EvanA
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Actually, Verizon has 800 mhz, not 850 for which is public safety, with the 45mhz split for input channels, sprint has 860 mhz with the 45 mhz down split, and don't forget that at&t is also in that frequency range to. For which it isn't that much from 806mhz to 896mhz. Public safety is also in the 700 mhz band to, 770 to 780 mhz with a minus 45 mhz split. So all bandwidth some of you people coming up with just isn't there in that frequency range
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850 refers to 850 CLR, aka Cellular 850. 850 CLR downlink is 869-894 MHz, uplink 824-849MHz. The name of the band doesn't refer to the actual frequency of the spectrum. Sprint has 800 ESMR, which is 862-869MHz downlink, 817-824MHz uplink. Verizon has the entire 22MHz 700C block on a nationwide basis, plus some B block in other places.
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I've seen that photo before. Those are fake and are put there to discourage birds from landing on the tower. Snakes don't climb towers.
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Open sourcing the project would be great. I'd love to contribute to SCP
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It may be beneficial for a little bit, but then prices will start to rise and the customers get the shaft.T-Mobile US CTO says merger would benefit Sprint subs
"T-Mobile US CTO Neville Ray (pictured) insisted the operator is currently not thinking about merging with Sprint, but said any such tie-up would prove beneficial to its rival’s customers."
Perhaps a specific campaign by T-Mobile to whet the market's (and the Fed's) appetite for a merger?
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SignalCheck uses the high level Java API for accessing cellular connection info. It's up to the manufacturer to properly the back end of the API that interfaces with the modem. They likely don't really care and just expose signal strength for the bar display.I think SignalCheck uses APIs for Qualcomm processor as it appears the signals are only read on devices using Qualcomm modems. Try Exynos/Kirin-based devices and you'll have a bad time. I think Mediatek processor (BLU HD R2) worked though so maybe Exynos/Kirin are using newer API that Signalcheck is just not utilizing.
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I had issues with data roaming on Verizon in Indianapolis yesterday. I'm using a Nexus 5X.
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One particular thing I wondered in going back to what I wrote in the beginning of this post, what if Sprint sold a bunch of its PCS spectrum to the other carriers, in exchange for cooperation for Sprint getting the 600mhz spectrum. Keeping in mind had this happened some months ago. Sprint could have bid and won the 120mhz of the 600mhz spectrum, which is what I read it was originally estimated to be at. Then Sprint would have been in the unique position of having a tremendous amount of low-end abd high-end spectrum they'd just need to densify the heck out of and it would have a network that would be both intensely far-reaching, penetrable, high-speed, and full of capacity.
Besides the fact that this doesn't really matter at this point, it wouldn't have worked. There's no incentive for other carriers to just allow Sprint to suck up spectrum. They all have decent midband portfolios and were looking at 600MHz to bolster their low end. Furthermore, midband spectrum is very important in a cellular network because it is a good compromise between coverage area and capacity. Divesting midband would be a poor idea.
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Of course the macros have it, but inside the stadium (where all the speed tests took place) the DAS is providing the service nearly 100% of the time.Dont know if this specifically is related to the DAS, but there is definitely 4x4 MIMO going on around the stadium, but could just be nearby macro sites.
https://newsroom.t-mobile.com/news-and-blogs/big-game-network-prep-houston.htm
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Yes, Tmobile deployed 256QAM and 4x4MIMO for the game.
The stadium DAS doesn't have 4x4MIMO. They can definitely do 256QAM and get high utilization because of the nature of a DAS.
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The engineering screen never showed 2xCA. Been broken since the start.I looked back through this thread and couldn't find any updates - is the engineering screen still not showing when CA is active? I did a couple speed tests while I was out last night, and got 95 and 115 Mbps down, but never saw the second download channel filled in.
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I had a very favorable experience with LG repair fixing my 5X bootloop. It took around 2 weeks in total. I chronicled my experience on reddit:
https://www.reddit.com/r/nexus5x/comments/5l66de/_/dbx1oim
It seems to me that the issues and delays people experienced were due to lack of parts at LG in combination with the holiday season. Now it seems that LG has the parts on hand and is able to repair the phones in a timely manner.
