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  1. Brad The Beast
    I think it's supposed to be coverage and spectrum depth. Spectrum depth is based on the color.
  2. Brad The Beast
    So I looked and the "Extended LTE" layer matches USCC's coverage map. So it was USCC roaming it looks like. I've never pulled more than 3Mbps down on USCC roaming in that area.
  3. Brad The Beast
    Unfortunately this is the only screenshot I have. It has the status bar indicator. This was last summer. I wasn't smart enough to grab the Serving Cell Info screens.
  4. Brad The Beast
    Who has speed restricted LTE roaming that counts as Extended? I was in central Wisconsin which is all "Extended LTE". I was connected to band 12 (if I remember correctly) "Extended Network LTE" and was limited to 3Mbps down and 1.5Mbps up. It wasn't T-Mobile roaming because T-Mobile has no service in that area and the only two possible carriers it could be are US Cellular and AT&T. I was pretty sure US Cellular wasn't speed restricted but I could be mistaken.
  5. Brad The Beast
    How so? They can tell the government whatever they want (as they've been doing) to get the merger approved. That doesn't mean they have to follow through.
  6. Brad The Beast
    I would say if they're doing well enough to deploy all of these M-MIMO antennas in their 9 5G launch cities + locations that aren't part of those 9 cities then they should be doing well enough to expand coverage in small amounts.
  7. Brad The Beast
    What about all the recent M-MIMO installs? I would say that they can't expand coverage on a large scale like they need to but I think they definitely could expand coverage in smaller phases.
  8. Brad The Beast
    Well they'll have to expand coverage. 5G NR can't be run on band 30 according to Wikipedia.
  9. Brad The Beast
    mmWave won't leave the large cities. T-Mobile is still in the process of rolling out 600MHz and is way behind on their 5G deployment promises. Sprints 5G coverage will definitely be better than Verizon and AT&Ts. T-Mobile might catch up in coverage but their 5G will be slower as 5G NR on 600MHz has a 20MHz channel width limit.
  10. Brad The Beast
    They'll have better 5G coverage than everyone else. It's no secret that mmWave is terrible for range. The only other competitor would be T-Mobile and they're behind the game.
  11. Brad The Beast
    They've been rolling out these M-MIMO antennas like there's no tomorrow. They're deploying them in markets other than the initial 5G launch cities. Since it's a simple software configuration change, they can get 5G rolled out in a lot more places than that by 2024. It might not be the fastest at first but then they win the 5G marketing gimmick.
  12. Brad The Beast
    That Sprint 5G map is definitely not accurate.
  13. Brad The Beast
    This confused me then.
  14. Brad The Beast
    What? I'm like 99% sure AT&T counts as Extended in some places. Which carrier counts as Extended and has speed restrictions?
  15. Brad The Beast
    What happens when they roll into an AT&T roaming area and their speeds are slow? AT&T LTE roaming counts as Extended but its speed restricted.
  16. Brad The Beast
    Would they bother with it then? That's what I was worried about.
  17. Brad The Beast
    I think so as well. I mean we're seeing them roll out M-MIMO in places that aren't the first 9 5G launch cities before they've even launched 5G. I didn't know that! That's really cool! Is an 8T8R antenna going to be enough for 5G though?
  18. Brad The Beast
    I was thinking "Extended 3G/LTE" and "Roaming 3G/LTE". Then it would be perfectly clear. I messaged u/revik2 on reddit about it and he was going to look into it.
  19. Brad The Beast
    Really? Why bother putting up equipment if you can't use it?
  20. Brad The Beast
    So how do I know when I'm in a roaming area vs an "Extended" area?
  21. Brad The Beast
    I think backhaul is one of the most expensive things isn't it?
  22. Brad The Beast
    Yeah. In the three years I've been here I've seen 1 new tower go up in the entire state. It makes sense.
  23. Brad The Beast
    So would it be safe to say that you are saying to expand into areas where Sprint could make a good reputation for itself (pretty much areas that don't have service yet)?
  24. Brad The Beast
    But certainly I could subsidize my urban users by improving services in their area, providing the ability to earn more paying customers? Then I'm increasing my ability to earn more money, thus making more money available for rural expansion.
  25. Brad The Beast
    I didn't think of roaming costs. But still, why would you spend money to provide service in an area where like 10 people live?
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