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Somewhat a cellular enthusiast. I support 4 MNO’s but now it’s mainly 3. RIP to the Boost 5G network
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Today’s Supreme Court decision effectively guts a key pillar of the Voting Rights Act, freeing state legislatures to gerrymander legislative districts to systematically dilute and weaken the voting power of racial minorities - so long as they do it under the guise of “partisanship” rather than explicit “racial bias.” And it serves as just one more example of how a majority of the current Court seems intent on abandoning its vital role in ensuring equal participation in our democracy and protecting the rights of minority groups against majority overreach.
The good news is that such setbacks can be overcome. But that will only happen if citizens across the country who cherish our democratic ideals continue to mobilize and vote in record numbers - not just in the upcoming midterms or in high profile races, but in every election and every level.
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@ChaseJensen Two questions.
Was Sprint originally on this site or was it old ATT?
Is this site rural? They’re pretty high up, n77 will likely have very good range!
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Update: They are getting close to finishing the last sector on the tower. Coaxial cables have yet to be run up the tower.

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Update: They have mounted the first sector of the new Ericsson panels. Interestingly there are not using the new 6472 radios instead opting for the dual panel setup for there N77. Crew has already left for the day likely due to the upcoming thunderstorms in my area.
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Still working on it. Pings need optimization but uplink has massively improved. This is n77 only. N66 is not online. Downtown Ocala Fl by Marion Technical College.


MobileMasterTech@Terrell352
Verizon is going crazy! Replacing this 8T8R n77 config with Ericsson Air 3283 (n66/n2) Ericsson Air 6419(n77) Ericsson 4490 ruu n5/b13/b5
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@ChaseJensen Att is going to get a lot of mid band done this year. The entire network is getting modernized
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@wqrkzy @Luis_Ch29 @mtmanjaro10 @elonmusk Why would he randomly say that? He also said Trump was in the files and look what came out lol
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@4USCarriers @Luis_Ch29 @mtmanjaro10 @elonmusk bro ur a moron tht point is jus cuz bro said sum dont mean its true lol
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@TeddyTheCorg @mtmanjaro10 I still doubt Rubio would win. He will be challenged in the primary once again.
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@SneedTech @AustinFischerTX T-Mobile is dense thanks to them originally having no lowband until B12, and the Sprint merger. Verizon had to densify because their network was becoming congested nationwide.
ATT is pretty much playing catchup and I believe they will have the best 5G network in the next 2 years
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@AustinFischerTX Both vz & tmus are getting denser, Att not at all
AT&T bought 600 mhz for two reasons
1. Prevent it from going to T-Mobile
2. "Fix" the edge, aka they won't densify unless FirstNet finances it
As for your CBand thing & the physics, I've seen CBand go 9 miles clean in rural
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Not trying to be controversial—just trying to reconcile the physics with the press releases.
Verizon’s C-band rollout is, by most accounts, ~90% complete. That shifts the company into the less glamorous phase: maintenance, densification, and optimization. Translation: fewer new macro towers, more small cells, and a lot of software tuning. Under Dan Schulman, the messaging is clear: focus on broadband and mobility, trim capital expenditures, and be more efficient.
All reasonable. All very Wall Street-friendly, but I thought they threw that out with Hans?!
I can’t find anything that looks like a serious, explicit plan to densify VZ's rural coverage. Maybe I missed the memo. Or maybe the memo is still in draft. Or maybe… There is no memo.
Meanwhile, T-Mobile has been out in the countryside—new towers, lots of n41 — even the cows are pulling Gig speeds. The rest fills in as new sites come online. It’s not subtle, but it is aligned with the physics.
And that’s where the contrast gets interesting.
Because if you take a step back:
FWA is arguably most compelling in rural markets. That’s where the cable competition is weakest, and the upside is strongest. But n77 simply doesn’t stretch the same way. It demands a tighter grid. That’s not an opinion anymore—that’s just how radio behaves once you’ve actually deployed it at scale.
Even generous estimates (SureCall and basically every neutral RF source out there) put C-band coverage at roughly:
•~0.5–1 mile in urban environments
•up to ~6 miles in ideal rural conditions
Which sounds fine—until you remember that “up to” is doing a lot of work in that sentence. Meaningful, consistent rural coverage at those frequencies still implies more towers. Not a tweak. Not a software patch. Actual steel in the ground.
So here’s the puzzle:
•Verizon is optimizing and densifying… mostly where density already exists.
•T-Mobile is building outward with spectrum that tolerates wider spacing.
•Rural FWA is the obvious prize.
And yet, the strategies don’t quite line up with the opportunity in the same way.
So either:
1.Verizon has a rural densification plan, but it hasn’t been fully articulated yet (possible).
2.They’re betting low-band + selective mid-band is “good enough” for rural FWA (also possible), or
3.Someone, somewhere, is hoping marketing can bend the laws of physics just a little. But here’s the thing: physics remains undefeated.
As for AT&T, they appear to have solved propagation challenges by simply coloring the map blue, adding an “e” to your signal bar, and trusting that the government cheese will be unchallenged.
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@TeddyTheCorg @mtmanjaro10 Lol. Marco already lost the primary in 2016, it will happen again.
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@4USCarriers @wqrkzy @mtmanjaro10 My point is that just because you lose an election doesn’t mean you can’t win the next one.
Trump lost in 2020 and won in 2024.
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@mtmanjaro10 Do it
Dems need a change they’ve become full on Stalinists and resort to pathetic propaganda campaigns they pretend only their opposition do.
Rubio would wipe the floor
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