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More news on the Stadium Preparation:

https://www.mobilesportsreport.com/2019/01/mercedes-benz-wi-fi-and-das-ready-for-super-bowl-liii/

1 minute ago, grapkoski said:

Yeah, it seems like they are placing many of them around high congestion areas like expected (Washington Hilton, Convention Center). I wish they were going to upgrade the rest of the towers in the Downtown K St Core.

Good point. The downtown network core is really saturated given all the new construction and daily/permanent population surge. Upgrading the rest of the sites would make a huge difference.

Hopefully Massive MIMO isn’t being slowrolled through the merger... which is by no means a done deal.

3 minutes ago, grapkoski said:

When on the first link (acaprod9....) - type sprint in the box with the green search glass. It's right below where the nav bar would be on the right hand side. I've sent a note to the Mayor's office about fixing the images because I'm a tad OCD.

Thanks! Checked out the Permits. Massive MIMO is coming!

Hopefully a few are placed at/around National Harbor. Congestion in that area is terrible.

9 minutes ago, grapkoski said:

It's back online!

 

Description for my home tower permit:

Remove (3) 2.5 GHz Antennas and all associated cabling Remove (3) 2.5 GHz Radios and all associated cabling Install (3) 2.5 GHz Airscale MAA 64T64R 128AE B41 120W AAHC Antennas Install (3) 0.82" Hybrid Fiber Trunk Cable Install (1) Fiber Junction Box Install (1) mMIMO Airscale BBU in MMBTS Cabinet Install (1) Top Hat on MMBTS Cabinet Install (2) AMOB Units on BBU Cabinet Install (1) H-Frame Mount (If necessary) Replace existing mounts with 3.5" O.D.x8' SCH. 40 pipe mounts per Sprint Standards.

Pretty neat! 👍

I'm having trouble entering the search criteria on the page. Where do I actually put in "Sprint"?

3 hours ago, RAvirani said:

If you have an Intel iPhone, you'll be able to tell by the MCC/MNC. If not, you can usually tell whether you're on T-Mobile by looking at band (as T-Mobile's bands are completely different from Sprint bands). 

Is MCC/MNC under Field Test?

How do I view the LTE Band under the new Field Test?

The new Field Test seems much more comprehensive than the old version.

10 hours ago, grapkoski said:

Happy to report that DC has approved a slew of mMIMO permits. Including my home tower of DC03XC145 on 19th St NW. Here is to hoping Sprint gets those panels in ASAP.

You can search more DC permits here by searching 'Sprint': https://acaprod9.dcra.dc.gov/CitizenAccess/Default.aspx

For details on each permit, you can copy the record number/Application ID into this system: https://eservices.dcra.dc.gov/obpat/default.aspx

The most recent application from the 15th of January is still in preprocessing, so not sure what that is for yet.

That's great news!

I'd love to look more, but....

This online application (https://acaprod9.dcra.dc.gov/CitizenAccess/Default.aspx) will be down for maintenance from Friday January 18, 6:00 pm to Monday January 21, 7:00 am.

☹️

3 hours ago, dkyeager said:

The bigger question is which Sprint phones will T-Mobile upgrade the firmware to make them more compatible with both networks and what will be the discount given for us to get upgraded phones to replace the other incompatible ones?

Apple nailed it with the iPhone XS in terms of "universal" network support for the time being it seems.

7 hours ago, RAvirani said:

Yes, it should be.

That being said, T-Mobile roaming is enabled on a per site, per band basis. For example, there are sites where Sprint users can only access L2100, sites where Sprint users can only access L700, sites where Sprint users can access a combination of bands, as well as sites where roaming is not allowed altogether. 

Your phone should prefer T-Mobile LTE over Sprint EVDO if both are available. 

Thanks for the info! Is this something I can see in Field Test?

44 minutes ago, kct1975 said:

I agree with you Greenbastard!

This whole thing is really Much Adu About Nothing!

Yes...from a PR perspective it doesn't look really good, but if the FCC and FTC Commissioners are really going to judge a Merger on where someone stays, then that is petty.

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One of the FCC Commissioners.

2 hours ago, RAvirani said:

That is correct. 

Is Washington DC one of those areas?

I have roaming enabled on my iPhone XS.

For comparison, here's what T-Mobile is doing: https://www.t-mobile.com/news/super-bowl-network-enhancements

T-Mobile announced a merger needing Trump administration approval. The next day, 9 executives had reservations at Trump’s hotel.

T-Mobile CEO’s first stop after cutting Sprint deal? Trump’s DC hotel, report says

https://twitter.com/JohnLegere/status/1085640606443958272

A pulse check from the T-Mobile Subreddit:

https://www.reddit.com/r/tmobile/comments/agz5c1/john_i_trust_regulators_will_make_their_decision/

Interesting read about a lawsuit associated with the installation of the DAS: https://www.mobilesportsreport.com/2019/01/corning-seeks-dismissal-of-ibm-claims-in-mercedes-benz-stadium-das-lawsuit/

Wow!

https://newsroom.sprint.com/sprint-corporation-schedules-fiscal-2018-third-quarter-results-announcement.htm

Predictions?

Pretty big development: https://newsroom.sprint.com/apple-business-chat-now-available-to-sprint-customers.htm

News Release: https://newsroom.sprint.com/massive-mimo-in-atlanta-sprints-mvp-for-big-game-and-beyond.htm

Pretty significant milestone.

More details in the linked news article: https://newsroom.sprint.com/sprint-completes-worlds-first-5g-data-call-using-25-ghz-and-massive-mimo-on-commercial-network.htm

Very nice!

Saw drops the hammer!.... (Ba-dum tiss...)

I've used Rootmetrics to do quite a few Hexes in the Downtown DC area and up into the Northwest stretches out to Bethesda and Rockville. It works well and updates quickly. When I'm out walking around, it actually encourages me to go some extra steps to get to the slow or blank hexes.

If you don't mind slamming your device or the network pretty hard and you're plugged into your car or a power brick, you can set the Speed Test to continuous mode.

Sensorly feels completely abandoned to me.

There’s definitely some interesting history between Legere and the President. Wonder if this has any impact on the Merger.

From May 2018: https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2018-05-02/t-mobile-ceo-checks-into-trump-hotel-on-fence-mending-dc-mission

Government shutdown suspends Washington’s review of Sprint/T-Mobile merger: https://www.kansascity.com/news/politics-government/article223821080.html

Wow!

11 hours ago, MacinJosh said:

My biggest reason for not upgrading was the reports of people having to disable WiFi Calling and VoLTE just so their phone's work for calls.

I'm running 12.1.2 on my iPhone XS in the DC area and I'm not having any issues on VoLTE or with Wi-Fi Calling.

🔥🔥🔥 .... Wow....