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    Official Tmobile-Sprint merger discussion thread

    in T-Mobile Merger/5G NR Deployment

    Posted

    20 minutes ago, Dkoellerwx said:

    When you open the app, select "Launch Band Selection." That will open a menu that likely looks familar. Now, swipe from the left, or tap the menu bar at the top. Select "Band Selection" again. This will show you all of LTE and NR bands your phone is capable of receiving. Select the band(s) you want, then toggle "Selection" on the top right. Apologies if you already tried that, but it sounded like you only got to the first menu.

    You can also access this menu via SignalCheck

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

    in Markets

    Posted

    18 minutes ago, RAvirani said:

    Wow. 

    In Totem Lake, Verizon has two sites - one four sector (four 45° antennas) and a three sector that is nulled in the direction of the other site (via three 45° antennas). AT&T has two standard three sector sites (with 65° antennas) that don't overlap due to terrain. Their networks are so clean that 64QAM (24dB+ SNR) or even 256 QAM (30dB+ SNR) are consistently available.

    https://imgur.com/a/jm3Wvy1

    T-Mobile, on the other hand, has four (going on five) sites plus a significant spectrum advantage, and they perform noticeably worse. They barely push 16QAM - in fact you frequently see modulation drop to QPSK. I guess in their mind, 4-5 sites operating at 4 bits per symbol is better than two sites operating at 8 bits per symbol. 

    I seriously can't figure it out, especially in light of the coverage from new AT&T Colo site. This new site provides excellent B2/B66 coverage for the area; if they had just added B41 to the new site, it would have been perfect. The coverage on this site compliments the Evergreen site very well pretty much negating the need for any additional sites nearby. 


    Seriously, the site next to McDonalds and the site on top of Motel 6 should both be shut down. They add NOTHING to the area in terms of coverage. The only nearby site which is semi-necessary is the site next to the CKC. It provides some good intermediate coverage down I405.

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

    in Markets

    Posted

    OK add this to the WTF pile that is T-Mobile and the Totem Lake area. 

    You know the old Sprint site on top of the Motel 6, the one which was such a PIA that Sprint never bothered to upgrade to tri-band. Well...it is broadcasting the Sprint Keep PLMN this morning. Seriously. WTF T-Mobile. That makes FIVE sites within a 3/4 mile radius and easily almost ten sites within visibility of this area.

    On a related note, the new Totem Lake site (the colo with AT&T) on top of the TSRI building in Totem Lake started broadcasting yesterday. Additionally, the Evergreen upgrade appears to be completed but not live yet. 

    Official Tmobile-Sprint merger discussion thread

    in T-Mobile Merger/5G NR Deployment

    Posted

    Just saw this permit for a very rural area: 

    https://permitsearch.mybuildingpermit.com/PermitDetails/21110744CBP/Snohomish County

    It sure looks like a T-Mobile site number (SE01794A) and mentions "ADD 2 ABIL FOR N1900 N2100"

    First time I have seen a permit mention n1900 or n2100 (would this be n2/n25 and n66?). In fact, I searched all of the major locals on that site and not a single other permit mentions n1900 or n2100 (and none mention n2 or n66).

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    Who is going to miss Sprint?

    in General Topics

    Posted

    17 hours ago, JonnygATL said:

    Same here but I've had them since 1998 - one year longer than even you.  I was a senior in high school that year in Lexington, KY. Since then I've lived in both several portions of metro Cincinnati and also here in Atlanta.  Even in the late 90s, I had no signal issues with Sprint even in Lexington.  Anywhere I went  - and I went to a lot of places during my college years (while at University of Kentucky)all over the United States - I tended to have service.  When I didn't have it through Sprint I was roaming on Verizon for little or no cost.  So it didn't matter to me as long as the damned thing worked.  And it did....at least until the latter end of the 3G era during the much maligned rip and replace.  By then I was deep into my stint here in Atlanta and after that really terrible period.....the service became stellar here.  I mean awesome, even, at least at times.  LTE here in Atlanta was absolutely fantastic. Low latency, high DL speeds.....tolerable upload speeds.  That was a deliberate configuration as we all know but it certainly worked for most people.  

     

    But change is inevitable and here we are.  It's an ever evolving story!

    Hello from a former Lexingtonian (TCHS '99 here)!

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    Galaxy S20 Series Discussion

    in Samsung

    Posted

    20 minutes ago, BlueAngel said:

    That's messed up, I have the May 1st update on my S20 Ultra and no esim.

    It looks like the T-Mobile Galaxy S20 doesn't have eSim either. This update just brought the Sprint N2U in-line with the T-Mobile N2U which was one of the first TMO Android devices to get eSim.

    Network Vision/LTE - New York City Market

    in Markets

    Posted

    10 hours ago, T-MoblieUser207 said:

    T-Mobile expanded n41 within the same footprint of the former (current depending on location) 60 MHz block by adding 10 MHz at each side. Now there is a reason for 2558 MHz T-Mobile LTE block being replaced for 2538.2 MHz, as 80 MHz n41 with 520110 EARFCN means its 2560.55 MHz to 2640.55 MHz.
     

