lou99/maximus1987

Regarding the unlimited data, they're only forced to do so because of competitive threat from tmobile. If the merger had occurred, sprint-TMO could've removed unl data and adjusted their prices upward though still far below the duo. No CEO is in it to make YOUR or my bill cheaper. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

How so? Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Which if any are sprint? Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Why not do small cells instead of DAS? Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

It'd be cool for rootmetrics to perform speedtests on Ookla simultaneously with their own servers and publish those results too.

Maybe that's why TMO (and others?) have their own servers: they want to know their subs' true speeds and they configure themselves to only be visible to own customers.

Unless you pick one in China - which I've done just for kicks and it's waaaaay slow even on wifi - I haven't noticed a difference and I've done A LOT of speed tests.

How can you say they're substantially similar when root gave TMO a 40% higher result?

Canada 2.5GHz auction is done 70MHz FDD + 50MHz unpaired but part of the unpaired is restricted (didn't care enough to read exactly how). Paired is split into blocks 10x10MHz http://www.ic.gc.ca/eic/site/smt-gst.nsf/eng/h_sf10939.html Band plan http://www.ic.gc.ca/eic/site/smt-gst.nsf/eng/sf10355.html Winners http://www.ic.gc.ca/eic/site/smt-gst.nsf/eng/sf11030.html Bell and Rogers do own unpaired in major areas like Windsor, Vancouver, etc but they'll probably continue deploying B7 (FDD).

I'd agree on the low-end but on the high end, you're just as likely to do the speedtest if you have ok speeds or really good speeds. The user has no way of knowing he's about to receive a high test beforehand.

http://www.rcrwireless.com/20150514/network-infrastructure/sprint-network-upgrade-expected-to-favor-small-cells-tag4 I'm most intrigued by the satellite backhaul.

I was curious how closely the root speeds line up with ookla so I looked at most recent Chicago rootscore (2H2014) http://www.rootmetrics.com/us/rsr/chicago-il/2014/2H (tests performed 9/5/2014 - 9/11/2014) And I compared to what ookla has for Oct 2014 Verizon Wireless 24.84 AT&T 10.32 T-Mobile USA 10.26 Sprintcom Inc 10.15 Legere is ALWAYs saying "rootmetrics is behind blah blah blah" but if you look at rootspeeds Verizon Wireless 22.82 AT&T 15.18 T-Mobile USA 14.59 Sprintcom Inc 10.54 Rootspeeds way over estimated TMO's speeds (assuming Ookla is the gold standard).

From 2H2014 to 1H2015, Fresno root down speeds jumped from 0.36mbps to 2.76mbps. What's the MAIN reason for this? Is it addition of backhaul or addition of 2.5ghz?

It wouldn't be a guarantee if the floor but the ceiling: guaranteed to get no faster than 30mbps. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

They have that in Europe. Id be fine getting unlimited @ 5mbps download. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Tmo already released a phone with mediatek. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

You said rarely!

It's not totally lauhgable. Cricket - ATT - gives you 2.5GB for $35 (with autopay) but you don't get international 256kbps, speeds limited to 8mbps. For most people, it's laughable but for someone who travels - a lot - internationally it'd make sense.

They finally fixed Muskegon's "no coverage"

If anyone lives between Ithaca, MI and Mt. Pleasant, MI it'd be nice to confirm the lack of 2G, as this map indicates https://maps.eng.t-mobile.com/pcc.html?map=mvno-noroam-2 whereas this map indicates there is 3G/LTE https://maps.eng.t-mobile.com/pcc.html?map=mvno-noroam-34l

No CEO wants to keep unlimited any longer than he has to. When did TMO introduce their family unlimited plan (followed by sprint)? After the merger was definitively killed. Unlimited means data usage increases while revenue doesn't. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

With the 40mhz SDL, TMO would permanently exert pressure on sprint to keep unlimited; not something son wants. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

But tmus has been going up last two days Tmus is now $9.57 bil higher than sprint which is highest it's ever been Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

I never heard once any proposal from softb for network sharing, probably because that would've cemented a 4 carrier regime and look how profitable 3-carrier co-opetition is for softbank. With the Japanese domestic telecoms business generating stable cash flow, SoftBank’s main focus will be to create a portfolio of technology companies. http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/aac64fde-f7aa-11e4-8bd5-00144feab7de.html#axzz3ZxPe3cQI Son is betting he will be allowed to merge later so he'd rather upgrade sprint now, then pay for TMO including all the upgrades that TMO performed and hopefully wring savings out of that merger; I'll get the humble pie ready.

Could current fcc sabotage potential future sprint TMO merger? What if fcc said: "if you win reserved 600 spectrum, you can't merge with other reserve winner for 5 years"? Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk