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I've noticed this just now, most Sprint sites in this market are using Microwave. Is there any advantages for Sprint using microwave rather than having fiber running to the site?

 

Edit; Even T-Mobile actually, Using microwave. VZW and AT&T running fiber to sites.

It is much faster to deploy while waiting for the fiber drops to be run to the site. The original NV upgrades were impacted by slow backhaul installation (permitting, landlords), so it seems like they are relying more on microwave this time around.

After 5.1.1 OI1, my SOT got worse. It went from about 4 & 1/2 hrs to 3 & 1/2 hrs. I'm hoping 6.0 Marshmallow will bring back the battery life.

 

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Yeah mine is pretty awful. Bring the 6.0!

What is up with the cell tower in Mt Pleasant 20010?  I have been on 3G for a few days now.

Not sure - have you filed a ticket or checked in on Twitter?

That was never going to happen until at least after the 600 MHz auction.

Well they tried to make it happen - eventually they got the hint that the government was not going to approve it.

See, my $.02 is this: why didn't Son hit the ground running with cost reductions? Think of all the money he could have put into the network with a much more efficient cost structure.

Initial strategy was to merge with TMUS.  When that didn't pan house they needed to clean out all C-suite offices and find strong external leaders to do that sort of reform. It took time to do that, but they are moving pretty quick.

Looks like Sprint has quietly updated their partner carriers, sadly just after my vacation to SBH where Digicel would've been helpful...

Sprint Global Roaming offers free, unlimited data at up to 2G speeds and text messages. Plus, calling is just 20¢/min. Sprint Global Roaming is currently offered through the following carriers when traveling abroad: Altice, Digicel, H3, Lime, Optus, Partner, Rogers, SK Telecom, Softbank, Spark, Telefonica, Tigo and Vimplecom

Either way, great to see expansion continue!

Single Radio in my phone? I want 5 radios in my phone and a deep cycle marine battery on a cart behind me to power it all.

 

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You'd be glowing at the club.

What changed their minds on their CA deployment strategy?

I thought their CA strategy was always to deploy it where it was eligible (backhaul, equipment, spectrum availability) since it is a software push. Or am I confusing this with the 2.5 equipment roll out which they previously pivoted to focus on high need towers?

Does this new hotspot support B41 CA?

I do not believe it can. According to the netgear fact sheet it only supports up to LTE Cat 3. So far there is no CA supporting hotspot on Sprint.

Can anyone that's in a B41 area check to see if the spark spinner shows up when connected to B41? We don't have it here so my wife can't check that. I've always said that spinner should just show up when on B41, just curious if that's the case.

 

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I'm in a full Spark/CA/Glorious area and no matter what band I am connected too it just shows the very simple LTE/Signal combo highlighted a few posts up.

Looks similar to stock Android

 

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Looks like the Spark LTE spinner has been retired. I wonder if Samsung is standardizing the UI across all of their devices.

Received another update overnight: G920PVPU2BOH1

Release description/Fixes:

• Samsung Pay
• Live broadcasting via Yahoo!
• High Quality Audio (with Samsung headsets)
• UI updates
• Bug fixes

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Hi. I was wondering if there was a website that maybe sprint ran where I could see which WiMAX towers were converted to LTE. There is a particular tower very close to my home which still has not been converted and November 6th is coming fast and I'm starting to get worried. So if anyone could let me know if a place like this existed that would be great.

Sprint has not released that sort of information. If you become a Premiere Sponsor, the site does have historical data on Clear sites and whether or not they were scheduled to have LTE added. Plus, you'll be supporting a great community!

Baltimore's Clearwire sites were horrible. They were in very isolated areas.

Looking at the maps it looks like they will help improve density with the legacy Sprint network. Just take a look at Harbor East/Fells Point. With the redevelopment of that area they will need the capacity.

Looking at Tampa permits - looks like the site at HCC (Permit: BLD-15-0439113) should be underway and the DAS at RayJay (Permit: BTR-15-0441423) has passed City inspection as of 8/18. Exciting to see NV1.0 finally edge ever closer to a close in Tampa!

