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Sprint used to have the Direct2You program which it ran through MasTec. (http://www.mastec.com/uploads/CorporatePresentation.pdf) https://www.fiercewireless.com/wireless/sprint-confirms-death-direct-2-you-phone-delivery-service The numbers didn’t work I guess. If this is a partial revival of the program for the purpose of placing Magic Boxes at business customers, that makes more sense. However, Sprint needs to go beyond this trial and establish Magic Box partnerships with the leading national retail chains that its customers go to and where Coverage is an issue. I’d like to be able to submit a list of locations for this to Sprint so they can follow up.

True about Malls. The Magic Box supports up to 64 simultaneous users. This is well below the “congested” threshold of the Magic Box which puts out a 20 MHz Channel of Band 41. In the case of my local CVS, there are usually less than 64 people in the store at any one time. Split by four major carriers and factor in other prepaid, and there’s plenty of capacity for Sprint. Even if you account for the outdoor coverage of the Magic Box, not everyone is on Sprint. It’s ridiculous to have a CVS Mobile App that you can’t actually use in the store due to poor coverage. This affects coupons, prescriptions, payment, etc.

This is a good start, but it has to go beyond customers. Sprint needs to place these devices in major national chain locations. I know of several business locations that could use them here in DC: The CVS I go to; The Safeway I go to. Both locations have huge glass windows to the street which would support a Magic Box deployment. I wish there was a way to officially submit Magic Box locations for Sprint to follow up on. I’ve submitted reports in My Sprint and put “This ‘business name’ location needs a Magic Box” in the Notes but I’m doubtful anything will happen. Hopefully Sprint sets up something more official.

Congrats @nexgencpu on the retweet by Dr. Saw! https://twitter.com/nexgencpu/status/984077102180954112

Tell them you’ll stay longer and spend more money on food and drinks (and so will other Sprint customers) if they get one! Perhaps this new partnership with MasTec will help Sprint get more of these out to businesses. I wish there was a way to officially nominate a business for one to Sprint.

Interesting development today: https://www.fiercewireless.com/tech/sprint-confirms-magic-box-deployment-trial-mastec I think this is a great idea to get more Magic Boxes out there.

Congrats @Terrell352 on the Retweet by Dr. Saw! https://twitter.com/Terrell352/status/983926676341043201

So who started this rumor... and why?

I really hope not...

SoftBank selling Brightstar? https://in.reuters.com/article/us-brightstar-m-a/softbank-seeks-to-sell-cellphone-distributor-brightstar-sources-idINKCN1HD2GK Seems like a mistake especially since Sprint uses it to turn around devices from annual upgrades at cost.

Dropping by Apple perhaps? https://twitter.com/marceloclaure/status/983359439867559936

Oh man.... haha. At least we know they’re awake over there.

Speaking of Coverage.... Sprint’s Coverage Map was just updated today (4/6/2018): http://coverage.sprint.com/IMPACT.jsp DC’s Coverage appears to be messed up now. A bunch of LTE Plus Coverage over Downtown is missing.

I think it would be nice to have a dot/list on the map to indicate Massive MIMO deployments in major markets.

I hope to see more of these slider map comparisons posted once Massive MIMO launches in the first six cities this year: http://newsroom.sprint.com/sprint-unveils-5g-ready-massive-mimo-markets.htm Atlanta, Chicago, Dallas, Houston, Los Angeles and Washington, D.C.

I’d love to see this comparison for other markets across the country as Sprint makes progress on its network upgrades this year.

I noticed this interesting addition to the “Why Sprint” section of the Website: Coverage Map Comparison Slider for Kansas City area (2014 vs 2018) https://www.sprint.com/en/landings/network.html?INTNAV=TopNav:WhySprint:Network Scroll down towards the bottom to see it.

To improve money flow I’m guessing. Why allow people to do an International Unlock to switch to a foreign carrier with an International SIM when you can instead keep them on your Global Roaming Plan that’s free for text/data ($.20/Min or more for Voice) , but has an upcharge for High Speed Data? There are benefits to being on Global Roaming, as it’s clear and simple. However, having the International Unlock option available again for devices on Lease would be useful.

It’s not supposed to go live until later this year. https://www.fiercewireless.com/wireless/sprint-expects-to-deploy-volte-fall

Yeah, a bit early!

Footnote 1: Don’t give us a red card… Sprint Magic Box is real, but Sprint Magic Ball isn’t. Happy April Fools’ Day!

http://newsroom.sprint.com/sprint-magic-ball.htm

I’m waiting for Gen 2 of the AirPods with the Wireless Charging Case for use with the Charge Mat.

How much longer can this go on for? https://www.fiercewireless.com/wireless/dish-s-undervalued-spectrum-assets-worth-30-2b-analyst Would any of this Spectrum be useful for Sprint?

I’m guessing 5G iPhones in Fall 2020.