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3 hours ago, RedSpark said:

Happy New Year’s!

Looks like Rootmetrics Maps are working again for Speed Test mapping in its Coverage Map App on iOS.

Did some speed tests walking around the DuPont Circle area of DC yesterday around lunchtime. Saw the hexes were updated with my Tests this morning! Great progress with more to come hopefully this year as more small cells/sites are deployed and as all sites are upgraded with all three LTE bands.

Not to mention 4x4 mimo & 256 wan turned on and some sites with massive mimo antennas 

Happy New Years Everyone! I hope 2018 will be a great year for all of you. I already know it will a great year for Sprint!!

Satellite internet 

37 minutes ago, Tengen31 said:

Lol

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Lol Redspark lives in DC. Didn’t realize how close we’re all together. When massive MIMO rolls around we all should meet up and nap together 

38 minutes ago, kg4icg said:

It's a little chili here also 

Wait you live in Derwood? Haha I’m in Germantown. Hello my fellow Marylander lol

46 minutes ago, Paynefanbro said:

Nope because the news came from Milan Milanovic who, as far as I know, actually works for Ookla. Sprint's average speed climbed to 23.9 Mbps from 14.5Mbps last November.

Do you think Sprint will Sprint ahead once they turn on 4x4 mimo & 256qam?  

3 hours ago, danlodish345 said:

 Yes that is correct Apple is pretty slow adding features on the network side. I have the iPhone X and it lacks 4 x 4 mimo And 256 QAM so they are pretty slow.

Yeah that’s why I think the 2018 version will have it. If memory serves me right, they were one year late with a LTE device and one year late with b41 support.

I hope they add Hpue to their device. For some reason I don’t they will since the other carriers aren’t using it

2 hours ago, greenbastard said:

They are so slow when it comes to adding these types of features to their phones. I wouldn't count on 2018 being the year.

True but they’re usually one year behind so I guess we will find out

1 minute ago, tybo31316 said:

 

I’d buy a new phone just for it.

 

Lol I already am. 2018 iphone bruh! 4x4 mimo and 256qam FTW!!

1 minute ago, tybo31316 said:

 

This would be awesome.

 

I concur! If it’s true then I can see Sprint flipping that VoLTE switch in 2018

8 minutes ago, nexgencpu said:

Went shopping at Bay plaza mall today and not having that 3rd carrier in the Bronx is not really doing Sprint any favors in really high traffic locations. This was first time in a really long time that I've seen Sprint struggle in NYC.

TMobile had a very similar experience to Sprint. My sister's Verizon line on the other hand was running awesome. 

It's all about location.

Hopefully they deploy it soon and also deploy small cells with Altice’s backhaul 

Ok I’m very late but does this mean all 2018 smartphones with Snapdragon x20 chips will be able to VoLTE > 3g/1x without service interruption?

• “VoLTE with SRVCC to 3G and 2G”

https://www.fiercewireless.com/wireless/sprint-achieves-120-140-mbps-laa-deployment-spidercloud-says-laa-long-term-roadmap

7 hours ago, RedSpark said:

Tarek is speaking again today at 3 p.m. ET:

http://investors.sprint.com/news-and-events/press-releases/press-release-details/2017/Sprint-CFO-Tarek-Robbiati-to-Speak-Dec-7-at-Barclays-Global-Technology-Media-and-Telecommunications-Conference/default.aspx

Direct Link: https://cc.talkpoint.com/barc002/120617b_as/?entity=57_TOKIY46

Anything from this?

37 minutes ago, RedSpark said:

I would love to see Sprint make the same deal with RCN that it made with Altice.

Sprint’s Washington DC Network could really benefit from it. Hope it’s being discussed.

Could be a possibility. Sprint will probably create a “cable hub” where smaller cable companies can offer cellular services in exchange of Sprint using their backhaul  

10 hours ago, nexgencpu said:

Running on Sprint!

 

 

When does this come out?

2 hours ago, RedSpark said:

Today at 10:15 a.m. ET

http://investors.sprint.com/news-and-events/press-releases/press-release-details/2017/Sprint-CFO-Tarek-Robbiati-to-Speak-Dec-5-at-45th-Annual-UBS-Global-Media-and-Communications-Conference/default.aspx

Direct Link: https://cc.talkpoint.com/ubsx001/120417a_as/?entity=35_8GW0RFD

Who’s tuning in?

I wish I can but I’ll be at work

8 minutes ago, dro1984 said:

Did anyone notice around the 2:28 mark in the video, Gunther referenced 600mHz in his chart?    Do you think they will have a roaming ability on it ?    Not sure when this interview was taped, but it would be great if we could.   

I think he included it just to show the differences of spectrum holdings between each company.

I would like for Sprint and Dish form a partnership where Dish can use Sprint’s towers to deploy their spectrum and Sprint users are able to gain access to it.

3 minutes ago, dkyeager said:

LG V30 is one.  Your right, seeding is a little thin given current firmware.  A promise they should not have made.

I concur. Maybe some towers in some areas already have it online but we won’t know since most of us don’t have a device that supports it. Hopefully there’s a formal announcement when the s9 comes out

11 minutes ago, dkyeager said:

Still waiting on 4CA which was promised for 2017.  33 days left in 2017.

Only 2 devices support it right?

Happy Thanksgiving my S4GRU familia! 

I don’t want to get my hopes up haha .....but I hope to see 4xCA, Massive MIMO deployed in hotspot areas (for now) and maybe testing behind the scenes for TD&FDD CA.

50 minutes ago, ZebraDude said:

Which handset?

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iPhone 7 Plus 

1 hour ago, RedSpark said:

I've heard from several trustworthy sources at Sprint that Guenther Ottendorfer is leaving the company and that Dr. John Saw will be promoted to report directly to Marcelo. As a result, Dr. Saw will have full oversight and responsibility for the network.

Curious what the story is behind this.

That’s sad. I wonder why

Just now, RedSpark said:

Neat! How are you on Carrier 30.1?

I just updated to iOS 11.1.2 and I’m still on Carrier 30.0.

No idea. Maybe it’s because it’s a Verizon iphone ??