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  1. ericdabbs
    I think a Tmobile and Dish merger would be good so that Tmobile can grab the Dish spectrum and actually deploy it.
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    Does anyone know the reason why Sprint is just now wanting to deploy B41 LTE using Config 2? Why did Sprint even deploy B41 LTE Config 3 in the first place? Especially with the extra downlink frame in Config 2, wouldnt it have made more sense to start with that in the beginning. Sent from my SM-N920P using Tapatalk
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    Looks like Tmobile is going to increase the deprioritization cap from 28 GB to 30 GB effective 3/8/17 according to a Tmobile employee internal memo. Great news. Would be nice if Sprint increased it from 23 GB to 28 GB and boast about its 2.5 GHz spectrum assets to support a gigabit LTE network which can easily support this increased deprioritization cap. https://www.reddit.com/r/tmobile/comments/5y0i12/effective_march_8th_deprioritization_threshold/
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    That is great and all John Saw but we know now that Wifi 5 GHz is everywhere and while he may be right in that it may not provide stable Gigabit LTE speeds due to resource sharing at 5 GHz with unlicensed spectrum, the fact is that 2.5 GHz LTE deployment is going to take years and years and years before it comes to full fruition if ever with the same coverage and areas that 5 GHz Wifi currently serves. There are still many markets without any 2.5 GHz LTE. All talk but no walk. Sorry but I will take the chance of getting less than 1 GB of LTE speeds and combining it with 5 GHz unlicensed LTE speeds to relieve capacity now.
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    Looks like AT&T is getting to join the LTE-U/LAA fray at 5 GHz. Where is Sprint in this fold? They need to jump on this right when the other 3 major carriers are doing the same. http://www.fiercewireless.com/tech/at-t-to-begin-selling-laa-equipment-for-5-ghz-soon-service-will-launch-sometime-year
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    If I had to choose, i would much rather see Sprint and Comcast merge and Dish and Tmobile merge. Tmobile really could use the Dish spectrum to further than spectrum portfolio since they have the least amount of spectrum of all the major carriers.
  7. ericdabbs
    The spectrum block assignment phase are set to start today, March 6th and will last through the end of March. So hopefully by early April, we will know what spectrum blocks Tmobile received. I am hoping they are trying to get the E, F, G blocks (according to the diagram link below) so that it can be next to the 700 A block. 600 MHz band plan http://imgur.com/1xHDfPb
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    Looks like Tmobile is not wasting any time trying to get the 3GPP to approve a LTE band class for the 600 MHz spectrum. The proposed B71 is in the works with the following Sponsoring members: T-Mobile USA, Ericsson, Intel, Nokia, Qualcomm, Samsung, US Cellular, Skyworks Solutions, Deutsche Telekom, C-Spire, LG with the plan to support 5, 10, 15 and 20 MHz bandwidths. Surprise surprise that AT&T and Verizon are not present. Lets hope the spec can be finalized by September 2017 and OEM equipment to be out by early 2018. https://www.reddit.com/r/tmobile/comments/5xtszc/tmobile_initiates_work_on_the_specifications_for/ 600 MHz Work Item Description https://docs.google.com/viewer?a=v&pid=sites&srcid=ZGVmYXVsdGRvbWFpbnxjZWxsdWxhcmJpbmRlcnxneDo3MmNhNDJhNDQ0ZGNkOGM4
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    Yeah only if Sprint ever had promos like that and offered them to current customers that would help stop the bleeding. But of course sprint management just doesnt get it. Sent from my SM-N920P using Tapatalk
  10. ericdabbs
    Essentially HPUE is just an increase of 3 dBm transmit power allowed from the handset to the cell towers from 23 dBm to 26 dBm. The higher transmit power translates to the signal travelling further thus "increasing" coverage which is the pitch. It is also a power class change from class 3 to class 2. The reason why they are allowed to do that is because the 2.5 spectrum has not been ever been used for 2G/3G applications like GSM, CDMA, UTMS, HSPA, EVDO, iDEN. Therefore there is no interference with transmitting at a higher power that would conflict with 3G applications unlike other spectrum bands like PCS, ESMR, AWS, Cellular which has been used for 3G application and are limited to a max of 23 dBm transmit power. Sent from my SM-N920P using Tapatalk
  11. ericdabbs
    HAHA...nice one. Sounds like some desperate employees are trying to meet a sales quota. Ok ok...94% of the population...
  12. ericdabbs
    Well what I have learned from reading the different reddits for tmobile and sprint primarily is that the population does understand buzz words for LTE. You will be surprised how many people can associate "B12" = longer range", "B4 = faster speeds", "B41 = faster speeds", "B26 = longer range", etc and understand that since the references are used a lot. So when is Sprint is pitching HPUE, the "HPUE" buzz word can be pitched as having "better LTE coverage". All Sprint has to say is grab a new phone starting in 2017 that contains HPUE and you can experience better LTE coverage. You are never going to get 100% of the population to understand it but I am sure the percentage of folks who have no clue is lower than 95% of the population.
