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    It’s a neat and seemingly valid / effective strategy that, at least from my understanding, is only really used by VZW
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    Do you know what RAN is behind those Omni's? LTE (bands?) are they pushing any NR through them? Very curious edit: I guess I could check cellmapper etc but you might know more nuance!
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    The site located on Mesquite Elementary school has been upgraded to multigig backhaul
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    TMO has gobbled up many Sprint convert sites here and many dense areas have solid capacity and coverage due to this. Rita Ranch, which is a challenging tract home development type area, has solid low band coverage throughout due to the sites located at A Family Storage, atop Mesquite Elementary, Empire High School and the site behind Ace Hardware. Much of this I can attribute to NR and SA as it is not this way when handsets are set to LTE only. I believe Tucson is part of the PHX market (sites are PHX*****) and it seems that engineers have a pretty solid grasp on the market and how to best cover these areas.
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    Okay, this thread is pretty behind and while I am tempted to bring it totally up to speed, I wanted to first start by sharing about my contributions to coveragemap.com - though I reside on the East side, I have contributed thousands of speed tests from all over Tucson and the surrounding areas to this site. https://map.coveragemap.com/ If you select T-Mobile & filter results >800Mbps, you get a pretty good idea of the sites that have been upgraded to Gig+ which is a surprising amount! They're really picking up the pace here. You'll have to view while zoomed in a bit more than I would like, else the colored cells vanish and clump together strangely.
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    Do you have more info about these sites? That’s a pretty cool partnership.
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    gNB 1863006 NR 4CA via iP15 x70 near Tucson International Airport. Worth mentioning, TUS also has a fantastic newer DAS with n41 pushing 740mbps or so consistently.
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    T-Mobile could greatly benefit from deploying a healthy small cell footprint in specific areas, such as the foothills and the side streets between Speedway and Grant near the University of Arizona (UofA). AT&T and Verizon both have a significant presence with small cells in these regions with Verizon having mmWave, LAA, licensed midband. By deploying NR 66, 25, and 41 on small cells in these locations, T-Mobile could significantly improve coverage and alleviate congestion issues. This would also reduce the load on nearby macro towers. The challenges in the areas mentioned likely stem from factors like SINR issues due to macro tower density, sector arrangement, high population density, and surface clutter. Unfortunately, T-Mobile’s capacity in these areas is lacking, leading to latency issues of several hundred milliseconds and speeds below 3 Mbps on the mentioned side streets near UofA. T-Mobile does have licenses for mmWave in this area and I may speculate they’ll address these areas with mmWave and midband NR once capex tapers off, especially considering the 12yr agreement T-Mobile has made to deploy a record deal of small cells with Crown Castle.
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    Speedway and Harrison there’s two other gig+ sites east of Houghton, namely the site on Old Rocking K neighborhood (Valencia & Old Spanish Trail) and at Old Vail Middle School. I presume TMO prioritizes g+ on sites with higher than average HINT load. I can’t reference many others from memory but you can use the coveragemap URL to set filter >800mbps to find ‘em
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    Not even sure where to begin to catch this thread up. A surprising number of Gig+ sites in Tucson. I’ve uploaded a ton of speed test data to https://map.coveragemap.com
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    FYI boost infinite sim seems to perform abysmally compared to postpaid / first party
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    Is there a map of current n77 deployments? I know all are test sites but just curious.
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    I imagine more ubiquitous VONR will be the final nudge to having SA connections be primary
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    Updated to 16.4 beta which brings expanded NR support and SA CA to iPhone. Does anyone know the conditions / requirements that must be met in order for the handset to be connected to NR over NSA? seems at random and I can’t seem to trigger or influence it manually.
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    Those trucks are great. Is yours the AWD or FWD? I imagine AWD. Nice mapping
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    Wondering if Apple will finally enable n41 SA, NR CA, n25 etc. on iPhone before my trip up there in mid January. iPhone still relies on NSA with midband LTE anchor. I feel like my Pixel and Android counterparts are experiencing a slightly different T-Mobile...
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    All good! Wasn’t necessarily targeted at you, just wanted to answer that question for others who might be scrolling
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    nationwide = 200m pops
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    Ahh! It’s always sad stumbling upon an old resourceful forum thread that reference an image or other resource & it is missing.
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    Is there anything we can do as a community to keep images/attachments like these from disappearing?
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    Ahhh! Thanks - I totally didn't see this one. This is near a friends place and I will be visiting in January which has a couple of older sites nearby that can create funky performance issues.
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    This one seems to be an upgrade Also, it's been a while since I have been up there but I am having trouble locating it on Google Maps street view. The only site visible appears to be an AT&T site due to the raycap visible just above the fence line & gate signage. https://www.google.com/maps/place/16001+124th+Ave+NE,+Woodinville,+WA+98072/@47.7437861,-122.1749942,3a,19.2y,224.2h,80.66t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1sT9h59Sj7l0YRZH8PxCBWqA!2e0!7i16384!8i8192!4m5!3m4!1s0x54900dda6f2be3cb:0x31061dfdc68aa722!8m2!3d47.7438019!4d-122.1753217
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    It is in a network operator's best interest to make sure your handset is connected in the most efficient manner possible. Having your phone hang onto a distant or noisy signal eating up disproportionately more airtime due to being at a lower modulation rate is a poor experience for the user & inefficient use of network resources.
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    I wonder if they could not get permit approved to swap the antennas?
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