Re: T-Mobile Sprint Merger: Say goodbye to scam calls

On 8/4/2020 8:49 PM, JF Mezei wrote:

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> I had not considered Sprint roaming on Verizon. Curous how T-Mo will
> handle that one.

I sent an e-mail to Mike Sievert asking what T-Mobile's plans are 
regarding the continuation of Sprint's LTE roaming onto Verizon. If I 
get a response from someone at T-Mobile, and if I'm allowed to share the 
response, I'll report back.

It's an issue that is not on the radar of many Sprint subscribers. The 
roaming FAQ doesn't address it 
<https://www.sprint.com/en/support/solutions/connectivity/faqs-about-extended-coverage-and-extended-lte.html>.

Sprint subscribers currently enjoy a huge amount of Verizon roaming, 
both LTE and CDMA (see <http://coverage.sprint.com/IMPACTmain.jsp>). The 
CDMA roaming will end of course, when Verizon shuts down their CDMA 
network, but T-Mobile hasn't said what will happen regarding the large 
amount of LTE roaming. If you look at the Sprint LTE map, the quantity 
of LTE roaming is enormous, and many of those areas do not have T-Mobile 
coverage.