bigsnake49
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Post T-mobile & Sprint 09/2018 Spectrum Swap PCS Total
bigsnake49 replied to lilotimz's topic in General Topics
The spectrum getting swapped is not worth $533M to lease. Something else is going on with the leases. -
Post T-mobile & Sprint 09/2018 Spectrum Swap PCS Total
bigsnake49 replied to lilotimz's topic in General Topics
No, T-mobile wants the 2.5GHz spectrum for 5G. But they could trade the 700+800MHz to Dish for Dish's 600MHz. I know that Dish has only 5x5Mhz nationwide but they have some choice holdings in some critical cities (NYC). -
Post T-mobile & Sprint 09/2018 Spectrum Swap PCS Total
bigsnake49 replied to lilotimz's topic in General Topics
Well this has nothing to do with the reciprocal $533M spectrum leads then. Just your green variety spectrum swap. I know that I might be harping on this too much but is there some thought of simplifying their spectrum holding at some point after the merger?Let's see, they will have holdings in the 600MHz, 700MHz, 800MHz, AWS-1, AWS-3, PCS+G, and 2.5GHz bands + CBRS next year. Lot of antennas on the combined sites. I'd be horse trading like crazy. -
Official Tmobile-Sprint merger discussion thread
bigsnake49 replied to Nextel49's topic in T-Mobile Merger/5G NR Deployment
I wonder what would happen to band 26 after the merger is complete and the two companies are fully merged. Will it be sold to AT&T and Verizon to attach to their 850MHz holdings? Traded to those two or Dish in exchange for some midband spectrum? Devoted to IoT? Similarly what will happen to 700Mhz Block A holdings? Sell it or trade it to AT&T, USCC and other regionals? Block A for AWS? -
Official Tmobile-Sprint merger discussion thread
bigsnake49 replied to Nextel49's topic in T-Mobile Merger/5G NR Deployment
An all stock merger will not need external financing. Dish still has a decent cash flow and that could have used to finance some of the network investments. Also Dish would not have needed to lay out so much money for spectrum (AWS-3, PCS-H). -
Official Tmobile-Sprint merger discussion thread
bigsnake49 replied to Nextel49's topic in T-Mobile Merger/5G NR Deployment
Look I hate Charlie Ergen, but at this point I think that it would have been much better if he had acquired Sprint or rather merged with it. At least he would have brought some spectrum with him and would have invested some money in Sprint. -
The lesser the magnitude the better (closer to zero). So -107dbm is generally better signal than -118dbm. But if I'm not mistaken RSRQ and SNR are the statistics to watch because they measure the quality of the signal not just how strong it is. RSSP includes noise from co and adjacent channel interference, thermal noise, etc.
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True.
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If he's getting 22.75Mbps with his signal at -118 he's doing great!
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I don't know what happened to the network in the last three months. I had a site near me (.5 mile) shared with T-Mobile on the top of a tall building. That site is either down or decommissioned and I am mainly getting Band 26 from 4-5 miles away. I sometimes get Band 41. I almost never get Band 25. I get quite a lot of EHRPD connections.
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The small cell strategy would have worked if Sprint had partnered with the cable cos for strand and pole mounted small cells like they did with Altice. The New T-Mobile still can particularly if it also involves CBRS. The cable cos are going all in on the CBRS band. A small cell that combines WiFi, Band 41/5G and CBRS will be a winner.
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Oh, we bought the iPhone 8+ from them.
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I finally ported my wife's number over to Spectrum Mobile. The experience was relatively painless except for a minor glitch with respect to shipping address.