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This is not a representation of the state of the spectrum auction; This is a demonstration application for ArcGIS's auction management products targeted at the bidders. Read more here
Not as wide coverage as you might think it is.
https://www.arcgis.com/home/viewer.html?webmap=2a4febee66894bfd99d682a48eaddead
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Mini macros are an all in one BTS/RRU unit that has the power of a macro in the size of a small cell. They support a max of 2 B41 carriers and 2xCA.What's the difference between macro and mini macro?
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The one with the blue united rentals under it is Sprint?
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Yes, you can see the Sprint logo on the left in linked picture and right in front on this image
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Courtesy of the T-Mobile subreddit, here is a Sprint COW setup for inauguration. Poster mistakenly identified it as T-Mobile, but T-Mobile is nowhere to be found.
https://i.imgur.com/1C5VTCb.jpg
Rest of the setup including AT&T/Verizon bulb antennas http://imgur.com/a/xwOZk
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The press release states that they have COWs set up with 3xCA to handle the load. I suspect they're just not powered up or not available for public connections. Inauguration isn't for another week.In short, the issue is that the other three carriers have COWs or temporary equipment set up, and Sprint doesn't, at least not yet. I was showing that I was connected to the normal Sprint site (which has a note indicating it's on the Department of Energy) while the others had no notes (indicating I'd connected to them for the first time).
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T-Mobile published an EOY 2017 expected coverage map today
https://i.redd.it/03zpfb7hhy7y.jpg
If it's anything like most of their coverage expansion, it will be poor quality with large site spacing.
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HPUE is an uplink improvement. It increases the transmit power of the device from 23dBm to 26dBm, which is a 2x increase. This expands the overall coverage of band 41 since uplink falloff dictates when the device can no longer make reliable connection.Quick question: does hpue only help with uplink? does downlink get any boost?
Downlink improvements come from 256QAM, MIMO, and beamforming.
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That $50B is not for M&A, it's for startups and new companies and comes from Softbank's technology fund.Softbank is getting that kind of money. If TMobile is purchased, it will be Softbank owning Sprint and owning TMobile. Then merging those two assets together.
Son pledged $50billion already. He doesn't have to buy every last DT share up front either. And $33billion of it is just taking over the debt aspect. No cash needed there.
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Considering that the forward auction has only been hitting roughly $20B there will likely be several more reverse auctions before the reserve will be met.is that good, bad, or otherwise?
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They're currently in the third stage reverse auction. You can track progress here:What is the latest on the 600 MHz auction?
https://auctiondata.fcc.gov/public/projects/1000
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The universal standard doesn't exist yet. They're implementing Google's standard.
The universal profile officially launches November 17th. Google and Sprint have already implemented it and are launching early.
From the release announcement:
"Today, we’re excited to announce the next step in this initiative with our first carrier launch supporting the new universal RCS profile."
They are using Google's Jibe infrastructure to support RCS communications with the universal profile.
More about the jibe platform here: https://jibe.google.com/jibe-platform/
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You just need Google Messenger 2.0. It's being rolled out in stagesIs this an update that I have to wait for to get pushed to my phone?
They've stated plans for an API but haven't announced that yet. Third party apps will be able implement it once that API is availableis it possible third party apps like textra could utilize this somehow?
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RCS is official.
https://blog.google/products/android/partnering-global-carriers-upgrade-sms/
Today, we’re excited to announce the next step in this initiative with our first carrier launch supporting the new universal RCS profile. Together with Sprint, we’re launching RCS messaging to their customers using Android devices, starting today.
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Next year, all new Android devices from Sprint will come with Messenger for Android preloaded as the default SMS and RCS messaging experience.
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Marcelo Claure, Town Hall Meetings, New Family Share Pack Plan, Unlimited Individual Plan, Discussion Thread
in General Topics
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