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The key item we are waiting for is the update of a number of former Clear sites from b41 to full Network Vision (we have lots of permits showing on the premier hunters maps). Most will have LTE 1900 and LTE 800 added with 4x4 capabilities for better performance at the edge. No word on whether they will have CDMA. Also have three permits for new sites plus discussions of others. But they do not exist until work is complete. When work begins the sponsor maps will be updated to show the known permits.

Concerned that they have not updated it yet.

I assume this issue would be largely resolved with 5G, unless non-contiguous or shared with 4G. Of course we also have b25 + B41 + B41 siting out there.

Unfortunately they are tough to come by right now. Sprint keeps stating that should improve soon.

I read the new T-Mobile's strategy quite differently. Never hurts to have more low band capacity - 5g will about double their 600 MHz speeds. In some areas they may have an untouched 600 MHz reserved for 5g. Their strategy also called for making b41 all 5g. Likely would do the same with other bands as quickly as possible. Also to hold on to enough Sprint sites to cover several years growth (a lot of Sprint sites are cosites). For extra 5g capacity they have started buying 28mm (already have 800MHz in lots of Ohio) and likely would continue an auction. Don't forget more 2.5 will come up soon for auction (mostly rural and small cities). Masa's strategy has always been to get critical mass to compete against the duo. I think Sprint has given various options a reasonable try in recent years. More money would always be nice, but marketing strategy has always been the weakness. In business timing is everything. Can't be too early or too late. T-Mobile sucked the air out of the room as far as Sprint is concerned. Masa could likely buy a larger share at a later date if desired. Sent from my LG-LS980 using Tapatalk

Good to put your name on the list now if you need one. These used Magic Boxes allows Sprint to work off some of the backlog. Magic boxes don't work for everyone or needs change (moving, site improvements, etc) so some do get returned. Certified previously owned sounds reasonable as some did fail as well. I think you are correct on the usb ports. Sent from my LG-LS980 using Tapatalk

No issues with the latest update. I have not yet made it to a Samsung site with the sequential GCI sectors.

The competition never stands still. Sprint and many other companies are generally working against old data about their competitors rather than projecting where they will be at a future point in time (at least in their public statements).

I see a small army of consultants for T-Mobile to pull this together. It could be the bureaucracy fighting back and wanting to kill the merger. Definitely a totally regulated industry. You would always have to be careful with what you put in writing. Many of the Sprint questions are about why the past mergers did not succeed. I had an interesting discussion with a high ranking industry veteran about the Nextel merger and he put the blame on 9/11 and homeland security forcing greater use of Sprint's 800 MHz for first responder use.

I had one instance of where SCP was freezing on yesterday's beta. OS ask once if I wanted to kill it, said no. SCP returned to normal a few minutes later. Never had frozen on that phone before. Already upgraded to today's beta.

You are correct about 750. If caught earlier I would remove it since it is redundant. It is a different photo as implied later. I should have just gone to sleep. Before any of these last 24 hour posts. Apologies for being snarky to nextgencpu.

Yes on the left side of the facing two antennas.

lol. The other middle. Perhaps LTE 750 (700 c 10x10 from the PRWireless PR, LLC deal, dba Open Mobile) like Verizon -- 700 a used by T-Mobile elsewhere (different bands). Sprint also has enough 800 for only 1x800. References: http://wireless2.fcc.gov/UlsApp/UlsSearch/licenseMap.jsp?licKey=3069548 http://wireless2.fcc.gov/UlsApp/UlsSearch/licenseMap.jsp?licKey=1935940

Time only resets with CDMA iirc. Thus if you are only on LTE roaming, time will drift.

I believe your 100Mb is the limits of the plan, ie 100MB for most, 300MB for ED1500, and 800MB for some very old SERO plans. This limit would also apply to Verizon and I think to some independent roaming sites. All of these are individual deals so if the phone shows roaming I would assume it is going against your roaming allowance.

The roaming aspect may be one reason T-Mobile is talking about keeping the Sprint brand around. Sprint and T-Mobile also have a significant number of dissatisfied customers of the other carrier. Over time I expect it will be only T-Mobile.

I would rather have them offer to sell you more - - at the highest rates they pay plus a percentage. Else allow you to rollover some - this way you would have some saved up for vacations. Educating users about navigation systems with local or saved maps would also help reduce roaming overall.

