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    Shentel / Sprint LTE - (was ntelos - West & N&W Virginia)

    in Markets

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    Just out of curiosity, has anyone else seen any evidence of 312250 or 311490 in Shentel land as of yet?  I've heard someone mention that T-Mobile PCIs have started showing up in the neighbor cells suddenly. 

    I have to admit, I'm itching to make my way out there, but I'm at least a week from being there, and possibly closer to three weeks.  If someone has a screenshot of SCP showing 312250 on a Shentel GCI, I for one would love to see it.

    - Trip

    Official Tmobile-Sprint merger discussion thread

    in T-Mobile Merger/5G NR Deployment

    Posted

    13 minutes ago, iansltx said:

    Who are they using for strand mount gear? Airspan? B41 2CA only or something else? I missed out on that whole discussion because AFAIK strand mount doesn't exist for cell service here (though we have it for CableWiFi).

    I'm not sure, but based on the pictures I found online of the Airspan, I believe so.  I have a picture of one somewhere, but it's not handy.

    I know it's only a single B41 carrier though.  Used to be on an EARFCN shared with one of the two values used for small cells here, but is now sitting on one of the macro EARFCNs.  Small cells have been shrunk from 2x20 MHz to a single smaller-than-20 MHz carrier.

    - Trip

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    Official Tmobile-Sprint merger discussion thread

    in T-Mobile Merger/5G NR Deployment

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    I'm reasonably sure I've never seen a T-Mobile small cell outside of Baltimore, where there's a bunch of stuff on poles for all the carriers.  (I'm also not counting their Airave-equivalent in-home gear.)  Sprint, by contrast, has tons of strand-mount around, which I assume they're counting, along with a handful of small cells. 

    In some places around here, that strand-mount is the only service that either Sprint or T-Mobile has.

    - Trip

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    SignalCheck Beta Crew Forum

    in General Topics

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    Mike,

    I have a feature request.  With as many phones as I have, I'd very much like an option to stick a suffix on the name of any files exported from SCP, including database backups.  I may have mentioned this one before, but it's been bugging me more lately.

    So imagine going into the Preferences and being able to set an option called something like "export name suffix."  I could stick "tmo" in that option, and then when I back up the database, instead of just getting out a file named:

    20210528-182723_signalcheck_log.db

    I would get out a file named:

    20210528-182723_signalcheck_log_tmo.db

    This would make keeping track of the multiple files as I work on merging them together a whole lot easier, as I wouldn't have to copy one at a time and rename each one in sequence.  And I would hope it's something pretty straight-forward to do.

    Any chance you can help me out on this?

    - Trip

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    Official Tmobile-Sprint merger discussion thread

    in T-Mobile Merger/5G NR Deployment

    Posted

    Ah ha!  I've been puzzled about why T-Mobile would be rushing to shut off CDMA when 1X 800 uses spectrum that T-Mobile literally will not be using otherwise, and the answer is, apparently, that it isn't:

    https://insidetowers.com/cell-tower-news-dish-concerns-over-t-mobile-cdma-sunsets-get-lawmakers-attention/

    "The carrier assured Schatz and 12 other senators it plans to shutter its 3G CDMA network by January 1, 2021, but has no date certain for its 2G CDMA shutoff."  (Emphasis mine.)

    That makes much more sense, and would be consistent with turning of EV-DO in PCS and possibly also CDMA in PCS, while leaving 1X 800 in place.

    - Trip

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    Official Tmobile-Sprint merger discussion thread

    in T-Mobile Merger/5G NR Deployment

    Posted

    37 minutes ago, grapkoski said:

    I've been stalking DCRA's new permit searching system and nothing yet. Grr.

     

    How does T-Mobile usually file permits... I've seem T-Mobile and Tmo before. Not sure if there are any other variations they use.

    The new system is awful, IMO.  Not that the old one was fantastic either.

    https://scout.dcra.dc.gov/login

    I've not been watching DC for permits, so I can't really say what might be going on there.

    In Fairfax County, they're filed as "T-Mobile" but I've also been searching by address just in case.  I was told by someone in the permitting office that apparently antenna towers do not require antenna permits, but building-mounted antennas do.  Of course, if they're doing massive electrical work like running new circuits, that may require a permit from the electrical side of things, but then that's not an antenna permit.

    I've also been searching by address in Alexandria and Arlington for 312250 (or suspected 312250) sites, without success.

    - Trip

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    Official Tmobile-Sprint merger discussion thread

    in T-Mobile Merger/5G NR Deployment

    Posted

    2 hours ago, Dkoellerwx said:

    Does that include the surcharges ("administrative" charges) as well or just taxes? My taxes rarely eclipsed $10 for all 6 lines combined. Even combining with the surcharges, that still comes to less than $40, meaning a $20 increase overall. 

    Edit: I called and according to support, my bill will come out to be the same +/- a dollar. I'm not sure I get the math. I hope that's the case though.

    I was going by what I saw on the website when I went earlier today.  I assume the final bill will come to my e-mail tomorrow.

    - Trip

    Official Tmobile-Sprint merger discussion thread

    in T-Mobile Merger/5G NR Deployment

    Posted

    11 minutes ago, PythonFanPA said:

    I keep having a problem for days now, where if my phone (still pure Sprint) picks up/switches to nearby TMo signal (usually B66 per SCP), suddenly I can't send or receive texts (its also flips to an R for Roaming, but all phone data settings are set to allow all roaming possibilities as well).  And toggling Airplane mode doesn't allow the phone to switch back to a native Sprint connection ever.   The only way I can ever fix it is to reboot the phone, then suddenly its fine again.

    @Trip is the only person I know that has a G8X too for sure (or did) - granted you're in a completely different area than me, but have you experienced anything like this lately?

    I have seen it randomly kick me over to T-Mobile roaming, but service still works when it does that.  I don't do texting and only do calling very infrequently, so I can't tell you whether or not those things work, though I think mine does 1X with T-Mobile LTE, as it typically would with roaming.  Is 1X enabled on your device?

    I am sometimes able to get it to go back to Sprint with Airplane Mode, but it usually moves back on its own if I let it sit.  I think I've had to reboot it a few times, but not often.

    - Trip

    Verizon 5G Coverage

    in General Topics

    Posted

    There are plenty of places where Verizon could really use additional macro sites--especially if they're needing increased density for n77 to run properly.  This feels like the Sprint small cell strategy all over again.

    In this area, I'm not sure I've ever seen a T-Mobile small cell.  Verizon small cells are relatively common, particularly on the roofs of gas stations and shopping centers.  AT&T has plans to put in a boat load on utility poles.  Sprint, of course, has strand mount pretty much anywhere that coverage for 2.5 GHz was poor along larger roads, but mixed in with a few small cells on utility poles.

    - Trip

     

    Verizon 5G Coverage

    in General Topics

    Posted

    https://www.fiercewireless.com/operators/verizon-s-ronan-dunne-says-carrier-may-densify-network-for-c-band

    Article about Verizon.  Depressing to read:

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    He said the combination of deploying mmWave 5G in urban areas and deploying C-band in the first 46 urban markets will “densify” the network quite a bit in 2021.

    “So, we’re not building new macros,” said Dunne. “In the medium-term in rural and semi-rural areas, we may take the opportunity to do some infill. But in the short-term in the dense urban areas, we have no incremental macro site requirements.”

     

    - Trip

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