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  1. Paynefanbro
    This site is live and it is a gig+ site. Massive boost in coverage as anticipated. T-Mobile really struck gold by getting access to this site. I tried mapping every sector of it on n41. — — — — — This site is converted and live. gNB 1371634 — — — — — T-Mobile has removed the sheaths on this in preparation for upgrading it. Now the old Sprint antennas are exposed. — — — — — Sprint eNB 6714 located at 102 North End Ave, New York, NY 10282 is currently being converted (finally).
  2. Paynefanbro
    While they purchased C-band a while back they only got access to their blocks of the spectrum a few months ago. And they've always made the claim that they would only begin deploying it once they got the combined C-band DoD antennas. They acknowledged as recently as a few weeks ago that they've finally started getting stock of these antennas and so far at least one site with it deployed has been found in Texas, replacing a C-band antenna they previously had installed. I wouldn't even go as far as saying they're hoarding mmWave either. They have it deployed in quite a few cities even though it isn't nearly as widespread as Verizon or AT&T and they are (very slowly) deploying it in new places though they are mostly just high traffic venues. And while they've been alluding to it in interviews for about a year now, they finally made a public statement that they're likely going to us it for TMHI in that standalone mmWave press release they made recently.
  3. Paynefanbro
    It's as if Dish has never heard about spectrum swaps before. T-Mobile is fighting a war on two fronts with AT&T going after their midband spectrum and Dish going after their 600MHz. The end goal of both of those companies looks like they want stop T-Mobile from getting any more spectrum without some sort of divestiture. I get why they're doing this but I can't help but feel like both of them really are just sore losers that lacked foresight. What's even worse for Dish and AT&T is that T-Mobile has an extremely successful home internet product that justifies their need for so much capacity in the first place so they can't even say that T-Mobile doesn't need all of the spectrum they have. T-Mobile also doesn't have a history of hoarding spectrum without deploying it so they can't even point to past behavior to justify divestiture by saying they aren't going to use it.
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    Press Release: Bills Signed: H.R. 1734, S. 788, S. 2747, S. 2787 https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/legislation/2023/12/19/press-release-bills-signed-h-r-1734-s-788-s-2747-s-2787/
  5. Paynefanbro
    4xCA live in NYC finally — — — — — Decommission permits for the sites at the following addresses came through. These are all sites that were broadcasting the keep PLMN and are on the keep site map. Almost all of them have 12/31/2023 expiration dates with a few having expiration dates in early 2024. Sad to see them go but they probably couldn't get favorable lease rates. Hopefully T-Mobile is considering putting sites on nearby buildings to fill in coverage in some of these areas. 231 Norman Ave, Brooklyn, NY 11222 185 Marcy Ave, Brooklyn, NY 11211 418 Madison St, Brooklyn, NY 11221 961 Eastern Pkwy, Brooklyn, NY 11213 88 Wyckoff St, Brooklyn, NY 11201 7119 Shore Rd, Brooklyn, NY 11209 223 78th St, Brooklyn, NY 11209 2427 E 29th St, Brooklyn, NY 11235 1123 Avenue K, Brooklyn, NY 11230 4701 Snyder Ave, Brooklyn, NY 11203 140 Delancey St, New York, NY 10002 1900 Lexington Ave, New York, NY 10035 — — — — — Found two more conversion permits for sites on the map: 59 Lorimer St, Brooklyn, NY 11206 (Permit expires 04/23/2024) This site is in southern Williamsburg. 360 Furman St, Brooklyn, NY 11201 (Permit expires 02/09/2024) This is the stealth site that is just off of the BQE that should fill in a lot of coverage along Brooklyn Bridge Park, the Promenade, and the southwestern section Brooklyn Heights. — — — — — I'm in midtown a lot lately and it's super annoying that there still isn't a way to break up 5G gNBs to notate small cells vs macros. It's frustrating that there are so many red dots on the map in that area because there are a dozen or so small cells that I can't pin.
  6. Paynefanbro
    Converted Sites: Sprint eNB 6888 -> T-Mobile gNB 1344050 Location: 40.708900517652125, -73.9406671394352 Sprint eNB 6147 -> T-Mobile gNB 1371630 Location: 40.80216075318654, -73.96408008092577 — — — — — New Conversion Permits: Sprint eNB Unknown Located at 40.8523016210477, -73.93748813021824 Sprint eNB 6156 Located at: 40.78975335578959, -73.94790522609013 — — — — — Early Christmas present! North sector points directly across to Long Island City. The site isn't live yet but I'm so glad this finally got converted.
