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AT&T LTE trials in Philadelphia

I saw today that they were testing LTE signals today and I saw great speeds ( duh) but us Philly people haven't seen this yet so its exciting news
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I live right outside Philly but have been on wifi all day....haven't seen the lte yet
But good to know it may be coming soon.
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I was pretty happy about this! I work in the far western burbs of philly (Malvern) and saw the LTE icon pop up. I got 14.89 MBPS and 11.10 MBPS on two tests. Not quite full LTE speed but it was just a system test. A big sigh of relief on my part as I was worried that the service was going to only be accessible within or very close to the city limits!

Good for you guys. just a headsup don't get too speedtest-happy though that app guzzles up data faster than you'd like

I'm still on Edge in my area...

That would be sweet! I am about 45 mins outside of Center city towards Allentown. However i am in Philly all the time so this would be good. Drinking in Center/Old city while enjoying LTE speeds lol. Of course LTE when i'm at Citizens Bank Park watching the PHILLIES!!!

I don't know who owned the tower
but I know they were putting up new panels on 76W between Girard Avenue and the Roosevelt Ave exit.
I haven't seen the icon light up yet but hot damn am I excited for this!
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Vcolassi said:
That would be sweet! I am about 45 mins outside of Center city towards Allentown. However i am in Philly all the time so this would be good. Drinking in Center/Old city while enjoying LTE speeds lol. Of course LTE when i'm at Citizens Bank Park watching the PHILLIES!!!
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They have AT&T LTE at CB Park? Is that inside or anywhere around? Only during a game?

I get LTE the other day in Septa Frankford Line near Margaret st, but just a few minutes. I hit 28 mps dl 16 mps up.

I was in south Philly at front and oregon when it lit up but it was only a brief moment
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Great News!
GOOD NEWS! I am waiting to switch back to ATT pending their rollout of LTE in Philadelphia. If we could keep this thread going with updates that be great.

I was in Old City yesterday and did not see an LTE signal.

The only thing you WILL see in Old City
strose09 said:
I was in Old City yesterday and did not see an LTE signal.
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is drunk Penn kids and high prices.

Lol it was for a work function. I haven't been to Philly in ages. If I go down that way I like to hang out in Manayunk.

I don't blame you.
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Lol it was for a work function. I haven't been to Philly in ages. If I go down that way I like to hang out in Manayunk.
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I live in Southwest Philly and work in University City. I wouldn't want to be downtown either.

phillybits said:
I live in Southwest Philly and work in University City. I wouldn't want to be downtown either.
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I work in University City too. We were at the Phillies game this past Sunday and I was able to use my iPhone 4S. Normally I wouldn't be able to use it at a game.

Well if you iPhone 4s had lte maybe this comment would be useful.
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T-mobile USA LTE San Jose, CA

It seems the other cities have a thread but SJ doesn't quite yet. Anyone have any luck yet? using the sensorly app it seems like all the towers are around high way 280 shucks it woulda been nice to get some LTE coverage at SJSU. I guess we can use this thread to report any updates anyone else notices
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This is a block off from SJSU campus. Which hopefully means that the buildings around the edge of campus can get some LTE goodness
Although the majority of the towers are located around freeway 280 so until they roll out more towers its gonna be pretty empty although I did manage to snag this gem while driving
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Ah jk its on wifi haha had my hopes up for no reason

teambestyrandy said:
Ah jk its on wifi haha had my hopes up for no reason
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That one looks like a WiFi speedtest

LTE Working in Milpitas & Mountain View (Moffett Field) for me. Have not tried anywhere else, that's just where I live/work.

Now threads are specific to cities...
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LTE is very sporadic in San Jose, i can't understand how T-Mobile can claim they have launched this city. It's like they threw a tower here and there and that's it.
I drove around and you can see an LTE tower at some places but coverage is fairly poor so far.

Works in the North side of San Jose.

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Now threads are specific to cities...
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Well yes, because the other launch cities aren't in our state so we are discussing the roll out of LTE at this area and neighboring cities of CA
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clubtech said:
LTE is very sporadic in San Jose, i can't understand how T-Mobile can claim they have launched this city. It's like they threw a tower here and there and that's it.
I drove around and you can see an LTE tower at some places but coverage is fairly poor so far.
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Relax, they just went live yesterday and San Jose isn't the only town they're working on. It'll only get better with time, so stop *****ing and chill out.

ismethajametovic said:
Relax, they just went live yesterday and San Jose isn't the only town they're working on. It'll only get better with time, so stop *****ing and chill out.
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u mad bro ?

Same here, live on the San Jose/Milpitas border and good LTE signal here. Was in Mountain View today by El Camino Hospital, had full bars and great LTE speeds!

