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I wish that Sprint had absorbed them both + Alltel. I believe that they would have done better than absorbing Nextel.

On 7/5/2022 at 12:19 AM, Paynefanbro said:

I wish carriers did spectrum swaps as often as they did in the past. Verizon, AT&T, and T-Mobile could easily swap and fix this issue. AT&T can take the entire PCS A-block giving them a contiguous 15MHz as opposed to the split 10+5 they currently have, Verizon could take both the D and B block and keep the contiguous 20MHz they have now, and T-Mobile could take over the E,F, and C block which would give them a contiguous 30MHz with the G-block instead of the 25+5 they have now.

I wouldn't be surprised if Verizon is the only holdout in this because this swap would benefit AT&T and T-Mobile but would leave them in a net neutral position as their 20MHz of PCS is already contiguous.

They could do swaps that are beneficial to Verizon in other markets with this market thrown in for good measure.

19 hours ago, Yuhfhrh said:

They have the intention, as the equipment they're deploying supports n26. The transaction has not yet happened, T-Mobile is still in control and using the spectrum on some Sprint keep sites.

I bet you they drag it out as long as they can.

On 7/2/2022 at 4:20 PM, iansltx said:

7x7. So Dish will be able to run another 5x5 on it. Plus 5 MHz SDL on n29. Plus whatever they have on n71.

Not a ton of low-band, but remember that Sprint didn't have low-band at all until they got 5x5 B26, and T-Mobile didn't until they got 5x5 B12, and then only in some areas. And Dish can in-market roam on TMo/AT&T B12/71 anyway.

Did they declare their intention to buy band 26 from T-Mobile. I know that they have the option to buy it but do they have the money or the intention to buy it? Are they leasing it right now?

Is T-Mobile still trying to swap band 2/25 allocations to create larger adjacent blocks to band 25? 

On 6/30/2022 at 4:26 PM, dkyeager said:

Actually, you are correct. It is possible Dish won't take it. Meanwhile both Dish and T-Mobile pretend they don't want it for negotiation purposes.

It's a small channel size and it's just yet another frequency they have to support. They should just sell it to AT&T/Verizon/USCC and be done with it. 

Or sell it to the government and have it incorporate it in the 700/800 Public Service frequencies.

I am having a "No Service" banner at the top left of the my phone on a TNX SIM. Is it because of a local outage or were the TNX SIMs phased out?

TNX SIMS are not eligible for ESIM are they? If so, major pain in the butt.

1 hour ago, mdob07 said:

I wonder how willing AT&T and Verizon will be to take G block in PCS? Here thats the only orphaned PCS T-Mobile has. I wish B(N)25 had caught on like B66 had to replace B4. I've not seen other carriers using B25 as priority over B2. AT&T broadcast their primary B2 carrier as B25 here but no CA with it. I only see it when I force my phone to B25 and I'm assuming it's there for other carriers to roam on. Down the road I'd love to see AT&T, Verizon, and T-Mobile do similar swaps in AWS as well, all 3 are a fragmented mess here. 

The best thing to do with respect to PCS-G is to swap spectrum with the other two so you can get the adjacent C block. That's what they tried to do the last couple of rounds of spectrum swaps.

On 1/30/2021 at 11:10 AM, Paynefanbro said:

I think that we're in for another round of spectrum swaps similar to the mid-2010's. The issue previously was that we had 4 nationwide carriers so it was less likely that in PCS, carriers could swap and everyone walks away with contiguous blocks that are equal in size to what they had previously. Now that T-Mobile is part of Sprint, in many markets T-Mobile can now initiate spectrum swaps with AT&T and Verizon because their PCS holdings are much larger than before.

A good example of this is Pitt County, NC where T-Mobile lacked significant amounts of PCS spectrum before the merger with Sprint. Post-merger, T-Mobile can now swap the lower 5MHz PCS-A block and the 10MHz PCS D-block for AT&T's 15MHz PCS-B block. T-Mobile can also swap their 5MHz PCS-F with Verizon's 5MHz PCS-E.

After that swap, AT&T would have a contiguous 20MHz of PCS (A+D), Verizon would have a contiguous 20MHz of PCS (F+C), and T-Mobile would have a contiguous 20MHz of PCS (B+E) + the 5MHz PCS-G block.

There is a lot of spectrum swaps that should happen throughout the country to rationalize spectrum on different bands, not just PCS. 

Has anybody on TNX have good luck in converting to an e-sim?

4 hours ago, 1dante said:

T-Mobile is pretty solid in the Gainesville area. You should have no issues unless you’re out in the boonies. 

143rd st and 31st Ave. Coverage maps show coverage as fair. I will be taking 3 phones with me each with a sim from the three different providers to test.

