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On 3/26/2018 at 11:02 PM, lilotimz said:

It is very much so. 

Once again, you're spot on. Just found this on my way out of Houston. Checked other clear sites along tthe way and it was the only one with a 3rd carrier. 

30 minutes ago, bigsnake49 said:

You paid what $20B for spectrum, would you not want some return on investment? Plus If you go at it alone you still will need about 9-10B for a nationwide network. Spectrum is plentiful with the CBRS band, the 3.7-4.2GHz band, the LAA/WiFi band and the 28GHz band. 

9-10B? Not even close. In order to build out a Nationwide network, Dish will have to really spend some serious coin. When push comes to shove, I doubt the investors will be on board with it.

But you are right about the availability of spectrum. At some point down the road (not anytime soon IMO), mmW will become feasible. When that happens, Dish is screwed.

8 hours ago, nexgencpu said:

3xCA has been going live on Samsung Clearwire sites. Nice to see this outside of NY. 

Dean will have to confirm if this was a Clearwire update or if Sprint swapped the antenna panels/radios. There's a good chance Sprint replaced the Clearwire equipment and this isn't a Clearwire 3rd carrier. The reason I say this is because Sprint purchased a bunch of construction permits for Sprint/Clearwire colocated sites this Winter from the COH. 

9 hours ago, RAvirani said:

We have 10x10 L1900 which is soon to be 15x15 (the PCS C4 block is currently owned by Sprint but completely unused). 

Stuff like this is what frustrates me the most with Sprint. They have all these options for improving their Network but they just don't act in a timely manner.

10 hours ago, Tengen31 said:

That area laying off there. Not saying it's good cause it's not. They area planning on opening more Sprint and Boost stores so maybe that is where jobs will be.

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6,000?! Mother of Christ! That's a lot of employees.

I hate to say this, but they need to trim more fat. T-Mobile has had all this success and runs a larger network, yet they only have ~4,800 employees in Bellevue! Sprint KC-HQ needs a good "Office Space" style auditing.

49 minutes ago, dro1984 said:

 

I know many on here will argue that Magic Box only works with LTE Data.. and that's all good and fine. I'm not a network engineer.  But some software update they did over a week ago started the issues with incoming calls.   Magic Box is causing me issues which I don't need.   

Probably a eCSFB issue with the Magic Box (which I believe the Note5 relies on). 

I do know that the LTE band your phone is on determines what CDMA band your phone should drop to when an incoming call is detected (non-SRLTE phones). If you have a weak PCS CDMA signal, then this could be causing issues. Or if your area doesn't have 1x800 and your MB is set up to force your phone into 1x800 for incoming calls could also be a problem. Every MB is set up differently by Sprint. It all depends on the market it is in. My gut tells me that swapping your MB won't bring a fix. It is probably a simple error on Sprint's end that could get fixed through a simple software update. It's just a matter of more people opening tickets in your area.

1 hour ago, avb said:

 

Great - thanks!.  I was able to find permits using "Sprint" with the category "Owner Occupant". I think I found this site before in the past and tried to search for small cells using Mobilitie but couldn't find anything.

It's nearly impossible to find small cells. Even searching for Zayo turns up permits for general areas and not specific locations. Mobilitie sort of disappeared after last year's super bowl. They've purchased a few permits since then but nothing like Zayo. Verizon has also stepped in and purchased a few of their own small cells permits.

To mobilitie's credit, they have been active in suburbs and smaller towns trying to fill in gaps. I don't believe Houston proper is a priority for them but that could change soon.

4 hours ago, avb said:

Can you show me how to look up permits?

http://www.cohtora.houstontx.gov/approot/soldpermits/online_permit.htm

Not very easy to look up. Even searching by address turns up nothing at times. Your best bet is to search by keyword (i.e. "Sprint", "antenna", "Nextel", "Clearwire", etc.). Forget about looking up small cells. It's nearly impossible.

Good luck. If you have a zip, I can help you look up towers near you to see if they have purchased permits recently.

59 minutes ago, tommym65 said:

 

No, with the public WiFi spectrum that you need for your business or home network. 