What settings for lte and which radio and rom
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aimfire72 said:
Same here, live on the San Jose/Milpitas border and good LTE signal here. Was in Mountain View today by El Camino Hospital, had full bars and great LTE speeds!
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by the fire-station ?

South City it was working couple weeks ago then they turned it off after I started posting pictures on g+...
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Eat up those speeds

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by the fire-station ?
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On Grant Rd? There was kind of a dead spot on Grant, hardly any signal, but on North St. by the hospital, had full bars. Also strong signal by Starbucks on Cuesta.

I have LTE at home and work in north SJ (Montague and Zanker)

Please continue all future LTE discussions HERE.
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4G LTE Indicator?

I just got the phone a while ago and u wonder, does it support the WiMax bands? Because I do get 4G occasionally but a speedtest shows it to be incredibly slow.
If possible could anyone on Sprint screenshot when they know they're on LTE and show me?
Thank you!
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No you don't get a Wimax signal. The HTC's radio is not capable of this. As far as I know, neither is any other LTE phone. But you don't have much to lose. Sprint is expected to shut down its WiMax by 2015 (or something) and I've read it wasn't much good either. Sprint is just starting to roll out its LTE. I'm supposed to get it in August. I'm waiting. It should be worth it.

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No you don't get a Wimax signal. The HTC's radio is not capable of this. As far as I know, neither is any other LTE phone. But you don't have much to lose. Sprint is expected to shut down its WiMax by 2015 (or something) and I've read it wasn't much good either. Sprint is just starting to roll out its LTE. I'm supposed to get it in August. I'm waiting. It should be worth it.
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Any idea why I'm getting extremely slow speeds then?

At home I get blazing speed on LTE.. At work (4 min away) I get 3g but when I walk around the building I can sometimes connect to LTE but its very very slow.

budeone said:
At home I get blazing speed on LTE.. At work (4 min away) I get 3g but when I walk around the building I can sometimes connect to LTE but its very very slow.
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Do you have any speed test results?
I have a great signal near a friends house and my upload is around 10 and my download barely increases.

TechnoHacker said:
Do you have any speed test results?
I have a great signal near a friends house and my upload is around 10 and my download barely increases.
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You might be in an area where 4G isn't fully implemented and just experimental. I work in NY and they never officially announced that they deployed LTE here. I do connect to 4G LTE outside my office but speed tests only show like 1.5 - 2 mb at best, even with full bars.

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You might be in an area where 4G isn't fully implemented and just experimental. I work in NY and they never officially announced that they deployed LTE here. I do connect to 4G LTE outside my office but speed tests only show like 1.5 - 2 mb at best, even with full bars.
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Ahh that explains it. Sprint did say they were going to rollout LTE here, but with no date.
That's literally my situation aha
Thank you!

TechnoHacker said:
Ahh that explains it. Sprint did say they were going to rollout LTE here, but with no date.
That's literally my situation aha
Thank you!
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NP! I too have been patiently waiting for 4G LTE. Been paying the $10 premium monthly add-on for 3 years but getting what feels like AOL dial-up speeds :crying:

cnsviet said:
NP! I too have been patiently waiting for 4G LTE. Been paying the $10 premium monthly add-on for 3 years but getting what feels like AOL dial-up speeds :crying:
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Yup. I know that feel. My friend's got the phone on another network ( I think it was AT&T ) and his speeds are insanely fast. :crying:

TechnoHacker said:
Do you have any speed test results?
I have a great signal near a friends house and my upload is around 10 and my download barely increases.
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TechnoHacker said:
Ahh that explains it. Sprint did say they were going to rollout LTE here, but with no date.
That's literally my situation aha
Thank you!
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Basically how it rolls. There's a few towers in my area that are sporadically transmitting LTE, but if you try to use actual data it'll kick you down to 3G (which would likely contribute to your low speeds).

Yeah this is my current situation as well. I might get a 4G signal, but it's like 1 maybe 1.5 down. Most of the time I'm on crappy 3G, with speeds of 0.1 mbps.
Sprint rep said August.... I can only hope.

cnsviet said:
You might be in an area where 4G isn't fully implemented and just experimental. I work in NY and they never officially announced that they deployed LTE here. I do connect to 4G LTE outside my office but speed tests only show like 1.5 - 2 mb at best, even with full bars.
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Just fyi, the bars at the top are for 1x only, not LTE:
http://www.s4gru.com/index.php?/top...-to-determine-your-actual-LTE-signal-strength
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subhumanderelict said:
Just fyi, the bars at the top are for 1x only, not LTE:
http://www.s4gru.com/index.php?/top...-to-determine-your-actual-LTE-signal-strength
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Wow how misleading lol... seems like this is just for Sprint specifically?

cnsviet said:
Wow how misleading lol... seems like this is just for Sprint specifically?
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ive seen it like that for other carriers as well (i work with cell phones for my job)

It would be cool if sprint implanted lte signal bars the same way wimax does!
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It's not just sprint. HTC phones report signal this way. Cyanogenmod reports signal differently, and other manufactures report signal differently also.
but it's ok to eat fish cause they don't have feelings.....

