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Congrats on the house Mike. I'm looking to buy my first one next year and I'm already pulling my hair out.

 

I am now using several devices and SCP works on my Motorola devices, however, displays NOTHING on my Sony devices (using a Z5 Premium). I sent a diagnostic to see if it helps to you. I had the same issues with my former Z3+.

Its cool. How did you find out? Do you know where they are located exactly? Why did one have a second carrier and one did not? Will DAS ever inlcude band 41?

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60dbm band 4 signal inside of the park don't lie. They have to there is no site that close to provide that kind of signal.

I just wanted to provide an update. Universal has a provider agnostic DAS and I wasn't aware it had been updated for other carriers. I'm guessing that the exclusivity on it must have expired and I wasn't aware. Currently the DAS has AT&T, Sprint, and Verizon on USF, IOA, and CityWalk. T-Mobile is coming next year. I can post details of who runs what on the DAS in the Premier Sponsors section, if anyone is interested.

 

Sorry Terrell for not looking into your observations more closely. Looks like the facts were in my face and I apologize.

Caveat, the engineering screens in the moto x are not the best as the band identification is one low and I have seen times where the band is listed as 40 (meaning 41) and the UL/DL channels are PCS G Block.

Sorry to derail, but how are you accessing the Band screens on the Moto X? I can't find any guide anywhere. Does this work across all Moto X devices?

I am 100% sure. I only had band 13 two times there. Unless LTE Discovery is wrong. Plus I strongly doubt I would have a 40-50 megabytes on Verizon in a crowded area in daylight. Not saying its impossible but unlikely.

 

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They could have put in a repeater. I know we are installing those in a few places for Team Members, however, they just repeat from the macro site closest. Only AT&T has a DAS here.

60dbm band 4 signal inside of the park don't lie. They have to there is no site that close to provide that kind of signal.

Are you sure it is Band 4? Their Band 13 certainly pulls those numbers on property. Open up CellMapper and see where the signal is originating from and get a proper Engineering screen. I know we have cell repeaters on property for Team Members, but they should all be AT&T only as well along with the DAS.

Universal DAS is AT&T only. I believe they have an exclusive agreement of some kind. I haven't heard about Verizon, but they don't have anything on property to my knowledge.

 

Outside of AT&T, all of the other carriers are on macro sites outside the parks.

For $99, it is a great phone to try out Sprint for someone that doesn't currently have Sprint. Then, if I do decide to get it: I can give it to a member of my family that uses it for calling only basically while I grab something more high end. Plus, it runs stock and has great radios that Motorola is known for.

It is now available on Boost and Sprint Prepaid. Virgin coming soon. I'm really interested in picking one up, however, is it Band 41 compatible? I can't find a good answer anywhere on the official materials.

Try to uninstall and reinstall it. When I had issues like what you are having with another app recently, I did that and it fixed it.

 

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Tried, but no dice. Can only access the app once, crashes upon phone restart, even when accessing through the app tray.

Maybe it is just me, but the app no longer works for me. It crashes upon attempting to boot at phone startup and when I manually try to open it, it stays on a blank screen as if loading before crashing.

 

Pure Edition Moto X running Lollipop here, if that matters.

 

EDIT - also sent a crash log via Google with diagnostics in case it helps you narrow the issue. I'm not sure if you even get those?

 

EDIT 2 - clean reinstall does not fix issue. Can only access app once via app tray, crashes after phone restart.

As far as I recall, 8T8R isn't possible because it would make Band 25 / 26 antennas the size of cars (not literally..).

According the U.S. Cellular user manual: they appear to be using model number XT1093/XT1094. 

 

Must be some kind of XT1092 variant? Maybe one of our experts can help us: do variants like this go through the FCC? Or do they just get mentioned in the original models documents? Maybe we can find out what this model supports band wise...

T-Mobile just signed on their first LTE roaming partner: GCI in Alaska.

 

http://www.lightreading.com/mobile/4g-lte/t-mobile-gci-ink-lte-roaming-deal/d/d-id/710962?

 

Looks interesting. I wonder if it is through the roaming hub or standalone. I see they also run a CDMA network, but I imagine that is either on its way out or skeleton roaming for Sprint and Verizon?

You're right AJ. I thought I saw a Band 5 10x10 sighting, but was mistaken. It was a Band 4 sighting. They are pairing their low band (Band 5 or 17) with 10x10 of mid-band (Band 2 or 4) for carrier aggregation. But, point as stated earlier is that these maps don't account for that.

AT&T has also refarmed Band 5 into LTE in places where there is no Band 17. Some are 5x5, some 10x10. Plenty of confirmed sightings. Those probably aren't accounted for either.

