Bennyjet29

https://www.fiercewireless.com/operators/ex-sprint-cto-saw-s-new-job-finding-cool-ways-to-use-t-mobile-s-5g

Cool write up in regards to Saw’s new role with New T-Mobile.

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Clearly you haven't seen this post.

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Yes. 5G can handle couple million devices vs could 1000 on LTE

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Any idea if N41 will ever be able to top 600 mbps download a year from now or when New T-Mobile finishes their buildout? Only asking as I have come close to topping 300 mbps download on my former iPhone 8 Plus and current iPhone 11 Pro Max with B41.


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I want to say I started seeing this on the 5th or 6th of this month.


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Never thought I would see the day, but New T-Mobile has made it possible to get at least 20-50 mbps down in several of rural areas where Sprint service was barely usable before aka .50-1 mbps down. Definitely knew T-Mobile would improve upon areas where Sprint struggled, just cannot believe they have upgraded the “Greater” Rochester/585 area this fast. I expected the city and suburbs to receive upgrades this summer with rural areas receiving attention next year or later.

This definitely makes me even more ecstatic as my family lives in the 518/Mohawk Valley where I grew up. Unfortunately, with NAFTA a lot of the blue collar jobs/leather mills shuttered resulting in both Montgomery and Fulton counties becoming impoverished. Factor in how Spectrum has not improved upon TWC and you have a region that has unreliable and limited broadband. A lot of folks who cannot afford Verizon or AT&T in that region usually utilize Straight Talk. Hopefully, New T-Mobile will upgrade that whole region and not just focus on wealthy areas like Saratoga, Lake George, Clifton Park, etc.
PS: Not sure if anyone has mentioned it but upgraded or areas in progress will connect to new servers that you probably have not utilized before as in the case with the speed test below. [emoji1430][emoji390]




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I know I survived the Network Vision era but this tower work currently going on feel like it’s way worse. As of the last 2 weeks my receptions is completely dropping and then cycles back after 10 seconds. If I have a “connection” with LTE it Times out. I thought re-activating my magic box will resolve things but it now only emits a low signal and my phone will connect to it and then reception drops completely out and then cycles back along with the data connect timing out. I’ll be glad when this over in my market.


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I firmly believe no....  we are in 2020 and still sunsetting 2G  etc...       I think we will have some 3G and  LTE (backwards compatible) for a while.       Regardless, these dates tend to slide constantly.     I think those with older phones will have plenty of time.   Besides, if one of the carriers are going turn your phone into a brick, I'm sure they will offer you a replacement phone at very little and in many instances free if your account is in good standing.        

Springboarding off this article, I wanted to further explore the question of: will folks with older Sprint phones, such at the iPhone 6 eventually be forced to get a new phone to be able to make phone calls?  As the article says, CDMA will be shut down on 12/31/21. So, will phone calls be shut down on the example Sprint iPhone 6 on 12/31/21? Or will either or both of the following scenarios play out:
-I believe Sprint phones have had GSM hardware for many years, mainly to allow the phone to make phone calls while roaming internationally (say in Europe, which I believe never had any CDMA carriers).  So, would New T-Mobile allow the example Sprint iPhone 6 to make GSM calls?  Or will GSM for calls itself be shut down and thus all calls will be on VoLTE?
-With regard to VoLTE on Sprint phones, it's been for iPhone 8 & newer and Galaxy S8 and newer.  However, I know that phones as old as say the iPhone 6 have the hardware for VoLTE (my company provided iPhone 6 on Verizon had it and it worked well).  Sprint seems to be only enabling VoLTE on said newer phones.  So, would New T-Mobile enable VoLTE on the hardware capable example Sprint iPhone 6?
Not expecting anyone to have the answer to this, but perhaps a best guess?

https://www.pcmag.com/news/what-the-sprintt-mobile-merger-means-for-sprint-customers


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Or the permits didn't allow them to install the new equipment? And they have to wait for a revision or new permit to be approved for N71 and N41 equipment.

Depends on his rigid and slow the permitting agency is. I know in Berkeley, CA for example, is on the extreme end. The permits took years to be approved (and are quite detailed. Many many pages with engineering diagrams, structural diagrams, etc). I know of one site there that when it finally got B41 (late during the deployment, but the first site in Berkeley with it), the permit that was used still referenced Lightsquared / Ligado equipment. That's how long it took for the permit to go through. So I wouldn't be surprised if they had to wait a couple months for a permit in more normal areas.

