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Found another small cell on 35th and 6th. Doing wonders for herald square speeds.

Oh snap, that's right down the street from Chick fil A! I know where I'm going for lunch the first day of class ????

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Your saying the note 7 will possibly be one of sprints first lte devices?

 

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No but the fact that Sprint will have an IMS core means they will be ready to power the VoLTE system when they're ready to flick the switch.

According to the subreddit, the Note 7 currently lacks wifi calling because they're waiting for next month to launch the new IMS APN, which could mean we're getting closer to an official VoLTE launch.

 

https://www.reddit.com/r/Sprint/comments/4yr9qz/note_7_wifi_calling/?st=IS3ZH6WW&sh=97e15ef1

The new plans don't throttle as heavily as anticipated. My phone is streaming YouTube at 720p60fps without any issue. Is there an app i can use to see the speed of the data being uploaded and downloaded while using my phone?

 

Maybe the prioritization simply isn't in effect yet.

Maybe they haven't updated the system yet to list you under Unlimited Freedom. Or maybe you're still on your old plan technically until the billing cycle ends?

Yeah and Sprint made the same right call. The price is right for many existing customers as well. 

Updated my previous post just as you posted

I'm not sure the part of your post makes any sense, since the same applies to existing Sprint customers as it does for existing T-Mobile customers. 

 

No one is being forced off their plans, everyone stays happy, can switch if they feel the new ones offer more value.

 

It's a win-win.

It's not about existing customers, it's about new customers. That's where T-Mobile made the right call with this plan. If you're referring to the last part, I say T-Mobile is in better shape because all that profit goes back into capex, something Sprint hasn't been able to do due to large amounts of debt and the losses they keep posting. That's where Sprint's existing customers are hurting.

For me it's appearing in the plan optimizer section since it's cheaper than my current plan.

 

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It shows in plan optimizer for me too, even though it's $40 more than my current plan. 

So I went on the Sprint site to see what's up with advertising Unlimited Freedom since it's out today. No mention on the homepage, okay. Lets check plans. On the little carousel of plans I expected it to be there where Unlimited for $75 was, but nope. Missing from there, just the Better Choice capped data plans. I scroll up and down just to realize it's in small text toward the top of the page. I imagine that although Sprint is posting about it on social media and what not, they don't really want people jumping onto it. Just something they offer in the case someone does want it.

T-Mobile could still make plenty of profit by charging say, $60 for the first line, $45 for the second, and $30 for the third line and beyond, not discounting all the way down to $20 for those extra lines.

That's actually more expensive than the current $160 T-Mobile One plan by $5.

 

T-Mobile knows what they're doing. We really aren't ones to judge their pricing. There maybe more individual line plans than family plans. Maybe there's more family plans so $160 is the best way to target people to switch. They pay for statisticians, accountants, and psychologists - they know what people want and how to make money off them.

With Costco items, yes you pay more and get a lot more for it being in bulk, but unless things have changed since I last went to one of those stores, I think the price was the same for the second, third, and fourth unit purchase of the same item, or perhaps a small markdown may have been offered. 

Yes because Costco is still a business that wants to make money off you, just like the carriers. They're not a wholesaler, they're a retailer. They gotta make a profit off you, again, like the carriers.

I've been following the whole new T-Mobile One and Sprint Unlimited Freedom news all morning, reading into both subreddits, so I can build a proper opinion. I think I have one.

 

T-Mobile better executed this plan than Sprint.

 

Reason why I say this, despite the fact everyone is more pissed at T-Mobile than Sprint, is because this is the most rock solid business strategy I've seen. All new consumers, whether they want 1GB of data or 100GB of data, that want to do business with T-Mobile, have to pay $70 at least for one line. Their average revenue per new subscriber is gonna go up up up. Taking away options from the people but making it sound great for a price that sounds reasonable is a practical business model that yields big profits. Like some have said, it's so un-carrier that it's carrier.

 

Sprint on the other hand has this new plan, as well as Better Choice, and the 100s of other legacy plans they still support as well as 50% off plans. It's a disorganized chaotic mess. Will Unlimited Freedom bring in new customers? Absolutely. But they're not gonna see increased revenues like T-Mobile because Sprint is still pro-consumer with choice.

 

Sprint is clearly the new un-carrier here for giving people the benefit of choice, but T-Mobile doesn't need that. They're corporations, and what matters at the end of the day is big piles of revenue to continue operating, appeasing stockholders, and increased capex to support growing networks. Sprint cares too much about trying to make new customers happy that its hurting the rest, while T-Mobile is just making bank. Nobody on Simple Choice is porting out because they get to keep Simple Choice, and new customers won't care about the caveats. It's a brilliant business plan, it just sucks for us.

