global Positioning System, based on the intensity of the eruption and associated phenomena, it is highly unlikely that these flares contributed to the widely reported cellular network outages. NOAA and SWPC will continue to monitor the solar and near-Earth space environment for potential impacts to critical infrastructure and essential services.