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    Marcelo Claure, Town Hall Meetings, New Family Share Pack Plan, Unlimited Individual Plan, Discussion Thread

    in General Topics

    Posted

    I noticed some recent transactionary happenings in 2.5GHz licenses in my area on the FCC ULS. I saw a public notice statement a month or two ago mentioning Softbank taking ownership and such of some assets. Some titles changing, one mentioned being offlined to non use, some seemed to change hands to a new company.

    I watched some folks take down our last substantial service site today. I figured I would check back to see if I could choke any insight into Sprint's plans here for L2.5 between the ULS being the ULS, and my general hopeclickery I find something I can decipher that is at all useful. I found this dood.

    https://wireless2.fcc.gov/UlsEntry/attachments/attachmentViewRD.jsp;ATTACHMENTS=fNL8YZmp5gQJsGB0jGy2nYcCTqLyCq7vw6CQJdnTQCGYLWfmrTpR!1280695207!424252393?applType=search&fileKey=1177100813&attachmentKey=20030205&attachmentInd=applAttach

    Looking it over seems to be a list of call signs for some of the licenses being transferred to licenseCo. I dropped this here so someone better at this than I can see if it is bureaucracy in action, if nothing of value was had, or cool stuff.

    Source:http://wireless2.fcc.gov/UlsApp/ApplicationSearch/applAdmin.jsp?applID=9825590

     

     

    Sprint is undertaking a pro forma internal reorganization affecting certain wireless
    licenses, leases, and other assets. As part of this reorganization, certain licenses held by the
    Sprint Licensee Subsidiaries are to be partially assigned to Sprint Spectrum License Holder LLC
    (“Assignee”), a new wholly owned subsidiary of Sprint.2
    Partial assignment of these licenses
    from one wholly owned Sprint subsidiary to a different wholly owned Sprint subsidiary is
    considered to be pro forma under the Commission’s rules and precedent, as there will be no
    “substantial change in ownership or control.”3
    Ultimate control of the licenses will remain with
    Sprint, and neither de jure nor de facto control of the licenses will change. 

    Network Vision/LTE - South Carolina Market (Columbia/Greenville/Spartanburg)

    in Markets

    Posted

    Snip

    It could be location and the usual variables such as distance, fade. I agree it is getting or is full here as well. We get some help with COW's in the summer, we even had a band 41 COW for about 3 weeks. The optometrist in me wants to see 20/20*. The optimist in me wants to say it was testing for 20 days*. The engineer in me wants to see 20+20MHz  B)  

     

    Those speeds seem pretty usable though. Band 26 here is full about any given time, so treasure those speeds. We also lost our WiMAX site today. Maybe we will get something online soon for band 41 since they are for license protection, ya know, use it or lose it. Keep an eye out in your area and thanks for contributing. Were you able to confirm band 41 there yet?

     

    *I have no training as an optometrist or optimist.

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    netgear 6100D performs badly

    in Hotspots/USB Modems

    Posted

    this is the thing though, the 803s only has internal antennas, the 6100d has 2 external (although I think only one is used for cell reception). In theory it *should* get a stronger signal compared to the old 803s... but it doesn't. In fact, it can't get any signal. Both were set to LTE only, and I placed the 6100D in the same location as the 803s... well as close as I could, since the 6100d is so massive compared to the 803s. I'm at a loss how or why the 6100D can't get -any- connection at all. I even unscrewed the plastic enclosure and looked inside to make sure the antenna wires were connected (which they were).

    That may be a nod to the 803s reception I suppose. I did not get the best reception either, stock. What is signal like on a handset? Are you line of sight from your macro? It seems this thing just has rough stock antennae.

     

    I ran two separate antennae, one to each input over about 50 feet of LMR 400. The antennas have about a -10dBm gain. I stand at about -102 rsrp on average. Pings are about 60ms, I get 5 down during the day, up to 12 at night. 2 up 24/7. I ordered some cheap amps from Hong Kong to tinker with, it is passive now and does ok. This was the only A/C option so I had to go with it for fail over.

    netgear 6100D performs badly

    in Hotspots/USB Modems

    Posted

    months later and happyguy still isn't very happy with this thing. here is the most recent development

     

    location 1: I have a very old 803s device up and running

    location 2: 6100d up and running (albeit slowly for a supposed sprint spark device)

    yesterday I decide to move the 6100d to the 803s location... no service. In the router settings the status shows: "Data disconnected." Pressing "Connect" does nothing.

