Sacramento LTE bands

[stab244]

Does anyone know what bands T-Mobile uses in the Sacramento area for LTE? I can't seem to get LTE service but the OPO only has band 4 LTE and I'm not sure if sac uses band 2 instead.

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[raino]

T-Mobile does not use band 2 for LTE. Only band 4 right now.

 

[dpham00]

Correct. Only b4 for now. B12 and b2 will be deployed soon

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[raino]

Correct. Only b4 for now. B12 and b2 will be deployed soon

For band 2, by 'soon' do you mean eventually, or is there a refarm underway, bypassing the plans for UMTS 1900?

 

[dpham00]

For band 2, by 'soon' do you mean eventually, or is there a refarm underway, bypassing the plans for UMTS 1900?

TMobile promised 50% deployment by end of this year, and mostly complete by middle of next year. Beyond that, I am not sure.

Point being, normally people keep their phones for 2 years, so this should be a consideration. If you only plan to keep the phone for 6 months then it wouldn't matter much.


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[stab244]

Hmmm. Strange how I don't have LTE then. Perhaps Davis is too far.

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[dpham00]

Hmmm. Strange how I don't have LTE then. Perhaps Davis is too far.

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Try to contact tmobile to see if whee you are is an lte area.

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[raino]

TMobile promised 50% deployment by end of this year, and mostly complete by middle of next year.

Dang it, I forgot. I remember you telling me this before.

Is a refarm from GSM to LTE much more expensive/time consuming, etc. than a refarm to UMTS? Or as long as you're refarming, it doesn't matter?

Also, are they planning to poach any of the 1900 spectrum that's been refarmed to HSPA+, or will the initial 1900 conversion be just GSM-LTE?

 

[stab244]

On their map it shows up as an lte area. Could it be that my SIM card doesn't support it? Mine is pretty old from back when I used a HTC touch pro 2. Read on xda that SIM card could be an issue.

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[dpham00]

On their map it shows up as an lte area. Could it be that my SIM card doesn't support it? Mine is pretty old from back when I used a HTC touch pro 2. Read on xda that SIM card could be an issue.

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I would try a new sim

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[dpham00]

Dang it, I forgot. I remember you telling me this before.

Is a refarm from GSM to LTE much more expensive/time consuming, etc. than a refarm to UMTS? Or as long as you're refarming, it doesn't matter?

Also, are they planning to poach any of the 1900 spectrum that's been refarmed to HSPA+, or will the initial 1900 conversion be just GSM-LTE?

They said 2g to 4GLTE. Didn't mention hspa+ to 4GLTE. Sooner or later I am sure they will, but they would probably want to leave hspa+ in play longer as when I test drove tmo, it dropped to 4g frequently at my home and work.

Not sure about the cost but at this time, it doesn't make sense to refarm to anything other than lte since everyone is moving to lte. They will probably keep a small amount for edge, for legacy devices.

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[stab244]

Yup a new SIM worked. Yay. 25Mb/s down. Faster than my WiFi.

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[dpham00]

Nice, glad it worked out.

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