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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.

Hell's Angels

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.

Art Gallery

Blues Brothers

Time traveler

insurance mascot

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.

You have to wonder how much of this is for show for investors versus is fully ready. Logically, it would be typical to bring up a market at a time.

Hope they succeed, but they make me wince from a financial perspective. DOJ may have gotten what they wanted... ...another Sprint!

Chili spaghetti with cheese

Park of Roses

mmWave deployment deadlines may be another factor.

Wonder why they are still counting merger synergies? Though that was done.

Verizon and AT&T have much higher baseline Capex spending than T-Mobile. For Verizon that likely means a more intelligent site upgrade process as compared to panic mode of a year ago.

I think T-Mobile would take more in NYC. Lots of office interiors essentially require it. They would want it to be contiguous, which is much more important for 5g. Of course it needs to be cost justified.

When you fall off their automated systems, it can quickly turn into a real quagmire. Once I ran into a hero by chance who rescued me, but don't count on it.

Hopefully this is more of a call to arms for those in Oregon and Iowa to look for this pattern or variation of it.

My only concern is maybe the US Cellular pattern is regional like Sprint.

Was on a cheap airline flying for a major carrier over the weekend -- no wifi. Wonder if this would work for data on planes -- at least for window seats?