bigsnake49

For those espousing RCS. It will never supplant iMessages on the iPhone. There might be a gateway to RCS so that they can communicate with RCS users on Android but that's about it! Now I have both an iPhone and an Android phone bu that's because I am a geek and my android phone is my backup phone. 

As far as T-Mobile is concerned kudos to them for expanding coverage. I can't wait to see what they will do with Sprint's spectrum/network.

1 hour ago, Joski1624 said:

Unfortunately B26 isn't possible for the foreseeable future for certain areas of the Canadian IBEZ, areas in and around Erie, PA and Buffalo.  There's not enough spectrum for more than a 1x800 channel (CDMA Channel 626).

I thought there is a 3Mhz of B26 available on the Canadian IBEZ.

My opinion is that they're doing this to test getting off EVDO and reallocating those carriers to LTE. It's about time, roaming or not. They will probably issue a new PRL so that instead of prioritizing AT&T they prioritize T-Mobile after August 1st. 1x800 will stay for a while. I just hope with or without the merger they put 1x800 and LTE 26 on all their sites, old and new. That way they can minimize roaming.

As far as Dish implementing NB-IoT on their spectrum, here's an article on the poor economics of NB-IoT:

https://www.fiercewireless.com/iot/editor-s-corner-unenviable-economics-dish-s-nb-iot-plans

From the article:

T-Mobile launched its own nationwide NB-IoT network this week. As T-Mobile’s Dave Mayo explained, the network currently covers 2.1 million square miles and 320 million POPs, and offers real-world download and upload speeds of around 15 Kbps.

And how much is T-Mobile charging for NB-IoT services? That would be $6 a year for up to 12 MB per connected device, which T-Mobile has said is roughly one-tenth the cost of Verizon’s Cat-M plans for IoT devices.

On 7/19/2018 at 12:53 AM, Thomas L. said:

As bigsnake said, KDDI still has their network in Japan, there are a few European operators that still have 450mhz CDMA networks for critical use and rural/low-population areas, and, as I mentioned, the largest CDMA operator in the world, China Telecom.

Digicomm is repurposing CDMA450 for electric utilities.

https://www.digicomm.de/en/news/cdma-new-mobile-network-for-utilities/

5 hours ago, Tengen31 said:

That's where Sprint comes in handy. TMobile can deploy B26 where B71 isn't clear and for sure where's it's not cleared and, they don't have B12 either.

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Both B12 and band 26 should be the preferred bands for VOLTE.

10 hours ago, tyroned3222 said:

You are correct, but that's future talk. Based on how att is running their network here with far less density compared to tmo and Verizon .. if Sprint can run band 25+band 25 ca combo I think it could work

 

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You need B26 for VOLTE both for coverage and capacity. B41 as it is configured right now is great for cruising the net and downloading. Not great for symmetric traffic like voice. Well, when I am talking to my wife, it is highly asymmetric but that's neither here nor there?.

10 hours ago, Tengen31 said:

I thought the US was the only ones with CDMA still left and that everyone was GSM?

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KDDI in Japan still has their CDMA network. Verizon is tired of paying Qualcomm royalties on top of paying Billions of dollars for Qualcomm equipment.

29 minutes ago, Tengen31 said:

When vzw and Sprint shut it down then yeah there's not reason to support it after that. I have heard vzw will stop activateing non VOLTE devices.

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They (Verizon) will not activate CDMA only devices after July 1, 2018. They will shutdown their CDMA network to consumer devices on Dec 31st 2019 but will keep their CDMA network available for M2M customers until 2022. So Sprint customers have until then to roam on them.

When will Qualcomm stop putting it in their chipsets? Intel? When will Apple or Samsung stop supporting in their handsets?

1 hour ago, danlodish345 said:

i m interested to see how volte with sprint will function on sprints network and at fringe coverage areas......obviously they will fix said issues first before doing a public network deployment.

They really need to deploy band 26 on all their sites, no excuse anymore.

1 minute ago, danlodish345 said:

that or some how get extra capex..

Hey, I'm all for network sharing if they cannot merge.

Just now, danlodish345 said:

i hope sprint can keep up with them...i would like to see sprints network expand......and quality increase....obviously that will require money...i hope something good happens to sprint..   

You mean like merge with T-mobile?

8 minutes ago, danlodish345 said:

That was many moons ago 

I think the days of really cheap data plans with really generous data allowances are over. Sprint, T-Mobile and the Big 2 have all raised their prices. It was not a sustainable situation and it ended up hurting Sprint most of all because they had to compete on price which meant that they had no money to speak of for Capex.

18 minutes ago, though said:

Guessing when you have ZERO service.

Greeeeaaaaattttt!

6 hours ago, Bob Newhart said:

Saw a photo someone posted from the presentation from the Sprint exec road show recently.
They also mentioned California and the west coast as a priority for the roaming, which will be enabled in a couple of weeks.

The T-Mobile roaming sounds interesting.

At what point, what threshold of signal strength does it switch to T-Mobile data roaming? -120dbm RSSI? 

