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NV did make a huge difference outside of the downtown congested areas though. I have a single band One and have very good data rates pretty much everywhere. 4g is quick and if I am on 3g it is 1Mbps in a good chuck of the suburbs. I really am surprised how fast LTE speeds fell downtown. It seemed like from what people were saying one week they were great and the next week they were horrible. It had a lot of us scratching our heads trying to figure it out.
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I'm sure your right but I cannot ever remember that ever happening successfully. I can't even imagine how damages would be calculated. Do you know of an example?
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I would be careful assuming that the DOJ has to justify this. The DOJ has shown they have no problem throwing their weight around since if they sue, the deal is likely dead. Not dead because Sprint/Softbank will lose, they would probably win. It would take years for the case to work it's way out and that is an eternity with this big of a buy.
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I agree. That interview was done for a reason, and there are a few people in the upper echelon of Sprint that are coming up with a plan or are getting their resumes updated. I suspect at this point these next couple quarters are going to be rough for Sprint, not outwardly for people that are satisfied with the service like I am, but the stock will take a beating and the upper c level will look different. Sent from my HTCONE using Tapatalk
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Is the tower signal Vectored similar to an avaition VOR?
tongboy replied to Colokeb's topic in General Topics
No. There are usually three sectors on a site and sometimes you can use that to know what your direction is from the tower within 120 degrees of the site. Unless the cell site broadcasts it's lat/lon location with 1x info the cell site doesn't give any more other location info. It definitely doesn't change its modulation depending on your direction from the site like aviation VOR transmitters do.- 1 reply
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They are waiting for CDMA2100 obviously.
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Legere is an interesting figure. He and the people he is surrounded with are very smart and he should have an acting career when this is all done. Unfortunately his act, business decisions that he, and the stockholders and owners made were not about the long term health of T-Mobile, it was to make waves and bring quarterly numbers to attract a buyer and pay out the highest price possible. DT also would be able to end it's T-Mobile chapter not looking like a complete fool. I really hate the fact T-Mobile will be swallowed up by someone, but better Sprint then AT&T, Verizon, or Dish. And Sprint needs desperately a successful large acquisition so people shut up about Nextel and the horror that happened afterwards. :-) Sent from my HTCONE using Tapatalk
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I wonder which phone would skip across the water further... S4 or One... :-)
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It would make handoffs a bit more "exciting" though... Sent from my HTCONE using Tapatalk
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There isn't anything in the Android API that can retrieve that data. I have never heard of another way to do it. If we could have lower level data like that I think I would spend more time looking at engineering screens than anything else on the phone!
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The amount of collective knowledge on S4gru is insane. Sent from my HTCONE using Tapatalk
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Yeah, but then if RSRP is higher wouldn't to SNR be lower with the same amount of noise or is the "noise" being generated by the cell site transmitter broadcasting to other phones? There have been screenshots of an RSRP of around 70 but an SNR of 1 dB. Sent from my HTCONE using Tapatalk
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If Sprint does it right (armchair quarterback) and it's possible to deploy another 5x5 it should double the capacity. It should do both in theory... The risk, is then people start using their unlimited data and we are right back here again. Sent from my HTCONE using Tapatalk
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It will without a doubt. Fiber, even with the cheapest equipment will do a gig. The backhaul provider would need to change the rate limit on the connection, which can be done remotely. Also, Based on what mhammett said low SNR is not caused by backhaul. Sent from my HTCONE using Tapatalk
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If it is a airlink capacity issue it is interesting how it destroys speeds regardless of how strong the rsrp is. I always observed with evdo you could fight through the noise if you got a stronger signal if the airlink was saturated (not backhaul) It's a dangerous topic here but I really wish sprint would keep unlimited data but make it really expensive, then give you a credit based on how little data you use. My use depends a lot on if I am traveling which is very sporadic. Sent from my HTCONE using Tapatalk
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It depends entirely on where you use it. In the suburbs it generally works well. I have not dropped a call in months. Right now we seem to have some ridiculously slow LTE areas especially downtown. Otherwise EVDO seems to be usable ALMOST everywhere. In Chicago Sprint is about to get an additional 20mhz in the PCS band from US cellular. All phones will be able to use that additional spectrum. I am crossing my fingers that LTE gets better then. The g2 will also be able to use additional LTE bands that are being fired up now in Chicago. If you want to switch give it a shot for a couple weeks. If it doesn't work well in the areas you frequent then return everything and go back. Sent from my HTCONE using Tapatalk
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Are you aware of any equipment shortages somewhere we can't see (inside the cabinet)? I didn't realize that other areas of the country with mw backhaul are delayed as well. Sent from my HTCONE using Tapatalk
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I'm not sure I would call Dekalb small. It has the same issues Crystal Lake has (another not so small town) where the microwave backhaul install seems to have dragged on forever. Sent from my HTCONE using Tapatalk
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I apologize everyone. The team I needed to speak with to gain access to a SA isn't here today. I will try again on Monday. Sent from my HTCONE using Tapatalk
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If I can get access to a SA and I can check the band please everyone keep in mind that even if it shows that there is signal in the guard band between the Sprint G block and T-Mobile it probably won't prove that T-Mobile is the cause and it for sure won't prove that T-Mobile is intentionally doing it. I really don't want an industry event created from the picture. Sent from my HTCONE using Tapatalk
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Although it probably wouldn't prove anything I would like to see a spectrum analyzer to see if there is interference from a neighboring band. I'm not sure if I can but I will see if I can fire one up at work. No promises though. Sent from my HTCONE using Tapatalk
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This actually would make sense T-Mobile likely has in the same vicinity as sprint. That's why we are seeing a 55 RSRP (insane signal strength) but horrid SNR. Sent from my HTCONE using Tapatalk
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Your right. It would be nice to find out what the interference is coming from. Are any other markets seeing this? Sent from my HTCONE using Tapatalk
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This was LTE speed on the SW side of Palatine. I took this screenshot yesterday but this morning the speeds were similar. Here is evdo from the same location. This is very strange in my mind. Sent from my HTCONE using Tapatalk
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I obviously cannot speak for the mods but I don't think discussing this issue was what they were concerned about. I am going to try and pay more attention tomorrow to the speeds and snr since the problem area seems to be expanding. Sent from my HTCONE using Tapatalk
