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21 minutes ago, greenbastard said:

With more and more B41 coming online in Houston, T-Mobile may soon have the best 4G network ....

Are you seeing B41 LTE upgrades now? I have a beautiful Sprint tower just 500 yards from my back window but Sprint has been uninterested in putting B41 on it. With the announcements from T-Mobile that they are going to use B41 for 5G, I had given up hope that "my tower" would ever see B41 LTE.

So, what happens to Mobile Citizen's ability to dispense their services (which by my primitive understanding, is Sprint's entire service and comes from their client's licenses of 2.5gHz exchanged with Sprint)?

6 hours ago, bigsnake49 said:

. Any deals with rural wireless companies to use Sprint spectrum and in turn provide cell service to Sprint for free will be grandfathered in.

In your opinion, would this include Mobile Beacon and Mobile Citizen? Might they get access to all the T-Mobile bands? 

Would love to see the tower that serves my house (just off of Dodd and Dike) get 2.5, but it won’t be until Q4 for that.

Can you share your source?

Any idea about the monopole inside-antenna tower located on the driving range of the Tuscawilla Country Club?

There's a site at the Winter Springs city hall that is showing Band 41 on the cellmapper site. It says "first spotted" on June 3. I haven't personally hit it, but I'm hopeful that the area, which has been barren, is getting some love.

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... Most GMO sites that still remain are due to engineering issues, such as "flag pole" stealth sites or sites that cannot handle the added weight of NV equipment.

If this is a stealth site, it is likely that there is something preventing Sprint from adding NV equipment to it.

I'm seeing various Sprint executives talking of capex in the next couple of years rising to $5-6B; also committing to "every" (or sometimes worded as "virtually every") tower being upgraded to all three bands.

 

My GMO has a pathetic 5mHz wide Band 25, and that's all. I'd appreciate any commentary from the seasoned Sprint-whisperers here about whether I'm likely to see the Band 41 I covet so greatly.

 

Sanford, First st, near Airport Blvd, 32771

Is that new?

If so, must be a GMO site. In that case, it will take either a replacement or a rebuild of the stealth site to allow for B26 and B41.

Would you elaborate? I didn't know about GMO sites until researching it today. Most of what I read was in the context of Network Vision from a few years ago.

 

The site closest to me (B25 only) is owned by Vertex. Originally, when it was built 9 years ago, both Sprint and Clearwire had spots on the tower. Is there a way to confirm if it's GMO, and possibly determine Sprint's plans?

 

Thank you.

 

EDIT to add that B26 is on a tower further away and gives me pitiful performance if I force a connection.

 

 

I'm in the northeast suburbs of Orlando. It appears that there are more posts about Orlando in the Jacksonville thread than here. Last post before now was 10 months ago!

I'm 500 yards from a tower (internal antenna, camouflaged pole type) that has no B41 and just 5×5 B25; so, basically, Sprint service sucks. B41 is 1.7mi away, through foliage, so I can't get anything from there no matter what antenna configurations I try.

Is there any news as to what Sprint's plans are for greater Orlando (now that no merger is in sight)?

Here's an idea. I know it's a big stretch, but.... I recently met the Japanese Consul General for Miami. Is this influence path improbable:

me -> Japanese Consulate -> Softbank -> Sprint -> B41 !

 

 

You should have at least a 10x10 by now on b25 don't you?

I can't check right now, but here's a picture of Band 41 from Sprint:

The light yellow uncannily conforms to my city's boundaries.

After riding around town. There's more band 41 site than I initially thought. Seems like Sprint came back around and added Band 41 to a lot of sites.

Any chance that includes Orlando suburbs?

Is it possible that an upgrade to my lowly 5×5 B25 (only site within reach) is being delayed because it's going to make the jump to B41 with 8T8R? :Fingers-crossed:

Are you in Orlando. I don't get why every tower doesn't have it by now. It's just a software update on the network.

 

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Yes.  Specifically: 

http://imgur.com/a/7czYN

I'm stuck on 5×5 with no Band 41 in sight. Has Sprint made any public declarations about their intent to upgrade weak spots to 10 or 15? I'm not looking for promises - just some indication that they know I (and my slow service) exist.

That's usually how it goes but I have yet to see anymore 10x10 in Orlando. It's 15x15 or 5x5 so it could possibly jump straight to 15x15.

 

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And, is there any past precedent to say if B41 would be added?

Still?

I'm going by what my modem (EM7455) reports when on B25.  Never have seen anything but 5mHz.

 

I never had Clearwire, but the representations from the builder of the tower when it went in 9 years ago was that Clearwire was going to have a spot.  If that was the case, is it the natural progression for Sprint to provision old Clearwire 2.5-2.5gHz spectrum to Band 41 2.5-2.7gHz? Or does the fact that it has B25 5×5 suggest it's more likely that the next upgrade will be to take B25 to 10×10 or 15×15 ?

I used to be on Sprint, then went away for a (long) time; now back.  I'm in the northern Orlando suburbs in a hole with no Band 41.  Even Band 25 seems to be just 5mHz wide.  There is a tower 500 yards from me that has B25.  If I go a couple miles in any direction, I get B41.  I'd appreciate any informed speculation on what I might expect from Sprint putting B41 on "my" tower?  Thanks!

Attribute my ignorance to just being dense.... But I can't figure out from this thread whether the references to current-day LTE sightings are Band 25 only, or if Bands 26 or 41 are also showing up?

Mr. Geesmill - Great report. Thank you! I expect some problems and as long as i know about it (e.g. dropped calls), I am willing to deal with them; but the missing texts worry me because we won't know they ever happened.

 

Do you know: Did your 30 day trial begin when you ordered the phone, when it shipped, or when you activated it?

Can you specifically comment on the full duplex capabilities when on WiFi? Do you have true 2-way conversation? Is there side-tone?

Got my Republic Moto X ordered today.  Going to get 30 days to try out the new and improved hybrid calling.

Please post your results. I like the technology and the price, but $300 for a device that's only good on one small MVNO seems risky.

My problem is that I have a phone that's nearly 4 years old.  Money doesn't prevent me from upgrading; size does.  I've been waiting forever for decently sized phones to reappear.  They're still too big, but the Moto X or Verizon Droid Mini are good enough.  But...  I don't want to pay Verizon prices and the X is single band LTE.  That's why I'm trying to figure out if I can live with the Moto X with just 1900mHz LTE.   

No, I am just teasing about going off of what people are "saying" online because that too often passes as fact.  In this case, though, I guess we never did publish an official article on the Motorola X.  But, rest assured, the Sprint variant is band 25 LTE 1900 only.

 

AJ

Thanks, AJ. But, I have a question about ”what it all means”. I've tried to ask it before, but maybe I am trying to get too far down into the weeds, so I get very specific answers but what I'm really looking for is a high-level analysis.

 

Simply: Understanding I'm looking for subjective opinion, not objective fact, is 1900 good enough, or does support for just that one band make the X a non-starter for most people?

I'm looking at going the other way: from TMO to Sprint. I now have a 3G plan and phone (a/k/a HSPA 14) and want to get the Moto X on Sprint, which means LTE on 1900 only. I live and work in the northeast Orlando suburbs. In the foreseeable future, will I get and hold reliable LTE on Sprint? Thsnks for any wisdom you can throw my way.

Please clarify a very basic question that I ought to already know, but don't: Are reports of LTE in the Orlando area all on the 1900 PCS band, or are some sites supporting 800mhz or TD-LTE?