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This is a reminder of how badly LTE-U might end up.

I'm still not sold on LTE-U, but those articles really has nothing to do with how LTE-U could end up. If implemented properly there should not be any issues with harmful interference.

 

 

3g still reflects nTelos... Why would it still show up like that?

 

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The SID either hasn't been changed yet or will not be changed. If Sprint just absorbs the nTelos SID as native and designates that in the PRL, Mike will need to update signal check to show Sprint instead. Signal check uses a static list of SIDs and the corresponding operator.

 

 

I'd really like for T-Mobile to purchase three contiguous blocks and have 15x15, or at least two for 10x10, though now I know they won't have any sort of forced situation where they have to purchase at least two blocks.

Purchasing 30MHz of spectrum wouldn't be very useful because 10MHz is the widest LTE carrier possible due to interference issues with wider carriers.

Anyway, BACK ON TOPIC.

 

Talk is, in NYC, T-Mobile is deploying 3 band carrier aggregation now that they are refarming PCS for LTE. According to Milan, there are sites which are broadcasting B12, B4, and B2 LTE aggregated.

 

Have to say that it's pretty impressive. Their network here in NYC is actually very usable, and suffers less from the B41 pocket effect that we do.

They're deploying 5x5MHz band 2 in a ton of markets right now. I see a new post about it almost every day.

In Chicago where I'm at, the FCC lists it at 10 blocks with zero impairment, all category 1 blocks. What does this mean exactly? How much of the 500mhz spectrum is going to be auctioned off here?

Each block is 10MHz of spectrum, so 100MHz will be auctioned off in 10MHz paired chunks. Category 1 spectrum is spectrum with 0 to 15% impairment, and category 2 is spectrum with 15 up to 50% impairment. Most of the spectrum is category 1 though.

Has this been discussed yet? http://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2016-04-28/t-mobile-accused-of-fighting-a-real-union-by-creating-a-fake-one

 

 

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According to this employee, T-Voice is nothing like a union

 

https://www.reddit.com/r/tmobile/comments/4gumlc/tmobile_accused_of_fighting_a_real_union_by/d2kw32m

That is a lot of technical info there.  In general, their backhaul costs should be similar but Sprint probably pays more for roaming cost because of liberal roaming allowance.  But that does not explain why Sprint's cost of service on their income statement is about $1 billion more every quarter.  I have been looking all over but still could not figure out why.

Their cost of service includes the operation of the Clearwire network as well... I bet that inflates numbers a bit. It should come down at least by some as Clearwire is decommissioned.

For those who understand about carriers' business, I find it very difficult to understand why Sprint has less employees than Tmobile and less revenue, but their expenses percentage wise to revenues is much higher than Tmobile excluding interest expense? is it because they spend more money on roaming and backhaul costs?

It's because the company has become very inefficient over the years. That's why they've started a cost cutting initiative. There is lots of crap that can be removed.

2 million is partner coverage based on their slides posted.

 

http://investor.t-mobile.com/QuarterlyResults - Page 5

Forgot to look at the investor factbook. Thanks. That puts them at 306 million native, which is an increase of 1 million pops since last quarter.

 

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T-Mobile reported earnings this morning and now claims 308 million LTE POPs. Upon closer inspection, you'll find this statement:

 

Currently, T-Mobile covers 308 million POPs with 4G LTE, which now includes partner LTE coverage.

Sneaky sneaky. I wonder what their actual native coverage is.

 

http://investor.t-mobile.com/file/Index?KeyFile=34010432

T-Mobile appears to be taking the "throw money at the problem" approach to 600MHz relocation. They've signed a deal with an antenna manufacturer to allow them to ramp up production and hire more installation crews.

 

I'm still skeptical that 600MHz relocation will go smoothly and finish according to the 39 month timeline.

 

http://www.broadcastingcable.com/news/local-tv/nab-2016-t-mobile-backs-repack-tech-company/155727

Sprint is opting to densify their network, rather than purchasing more spectrum. Given their situation, I think it's the right business move.

600MHz won't be available for several years anyway. If they purchased any it wouldn't be much help right now.

That's quite strange considering that AT&T has a DAS in the stadium. What section are you in?

