RedSpark

Anyone here luck out?

Nice!

For comparison: Verizon’s Network Prep: https://www.verizon.com/about/news/our-network-preparations-weekends-big-game AT&T’s Network Prep: https://about.att.com/story/2019/att_boosts_atlanta_coverage.html T-Mobile’s Network Prep: https://www.t-mobile.com/news/super-bowl-network-enhancements

Anyone near the “The Big Game” today? How’s the coverage/speeds?

Article: https://www.pcmag.com/news/366278/verizon-and-at-t-jumped-the-gun-on-5g Some great points in this article. I’m not sure why AT&T/Verizon were so desperate to move ahead with 5G. Were Sprint and T-Mobile presenting a credible and substantial competitive threat?

Article: https://www.ajc.com/business/economy/atlanta-cell-capacity-gets-upgrades-keep-super-bowl-fans-connected/zUbhI5N4FSwzVdwM2iAtbM/

I agree. I am too. Perhaps if the merger doesn’t happen, they’ll consider doing it? A deal with RCN would be huge for the DC Area and the other areas it serves: https://www.rcn.com/hub/about-rcn/where-we-service/ It’s also a good way to avoid Comcast/Charter for a little while longer in a few major markets.

Wow. That’s a completely different usage pattern. Sounds like it works for you.

https://newsroom.sprint.com/sprint-features-two-sport-legend-bo-jackson-in-super-bowl-liii-commercial.htm https://www.sprint.com/en/landings/both-for-all.html?INTNAV=Newsroom:BOthforall

Transcript from the Earnings Call is up: https://s21.q4cdn.com/487940486/files/doc_financials/quarterly/2018/Q3/S-US-20190131-2200667-C.pdf Some good questions/answers in it!

I'm on an Unlimited Freedom family plan with 7 lines and a $5/month Corporate discount for each line, so my overall cost is pretty good. Unlimited Basic is $60/Month with AutoPay/eBill. The 2 GB plan is $40/Month with AutoPay/eBill. Sprint offers $5/month Corporate Discount, but if you're a member of a Credit Union, check this out: https://www.lovemycreditunion.org/sprintcreditunionmembercashrewards

Agreed. I gave up on Sensorly when it stopped recording and they stopped responding to me. I use the RootMetrics App regularly in the DC Area and up in Bethesda. Mapped a number of hexes around Downtown DC the other day. Saw some substantial improvements and turned a bunch of hexes darker blue with faster speed tests. Eliminated a few orange hexes as well. Reported the slow areas in the My Sprint App. Great way to get more steps in! 😀

Yay! Things coming together in the last few days it seems.

Link: https://hypepotamus.com/news/sprint-5g-atlanta/

Curious what they have planned for February 3rd: Also this, which links to Sprint's prior update on its Super Bowl coverage improvements:

Here's Dr. Saw's take on things today.... And from earlier.... 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥

Hopefully they continue upgrading 2.5 GHz at this pace or faster. I'm not sure if it's rate limited due to funding, crews or equipment availability. They did previously say that they would have the substantial majority of their macro sites updated by the end of Fiscal Year 2018: https://newsroom.sprint.com/triband-upgrades.htm (Posted: June 2018) When our customers are on our 2.5 GHz band, they get our fastest average download speed. This is why we’re blanketing the country with this powerful spectrum. We now have 2.5 GHz deployed on roughly 60% of our macro sites and expect to complete the substantial majority of our tri-band upgrades by the end of fiscal 2018. Today's Earnings Report is for the 3rd Quarter of Fiscal Year 2018. So we'll see where we stand in a few months I guess? The merger isn't a done deal by any means of course. Those churn figures detailed in the Investor Update (https://s21.q4cdn.com/487940486/files/doc_financials/quarterly/2018/Q3/03_Fiscal-3Q18-Sprint-Quarterly-Investor-Update-FINAL.pdf) are a killer though... Postpaid phone churn of 1.84 percent compared to 1.71 percent in the year-ago period and 1.73 percent in the prior quarter. The year-over-increase was mostly driven by customers rolling off promotional offers, while the sequential increase was mostly due to seasonality. Prepaid churn was 4.83 percent compared to 4.63 percent for the year-ago period and 4.74 percent for the prior quarter. The year-over-year and sequential increases were impacted by more aggressive competitor promotions from all industry players while the sequential increase was also impacted by seasonality.

2.5 GHz has been deployed on approximately 75% of its macro sites. Lots more info in the materials on the Investors site: https://investors.sprint.com/Home/default.aspx

What do you mean? Sorry, not following.

How about that...

https://www.reuters.com/article/us-sprint-corp-m-a-t-mobile-us/house-panels-to-hold-joint-hearing-on-sprint-t-mobile-merger-idUSKCN1PM2LY Happening on February 13th: WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Two U.S. House panels will hold a joint hearing on Feb. 13 on T-Mobile US Inc and Sprint Corp’s proposed $26 billion merger and its potential impact on consumers. The House Energy and Commerce Committee and the Judiciary Committee will hold a joint hearing to “examine the merger’s potential impacts on consumers, workers and the wireless industry,” the committees said in a statement on Monday. Both T-Mobile Chief Executive John Legere and Sprint Chairman Marcelo Claure have agreed to testify.

Sprint plans to start turning on its 5G network in Chicago during the first half of this year. Representatives from T-Mobile, AT&T and Verizon all declined to comment on specific Chicago plans.