Jump to content

RAvirani

S4GRU Staff
 View Profile  See their activity

  • Posts

    3,457

  • Joined

  • Last visited

  • Days Won

    159

 Content Type 

Everything posted by RAvirani

  1. RAvirani
    By the end of 2016 all sites should be 2 carrier capable at least.
  2. RAvirani
    Ok probably just an engineering screen glitch then. Thanks for the clarification!
  3. RAvirani
    Maybe double antennae and RRUs? Not really sure...it is possible that there was a glitch in my engineering screen...
  4. RAvirani
    I'm in Ericsson land right now and my iPhone's engineering screen reports 4 transmit antennae for B26. Are you sure there is no 4x4 below 1ghz?
  5. RAvirani
    Well this is exciting. Sprint mostly operates a single carrier network in Seattle (just on old Clear Huwei equipment) so speeds should go through the roof with these swaps.
  6. RAvirani
    I feel like this has been answered - at least vaguely - but just to clarify, how will the range and performance on these new small cells compared to the old Clear Huwei equipment?
  7. RAvirani
    B26 edge of cell - it'd be so much better...
  8. RAvirani
    4x4 MIMO will double the capacity on a channel if I remember correctly so it will definitely resolve some problems. Imagine peak speeds of 74mbps on B26...
  9. RAvirani
    Before, enabling wifi calling would disable HD voice calls on the device when connected to the macro network. What I meant is that this problem appears to have been solved.
  10. RAvirani
    Yea I've been enjoying using it! MMS over wifi seems to be the only thing sprint has left to add.
  11. RAvirani
    Me neither but they're going to try...
  12. RAvirani
    Hey, kind of resurrecting an old thread but I have an announcement for all iPhone users. In the latest iOS 10 beta, wifi calling on sprint works for both voice and SMS and it also appears that the HD voice problem has been solved. Now you can place HD voice calls on the macro network with wifi calling enabled on the device and SMS goes over wifi when available.
  13. RAvirani
    Yes but 3x3.
  14. RAvirani
    Here's the thing - regular people (not us) don't really know these things. They see a map as big as Verizon's on T-Mobile's website and lower prices and they want to switch. Regular people won't realize the quality difference, especially after things like the opensignal study. As more people switch to T-Mobile and become dissatisfied, their image will slowly deteriorate and they'll probably start porting negative with the other carriers. That's my prediction.
  15. RAvirani
    I have held B41 down to -135 many times before dropping straight to Verizon 1x (skipping over B25 and EVDO) (we don't have 800mhz in Seattle) and this is on an iPhone (generally not one of the best RF performers). Maybe it's the way the network is configured in your market...
  16. RAvirani
    I don't know how they plan to add rural coverage in the west...Wyoming has no T-Mobile coverage at all except Casper, Nevada, Utah and Oregon are mostly dead as well (except the highways and large cities), Montana is 95% uncovered and T-Mobile is also lagging behind Verizon in Iowa, Nebraska, West Virginia and Maine...but I don't underestimate Neville Ray's ability to get things done fast. No one thought T-Mobile would achieve their 2015 LTE projections but they managed to beat them. It will be interesting to see how things unfold.
  17. RAvirani
    Clearwire sites in my market are single carrier. We've got old Huwei equipment.
  18. RAvirani
    If someone could post it, maybe Trip could analyze it?
  19. RAvirani
    I never understand when people make this argument - in a weak signal area, the goal should always be to get everyone on the most efficient network. Higher power levels would increase the signal strength, increasing your SNR and thus your speeds. Also, B26 should never die with EVDO at -85dbm...are you sure both signals are coming from the same site?
  20. RAvirani
    I can regularly pull 70-80mbps on -102 to -105 B41 so there's my anecdotal experience if it helps. At midnight I can get up to 90mbps sometimes as well. Outside, I've pulled as high as 115mbps I think on a -94ish signal.
  21. RAvirani
    Fully agreed.
  22. RAvirani
    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.
  23. RAvirani
    Yea. Lowband is lowband, 5mhz or 50mhz. I wish we could get a network engineer at Sprint to explain why the power isn't up the way it is on all of the other carriers.
  24. RAvirani
    Weaker signal on the sprint phone and more traffic on Sprint are probably to blame for the lower SNR.
  25. RAvirani
    8640
×
×
  • Create New...