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Thanks! Wow. This is the first I've ever checked this. Did it switch over to a T-Mobile TAC when they began roaming agreements or more recently, as in it going live this morning?

Oh whoops. My mistake. My TAC under LTE -> NAS is 20236 I'm in Washington, DC

On your screenshot I see 58889 for your TAC. Am I mistaken?

https://www.t-mobile.com/news/t-mobile-sprint-one-company It's dead, Jim.

Wow, Saw's Twitter Page is already updated: https://twitter.com/SprintCTO His handle is still SprintCTO though....

Welcome to T-Mobile!

Thanks. So I'm looking at the right number for TAC?

Sprint Stock data no longer shows on NASDAQ: https://www.nasdaq.com/market-activity/stocks/s It's real.

Thank you. I went to Serving Cell Info -> dl_freq and it's going back and forth between 41490 and 41492. Does that mean anything?

Thanks! Under Serving Cell Info -> dl_freq it's switching back and forth between 41490 and 41492.

Is there a way to see this on an iPhone?

https://www.latlmes.com/breaking/sprintt-mobile-merger-called-off-at-last-minute-1 Well that sucks.

https://tidal.com/partners/t-mobile So this is interesting.... I wonder if we'll see this here.

When I think more about this merger now that we're approaching April 1, I think back to these old Sprint advertisements and how things have turned out since. These are first rate ads, and they certainly rival anything that the other three carriers put out there. However, this merger was bound to happen when these advertisements were better than the actual network. The icing on top was great, but the cake was falling apart underneath.

Well said. 👍

According to the linked article in that quote (https://www.lightreading.com/asia/softbank-preps-%2441b-asset-sale-amid-covid-19-panic/d/d-id/758381) SoftBank is prepping a $41B asset sale.... And here's how that turned out: https://finance.yahoo.com/news/softbank-drops-10-oneweb-files-012729027.html Crazy stuff...

https://www.lightreading.com/services/oneweb-reportedly-heads-into-bankruptcy-and-spacex-might-be-next/d/d-id/758531? So that's news....

Curious how quickly T-Mobile management will act on things.

No surprise that voice/messaging/data usage are up.

This is to support additional equipment on those specific sites? How much amperage is being added? Seems like this is a good way to tell that those will be the "keep" sites post-merger? Perhaps every keep site will need an amperage upgrade?

https://investor.t-mobile.com/news-and-events/t-mobile-us-press-releases/press-release-details/2020/T-Mobile-is-Financially-Prepared-to-Close-the-Sprint-Merger/default.aspx

Saw must have been incredibly frustrated as Masa failed to provide adequate support for capex and spectrum auctions. In addition to 2.5 GHz, I wonder how he felt about Sprint sitting out the 600 MHz auction as well. We were told that it was "Spectrum of the Past" by the then-CFO, and that Sprint didn't pass on it because "it didn't have the money". We all know now that this talking point was a complete lie given the recent disclosures during the merger trial. Sprint truly didn't have the money for it and its lack of lowband also happens to be one of the primary reasons that the merger is happening in the first place. Enjoy your plan!

Yeah, I don't think we'll have a Network Vision experience. They've been planning for this for a long time now, and they have brought on John Saw who can provide guidance on integrating Sprint's network assets into T-Mobile's anchor network. I'm looking forward to them flipping the switch too. Hopefully it happens soon and I believe it will all happen pretty quickly. Could make sense to get that Unlimited Premium plan with your discount, especially with the price guarantee.

Agreed. I think T-Mobile will be able to execute well. T-Mobile's integration of MetroPCS and its rapid deployment of 600 MHz shows it can be done with the right management team. Spectrum only matters if Apple makes an iPhone which supports it.... which they seem to do on their own schedule.

T-Mobile and Sprint are nearing a close on their merger deal, and are poised to pool their respective spectrum resources. Together they’ll have high-band 47 GHz spectrum covering most of the country, and appeared to have picked up licenses in adjacent markets. Combined, T-Mobile and Sprint are licensed to provide service using 47 GHz spectrum to 95% of the U.S. population (315,331,464 people), according to Goemmer. How about that....