Appreciate the info. What does Washington having the full PCS A block 30 MHz (15 MHz FDD) license mean in particular for Sprint here?

 

I know that the LTE build in DC was lagging for a long time. Not sure of the reason... Permits perhaps? But Spark is live here and it's a definite improvement!

In the District itself, it wasn't always the permits. Otherwise, I would've blasted DCRA with emails cc'ing the council about the hold ups. I have a feeling it was either landlords trying to extort more money or backhaul issues (VZ, sadly, had a great chunk of the initial contracts).

Speaking for myself, I work in the Tysons Herndon-Dulles area, and since NV, I have LTE everywhere I go.

 

Also, even in the suburbs, where I live, I am on LTE almost all of the time. There are only a few places were I drop back to really strong 3G, and only one very small pocket where I drop to 1x.

 

So, I think that the DC/VA/MD area is just fine.

Yep, same here. B41 is pretty prevalent in Tysons - even the big, non-Maserati, mall. I've only experienced some pains on the Dulles Toll Road between I-66 and Dolley Madison (123). I kept reporting it and LTE service seems to be slowing coming back even on my RF-challenged Samsung.

Yes, densify, probably.

 

Baltimore, for example, is not getting a band 25 second carrier anytime soon -- because it is a PCS A block 20 MHz (10 MHz FDD) market.  Washington still has the full PCS A block 30 MHz (15 MHz FDD) license.  What Baltimore does have going for it is that it was the Sprint XOHM test market -- before the WiMAX initiative got consolidated with and transferred over to Clearwire.  So, Baltimore should have decent density of Clearwire sites.

 

AJ

I miss the XOHM branding. I always just imagined groups of people with HTC Evos raising their phones in unison humming XOOOHMM XOHMMMM. Much like those aliens did on the simpsons for Microsoft's Zune.

You know what is funny, the 4 major metro areas he mentioned have something in common he failed to realise. High unemployment and high crime too. And if you look really close, you might find out some of the good paying jobs moved out of California into less costly places to do business like Texas and Virginia. For example, take a drive along the Dulles Toll/Access road between Tysons and Herndon, and you will understand why they call it the Dulles Tech Corridor. Even VW/Audi moved there HQ out of California into Virginia.

As someone in the DC tech community that corridor has largely died. What remains is mostly government contractors and data centers once you hit the greenway, which is where data centers belong. Although the people of Loudoun County are starting to revolt, so we shall see how long that lasts.

What about Ohio guys!!!

 

 

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What's this O-HI-O?

Not in this administration, but if there's a Republican government, all bets are off. I'd bet Hillary Clinton would approve it too. 

Even then I wonder if there would be enough public outcry after groups point at what is going on in Canada. Masa is right... we still have overpriced crappy service compared to the rest of the modern world. Going to three carriers is not going to help.

Plus, what would Fabian do?

 

I did not know these things.  But if they are so, just more reasons why Millenials are the most annoying generation ever.

 

 

Said by every generation about every generation. Let's drop this topic and move on.

Nope nothing here. I have been on 1x all day in ashland though.

Maybe retiring EvDO was the surprise!

Never been in and out of a sprint store in less than an hour. Always waited for more than a half hour before being acknowledged and never had then actually activate my phone as they never know how so I just leave the store and finish myself.

 

At the Tmobile store near my house, I've never not been acknowledged and helped within 10 seconds as they have so many staff. They usually give me their personal phone to play with so I don't have to deal with the demo models. I sound like I'm trashing sprint but this is reality for the 5 times I've visited these stores in the past year.

Retail is tricky and I've seen this both ways (except at Publix and Whole Foods). A good district manager really can make all the difference. I hope HQ is getting better at sweeping poor retail managers out of the company.

Still no Bermuda or VI. Mer.

Or large chunks of the Caribbean. It wouldn't surprise me if Digicel/'Insert Random Island' Carrier is trying to get extra sweet rates much like the dying monopoly in the Bahamas.