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Physical sim + esim with North American phones two have two active carriers (both phone numbers plus default data with fallback). Using Google voice can give you a 3rd phone number.

The nice thing about getting a Samsung s series factory unlocked phone is you can get a cheap second carrier for places without T-Mobile signal or for the few times a year the network goes down.

Agree I expect the Dish filing will be quite different, utilizing every possible excuse or slight-of-hand if needed. Hopefully they make the next deadlines.

The biggest benefit of the merger is in the rural areas. The Duo would previously allow the other to dominate certain sparsely populated areas, which has changed with T-Mobile completion. Wireless home internet is also a huge game changer. T-Mobile was quite gracious to the FCC by not mentioning the delay in getting its additional 2.5GHz licenses from Auction 108, which will really allow them to dramatically exceed many of these metrics (no additional licenses granted since Dec 13 bill signing yet).

Disagree. Carriers have unique network and bloatware features. More importantly patches are not perfect. 90% fix rate is considered very good.

A lot of software releases today are what would have been beta in years gone by, and beta is often what would have been called alpha.

We both agree on C-band/DOD. From a PR standpoint they appear to be slacking-off compared to the duo. Some of their mmWave licenses have build-out requirements in the next 6 months. Many in Ohio, here are two: https://wireless2.fcc.gov/UlsApp/UlsSearch/license.jsp?licKey=4019733 https://wireless2.fcc.gov/UlsApp/UlsSearch/license.jsp?licKey=4019734

You could say T-Mobile is hoarding mmWave and C-band/DOD. Waiting for dual band C-Band/DOD is a reasonable defense. mmWave's best current business case is home internet for high rise apartment buildings. It will be interesting to see how much mmWave license area is abandoned in the future. MmWave use at busy intersections may prevent this loss.

My guess is FCC auction authority will be restored as part of an overall budget in late Winter/Spring along with some likely spectrum to bring in revenue.

90 days may not be enough time. The President could also veto it rather than sign it. With no executive action it should become law in 10 days from when it is presented to the President. I don't believe a pocket veto will be possible.

Ideally it would say shall rather than may, but the FCC would no longer have an excuse not to process these licenses.

In the case of any applicant for a license or permit for the use of spectrum in the band of frequencies between 2496 megahertz and 2690 megahertz, inclusive, that the Federal Communications Commission selected through a system of competitive bidding conducted under section 309(j) of the Communications Act of 1934 (47 U.S.C. 309(j)) on or before March 9, 2023, and to whom the Commission has not granted the license or permit as of the date of enactment of this Act, the Commission may process the application of the applicant during the 90-day period beginning on the date of enactment of this Act.

The S24s have cleared the FCC for what is expected to be a mid January launch. https://www.sammobile.com/news/galaxy-s24-pass-fcc-certification-usa/

It should be correct in SCP on a standalone basis, ideally in a way that the SignalCheck map can handle either way with some adjustments. Same with any other SignalCheck map fixes, which should also be fixed at the source in SCP.

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Sound barrier

Not an option on my current phone. May buy a new one in January.

I have been seeing T-Mobile phones occassionally freezing on n41 and occasionally kicked back to edge 2g. Airplane mode fixes both but annoying. Reported once.

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https://www.techdirt.com/2023/11/08/dish-network-the-trump-era-fix-for-the-sprint-t-mobile-merger-looks-increasingly-doomed/ Easy to be critical. What would save Dish? Here are some of my initial thoughts: 1) Execution of a cohesive plan is key. Communicate chosen plan. Dish may actually be working on the items below, but on a haphazard basis. 2) Focus on improving cash flow. Hopefully Dish is not to the point of where bad short term decisions have to be made that will proven expensive to fix in the intermediate term. Long term may no longer be a viable business choice. 3) Finish 5g on a market by market basis. 4) There should be solid coverage inside a market, since once a phone roams it can be hard to for it to get back to the home carrier. 5) Dish needs a marketing plan for its new network. The current stealth approach does not inspire confidence among consumers or investors. This should be backed up by local advertising and support among its dealers. 6) Purge bad dealers. One gets the feeling that a lot of their dealer contracts were written on napkins or are really payment locations. Training.

Bad management decisions? Blame the employees: https://www.lightreading.com/wireless/open-ran

DISH was $25.02 on April 1, 2020. $3.515 today. To cover their merger costs, T-Mobile locked in low interest rates while DISH delayed.