I'm really interested in what would be divested spectrum wise.

 

I think a combined Sprint & T-Mobile would be stupid to give up AWS spectrum since it is pretty much the "go-to" band in the Americas for LTE (both for regionals and the big players as well as N. American roamers). However, I see them giving up portions of their PCS (and T-Mobile's) to the smaller regional carriers (as the FCC doesn't state WHO they have to divest spectrum to) that they signed roaming agreements with for the roaming hub. Just enough to get them below the spectrum "cap". I also see them giving up the 700A to regionals without it as well in order to get both roaming as well as support regionals against the "duopoly" with what is difficult to obtain (low band spectrum). It's a win-win for everyone because giving up PCS and 700A will net them cash for the 600 auction in which they can obtain low band spectrum (along with the regionals through both 600 and 700A) if the rules get approved.

 

I know it sounds like conspiracy theory, but there's nothing else that they could give away to net both wins for regionals, wins for themselves, and wins for the government to give them approval to go ahead. I'm starting to think this whole merger was pre-meditated before SoftBank even bought Sprint. 

Great news! With all the new bands from the Roaming Hub that should be getting added and now this, I can finally have a phone to use on my GSM carrier and Sprint all with the swap of a SIM. 

Random question: can anyone provide a picture of the branding on the front and back of the device? I want to see how bad it is before I consider buying and just can't find a photo online.

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Although I am surprised that they want to fully refarm their PCS network to LTE after they just moved HSPA onto it the past couple years. I smell something fishy.

 

From what I gathered during T-Mobile's earnings call and presentation (I could be mistaken), they aren't refarming their ENTIRE PCS network to LTE, but only adding PCS LTE where AWS LTE is not feasible due to spectrum constraints (like Cincinnati) or the inability to repurpose Metro spectrum for contiguity. Currently, in a lot of places where there is AWS LTE (or AWS HSPA+42), there is also PCS HSPA+21 and E. It is very easy to reduce E from 10 or 20 MHz to 5 MHz and plop in a PCS LTE carrier in place of a AWS LTE.

 

I think the end goal is AWS LTE with PCS HSPA+42, PCS LTE with AWS HSPA+42 (select markets), and 700 LTE (where they don't have interference issues). 

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As an employee of one of the said companies (not saying which): I do not support this merger. 

 

They already control too much from the NBC Universal merger, #1 in customers by a long-shot, etc. This just screams MONOPOLY in my opinion and can't be good for consumers in any way. I think that if they want to get it approved, the DoJ and the FCC need to finally put their money where their mouth is and block it (or allow it with some pretty serious concessions: like spinning off NBC Universal because the "tubes" should not also provide the "content" as well).

Keep thinking of testing out Sprint, but not sure how the network state is currently.

 

What do the local folks think about LTE coverage and speeds? I'm living in the Maitland area and working in the I-Drive / Universal area. 

I'm not sure I agree that these licenses are cheap. When you consider what I recall nationwide licenses sold for, I would say they paid a premium for these licenses. But they do desperately need them.

 

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I guess I should have clarified and said that they bought them on the cheap compared to buying them after the interference is cleared. At that point, the value of the A Block would probably soar as it would be entirely usable like the B and C Blocks, not to mention, it'd become a great buy for AT&T to make 15x15 combining A+B+C Blocks. Also, it seems that the price per MHz was a bit higher than the original A Block auction, but way lower than either B or C Block price per MHz. Doesn't that seem like "buying them on the cheap"?

 

In a way, I also almost see this as a great move against AT&T in the long run. I think T-Mobile is thinking long term with this buy and I hope it pays off. We need to continue to see T-Mobile and Sprint succeed in the long run to provide increased competition to AT&T and Verizon. I know Sprint and T-Mobile are on the right track with network issues, now we just need to see the customers start coming. \

 

Source for price per MHz comparison: http://assets.fiercemarkets.net/public/mdano/amis/700-tmobile-verizon.pdf

I think this is a great move for T-Mobile. They are buying them on the cheap now while there are interference issues and the spectrum is under-valued. They are deploying where they can outside the contours and looking for ways to shrink the interference issues for further deployment. I bet they have plans to buy more A-Block licenses (looking at you Leap and your Chicago license!). When the DT51 interference gets cleared, they can finish deployment *AND* their spectrum has risen in value to the other 700 licenses. While waiting for that, rural and suburban areas are getting a nice 5x5 LTE boost which should help with subscriber counts. So, overall, I am looking at this as smart moves by T-Mobile with the situation they are in.