Some tests taken this evening with a nice menagerie of spectrum! One site has SA n2,n5,n66, and n77 live, but I still can't connect.
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Some tests taken this evening with a nice menagerie of spectrum! One site has SA n2,n5,n66, and n77 live, but I still can't connect.
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I don't think we're seeing good spectral efficiency on n77, and I'm wondering if those n77 carriers have been trimmed down given the nr-arfcn's related to the blocks they own. On n77 here, for example, the channels went from 651936 to 651360 (3.7) and 632640 to 632064 (3.45) which are both 10 MHz off from the center frequencies from the blocks they own here. Weird.
Here, it's the upload carriers on LTE droppong to QAM16/QPSK that's hindering them here. If AT&T could get their upload to function correctly.. then i'm sure it would be much faster here in Chicago.
It seems they slapped C-Band capable panels up, without changing the old ones used on B17 in which they love to anchor with, leaving me with sub 5Mbps (usually 1-2Mbps) upload speeds, which in turn caps the download speed as it cannot upload return ACK packets fast enough.
T-Mobile: Magenta Amplified
Taken in Lansing, Michigan. Good speeds and the 5G coverage around the city is much improved since my last trip.
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Found an upgrade in progress where they just left the equipment sitting out. Been like this since at least Monday. Not sure what happened to the crew but it was cool to see the equipment up close.
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1st Tower in the Baltimore area (Rosedale) I have seen with C-Band/DOD. Not active yet.![]()
Flint, MI.
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Higgins Lake, MI. One of the few areas you'll see 20 MHz of B4/66 on AT&T.
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n77. My best speed ever on my iPhone 13 ProMax.
Middletown, CT
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