PedroDaGr8
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Damn 1.75Gbps on TMobile! B66(20MHz)+n41(100Mhz)+n41(40MHz)+B2(15MHz). That dual carrier n41 is really showing some nice gains! Too bad none of the towers around here appear to be doing dual carrier OR having the backhaul to provide >1Gbps.
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Seems like updates have stalled out around here. A number of permits ready for issue or issued but none of the sites having installations done. For example, the Motel 6 site hasn't changed since they removed the equipment.
I've heard rumors that the chip shortage was impacting rru/antenna production. Not sure if it's that or something else but really have a dozen permitted sites are sitting unchanged right now.
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11 hours ago, Hatstrow said:Thought I would add some more content to our West Michigan Market forum, with some 5G upgrades happening around lower Michigan since there hasn't been much activity on here recently. My local T-Mobile tower has gotten some more upgrades in Union City, MI, which happened on April 11th. Not entirely sure what kind of changes they are doing on the sector, but they have installed some smaller antennas on the sector (bottom is T-Mobile). I would assume this is for adding 5G Ultra Capacity support on n41. I have yet to see any indication of that being enabled (using my iPhone 13 Pro as a test device). Band 41 used to be on all the Sprint towers nearby (there are about 2 within 3 miles), but have mostly been turned off, so I would assume they would be using the old band 41 frequency for 5G.This T-Mobile tower was suffering from capacity issues for almost a year now, but ever since this upgrades, the speeds have greatly improved. I used to be seeing anywhere from 5 to 30 Mbps download and 30 Mbps upload. Now I have seen upwards of 80 Mbps download and 55 upload on band 2 15 MHz 5G NSA, though the speeds have been fluctuating lately. Awesome to see T-Mobile moving so fast in improving the network and towers around this rural area; especially with 5G.
Those definitely look B41/n41 panels.
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11 hours ago, PedroDaGr8 said:
FYI, Samsung is offering 40% off on the GalaxyWatch4+$50 Google Play gift card for new S22 owners. This discount stacks with educational and employer discounts like PerksAtWork.
After EPP I got the watch, a $50 Google Play gift card, and 60-days of Strava free for $129.59. They even offer free next day pickup at BestBuy.
Link details:
Edit: And an hour after I ordered I got notice my watch was ready for pickup at BestBuy and I already have it.
This 40% off deal also applies to the 45W charger and a number of other accessories. Just go to the store homepage and click on the link that says:
A special offer just for you - As a new Galaxy S22 Series owner, get up to an extra 30% off select Galaxy Watches, Buds and more.
Despite it saying 30% it is taking 40% off for me.
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FYI, Samsung is offering 40% off on the GalaxyWatch4+$50 Google Play gift card for new S22 owners. This discount stacks with educational and employer discounts like PerksAtWork.
After EPP I got the watch, a $50 Google Play gift card, and 60-days of Strava free for $129.59. They even offer free next day pickup at BestBuy.
Link details:
Edit: And an hour after I ordered I got notice my watch was ready for pickup at BestBuy and I already have it.
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19 hours ago, jreuschl said:
zzz.. Waiting for April update! Has been available internationally but I'm guessing the US carriers are taking their time approving it.
Mentions of the update rolling out for Verizon over on Reddit. Likely TMO won't be far behind.
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20 hours ago, dkyeager said:
Historically T-Mobile would only add bands to sites when really needed. Is that changing?
Around here, they have been putting n41 on pretty much everything they can. You almost never see a permit without it.
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TMobile just filed to upgrade the site they just installed last year over by Totem Lake:
https://permitsearch.mybuildingpermit.com/PermitDetails/BNR22-02836/Kirkland
I'm guessing it will add n41 because that's the only band that site lacks.
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Not western Washington per se but the wife and I went hiking at Palouse Falls and the Columbia Wildlife Refuge (namely by the Drumheller Basalt Columns). I was surprised to see 5GUC in areas like Othello and Connell. Those are far from bustling metropolises or even mid-size towns.
