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  1. bigsnake49
    It's called return on investment (ROI). For a cash strapped carrier like Sprint, it matters.
  2. bigsnake49
    I am thinking that VOLTE will probably prefer band 25 and 26 since they can provide much better upload speeds than band 41. Or they can use band 25 as upload while using band 41 for download. I have a question though, what happens to 1x800 after the merger. Do they keep it for a while to service Machine to Machine existing contracts?
  3. bigsnake49
    They 14Mhz nationwide even in Solinc territory except for Puerto Rico. Now they have not fully rebanded in the IBEZ areas (that's where they have 3x3 LTE) and San Bernardino County.
  4. bigsnake49
    Where will they find the money to continue spending $6B/year?
  5. bigsnake49
    Sprint has been Capex limited ever since they acquired Nextel, a merger I have opposed from the beginning. Softbank acquired Sprint with the express purpose f merging them with T-Mobile. Why else they would not invest in Sprint? Now if the merger does not go through, Sprint would be rowing upstream without a paddle.
  6. bigsnake49
    Is there a minimum RSSI QOS threshold for VOLTE?
  7. bigsnake49
    I connect mainly to B41 which is on the site closest to me but it is a single channel. But my condo is a concrete fortress and B41 is not accessible in all areas of the condo. I have great signal for 1x800 CDMA voice from sites 4-6 miles away. Imagine if they put 1x800 and B26 on the site .5 miles away. What's really strange is that I almost never drop from B41->B25->B26. It goes directly from B41->B26.
  8. bigsnake49
    Maybe in your neck of the woods they do. I get 1x800 and LTE 26 from sites way away from me when there is a site half a mile away.
  9. bigsnake49
    They can't do it before deploying band 26 on nearly all their sites. That has not happened yet. 1x800 works really well.
  10. bigsnake49
    Actually compared to Verizon and AT&T the new company will be relatively light on debt. I think about $68B in debt compared to Verizon's $117B and AT&T's 150B.
  11. bigsnake49
    Absolutely! Also remember that the approval of the merger is not a foregone conclusion. You do not want people leaving prematurely if you can help it.
  12. bigsnake49
    spectrummobile.com
  13. bigsnake49
    Only the LG K30, Samsung S8, S8+, S9, S9+ are supported at launch and more expensive than buy-in them from Samsung for example the S9 64 GB is $619 at B&H, $719 at Samsung and $749 at Spectrum Mobile. No iPhones and no BYOD. Plans include $45 unlimited or $14/GB. Free calls and texting. You do have to be a customer of their Internet offering. Totally underwhelming launch!
  14. bigsnake49
    AT&T does not have band 71 anymore. They sold it.
  15. bigsnake49
    I am a Sprint customer. I have a line through my employer and another one because of the $15/month special. Now I also have 4 lines on Cricket that will probably be transferred to Charter Mobile as soon as they announce it.
  16. bigsnake49
    Are you not a Sprint customer? Sprint customers will benefit the most from this merger. Be happy or take your own advice and leave.
  17. bigsnake49
    Are you not counting the mmwave holdings of AT&T and Verizon? Or the fact that there will be a lot of spectrum that is being opened up in the CBRS, 3.7-4.2GHz, 6GHz band?
  18. bigsnake49
    I think that the timetable was accelerated by Verizon's sunsetting of CDMA which Sprint depends on for roaming.
  19. bigsnake49
    I agree with you and I had hoped that they would have participated in the 600MHz auction. I am glad they are merging with T-Mobile.
  20. bigsnake49
    Masayoshi Son wanted to merge with T-Mobile from the get go. He had no desire to invest further in Sprint.
  21. bigsnake49
    Hell they do not have band 26 deployed on every site. For example the site half a mile from my house. I have great 1x800 coverage (80-90dbm RSSI) from distant sites (4-6) miles.
  22. bigsnake49
    Because they are reserving some spectrum for 5G. 3xCA is plenty if deployed everywhere. Let them deploy 4x4 MIMO, 256QAM and then Massive MIMO first augmented by small cells.
  23. bigsnake49
    This year I think Intel's modem gets CDMA. There's also a rumor that Apple will have their own modem sometime soon.
  24. bigsnake49
    600Mhz has not being cleared for the major metro areas and won't for a little while. T-Mobile has done a remarkable job deploying 600Mhz where it has been cleared.
  25. bigsnake49
    It was for lack of money. Sprint has not had money for 13 years now.
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