This article makes it seem like a "big deal" what bands you have. https://android.gadgethacks.com/news/all-phones-work-t-mobiles-600-mhz-band-71-network-0191865/
that I'd like to ask if
it really matters all that much, in practical terms, the supported bands of any given cellphone for use within the United States of America?
that I'd like to ask if
it really matters all that much, in practical terms, the supported bands of >> any given cellphone for use within the United States of America?
Not really.
The cell that you're on will assign the band that it wants and that your phone supports.
So, an older model is equipped with a given set of bands and is
restrained to those.
Those bands your phone doesn't support will be doled out to phones that do.
The cell will optimize this all by itself. (To be clear: optimized is
never "perfect" and doesn't have to be).
All the phone can do, really, is adjust its power output on the assigned band.
PBAJ wrote:
that I'd like to ask if
it really matters all that much, in practical terms, the supported
bands of
any given cellphone for use within the United States of America?
Not really.
The cell that you're on will assign the band that it wants and that
your phone supports.
So, an older model is equipped with a given set of bands and is
restrained to those.
Those bands your phone doesn't support will be doled out to phones
that do.
The cell will optimize this all by itself. (To be clear: optimized is
never "perfect" and doesn't have to be).
All the phone can do, really, is adjust its power output on the
assigned band.
Thank you for that clear answer that it doesn't really matter as long as
your phone can receive "some" of the bands the local cell tower is using.
If it receives even _one_ of those bands, then you should be good to go, right?
Also, thank you for explaining that the _other_ phones on that tower will soak up the extra bands you're not using - and - by doing so - they will actually free up the bands that you are using - so that you can use them.
Is that right?
That is the goal. The cell has to do its best to serve all comers.
The issue with Band 71 is that it provides coverage where no other band
is available. This is because of the low frequency that it uses which
means much greater distance from the cell. A phone that lacks band can
often not connect to the other bands because the cell is too far away.
That is why T-Mobile spent a reported $8 billion to deploy band 71.
On 7/16/2023 6:19 AM, PBAJ wrote:
That is the goal. The cell has to do its best to serve all comers.
The issue with Band 71 is that it provides coverage where no other band
is available. This is because of the low frequency that it uses which
means much greater distance from the cell. A phone that lacks band can
often not connect to the other bands because the cell is too far away.
That is why T-Mobile spent a reported $8 billion to deploy band 71.
That is the goal. The cell has to do its best to serve all comers.
The issue with Band 71 is that it provides coverage where no other band
is available. This is because of the low frequency that it uses which
means much greater distance from the cell. A phone that lacks band can
often not connect to the other bands because the cell is too far away.
That is why T-Mobile spent a reported $8 billion to deploy band 71.
800 MHz does provide better range, but it does not really affect a user
that was getting good service where he was operating happily before in
areas with sufficient tower density.
The main benefit to the cellco is (as always): more bandwidth overall.
PBAJ wrote:
That is the goal.� The cell has to do its best to serve all comers.
The issue with Band 71 is that it provides coverage where no other
band is available. This is because of the low frequency that it uses
which means much greater distance from the cell. A phone that lacks
band can often not connect to the other bands because the cell is too
far away. That is why T-Mobile spent a reported $8 billion to deploy
band 71.
800 MHz does provide better range, but it does not really affect a
user that was getting good service where he was operating happily
before in areas with sufficient tower density.
The main benefit to the cellco is (as always): more bandwidth overall.
May I ask a simple question (which I had asked elsewhere with no answer).
My phone is cheap and it's old and it has no problem on T-Mobile.
When I look at what bands it has, this "71" stuff shows up as these two.
LTE B71 and NR B71
Which of those two (if either one of them) is this magical "71" band?
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