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1 hour ago, SeanK_ said:

I might! 🤩

Hope this helps.

Under the My Sprint > Click Permissions > Once you are there click my account tab, which should take you to the old layout > Look under "your bill" you see "Recent payments" > click see details > on the right side of the page look under "I want to..." and click "see my order history", it should be a DM14 order ID and you should be able to use sprint.com/myorder to see what the orders are. It will only show once someone processed the order into the system though.

 

Let me know if you can't access it still.

Nice! 

 

Nothing is showing up for me yet but I did call in this morning to request one. 

39 minutes ago, SeanK_ said:

No notification, I had to go through the old layout they still got running to find it which shows you all the orders you have placed over the years.

Funny thing is it looks like they ordered me two of them somehow. 😂

Ahaha! Well nothing's showing up my account yet. Patience. 

 

Haha! Use both of em!

40 minutes ago, SeanK_ said:

Looks like they finally added my request from this weekend with their system ordering outage. They said it will either ship by today or tomorrow.

 

Nice!

Did you ever get a notification email or whatnot or did it just show up on your account?

Got mine ordered just now. 

FWIW the CDMA module is a Qualcomm FSM9808 while the LTE eNB is an Airspan AirVelocity. 

Not sure but it’s the Big wide single panel setup.

Likely 16 port triband if it's a one for one replacement.

Some seem to get octoport 800/1.9 + a 2.5 antenna of some kind (reuse mini Mac / 8t8r / M-mimo).

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3 hours ago, fizzicsguy said:

Airave Gen 4 is available today. Per OKCC rep. referring to an internal email. 

Airave 4's are indeed available today!

10 minutes ago, Trip said:

I'm in Reno for a conference at the Silver Legacy Casino, and this is kind of weird.  I've not taken my T-Mobile or AT&T phones around yet, but I took my Verizon phone and, of course, my Sprint phone.  Verizon has a DAS spread across the three casinos (Eldorado, Silver Legacy, Circus Circus) with a different sector of GCI 009395xx for each casino.  Sprint is on the DAS as well, but only in Circus Circus (0AC1C312).  In the other two, my phone instead connects to a macro a few blocks away.

- Trip

Yesh. They're mostly upgrades to legacy repeater systems. I don't think Reno had that many DAS / Repeater systems that last time I checked. A good number of macro all upgraded with 8T8R 2.5 (or even M-MIMO) though!

48 minutes ago, DurhamHusker said:

I see a thread on Reddit claiming that Sprint operates VoLTE calls on Band 41.

Can anyone confirm?

Or does VoLTE already natively work on any Sprint band? I was under the impression that VoLTE was reserved for Band 26 ... looking for information, I guess.

VoLTE works on all three bands and likely B13 for our PR/VI folks as well. 

22 minutes ago, Brad The Beast said:

Pulled from reddit, the Voice Amp quick start guide: https://fccid.io/MCLU97B003/User-Manual/Users-Manual-3999375.pdf

 

20 minutes ago, mirskyc said:

 

I am correct to say that SCP saves the note based on the sites PCI? if that's the case I'm connecting to site which PCI is 303. I think I might have spot the site but it just seems way to close to othersites and its not on any of the maps on here. It could have been added after or during Network Vision.

 

Anyone have any advice on how to track this down?

SCP take notes based on a sites GCI. I'd ask in the SCP thread if you have such troubles imo. 

1 hour ago, bigsnake49 said:

I knew about Cox but not Comcast. Is Comcast doing anything with their 600MHz spectrum?

I have no idea regarding that at this time since I don't really keep track of Comcast other than their landline op's.

1 hour ago, bigsnake49 said:

@lilotimzAre they colocating WiFi and band 41 or CBRS also?

So far it's primarily Airspan Airstrand 2.5 small cells and possibly Apex DOCSIS 2.5 strand mounts. They do an ethernet handoff for mini macros. 

I know for a fact they, along with Spectrum, Cox, etc have been extensively testing various CBRS LTE and NR equipment in the past year. There's been several 3.5 GHz B48 radios that have come through the FCC recently. 

 

1 hour ago, RAvirani said:

Seattle as well, although deployment appears to be just starting. 

Good to hear! I haven't seen anything for my 30 odd small cells in my area but I know they've been going real quick in other regions. 

1 hour ago, bigsnake49 said:

You know that there is a whole world out there outside NYC and Chicago. There is Dallas and Atlanta and Phoenix and Houston and KC which have a small downtown area and the rest is suburbs and exurbs and that's where their coverage lacks and that's where T-Mobile has been densifying. Are you trying to say they should abandon those areas?

Altice and Cox are the exceptions. Wake me up when Comcast and Charter sign up to do so and when the actual small cells get built.

FWIW, Comcast has  been providing strand mount colocations and backhaul access for small cells in select markets most noticeably in Michigan. Likewise Cox is doing BH access in Nebraska. 

 

Or they can merge the two networks and spectrum, form a network operating company and Sprint and T-Mobile becoming marketing companies. I think that will fly a lot easier than a full merger/acquisition.

Major cable operators like Comcast and Time Warner / Spectrum are the primary threats to Verizon and ATT imo.

 

They have the scale and preexisting extremely lucrative user base they can leverage to just funnel money to their wireless adventures. They've already got the infrastructure to support wireless users via their MVNO deal with Verizon and thus experience in supporting wireless subscribers. It likely won't be hard for them to just swap over their users to whoever network they take over and rebrand quickly.