     

    took the 6100d back to original location and it works.

     

    conclusion: this thing is just a piece of junk

    I built an antenna system in my attic that I attached to this puppy. It is very functional if able to get a decent signal. I live in semi rural South Carolina, which has a fairly bare network. I have comparable pings and throughput to having an 'outdoors' signal.

     

    I have a pretty rough site local to me. It is single band LTE, and evdo is no better than before NV. I just had to get creative against adverse signal fade conditions; coming from a single input site, a light forest in between us, and what I suspect is sector overlap. Sorry it is not working out for you.

     

    I was hoping a predecessor or refresh would come along that had improvements. It does have some faults. Try band selection and make sure to use the debug screen to read signal levels. I did this from a mobile device while tuning the antennas I built. It is much more accurate then signal bars. Hope this helps.

    Network Vision/LTE - South Carolina Market (Columbia/Greenville/Spartanburg)

    in Markets

    Posted

    The network is loaded beach side. Traffic was heavy yesterday on the way out. Today a bit less as I believe any few remaining tourists have left. Word is Charleston is packed all the way out since the order was given to leave.

     

    Our county is tomorrow afternoon, I am flying out to catch a metal show. My partner has the week off due to H. Mathew and is staying home, inland. We haven't seen much in preparation here by cellcos yet, but it is a day or two out and they usually will not deploy unless network damage is predicted/happens or until public safety asks for assistance.

    Network Vision/LTE - West Washington Market (Seattle/Puget Sound Region)

    in Markets

    Posted

    Interesting something from my conversation with the engineer that I forgot to throw in - according to him, Sprint must replace all of the Huwei equipment by the end of October, not the end of December 2016. So we'll all know real soon which clear sites are getting converted and which aren't.

    Maybe something in the merger stipulations relates this to some fiscal yearetry vs the standard timeline the rest of us non corporations operate on. Great news.

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    Marcelo Claure, Town Hall Meetings, New Family Share Pack Plan, Unlimited Individual Plan, Discussion Thread

    in General Topics

    Posted

    The website is down for maintenance. Prepping for the iPhone 7 series release it seems. OK then, typing in www.mysprint.com prompts with a friendly maintenance message.
     

    WE'RE GETTING READY
    FOR THE BIG EVENT.(!!1111)

    i-phone 7 pre-order begins @12:01 PST

    Then capital tier trolls you by not letting you login. Only lets you go to i-tunes to get Sprintzone app, on my end anyway. Way to utilize your server update time.

    I see what you did there S, pretty smooth  :)

    RF Analyzer, SDRTouch, and RTL-SDR

    in General Topics

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    In my experience recently I found quite a few affordable, yet larger directional mounted antennae for my latest project while digging around the internets. Some with, some without a mount, they have lots of models that cover up to BRS areas. Without a pre-amp you may expect a few decibels in your favor over the omni of course, yet it may take a little bit longer to get the signal you want. I started with a couple devices in areas that were terrible, say -115> on the aircard and N5s. Got tall and mounted one temporarily after some searching. It was fun for sure. Try out one to see if you can maybe get a bit more specific to a beam. That may depend on your software of course but imagine that should be available.

    Dependent upon your rf conditions, size of your experiment area, localization, compulsion to see if a better signal is over here, and naturally cable length. 

    The model I use has two omni's that have their uses for sure. A nice low band one, and a decent wider setup. It is great so far for driving and sniffing the air when we go on long drives. When navigating, it is handy to have a good software interface when using this as a peripheral. Works great to read while being aware of new surroundings. Will be golden if I get up to date on capabilities, which I assume will require some moAr forums. AJ nailed it per what he does. Get to know those warez I suppose. Hope this helps or does not distract too much.

