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11 hours ago, mnjeepmale said:

Here for work in the Austin area. Drove twice back and forth from Austin and Houston. Wow...had LTE the whole trip. Really impressive. Great coverage here as well.

Only issue is the tower I keep connecting to near the hotel in Austin. I've had to cycle airplane mode a few times as phone, text & data stopped working. Even had someone msg me on the computer said they called 3 times but yet my phone wouldn't ring. Or I will answer the phone and it's dead silence on calls.

Report that site to marci@sprint.com.  Her team can get in touch with networks to see what is wrong with that site.

1 hour ago, jthawks said:

 So I dumped the s8 for the note 8 a week ago and it's hands down a better phone.  Rf performance is better just by the fact im connecting to band 41 at work and I would only connect in ccusing area's for a brief moment.  No freezing up no restarting randomly either.  Just my input.  If s8 working great for you, well that's just fantastic. 

Hopefully S9 will be better.  My S8+ RF performance is similar to my S5 I use time to time. Lol

Beta 6 is out

46 minutes ago, utiz4321 said:

I am talking about sprint under Marcelo. In 2015 there was talk after talk in conferences and earning calls about theit network plan as they were cutting CAPEX claiming they didnt need high CAPEX to density their network. The end result was a year of them claiming their network plans were on track while in reality no densification took place. In my opinion management came very close to lying to shareholders. 

Depending on markets, San Diego received many B41 and small cells in 2017. There was some work done but not enough. Maybe we will see more in 2018.

1 hour ago, RedSpark said:

A brand change would be very expensive to do. This money would be better used for improving the network in my opinion.

A brand change would also be ineffective in my opinion. People would remember the old brand name and reputation for a very long time. Given that there are only 4 Major Wireless Carriers (AT&T, Verizon, T-Mobile and Sprint), Sprint’s Legacy Branding and Reputation wouldn’t simply go down the Internet (or off-Internet) memory hole for the foreseeable future. There would be a slew of articles and press referring to Sprint’s rebrand which will continue the association with its legacy brand. The saturated wireless market would constantly refer to Sprint’s old branding and reputation. This is therefore not a near term fix nor a long term one, as it takes resources that could be better used for tangible improvements to the business and product.

In short, I’d expect a rebrand to have as much effect as Comcast trying to call itself Xfinity. Was this even a real rebrand? I’m still not sure. However, it didn’t work.

T-Mobile went through a terrible branding period... and it’s emerged fine on the other side. No rename necessary.

Here’s the solution and it’s nothing novel: Network, Network, Network.

Make the Network blow the other guys’ out of the water. Distribute flagship devices to prominent columnists (Sascha Segan, etc.) and have them write reviews on the Network. Share these reviews widely.

Here’s a start:

https://www.pcmag.com/review/358021/lg-v30

https://twitter.com/saschasegan/status/945682340105289729

https://twitter.com/saschasegan/status/945688172943593473

The customers will come if the product is better. People are savvy enough to see through a brand change and it would be a waste of money.

A brand change would be a waste because Sprint doesn’t have a perception problem as much as it has a product problem. Here’s what’s wrong with the product:

Sprint doesn’t have Band 41 on 50% of its towers (or about 30% of its POPS) . It doesn’t have Band 26 on many others. It needs thousands of more tower sites to improve coverage on its existing footprint and at the fringes where there’s been suburban development that has exceeded the capacity of the Network. It needs to get all three LTE Bands deployed on every site. Sprint doesn’t have VoLTE for simultaneous Voice/Data (and for good reason as we all know why, but Prospective Customers don’t and may not switch.).

Many people don't know and won't read these articles. The word of mouth of bad experiences prevents new customers from flocking over.  If there is a narrative that this is a new company, new ownership, and works great, people will likely give it a try.  But its same old Sprint, it will get trashed because too many people had bad experiences.  T-Mobile didn't have a tarnished name during her 4G era so the comparison is not the same.

People are looking for a carrier that will be as good as Verizon or AT&T, because that is people's prospective. T-Mobile was able to push out great marketing and many did switch.  Sprint can do whatever, they are known for no 4G LTE, slow data, missed texts, and dropped calls during her 4G era.

IMO, fix the network, make sure it is great and a new name.  The network is coming along but needs to shatter the competition by speed.  People need to be wowed by it.

Everytime I bring up Sprint let's say a family function, someone will always say wow you still with Sprint, on Sprint I had so many calls and texts and its slow.  Cannot argue because many did have Sprint.  Verizon shined during 4G era so people has the prospective she is better.

It's a fact, Sprint is lagging and needs to be great for people to see that prospective. Many of my employees did switch on BYOD 1 year deal and the first prospective was Sprint customer services is awful.  Name keeps getting tarnished because of the expectations Verizon had set.  And yes all switched from Verizon.

