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Maybe use dashed lines for regional carriers or double underline, etc

The problem is many of tbe Sprint small cells might be in the wrong location depending on macros.

Agree. T-Mobile CA can just be a few seconds. Many T-Mobile macro sites just have two bands. A much less dense network in our urban areas but more current tech (QAM etc).

Band 41 remains the same currently in the traditional Columbus metro, but go to the new edges and we have seen new 15Mhz b41 for 20+20+15 by UPdownLoAD on Sprint and possibly b25 plus b41 and b41. T-Mobile seems to be on a roll in pushing out band 71 from the City center and is now pushing past the beltway. N71 reported by imex99.

Has the number of Band 41 carriers been reduced? Any pictures of the Massive MIMO equipment on T-Mobile only sites?

Wider bandwidth has less interference issues and is stronger at the edge. The issue is getting everyone to go along with it. B26's nationwide aspect is great, but it is slimmed down near some major Canadian cities. From NE Ohio to Rochester NY is 1x800 only. A few other areas with 3x3 only, 3x3 plus 1x800, or 5x5 only. I have been told that b26 was originally going to be 10x10, but was paired back after the 9/11 Commission report. Now that we have band 14 it might be time for another look at nearby spectrum use by the FCC.

However the same logic used to offer the LG V60 to replace a nonfunctioning LG 5G phone could be used to offer the OnePlus 8 5g phones since the OnePlus 7Pro 5G was previously sold by Sprint.

It does not support all three 5g bands IMO. Also gives them a phone to offer any old LG 5g phones that no longer can do 5g.

I sent several diagnostic reports from the LG G4 where the LTE 2500 was showing for T-Mobile. Is also worked as design just showing LTE. My guess is 50% there. Thanks

My concern is they will kill the hidden menus needed for the band selection. Alternatively, once August 1st hits you might not even have this choice. The LG V60 could be a Sprint version or only T-Mobile. - 8 days.

By diving into code, you might be one of the most normal people around in these real world crazy times. Hopefully signal info gets more stable once SA rolls out later in this year. Thank you much for your efforts and keep the changes coming.

Both prior accent issues now solved! Thanks Nice feature.

Yes I did restart app. Also rebooted Moto and turned off other signal apps. No accent. Restarting app also was needed on LG V20 if you want to turn accent off (turn off setting then restart app needed). Thanks

Accent seems to work fine on my Sprint LG V20 using Android 8. I have not tested it yet switch to T-Mobile or AT&T or Verizon etc. No accent on my Moto G7 Power Unlocked and rooted with Android 9 on T-Mobile network using Red Pocket sim. I assume accent is triggered by PLMN, but maybe by sim carrier? Diags and beer money sent for both so you can compare if needed.

The social contract of the Magic Box is broken: In exchange for backhaul, 1/2 of the signal goes outside to light up possible RF shadows. In my case it was also supplying a small shopping center with a small grocery and a bar/ restaurant that otherwise did not have signal. Since I am supplying the backhaul, the Magic Box gets moved from the window to the building center, since the outside beneficiaries become parasites on my WiFi. Many people don't have Wi-Fi. The added expense may make T-Mobile unaffordable unless 600MHz reaches them. T-Mobile is building 600MHz rapidly in my area with many sites coming on line just in the last few days. Still early. Remains to be seen if 600MHz will have good site density. At least for now this does imply that 4g band 41 LTE does not go away. In many urban areas, 5g n41 will have the tremendous benefit of dramatically improved uploads when stand alone 5g goes live later in the year because the effective channel size will go from 20 to 100MHz along with greater spectrum efficiency. It could be 5 to 10 times faster.

Also note that T-Mobile has stated it will rollout 5g stand alone by the end of the year. This will eliminate the need for anchor bands and dramatically increase n41 upload speeds.

Not certain this will be true. More bandwidth options with n25 than n2. But n25 could be longer term. Why throw away 5x5? They have so much PCS spectrum I am not even certain about DSS except for n66/b66 and n12/b12.

Likely means older Magic Boxes are soon to be junk. I will have to check my MB screen menus.

I use NSG SCP and Cellmapper on a bootloader unlocked rooted moto g7 power unlocked. New for $179 on Amazon (many models but can give a link if needed). Used on T-Mobile and AT&T. ..

Columbus 600MHz spectrum was just whacked 5x5 in a dispute with Dish.

In my market about 75% are co-sited with Sprint! Cellmapper helps to narrow down the others. The I load the address into SCP once I find those sites. For just knowing what band and where you signal is coming from SignalCheck Pro can't be beat!

Scary method in Covid-19 times.

Do it quickly. My impression is T-Mobile really wants to move people to their network ASAP, even if it causes lots of pain. August 1 is rumored to be the end of Sprint retail.

My router typically only gets rebooted for firmware updates or major functionality changes that I have implemented. Otherwise stays up for years. Last time it was down is when Hurricane Ike remnants hit Ohio in 2008 and caused week long power outages, which killed local internet in a few days (I have two ISPs, UPSes, generator). ISP's battery backups and generator use had improved considerably since that time. Making changes appears to be the greatest reason for router instability. So put internet connections on a UPS, reboot after major changes, and otherwise enjoy.

The key difference between this and true Clearwire (Sprint) is T-Mobile Clearwire is always flagged as roaming.