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Date: Tue, 18 Oct 2022 13:05:42 +0000
From: Bill Horne <malQRMassimilation@gmail.com>
Subject: [telecom] Please take a look at the latest online digest update
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Message-ID: <20221018174132.GA577533@telecomdigest.us> Date: Tue, 18 Oct 2022 17:41:32 +0000 From: Bill Horne <malQRMassimilation@gmail.com> Subject: [telecom] Comcast ad campaign takes aim at T-Mobile FWA By Jeff Baumgartner Comcast recently launched a TV ad and erected a dedicated website that takes aim at the capabilities and features of T-Mobile's 5G-powered home broadband service, charging that they come up short when compared to what's delivered via Comcast's wired broadband services. In what's expected to be the first in a series of ads either targeting T-Mobile's service or perhaps the broader fixed wireless access (FWA) sector, Comcast's tongue-in-cheek "Vampires" ad features a family of four in a therapist's office lamenting the performance of T-Mobile's offering. They complain that their speeds degrade during high-usage times during the day, forcing them to access the service during the middle of the night. https://tinyurl.com/7278kxau Message-ID: <20221018173701.GA577496@telecomdigest.us> Date: Tue, 18 Oct 2022 17:37:01 +0000 From: Bill Horne <malQRMassimilation@gmail.com> Subject: [telecom] T-Mobile Has Most Reliable 5G Network Over AT&T and Verizon, Say Two Studies T-Mobile comes out ahead of other US carriers in recent Umlaut and Ookla network studies. By David Lumb A pair of reports has put T-Mobile's 5G network ahead of AT&T and Verizon's networks in key metrics including reliability, coverage and speed. >From April to September, T-Mobile nearly beat out AT&T in 5G coverage and stability and handily topped Verizon, though the latter had better latency than the other carriers, according to analyst firm Umlaut's midyear Audit Report. https://tinyurl.com/mr2r6arc Message-ID: <28769540-1e8e-073f-3f8b-23728b39d10f@panix.com> Date: 17 Oct 2022 12:25:53 -0400 From: "David" <wb8foz@panix.com> Subject: [telecom] VZ & C-band err Ultra Wideband VZ has widely hyped how Magical! their "Ultra Wideband" mmWave band offering is. Trouble is, given the useful range from a mmWave site to you is ~1000 ft, not a lot of folks ever get that mmWave signal, and thus see that hyped logo on their phone. BUT VZ has now solved that issue. Not by installing the zillions of mmWave nodes needed to cover the country, but rather by fiat: If your VZ phone grabs onto a midband signal, i.e. 3.7GHz-3.98GHz, it will say it is "Ultra Wideband" on the display. https://www.phonearena.com/news/verizon-receives-early-clearance-to-use-5g-c-band-spectrum_id139181 (It's a floor wax and a dessert topping!) In 2019, it was AT&T that pulled a similar stunt. They changed their display from "LTE" to "5G E." In response, T-Mobile offered to send out sticky labels to its customers to "upgrade" their phones. https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2019/01/08/att-is-being-criticized-upgrading-its-phones-fake-g-now-t-mobile-is-piling/ The more things change, the more they stay the same. (Oh, and BTW, VZ's 3.7GHz-3.98GHz midband is the spectrum with the controversy over interfering with aircraft radar altimeters.) |
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