How does that process work? What exactly will the rep have me do to the phone?

I mean I've tried because wifi calling broke my HD Voice and it's kinda a PITA because the reps don't know what HD Voice is. They place Google searches just to say Sprint doesn't support HD Voice because Sprint doesn't do VoLTE like the other carriers. It's really messy. I could imagine you could request to be connected to a technician and speak to him/her about it.

If it wasn't manufactured specifically for Sprint, some things like CA or HD voice may not work as expected.

No iPhone is manufactured specifically for Sprint, as Sprint model is the exact same one used by T-Mobile and Verizon. He might have to call and have it provisioned.

https://www.reddit.com/r/tmobile/comments/4wtsdy/galaxy_note_7_the_first_4x4_mimo_capable/?st=irmyror7&sh=ccfa0da6

 

Turns out this is the first 4x4 MIMO capable device

In all the promotions I've seen of the Note 7 being mentioned, I'm curious why Samsung isn't advertising/promoting its high-end audio.

Because nobody really cares. Remember how well LG was advertising the Bang & Olufsen modular component, and any HTC device including HTC's Rezound on VZ? It's not something customers really want cause 3.5mm jack with any decent DAC cuts it.

And I assume these aren't repeaters based on the photos. So are they conventional fiber-fed small cells? I know they have their own GCIs and are confirmed B41, but I wasn't aware Sprint (Nokia specifically) had any conventional 41 small cells in the cards.

I believe the same small cells that act as LTE UE Relay also can act as conventional small cells, but I think it's ethernet fed, not directly fiber fed.

See that's the thing. The market manager said " they are number in market share here " how big that is idk, but it's seems to wear down the network

 

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Then it's the amount of data each individual sub consumes that's slowly bringing down the network. As streaming gets bigger, congestion becomes more of a problem.

Im in El paso 803 thousand population not close to NYC

 

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So long as there's fiber optic backhaul and a reasonably dense network then, you probably won't ever see it get congested unless everyone and their mother switches in flocks.

How long will band 12,(5×5mhz)band 4(20×20mhz, band 2(20×20mhz) aggregated.. before t mobile runs into congestion(is it even possible to have congestion with that much spectrum dedicated to lte

 

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It's possibe to hit congestion with that much. Verizon had to deploy a 10x10 block of band 2 to support the 20x20 band 4 and 10x10 band 13 blocks in NYC. It depends on the specific market we're talking about and the kind of data use in it. Of course NYC could be bogged to hell even with 80MHz of LTE live, but in smaller markets like Pittsburgh, it would be harder to hit congestion unless there's a convention or parade there.

I'm not really a big fan of Sprint's 50% off deal. I've read alot of complaints from people online about being quoted and billed the wrong rates, etc.

 

What I think Sprint ought to do is to satisfy people with loyalty plans at a $30 monthly per line deal, taking after a new plan for other customers at $45 monthly per line where each line gets 15gb high-speed data and capped unlimited data speeds at 1.5mbps, or for $15 additional monthly per line for capped unlimited data speeds at 3mbps, giving it a cheaper alternative to Cricket, which Sprint can't really afford to be more expensive than at this point with network issues still in many places.

 

So, with this plan at the highest rate of $60 per line for 15gb of high-speed data and unlimited capped speed at 3mbps, is a good alternative to traditional unlimited, which Sprint would be giving a great deal by this plan simplified for everyone. Again, loyalty customers would get a $15 monthly discount per line.

 

That is my idea for Sprint to get a simplified plan for all customers. Sprint really needs to do something thiugh, as I'd imagine the accounting hassle with all the different rate plans may be having a negative effect on the C.S. scores.

You understand that customers will be confused by 3Mbps thinking its 3MB/s right? This is simplified for people like us, but complex for everyone else. Furthermore, Sprint can't turn a decent profit at $45 for 15GB of data. T-Mobile doesn't even give 3GB for a price that low.

And I just stated two posts above yours that such is not actually the case. its clearly proven by other carriers that this isn't true, that it CAN be turned up and pushed out quite far before the 5 MHz channel starts to buckle. There are no more valid excuses for why they don't turn up LTE 800, yes it will slow down but in most situations it'll still be working better than the alternative - EVDO.

Oh no I'm not questioning how far 5MHz can go and still me usable, you misread me: I'm saying that the sheer number of people who start using it within that extended coverage will cripple the 5MHz carrier in no time.

AT&T seems to be doing that with their 5x5 B17 and they have about twice as many subs as Sprint so no, not really. If AT&T can get away with it, Sprint definitely can.

With Sprint's history? No, not at all

BELLY  RUBS!

That's the same case with Prince St & City Hall on the Broadway Line. I'm assuming they just wanna light up the entire subway system with wifi on the same day in a explosion of glory.