  13. ericdabbs
    Yes HPUE handsets are just launching this year with the LG G6 being the first handset with HPUE. I expect all 2017 flagship phones from the major OEMs (HTC, LG, Samsung, Motorola, Google, even Apple) to include HPUE support in the phones. The thing is that unlike LTE upgrades which are hard to detect unless you use a tool like SignalCheck to find out which LTE band you are on, HPUE is beneficial right away especially if you know where you get and drop B41 and also where you get B25 coverage, it will be very quick to tell if you can maintain B41 coverage around the same area as B25 coverage. I expect the average consumer to immediately tell a difference in LTE coverage with a HPUE handset for any improvements in coverage. I think what you mean by the folks "not seeing the benefit for awhile" are those that just signed a new 2 year EIP or 2 year contract but that doesn't mean that the customer does not understand what is going on. I think its pretty clear to people that they need to buy a new device in order to take advantage of HPUE.
  14. ericdabbs
    I completely agree with you. The cost to acquire new customers is so much more than the cost to maintain loyal current customers. Honestly that is why there is so much draw to Tmobile. Even if you join Tmobile during a promo and later on if Tmobile has new promos (ex: 3 for $100), guess what...current customers are eligible as well. Of course the catch for current customers on Tmobile is that they would have to give up some benefits from legacy plans to join the new plan but it gives the power to the people. Regardless the strategy works and Tmobile is reaping the rewards. I will be there soon on Tmobile after I come back from overseas. Finally Sprint has found something that will get me to ditch my SERO plan and of course the lack of CDMA/LTE 800 coverage in Los Angeles that is never going to happen.
  15. ericdabbs
    So wait if you pay off your monthly bill before the Autopay kicks off, what happens to your bank accounts when it sees a $0 balance? I guess what Verizon and ATT is seeing is that as long as you sign up for Autopay then you will get the $5 discount?
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    The problem is that we dont know if Sprint is even requesting the same type of waiver for LA Metro/OC/northern parts of SB county. Hopefully they are. Sent from my SM-N920P using Tapatalk
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    Well who knows what is going to happen if serious negotiations between Tmobile and Sprint occur and a merger is proposed. Tmobile would obviously have to forgo any buyout of Dish in hopes that a Sprint merger is successful.
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    Yes but initially Dish's plan was to use 2180-2200 spectrum as the downlink and 2000-2020 spectrum as the uplink when they first obtained the AWS-4 licenses. However when Dish bought the PCS H block licenses in 2014, they decided to convert 2000-2020 spectrum to downlink i so that the 1995-2000 spectrum can be a contiguous 25 MHz downlink stream for more bandwidth and combine the 1695-1710 spectrum as the uplink. Otherwise there would be massive interference with 1995-2000 as downlink and 2000-2020 as the uplink which would reduce the efficiency of the 1995-2000 spectrum. So the real question is what is Dish going to do with the 2180-2200 spectrum and 1915-1920 spectrum. Can they possible combine them to make aggregated uplink in the future?
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    Oh good to know. I didn't know that Verizon was also planning to launch LTE-U. I guess it is important for them to launch LTE-U given the announcement of the new Unlimited plan.
  20. ericdabbs
    Looks like Tmobile will be one of the two carriers to launch LTE-U who desperately need to add capacity. This is definitely a great move for Tmobile. LTE-U will mainly be deployed via small cells and Nokia and Ericcson equipment's equipment was just certified by the FCC today. I wonder if Sprint will be doing the same anytime soon but then again they have a ton of 2.5 GHz spectrum that they have yet to deploy. http://www.tmonews.com/2017/02/t-mobile-launching-lte-u-spring-2017-increase-lte-capacity/
  21. ericdabbs
    It looks like Sprint is requesting a waiver so that Sprint can start deploying LTE 800 in the Phoenix area. I wonder if Sprint is planning to request another waiver so that parts of LA Metro, OC counties and say the northern part of San Bernardino county (ex: Riverside, Corona, etc) can start deploying LTE 800. It seems silly to keep that large of a land mass hostage due to Mexico rebanding. I think the area south of the Salton Sea should be excluded in a waiver for San Bernardino county and that areas north of that should be allowed to begin LTE 800 deployment. What do you guys think? http://transition.fcc.gov/Daily_Releases/Daily_Business/2017/db0215/DA-17-169A1.pdf
  22. ericdabbs
    Good news for Phoenix residents. Sprint is requesting a waiver so that LTE 800 can be deployed in the Phoenix area. However Tucson residents are still out of luck since the waiver excludes Pima county. http://transition.fcc.gov/Daily_Releases/Daily_Business/2017/db0215/DA-17-169A1.pdf
  23. ericdabbs
    It amazes why Tmobile couldn't create billing code for these promos where you don't have to deal with all these statement credits. It is really silly to have to deal with it. Also why in the hell in this day and age do statement credits taking up to 1 or 2 billing cycles. It should be instantaneous in my opinion.
  24. ericdabbs
    Hopefully the Note 5 Nougat update comes out within the next month.
  25. ericdabbs
    I dont know about SERO for a single line. Without the 2 year subsidies, I dont think it is that much better than the current Unlimited Freedom plan. At least the new plan includes 10 GB of hotspot tethering. Never really understood the pricing of Framily so ill take ur word for it. I think the biggest group getting screwed is the ED1500 plan customers especially if there is no corporate discount. Sent from my SM-N920P using Tapatalk
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