19 minutes ago, jroepcke51 said:

Alright guys. Great news. I am at Whole Foods for lunch and I usually have full LTE here at Academy ans Wyoming. I only had two bars on my iPhone so I checked. I am connected to Band 41. Earfcn 39874

 

first sighting north of the uptown area for the northeast heights. Great news. 

Great to hear!

You're looking for Ericsson 8T8R or Nokia equipment in your area!

Just now, Searobbins said:

Support said they would put a ticket in and contact me later

Good to hear. Usually it's as simple as your nearest tower not having Magic Box connections "enabled" which is hopefully the case for you and that they can fix it quickly.

Do let us know how things go!

24 minutes ago, Searobbins said:

Zip is 02559

Are you contacting the Magic Box tech support?

If so try their suggestions. Sometimes a macro donor sites do not have the settings switched on to allow Magic Boxes to connect. Seen it here and there and usually doesn't take long for MB teams to diagnose and fix the issue. 

On my second magic box. Neither connects to towers. Got tired or trying all the windows of my house to get error 40. So, I drove to various towers. I can have strong b41 signal on phone but magic box spits out error 30. Tech support says to keep trying different windows at home. I asked them if it doesn't work at a tower, why would it work a mile and a half away from one?
Any ideas?
 

Is Magic Box only 4G LTE?
I have a roommate that uses Republic Wireless 2.0 with a Moto G 1st gen phone that uses Sprint 3G network for data...

Introducing Sprint Magic Box

Get a faster, more reliable data experience inside your home or business.    

 

Boosts data signals – get more bars 

Accelerates LTE data speeds from the nearest Sprint tower

Increases average upload and download speeds by more than 200 percent

Ericsson RRUS82 2.5 GHz 8T8R

Now being found in Ericsson vendor territory, these augment the existing Nokia Flexi 2.5 8T8R radios in place.

Photo Credits: mdob07

18 minutes ago, RAvirani said:

I was. I’ve uploded them to the same imgur album: https://imgur.com/a/SnNVc

Nice! Just need to find that elusive 39874 (6th)...

On 1/12/2018 at 5:35 PM, RAvirani said:

The site I’ve been getting screenshots from is at the Montlake Blvd NE exit off 520. 

There are a few other sites in downtown Seattle that are broadcasting six carriers. 

Quick checkup. Have you been able to get more screenshots?

2 minutes ago, mirskyc said:

do you know if a site visit is required for this type of update?

Remote preferably. 

50 minutes ago, mirskyc said:

I believe we do as well, that's why I hopeful it's real. i think with that set up sprint can still have 3 voice carriers and 1 data carrier in the PCS spectrum. And then there is also the 1x800 voice carrier. 

 

Any idea how to access engineering screen on a moto E4 Plus. This phone has excellent RF reception by the way. 

Yes and it's real. 

30 MHz PCS B market. 

GCI ending is known in addition the center frequency is on 1955 of the 1950-1965 range which indicates a 10x10 carrier from 1950-1960 with 5 mhz left for CDMA on 1960-1965. 

Quote

 

Sprint expects to deploy VoLTE starting this fall

 

It’s been a long time coming. Sprint has been preseeding the market with VoLTE-capable devices, and it expects to finally start commercially deploying VoLTE this fall.

“For more than a year we’ve been testing VoLTE and preseeding our customer base with VoLTE-capable devices in preparation for our commercial deployment starting this fall,” Sprint spokeswoman Adrienne Norton told FierceWirelessTech. “Our network today offers a great HD Voice experience on a very efficient 1x platform, and our goal with VoLTE is to match this same high-quality experience that our customers have today.”

 

The fall timeframe is the closest Sprint has given so far for a launch date after years of testing the technology. Back in 2014, network chief John Saw said the carrier was investing in VoLTE but it wasn’t in a big rush to roll it out. At the time, few carriers had actually deployed it at scale in such a way as to sustain a good voice service. Indeed, some other U.S. carriers ended up pushing back their deployment schedules and interoperability was an issue.

Former Sprint COO of technology Günther Ottendorfer explained in a 2016 Reddit AMA that VoLTE was on the roadmap but the company wanted to make sure customers had an even superior voice experience than what they get today. And HD voice took some pressure off the operator for launching VoLTE.

Fellow CDMA operator U.S. Cellular also took a more measured approach to VoLTE, citing greater challenges with it than its GSM-centric counterparts. U.S. Cellular CEO Kenneth Meyers back in 2016 described it as a “gap” that engineers were trying to overcome by moving gear to the top of towers, among other strategies.

 

Does anyone know the manufacturer of the new 64x64 antenna? All I can find is KMW and they do not respond to email.  

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Found more.  Covering an entire dead zone.