It's not bad enough that their towers throw off my XMSirius reception, but now they have to mess with my Wifi too?

1 hour ago, lilotimz said:

Those are triband conversions.

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Interesting.

Either way, there's some movement in Texas, and that's a good thing. T-Mobile went down to Houston and San Antonio a couple of years ago and heavily invested in their network. They added so many macro towers in both city and rural areas and have improved their signal availability. Sprint has been the odd man out. The second B25 carrier helped in San Antonio and Houston, but it's time for them to split cells and add more macro towers to their Network.

4 hours ago, RedSpark said:

Sprint Unveils Six 5G-Ready Cities; Significant Milestone Toward Launching First 5G Mobile Network in the U.S.

It’s happening!

This explains the permits Sprint purchased in Houston these past three months.

Bye-bye Clearwire equipment. I can't say you will be missed.

9 hours ago, Tony21 said:

Don't forget about the massive doses of radiation from 5G

Wut?

1 hour ago, anthony.spina97 said:

Now that you mention that, I believe I now remember that eHRPD made it so that CDMA to LTE handoffs would be smooth, but they didn't work the other way around. Which would explain why they couldn't use EVDO for fallback when they leave LTE coverage. This answers my question, thank you!

 

-Anthony

I don't know what you're talking about, but I've had smooth handoffs from LTE to eHRPD and vice versa for a year and a half now (maybe even more). The only thing I still see issues with is B25 handing off to a Clearwire B41. I need to close whatever data sessions I have in order to see the band change to Clearwire B41. B25 to B26 and vice versa is flawless).

VoLTE to 1xRTT is possible, but it is highly unreliable. I think Sprint is better off just pushing the limits of a weak LTE signal rather than setting a threshold point were calls are handed off to 1x and having a lot of calls drop.

On 12/17/2017 at 1:29 PM, Nickmb said:

Hi  Can anybody tell me if these seem like reasonable numbers with the new magic Box. When it 1st boots up in only finds one bar

 

The problem is I do not know if that 1 bar is from band 41 or banned 25 as the magic Box can use either  donor ban.

 Anyways before the magic Box I was getting from 7 to 12 megabits download and now I'm getting 10 does that seem reasonable The band 41 tower is exactly one mile from my house. But using LTE discovery app when the magic Box is not active I cannot see band 41 whatsoever only ban 25. Any help appreciated.

 

Your MB is connected to Band 41. 10 Mbps download sounds about right with that CINR and RSRP it is displaying. You're probably sitting between cells in a null area for B41.

The B25 carrier is probably a lot cleaner and is not congested (which is why you get 7-12 Mbps).

And before you ask, NO...there is no way to force the MB to choose B25 as the donor band over B41. Only way to do that is to get creative.

22 hours ago, mikejeep said:

 

You were roaming on band 12 for a few moments.. the PLMN (provider) usually doesn't update as quickly as the other data on any device I'm aware of, it takes a couple of seconds to catch up. If it stayed connected longer it would've updated (probably to AT&T or USCC I'm guessing).

 

-Mike

 

I've seen similar behavior on SCP. This was probably the phone scanning bands and SCP just showing it. 

Very often when I'm in fringe areas or in between towers, I will catch SCP briefly cycle through Sprint B4 and Sprint B12 (or when I'm leaving Clearwire coverage, Clearwire B4, Clearwire B12, Clearwire B25) before finally settling back to normal operation. I've verified that there is no LTE roaming in my neck of the woods, so this is just the phone scanning.

95% sure OP is a case of false alarm.

EDIT to add image as an example.

4 hours ago, elidst01 said:

Blame the Mexican “FCC” and lack of vision for SCal


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You can't play the blame game on this one. The SMR band was never intended for wideband usage. Roadblocks were to be expected.

Sure wish SoftBank would get in on some lowband spectrum action.

4 hours ago, lilotimz said:

These are likely multi sector mini macro sites. We've got up close pictures and information on one such example that is progress. 

