Brad The Beast

Band 5 or band 25?

They don't have to necessarily be strong but letting data speeds plummet like that is not acceptable.

What about those terrible decreases in median download speed? What's that about?

2nd Half 2019 RootMetrics reports are starting to come out. Here are a few highlights from what's available (both good and bad) Baton Rouge, LA - Median download speed decreased from 17.6Mbps to 11.5Mbps Boise, ID - Median download speed increased from 10.7Mbps to 18.9Mbps Cincinnati, OH - Median download speed increased from 21.6Mbps to 31.1Mbps Concord, CA - Median download speed increased from 18.5Mbps to 32.1Mbps Dayton, OH - Median download speed increased from 19.6Mbps to 28.2Mbps El Paso, TX - Sprint had the fastest median download speed at 27.2Mbps, down from from 28.5Mbps on the last report Las Vegas, NV - Sprint had the fastest median download speed at 46.5Mbps, up from 45.7Mbps on the last report. Madison, WI - Median download speed decreased from 12.2Mbps to 9Mbps McAllen, TX - Median download speed increased from 10.5Mbps to 20.7Mbps. Minneapolis, MN - Median download speed increased from 24.1Mbps to 33.7Mbps. Portland, OR - Median download speed increased from 23.4Mbps to 43Mbps (wow!) Provo, UT - Sprint had the fastest median download speed at 33.9Mbps, down from 37.8Mbps. Sarasota, FL - Median download speed decreased from 22.6Mbps to 14.1Mbps. Spokane, WA - Median download speed increased from 29.6Mbps to 39.8Mbps. Temecula, CA - Median download speed decreased from 24.2Mbps to 15.1Mbps. No awards.

Where specifically were these two sites?

Looks promising. Still not quite as good as Qualcomm's modems but better than the 7560.

Who would that be?

I've been testing the T-Mobile network here in Grand Forks for the past two days on the Test Drive program. I am less than impressed. Of the 27 tests I've done, only 4 of them have had download speeds in the double digits. No tests have resulted in upload speeds in the double digits. Summarized data: Average DL: 6.76Mbps Average UL: 2.79Mbps 37% of download tests were slower than 5Mbps. 48% of download tests were between 5 and 10Mbps. 15% of download tests were faster than 10Mbps. 63% of upload tests were slower than 3Mbps. 22% of upload tests were between 3 and 5Mbps. 15% of upload tests were faster than 5Mbps. I will say I have yet to have a test fail.

Man I just want some decent lowband. If the merger doesn't work and Sprint has to get in bed with Dish, so be it.

That's how band 41 always is. 100% of the time on band 26. Sometimes on band 25. Just ran a speed test now on 5x5 band 25 and got 3.23Mbps down and 12.1Mbps up.

So what's the story with EBS? Is it going up for auction or does Sprint own it?

Good to know. Thanks!

Next closest site is 3 miles away with about a billion trees along the way.

Why'd she still have a 1x voice connection then?

So something interesting I discovered. Power was out in my mom's area today due to Hurricane Dorian. CenturyLink was down. What's interesting was she could only get a 1x voice connection. No data connection. As soon as the power came back her data connection came back. Thoughts?

I'm awaiting a response at the moment. The nice lady I'm working with is trying to see if he's available as he's very busy these days.

Please let the new iPhones have Qualcomm modems. These Intel modems are trash.

Ok. Good to know. Hopefully Dr. Saw can do the AMA as he should be able to comment on how many new sites have been built, upgrades, etc.

I haven't seen many new sites. Upgrades seem to be coming through at a decent pace though. I thought Dish was dirt poor. So Dish would enter into a spectrum hosting agreement with Sprint. Would Dish spend any money on the network then?

I suppose the better way to put this is what good is more spectrum if you don't have any money to deploy it?

Dish has spectrum but no money. Sprint needs money and spectrum. What good is Dish if they don't come with money?

So we've gotta get 3 parties involved now? Who's gonna get involved that has money?

Looks like they're getting ready to go-live in Chattanooga.

But Dish has no money. How would they work with Sprint?

Yeah. That's why I was saying unless they just recently swapped. He must've been roaming on T-Mobile then to be getting uploads that fast.