 

The greatest impediment to them fully entering the industry is cost in actually building out a nationwide cell network. Taking over a national cell network and using it as a base to launch their competitive wireless platform is much cheaper.

 

 

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Spreadsheet updates to include pixel 3a devices.

 

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As I've stated elsewhere, Sprint as an independent entity has no real way foward.

 

Sprint will be relegated to the history books but it's network may survive to tell the tale depending on who purchases it be it T-mobile ripping it out root and stem or a cable carrier wanting to vertically integrate and get off Verizon's MVNO deal.

 

Softbank will not just let Sprint flounder and die. They will sell one way or another.

 

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now these are the nexus / pixel prices that i remember and love.  So...how bad do these suck compared to the regular pixel 3?  What did they do to get the price so low?  Seems like the only difference is the processor but will anyone really notice in day to day use?  Right now I have an essential phone.

It's performance is somewhere inbetween a pixel 1 and 2. GPU seems to be lower performing.

If anything though I doubt it's RF will be ever as terrible as Eph1's.



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https://s4gru.com/entry/440-sprint-to-begin-sales-of-pixel-3-and-pixel-3a-devices/

And Verizons exclusivity deal is over!

 

 

1 hour ago, clbowens said:

HD Voice on 1x is only available between Sprint customers, I believe.  And between calling plus enabled devices.

1x Voice HD is Sprint to Sprint only.

HD voice using AMR-WB or EVS-WB is:

• Calling Plus <--> Calling Plus (CP)
•  Wifi Calling <--> Wifi Calling (WC)
• WC <--> CP
• VoLTE <--> VoLTE
• VoLTE <--> WC
• VoLTE <--> CP

 

HD Voice can be used during CP, WC, and VoLTE to another carriers network as well. 

 

 

Without VoLTE, at some point device availability could become an issue.  Suppose VZ shuts down their EVDO network at end of 2019.  Do you think that Pixel 6 in 2021 will still support CDMA just for Sprint?  

Likely as Sprint (or their successor) would be selling it and they're keeping at least 1x800 up til 2021.

CDMA 1x1900 would probably be the first to go as Volte takes up more of the voice load and 1x800 covers the decreasing share of devices not volte capable. Evdo 1.9 would remain at least for edge of cell areas where LTE data just don't make it yet.

Likely to see a 3 MHz B25 carrier at least in some areas when this happens.

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May Clearwire sites Nokia Mini Macro 2.5 triband conversions begin / continue!

 

24 minutes ago, TVCCS said:

Having jumped through some hoops on this yesterday with two local Sprint stores and Sprint HQ on the phone, I wanted to confirm that for the Unlocked Moto Z3 Play XT1929-4, the correct SIM is SIMOLW506TQ included as part of the 4 in 1 BYOD SIM Kit.  SIMGLW406TQ as listed in Sprint's own internal systems will not (or will no longer) fully activate - I had a tough time finding the GLW406TQ SIM at any of my local stores and when I finally did, neither of the ones they had would work after both the local techs and Sprint corporate went through an hour's worth of efforts to no avail - it's likely SIMGLW406TQ only works on the Sprint version of the Moto Z3 Play XT1929-3.  Switching to the SIMOLW506TQ had the unlocked Z3 Play version up and fully working in 10 minutes.   The differences between the two versions are that the Sprint Z3 Play has Calling Plus but only 32GB of onboard storage which can't be expanded as internal storage (ROM types issue), where the Unlocked Z3 Play has 64GB of onboard storage but no Calling Plus or WiFi calling on Sprint.  

That's weird as I checked the latest information available to me that the BYOD unlocked version would work with the BYOD SIMOTA kit and the alternative SIMOTA 406's. The postpaid version only takes the 406's. 

When bringing devices capable of BYOD Sim kits, always get those first as they're considered primary sim cards and would work. 

I've also split out the Moto Z3 postpaid and byod now so people won't make the mistake of trying the BYOD KIT sims on postpaid devices. 

I don't have any Calling+ branding on this phone, and this just went live today...or within the past few days. Silly question, but which apps do I need to confirm, and do they need root?

Root + NSG as it'll show you information from the modem info.

This was verified using that and the official internal Volte supported device list.

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Made a call earlier this afternoon and noticed the ringing sounded a bit different. Checked and the call was running VoLTE on my PH-1. Confirmed this with another call or two shortly thereafter. Double-confirmed since I was getting notifications in the background while on the call with WiFi turned off. Call was to someone roaming on VZW so I can't yet say whether HD voice can kick in.

Eph1 uses calling plus which uses the same codecs as Volte (amr/amr-wb 12.65/23.85).



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15 hours ago, Tengen31 said:

So your saying Tmobile is a better choice than cable?

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No.

 

A cable company buying out Sprint or T-mobile would be very likely better for the consumer as they'd have an incentive to compete and gain subscribers.

 

It's only the natural path forward if one looks at how Comcast and TWC (Spectrum) is setting up things. They've already began building the infrastructure of supporting wireless users and triple play integration based on their MVNO setup. The next step would fully integrate those wireless users into their entire network top down instead of piggybacking off say Verizon.

 

They can leverage their long haul fiber and last mile hybrid fiber coaxial networks to provide dedicated full speed backhaul to their own cell sites and new ones they can leverage using their own telephone poles and right of ways. 

It's one of the reasons why Shentel land is so amazing. Full vertical integration.