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Where in SD was this?

Dang that upload speed is nice!!  Finally we have B25 15x15, B26 5X5 and B41 20+20+20.  Just need B26 and B41 on all sites.

Back in May 2018, Sprint said this about Millimeter Wave: https://www.fiercewireless.com/5g/sprint-millimeter-wave-spectrum-important-part-our-strategy-going-forward

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Neville's latest thoughts on Millimeter Wave.... and why the merger needs to happen....
https://www.t-mobile.com/news/the-5g-status-quo-is-clearly-not-good-enough
Here's what Dr. Saw has said about Millimeter Wave previously:
https://www.lightreading.com/mobile/5g/sprint-says-no-to-mmwave-yes-to-mobile-5g/d/d-id/739592
"What is the cost to deliver a bit over millimeter waves? Where is the business case on that?" John Saw asked at the Citi conference in Las Vegas.
and
"We need to solve the cost challenges before you can scale millimeter wave," Saw said.
I guess this is the new Merger strategy now?

Is there any truth to the merger holding up the VoLTE rollout? 
Are we at 50% completion, 75, etc.? 

42 minutes ago, red_dog007 said:

If you read the internet, for the last 7 years I have been a Sprint customer, every quarter I have been told that Sprint was going to go under and file for bankruptcy. 

Their position isn't pretty, but it isn't like Sprint is in some unique position.  People like to be like, debt, debt, debt, but having more debt than revenue is pretty common.  Look at Charter.  $40billion in revenue but they have $70billion in long term debts.  A company like AMD couldn't make any money for like a decade before their recent turn around.  They sold, leveraged and won some key lawsuits that helped them stay afloat.  Now they are kicking ass and taking names.

This idea that Sprint needs to be at the same coverage level as AT&T or VZW to survive I think is a fallacy as well.  They have great roaming agreements.  This is how the dozens of regional carriers survive.

 

They do need to add it where VZW and att are the only option. 

On 4/8/2019 at 3:57 PM, ingenium said:

These are the ones that are deployed in the NY/NJ area via Altice. Also attached an old SCP screenshot while connected to one.

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Can't those do more than one carrier? Only one carrier would likely be Slow.

I'm finally starting to see 5MHz B29 pop up in KY. I've only seen it in rural areas so far but the license covers my entire area. They only have Lower D block here, Dish has E block for now. 

Dish does not have any money.They spent it all on spectrum.

I agree with you [emoji817] ... A merger would be a good thing. I would even be satisfied with a tie up with a cable company. And those rumors of Sprint going away aren't true..I m glad they where not true.. I'm glad Sprint is still around honestly.

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I found a new AT&T iDAS installation last week at the Belterra Casino in Indiana. It has been installed since my last stay there back in October. It was only broadcasting B12/B66, no MFBI for B17 or B4. My dad's older phone wouldn't see it or connect to it at all, and when I locked my phone to only B4 I couldn't see it or connect to it. There was also no CA between the two bands. The iDAS covered the 15 floor hotel as well as the entry, restaurant, and shopping area up to where you actually get on the casino boat. They did not install it on the boat itself, I could barely get an HSPA+ connection while on the boat. The setup used the same GCI and PCI sector throughout the entire facility. The nodes are very inconspicuous and almost look like round ceiling speakers. They were installed about every 30-40 feet in the hotel area. Speed was impressive, and much better than the

Still having to wait on VOLTE on my S9+ is another reason I want the merger. 6 months in and I still can't use it.

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Is it true that Sprint would need double the number of towers as Verizon and ATT to get the same coverage due to their lack of low band?

Yeah I suppose. What I was getting at was we're seeing a lot of places where average speeds have doubled or even tripled over the past couple months. If they put in the effort into improving coverage like they have been with the speeds then coverage should start improving fairly quickly. 

Sprint is improving. Data from RootMetrics shows that from 2H 2019 to 1H 2019:

Median download speeds in Ann Arbor, MI increased from 17.6Mbps to 33.2Mbps.

Median download speeds in Bakersfield, CA increased from 16.7Mbps 30.7Mbps. 

Median download speeds in Baton Rouge, LA increased from 9.7Mbps to 17.6Mbps.

Median download speeds in Boston, MA increased from 21.1Mbps to 30.2Mbps. Sprint had the fastest median download speed at 49.9Mbps during the outdoor walk tests in the "dense urban core of Boston". 

Median download speeds in Buffalo, NY increased from 10.9Mbps to 29.3Mbps. 

Median download speeds in Detroit, MI increased from 18.1Mbps to 30.3Mbps. 

Median download speeds in El Paso, TX increased from 17.9Mbps to 28.5Mbps. Sprint had the fastest median download speed at 28.5Mbps. 

Median download speeds in Flint, MI increased from 9.4Mbps to 33.4Mbps. 

Median download speeds in Fresno, CA increased from 5.6Mbps to 15.8Mbps. 

Median download speeds in Las Vegas, NV increased from 32.4Mbps to 45.7Mbps. Sprint had the fastest median download speed at 45.7Mbps. 

Median download speeds in Milwaukee, WI increased from 14.7Mbps to 21.8Mbps. 

