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2 minutes ago, Tengen31 said:

Good point. Your area is another where TMobile would benefit from Sprint. TMobile Only has 10x10 PC's total two 5x5 carriers of AWS 5x5 B12 and 20x20 B71

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That explains why T-Mobile is so bad here.

Just now, Tengen31 said:

That I don't know. I've been wondering the same thing about Duluth cause the lacks B41 also. However Sprint is on trackvto complete B41 but the end of spring so hopefully you can see the triband antenna And B41 there. Hopefully wider B25. Do you have a B25+25 CA device, that gives 10 mhz of download

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Yeah I get 10x5 band 25 sometimes thanks to downlink CA. Sprint doesn't own any band 41 licenses in this area currently so I don't think they'll be able to deploy it by the end of Spring. That's why I'm waiting for 10x10 LTE on block A. Then I can get 15x10 band 25 which should be pretty nice. The 10x5 band 25 caps out at 50Mbps.

3 minutes ago, Tengen31 said:

I believe thats the same holding's as northern Minnesota totals holding of 15x15 A block and 5x5 G block. Vs South MN which is 10x10 a and 5x5 G. Accept Rochester which is 10x10 A, and 5x5 G and F. So yeah I don't know when you will be see 10x10. The very small part of SD that Sprint covers has 10x10.  

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Is that something that gets done whenever they get to it or are they actively working to refarm? It would be nice to have speedy band 25 since we won't be seeing band 41 for a while. 

2 minutes ago, Tengen31 said:

What city are you in BTW?

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Grand Forks. 

In my area Sprint owns PCS Blocks A & G. They use the G block for LTE and 5MHz of the A block for LTE. Are they using the remaining 10MHz of the A block for CDMA or only part of it? If they are using all of the remaining 10MHz, when are they going to refarm to dedicate more of the A block to LTE?

1 minute ago, RAvirani said:

That's strange. Maybe you should reach out to a local RF engineer in that case. In Seattle I often see my phone jump from -112 L800 to -120 L1900. It makes the edge of cell experience tons better because we have 15x15 L1900. 

I'm working with ZeroAssassin on the Sprint subreddit it's just he's been busy. My band 25 RSRP is usually between -80 and -90. Band 26 is about the same. I should also note that my phone isn't jumping on the closest tower either. 

6 minutes ago, RAvirani said:

Sprint devices are only certified and tested for CDMA Band Class 1 which only included the PCS A-F blocks. This is because Sprint has CDMA live long before the PCS G Block even existed.

Running CDMA band Class 14 would have allowed devices to use CDMA in the PCS G Block but every device on the network was BC1 only when Sprint acquired the PCS G block; long story short, a smooth transition wouldn't have been possible. 

Sprint has been swapping spectrum with other carriers over the past few years to obtain the PCS C block (which is contiguous with the PCS G block). This allows Sprint to run wider single L1900 carriers

So why haven't they deployed 10x10 band 25 then? I could be getting 15x10 with downlink CA. That would be the bomb!

Just now, RAvirani said:

We have 3x3 L800 in Seattle too, but density is so good I almost always am on L2500. And when I do drop to L800, it's good enough for everything I do on my phone (including video).

I would guess your market either doesn't have handoff parameters set to aggressively move users up to L1900/L2500 or lacks site sufficient site density to survive with 3x3 L800. 

I would say it's site density. Just did a speed test and got 290Kbps down. I will say there are quite a few RF issues in my area though. Ex: Even though band 25 RSRP is very good my phone wants to jump on band 26. If you want the whole story lmk. It's super weird. 

35 minutes ago, RAvirani said:

Sprint's spectrum holdings aren't contiguous. They own a 15x15 chunk in the PCS A block and the PCS G block. Since the G block cannot be used for CDMA they have 5x5 LTE live there, 10x10 LTE live in the A block and 5x5 worth of CDMA online in the A block. 

We also have the horror that is 3x3 band 26. It is SO slow. 

2 minutes ago, RAvirani said:

Sprint's spectrum holdings aren't contiguous. They own a 15x15 chunk in the PCS A block and the PCS G block. Since the G block cannot be used for CDMA they have 5x5 LTE live there, 10x10 LTE live in the A block and 5x5 worth of CDMA online in the A block. 

Why can't they use the G block for CDMA?

On 5/28/2018 at 10:38 PM, S4GRU said:

Weird stuff there in Rapid City.  Sprint has enough EBS spectrum to run a few 20MHz channels there.  I'm not sure why they are doing 5MHz channels.  Additionally, I see B25 channels in the Neighbor List.  Which, based on the PCI numbers, these are from the Golden West Wireless sites that are broadcasting B25 G block.

Of interesting note...the SCP B41 connection shown on PCI 6 is not the Rapid City Protection Site.  It is the Downtown Rapid City Golden West site on the roof of a 9 story office tower, north facing sector.  So this is the first evidence we have seen that the Golden West sites in Rapid City that host Sprint frequencies have deployed B41 also.  The Neighbor List also says it shows the Golden West site in NW Rapid City near Deadwood and I-90 and the Golden West Site in South Rapid City near Skyline and US 16.  Where Tengen31 was at when he tok that screenshot, it did not see the Rapid City Protection Site in the Neighbor List.

Furthermore, even more interesting, the screen shot of the Engineering Screen shows PCI 450.  Which IS THE RAPID CITY PROTECTION SITE.  This is the same PCI reported to me when B41 went live in the Protection Site a few months ago.  He was standing right beneath the tower at that time.  So Tengen31 was connected to the Protection Site when that screen shot was taken.

Another interesting note...Golden West Wireless controls most of the BRS spectrum in Rapid City.  Since Sprint and GWW have a contract already, it seems like they could work out something for 20MHz channels in BRS if they couldn't do it in EBS.  The 5MHz channels are a huge mystery to me.

@Tengen31, do you know exactly where you were in Rapid when you took each of those screenshots?  Additionally, any chance you can run CellMapper and Sensorly while you are in Rapid, if you're still there?

Robert

I get 5x5 (sometimes 10x5 with downlink CA) here in Grand Forks even though Sprint owns 20x20 of band 25 here. Not sure why they aren't deploying 15x15 band 25 and 5x5 for CDMA. 

7 hours ago, alphaalphagamma said:

There is a new B41 small cell near there, Law and Gresham, it's not online yet but should be soon.

Ok, sweet! Where'd you find that if you don't mind me asking?

5 hours ago, Tengen31 said:

Sprint themselves will likely only had coverage if the merger fails. They planned to add some needed coverage but not cause I'd TMO roaming. Hopefully they will add VoLTE so we can stop the limited VZW voice roaming. Not sure why you needed a new thread when there already is one for the Dakota's Market

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I didn't even see it. Whoops. 

Any updates in downtown Detroit? I was at the RenCen in November and I had next to no coverage the entire time. 

2 minutes ago, pblocal said:

I was at the airport going and coming from CES in Vegas just a few weeks ago.  Coverage was very good.

What intersection or landmark in  PB is near your father's?

Fanuel and Beryl is the closest intersection

Any updates on coverage at the San Diego airport? I know the last time I was there it wasn't very good. Also any updates in Pacific Beach? Coverage at my father's place is pretty bad. Better than his Verizon service though.

Band 41 has been deployed on a few macros in Beaufort, SC.

Starting the thread for North Dakota. Native Sprint coverage here is pretty bad. The recent T-Mobile roaming agreements have made it better. If anyone has any updates feel free to post them here. Plenty of expansion needed here.