  7. Paynefanbro
    Turns out I was right about this. NextWave touts NYC progress, but other markets delayed https://www.lightreading.com/private-networks/nextwave-touts-nyc-progress-but-other-markets-delayed
  8. Paynefanbro
    I came across something weird this morning where some sectors on some sites in midtown are no longer showing 2600.55 as the frequency but showing 2640 instead. Check out gNB ID 1332294 and gNB ID 1332288. Edit: I think it's just something wonky about how the site or maybe my phone is reporting the frequency to Cellmapper. For a while Cellmapper has been reading the 100MHz carrier as 2600.55 but that is not the correct center frequency because T-Mobile controls 2590-2690MHz. At 2600.55 the carrier would only be 20MHz wide. Now that it's reporting 2640, it is showing the correct center frequency of a 100MHz carrier in that range.
  9. Paynefanbro
    T-Mobile Revs Up Millimeter Wave with 5G Standalone https://www.t-mobile.com/news/press/t-mobile-revs-up-millimeter-wave-with-5g-standalone
  10. Paynefanbro
    The n41 situation is getting frustrating. It seems like 40+40 is making it's way up to Central Brooklyn now. The sites by Brooklyn College switched to 40+40. I've also found Canarsie to be an unusual area. Most sites are still at 100+40 but at Bay View Houses all of the sites are 40+40 and sites on the west side of the neighborhood bordering Old Mill Basin are at 40+40 as well. Only reason I can think of as to why T-Mobile is doing this is mitigating interference from NextWave sites. T-Mobile was likely being extremely liberal with regard to where they deployed 140 MHz in Brooklyn and Manhattan and until NextWave started their own deployments, they got away with it. — — — — — n71 is now at 20MHz in Crown Heights. — — — — — T-Mobile eNB 40960, 44643, and 41400 are gig+ sites. — — — — — Went to Broad Channel over the weekend to see what the NR situation is like. Despite the macro there being pretty new, it wasn't deployed with any n41 antennas and I can't even confirm if n25 is live. However n41 is everywhere and they seem to be coming from the 7 small cells deployed there in the past year. Speeds and range on them are actually pretty impressive. The entire (populated) portion of the island is covered really well by them and speeds are consistently in the 300-400Mbps range with peak speeds over 700Mbps. Kinda amazing considering as recently as last summer they had virtually no coverage on the island save for some coverage reaching over from macros in Howard Beach and the Rockaways.
  11. Paynefanbro
    Timing of this photo is crazy with the billboard in the background but I finally found an actual T-Mobile 5G oDAS node. It's an upgrade of a pre-existing T-Mobile small cell on the same pole. The small cell pictured is gNB 1360771-304. A couple more 5G nodes: eNB 1370776-302 eNB 1352184-302 — — — — — Also spotted a single-sector AT&T site. It's eNB 110641. This is the second one I've seen from them in the city.
  12. Paynefanbro
    Sprint eNB 74174 -> T-Mobile eNB 344184 Located at 40.75686680299905, -73.97798076463842 Sprint eNB 7159/7160 -> T-Mobile gNB 1358196 Located at 40.827328779042936, -73.94314592306812 Sprint eNB 80362 -> T-Mobile eNB 219106 Located at 40.8513934685157, -73.94196120231052 Sprint eNB Unknown -> T-Mobile eNB 331083 Located at 40.821883380701166, -73.9247178008471 Sprint eNB 6269 -> T-Mobile gNB 1369590 Located at 40.76195828718452, -73.92401561055308
  13. Paynefanbro
    There was a Sprint site in The Bronx that did something similar. They had two sectors one building and the third sector and cabinetry on a shorter building next door. When it was first converted T-Mobile kept the setup but a couple of months later they moved everything over to the taller building. — — — — — T-Mobile eNB 40003 was one of those sites that used the mini-antennas but it looks like T-Mobile removed those antennas and put regular macro antennas on the roof when they upgraded it. Coverage is way better as a result. I wish they did that more often. Before: After:
  14. Paynefanbro
    Same thing happened in Red Hook. Looks like some of the gNBs in southern Red Hook like the site closest to Ikea and the billboard Sprint conversion next to the BQE went from 100+40 to 40+40. gNB 1325606 which is the site on top of the building that Verizon and AT&T are on in northern Red Hook is still 100+40 though. NextWave count your days!
  15. Paynefanbro
    U.S. mobile operators are revving their engines for the F1 Las Vegas Grand Prix https://www.opensignal.com/2023/11/09/us-mobile-operators-are-revving-their-engines-for-the-f1-las-vegas-grand-prix
  16. Paynefanbro
    I believe that site got decommissioned earlier this year but I may be wrong. Edit: Nope I was right. Job number: Q08043463-I1 Job Description: T-Mobile: Decommission of existing site. Removal of antennas sectors from existing monopole on grade. Removal of equipment cabinets and related equipment platform on grade. All work in compliance with TPPN 5/98. No change in use, egress or occupancy.