6 minutes ago, Johnner1999 said:

 

 

My theory isn’t to welcome here. But I’d say Sprint is either going to be fully purchased by SoftBank and then be reorganized heavily along with brand change.


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I am for the name change.  Too many people had bad taste of Sprint and will never give them a second chance. Regardless how much Sprint has improved recently, the word of mouth that trashed Sprint cannot be healed.  This is based on all my families and friends that left Sprint.  

Just now, Mr.Nuke said:

Because Softbank is buying 15% of the company....

I get that Softbank purchased the stocks. But why Marcelo on the board instead of Masa?

13 minutes ago, RedSpark said:

https://www.recode.net/2018/1/6/16858802/sprint-marcelo-claure-uber-board-17-directors

Sprint’s Marcelo Claure will join Uber’s board, which is set to grow to 17 directors

Once on the CEO list, he’ll take one of two SoftBank seats — the other going to the Vision Fund’s Rajeev Misra.

Why would he be on Uber's board? Possible CEO changes in near future?

6 minutes ago, nobius said:

Not sure. They don’t have Internet there. 

You won't need internet. Just power and some Sprint signal. 

4 minutes ago, nobius said:

I’m strongly considering Xfinity Mobile when my Sprint lease ends in March. Verizon seems to be the only carrier with good performance at our family farm. 

Would Magic Box help?

VoLTE still missing since beta 2.

beta 5 is out.

11 minutes ago, BlueAngel said:

The fingerprint scanner where it should have been on the S8 finally.

Front or back for S9?

1 hour ago, nexgencpu said:

Cost is the most likely culprit, but it's coming soon. Also they seem 100% committed to massive mimo. So I fully expect 4x4 to come together with massive mimo some time in early to mid '18

Is it not a software/firmware update on the existing 8T8R equipment?

8 minutes ago, nexgencpu said:

No, they already surpassed Att, they are neck and neck with TMO and V.

Will Sprint do better once they roll-out 256 QAM and 4X4 MIMO nationwide? What is taking so long to do so anyways?

4 hours ago, 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.

Before connecting the MB, verify the PCI and band to see if it matches the ID the MB is connected to. If it is B25, you probably won't see much speed improvements since it is -113 RSRP from your screenshot. 

2 hours ago, S4GRU said:

A long time coming!!!

Does it mean Mexico rebranding is completed?

1 minute ago, travisc said:

 

 

Edit: I got my hopes up too soon. I came home tonight to find the airave back to cycling its self again. I think i'm going to try for an exchange and see if that makes a difference.

I disabled nat acceleration and put it in the DMZ. I'll leave it overnight and see if that works.

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I doubt it is the router.  We have very sophisticated firewall at our office and Airave worked fine behind it.  This was last week we installed our Airave. 

Beta 4 still missing VoLTE option.

3 hours ago, optimummind said:

What a pleasant surprise it came to us so much earlier this time.  My DL size is different from the Korean and UK models at 508.03 MB (QL8)(955U1).  What was the DL size for the Sprint version?  

I am on beta 3.  My download is at 508.03 MB

Will this years phones support the LAA? i.e. Samsung S8

Anyone received new shipment of MB past week?  

18 minutes ago, burnout8488 said:

Just got my MB hooked up today.

My house gets fringe B41, and usable B25/B26 from a site far away. The MB does connect to the B41 signal, however. (-125dBm RSRP) The B41 on this site is so overloaded that the speeds I get on the MB are actually slower than not having it at all. (1Mbps versus 3-4Mbps without the MB)

This is pretty much a site issue at this point, right? There's no way to force the MB onto faster B25, is there?

Do these auto-update overnight? Mine is still on an older version.

Move it to the middle of the house, it maybe latch on the B25/26.

On this new beta 3, I noticed my S8+ rather quickly switches when I am on B25 to B41.  I am seeing myself on B41 in areas where usually I see B25 with very strong signals.  

e.g. B25 with strong signals of RSRP of -55 to -65 (next to a macro site) with neighboring marco with B41 in the area of around RSRP -105, it will switch over to B41.  

Anyone seeing similar results?

10 hours ago, grapkoski said:

It's a mix, but I think their biggest concern is taking a hit on their voice reliability scores. That said, I agree they should just open up VoLTE as a 'beta' program which is what they are sort of doing now with Calling Plus. I believe the full VoLTE IMS is already stood up and functioning with some iPhones and Calling Plus. Either way, we are getting closer!

We are not asking for it to be defaulting setting so should not be a concern of quality issues. The sooner it can get into beta, more data they can look at and see where are the weak spots they need to improve.