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  1. EvanA
    Incorrect. The FCC will approve the transaction within the next few weeks and only then can T-Mobile actually use the spectrum. Concurrent operations agreements are for handing television stations which broadcast adjacent to the A block downlink.
  2. EvanA
    The cell in the picture doesn't appear to have a B41 relay antenna. They're not going to use LTE relay for every cell. It'll be a mix of backhaul solutions on a site by site basis, and in this case they decided to use microwave backhaul.
  3. EvanA
    2nd day of the outage. VoLTE is completely broken.
  4. EvanA
    Assuming act stands for active then act probably means there is and active data session where add just means the carrier is aggregated but the data session is idle.
  5. EvanA
    John Legere wants RootMetrics banned and accuses them of manipulating data and accepting money from Verizon http://www.bizjournals.com/seattle/blog/techflash/2016/02/legere-wants-bellevue-research-firm-banned-after-t.html
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    I fired off an email to RM about this. T-Mobile has significant deployment of 700MHz in Michigan, so roaming % increasing doesn't make sense at all. Given that VoLTE was disabled for this round of testing, I suspect they didn't actually test 700MHz in Michigan because disabling VoLTE causes the network to reject connection to 700MHz for E911 requirements. I hope I get a response to clear this up.
  7. EvanA
    Ah yes I already forgot the S7 passed through the FCC already.
  8. EvanA
    The X12 LTE modem which ships with the 820 platform supports 4x4MIMO. What remains to be seen is whether the first devices launching with the X12 (S7/LG G5?) will have the necessary antenna and RF amp/filter setup to support 4x4MIMO. My bet is on these devices not having the requisite antenna configuration. Sprint's 8T8R setups already supports 4x4MIMO, it's just a matter of there being devices to utilize it. https://www.qualcomm.com/products/snapdragon/modems/x12
  9. EvanA
    41276 is a +198 offset from 41078, so if it can be confirmed that both are live in the same area then they are deploying a 2nd adjacent carrier.
  10. EvanA
    As posted in the "catch all" thread: https://twitter.com/marceloclaure/status/698008449314004993
  11. EvanA
    I'm sure it can provide more detailed data, but since root is required to read it, I doubt it's worth the time and effort for Mike to implement. I doubt most people who use signal check have rooted devices.
  12. EvanA
    With the spectrum cleared, 2nd carrier shouldn't be far behind.
  13. EvanA
    Signal check detects 2nd carrier by GCI pattern.
  14. EvanA
    I think Sprint is moving their primary carrier to the newly cleared WiMax spectrum so there is enough contiguous spectrum to add a 2nd and 3rd carrier adjacent to the original. The GCI not changing to normal 2nd carrier pattern suggests this is probably the case.
  15. EvanA
    50% off extended again http://newsroom.sprint.com/article_display.cfm?article_id=12132
  16. EvanA
    It's important to keep in mind that these stats were compiled by T-Mobile using Ookla data. They could have easily manipulated the data. Also, I'll say the same thing I did over at Reddit: Where are the measurement uncertainties? Data without uncertainties is useless. This is one reason I have a lot more respect for RootMetrics than other network performance measurements. At least RM uses statistically sound techniques for characterizing network performance.
  17. EvanA
    True, but Sprint is always down more when the rest of the market is down because of their debt position.
  18. EvanA
    The market and telecom sector as a whole is down today.
  19. EvanA
    I'd expect Verizon to be the best at the super bowl as they're an official sponsor of the NFL...
  20. EvanA
    If you count small cells that Verizon has probably not. Pure macro sites maybe.
  21. EvanA
    Might want to re-read my post. I answered that.
  22. EvanA
    No, T-Mobile went from 10x10 to 15x15 in AWS with the AWS HSPA shutdown. They only own 15MHz FDD of AWS in St. Louis and 15MHz FDD of PCS.
  23. EvanA
    If I had to take a wild guess maybe investors aren't happy about the new unlimited promo.
  24. EvanA
    Marci@sprint.com Include lots of information, including cascade ID, engineering mode screenshots, and signal check screenshots. I've done this several times and always gotten favorable resolution and communication from engineers.
  25. EvanA
    Considering that Fraydog lives in a GMO LTE area for T-Mobile they're probably not a good choice. As far as T-Mobile in St. Louis and the metro goes, they're decent. It's been a while since I've had my prepaid SIM in, but last I checked they had just switched on 15x15 in AWS. The problem is they don't have any room capacity additions outside of PCS refarming and more cells (expensive). For now their network seems to be holding up, but I could see it becoming stressed very soon .
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