runagun

20 minutes ago, bigsnake49 said:

It seems there is some tower work going on in consolidating the towers:

They are not messing around! I was thinking they would wait a bit for tower work but boy they did hit the ground running.

They had two years to twiddle their thumbs. 

15 minutes ago, derrph said:

It hasn’t hit my account yet, I can upgrade but it’s requiring me to either pay off the device to own it or the remaining of the 18 month lease.


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Ahh my v50 was paid off.  If ur In a lease with your 5g phone you won't get the offer then. 

51 minutes ago, derrph said:

Do you know when this offer for us first gen 5G users will start?


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It's going on now.  Go on the website and try and upgrade. 

TMobile is so kind they're giving me a free Samsung s20 5g on lease. I assume cause I have a LGV50 5g they're going to shut down the 5g part as soon as they can.  

2 hours ago, stlman314 said:

In STL and still have 5G. Plus we are in the 80s today and tomorrow. Might drive down on Wednesday though 😛

Haha,. I went to school in Carbondale. 80 degrees with 99 percent humidity.  Tough but great times.  Lol

1 minute ago, Grabber5.0 said:

3 minutes ago, runagun said:

You sure you don't want to? Its mid 80's today.  lol

I miss Arizona, but I don't know if I'm ever going to get back for a visit. Would love to check out the old neighborhood in Chandler. Our old house is still there, but everything around it has changed significantly! There used to be cotton fields along the road I walked to gradeschool, that are now big housing subdivisions.

oh yeah its all different.  Been going back and forth form chicago to AZ since '01  East valley is stores and subdivisions.  

1 minute ago, Grabber5.0 said:

It's working fine here in KC on my V50. Not driving to Phoenix to check there LOL

 

You sure you don't want to? Its mid 80's today.  lol

I'm in the phx market and haven't been able to get on 5G any longer.  Is that the same for other v50 owners.

Heard from sprint CS that the V50 has been discontinued. Any other confirmation?

2 hours ago, Bob Newhart said:

Without rural areas, metro areas wouldn't even exist, for one simple reason, food. That is before you get to any other reason.

Why divide anything? All areas are needed.

Very true.  But with the Advent of growing veggies with lamps.  Every year they're are going to be marginalized more and more.  Not a good time to be a farmer. On a side note.  It's so un american to hate someone from the city or country.  It's all ignorance talking.  We can all learn alot from each other if we took the time to listen. 

29 minutes ago, imex99 said:

Am I close to the club yet?

You're the DJ

14 hours ago, NYC126 said:

"The proposed @TMobile @Sprint merger is vital to accelerating the deployment of a nationwide mobile #5G network, enabling the U.S. to take a leadership position in 5G." 

Translation this government needs to approve this merger so I can the millions of dollars that I was promised then I would move back to Seattle where I used to reside during my Clearwire days. 

Who the heck wants to live in Overland Park KS?  It's like the damn Truman show. Marcello couldn't wait to leave. Lol

1 hour ago, dkyeager said:

Massive MIMO antennas found today in the Columbus market.  Can broadcast many beams of B41 LTE 2500 and 5NR (5G).

Yay, you found Mimo.  You know what tower it was?

49 minutes ago, grapkoski said:

It seems like something is happening to my home tower. Trying to get better pictures of it, but I'm just too far for anything but a blur on my iPhone. Over the weekend, we had sporadic LTE service go in and out. Speeds have slowed a bit, but now there are safety cones on the roof of the building where the equipment is.... fingers crossed.

 

Best shot I could get:

 

Yay Finding Mimo.

NIMBY people piss me off.  But I will say that I really did feel strange when I took pics of the last mimo antenna in the PHX thread.  I dunno if I'm extra sensitive or because the tower is only 40-50 feet high. But I personally notice a different feeling.  

1 minute ago, belusnecropolis said:

How is it, living the dream?

Not really.  I think they need to tune everything.  The same places where 8x8 b41 struggled. Still struggles with mimo.   

PH29XC403 

Half of the towers around me have been Mimo'd   This one Im surprised. Ive been checking it out frequently. They did this sucker really fast.  

6 hours ago, RAvirani said:

How is coverage/propagation with the new equipment?

Too early to tell. I do get more stalls while using data.   If that makes sense.   

7 hours ago, Brad The Beast said:

Looks like a Nokia Massive MIMO unit! How are speeds around that area now?

It is.  Speeds so far are around the same as with 8x8 antennas. Device Im using is Moto X2 force if that matters.       

PH13XC093

Tmobile upgrading the tower closest to me.

Doesn't look like Sprint to me.  Looks like ATT

3 hours ago, topdownat4 said:

Which tower is that? I need to pay attention....

 

In Tukee.  By 40th and Chandler Blvd.  Behind the fire department.  

2 minutes ago, lilotimz said:

That unit weighs far more than an 8t8r antenna and radio setup FYI.

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I'm familiar .  It should weight about the same as the RRU and antenna together.  Well thats what Johnny Saw would say in conferences.  

8 hours ago, RAvirani said:

How is signal propagation compared to before and other bands now?

Too early to tell.  But I will say the Mimo antenna takes up so little space.  They should be able to put that antenna on everything.