I am very content with T-Mobile service around the Melbourne FL area. I will be moving to the Gainesville FL area so my opinion might change.😄

8 hours ago, iansltx said:

A two year head start (realistically 1.5) gives 'em plenty of leeway to stay in the lead for the other 3-3.5 years

The 3.7-3.8GHz block will be cleared by Dec 2021. The C-Band auction will be over this week or at the most  next. The winners of that block will probably start deploying hardware and testing long before then. I foresee that Verizon and to a lesser extent AT&T will be the big winners of that block. 

Guys in the Gainesville area, I am moving to NW Gainesville near 143st and 31st Ave in the next month. I have looked at the coverage maps for the area and it seems that AT&T has the better coverage. Does that agree with your own impression. I will be taking couple of phones with me next time I am there but wanted to check with you first.

22 hours ago, greenbastard said:

I took advantage of T-Mobile's free OnePlus 8T+ and was quite surprised at what T-Mobile has been able to do with n41. My speeds went from 20-60 Mbps on LTE during the day (depending on the band) to a solid 200+ Mbps on 5G indoors. T-Mobile just became a real threat to Verizon. Comparing n41 to mmWave is fair game IMO. 

It's quite sad to see what a competent company has been able to do with the BRS/EBS band. I'm a lot closer to a Sprint tower and was never able to get B41 indoors as a Sprint sub. Sprint really screwed the pooch by not properly investing in their infrastructure. T-Mobile is doing it right in urban areas and continues to upgrade existing towers and adding several new ones each month. T-Mobile is likely going to lead in the 5G game for the next 5 years or so.

I think you are forgetting about the CBRS and C-band. Maybe they will have a 2 year head start.

17 hours ago, Dkoellerwx said:

 

Sprint allowed us to roam on USCC across Nebraska, but now that T-Mobile has taken over that went away and we're forced on Viaero. Wish they would let us back on USCC. 

Viaero was pretty decent in SE Colorado last time I went through that area.

9 hours ago, Dkoellerwx said:

No native T-Mobile until recently in Omaha and Lincoln. The rest of the state is roaming. South & North Dakota were the same until the 700/600 build out started. Why the Dakotas got the love and not NE... not sure. Sprint will fill in some of the gaps... but the rest of the state is pretty bad! Roams on Viaero, and basically doesn't work. 

Edit: Not sure why I forgot this... pretty sure USCC is the reason why. They hold the 700 licenses that T-Mobile typical has across most of Nebraska, so T-Mobile didn't have to build anything out here aside from the more densely populated areas of Omaha and Lincoln.

Sometimes, roaming on USCC is the best strategy when there is just low population count in an area.

52 minutes ago, Jenn_3012 said:

Could you explain how would virtualizing both the enodeB and the RRU help in the urban settings?

Thanks in advance!

In urban settings where you need a lot of sites due to capacity considerations, the more equipment you can virtualize the less rent you pay so you save on rent payments.

35 minutes ago, Jenn_3012 said:

Could you explain how would virtualizing both the enodeB and the RRU help in the urban settings?

Thanks in advance!

If they virtualize both the ended and RRU there will only be antenna panels+amplifiers on sites. Now you will need fiber or the equivalent to the sites which should not be a problem for urban areas. Not all virtualization scheme virtualize the RRU as well but present a standardized interface to the RRU from the enodeB so you can mix and match RRUs from different vendors. Now in rural areas fiber is not readily available so the virtualization scheme has to be more conservative.

I wonder why I am getting relatively high ping times (>100ms). I noticed that I only have these high ping times at home and they are usually accompanied with packet loss. DAS instead of regular macro. Am I signing on to somebody's T-Mobile's equivalent of a Magic Box in my high rise building.

Does the TNX hack use a proxy instead of going directly to the network. My ping times are upwards of 100ms.

I actually saw B25 on my phone now on TNX. I guess they are have not moved the spectrum over yet.

Overall I am really impressed with the coverage that I get with T-Mobile particularly in the cement bunker that is my high-rise condo. It was the same coverage that I got with Sprint until 4-5 years ago when Sprint decided to thin out their macro sites and replace them with mini macros, hence my Magic Box. I have disconnected the Magic Box. I now get great signal by my bedside which is for some reason a dead zone for Verizon and AT&T. I have been parked mostly on B4, occasionally on B2. Have not encountered B66 yet.

Now I would like to eventually have my T-Mobile line part of an e-sim.

OK I was moved to TNX on the iPhone 6s. Did a few speedtests. Most of them averaged around 10 down/5 up but then there was that 77 down/24 up that I got close to a site. The latency is pretty bad almost all above 100ms