  17. Paynefanbro
    Looks like T-Mobile is doing a new build. They're collocating on a monopole in Far Rockaway at 75-02 Amstel Blvd, Far Rockaway, NY 11692 Also permit finally came through to convert the Sprint site at 421 Smith St, Brooklyn, NY 11231. Permit expires December 31st so it'll likely be converted before year end.
  18. Paynefanbro
    I can't speak to the quality of Dish's network because I haven't tested it for myself but here in NYC they have a relatively mature buildout. I've seen their sites in every borough and it seems like they didn't cheap out and only collocate on sites that other carriers are already on, they are increasingly doing new builds in areas where even the Big 3 have weaker service. At this point they have hundreds of sites online here and some have posted speed tests online of up to 700Mbps in the city. That said, even if you're not on their own network, their MVNO is running on arguably the two best networks in the country, one being the fastest and the other having the most coverage. That leads me to my next point which is, Dish could be gaining customers if they made a conscious effort to advertise their service as opposed to passively announcing deals via press release and then expecting word of mouth to do the heavy lifting. Boost as a brand was already suffering from negative mindshare due to it being connected to Sprint. A rebrand should've been step one but they doubled down on the Boost brand by launching a sub-brand called Boost Infinite specifically for postpaid service. At the very least they should've just launched it under the normal Boost Mobile brand for consistency's sake. And now they're relying on Amazon to sell Boost Infinite instead of using the existing retail network of Boost stores to sell it. It's a really confusing decision to me. An easy win for Dish from the marketing perspective could've been on iPhone launch day just having their name listed in the buyflow alongside Verizon, AT&T, T-Mobile, and "Unlocked". At least then people could've known that Boost is a serious brand in competition with them and that they had a competitive deal. On Samsung's website Boost should be where U.S. Cellular's name is listed but they aren't. It just seems like Dish isn't actually trying to succeed or that they have trouble focusing on more than one thing at a time. Maybe their end goal is to get bought out by someone like Google and have Project Fi run on their network but they know the FCC, FTC, and DOJ are not going to ok something like that unless they're in dire financial circumstance.
  19. Paynefanbro
    T-Mobile surpasses Verizon as biggest prepaid carrier https://www.fiercewireless.com/wireless/t-mobile-surpasses-verizon-biggest-prepaid-carrier
  20. Paynefanbro
    Yikes. Dish's struggles continue in Q3 Dish's third quarter results came in far below expectations, and the company's CEO made an early exit. 'We're failing fast and we're learning,' said Dish founder Charlie Ergen. Next up for Dish: a merger with EchoStar. https://www.lightreading.com/5g/dish-s-struggles-continue-in-q3
  21. Paynefanbro
    Spotted some 20MHz n71 in SoHo earlier today but the sites in my neck of the woods in Crown Heights are still at 15MHz, though they have moved up the block. — — — — — eNB 41170 is a gig+ site.
  22. Paynefanbro
    I don't know if it was an iPhone issue or an issue with T-Mobile's network but I've noticed my standalone 5G pings have dropped considerably in the past couple of weeks. I used to be able to tell when I was on standalone 5G by looking at the ping on a speed test since it would consistently read 38-40ms. Now it's in the low to mid teens and I can only tell by going into Field Test Mode. Edit: Seems like it's not marketwide but instead on some sites vs others. Still encountering sites with the 38ms ping. — — — — — Also (maybe old news?) the 15MHz n71 carrier moved up to center on the beginning of the B-block so now we have 15MHz n71 and 5MHz Band 71.
  23. Paynefanbro
    T-Mobile takes its fiber effort to new markets in Florida, Minnesota https://www.fiercetelecom.com/broadband/t-mobile-takes-its-fiber-effort-new-markets-florida-minnesota
  24. Paynefanbro
    Sprint eNB Unknown -> T-Mobile eNB 331168 Located at: 40.7558330, -73.9876660
  25. Paynefanbro
    LightReading posted a great article summarizing the comments the FCC received from AT&T, Dish, T-Mobile, the CCA, etc. on this topic and provided links to a number of them. Interestingly Verizon had no comments on the FCCs spectrum screening process. Pretty much no one is supporting AT&T's position, even those that have views that somewhat align with AT&T. They all recognize that AT&T's petition and comments are really self-serving. They basically want to stifle T-Mobile and to a lesser extent Verizon while getting rid of the 3.45GHz spectrum cap so that they can catch up.
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