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I can verify that from a trip this last winter. West of and including Burlington Vermont is only b26 3x3 ( no 1x800). They you run into 1x800 only after Rochester for a number of miles into Ohio on I-90. This is because Toronto had preference in historical 800 mhz negotiations going back many many decades. It is Canada's largest city. Sent from my LG-LS997 using Tapatalk

Sprint holds 15.5 and 6 Mhz of B41 Spectrum which touches Raleigh County according to the FCC database. No one else holds spectrum. The FCC plans on getting more Band Spectrum available and will comment further this fall after the elections iirc.

Shentel has so much b25 they may not need B41 in many nTelos areas for a while. WISPs have all that is available in some WV towns.

I would guess it is a question of priorities. Shentel is losing customers in some of its expansion areas due to limited LTE availability. New equipment has been installed for many many months yet a lot is reportedly not transmitting LTE despite coverage map claims as of a couple days ago. This was certainly true several months ago when I was last in Shentel territory. Shentel has only begun to deploy B41 in some cities.

Any details you can share?

It could have helped them with % of time on LTE in Carrier comparison stats.

I have seen this in Shentel territory a few months ago. Standing next to a 3g only site yet being on AT&T LTE at 3g speeds. Seems to be a bit expensive. 3G only phone used site a hundred feet away. Sent from my LG-LS997 using Tapatalk

After the March 2018 date listed for this coverage map, LTE coverage was not visible to my Sprint and Freedompop phones in unique Shentel areas in the April 2017 expansion area in/near Ohio, however a lot of new equipment was installed. The LTE deadline is 12/31 iirc. Last time they beat that by a few months. I have not checked these areas in a couple of months.

I saw the same issue in Saulte Ste Marie a couple of weeks ago and also had to disable band 41 for the phone to function. Other phones could not even see the band 41. Sent from my LG-LS997 using Tapatalk

Assuming you are outside the 14 day return window, order a Magic Box as soon as they are back in stock next month. Once it grabs a faint b41 signal it won't let go. It will also spare your battery life. Worse case it will use b25 to broadcast much stronger b41 signal inside your house. Sent from my LG-LS997 using Tapatalk

Hmmm Sounds like about what Sprint got with its Nextel purchase: 10-15 MHz equals 5MHz up, 5MHz down, 1.25MHz of 1x800 up 1.25MHz of 1x800 down. The first sites to move are easy compared to those at the end. The FCC offers almost no help at that point given what we have seen with 800MHz. I am also not so certain 600MHz coverage is any greater than 800MHz in square miles. Sent from my LG-LS997 using Tapatalk

T-Mobile did make extra payments to speed up the process, something more difficult to do with government safety organizations on 800MHz, especially with limited cadh flow. https://www.broadcastingcable.com/news/t-mobile-pay-some-lptv-repack-moves-167217 Sent from my LG-LS997 using Tapatalk

Both Sprint efforts and the merger are a high stakes gamble with no guarantee of success. They are just trying to pick the right path with limited resources. Masa has always stated that being successful in wireless is a question of scale. Interesting for us to watch, but we don't have all the details. Basically you have a marketing company taking over an engineering company that did not have enough cash. The attempted failed paths make the argument for the merger. Sent from my LG-LS997 using Tapatalk

If Sprint had gotten som 600Mhz it would likely have more reason to merge. Unlikely to have deployed any 600Mhz and less money for immediate network improvements. Sent from my LG-LS997 using Tapatalk

Whether Sprint would spring for their usual features/bloatware and distribution/support costs for a two year plus phone remains to be seen. T-Mobile might be more likely. Still many of these phones out there. Sent from my LG-LS997 using Tapatalk

Link would be nice. Sounds like a plant the flag effort, but I would expect it to soon expand. One of my relatives had issues with canceling this type of plan due to poor service and took it to the state attorney generals office to get it resolved. Verizon and the cable company were saying the other one was responsible.

That has been discussed as one option of several but not approved to my knowledge. I believe that will come up in the fall. Sent from my LG-LS997 using Tapatalk

Sprint can use what ever it has licensed or leased. With FCC permission it can use the two small gaps. BRS is often by counties. The rest is currently by radius. When the radius overlap, the difference is split. Not all the spectrum is currently licensed, especially in rural areas. The FCC is in process to making revisions and planning to offer more licenses. Sent from my LG-LS997 using Tapatalk

Note for others: This link works for me in Chrome but not Firefox.

403 ERROR The request could not be satisfied. Request blocked. Generated by cloudfront (CloudFront) Request ID: wYxrleriwRlmP1lDOPidiN7fPDGPZrhCRs45IwxJlrPTZu2FgzIEbg== Error still happening when I have issues that allow my phone with tapatalk (latest version) to be the same Natted IP as PC. (Firefox browser (latest).

In my experience some small cells are to fill outdoor coverage gaps while others are designed for indoor coverage issues. The complicating factor is that it sometimes takes several months for them to go live after power supply lines and meters are installed. The clue is the power meter does start increasing between visits (these sites use a very small amount of power). Then if you are getting good macro band 41 signal at the site look around at the buildings for hospitals, big box stores, restaurants, or other public venues and go inside. Some times it will be visible on the outside from several blocks away (try the cardinal directions or look for low spots). If there is another small cell nearby see if you can carry the signal over from it and then the new small cell should take over. On rare occasions tricky small cells have been found to be using band 26. Sent from my LG-LS997 using Tapatalk

Bitten again by bug last night. First time in a while. Sent from my LG-LS997 using Tapatalk

Approximately 150/8. Normally when I get 80 around Columbus, the guys with S9+s can get 200.

Was this the result of trying to obtain information for S4Gru?

The left antenna facing towards you has the band 25 LTE with two 10x10 carriers, likely with Band 25 Carrier Aggregation (I did not test for that). The smaller antenna facing towards you on the right with the single RRH and more wires has the Band 41 with 5 carriers for a total of 100Mhz of spectrum. It needs a Samsung Galaxy S9/S9+ to tell its maximum level of Band 41 Carrier Aggregation.