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  1. Paynefanbro
    Drove out to the Hamptons today and mapped at least 3 new T-Mobile sites that haven't been seen before. I don't know exactly where the sites are but it doesn't look like any of them are Sprint conversions which means T-Mobile is doing new builds in Suffolk County to densify their network. eNB ID 331116 eNB ID 343773 eNB ID 331114 Also at least 1 new AT&T site, eNB ID 116457 — — — Also in the latest iOS 16.4 beta it seems like my phone more reliably sticks to standalone 5G. For most of the drive from Brooklyn to Sag Harbor I stayed on n41 with a handful of drops to n71 and I only dropped to LTE twice, both times due to being at cell edge and only having 1 bar. T-Mobile is getting insane range out of n41 too, likely due to aggregating n71 with n41 more reliably in the latest update. Not only was SA range great but so were speeds. Even on 1 bar of n41 I was seeing upwards of 100Mbps. I'm really enjoying all of the improvements standalone 5G is bringing.
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    Given the location I'm betting whoever the owner of the building is is planning to sell/redevelop the site so no lease renewal. I feel like it's the same deal with 1063 Pacific St. Edit: 304 Boerum was sold for $14 million just over a year ago so the new owner must've said no. Also 1063 Pacific changed hands in 2021 as part of a group sale. New owners likely said no to that one too.
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    Same deal in North Carolina. AT&T roaming is gone too in NY as far as I can tell. Now it’s only showing Sprint keep sites that haven’t been converted. Luckily GCI and Viaero are still there.
  4. Paynefanbro
    Went back out to Roosevelt Field Mall and the experience was spectacular as usual. I'm running iOS 16.4 with the Standalone 5G toggle on. I wasn't able to connect to SA n41 but I did connect to SA n71. Now that we're at 3 fully upgraded macros covering the mall, performance on SA n71 is pretty good. Long gone are the early days of standalone 5G where if you got stuck on it you could barely get over 10Mbps. With only 10MHz I was seeing ~45Mbps. NSA n41 was also great at ~350Mbps inside and out. One thing I noticed is that my T-Mobile iPhone absolutely refused to connect to the carrier neutral DAS inside the mall unless I switched to LTE-only mode. In past years my phone would connect to the DAS and drop 5G completely but it seems like my phone preferred 5G this time around. On the other hand, the Verizon iPhone 14 that I had on me stayed on the LTE DAS the entire time. What this meant was that on T-Mobile I'd experience "inconsistencies" in performance as my phone switched between super fast n41 and the slower but still usable n71 while the Verizon phone stayed at a consistent ~200Mbps via the DAS. The second I switched my T-Mobile iPhone to LTE, I saw those same ~200Mbps LTE speeds.
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    No clue honestly. In NYC the PCS carrier was shifted weeks before we started seeing n25 but in some markets it happened almost immediately.
  6. Paynefanbro
    The EARFCN change is likely due to the launch of n25. They shifted your PCS LTE carrier from the 15MHz C-block to the 10MHz D+B block, likely so they could launch n25 at 15MHz in your market.
  7. Paynefanbro
    Sprint eNB 6953/6954 -> T-Mobile eNB 344470 Location: 40.67944996637378, -73.98364761863023 Sprint eNB 74075 -> T-Mobile eNB 880565: Location: 40.762399839947896, -73.77107279336825
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    Good news for T-Mobile and AT&T. This is pretty much what T-Mobile has been waiting for to start deploying C-band.
  9. Paynefanbro
    I think I figured out what's up with this site. It's a really weird one where Sprint had antennas on two separate buildings but operated it as a single site. At 2432 Matthews Ave they had a west facing sector on the roof while on 2428 Matthews Ave they have an east and north facing sector. Back in August 2022 they got a permit to only decom the west facing sector on 2432 Matthews Ave and install new cabinets but it seems like they did all the work to convert the site back then. The permit states: This new permit that was approved January 2023 seems to be a conversion permit for the antennas on 2428 Matthews Ave and moving the third sector so that all three are on one building. This one says: I think they retroactively submitted the permit since they added the new sector to 2428 Matthews Ave and didn't want to get in trouble with DoB/FDNY/etc.
