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Those are reasons, or you can also say excuses, why Clearwire's network was never something to brag about. Houston was also one of the more developed markets for Wimax but it acted more like hot spots than it did a mobile network. Handoffs weren't great.
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You mention his work at Clearwire like that's a good thing. Clearwire's network was never something to brag about.
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Zte Axon 7 needs to be on that byod list. It has all the Sprint bands.
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1x Advanced deployment scheme
avb replied to ericdabbs's topic in Network, Network Vision/LTE Deployment
Has Sprint stopped selling devices that don't have 1xAdvance capability? If so how long has it been? -
I thought the network, not the device, was responsible for switching between LTE bands?
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The problem seems to be Mobilitie seems to want to put up new (and tall) poles and not use existing ones.
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Anyone know if the new small cells will perform more similar to the outgoing Clear equipment or closer to the 8T8R stuff? I'm pretty sure it won't have the benefits of 8T8R.
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I agree. Sprint also needs to allow unlocked phones like this, the Nexus series, and Moto X Pure to be used on Boost Mobile while they're at it.
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4 carriers each having 30x30 low-band, 30x30 mid-band, and 30x30 high-band? That's 120x120 total spectrum of each band type (and eliminates regional carriers from operating). There isn't that much spectrum currently available for use today.
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I find that always true with Clear towers, but not always true with Sprint b41. If I get a signal that's -110dbm with Clear, uploads are usually 300-800Kbps. Usually with Sprint b41 I'll get anywhere from 1.5-4Mbs uploads with the same signal strength.
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Sprint really needs to change the yellow gradients on their data coverage map. It's impossible to decipher things.
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But still, how do you really know??? /s
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But in the real world there's always going to be a cell edge, especially as you go indoors. There's going to be places with weak b41 signal and 8t8r sites were supposed to make that weak signal more usable. If there's no cell edge for b41 and b41 signal is strong everywhere then there would be no need to fall back on b25 and b26.
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I'm hoping to see the densification project pick up steam and we see more small cells. But one thing that hasn't been mentioned is that I doubt the small cells will have the 8t8r capability that the macro sites have, and supposedly that makes b41 more usable at the cell edge.
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I thought there was still a hold up with San Bernardino county?
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That's a great article. As I was reading it I was thinking Crown has been in the tower game for a while and seems like they know how to get permits approved quicker. Hopefully Mobilitie doesn't hit snags trying to get their permits approved and their small cells deployed.
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It looks like you also have to sign up and pay for whatever Member+ is. I guess that's their version of having you pay for service.
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LTE band 2 has been spotted in Houston. This is good because I'm seeing a lot of areas with congestion nowadays so hopefully this will relieve the problem areas. (I have one T-Mobile line and one Sprint line). https://www.reddit.com/r/tmobile/comments/4h0jc8/band_2_lte_spotted_in_houston/
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That's a great marketing tool, but people are holding onto their phones longer nowadays. http://www.fiercewireless.com/story/customers-hold-smartphones-longer-apple-samsung-could-challenge-carriers-up/2016-03-21 http://www.computerworld.com/article/3015494/smartphones/the-smartphone-upgrade-path-may-be-fizzling.html http://www.computerworld.com/article/2985483/smartphones/consumers-are-keeping-smartphones-tablets-and-pcs-longer.html
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Hesse wanted MetroPCS too. I wanted Cricket because they have PCS spectrum in the Houston market and Sprint needs more in Houston (and because I'm selfish and always want more improvements in Houston).
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But that's the thing - if you're in range for B4 aggregation then you probably don't need to be on B12. Let the people that are out of range of B4 use B12 and B12 becomes less congested.
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I said the same thing a while back on a reddit post in response to someone complaining about slow B12 speeds. Of course I got downvoted
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600 MHz auction results posted and transition schedule
avb replied to ericdabbs's topic in General Topics
Tell me about it. I drive on 290. Houston needs a real mass transit system. -
For me, T-Mobile will beat Sprint in speedtests more often, but Sprint is always usable. I'm seeing more and more places where T-Mobile becomes congested and unusable. And I still lose service indoors more with T-Mobile even with a band 12 device. Just went to Jinya Ramen last night, which is in midtown so that's as central as you can get, and service was bordering on unusable to about 1.5Mb/s. On Monday I was at Gatlin's bbq which is just north of 610 Loop and service was unusable. Speedtests would time out (and when they time out it doesn't count for Ookla's speedtest results and doesn't hurt T-Mobile's average.) Sprint was usable in both places (only 2-3Mb/s at Gatlin's and about 6Mb/s at Jinya Ramen). Both of those speedtests for Sprint will actually hurt Sprint's data speed average but I had usable data. T-Mobile does have amazing ping times here - quite often I'll see sub 20ms pings when running speedtests. Sprint is usually 30+ms on b25/b26, around 40ms on Sprint b41, and 60-70ms when on Clear b41. As for b41 coverage - 60% of the time I see Clear and 40% Sprint. Sprint b41 works better indoors and gives me better uploads.
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The network is still very usable overall and there's great speeds in many places. But it's congested in enough places that makes it noticeable.