The FCC is asking Dish for detail plans on their buildout:

The head of the FCC’s wireless bureau fired a wide range of questions at Dish Network about the carrier’s wireless network buildout plans. Importantly, the FCC’s Donald Stockdale stated that “I am contacting you to request updates and more detailed information on your buildout plans for the 53 megahertz of low- and mid-band spectrum that is apparently lying fallow in these bands.”

The implication of Stockdale’s questions is that the FCC may begin to take action against Dish for collecting spectrum licenses but not using them. In his letter to Dish, Stockdale noted that Dish told the FCC earlier this year that it had not met the applicable interim construction deadline for its AWS-4 licenses, its 700 MHz Lower E Block licenses and its H Block licenses.

As a result, Stockdale asked Dish to provide a wide range of specifics about how exactly it will build out a wireless network using its vast spectrum holdings. Stockdale asked for details on Dish’s buildout plans, technology choices, coverage area plans, handset strategies, and any additional delays that the company may encounter as it runs up against the FCC’s spectrum license buildout requirements.

https://www.fiercewireless.com/tech/fcc-wireless-chief-peppers-dish-wireless-network-buildout-questions

Just now, tybo31316 said:

 

Looking at the spectrum holding of Sprint and T-Mobile. With a merger the New T-Mobile will have to divest some spectrum. Unless the govt counts mmWave as a part of the spectrum.

 

Nowadays, it does.

2 hours ago, dro1984 said:

Hey Snake... I know they got Clearwire, but wasn't Clearwire formed/expanded from the Sprint Nextel merger and that spectrum was "sold" to Clearwire to run and manage (ie... WiMax).     Sprint still had a percentage ownership of Clear, Sprint wanted to instruct on how and when which lead to the huge dispute with Craig McCaw... and eventual buyout.   

 

One further question... what happened to all the investment from Google, Comcast, Time Warner....   all that money blown?...   Shame...

The whole thing was a money pit.    If only Sprint would have just gone the LTE route like Verizon, AT&T....

 

From Wiki:   

"In November 2008, Clearwire completed a landmark transaction with Sprint combining their next-generation wireless broadband businesses into a new wireless communications company, which retained the name Clearwire.^[9] With the closing, Sprint contributed all of its 2.5 GHz spectrum and its WiMAX-related assets, including its XOHM business, to Clearwire. In addition, Clearwire received a $3.2 billion cash investment from Comcast, Intel, Time Warner Cable, Google and Bright House Networks.

The new company trades on the NASDAQ as CLWR. As part of the announcement, then Clearwire Chairman Craig McCaw said, "The power of the mobile Internet, which offers speed and mobility, home and away, on any device or screen, will fundamentally transform the communications landscape in our country. We believe that the new Clearwire will operate one of the fastest and most capable broadband wireless networks ever conceived, giving us the opportunity to return the U.S. to a leadership position in the global wireless industry."

Sprint contributed their 60MHz of BRS to Cleawire along with Clearwire's leased EBS. Cable cos invested in the venture. Clearwire's original business was fixed wireless, using pre-Wimax OFDM and then Wimax. Sprint had to deploy something on their 60MHz of EBS as a condition of the merger with Nextel so they chose Wimax which at the time was much further along than LTE. The window to deploy something on the spectrum was closing fast. They should have just put up protection sites but...

3 hours ago, dro1984 said:

Dan, without Nextel, they would have only 1900mHz.    No 800 and no 2500mHz.    So, they did get something out of that.    Without Nextel, it still doesn't mean they would have done things much different.    They've had 12 years or more to figure this out.   It is what it is...    

You're right about the 800 but not about 2500GHz. Sprint already had 30 MHz of BRS. Nextel brought another 30MHz of BRS. The vast majority of Sprint's 2500MHz holdings came from Clearwire's BRS.

1 hour ago, Tengen31 said:

Yeah I just checked the Dakota's coverage still isn't as good as vzw or att. I'm guessing Wyoming and Montana isn't any better. Guess matching vzw on sqaure miles hasn't happened. Yet away. That's unfortunate.

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I have been advocating setting that as a condition for the merger, within 3 or 4 years, although it will probably be sooner since they can clear rural 600 Mhz easier than in the big cities.

11 hours ago, Bob Newhart said:

It is very common. 

They are still installing B26/1x800 voice, they are installing them all the time though.

Hopefully they will install B26/1x800 voice in the site very close to me. Oh and make the single B41 carrier into 3CA. and eventually a 15x15 B25.

3 minutes ago, Tengen31 said:

Roaming? Is this 2005? No one likes Roaming.

 

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Hey, you're a Sprint customer, you should be used to it by now . Hell I will be satisfied, at least temporarily, if they cover what they cover well with no holes and with consistent signal. Implement all three bands on all their sites. Maybe even cover interstates?

19 minutes ago, Tengen31 said:

Need to spend money to make money. No one is going to switch to them if they know they are going to leave the network behind when they go on vacation and will have no service, like I did when I went to South Dakota and was tied to a att hotspot the whole time.

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I agree with you but Sprint needs to prioritize. How come you were not roaming on somebody?

9 hours ago, Tengen31 said:

What's stopping Sprint from adding B26 to no coverage areas and rural areas? Yes it is only 5x5, however that is still better than no service. 

It's called return on investment (ROI). For a cash strapped carrier like Sprint, it matters.