RAvirani

Certain markets now. Widely soon.

Yes.

It seems all markets are moving towards these 2x 6/8-port LTE-only setups. And in some cases, like yours, an antenna dedicated to CDMA is left for legacy devices.

Small cells and magic boxes use up almost all of the remaining spectrum.

Yes.

Yes, I've roamed on AT&T UMTS to place voice calls in rural Nevada. I believe this was first reported early this year.

Sprint does not have an LTE roaming agreement with Verizon. You were roaming on T-Mobile/AT&T LTE while maintaining a Verizon 1x connection for voice. AT&T LTE/UMTS usage counts towards your 200mb limit. T-Mobile LTE roaming is unlimited.

No. They are just spectrum squatting right now.

15x15 L1900 + L2500.

They didn't. That's a 15 MHz L1900 carrier aggregated with L2500.

Yes, interband CA has gone live in Portland as well as several other major markets. You're seeing 15 MHz L1900 UL in that speedtest.

Yes we do. 60 MHz NR + 60 MHz LTE on M-MIMO equipment. DSS will be deployed soon as well, making it 60 MHz NR + 60 MHz LTE/NR (simultaneously). A separate 40-60 MHz will remain used for LTE on small cells/MBs. As far as LTE goes, Sprint runs between 60 MHz and 100 MHz on macro sites with 20-60 MHz used for small cells/MBs. The actual numbers vary from market to market. In Seattle, Sprint runs 100 MHz of L2500 on macros, 40 MHz on small cells, and MBs have their own dedicated channel. Only in areas lacking contiguous spectrum. 60 MHz will be the norm. Let's not start this discussion again, please.

This page is fairly accurate: https://5g-tools.com/5g-nr-throughput-calculator/ Here are the NR TDD configs: https://imgur.com/a/RswhH8p

Are you able to provide any more details? Perhaps via private message?

Yes, as soon as equipment is flex-config ready.

There is very good service along 405 in that area. A site may have been down for upgrades/maintenance. Yes, that sounds about right. Sprint needs to do something about that area.

South Center hill as in going south on I-5 from the junction of 405 and I-5? If so, that area is in dire need of a site; Sprint is the only carrier without one by exit 152. A while back, there were talks of colocating onto the monopole at (47.4332995, -122.2696476), although they never really happened and I'm not sure if that site is still in planning. A dropout in downtown Bellevue? Where along the highway (exit number)? I live right around there and I've never had an issue...

I'm not pulling data in a traditional way, as Apple has locked all that info down. Rather I'm playing with some image processing that can interpret and log data that appears on the field test screen. Thought it would be something interesting to fiddle around with.

There is only so much money to go around. Improving the data speed in those areas will cost giving up speed somewhere else, and likely somewhere they have more market share. Sprint does prioritize certain markets and let other markets struggle. That's what you've got to do when you're stretched for money/resources. It sounds like the vast majority of markets are seeing good improvements. I definitely view these results as positive overall.

Yeah until the upload issues are resolved, no matter how great the download speeds, Sprint is unlikely to win any RootScore awards.

. 15x15 @ 8615 includes the G block so it wouldn't be possible to aggregate that with the 8665 G block carrier.

Sprint will be running 100 MHz of NR when DSS is ready. Of course, all of that spectrum won't consistently be available due to LTE traffic, but it will definitely be a step up from the 40-60 MHz they are using now. Keep in mind massive MIMO radios have a 120 MHz bandwidth limit. Sprint cannot broadcast more than 120 MHz (NR, LTE or both) through a single massive MIMO antenna. BWs greater than 100 MHz are only standardized for n257/n258/n260/n261. n41 is 2496-2690 MHz. Only 194 MHz are contained by the band. The largest NR carrier that would fit is 100 MHz. The only channel sizes greater than 100 MHz are 200 MHz and 400 MHz.

NR timeslots are not strictly DL/UL. There is also something called a flex timeslot. This are dynamically allocates to DL or UL as needed. NR TDD config 2 is exclusively flex timeslots. I'm hoping we see Sprint move towards this setup in the future as it gives the network ultimate flexibility, although I'm hearing equipment isn't ready for flex configs as of today.

Yes it is. Where are you experiencing issues? I'm from Seattle and pretty well connected with the network team there so I'm curious.

That's actually just 5x5+5x5. Download BW of 25 is 5 MHz.