    RF Analyzer, SDRTouch, and RTL-SDR

    in General Topics

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    From Clear gear? Shouldn't that all have been disabled a long time ago?

     

    And that's another thing, my stick maxes out at 2150 (and I'm pretty sure the tuner was designed for sub-1ghz OTA TV so certainly no optimization for the frequencies I'm after) whereas the pro analyzers that cover PCS usually at least cover up to 2.4 ISM. I'm actually a little bummed out that I can't see AWS-3 since the stick I got is advertised as working up to 2.2 Ghz. Chip fabrication is hard I guess. How high does yours go?

    Yeah we have the protection sites still. I check every now and then if they are still on, this replaced the Photon's last jerb.

     

    High end is 2700, which is precisely why I grabbed one. Works nicely so far, and I have not tore it down yet to see what I can't break; in the software or the module. I suppose it (can)logs and I intend to explore this when I am able as well.

     

    Cool addition to the power block when we travel so far. I let it operate for about 45 minutes or so on a good stretch of 501 and it held up great. Had it tethered on the laptop looking for activity on our last trip. I am working on a side project to get this thing some better signal when our season slows down a notch or 11. 

     

    I will definitely grab a model like AJ's if I manage to score moAr in depth RF training, or some work I suppose.

     

    In the meantime this has helped my search by identifying the second carrier on our 41 cow and a couple other spots around the house with WiFi. Thank you for starting this thread. 

    RF Analyzer, SDRTouch, and RTL-SDR

    in General Topics

    Posted

    Oh for sure. All I can really do is see whether a given block is in use and maybe guess what's in the block based on the guard band sizes. Comparing this to a real analyzer on capability is like comparing a bike to a car. Totally different functional leagues.

     

    But that's pretty much all I need it for. I don't need to actually do a whole lot of proper "analysis".  ^_^

     

    I'm just mildly surprised nobody else on the forum has ever stumbled upon this, especially back when we cared more about which/how many live CDMA carriers were on a site. Because this is basically the only cheap way to do that. Unless of course you already have a real analyzer or live near someone who does.

    Good work getting that together, thanks for keeping updates on the results.

     

    The price is phenomenal, and plugs into the phone, I never could find a phone module, also great find.The best scanner one can have is the one they have on themselves at the time. Please keep us updated. I just scooped up an explorer a couple months ago.

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    Marcelo Claure, Town Hall Meetings, New Family Share Pack Plan, Unlimited Individual Plan, Discussion Thread

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    Posted

    Wew lad, £23.4bn. Softbank looking at buying ARM.

    https://next.ft.com/content/235b1af4-4c7f-11e6-8172-e39ecd3b86fc
     

    "The takeover of Cambridge-based Arm, which was founded a quarter of a century ago and now employs 4,000 people, would be the largest acquisition of a European technology business. SoftBank will pay £17 in cash for each share in Arm, a 43 per cent premium to its closing price last week...

      ...As purely a designer of chips rather a manufacturer, Arm’s intellectual property model leaves it with a high profit margin. However, its revenues of around £1bn last year made it a minnow by global chip standards. The purchase price is equivalent to 70 times its net income last year, and more than 50 times earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortisation."

     

     

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    Marcelo Claure, Town Hall Meetings, New Family Share Pack Plan, Unlimited Individual Plan, Discussion Thread

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    Posted

     

    There is some really cool info in there. How he discussed the microwave network, moving the dial on low/mid/high band up past 11 and sharing about the tests. Good to have an intelligent hand on the network with lots of experience. They were soaked in a tad of corporate speakvaguetry. S is still holding the cards tight; but good to see the C suite meeting some press. Maybe it is just the utility of the internets, but it seems like this kind of interview happens more often than it used to. Watching Dan work to get an answer out of the buzzwords was amusing; "The telecom market loves acronyms" -asks specific plans about acronyms. I like that guy. Thanks for the share.

     

    PROTIP: If you are having trouble with the gentleman's accent in parts like I unfortunately did, do not turn on CC seeking clarity. My laptop is covered in diet soda after drink-lolwuting at the attempted caption. ymmv

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