This one was a work in progress as well. Everything looks ready to go, except for that pesky little thing known as electricity . It only had one RRU so I doubt it is one of these multisector Small Cells. But then again, I only got a good look at it from one side. It's quite possible there was another radio attached on the other side.

I just find it odd that the pole was painted green. The small cell has a clean line of sight to a Sprint/Clearwire site that is already overloaded. It will be interesting to see if Sprint decides to replace the Clearwire equipment in order to feed the small cell and add capacity to both areas.

Anyone else notice Mobilitie using green Steele poles for Sprint's small cells inside the city limits? Very odd they would paint their poles considering Houston has no zoning ordinances. Even more odd they aren't using wooden poles in order to save costs. 

5 hours ago, TheCUJuan said:

So I switched to tmo b/c they offered me a check of a deal earlier this year (way less than I was paying with Sprint). Lately their service has just sucked near my house here in ABQ. So i’m Looking at my options. The free year offer is pretty appealing, but I was looking at what my bill would be after that time. So am I reading this correctly that I’d be looking at $130 plus taxes /month for three lines and then $5 off per line for the employee discount bringing the grand total to $115 plus taxes and fees for unlimited?

Sucks I gave up on open world when I switched, wish they came out with some extra bennies for Latin America travel. 

That Open World add on was too good to last forever. 1 GB for most of the countries in the Western hemisphere was ridiculously generous.

32 minutes ago, utiz4321 said:

Ps if you want comcast you can get it, move. It is inconvenient but then again so is driving 3 hours every other week to get it to a different grocery store.

You are kind of proving my point with your last example. 

Dude...just stop.

29 minutes ago, utiz4321 said:

What does me "probably" not hearimg of a Podunk town in texas have to do with anything. I know this a hard comcept for you to understand, but competition amongest ISPs doesnt happen at the individual home level. It occurs, for a variety of reason at a market level. For example, there are 20 ISPs in my market. Most residence have alternatives to choose from, some one (most of those are apartment complexes) and some there. The people with only one choice pays the same rate as the people with 3, why because it is the overall market competition that governs the price and incentives.

Then why do I get different prices for Charter than what At&t offers my neighbors down the road? It's not similarly priced.

3 hours ago, RedSpark said:

 

Not sure what you want me to say other than that no one has said this, except for me: I’m making a declarative statement that these companies are not charities. They do not function as non-profits and we cannot expect that market behavior from them.

Interested in your thoughts on the rest of my post.

Your post was pretty self-contradictory. You pretty much blame local government for creating this anti-competitive environment......Yet, you don't want them implementing proactive laws that will prevent future anti-competitive practices by ISPs.

In other words;

3 hours ago, utiz4321 said:

Lots of people have one grocery to choose from, for example people that live in rural areas. They arent forced to by the store brand. 

 

I used to live in a little small town called Anderson, TX. Ever heard of it? Probably not. It's off the beaten path and has absolutely no grocery stores. Whenever I needed to buy produce, my only choice was the local gas station which carried essentials (potatoes, carrots, oranges, bananas, etc.). But you know what I did if I wanted better variety? I drove my happy ass down to College Station or Conroe to stock up on goods. It wasn't hard and it wasn't impossible. HEB, Sam's Club, Target, Walmart, Kroger, Albertsons, even a damn Michoacana. If I want to buy groceries, I just drive and buy it.

If I want Comcast as an ISP, it may as well be impossible. Getting the option of buying from a wide variety of ISPs isn't as easy as getting in your car and driving.

You can awe at that number you provided all you want, but it's an alternative fact...nay, it's fake news. Those 45 providers are all spread out among the metroplex and not competing with each other. Stop being dense. They're aren't a threat to each other, hence NO COMPETITION.

53 minutes ago, utiz4321 said:

The question is do the two markets share relavent characteristics in common and they do. 

This is the exact definition of "alternative facts".

A real fact is that I can buy my food from Kroger, Whole Foods, Walmart, Tom Thumb, Albertsons, Fiesta, Target, Aldi, Trader Joe's, Sprouts, and an endless amount of ethnic specialty stores in and around Dallas.

I can only get my internet from Spectrum.

But keep believing that these two markets are sooo similar .