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Pretty much the entire Nebraska panhandle is verizon roaming. If the merger goes through, that will switch over to T-Mobile's roaming deal with Viaero.

 I think the others are going to go faster than you think...Probably not much further than 2020 (2 years).     T-Mobile is already re farming their older 3G space... Neville Ray had said in the past that he would like to follow Verizon's shut down date not too much further than what Verizon's is. (see link below)      AT&T just shut their 2G down in January and is now eyeing 3G's deadline. They have not made a date public.
T-Mobile plan to sundown 3G

If the merger fails, how long will Sprint’s CDMA remain live?
If the merger succeeds, how long will Sprint’s CDMA remain live?

It's not about pushing coverage through B26. It's about densifying and making sure you have enough access points that UEs can reach.

The main problem with VoLTE will be existing devices not reaching cell towers. Sprint is notorious for having places where you can get a decent signal and usable DL speeds, but uploads fail (and this is not due to congestion). If you don't have a consistent uplink, VoLTE will fail even with QoS. I sure do hope VoLTE is an opt-in trial while we wait for the merger to close as the network today cannot sustain reliable VoLTE.

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With the triband antenna that had been talked about that will happen. I have been to areas that only Have B25 and 26 needs to be added since Sprint lacks density big time.

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You’re right on that: I’m sure employee morale is bad... possibly as bad as it was during Network Vision when customers were fleeing.

It seems like a “goodbye” tour for the Sprint brand, but I don’t see how this improves morale. The “thank you” part I can understand. Not sure what the “education” part is.

Overall: This is so depressing to see.

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I guess I should say my phone will not stay on B41. It does occasionally connect but not for long. I was hoping the B25 speeds would get much better. But so far not to much. We had B26 for a short while, but haven’t seen it in a long time. Not even at the Holloman tower that had it two years ago.


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This could be Sprint doing this to help the merger get approved

But as of this mornings filling to the FCC

Sprint offically acknowledges that they can no longer sutain and be of competition to the competitors on their own going forward

https://www.fiercewireless.com/wireless/sprint-big-trouble-and-knows-it

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Sprint is ending its $15 unlimited plan promo this week

So it seems that Sprint is ending this promotion this week and according to them its because of high demand. Say what?
Can someone explain to me this reasoning? If the purpose was to bring in new customers to the network and the promo is successfully doing that due to its high demand, why kill it? Things that make you go hmmmm.
TS out
 
 

I know it's nothing big, anything positive should be considered a small win.. according to this new speed testing firm .. Sprint has surpassed att in average download speeds.
https://speedsmart.net/wireless_index/may_2018/

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It would appear your phone is connected to 3ca. What other conditions are you noticing that makes you believe 3ca is not active?

5 hours ago, nexgencpu said:

This is 100% 3xCA, all EARFCN on your engineering screenshot are valid..

EDITED BY DKOELLERWX, THIS IS QUOTE FROM ONE OF MY POSTS:

"So far, Ericsson 8T8R sites do not appear to support carrier aggregation. I have several in my market that I have found. For the moment, they are a step down from the Clearwire sites they replaced. 3 carriers are being broadcast, but aggregation does not seem to be happening."

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Are you sure there are not three different Earfcn shown? Could you upload a screen shot?

So, as these band 41 sites turn on range is limited which I'm sure is part of the obtimization process. Now the whole the phone showing 3xca, but only brodcasting a single carrier band 41 will that also be fixed during the obtimization process ?

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What’s Charlie up to here?: https://www.fiercewireless.com/wireless/ergen-goes-to-washington-to-pitch-5g-plans

For folks in the south Texas part of IBEZ:  https://docs.fcc.gov/public/attachments/DA-18-542A1.pdf
- Trip

Will be good for the inmates lol

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Site that is right at the border of New Mexico and Texas more rural has also been upgraded to band 41.. it looks to be a mini macro set up which is fine for that are not a lot of people in the area

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Another upgrade spotted.. sprint is moving very quickly
Also spotted a new tower live with band 41 3xca speeds aren't too impressive probably still being optimized


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I just wanted to ask with the merger still on going..how far behind is sprint still ? I can only speak for my market and although sprint is moving here with upgrades they still lack density in the area.. sprint announcing a few more 5G markets.. means they are seeing the plan through .. which in any case they would have to Incase the merger doesn't get approved. What are sprint current pops on LTE without any roaming

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That's a difficult question to answer. Some sites are live within a week, some take several months. They may be waiting until they have completed all the work they've been permitted for until the integration crews start work. The B41 could go live at any time. Of course the B26 side will have to wait until spectrum is clear, and that likely won't be until fall at the earliest. 

More dual-band 800+2500 antennas with Ericsson 8T8R RRUs, plus they're installing two Ericsson 800 RRUs so that 4x4 (or maybe 2x4?) Band 26 will be available when the spectrum is cleared. 

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More upgrades for sprint happening not slowing down at all

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Sprint plans on having Band 41 on all of their sites by the end of the fiscal year which so by the time the Sun Bowl comes around, you may have Band 41 on that site.

I've do remember seeing cell tower equipment installed on one of the stadium's lighting towers and a standalone cell tower next to it. Drove right past it and didn't really get a good look. 
It must be hard to deploy service there using traditional cell towers/equipment. The stadium/university sit next to a mountain top that sits next to the international border. Too many cell towers, and you cause interference in Mexico. Not enough cell towers and you get coverage holes inside buildings.
UTEP is a great candidate for small cells.