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Does the Dish network fully exist? The FCC and Dish agreed to how that will be tested: https://www.fiercewireless.com/5g/dish-gets-fccs-blessing-5g-buildout-commitments

I think their will be much more focus on enforcement, given the industries reputation of being close to used cars (but not as bad as economy airlines according to an AT&T commercial shown above ). I do think there is a valid reason for having a low latency service higher priority service for gaming etc at a higher price, low priority with some guaranty of getting a reply for IOT and a much lower price, etc. Going beyond that, do the Bead subsidies (primarily for cable?) properly account for FWA? Low orbit satellite performance needs to pass the test of time (how overloaded will it get with more customers versus a vast multitude of satellites). Verizon's business model before n77 was definitely questionable -- most MVNOs would basically cease to function for standard data at busy sites. How should service function at festivals and emergencies? Is disclosure enough? Can poor performance be documented away? What about "4th carrier" startups? How to handle LTE phase outs for 5g SA which will eventually arrive? Some of this is very akin to real time operating systems versus time sharing system debates tempered by the many bands that are available.

https://www.lightreading.com/fixed-wireless-access/t-mobile-verizon-disclose-fwa-usage-stats I disagree with this article. AT&T and Verizon have many rural sites without C-Band (or mmWave), which ultimately are use it or lose it for them due to licensing requirements. T-Mobile's rural FWA will greatly benefit once Auction 108 licenses are finally awarded. Thus much growth is left for FWA. So far the carriers have been going after the low hanging fruit in the suburbs and exburbs. In those places FWA may ultimately be forced out. Perhaps by then BEAD money would be better put to use to bury fiber in suburban back yards (or next to the curb). This assumes that FWA will result in more rural towers given better economics with wireless plus FWA revenue.

https://www.fiercewireless.com/tech/verizons-joe-russo-explains-why-being-first-5g-sa-wasnt-priority Excuses or valid? likely a bit of both.

https://www.fiercewireless.com/wireless/mobilexs-big-bet-walmart-and-whats-next I noticed that they have now broken out taxes from data, thus a very slight price increase.

This thread is about the details of latest FCC effort for Net Neutrality starting in the Fall of 2023. As always with S4Gru, we are interested more in the various proposed mechanics without the politics. Hopefully the politicians are smart enough to realize that since the process will take years, it is best to go with a consensus approach. Otherwise there will likely be no real impact. First up will be title 2, which gives the FCC enforcement powers over the industry. A few articles to start your reading: https://www.fiercetelecom.com/telecom/net-neutrality-back-table-fccs-rosenworcel-takes-stand https://www.fcc.gov/document/chairwoman-rosenworcel-proposes-restore-net-neutrality-rules https://www.telecompetitor.com/here-we-go-again-fcc-gets-set-to-re-impose-net-neutrality/ https://www.fiercewireless.com/wireless/fccs-carr-bashes-plan-reinstate-net-neutrality

Exists, but only 678 online, thus may have been down. Edit downdector.com confirms it was down this afternoon. Has tried to come back at least twice.

To what firmware version did you lock your s21FE?

https://www.fiercewireless.com/wireless/t-mobile-gets-little-closer-accessing-its-25-ghz-spectrum-auction-108 Senator Kennedy's bill to grant the FCC temporary auction authority to finish processing the Auction 108 licenses it has sold to their proper licensees. This would greatly benefit T-Mobile. This delayed process took what would have been a strategic advantage for T-Mobile (1 one year plus head start) and turned into catch-up, since AT&T and Verizon haven been busy installing their c-band n77 in rural areas.

I don't see this as changing until CEOs are held accountable. My guess is far more people are affected by corporate hacking exposing their information (often with the help of unapplied patches and untested systems) than insecure passwords and insecure personal devices.

"C-band not being available to VZW/AT&T ". Due to installation or licensing?

https://www.talkandroid.com/382030-t-mobile-uncarrier-data-breach-glitch/ Reportedly a temporary issue during a system update.

They reduced the number of months to 7 (April 2024). Dish wanted 12 iirc edit: https://www.fiercewireless.com/wireless/dish-gets-doj-support-800-mhz-extension

You will have to upgrade your LG V30+ to a S22 or better for C-band plus DOD Lots of C-band installed, but I have not seen much DOD equipment in my very limited excusions.

https://about.att.com/blogs/2023/network-ready.html interesting discussion of At&T's standalone 5g deployment. They are doing it by application and area, so to see if your area has it you will want to keep tabs on AT&T Internet Air (currently in alpha or beta). My guess is your local site needs to have c-band/DOD service as a prerequisite.

The stock price is almost the same as a month ago. Paying dividends and doing stock buybacks was announce at previous quarterly reports, so none of this is new. However timing wise from a PR and morale standpoint, a rookie move.

Nice chart at the bottom. Wonder if 800Mhz is included for T-Mobile. Doubtful on US Cellular spectrum in major markets. If so, which ones?

https://www.fiercewireless.com/wireless/starry-ready-start-anew-after-exiting-chapter-11 Reminds me of DSLnet many years ago. Their initial value was a revolutionary way to get around expensive T1 links with SDSL which was rare, but they could not grow fast enough. Went through a bankruptcy process, but by then their product was no longer unique, thus stuck with sideways growth.

I was thinking the same about protection sites. I had one at the fully upgraded T-Mobile site at the Fire Station on Reed Road in Upper Arlington that served a wide area including Columbus and Hilliard. Then some converted T-Mobile sites finally got generators installed (almost two years after building permits). Soon after that the band 26 disappeared.

So sad. Dish went with incremental financing as needed while T-Mobile lined up financing in advance at favorable rates. Ransomware cost Dish a billion plus time and momentum. Dish really still has their new 5g only network in beta phase, ie not generating any return on investment. They should come to a group like us and SCP and Cellmapper users and cut a special deal to kick their testing into high gear, thus more quickly get it into full use, thus improving their ROI, reputation, etc. Else Dish could be last in having a fully in-use 5G SA nationwide network.

T-Mobile reportedly pulling out of Best Buy next month:

The strategy of buying 2.5Ghz licenses at a higher price to lease back to T-Mobile appears to be dying: https://www.lightreading.com/5g-and-beyond/the-t-mobile-wco-fight-gets-muddy/d/d-id/786157?

Dish is buying at least some of the Sprint 800MHz spectrum. I did see Maine covered, so they are buying some in border regions.

Auction 108 will primarily benefit rural to small city areas, thus will help with statewide rankings such as root metrics, along with improved rural internet access. In addition to C-Band/DOD, T-Mobile will soon need to buildout its mmWave due to licensing requirements. At one point we saw sites that serve areas such as freeway intersections getting mmWave. This might be a very cost effective method of serving many people versus small cells in neighborhoods. Any reports as to how this is working?