Given that there's no standard for "bars" with data signals, that's fine with me. I'd like a statusbar widget though that reported that kind of info.

If you want a standard, use the "text" setting. It displays the signal strength in dBm

Some Spark Goodness...

No not a spark update but I got band 26. I know there is a speed forum but since Spark is a different tech I wanted a new topic.
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How is it Sprint can be using so many bands together to get more speed and yet it's still slower than Tmo's single band? Oh right, it's Sprint...
I miss the old Sprint. I was their biggest fanboy for a good long while there before their 3g became unusable and their only 4g was wimax which didn't make it past trees or a window at anything more than a single bar. I understand the high frequency attenuation, but the lack of 3g backhaul is ridiculous and so is their piecemeal 4g network. I feel sorry for anyone still using them during this "transition". If this was a store under construction, they'd be better off closing for until they're complete, because the customer experience is so bad... I hope they make good use of their prime Nextel 800mhz spectrum, they could make a great network with it, it's totally possible. But I'll believe it when I see it.
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Actually Sprint has improved a lot here in the Metro Detroit area I am connected to LTE everywhere I travel in southeast Michigan. It has been a painful journey these last 3 years but I see the light lol and we haven't been officially announced so I see nothing but good things at least for me from Sprint by the end of the summer it should be full throttle. Not to mention we have no data caps and I only pay $45 for unlimited everything. Framily Plan
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What app are you using to see all those stats?
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HarryCooter said:
What app are you using to see all those stats?
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Pretty sure he's using this:
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.cellmapper.nexus5fieldtestmode

I have had up to 48MB/sec download speed here on LTE.

dandan2980 said:
Actually Sprint has improved a lot here in the Metro Detroit area I am connected to LTE everywhere I travel in southeast Michigan. It has been a painful journey these last 3 years but I see the light lol and we haven't been officially announced so I see nothing but good things at least for me from Sprint by the end of the summer it should be full throttle. Not to mention we have no data caps and I only pay $45 for unlimited everything. Framily Plan
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yep, I can attest to that. Orlando was launched about a month ago, and voice and data coverage couldn't be better. Before I could barely get WiMax, but I get good LTE speeds at my residence and most of my commute through the city. CDMA 800 has already started rolling out in my area, as well as Spark

I just got the official text message from Sprint a few days ago announcing the new spark network here in Minneapolis. Now the wait for Google to update and enable the radios needed to receive the new LTE bands.
Sprint network has improved quite a bit in the last 6 months. I an get LTE pretty much everywhere in the metro and suburbs now. I will admit i was almost ready to pay the ETF and jump ship 6 months ago...
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It is better. That was just band 26, not spark spark technically.
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compuw22c said:
How is it Sprint can be using so many bands together to get more speed and yet it's still slower than Tmo's single band? Oh right, it's Sprint...
I miss the old Sprint. I was their biggest fanboy for a good long while there before their 3g became unusable and their only 4g was wimax which didn't make it past trees or a window at anything more than a single bar. I understand the high frequency attenuation, but the lack of 3g backhaul is ridiculous and so is their piecemeal 4g network. I feel sorry for anyone still using them during this "transition". If this was a store under construction, they'd be better off closing for until they're complete, because the customer experience is so bad... I hope they make good use of their prime Nextel 800mhz spectrum, they could make a great network with it, it's totally possible. But I'll believe it when I see it.
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Cause its not currently using all three at once... Enabling all three bands is great but until we get a radio that can negotiate and use all 3 at once your speeds won't be that awesome. I get band 26 here in Houston sometimes and its certainly better than b25 cause of congestion and I have gotten band 41 here too where I got speeds of 70+Mbps (much faster than tmo) but the problem is I until the update we only get one band at once hence the odd speed results.
I'll edit later once I find my spark Houston speed thread I started months ago.
Cheers

When sprint updates so our n5s can use the spark network would it just be in a prl/profile update or an OTA type thing? Will I be on board if I'm running a custom ROM, or will I have to go back to stock for it?
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deakelem said:
Cause its not currently using all three at once... Enabling all three bands is great but until we get a radio that can negotiate and use all 3 at once your speeds won't be that awesome. I get band 26 here in Houston sometimes and its certainly better than b25 cause of congestion and I have gotten band 41 here too where I got speeds of 70+Mbps (much faster than tmo) but the problem is I until the update we only get one band at once hence the odd speed results.
I'll edit later once I find my spark Houston speed thread I started months ago.
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Spark doesn't allow you to receive all 3 bands at once. The technology will automatically switch between the 3 bands, selecting the fastest band and strongest signal available for where you are.
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r3volution327 said:
When sprint updates so our n5s can use the spark network would it just be in a prl/profile update or an OTA type thing? Will I be on board if I'm running a custom ROM, or will I have to go back to stock for it?
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It will be an update to Android, released by Google.