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I agree with Bennyjet29.         
I think the "know-it-all" arm-chair would-be COO's on some of the forums and Youtubers need to quit lamenting  over "only $60Billion on Capex."      it's been 6 weeks and some are already predicting whether this was a good or bad network merger.       I'm interested in seeing where the network stands come September or October.   I really think we have good things coming for a change...   It just needs a little time.  
I also heard on one of T-Mobile's calls this week with C Moffett, that T-Mobile admits they will definitely be competing in the upcoming spectrum auctions.   This is way more than we came to expect from Sprint.      

Seems like we have been waiting for eternity to have a network experience similar to the duopoly but I got faith New T-Mobile will take advantage of this opportunity and keep the momentum going for the next three years. COVID-19 was supposed to slow down the buildout but with vehicle traffic cut in half in the big metros, I would not be surprised if their timeline continues to speed up until the quarantine is lifted. Just think of all the work every states DOT has been able to get done on the highways in the past two months. From a logistical stand point, New T-Mobile should have the ability to demo and ship new tower equipment at a faster pace.


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60 Bil is great but that equals to 12 bill per year and vzw and att will spend 40 bill more, so if TMO wants to get there they need to spend more than that

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https://www.androidpolice.com/2020/05/12/t-mobile-already-eating-verizons-5g-lunch-building-thousands-of-mid-band-sites-a-month/


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The email you received match ads I have seen on TV. 
One customer with the latest iPhone told me his phone had a message on it to get improved service basically matching the S20 offer. He declined since no n71 has been found in our market and no n41 on T-Mobile sites has been spotted. I have personally been told there are n41 sites in Ohio in a few out of the way places with no hints given.  None spotted so far, and almost no new T-Mobile permits.
West of Rochester NY into Ohio would benefit from band 71 as Sprint is limited to 1x800 due to Toronto having priority. 

Sprint site or TMO site?

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Another tower conversion is underway in Greece, NY by I-390 and Lake Ontario Parkway.

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That definitely makes sense. I hope they are upgrading the area. 

That’s all I could come up with for Rochester as it’s always been a fierce competition between Verizon, AT&T, Sprint & T-Mobile going back to the 4G rollout days. We’re a small city that somehow has seven colleges and word of mouth is the best form of advertising as it’s free. You being in FL means there should be retirees who will want to save $$$ as most are on fixed incomes.

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Gainesville, FL?

I got the same e-mail this morning. I have an iPhone 8plus. 

Sounds like T-Mobile is wrapping up network upgrades in the big metros and moving onto the small metros. Rochester and Gainesville must be in the first 100 cities with tiered 5G.

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Are you saying some sprint customers with iPhones are getting offered the update to prioritize the T-Mobile network?

I have hear rumors of iPhone users being offered to have improved phone service, which means changing from Sprint to T-Mobile.  Great if T-Mobile is better at your key places, else no so good. See Samsung Galaxy S20 thread or merger thread to see why. iPhone would not be as easy to correct.  Basically best done once they have actually converted T-Mobile sites by adding n41, which you will have to wait for at least the next version of iPhone.

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Good observation.  Seems a bit windy given the curve in the climbing rope.  Most tower hands will talk with you if you tell them your a hobbyist and like tracking signals. Mention S4gru.com if they seem skeptical.  Typically they don't want their pictures taken but don't mind you taking pictures of equipment.  Stay out of the drop zone.  Bring a hard hat if you have one, but don't wear it initially.  Just ask them whose rack they are working on, etc.  Installing is often done by a different crew then demolition.  Limited work is still occurring on Sprint equipment to keep up their network.  Expect mostly additions to T-Mobile, especially Band 71.

What kind of phone do you have and what did the email say?

iPhone 11 Pro Max, been doing the iPhone Forever program since the iPhone 6 but did hold onto my 8 Plus for two years as I wasn’t sold on the XS Max’s Intel XMM 7560 modem.

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Hey, y’all I just finally received the Sprint/T-Mobile network upgrades email this morning and actually saw a tower on I-390 being consolidated as it had 4 sets of antenna bars but only has 3 now with a wire/cable going down to the ground!
Later on, I drove up to the tower and saw two engineers working on it. Not sure if you’re able to zoom to the top but there is an engineer looking down and probably wondering why the hell I was taking a pic lol.