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I thought Sprint outsourced their network team to Ericsson? Or did they bring them back in at some point?

I haven't kept up with Sprint much the past few years.

On 9/5/2019 at 7:05 PM, Paynefanbro said:

Altice lunched their MVNO and pricing seems very competitive. It also runs off of both Sprint and AT&T's networks. 

https://alticemobile.com/

That's a really attractive plan.

If I were to get the unlocked S10 instead of the Sprint branded S10, would I lose anything? For instance on AT&T the unlocked model doesn't get wifi calling or VoLTE; you have to get the branded model. I don't want to miss out on anything like upload carrier aggregation or something random by getting the  unlocked model. I know unlocked models receive updates last because Samsung waits for all the carrier versions to get updated before updating the unlocked model.  How was the unlocked S9 vs the Sprint S9?

Is CA B25-B41 or B26-B41 enabled in any market yet? On my S9 if I dial ##data# these carrier aggregation profiles aren't enabled yet. If I were to enable them will it actually work? 

I don't mind seeing a Verizon version of Cricket/MetroPCS/Boost.  An option for tethering would also be nice.

This is the first phone with B26+B41 and B25+B41 carrier aggregation. Do we know if Sprint has this live in the field? This will solve the low upload speeds in areas with a weak B41 signal.

7 minutes ago, greenbastard said:

http://www.cohtora.houstontx.gov/approot/soldpermits/online_permit.htm

Not very easy to look up. Even searching by address turns up nothing at times. Your best bet is to search by keyword (i.e. "Sprint", "antenna", "Nextel", "Clearwire", etc.). Forget about looking up small cells. It's nearly impossible.

Good luck. If you have a zip, I can help you look up towers near you to see if they have purchased permits recently.

Great - thanks!.  I was able to find permits using "Sprint" with the category "Owner Occupant". I think I found this site before in the past and tried to search for small cells using Mobilitie but couldn't find anything.

22 hours ago, greenbastard said:

This explains the permits Sprint purchased in Houston these past three months.

Bye-bye Clearwire equipment. I can't say you will be missed.

Can you show me how to look up permits?

6 hours ago, danlodish345 said:

i just left them only a month ago lol.....so i m not worried.

Any particular reason you weren't happy with the service? 

2 hours ago, derrph said:

 

Sprint reported they have 9.7 TB of data used. That’s damn good.


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Wow - did I read AT&T had 7.2 TB of data used? If so that means Sprint users used more than 35% more data. 

I don't think anyone wants to build out Dish's network for them. It would have happened already if that were the case. 

3 minutes ago, danlodish345 said:

Is required on the network side as well not just the phone side.

Sent from my Pixel 2 XL using Tapatalk
 

Right - and on the network side, can the existing hardware - 8T8R, mini macros, Clearwire equipment, etc, perform this type of carrier aggregation with just a software update? Or does existing equipment on the towers need to be replaced. 

With FCC docs showing the Galaxy S9 capable of carrier aggregation between different bands (B25+B41 or B26+B41), when do we expect Sprint to start implementing this type of aggregation? Is new hardware required on towers or is it a simple software update? 

Pings seem better (10-15ms) across the board on all 3 bands when I do speedtests now (speeds are still roughly the same).

I just made a small donation. Good luck to everyone.

I also ordered the Essential.  The deal for $145 is too good to pass up.

1 hour ago, WiWavelength said:

If that is not sarcasm, somebody grab a shovel.  Because the bullshit, er, I mean nifty shit is piling up around here.

AJ

Definitely sarcasm.

Guys when T-Mobile offers free things it's because they're adding value to the already best unlimited plan.  When Sprint offers free things it's because they're desperate and no one uses the free offered service anyways.

12 hours ago, JonnygATL said:

Honestly what sort of uploads are you doing that this (7.65 mbps) wouldn't take care of (and relatively quickly,  at that)?

The problem is that's the max upload. There's times when I see speedtests with 10Mb/s down and 100Kb/s up. 

2 minutes ago, danlodish345 said:

 I totally agree with you on that. I save about $40 compared to T-Mobile and the coverage I get  actually much better. If you read the entire post it runs off of Verizon wireless 2G 3G and 4G LTE. I would highly recommend them once their selection gets better.

I agree - for a single line it' a great deal. 

10 minutes ago, danlodish345 said:

 The service was just launched back in April. So I don’t know when  they will allow BYOD . Is having Wi-Fi calling a big deal to you? And I have tested the hotspot and it works fine on my iPhone.

WiFi calling isn't a big deal to me. I do want a better phone selection than what' currently offered. 

4 minutes ago, danlodish345 said:

no it doesnt count against data at all. and when your off the Xfinity wifi hotspot if you have the unlimited data plan which i recommend the data speeds are great. but the only draw backs are that wifi calling isnt turned on yet. and after you pass the 20 gigabyte threshold they will throttle you to 1.5 MPBS. 

Nice. I might have to look into Xfinity once they allow byod. At my office there is an Xfinity Hotspot available so I'm good there. Their throttled speeds are fine because 1.5Mb/s is basically they same throttle for streaming video that all the carriers use for for non-hd video streaming. 

Not sure I like the upload speeds on configuration 2 so much. On Clearwire towers, before the configuration change, it wasn't uncommon to see 10Mb/s download speeds with 300-500Kb/s uploads. Now those uploads are around 100Kb/s.

Is carrier aggregation coming for uploads?  If so are any current phones able to take advantage of that?

Does using data while on xfinity wifi hotspots count against data?  Because that's free data usage if you're on another carrier but have xfinity for home broadband.

For a single line their price is very competitive (assuming you already have them for home broadband service).  Are there any shared plans or discounts for multi lines?