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    Updated my iPhone to iOS 16.4 to try out that standalone toggle and it does as it says. It attempts to force your phone to stay on standalone 5G. In Field Test Mode you can see the network and phone fight over it though. It'll swap back and forth between NSA and SA pretty frequently, sometimes several times in a minute. I'm seeing 3CA in standalone mode with 100MHz of n41 being the primary carrier. I can't tell what the second or third carriers are though. If Milan's twitter is anything to go by then it's likely n41+n41+n25. Standalone 5G has come a long way from the early days when phones would camp on n71 and only get 5Mbps. Download and upload speeds so far have been virtually the same as in NSA mode. — — — — — Drove by that site on Friday and it still wasn't live. I don't know if we're just catching a lot of these sites right after equipment is installed or if T-Mobile is just taking their time actually turning on the sites but the signal improvements couldn't arrive sooner. — — — — — New keep site permits: Sprint eNB Unknown - Location: 40.730479698778204, -73.85212567750087 Sprint eNB 77225 - Location: 40.73991815246438, -74.00570197349204 Sprint eNB Unknown - Location: 40.86216124309271, -73.86241946635127 Sprint eNB Unknown - Location: 40.756878623013066, -73.97798877658907 — — — — — The following sites are already on our keep site map put permits finally came in for them so they’ll probably be converted before the end of the month if they aren’t already done. Sprint eNB 5790/8999 - Location: 40.66453113614418, -73.9396368372533 Sprint eNB 5753 - Location: 40.63805529085911, -74.1618735142865 Sprint eNB 6786 - Location: 40.64709506733036, -73.9798779633957 — — — — — Sites that have been converted: Sprint eNB Unknown/T-Mobile eNB 310770 - Location: 40.77991842764334, -73.96003838917711 Sprint eNB Unknown/T-Mobile eNB 880579 - Location: 40.80661707008426, -73.96413081265686
  11. Paynefanbro
    I wonder if the toggle will allow you to permanently be in standalone mode or if it's just a switch that lets the network put you in standalone when necessary but still prefers NSA.
  12. Paynefanbro
    @T-MoblieUser207 The Sprint billboard site in Red Hook right next to the BQE got converted.
  13. Paynefanbro
    Sprint eNB 6290 finally got converted. Now it's T-Mobile eNB 307360. Located at 40.7484048854246, -73.89480242142524
  14. Paynefanbro
    Take a look at Ookla's coverage maps in their Speedtest app. It's crowdsourced and a lot more accurate since it's based on where people run speed tests. There's a lot more LTE than is portrayed on those maps. Just looking at China Mobile, it seems like there's barely any 2G or 3G for that matter in China. Most of their network is LTE or 5G. Most of those international coverage maps are made by third parties who rely on self-reported data from carriers. They're only as accurate as the last time a carrier responded to their request for info. In the case of China, it seems like carriers out there simply don't have any desire to provide the most recent/accurate info about their coverage.
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    Sprint eNB 79916 got converted to T-Mobile eNB 880567. Located at: 40.85838038534014, -73.93138868044717 — — — — — Sprint eNB 9987/9988 is converted but not live. Should provide a massive boost in coverage and capacity to Whitestone which is predominantly covered by small cells. Located at: 40.79462251716679, -73.79655542051364
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    So far we've documented close to 100 Sprint conversions in NYC with permits still rolling in and that's only what we've identified manually. Tons of sites get converted/updated without permits so there's potentially a lot more that we haven't spotted yet. There are also dozens of sites that are still broadcasting the keep PLMN, some have been decommissioned but historically the vast majority have been converted.
  17. Paynefanbro
    Some keep permits spotted: Sprint eNB 74192 Location: 40.76057258935317, -73.97392884117325 Sprint eNB Unknown Location: 40.723486289209035, -73.83890108892606 We can also remove Sprint eNB 73910 from the keep site map. It was broadcasting the keep PLMN for a long time but I see a decommission permit for it. Located at 40.67915438088181, -73.95809385378713. Edit: Passed by 73910 and antennas were removed.
  18. Paynefanbro
    Seems like in my neighborhood T-Mobile has been scaling backhaul to maintain ~575/100 all times of day. The only time I’ve noticed an appreciable difference in speed was when T-Mobile went from 40MHz to 60MHz n41. Since then, T-Mobile has added tons more spectrum. Upload speeds keep increasing and ping keeps dropping but download speeds consistently peak in the mid-600’s. No higher.
  19. Paynefanbro
    Band 2 just dropped from 20MHz to 15MHz here in Crown Heights. Looks like they're going straight for 10MHz n25.
  20. Paynefanbro
    I don't know what the original Sprint eNB was but T-Mobile eNB 219009 in the Bronx is a Sprint conversion. Located at: 40.856831334499454, -73.89042366464223
  21. Paynefanbro
    Sprint eNB 81205 got converted to T-Mobile eNB 331081. Located at 40.72866984283363, -73.73560028432533.
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    Here's a funny one. We all know how T-Mobile has those weird macro sites on wooden utility poles at PSEG substations throughout Long Island. eNB 45861 is one of those sites and eNB 219507/219508 is a Sprint conversion on a radio tower 500ft away. I always wondered what T-Mobile would do to upgrade them. In this case T-Mobile just skipped upgrading it completely. The new site is taller and actually has all bands available so it's 100% worth it. According to Cellmapper no one has connected to eNB 45861 since July 2022. T-Mobile likely took it offline since it's a redundant site but as of Oct 2022 the antennas were still up.
  23. Paynefanbro
    Looks like a Verizon small cell. Per StreetView it has been broken for years and it looks like it happened when the scaffolding first went up. Construction crew damaged it and never reported it smh.
  24. Paynefanbro
    Someone at AT&T is watching this thread. Looks like it's back online as of January 4th.
  25. Paynefanbro
    Fastest speeds I’ve ever received on T-Mobile. From eNB 45498 while inside of the nearby Dunkin.
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