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    Marcelo Claure, Town Hall Meetings, New Family Share Pack Plan, Unlimited Individual Plan, Discussion Thread

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    Still room to grow. There are a few sites here that still lack B41. STL has been aggressively getting M-MIMO up. I have found off top of my head slightly over 10 I think. Probably even more I haven't found yet.

    Oh no doubt, but with this merger pending is sprint really still concerned so much about growth? Probably not. Let’s finish out these upgrades we have planned and hello new-T-Mobile


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    Network Vision/LTE - Albuquerque market (including El Paso, Las Cruces, Santa Fe, Los Alamos, Roswell)

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    I would say all towers have received NV update. However, I would say less than 25% of towers have B41. I have found only 4 8t8r. The rest are all mini macros. I can now confirm downtown has been updated to 8t8r as I could only aggregate one additional B41 carrier. It now has 3 and basically all times of day I am greater than 100mbs.

    Wow, wait ! Only 25% of sites have been upgraded to band 41


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    Network Vision/LTE - Albuquerque market (including El Paso, Las Cruces, Santa Fe, Los Alamos, Roswell)

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    One thing I’ve noticed since they turned on volte is upped backhaul. Downtown is where I work and the lone b41 tower was always swampped. However, midday now I pull greater than 100mbs. Sometimes 130. I would say they fixed some issues that I had. I also live in far NE Heights ans they have updated a tower to b41. I can’t find it but at my house I have Rsrp greater than 110 and still get 50 to 80 Mbs. I’m hoping the next 6 months this spreads more. 

    Is Albuquerque 100% complete? El Paso is now 100% done.. even mini macros have been upgraded to 8T8R equipment.


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    Official Tmobile-Sprint merger discussion thread

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    Exclusive: U.S. clears SoftBank's $2.25 billion investment in GM-backed Cruise
    $2.25 Billion would go a long way for Sprint.... I hope the DOJ sees this. This merger isn’t necessary.

    There are additional reasons why SoftBank can’t invest in sprint. They don’t want to own sprint 100% and that’s the reason I believe japan banks won’t allow it until SoftBank buys sprint 100%.


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    Official Tmobile-Sprint merger discussion thread

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    From CNBC: That’s received pushback from T-Mobile, which wants to limit Dish’s spectrum capacity to 12.5%, people familiar with the matter told Faber. Deutsche Telekom also wants to limit any strategic Dish investor to 5%, the sources added.    Ok... so what does this mean?    In the same article hints that the DOJ wants spectrum divestiture? 

     

    T-Mobile, Dish reach divestiture deal, pending DOJ concerns: Sources 

    Tmo is only willing to allow dish access to 12.5 % of their capacity. Doj wants dish to have unlimited access to allow them to fully compete right out of the gates. And the DOJ want more from TMO/Sprint meaning more spectrum divesture imo

     

     

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    Official Tmobile-Sprint merger discussion thread

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    If I were in charge of Sprint and the merger fell through today, here are the changes I would make:

    • Day 1 changes:
      • Drop the L800 Qrxlevmin to -128.  I don’t want users falling off L800 at -120 or -122 because:
        • L800 will almost always offer better speeds than CDMA at those signal levels.
        • This will reduce the reconnect time to usable LTE. 
        • The pocket 3G problem will be eliminated.  
        • VoLTE reliability will skyrocket.
      • Remove the per-site “VoLTE enabled” flag (which by the way is a big part of the reason Sprint is struggling to support older devices) and allow it on all sites and Magic Boxes.  This will allow software updates enabling VoLTE to be pushed to ISIM devices in a matter of weeks. 
      • Revert L2500 to Config 1 to both increase L2500 upload speeds and effective range. 
      • In markets where spectrum allows, split 8T8Rs into two 4T4R transmit chains and run 6 L2500 carriers.  Some markets such as Seattle already have this.
    • Short-term changes (within the first 12 months):
      • Contact high-traffic venues (casinos, airports, stadiums, arenas, concert venues, underground train systems, convention centers, etc) and sign onto DAS systems. 
      • Begin buildout in high-roaming high-traffic areas such as ski resorts (e.g. Big Sky, MT and Sugarloaf, ME), rural tourist attractions (e.g. Mount Rushmore, SD and Yellowstone National Park) and large cities (e.g. Billings, MT and Chyenne, WY).
      • Identify and begin to close in-city coverage gaps by means of:
        • Implementing a verified coverage map to identify areas without LTE.
        • Allow T-Mobile roaming and possibly even AT&T roaming everywhere and focus on high-roaming in-city areas. 
      • Expedite the Massive MIMO rollout to stay at the front of the 5G race. 
      • Expedite the tribanding of any remaining single or dual band sites.
      • Look to increase backhaul to high-usage sites.
      • Prioritize interband CA deployment.
      • Prioritize the implementation of dynamic NR UL and move NR to the PCC. 
      • Begin talks with Dish to host their 600 and AWS-4 spectrum.  This will at least double Sprint’s lowband capacity nationwide and give them greenfield lowband to deploy NR on. 
    • Long-term changes (after the first 12 months):
      • Cut EVDO completely ASAP.  Run a 1x1900 carrier in L1900 guard bands and maintain the 1x800 carrier. 
      • Begin to replace 800 radios with NR/LTE/1x DSS-capable radios. 
      • Begin a rural highway buildout in areas where the most T-Mobile and AT&T roaming occurs.  The deployment will primarily be lowband.  This task is not as daunting as it seems for sites already exist that cover effectively every major highway in the United States.  The only thing to do will be to negotiate a reasonable lease. 
      • Open up an NR test drive program similar to the one T-Mobile ran for LTE and advertise it heavily. 

