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    Official Tmobile-Sprint merger discussion thread

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    3 hours ago, RedSpark said:

    Those who purchased an HTC 5G Hub on an installment plan will get a credit of $12.50/mo. for the remainder of the term. If they purchased the hotspot outright, T-Mobile will give them a one-time credit of $300 applied to their bill.

    @645824 Hey Scott, I saw this and thought of you.

    https://www.cnet.com/news/t-mobile-to-redeploy-sprints-midband-5g-spectrum-in-new-york-in-may/

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    Official Tmobile-Sprint merger discussion thread

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    I wonder what service levels for EBS license lessors to Sprint will be moving forward with NewCo. 

    I also ponder what the eventual plan for resigning leases is. EDU's are only monopolized in legacy EBS 'auction' winning areas, more rural areas have been auctioned since and more will be auctioned going forward w/o the EDU requirements. They are prime licenses in many larger markets where Sprint's performance has been the deal hunting user base common in cities. Many of these contracts were formed with individual license holders beginning in the 90's. It is not likely that they had a blanket, national 30 year agreement for them all signed simultaneously and we may be approaching those terms expiry halfway through this decade.

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    12 hours ago, dnwk said:

    Is there any LTE modules that would support B71?

    Commercially available; Quectel has a cat 4 device or you are looking at 300 bux for an LM960 from Telit.

    I have a few engineering samples of Quectel's RM500 and RM510 coming, they have band 71 on 4G and 5G, production models should start up whenever the Wuhan coronavirus slows down in Hubei and Shenzhen. 

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    Official Tmobile-Sprint merger discussion thread

    in T-Mobile Merger/5G NR Deployment

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    36 minutes ago, Trip said:

    I'm looking at the MLS data for the past few days and it looks like the TACs may have changed in some areas where T-Mobile's TAC values begin with 3 or 4.  For example, in Columbia, SC, it looks like one of T-Mobile's TAC values is 31598.  It looks like any Sprint data collected from that area since at least 3/16 now has a TAC value of 31598, rather than the older 4353 value.

    - Trip

    SC user checking in, can confirm this is legit.

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    Official Tmobile-Sprint merger discussion thread

    in T-Mobile Merger/5G NR Deployment

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    22 minutes ago, shaferz said:

    Completely agree.  I am excited for this to get done, so we can start (hopefully) seeing continued improvements.  I want to see how things improve... i want to see which sites the new tmobile deems as 'keep sites', and I want to see where, given their current footprint, tmobile puts additional towers/antennas to get more complete coverage. 

     

    One example is Central IL.

    Existing Tmobile Coverage & Sprint Coverage attached.  Sprint already has a tower in Gibson City, while Old Tmobile does not.  If New Tmobile puts the full set of antennas up on the existing location in Gibson City, and a brand new site in or just outside of Sibley, IL with the full breadth of spectrum holdings, that huge hole with piss poor coverage is now covered.  Lots of really smart folks at Tmobile - my hope is that they are looking at stuff like this and making plans.

     

     

     

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    The one new site Sprint added to our market in the last 5 years is in a TMobile dead zone right between sites. I believe they are coordinating.

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    Posted

    10 minutes ago, Jp156 said:

    I cant get it to say anything but resetting on the cellular 1 

    I get it, but could you let me know if you tried setting the APN to the one your plan is provisioned for? Maybe fast.t-mobile.com or fbb.home?

    What service is your plan provisioned as, is it a voice, tablet or connected device line?

    Is the SIM card attached to the plan locked to this or another device?

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    47 minutes ago, Jp156 said:

    Ok guys need some help i have a pepwave max hd2  firmware 8.0.0.2 with the telit lm960 and running 4x4mimo on sim tmobile but in pepwave dashboard it keeps saying  resetting and can get anything ... any help 

    Is your APN correct? What are your signal levels like? Is this plan provisioned as a data line and is it IMEI locked to a certain device?

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    3 minutes ago, PJG said:

    Great.. I'm willing to try the EM20 in the Pepwave. However, I may be waiting my money if it does not work...

    Yes you want a sled or a chassis of some sort that will operate it correctly. I do not have a pepwave to test the ones I have. If Pepwave has a forum, look there for any leads or other users who are looking for this combination.

    It obviously works in the m2m. I am working on adding a failover radio in next week's version. Did you mention the pepwave has a second radio yes? It is a cool feature to have.   

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    Posted

    On 2/16/2020 at 10:15 AM, PJG said:

    I am tinkering with my Pepwave MAX HD2 with the LM960 modem. 

    I noticed that LTEFix has the build tutorial for the H721 as well. I would love to build one if the H721 is better than the Pepwave build I'm working on right now. The Pepwave OS/firmware is very stable and user friendly. It has lots of features.  Not sure which one is the better build (Pepwave or the H721)?

    https://ltefix.com/shop/routers/m2m-routers/m2m-nexg-h721/

    The firmware is open source, so you can make it do what you like depending on the amount of time and skill you have to apply. I use golden orb, Modem Manager is popular, and open mptcp is a nice program. These are mostly prebaked packages that operate well with barbarians like me. Easy to flash and tinker. The router is nice. It is theV1. a V2 is coming in a couple months at most.

    If you like what you have and it does what you want than work on improving it as much as you are comfortable. then apply those ideas to how you will build next. It is amazing what does and does not apply sometimes between different kit. Keep reading on how the radios talk, each one speaks a little of it's own language and may work differently in routers sometimes. Then read all the hardware design guides twice. I love Quectel lately,  and the LM960 is a pretty good card for at least a few years in different routers, machines or whatever robot people are plugging these things into these days.

    Have fun 🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸

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    Posted

    10 minutes ago, PJG said:

    Does LTEFix still sell the H721 router?

    Should have some more by next month. They are made in China and that place is melting down so it takes a few, I bulked up when I saw this nCoV was gonna be worse than the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China would lead us to believe. 

    10 minutes ago, PJG said:

    What is the best 2.4Ghz and 5GHz Atheros WiFi cards (specific model #) out there?

    I use the AR5BXB92 2.4/5GHz in most builds, the 2.4GHz only card is there lowest tier. There is a Compex QCA9880 that offers a little more in 3 antennae if you need more range and throughput, I put this in where folks want extra.

    https://ltefix.com/product-category/wifi-adapters/

     

     

    10 minutes ago, PJG said:

    What router OS are you using?

    I use a GoldenOrb, I had to make my own version to get this running tip top.

    http://ofmodemsandmen.com/

    If you would like me to build you a router like this let me know. 

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    in Hotspots/USB Modems

    Posted

    9 minutes ago, PJG said:

    Can you provide more detail on the setup.

    H721 router; dual Sim, Gb ethernet, 2x m.2, 2x mPCIe, SD card, manual sim switch.
    Quectel EM-20G (N. America ver), M.2

    2.4Ghz Atheros WiFi card, mPCIe
    5GHz/2.4GHz Atheros WiFi card, mPCIe

    Lots of 1.13mm MHF4>SMA female and U.FL>RP-SMA cables
    Lots of stubby antennae

    Testing today for a buyer who uses AT&T.

     

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    Posted

    Device Manager>PORTS (COM & LPT) It will show a comm port, use the number next to that.

    Use the stock settings on putty and see what happens. Should get you a talkie going.

     

    2 minutes ago, PJG said:

    In Putty, I would be using the Serial Connection type right? If yes, I would need to know what the COM port is and the serial port configuration (baud rate, data bits, stop bits, parity, & flow control). 

     

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