On the other hand, outside of those areas and there was basically zero TMo coverage on WA-24, WA-26,WA-260, and WA-261 . I spent most of my time roaming on AT&T with the occasional US Cellular or Sprint tower (hopefully keeps)
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T-Mobile isn't joking about rolling out 5GUC to cover as many as possible. I was out in the middle of nowhere Washington this weekend to do some hiking in some of the interesting parts of the Columbia River Flood Basalts. I was surprised to see they had deployed n41 in a number of small rural towns like Othello (pop 7500) and Connell (pop 5500).
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15 hours ago, JDP121 said:
Don't expect too much. I did confirm with one of my sources that the third party that does the updates to the T-Mobile and Verizon Maps that they updated the map on the T-MO site to early and has yet to revert it back. I can confirm this since I traveled most of the UC area on the map with no connections whatsoever. Even went to to towers and did a network reset at each one to see if I could connect with no luck whatsoever.
That explains a few locations on my local map.All of the inaccurate have a permit in place to upgrade the tower but it hasn't been done yet.
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1 hour ago, PythonFanPA said:
Haven't seen him post here in at least over a year now don't think, but assuming he's still lurking.....HBD Robert!
He's definitely lurking. He liked one of my posts from a couple weeks ago in the Western Washington Market thread.
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2 hours ago, PythonFanPA said:
Just noticed this as I hadn't tried using it since, but is the Flashlight option broken after the update for anyone else? Hoping this is just a software issue and not hardware on my end. I'm on the direct from Samsung unlocked version particularly here.
Just tested it and it works fine for me. I'm on the TMobile locked S22U.
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On 3/22/2022 at 12:02 PM, RAvirani said:
I actually have those Commscope antennas in inventory now plus a bunch of SignalCheck drive test data in that area, so this should be pretty accurate:
Mostly QPSK/16QAM.
By the way, which frequency is this calculated with? I am wondering if they are optimizing some things for n41 since that is becoming their primary data channel.
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1 hour ago, RAvirani said:
Just the map canvas. It’s easier to see where mall/big box stores are on a satellite map than a roadmap (at least in my opinion).
Ohh, map versus satellite view. I sound have noticed that. I've been in and out of meetings all day and my brain is toast.
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2 hours ago, RAvirani said:
I actually have those Commscope antennas in inventory now plus a bunch of SignalCheck drive test data in that area, so this should be pretty accurate:
Mostly QPSK/16QAM.
What does satellite mean in this context? Also, that is pretty bad when it comes to modulation.
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T-Mobile has already pulled the Sprint equipment from the top of the Totem Lake Motel 6. We will see soon how bad things get signal-wise in that area.
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23 minutes ago, RAvirani said:
Sprint eNB 747123 has been outfitted with Sprint equipment. I hope they null the southwest sector on eNB 84598/97496…
I assume you mean Tmo equient and yeah I hope they do. That being said, I have little faith based on the Totem Lake area.
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2 hours ago, jreuschl said:
Update just arrived!
Got it here too!
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5 hours ago, Paynefanbro said:
Two more Manhattan keep sites:
eNB 9097/9098/9099 (Location: 40.73731141530291, -74.00194364096748)
eNB 9670/9671/9672 (Location: 40.72189329735279, -74.00495597394665)
Have to say, T-Mobile has been keeping A LOT more sites than I expected.
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21 hours ago, mdob07 said:
I'm surprised we still haven't seen the February update. Neither of my phones have received anything since I set them up initially.
It is REALLY REALLY strange. Makes me wonder if there is some sort of show-stopper bug (much like what impacted the Pixels).
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For those who monitor permits, I just noticed that permits for Unicorporated King County (Starting second half of 2020) are now on MyBu8ldingPermit.
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3 hours ago, dkyeager said:
Hopefully once they are done with the marketing check boxes, they will go for more density, not only with n41 but also with n71.
If my region is any indication, they will. I can only think of a handful of towers near me which haven't been upgraded yet. Most are either in weird locations (like a basin), already covered by another tower, or in a NIMBY area.
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Hopefully it doesn't have anything to do with the recent Samsung Hack
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The tower across WA-522 from the Woodinville Costco just got upgraded with a B41/n41 panel. I was surprised it took that long for that site to be updated. It's a relatively dense pocket within a rural area.