    Man, that would turn sprint around 360!!! Money money money is what I’m reading here lol

    This is at least a 4 year process

     

     

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    Official Tmobile-Sprint merger discussion thread

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    Dish Is Near a $6 Billion Deal for T-Mobile, Sprint Assets https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2019-06-18/dish-is-said-to-near-6-billion-deal-for-t-mobile-sprint-assets

    Hmmmmmm.....

     

    The divestures seem very broad and may be a hard pill to swallow. I watched Charlie’s segment on fox business and he said dish may get some spectrum and some spectrum may go on the open market.. he says this is by the hour now and could fall apart as a lot of parties have to agree like SoftBank/ DT ETC

     

     

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    Official Tmobile-Sprint merger discussion thread

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    More sources are coming forth. It seems that the deal could still fall apart, as the concession may be borderline extreme(imo). It depends at what cost they are willing to make this merger happen

     

    The concession package looks to consist of:

    Post paid subscribers

    Boost prepaid

    Spectrum: more than likely band 41

    Price guarantees

    favorable mvno agreements

    Coverage expansion into rural

    And mandate dates

    To me that’s extreme !!! What do you guys think

     

     

     https://twitter.com/cgasparino/status/1140301534825209856?s=21

     

     

     

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    Official Tmobile-Sprint merger discussion thread

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    The states have absolutely no anti-trust case. They might have a merger might eliminate a desperate, price bottom feeder (Sprint) case, if at that. This is a desperate attempt by the states to wring additional concessions. My 7 bullet points above should address most of the states' concern. 

    Yup and it doesn’t, but this is very politically motivated and biased.
    “There are some republican judges in the southern district but not many. The 2nd court of appeals has 11 republican judges out of 25 members. The merger is in tough shape based on this. If you are correct, the Supreme Court could save the merger? But, 4 justices have to agree to take the case. And if there isn’t a compelling constitutional reason for the court to take the case it may just allow lower court rulings to stand. What I mean is, if TMO were making a serious challenge to the anti-trust laws based on constitutional grounds, that would be a possible reason to hear the case. But, if TMO accepts the legitimacy of anti-trust laws and they are just fighting it out on the merits of the merger inside the current anti-trust system and they lose at the lower courts then I feel it would be likely the Supreme Court would accept the 2nd court of appeals decision.”


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    Official Tmobile-Sprint merger discussion thread

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    The states have not gotten a TRO yet but according to the post they have a better chance of getting one. However if the DOJ approves the merger, then it would be embarrassing for the states to have sued when the DOJ approved it with provisions that already addressed their concerns, mainly lower prices.
    My legal strategy if I was Sprint is get the FCC's approval and then fight both the DOJ and attys general in court. There is absolutely no anti-trust concerns with this merger, not when the resulting company has only 25% of the wireless market revenue and whose customers are mainly prepaid bargain hunters.

    Yup, insiders are saying they are very very confident they can get this approved . The TRO seems to over power the FCC and DOJ so to

    “The DOJ has no power to head off the TRO, an attorney close to the merging parties said.

    TMO/Sprint may have to battle this one in court


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    Official Tmobile-Sprint merger discussion thread

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    According to the article, it’s likely that the TRO will be approved.... but from what I can tell, it hasn’t been yet.

    Not yet, but the hill is also reporting similar .. the states are very confident they can this approved ASAP.
    “Legal experts who spoke to The Hill said the states have a strong antitrust case, predicting the ensuing legal battle could drag on for months, if not years.”


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    Official Tmobile-Sprint merger discussion thread

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    Time for a bathroom break.... We've ate too many Large orders of Popcorn and big gulp sodas...    Sorry...couldn't resist the opportunity to bring "potty talk" into it.   LOL   

    Ready for more popcorn !!! Lol looks like states got a TRO approved and the merger will be at minimum delayed another 6 months.. sounds like it will be treated as a high profile case.

     

    https://nypost.com/2019/06/12/t-mobile-sprint-merger-appears-to-be-in-major-trouble/amp/?__twitter_impression=true

     

     

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    Official Tmobile-Sprint merger discussion thread

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    My opinion is Dish is interested only if the Government slices up Sprint's and some of T Mobile's  spectrum and basically hands it over on a silver tray at substantially lower than market value I'm sure...  I don't think Dish want's to cough up any more money than they have to...actually I don't get the feeling they are even really interested.  Dish is just stirring the pot.      And the longer the morons at the DOJ take the more they give the haters time to compose and assemble.   This should have been decided last week or 2 weeks ago when the FCC came out with their approval opinion.   They usually announce in unison...   Again... nothing is progressing normally.    What happened to Amazon?  I've heard nothing more about them wanting to buy Boost.   

     

    Imo this would work in TMO/Sprint’s favor. If the concession is to create a 4th carrier .. a company to get started will require more spectrum than just 2.5 .. they will need low band/ mid band to get started which would require them to give up more spectrum.. dish already has that spectrum. So, if they have to give up 40mhz of 2.5 MHz to get the merger through I would call that a win

     

    Dish said they are ready to spend 10 billion to start off

     

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    Official Tmobile-Sprint merger discussion thread

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    A nationwide rollout with what money?

    Dish has zero wireless customers today to either fund or justify a nationwide rollout. And they have absolutely no relation to the merger. How does the fact that T-Mobile and Sprint want to merge obligate Dish to do anything at all?

    Dish is on the report as one of the company interested in the assets .. if the concession is to create a 4th carrier it would be dish .. anyone else will need more spectrum to get started.. the report say boost and possible another part of the prepaid business... maybe dish could get metro customers possibly.. and retain some of the sprint stores/towers to get going

     

     

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