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    Marcelo Claure, Town Hall Meetings, New Family Share Pack Plan, Unlimited Individual Plan, Discussion Thread

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    44 minutes ago, bigsnake49 said:

    I am encouraged by the fact that they are spending money on their network. No matter what happens with the merger they are investing in it. I am sure they are spending wisely with an eye towards investments that won't be stranded. One question that was not asked is why they are not working with the other major cable operators on strand mounted small cells. A CBRS/2.5GHz small cell would be a win/win for both Sprint and Comcast/Charter.

    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.

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    Sprint LTE Coverage Maps via Sensorly

    in Network, Network Vision/LTE Deployment

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    22 minutes ago, mattp said:

    still it is more then what i am paying a year for tello as long as i use the phone ever 3 month which is not a isuse i just pay for what i use it could be as low as 10$ for the whole year i think some where around 50$ i use only about 200mb a month and the odd tex mesage  her or there most time i am on wifi 

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

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    Sprint LTE Coverage Maps via Sensorly

    in Network, Network Vision/LTE Deployment

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    30 minutes ago, mattp said:

    wow you much have lot of mony i can't aford to do sped test on the cell network i pay per mb it is the only plan i can aford i may pay about a mont or 2 of regular unlimited  over a whole year 

    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

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    Sprint LTE Coverage Maps via Sensorly

    in Network, Network Vision/LTE Deployment

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    36 minutes ago, dkyeager said:

    Most of us have abandoned ship because it does not get recorded into the main map from many phones.  Root metrics hexagon based coverage maps or cell mapper (if you are in a non spreadsheet market) are recommended.  SCP Pro recommended for active spreadsheet markets.  Most have ways to defer sending data which can then be done over WiFi.

    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! 😀

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    Sprint Super Bowl Coverage/DAS

    in Network, Network Vision/LTE Deployment

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    13 minutes ago, shaferz said:

    Can confirm - work in the MARTA stations now extends from the Airport all the way up to the Buckhead station the red line.  Last week, it was down, this week - its alive and well.  I was called into a meeting the entire route from Arts Center Station underground - the entire way to the airport.  :o

     

    AWESOME.  

     

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

    Marcelo Claure, Town Hall Meetings, New Family Share Pack Plan, Unlimited Individual Plan, Discussion Thread

    in General Topics

    Posted

    3 minutes ago, tyroned3222 said:

    Decent quarter .. sprint hit revenue and less customer loses, but I still don’t like that they lost 141 million in the quarter and only a What about a 5% increase on the completion number of 2.5 for the quarter [


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    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.

    Official Tmobile-Sprint merger discussion thread

    in T-Mobile Merger/5G NR Deployment

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    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.

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