Bennyjet29

Forgot to post this Speedtest I took earlier in Brockport, NY which is 20min west of Rochester and was founded along the Erie Canal. I have done many speed tests over the years dating back to fall 2014 when I first got my iPhone 6 and Sprint had begun to really expand 4G. With that said, it was not until this Speedtest that I had topped 300 mbps down or over 20mbps upload. This was done on my iPhone 11 Pro Max, which is obviously an Advanced LTE device. I still do not know for certain what today’s announcement will be but New T-Mobile is already surpassing my expectations. Just think how much faster this Speedtest could have been had my iPhone been packing a Qualcomm X50 modem as opposed to the Intel XMM 7660 modem. [emoji100][emoji390][emoji857][emoji2375][emoji1430]


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I am going to go with DSS to allow T-Mobile LTE and 5G to be shared with each other.

Anybody think they know what the "Uncarrier Move" will be tomorrow?    Some places are speculating that it's network related...   Thoughts?  Guesses?    

https://www.fiercewireless.com/operators/verizon-to-stop-certain-ad-claims-5g-coverage

In other news, the duopoly is sparing with each other over speeds/coverage and seems to be feeling the heat put on by New T-Mobile. [emoji16]


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I didn't think it would even be that quick

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Yep

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Sprint has an LTE roaming agreement with AT&T and T-Mobile has an LTE roaming agreement with Verizon. Both of you were probably experiencing some variation of this. 
AT&T LTE roaming for Sprint users has historically been capped at 128kbps, so quick speeds would be something new...were you able to get a speed test?

The same thing happened to me when I was visiting a friends cottage up in the Thousands Islands and my iPhone began roaming on AT&T when I got past Alexandria Bay exit. Just like what the previous user posted, I actually had awesome and usable service. That never was the case with just Sprint as my iPhone would just show 1X and basically be useless as Mapquest or Google maps would crash. Something tells me New T-Mobile is willing to pay more for usable roaming service in an effort to keep the churn rate down. [emoji1417]

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https://www.fiercewireless.com/5g/t-mobile-deactivates-sprint-s-legacy-2-5-ghz-5g-ahead-re-deployments

New T-Mobile is officially running the show now and repurposing all of Sprint/Clearwire 2.5 GHz Spectrum.

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https://www.pcmag.com/news/race-to-5g-putting-5g-to-the-test

This should reveal the true state of 5G in America amongst the big 3 and show what progress New T-Mobile has made. [emoji848][emoji1432]

PS: Seeing Sprint faded out is truly bittersweet but who knows if they could have survived or went bankrupt. [emoji53]

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https://techcrunch.com/2020/07/01/dish-closes-boost-mobile-purchase-following-t-mobile-sprint-merger/

This deal should help free up some more capital for New T-Mobile now that Boost and Virgin Mobile are officially in Dish’s hands. [emoji389][emoji1430]

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Is Paul coming over too?
 

https://www.speedtest.net/result/i/3960908526

No official word on if New T-Mobile moved us Sprint customers over in ROC, NY but the unusually high upload speeds show me that T-Mobile has definitely done some network upgrades. I’m also getting much better service in places where Sprint was borderline useless. Hopefully, the New T-Mobile continues making progress and reaching more rural areas. Be nice to have solid service up in the Adirondack’s and Mohawk Valley where I grew up. [emoji100][emoji390][emoji1430]


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Is T-Mobile Stock a Buy?
"The recent tie-up has given the combined company hidden growth potential, which could make T-Mobile a potential home run stock with less risk than many other investment options."
https://www.fool.com/investing/2020/06/07/is-t-mobile-stock-a-buy.aspx

FYI -

If you're not getting TMobile bands, try updating your phone's data profile. In a Sprint-less area but with T-Mobile all around I wasn't getting data on my unlocked Pixel until I performed a data profile update and then a hands free activation ... Which actually took a while outside the *home network* ... But now I have B2 showing native and humming right along.

Now I just have to figure out the equivalent for the 3 iPhones in my family that are having issues.

Anyone with ideas? I'm clueless with the Apple devices.