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Spark doesn't allow you to receive all 3 bands at once. The technology will automatically switch between the 3 bands, selecting the fastest band and strongest signal available for where you are.
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good info thanks
even if you use the .15 modem and are lucky enough to find a 41b tower like i did until we get the updated modem and corresponding software the handoffs between the two will be awful like they are now, and even if you change band priority b25 always seems to take over eventually regardless of the other bands strength.

I can't wait for the update.
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I can't wait for the update.
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Been waiting since i first got this phone. Don't see it ever coming to the DC area. Since data and voice service is so horrible here, we may be getting close to the transition.

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When sprint updates so our n5s can use the spark network would it just be in a prl/profile update or an OTA type thing? Will I be on board if I'm running a custom ROM, or will I have to go back to stock for it?
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Expect a new radio.. This will be the brains behind the band switching but I wouldn't be surprised if there are also elements within the rom that will help with spark too.
So yes at least flash the new radio with your custom ROM and see if there is any changes if not wait till your custom ROM of choice updates to 4.4.3 which won't take long lol
A prl and profile can only really enable the bands but a new radio needs to be in place to help with the handoffs

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Expect a new radio.. This will be the brains behind the band switching but I wouldn't be surprised if there are also elements within the rom that will help with spark too.
So yes at least flash the new radio with your custom ROM and see if there is any changes if not wait till your custom ROM of choice updates to 4.4.3 which won't take long lol
A prl and profile can only really enable the bands but a new radio needs to be in place to help with the handoffs
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MrObvious, where about are you getting Band 26 in Wichita? I'll be there this weekend and want to track some GCI/PCI

Wish the n5 supported 2600mhz LTE
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leerage said:
MrObvious, where about are you getting Band 26 in Wichita? I'll be there this weekend and want to track some GCI/PCI
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Primarily over the east side but I went all down 96 and 135 from Rock and it held band 26.
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Wish the n5 supported 2600mhz LTE
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It does. Some people have reported band 41. The towers love to put out 26 (probably because it's lower frequency) and man is it strong! I haven't seen band 41 yet but would love to see a Speedtest on it. Some have reported on s4gru and I think HoFo.

I've gotten plenty of Band41 LTE on my Nexus 5 on the .15 radio. Here is my best speedtest so far:

[Q] How to tell what band I am on? New to T-Mobile

All,
I am new to T-Mobile and Note 4. I also live in NYC and know that its a wideband area/LTEA. I ran a couple of speedtest and getting around 25-30mb down/25 up. Is that wideband? I see people online boasting they getting like 75mb down etc....
Curious to see what band I am on...I know there is a setting on the dialpad like #xxxxx# or something to tell.
I also searched on XDA and Android Central and did not find the answer, perhaps using the wrong keywords.
Any input is greatly appreciated.
Thanks!

Lte discovery app. But unless you are in Manhattan you do not have lteA
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BACARDILIMON said:
Lte discovery app. But unless you are in Manhattan you do not have lteA
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Thanks, I will download that app.
I thought wideband LTE is deployed in all of nyc ie queens, Brooklyn etc...I live in queens BTW.
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Nutzzer said:
Thanks, I will download that app.
I thought wideband LTE is deployed in all of nyc ie queens, Brooklyn etc...I live in queens BTW.
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Nope just Manhattan . I got killer speeds at the tree when I went In. I posted speeds someplace here the post vanished tbo.
I stand corrected. It all of nyc but not by me so I gonna say it not live yet.
http://newsroom.t-mobile.com/news/t-mobile-fastest-lte-network-wideband-new-york.htm
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Noob questions, LTE-A is Wideband LTE right?

*#0011#
Dial that in dialer and it will show you what bands your connected to. Band 4 @ 15mhz gives me the best speeds around 30mbps down. (DFW area) others have reported as high as 70mbps down which is insane.
I'm not complaining, I'm more than satisfied. When I'm on band 12 @ 5mhz I only get around 10(ish)mbps down, but I'm told band 12 goes thru walls better. Hope that helps.