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Between 5G, wireless charging, Bluetooth, WiFi Ha-Low... Our kids will be asking "What's a cable???"

http://spectrum.ieee.org/telecom/wireless/millimeter-waves-may-be-the-future-of-5g-phones According to Samsung in this article, by concentrating the radio energy into a narrow beam, a phone can receive/send the signal without upping Tx power. Would simply require very intelligent small cells, in theory. But you're right, a lot of this is theoretical. I just think chances are, it's the future. Everyone is throwing their hat in the mmW ring, including Sprint. Gonna be exciting few years!!

Since Verizon is attempting to buy a company out for both its fiber optic network and EHF holdings, I'm pretty confident in the tech. On top of this, lots of companies are coming out with new mmW based network tech. It's extremely promising, so I expect amazing results from the trials.

Even though I want this to be true, so damn bad, it's just wishful thinking. (Regarding VoLTE)

You'd get plenty even if you're moving. It's all about small cells - no where rural will be seeing 5G anytime soon, even suburban is probably a no.

I haven't tried that because I thought turning on bridge mode on the Actiontec will break FiOS TV

I think what's important to note is that 5G is to serve the over encumbered networks of dense urban areas like NYC, Chicago, LA. These networks will be deployed in an ultra dense small cell fashion, possibly through LTE UE Relay. It's less about serving people indoors because of indoor DAS & wifi, and more so about making sure people on the street are satisfied. On top of this, street 5G will release LOADS of congestion off classic LTE networks, meaning potential 100Mbps indoors on 4G. Before we mock twin bells and T-Mo, let's remember the biggest differentiator between 39GHz 5G and the current LTE networks we have is that, since carriers will be in control of 200MHz to a full 1GHz, they'll be deploying massive frequency carriers (1GHz TDD set up anyone?). So even though their 5G networks will have a tough time breaking through a wet paper bag, the bandwidths will be PRIME for megacities.

Has anyone got this router to work fine as a bridge for the FiOS Actiontec? The network dies constantly for me so I left the Connect disconnected. No firmware updates either.

Everyday I commute in and out of Manhattan, and I travel around often so I experience the service in a lot of places. There are good places and there are okay places and there are bad places and some places are merely not excusable. Do I accept this? Yes because I like Sprint and I know they have the potential to be the best, it's in the spectrum. But they gotta focus on hitting upgrades faster. One of the reasons T-Mobile was so attractive to switchers in 2014 was because of the rate of acceleration from UMTS to LTE, it was unlike anything we ever seen before. Sprint has a lot of fiber and microwave in a lot of places so most things are upgraded and solid. But why in 2016 are they decreasing capex when there are still plenty of macros without LTE or band 41? They can't just brush that off!

Amboy Rd and Richmond Avenue yes. However Sprint is the only one on it - everyone else is on the building literally 20 feet away. And not true - the Amboy Rd & Gifford's Lane site still lacks band 41.

I live in NYC and find myself on congested band 25, 26 very frequently. While CA on B41 and beamforming helped a lot, the current macro infrastructure in place is counter productive to their network. They gotta start running with permits and small cells if they wanna really turn things around this year.

Yeah but in most cases this is with traditional macro set ups. Small cells will solve these worries; Verizon is attempting to purchase XO Comm to get their fiber optic network (plus some 5G spectrum). The difference is with how fast these 3 move, and the cash they have on hand, they can afford to throw up a new small cell network at a rate exponentially faster than Sprint.

I don't think so. Nothing about next year signifies a mass departure in terms of bandwidth consumption unless mobile 4K streaming/VR becomes a hot new thing. If anything next year will be better because VZ will have dismantled more CDMA, AT&T would have retired it's GSM network, and T-Mobile would probably hack away more at GSM as well. Besides this, we are what, 2 years away from Band 66 hardware being installed? Things are going smoothly for everyone.

Add insult to injury, Sprint apparently lowered capex for the rest of the year to $3B http://www.fiercewireless.com/story/sprints-lowered-capex-guidance-45b-3b-concerns-investors-despite-11b-liquid/2016-05-04?utm_campaign=AddThis&utm_medium=AddThis&utm_source=twitter#.VyofuSCkdbM.twitter

I live in Staten Island, New York, and there's one cell site that is still 3G only. Not even band 25. No LTE at all. And it's a populated spot with schools and a small shopping plaza. Located ACROSS THE STREET from the other 3 carriers, all with LTE. Been like that for YEARS. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

I think this is just the Sprint brand damaging the potential. People see Sprint offering 50% off, they think "half off for half the service" - they have very little goodwill if any attached to the brand. MetroPCS probably has more goodwill than Sprint at this point. If Sprint was to offer same rates and plans under a new MVNO with a nice name, after creation of an initial subscriber base they'd probably build out a new postpaid following very quickly with increased goodwill.

HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA *breathe* HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA Trump HATES T-Mobile and John Legere, they went toe to toe on Twitter last year! Absolutely DESPISE each other

I saw some posts on HowardsForum suggesting it's part of a Sprint roaming deal under CCA. lilotimz was stating that. Also, always possible they have other spectrum holdings.

Oh it's definitely gonna make money. I don't think this is a waste of time per say, but the FCC thinks they're gonna rake in a fortune like AWS-3 turned out to be, according to reports.

While I too want T-Mobile to accumulate more spectrum, the 600MHz auction is not the route to go. The prices the FCC plans to charge are absurd, and no one, not even the Twin Bells, will humor them. This spectrum isn't worth more than a few million a license. In regards to the auctioning system comments, it's better off this way. It allows heathy competition & cash flow, and a profit to be made for the government who then ensures net neutrality is protected and that no one is interfering with wireless signal. I'm happy with the system, disappointed with the judgement on the value of this garbage 600MHz.

That's because SouthernLinc is using it exclusively in iDEN like Nextel previously was. Due to the extremely small carriers iDEN uses (sub-1MHz), they can continue to maintain the network without public safety interference.

There's no reason for T-Mobile to pay extra for large chunks of frequency that won't be addressable until the early 2020s when 39GHz 5G networks will be the norm.

Not true. The backhaul currently in place is scalable over 1Gbps, meaning they'd just need to call vendors to turn up the dial. If they're waiting until Q12017, it's because they plan to address the existence of Clear WiMAX equipment that can generally only handle 2 carriers.

It's the way to simplify number of bands in a given handset. Band 66's existence also allows Dish to aggregate it's rather boutique spectrum holdings (not including AWS 2), so in a universe where T-Mobile acquires AWS 3 or 4 or both, any existing B66 devices would be able to connect to that as well as the original AWS-1 based network, and aggregate carriers through intraband CA.

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