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  1. bigsnake49
    On the Nexus 5x I have a handy little app called Fi Switch which allows me to paste the dialer codes into the dialer. I decided to not go back to Google Fi since I am actually waiting for Spectrum Mobile to enable BYOD on their Verizon based MNVO so I can switch my main line to that. I have a Kickstarter $15 line on Sprint but I have not seen any T-Mobile roaming yet. I am wondering if T-Mobile roaming is enabled on a market by market basis in conjunction with VOLTE or is it because it is a BYOD phone.
  2. bigsnake49
    OK I have a question. Under Network Settings/Advanced/Preferred Network on my Moto G5S Plus the following options appear: LTE (Recommended), 3G, 1x and Global. Global is selected. Does that setting allow me to roam on T-Mobile or does it allow me to roam globally?
  3. bigsnake49
    The blog is not detailed enough on what does not work. So it falls back to T-Mobile only? Or do you have to manually switch? I have a Nexus 5x I can throw back at it.
  4. bigsnake49
    That's wonderful from a phone selection and it needed to have been done 3 years ago. Why do you think that the network switching might not work?
  5. bigsnake49
    That is the biggest irritant when it comes to Sprint.. Oh it's not a Sprint branded phone. It's not going to work even if it has all the frequencies. Sprint should die just for that sin.
  6. bigsnake49
    Now, there could be some transition pains. T-Mobile's network is oversold in some places and T-Mobile said that at some point they will transition all of Sprint's LTE customers off band 41 and onto the midband 4, 2 and 25. Now hopefully by that time they will have enough 5G coverage on the remaining 2.5Ghz spectrum and would have enough 5G phones and customers so that the midband does not become congested.
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    T-Mobile CFO thinks the deal might close in the first quarter: “The only remaining thing that is happening is depositions with the DoJ, which have started and will be completed in a few weeks,” CFO J. Braxton Carter told the Morgan Stanley TMT Conference in Barcelona. “At this point, it’s more pointing to the second quarter as more probable (but) it could still be first quarter,” Carter said. https://www.reuters.com/article/us-sprint-corp-m-a-t-mobile-us/t-mobile-says-sprint-deal-may-close-as-early-as-first-quarter-next-year-idUSKCN1NL0Z9
  8. bigsnake49
    They are turning the T-Mobile roaming and VOLTE on on a market to market basis. My market has not been turned on. Maybe your market is not either.
  9. bigsnake49
    The FCC restarted the 180 day merger clock. All indications are that the merger will be approved. And no roaming on AT&T and T-Mobile is because they never expanded LTE coverage to match CDMA coverage. Also they can no longer roam on Verizon CDMA after 2019. That leaves them with a big hole in voice coverage. Now they are scrambling like mad to make up for their criminal neglect of the network.
  10. bigsnake49
    Sprint is mainly doing the roaming thing with T-Mobile and AT&T because of VOLTE.
  11. bigsnake49
    That looks like my speediest on Sprint inside my condo.
  12. bigsnake49
    Even if Sprint stays independent, the old days of free iPhones and discounted plus are going away, Sprint and even T-Mobile will need money for expansion and 5G deployment. The good ole days are gone whether Sprint stays independent or not.
  13. bigsnake49
    Yeah, they need 20,000 sites to even match T-mobile and 40,000 to mach the big 2.
  14. bigsnake49
    They will only be adding TMO bands to the 10,000 Sprint sites that they will end up keeping.
  15. bigsnake49
    First time in 5-6 years?
  16. bigsnake49
    5G NR is the new air interface that promises not only capacity improvements but also low latency, more consistent experience. The 5G NR standard is based on OFDM. https://www.edn.com/5G/4458325/What-is-5G-NR- https://www.qualcomm.com/media/documents/files/making-5g-nr-a-commercial-reality.pdf
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    You know that after the merger is approved, all of Sprint's customers will be migrated over to PCS and AWS and off band 41, which then becomes the primary band for 5G. There will be plenty of upload bandwidth in midband particularly if they can get PCS more contiguous.
  18. bigsnake49
    Does anybody know if there is a list of cities/markets and dates of when T-Mobile will be activated? I still fall back to Sprint 1x in spots where T-Mobile has good coverage.
  19. bigsnake49
    Then Motorola needs to fix their web site.
  20. bigsnake49
    He was talking about the E5 Plus.
  21. bigsnake49
    According to Motorola's website: 4G: TDD LTE band 38/41(Full) FDD LTE band 1/2/3/4/5/7/8/12/13/14/17/25/26/29/30/66 3G: WCDMA band 1/2/4/5/8 2G: GSM band 2/3/5/8 CDMA BC0/BC1/BC10††
  22. bigsnake49
    My Moto G5 Plus lacks band 71.
  23. bigsnake49
    A Dish proxy group.
  24. bigsnake49
    Or Tmo users can get a phone that supports Sprint frequencies and they can roam on Sprint's network from the beginning. Don't need to wait for the network to be fully integrated. Now the integrated network experience will be much more seamless. From what T-Mobile said, Sprint customers will be transitioned over to the midband frequencies and band 41 will be used for 5G. The transition to 5G will start on the unused band 41 spectrum early next year.
  25. bigsnake49
    All I am saying is that the $553M is rather large for the locations in your table. Particularly for short term leases. Now if that includes NYC and Dallas and other major cities, then the narrative changes.
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