Median download speeds in Ogden, UT increased from 18.3Mbps to 36.5Mbps. 

Median download speeds in Philadelphia, PA from 19.5Mbps to 28.2Mbps. 

Median download speeds in Provo, UT increased from 19Mbps to 37.8Mbps. Sprint had the fastest median download speed at 37.8Mbps.

Median download speeds in Rockford, IL increased from 19.8Mbps to 30.2Mbps.

Median download speeds in Sacramento, CA increased from 19.5Mbps to 35.5Mbps. Sprint had the fastest median download speed at 35.5Mbps.

Median download speeds in Salt Lake City, UT increased from 20Mbps to 30.8Mbps. 

Median download speeds in San Jose, CA increased from 28.6Mbps to 37.4Mbps. Sprint had the fastest median download speed at 37.4Mbps.

Median download speeds in Spokane, WA increased from 21.2Mbps to 29.6Mbps.

Median download speeds in Syracuse, NY increased from 28.3Mbps to 38.9Mbps. 

Median download speeds in Tucson, AZ increased from 12.9Mbps to 28.4Mbps. 

Median download speeds in Youngstown, OH increased from 19.1Mbps to 36.2Mbps. 

 

Not all cities have had 1H 2019 data gathered yet.

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Yes. I do recall that as well.

However, this Filing appears to be a much more bleak assessment of Sprint than before. Although we can't see the numbers/info behind the highly confidential redactions, it seems apparent from the visible language that explains these numbers/info in the Filing that Sprint is in deeper trouble than it was before, and it's only getting worse as time goes on. How would Sprint otherwise spin this empirical data that it's putting forward to the FCC?

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This is true. They do have some 600MHz and 700MHz that would go good with 2.5GHz. Not to mention their AWS-4 and the little bit of AWS-3 they have.

Didn't SoftBank have a provision where they would be required to buy all of the Sprint stock if they ever went over the 85% mark?  I thought that was why they couldn't just put more money into Sprint. Just asking.

I doubt it. Charlie doesn’t have the capitol.


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Lmao, there was plenty of low band spectrum to buy a couple of years back in that 600mhz auction. Daddy Softbank at the time was putting together a vision fund that had funds up to 100 billion. I am sure they wouldn't have any problem buying low-band spectrum instead they went into a spending spree of significant investments:
Uber
$9.3B
ARM Holdings*
$8.2B
NVIDIA
$5.0B
WeWork**
$4.4B
Flipkart
$2.5B
GM Cruise
$2.3B
One97 Communications (Paytm)
$1.9B
OneWeb*
$1.2B
Ping An Healthcare Technology
$1.2B
Roivant
$1.1B
Fanatics
$1.0B
SoFi*
$1.0B
Katerra
$0.9B
Auto1
$0.6B
Doordash
$0.5B
Improbable*
$0.5B
Vir
$0.5B
ZhongAn
$0.5B
Compass
$0.5B
Ping An Good Doctor
$0.4B
Guardant Health
$0.4B
Wag
$0.3B
OYO
$0.3B
Slack
$0.3B
Plenty
$0.2B
Mapbox
$0.2B
Nauto*
$0.2B
Brain Corp.
 

Sprint stock price may fall to $3 IMO if merger does fail.

Marcelo moved to Japan a handful of months ago. I think he moved his whole family to Tokyo from what  I can see on his twitter feed. He ain't coming back to Overland Park ever again. The guy got a  big promotion as a Softbank executive for cutting so many expenses at Sprint. 

Either SoftBank will be willing to pay up with a capex infusion or we'll see Sprint become part of another company. Either way, the market will retain four major wireless carrier participants, which I think it needs to.
I've been saying for a long time that it was a huge mistake for SoftBank/Sprint to sit out the 600 MHz auction. It was a huge strategic error.
Having sat it out, now Sprint is in the position of having to build out a national 5G network using the economics of 2.5GHz, which aren't as bad as Millimeter Wave, but aren't as good as 600 MHz... and it's hilarious to see Sprint justify the T-Mobile merger by saying it lacks low-band spectrum after saying it was "Spectrum of the Past".
Just desserts for SoftBank in my opinion.

There would be layoffs if the companies merged.
How can Sprint pay for 5G?... SoftBank can open its wallet and pay for it. It owns nearly 85% of Sprint, and it has to answer to the Sprint/SoftBank shareholders if the Sprint asset continues to lag on its books.
If true, this news makes me very happy. A merger would have simply let SoftBank off the hook and it would have resulted in unnecessary carrier consolidation. I don't subscribe to the "Fear China" 5G justifications being put forward at all.
Masa/Marcelo: You might want to take your houses off the Market given this news....
https://www.kansascity.com/news/business/article42616254.html
https://www.bizjournals.com/kansascity/news/2018/11/18/claure-masayoshi-mission-hills-mansions-for-sale.html
You could be sticking around.

Good news everyone

 
The Justice Department is unlikely to approve a planned merger between T-Mobile and Sprint, The Wall Street Journal reported Tuesday.
Staffers from the Justice Department have reportedly told both carriers that the deal may not be approved under its current structure, the Journal reported, citing people familiar with the matter.