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https://www.fiercewireless.com/5g/nokia-tests-clock-4-7-gbps-5g-speed-dallas

4.7 Gbps [emoji54][emoji100][emoji390]

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I know. We missed out on the popeyes chicken sandwich 

https://www.pcmag.com/news/t-mobile-busts-gigabit-barrier-with-mid-band-new-york-city-5g

This definitely validates the tweet that PhillipJames89 shared yesterday! [emoji41][emoji1430]

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Here's what Verizon's been up to for 5G: 
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The company will use 100MHz of millimeter-wave 5G spectrum for uploads, Hemmer confirmed. Currently, the company generally uses no more than 20MHz of LTE for uploads.

Some T-Mobile 5G devices use a combination of 4G and 5G for uploads, but as T-Mobile is using relatively narrow channels in its long-range low-band 5G network, I've seen speeds more like 33Mbps up in my tests with the OnePlus 8 Pro.

 

Another announcement today aims to deal with that. Verizon said it is partnering with Movandi, Pivotal Commware, and Wistron to provide mmWave extenders that can improve signal strength and range.

https://www.imore.com/apple-vs-qualcomm-what-happened-who-won-and-what-comes-next

Long article but perfectly explains the legal battle that took place between Apple vs. Qualcomm. For the iPhone 7,8,10 models, Apple split the modem suppliers 50-50 as Intel supplied all AT&T/T-Mobile/GSM devices and Qualcomm supplied all Verizon/Sprint/CDMA models. Once things fell through in 2017, Apple went exclusively with Intel for the 10s series with their new XMM 7560 modem that had mixed results as reception greatly lagged behind the Android devices with Qualcomm modems. This past fall, the iPhone 11 lineup still went with Intel as the settlement had happened too late for Qualcomm to meet the iPhone production timeline. For myself, I enjoy my iPhone 11 Max Pro but was definitely expecting much better cell reception than my iPhone 8 Plus and that’s not the case. Hence, I will most likely upgrade to the iPhone 12 Pro Max by the end of this year.


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The S20 is leagues better than the iPhone in signal strength and speeds, I was averaging 1-2 bars in places I would have full bars on my S20. Or worse case in some stores I would lose signal completely with the iPhone where I know my S20 would have almost full bars. Regardless of LTE or 5G signal. Definitely wasn't happy with the signal strength, it was a big downgrade.

Apple may have bought out Intel’s wireless division with the goal of building their own modems but Qualcomm is still the undisputed king. Apple and Samsung know it to be true as they both prefer to use Qualcomm over their in house or other modems.

Therefore, I hope Apple scratches their plans to make a modem and just sticks with Qualcomm. Apple can most certainly afford to do biz with Qualcomm and should not go cheap when asking $1k+ for a flagship device.

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I give Intel credit for doing a decent job with the latest XMM 7660 Advanced LTE modem found in the iPhone 11 lineup. However, the signal strength is not much of an improvement over my iPhone 8 Plus that had the Qualcomm x16 modem. Bottom line, it is hard to compete with the Apple iPhone when it has a Qualcomm modem in it as the Snapdragon 865 still cannot touch the A13 Bionic. The iPhone 12 with 5G will be a big improvement but I argue that the return to Qualcomm will be just as big. In the video below, the S20 Ultra barely edges out the 11 Pro Max and it makes me wonder if things would be different if it had the Qualcomm modem that is in the Note 10+.

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https://www.t-mobile.com/news/tmobile-intel-nasa-launch-5g-open-innovation-lab

Some good things should come out of this 5G Open Innovation Lab. Definitely excited to see New T-Mobile trying to position itself for success and reinforce the brand.

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I agree.   Even with all the advanced planning that went in while the merger was on stand-by going through regulatory approval... you can only build so fast.    It's going to take time to get thousands and thousands of sites upgraded... the planning of crews, the permits with cities and townships... there are just so  many crews and equipment to do it.    Next year, I'm thinking we'll see some very large areas of the country done and running.    
Some of us endured this with Sprint's rip and replace but never did I ever have the hope of a hugely better network.     This time is different.   There is hope and there is additional sites to build as well.   There is more spectrum being brought together.    This time it's exciting.   It's basically going to be a entirely new network.   

1.2  gbs in nyc