    I noticed similar up here in the PNW. First, they moved Sprints B41 carriers from 2628.8/2648.6/2668.4 to 2640.4/2660.2/2680.0. At this time they began rolling out n41 and TMobile B41 on channels 2538.2/2558.0 plus on a couple sites they included a third B41 carrier on 2518.4 (if n41 BW was only 40MHz).

    Next, they axed the Sprint 2640 channel, reducing Sprint sites to 2xB41. This allowed them to move/expand n41 from 2597.0/60 to 2607.8/80.

    At the beginning of this month, I noticed that they have started migrating the 2558.0 B41 sectors down to 2518.4. My guess is in preparation for the announced 100MHz n41 channel. 

    Official Tmobile-Sprint merger discussion thread

    in T-Mobile Merger/5G NR Deployment

    Posted

    T-Mobile appears to be actively migrating Sprint "hold outs" over to the T-Mobile network (via TNA).

    My wife has a Pixel 3a that we never bothered to add TNA to since it lacks 5G. Recieved an email stating: "Welcome to our combined bigger, better network...One or more lines on your account have recently joined our combined network and now you can enjoy an enhanced experience." Checked her phone and sure enough she is now on TMobile B2.

    For obvious reasons, this is clearly a necessary step to ease the transition to the new network. 

    SignalCheck Beta Crew Forum

    in General Topics

    Posted

    Not sure if it is helpful or not but when I entered Developer Options on my phone for something else, I noticed there is a setting called "Force Full GNSS measurements - Track all GNSS constellations and frequencies with no duty cycling". This lead me to this article:

    https://barbeau.medium.com/gnss-interrupted-the-hidden-android-setting-you-need-to-know-d812d28a3821

    I wonder if this has something to do with the random gaps/pauses that many are experiencing. What I noticed is that when I triggered this setting, all of a sudden a few Chinese and Japanese GNSS satellites became visible.

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

    in Markets

    Posted

    Kingsgate still isn't live yet as of yesterday afternoon. There were some staff working on it at the ground level though. 

    I did discover on Monday that the site at the intersection of NE 124th St. and Willows Rd (overlooking the Sammamish River valley) has been upgraded to b41/n41. Speeds were good at almost 700mbps DL. There were still some workers in dayglo green shirts working on the roof. 

    As for Woodinville, I discovered two more T-Mobile upgrade permits:

    The first is to upgrade the Hollywood location (right by the round about).
    Permit ID: BLD21062
    Application Date: 04/29/2021
    Project Address: 14836 NE 145TH ST, WOODINVILLE, WA 98072
    Project Name: T-Mobile SE02670A Hollywood Substation PSE
    Project Description:     T-Mobile proposes modifications to an existing telecommunication facility per plans.

    The second has actually been issued and upgrades a site off Woodinville-Duvall Rd. just up the hill from the Warehouse District tower
    Permit ID: BLD21033
    Application Date: 03/29/2021
    Project Address: 14836 NE 145TH ST, WOODINVILLE, WA 98072
    Project Name: T-Mobile @ SE02656A E. Woodinville/PSE/Halsey Anchor
    Project Description: The scope of work includes adding (3) antennas, replacing (3) antennas on the existing PSE Pole. Additionally, T-Mobile will be replacing 4) equipment cabinets with (2) new equipment cabinets in their existing fenced lease area. No increase in the overall number of cabinets is proposed. 
     

    EDIT: Add one more for the conversion of the Woodinville Slough Sprint Site.
    Permit ID: BLD21064
    Application Date: 05/04/2021
    Project Address: 17030 WOODINVILLE REDMOND RD NE
    Project Name: 310599 National Glass SE02023A
    Project Description: T-MOBILE PROPOSES TO COLLOCATE ON AN EXISTING UNMANNED TELECOMMUNICATIONS FACILITY AS FOLLOWS: TOWER SCOPE OF WORK: ? REMOVE SPRINT ANTENNAS, RRU'S, FILTERS, MOUNT KIT, & CABLES ? INSTALL A PLATFORM MOUNT W/ HANDRAIL KIT ? INSTALL (3) FFVV-65C-R3-V1 & (3) AEHC PANEL ANTENNAS ? INSTALL (3) AHLOA & (3) AHFIG RRU'S ? INSTALL (2) HCS 2.0 PENDANT STYLE HYBRID CABLES GROUND SCOPE OF WORK: ? REMOVE SPRINT EQUIPMENT CABINETS, GPS ANTENNA, & UTILITY H-FRAME W/ TELCO BOX, METER, & PPC ? INSTALL A 6'-0"x10'-0" ICE CANOPY ? INSTALL (1) HPL3 BATTERY CABINET W/ (4) STRINGS OF BATTERIES & (1) HPL3 POWER CABINET W/ (2) AMIA, (2) ASIB, (3) ABIA, (3) ABIC, (2) ASIK, (4) ABIL, (1) FSMF, (1) CSR IXRe V1 ROUTER, (1) VOLTAGE BOOSTER W/ (2) AMPLIFIERS, & (1) EXTRA AMPLIFIER ? INSTALL (1) 25 kW DIESEL GENERATOR ? INSTALL (1) GPS ANTENNA, (2) HCS 2.0 JUNCTION BOXES, & (1) H-FRAME W/ TELCO BOX, TECH LIGHT W/ TIMER, PPC, DISCONNECT, & 200A METER

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