 

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Craig Moffet is at it again

 

http://www.bloomberg.com/gadfly/articles/2016-04-11/as-bad-as-sprint-s-debt-burden-looks-it-s-probably-worse

Here is the FCC link to all of the bidders for 600.

http://transition.fcc.gov/Daily_Releases/Daily_Business/2016/db0318/DA-16-269A2.pdf

This is not the final bidder list. The final list will not be released until May after the FCC has collected payments for bidding credits.

 

See this article for more information on the 600MHz auction process.

 

http://www.fiercewireless.com/special-reports/600-mhz-incentive-auction-primer-who-will-bid-when-it-will-happen-how-it-wi

 

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what is EVS?

EVS is a new high quality voice codec designed with IP based communication in mind. You can read more about it here http://www.voiceage.com/EVS.html

Forum user One Direction has already reported spotting EVS in the T-Mobile LTE speedtest thread over on HoFo.

 

Milan03 over on reddit posted about EVS a month ago

 

https://www.reddit.com/r/tmobile/comments/491os4/tmobile_testing_evs_next_gen_hd_voice/

It should be a pretty dramatic increase. EVS is something I have looked forward to for quite a while. This implementation is supposed to put you on EVS and aid voice quality regardless of carrier called through some patent pending magic T-Mobile isn't fully detailing.

 

Ironically, there was a stretch where T-Mobile had the best voice quality, it was when they ran 23 Kbps on VoLTE. They abandoned that when they sought interoperability with AT&T and Verizon.

 

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I'm pretty sure T-Mobile is referring to the other benefits of EVS such as improved noise reduction, dead space detection, and error resilience. Improved noise reduction and dead space detection help the voice quality but don't rely on the bandwidth and compression improvements. Those improvements are lost once the audio is transcoded into a lower quality format such as POTS.

SPRINT ain't gonna pass Tmobile in NYC Tri state , Philadelphia, DC, Boston, Los Angeles, and Dallas Forth worth

 

Sprint will beat Tmobile in Chicago, Kansas city, and Houston.

That's it folks, call RootMetrics and tell them they don't need to test anymore. SprintNYC from S4GRU already knows the results.

 

The problem with Sprint is, they threaten for the number 1 spot in markets like Cincinnati, Dayton and Pittsburgh then drop down. There is not consistency besides Denver and Las Vegas.

I think you might be in for a surprise when the Dayton and Cincinnati reports come out for this half. Since 2H2015 Sprint has deployed 10x10 LTE in both markets and just recently lit up multiple B41 carriers with CA. I'm in the Dayton area for school and I've seen a huge improvement in just the past few months. Other members from the Cincinnati/Dayton market have noticed similar improvement too.

 

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RCR Wireless is already jumping to conclusions based on 1H2016 RootMetrics tests

 

http://www.rcrwireless.com/20160405/carriers/verizon-tops-att-t-mobile-jumps-sprint-initial-rootmetrics-2016-tests-tag2

 

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Did you do it via Sprint Zone or About Phone/Status?  Reason I ask, I initiated my via Sprint Zone but it still showed 55051 as well in the app...but then when I double-checked via About Phone/Status is was showing updated.

I'm using a Nexus 5, so no sprint zone here.

New prls are out goes from 55051 to 55052.

Still seeing 55051 on my Nexus 5 after running an update.

 

 

that specifically says they have more LTE towers than Verizon.

May be true when you only count macros, but with Verizon's small cells included they are the clear density champion.

Well, there's other regional carriers that might be interested. USCC has B5 spectrum in some areas.

And they're using it

I did some digging and discovered that network type 18 indicates "IWLAN" network type. It's hidden from the the public Android source, but can be accessed by reflection. Your diagnostic report showed that you were connected to WiFi at the time. I had never heard of IWLAN before, but a quick Google search shows some references to WiFi calling. Do you have an Airave or something similar? It could always just be a Samsung bug since it's such a new device, we know how their enginerrs are..

 

-Mike

IWLAN is the indicator for WiFi calling. On a device with WiFi calling enabled that is what will show in the cellular network type field of settings -> about phone -> status. An Airave wouldn't trigger the phone to say IWLAN because it broadcasts a normal 1x signal.