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    Network Vision/LTE - Jacksonville Market (including Gainesville/St. Augustine/Ocala)

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    Just now, Terrell352 said:

    Sprint on the other hand is 98% of towers with b25 10mhz, b26 5mhz and some still 5mhz b25. No 4x4 mimo, no 256 qam, no CA. It's like Sprint is 3 years in the past.

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    I feel like they may not invest in those newer technologies since they are still actively trying to merge.  They are adding B41 to towers though so thats neat. 

    Network Vision/LTE - Jacksonville Market (including Gainesville/St. Augustine/Ocala)

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    Posted · Edited by Overstew

    5 minutes ago, Terrell352 said:

    Good to see. I see some activities in Tallahassee, St Augustine but Gainesville and Ocala is minimal. St Augustine is honestly not good for Sprint. All of these areas have one thing in common. Almost no B41 towers at all. Surviving on b25 10mhz and b26 5mhz without 4x4 mimo, 256qam and almost no B41 in 2018 is difficult.

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    Are you still running all four carriers?  My friends/cousins have been seeing declining quality on AT&T.  Have they been declining in your area?

    Network Vision/LTE - Jacksonville Market (including Gainesville/St. Augustine/Ocala)

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    Just now, Terrell352 said:

    Network speed is holding them back. They need a little push. 15mhz b25 on every tower and more towers getting b41 equipment should fix this. It's all about how fast they are willing to move.

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    They are actually moving pretty fast in St Johns Cty.

    http://webapp.sjcfl.us/Applications/WATSWebX/Permit/SearchResults.aspx?PermitType=1&PermitNo=&Clrsht=&Parcel=&Addr=&ProjNm=&CLNm=&CLId=&SepticNo=&Lgl1=&Lgl2=&Lgl3=&PU=501&FromDt=&ToDt=&PP=False&Sort=&SortOrder=

     

    A lot of those permits are Sprints, especially the ones from this year!  I've personally been connecting to more B41 too.

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

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    Verizon has released a promotion supposedly as a reaction to T-Mobile, but I still believe this to be aimed more as a reaction to AT&T than to T-Mobile. Besides, only those able to get Fios service will benefit from this promotion, which is a drawback to having regional landline service not be nationally available :

     

    https://www.macrumors.com/2017/02/28/verizon-vzw-fios-cross-promotion/

    If they were targeting At&t it wouldn't have taken that much to undercut them. Verizon deliberately brought back unlimited due to T-Mobile, and while still being quite competitive on price.
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    Marcelo Claure, Town Hall Meetings, New Family Share Pack Plan, Unlimited Individual Plan, Discussion Thread

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    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?

    It shouldn't try to withdraw anything from your account as the balance is $0. That way you still get AutoPay discount while still paying with credit.

    SignalCheck - Android app to monitor your Wi-Fi/2G/3G/4G LTE/5G-NR signal strengths

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    Freedompop, which uses Sprint.

     

    Was trying to use something for logging scp, etc....

     

     

    Just submitted rma!!!!

     

     

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    I think SignalCheck uses APIs for Qualcomm processor as it appears the signals are only read on devices using Qualcomm modems.  Try Exynos/Kirin-based devices and you'll have a bad time.  I think Mediatek processor (BLU HD R2) worked though so maybe Exynos/Kirin are using newer API that Signalcheck is just not utilizing. 

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    The Birthing of Postpaid Speed-Capped Data Plans

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    3mbps is pretty slow.  Imagine updating/downloading larger apps from the PlayStore or Apple Store.  Something that could be downloaded in seconds is now minutes.  I'm going to go ahead and just say that AT&T will discontinue this when it doesn't attract enough customers.  The price for that tier of speed doesn't offer the same value that Verizon/T-Mobile give.

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

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    WooHoo, I was right! I knew there'd be a speed-capped data plan eventually! I'm so excited about being right about it, though I admit to being letdown by the pricing of it. 3mbps isn't bad, but $60 monthly is too expensive for that speed. Also, AT&T raised the rate on the 2-line deal to accommodate thus and the included hotspot, so I think AT&T is a bad deal in unlimited data without a discount. I suspect Verizon may raise its unlimited data rate to match soon, then they'll all start around the $90 monthly price point for one line.

     

    However, I anticipate there being more speed-capped data plans as cheaper options, so I creates a thread for it here on S4GRU.

    Which carrier are you on?  Aren't you located in Chicago and on AT&T? 

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

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    I think T-Mobile is great for all network categories except coverage and reliability. Where I live, guess what issues carriers tend to run into? You guessed it, coverage and reliability. T-Mobile talks about coverage expansion, but I don't see a lot of talk on their end on reliability. Reliable connections are still kind of important, right? Or could it be I'm missing the boat on this?

     

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    I feel like that's been covered with their B12 and "Extended LTE" advertising. 

    Network Vision/LTE - Jacksonville Market (including Gainesville/St. Augustine/Ocala)

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    Looks like Sprint has been installing band 41 to a couple sites lately. I saw a few sites that I know for sure is 8t8r. Theres a few more I saw from a distance. When I'm in the area again I'll get closer to see. Hopefully Sprint gets more 2.5 rolled out. There's a major dropoff in speeds going from band 41 to band 25 or 26.

    Unfortunately Sprint discontinued RingPlus support so I'm not able to monitor network upgrades on the field at the moment but I am still keeping a close eye on the permits. It looks like once the permit shows up, the upgrade usually takes place within 1 month after the permit is posted/approved.

     

    We will see. Their speeds are the only part of the network that needs to be addressed in Jax.

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

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    Hmm.

     

    Yeah, I'd bet it's pretty hard to get permits approved when you're not applying for them in the first place. <_<

     

    Just a thought.

     

     

     

     

     

    On another note, it's nice to see more subscribers.

    When I look at local permits, out of every 10, I see 4 AT&T, 3 Verizon, 2 T-Mobile, 1 Sprint.  And a lot of these sites are occupied by multiple carriers.  :scratch:

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

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    Same problem as always. Sprint has a plan, aggressive rollout goals and then they proceed really, really slow.

     

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    They are blaming local permits but what's strange is the other carriers do not seem to be having these permit delays.  I think it is just a cover up for some other reason. I read previous delays were from birds! :lol:

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

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    Posted · Edited by Overstew

    Late last year Sprint announced they were going to go full force with small cell deployment starting Q1 2016.  I know they just released some information about 2017 and on but so far it definitely looks like they need to stay quiet and just focus on the work.

     

    So far, according to RootMetrics, these are the scores for the major metros that have been tested.

    Amount of First Place Overall Wins,

    AT&T: 36
    Sprint: 4
    T-Mobile: 22
    Verizon: 62

    Now there are still a hand full of markets to test, but so far Sprint's efforts haven't been reflecting on their performance yet.  Thoughts?

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

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    Answer this question. Why would I need a Sprint Airave device in my home when my phone already has the capability of getting on my wifi at the house and making calls on it as seen in this pic.

     

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    For simplicity.  And if you leave the house while on a call that the call won't drop.  But from what I've heard the Sprint airave isn't very good at handoffs to begin with.

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