Seem like nearby B25 site not getting B41.   The proximity is just too close to Mobilitie SD90XS129F small cell which is less than 100 feet.
Mobilitie SD90XS129F
https://opendsd.sandiego.gov/Web/Approvals/Details/1965750
 
Mobilitie SD90XS130A
https://opendsd.sandiego.gov/Web/Approvals/Details/1965735
 
Mobilitie SD90XS133B
https://opendsd.sandiego.gov/Web/Approvals/Details/2054928
 
Mobilitie SD90XS131E
https://opendsd.sandiego.gov/Web/Approvals/Details/2084796
 
 

6 minutes ago, speedingcheetah said:

I  guess i have the 544 model

the box says:  P.Code: U544INU41A2DW5GA05SP

So is this the newest model?  is there a gen 3?

 

http://s4gru.com/entry/424-psa-generation-3-magic-box-has-arrived/

http://s4gru.com/entry/423-the-magic-box-6-months-later/

http://s4gru.com/entry/420-whats-in-the-box-oh-oh-oh-its-magic/

36 minutes ago, chamb said:

20X20 on band 25 could be possible in some of the rural areas but I have not seen it anywhere.  Some of the more populated areas that I frequent do not have it either, probably because CDMA voice is still needed.

Alcatel-Lucent PCS CDMA / LTE equipment do not support 15x15 or 20x20.  Up to 10x10 per carrier. 10+5 CA possible. Don't think 10+10 and up is not. 

Need to double up on radio / antennas to use that equipment as its configured. 

Maybe not traditional back hauled.  https://opendsd.sandiego.gov/Web/Approvals/Details/2035656 says UE relay.

50 minutes ago, bucdenny said:

Another live Sprint small cell.
Mobilitie SD90XSE47B
https://opendsd.sandiego.gov/Web/Approvals/Details/2035656

 

Traditional backhauled small cells yay!

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Interesting no one here mentioning about the fact Sprints coverage map is now using Google maps.

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1 hour ago, jamesinclair said:

 

After reading through that, I still dont have an answer.

He has wifi. He doesnt want calls to drop. Airave has solved that issue. Is there any benefit to switching?

The biggest downside to Airave is the lack of HD voice. Does Magic Box fix that?

I had an entire section dedicated to Airave 3s and S1000s being an alternative to Magic Box.

Quote

 

http://s4gru.com/entry/423-the-magic-box-6-months-later/

 

"The Airave 3 LTE is the traditional CDMA  + LTE Band 41 + WiFi femto cell. It is the successor the Airaves of old. The Commscope S1000 NSC is a LTE Band 41 + WiFi only femto cell which is in essence the Airave 3 minus the CDMA capabilities. If a subscriber desires voice and data enhancement then the Airave 3 should be what the subscriber seeks. If the subscriber does not need voice enhancement due to sufficient macro voice coverage but need 4G LTE data enhancement, then the S1000 NSC would be a better fit. "

 

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I still dont quite understand Magic Box.
My dad has an Airave. The 2 I believe. Should I look to switch it out for a magic box?
 

2 minutes ago, bookertdub said:

Is this part of the 800 MHz plan that's coming to Southern California as part of the IBEZ rebranding?


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800 MHz comes because of IBEZ rebanding being finishing up after more than 10 years. 

15 minutes ago, bigmachine said:

Yes, most Clear sites have the Nokia MM gear, but so do a lot of the Mobilitie sites.  Since I don’t have SCP it’s hard to say what it’s picking up on. 

I believe B25 is A block and G block in LA.  Points to the south may be different. 

And I have yet to see any B26. I seriously doubt it’s on air for the general public.

Won't be til EOY 18 optimistically. 

27 minutes ago, mirskyc said:

Not really sure what to look for in LA but I have connected to a lot of B41 MM sites according to SCP. My guess is these replaced the Clear equipment because I haven't seen any clear sites. 
 
Any idea what the PCS spectrum is like here?
Is it 5x5 in the G block and 10x10 in the A-F blocks?
Or is the 10x10 I'm seeing a combination of 5x5 in the G block plus 5x5 in the C block
 
Also I have yet to see any B26 here, I know there has been some sighting but I haven't had any. It would really come in handy here I am contently bouncing between very weak B41 to weak B25 to unusable 3G. When connected to B41 speeds have been great though. Multiple sites reach over 100Mbps during none peak hours and still over 30 during peak times. B25 on the other hand is anywhere between 3 to 10Mbps even on the 10x10 Carrier. 
 
 
Edit: Also noticed that Config 2 hasn't been turned on here yet. I am getting upload speeds over 9Mbps most of the time on B41

MMs and flexi zones primarily in light poles. Clear sites are mostly Samsung unless you're in northern parts which was Huawei converted to Nokia.

b25 is 10 MHz A + 5 MHz G.

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A lot of the small cell sites in NYC have two carriers... ?

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56 minutes ago, bucdenny said:

If you look at the small cell post on October 25, 2017, it is dual carrier.  I will go check them.  Maybe they are all dual carrier.

Thing to do is speedtest result + SCP + engineering to verify imo. 

Maybe the result of the cable deal with cox?