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  1. According to the release, VoNR has only been launched in limited areas of Portland and Salt Lake City so far. Our Sprint Unlimited Freedom family plan was updated to an Unlimited Plan with Taxes/Fees included and our cost actually dropped. We all have T-Mobile SIMs. I'm debating whether it's worth it to switch us over to Sprint Max. I would lose 20GB of included hotspot but gain 4K streaming, ScamShield Premium and GoGo for about the same price. Just waiting for them to throw the switch and move us over to T-Mobile billing....
  2. The lyrics speak to me on all this.... End of an era indeed.
  3. Major respect to the person who thought of this and pitched it to Corporate.
  4. You've got to hand it to T-Mobile for having the most stylish network gear for disaster assistance: The SatCOLT Jeep is ridiculously awesome.
  5. T-Mobile isn’t raising prices but upselling to Magenta Max https://www.fiercewireless.com/wireless/t-mobile-isnt-raising-prices-upselling-magenta-max Once again, the strategy goes back to Magenta Max, and to “give customers benefits that they are willing to pay more for,” Katz said. “What we're seeing with Magenta MAX is the majority of our loading mix is coming on to Magenta Max, and we still have a lot more room to run, because less than 15% of our base is on it. So we expect to still see ARPU growth, but do it through creating value with customers and giving them an exchange of value that they’re willing to pay more for.”
  6. I'm glad to see T-Mobile doing this. There are a number of "experiential" (tourist) locations where having coverage is so important, either for public safety or for documenting/sharing the experience with others on a mobile device. Improving coverage at these locations actually impacts a lot of people who visit them, but don't (can't) live there. You can really improve the customer experience for a lot of people by making improvements at these destination sites that customers go to and spend a substantial amount of time at.
  7. Some more info from the Earnings Call here: https://www.fiercewireless.com/wireless/sprint-integration-t-mobile-proceeds-without-hitch-unless-youre-cwa The company is on track to upgrade or decommission substantially all of the Sprint sites this year; it’s been selectively decommissioning sites since the merger closed. As of the first quarter, “we’ve decommissioned roughly one-third of the 35,000 targeted sites,” Sievert said, with a big push coming during the second half of this year. “Remarkable execution by the team as we pulled these milestones forward by more than a year.” ..... The shutdown of Sprint’s 3G CDMA network started on March 31 and is due for final cut-off by May 31. The Sprint LTE network shutdown is set for the end of June.
  8. Extended Range 5G covers 315 million people, or 95% of Americans Ultra Capacity 5G covers 225 million people and nearly 85% of T-Mobile customers Approximately 45% of postpaid customers are now using a 5G phone, and 5G devices account for more than half of total network traffic On track to complete Sprint customer network migration mid-year and decommissioning by end of year Impressive. Adding: Some interesting stats in the Investor Factbook (PDF): https://s24.q4cdn.com/400059132/files/doc_financials/2022/q1/TMUS-03_31_2022-EX-99.2-FINAL.pdf Page 14: Sites (Combined LTE + 5G): 99K Macro Cell Sites, 42K Small cell/distributed antenna system sites
  9. Haven't been to DCA recently so I can't say. Have you Tweeted at Neville (@NevilleRay) to let him know what you're experiencing there? MWAA might also provide you info about the DAS at DCA: https://www.flyreagan.com/dca/comments-reagan-national-airport Curious what you find out!
  10. Some interesting analysis about this news and how T-Mobile's doing vs AT&T/Verizon in this FierceWireless Article: https://www.fiercewireless.com/5g/t-mobile-dominates-q1-2022-speed-test T-Mobile President of Technology Neville Ray said in a press release that more than 40% of the carrier’s customers now use a 5G device, and that these customers account for more than half T-Mobile’s network traffic. If 40% of T-Mobile’s customers use a 5G phone, and Ookla’s finding of 65% spending most of their time on 5G is accurate, about 26% of T-Mobile’s subscribers are spending the majority of their time on 5G networks.
  11. Great progress given there's quite a bit of "merger synergy" left to go.
  12. Yup. Only way to access/update it on Android devices is via the Sprint website in the browser on the device, or via the browser on another device (mobile/desktop). On iOS devices, the address update screen opens up right on the device under Settings. Just with a T-Mobile logo instead of a Sprint logo now. Much better experience.
  13. I'm able to update my E911 Address on my TNX'd iPhone directly on the device under "Settings --> Phone --> Wi-Fi Calling" as I've always been able to do on Sprint. The interface has a T-Mobile Logo now instead of a Sprint Logo, but it works exactly the same. The recent experience I had on the TNX'd Pixel and also the experience that I had on a TNX'd Samsung S21+ a while back when trying to update the E911 Address was terrible. You couldn't update anything on the device directly. You had to do it in the browser on the ancient interface which looked bad and felt patched together from legacy design.
  14. Interesting update about where things stand with SoftBank's ownership amount.
  15. Interesting bit about who's working on what for the Merger.
  16. Just upgraded one of our lines from a Pixel 5 to a Pixel 6 on a good trade-in deal. It was cool that I could use the QR Code on T-Mobile's website to download the eSIM to the device: https://www.t-mobile.com/support/devices/t-mobile-esim#heading4 However, it certainly didn't help that the current activation instructions on Sprint's website "activation flow" specifically said to select "Sprint" as the mobile network for Pixel devices (even though all of our lines are TNX'ed). Following those instructions in the activation flow actually caused an activation error, so I erased and reset the eSIM to do it again. Contacted the Support Chat and they said to select T-Mobile as the network and then to download the T-Mobile eSIM from the T-Mobile website using the QR Code. That worked and the device activated. Pretty ridiculous that you have to use two separate websites to activate a new device on a Sprint account that uses TNX and eSIM: 1) Sprint's site for the Account Level Upgrade where you click to switch over/activate the new device onto the line/account; 2) T-Mobile's site for the QR Code to actually download the T-Mobile eSIM to the new device. This QR Code should at least be linked to in the Activation workflow on the Sprint website. Seriously, has anyone there actually "use tested" this? It's terrible. Dare I say that it's worse now than Sprint's activation process pre-merger was? It also didn't help that you still can't enter/update the E911 Address for WiFi Calling directly on Pixel devices. You have to do on the Sprint website from the account dashboard, and the website still uses the pre-historic Sprint website interface for doing this. They didn't even bother re-skinning it. It's just contained and virtualized inside the "newer" page design, but you can tell it hasn't been touched in 10+ years. It's pretty awful. I'm actually looking forward to getting this legacy stuff shut down and switched over as part of the merger/synergy. It's being held together with bubble gum at this point and it really hinders the overall user experience. Since I specifically knew to go to my account dashboard and manually enter an E911 address, I did it. Otherwise, the WiFi Calling would not have been enabled with a "registered" address even though it said "enabled" on the device itself. That's ridiculous and dangerous.
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