Yes, capped and you can not buy more. 300MB for old ED1500 plans, 100MB for current (per month).

Sprint has already answered that with their rural partners, AT&T roaming and now T-Mobile roaming. Often limited to 3G speeds.

SGS Reference Table (Sequential GCI Sector) Band/Sector SGS SGS Band/Sector B25 -A 00 00 B25 -A B25 -B 09 01 B25#2-A B25 -Γ 12 02 B26 -A B25#2-A 01 03 B41#A-A B25#2-B 0A 04 B41#A-B B25#2-Γ 13 05 B41#A-Γ B26 -A 02 06 B41#C-A B26 -B 0B 07 B41#C-B B26 -Γ 14 08 B41#C-Γ B41#A-A 03 09 B25 -B B41#A-B 04 0A B25#2-B B41#A-Γ 05 0B B26 -B B41#B-A 0C 0C B41#B-A B41#B-B 0D 0D B41#B-B B41#B-Γ 0E 0E B41#B-Γ B41#C-A 06 0F B41#D-A B41#C-B 07 10 B41#D-B B41#C-Γ 08 11 B41#D-Γ B41#D-A 0F 12 B25 -Γ B41#D-B 10 13 B25#2-Γ B41#D-Γ 11 14 B26 -Γ B41#E-A 15 15 B41#E-A B41#E-B 16 16 B41#E-B B41#E-Γ 17 17 B41#E-Γ B41#F-A 18 18 B41#F-A B41#F-B 19 19 B41#F-B B41#F-Γ 1A 1A B41#F-Γ Keep this for use on phones without EARFCN reporting at SGS sites until SCP can handle them.

Sprint has been doing work for VoLTE/5G that has affected Magic Boxes for a night or two:

I think the real answer is to improve those markets with more sites, but this can not be done in isolation. To do that they need more cash from the successful markets. I would not be surprised to see a premium for 5g service for that reason. Pricing is whatever the market will bear. Currently Sprint likely incurs more expensive roaming in these weak areas. Furthermore they likely analyze sites on current profitability. I think their current way of handling pricing in weak service areas is to give credits to whiners. The question then becomes is the issue weak signal or overloaded sites? I tend to think many of Sprint issues are related to limited backhaul because it has such a big impact on their operating costs. If any area has fewer customers, then it will tend to have greater variation in network performance just based on queue theory. The good news is if these sites do not have triband, then they will likely get more backhaul when that occurs and then they can increase the band 25 coverage because of band 41. Note that not all areas have band 41 (or band 26 LTE). Sprint may also be seeing if the merger goes through in these areas. No sense in improving a weak area if T-Mobile already has great coverage. My general advice is not to worship any carrier. While reading more scientifically based market reports such as Root Metrics is good, it still is best to actually measure carriers in the areas you need it with the type of phone you will likely use. Ideally you have the best signal phone the carrier offers for these tests. Currently that would be the Samsung Galaxy S9/S9+/Note 9 for Sprint and T-Mobile. Likely for AT&T as well. Uncertain for Verizon. Apple users tend to have to suffer worse signal performance (including lack of latest bands/carrier aggregation) to get the other features they love.

I would not let these Magic Boxes collect dust, but rather put them to use somewhere that has RF shadows - work, charity, store, etc. I have my Magic Box positioned to supply signal where I need it at a client. Also serves a daycare and a shopping center across the street.

Try this one: https://www.fiercewireless.com/wireless/dish-frontier-cwa-others-lead-opposition-to-sprint-t-mobile-merger related: https://seekingalpha.com/news/3386206-dish-altice-usa-weigh-sprint-t-mobile-merger https://www.multichannel.com/news/dish-files-petition-to-deny-t-mobile-sprint-merger https://www.multichannel.com/news/altice-usa-files-in-opposition-to-t-mobile-sprint-merger

Some required core updates, prerequisite upgrades, Samsung sites may have required special modules and then changing the GCI sectors (Sprint tends not to go ahead until all three of its vendors can do something. Latest example - Massive MIMO). Another huge factor was likely the cost of backhaul. They also had to get Son's approval and raise the capital. 5G represents a leapfrog opportunity for Sprint. Most people don't understand how close to bankruptcy Sprint was before Marcelo took over.