Josh Posted October 24, 2014 Share Posted October 24, 2014 Yes, they do need to cover urban, suburban and exurban as well as have highway coverage. They can leave the CCA carriers to cover the truly rural areas.I agree, but I will add 2 extra points. Recreational/vacation areas should also be covered even if there are limited native customers, and due to build out requirements with spectrum, if there is not a CCA member in an area they might have to build out to satisfy the requirements. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
S4GRU Posted October 24, 2014 Share Posted October 24, 2014 I agree, but I will add 2 extra points. Recreational/vacation areas should also be covered even if there are limited native customers, and due to build out requirements with spectrum, if there is not a CCA member in an area they might have to build out to satisfy the requirements. Sprint definitely knows where their customers go. Because their roaming bills show them. In the past, it has been said that Sprint prioritizes where they add additional sites based on where they pay roaming fees. And that's a smart way to prioritize. This is for coverage adds. Quality and capacity adds are done by network monitoring and customer reports. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
grapkoski Posted October 24, 2014 Share Posted October 24, 2014 Sprint definitely knows where their customers go. Because their roaming bills show them. In the past, it has been said that Sprint prioritizes where they add additional sites based on where they pay roaming fees. And that's a smart way to prioritize. This is for coverage adds. Quality and capacity adds are done by network monitoring and customer reports. Moral of the story - Marcelo is watching you sleep at night. 7 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WiWavelength Posted October 24, 2014 Share Posted October 24, 2014 Moral of the story - Marcelo is watching you sleep at night. AJ 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
twospirits Posted October 25, 2014 Share Posted October 25, 2014 My God, Those hairdos 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WiWavelength Posted October 25, 2014 Share Posted October 25, 2014 My God, Those hairdos Envious that they have full heads of 80s hair? AJ 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kct1975 Posted October 25, 2014 Share Posted October 25, 2014 Moral of the story - Marcelo is watching you... http://youtube.com/OMOGaugKpzs Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cdk Posted December 5, 2014 Share Posted December 5, 2014 Current Totals from 5/28/13 - 12/3/14 205 new sites 102 iDEN conversions 37 new DAS sites 0 Clearwire conversions 0 Clearwire B41 only conversions 1 new COW/NASCOW 1 new Pico Cell site 30 deactivations For a net total of 316 new sites. Feel free to check my math, but it appears that we have passed the 100 iDEN conversions mark! Hopefully they continue, there are many that would still make great infill sites. Additionally if my memory serves me correctly about a 1000 sites that served areas where iDEN was the only Sprint service offered, maybe we will start to see more of these sites converted as well... 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sprke Posted December 5, 2014 Share Posted December 5, 2014 Current Totals from 5/28/13 - 12/3/14 205 new sites 102 iDEN conversions 37 new DAS sites 0 Clearwire conversions 0 Clearwire B41 only conversions 1 new COW/NASCOW 1 new Pico Cell site 30 deactivations For a net total of 316 new sites. Feel free to check my math, but it appears that we have passed the 100 iDEN conversions mark! Hopefully they continue, there are many that would still make great infill sites. Additionally if my memory serves me correctly about a 1000 sites that served areas where iDEN was the only Sprint service offered, maybe we will start to see more of these sites converted as well... Is it possible to see where those 316 new sites are? Sent from my iPad using Tapatalk 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cdk Posted December 5, 2014 Share Posted December 5, 2014 (edited) Is it possible to see where those 316 new sites are? Sent from my iPad using Tapatalk Not easily. They are all on the maps but unless I am totally blind I don't think there is a new/conversion site map. Edited December 5, 2014 by cdk Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nickel Posted December 5, 2014 Share Posted December 5, 2014 Not easily. They are all on the maps but unless I am totally blind I don't think a new/conversion site map. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JosefTor Posted December 5, 2014 Share Posted December 5, 2014 Is it possible to see where those 316 new sites are? Sent from my iPad using Tapatalk better start clicking on a schedule flag ???? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cdk Posted January 21, 2015 Share Posted January 21, 2015 Current Totals from 5/28/13 - 1/5/15 215 new sites 106 iDEN conversions 38 new DAS sites 0 Clearwire conversions 0 Clearwire B41 only conversions 1 new COW 1 new Pico Cell site 30 deactivations For a net total of 331 new sites. 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Josh Posted January 28, 2015 Share Posted January 28, 2015 Current Totals from 5/28/13 - 1/5/15 215 new sites 106 iDEN conversions 38 new DAS sites 0 Clearwire conversions 0 Clearwire B41 only conversions 1 new COW 1 new Pico Cell site 30 deactivations For a net total of 331 new sites. I really like the information here, and though it would be very time consuming to make a map... I would be interested in seeing it too, but maybe more interesting would be a map that shows the other 1000 iDen towers that have no native sprint coverage. It's good to see that they are making some expansion, but I'm curious to how many towers the other carriers are activating each year (Both totals & % of their total) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JossMan Posted January 28, 2015 Share Posted January 28, 2015 I really like the information here, and though it would be very time consuming to make a map... I would be interested in seeing it too, but maybe more interesting would be a map that shows the other 1000 iDen towers that have no native sprint coverage. It's good to see that they are making some expansion, but I'm curious to how many towers the other carriers are activating each year (Both totals & % of their total) Become a premier sponsor and you can see the legacy Nextel 800MHz iDEN network, some of the sites have been converted from iDEN to CDMA/LTE. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joski1624 Posted February 14, 2015 Share Posted February 14, 2015 Current Totals from 5/28/13 - 12/3/14 205 new sites 102 iDEN conversions 37 new DAS sites 0 Clearwire conversions 0 Clearwire B41 only conversions 1 new COW/NASCOW 1 new Pico Cell site 30 deactivations For a net total of 316 new sites. Feel free to check my math, but it appears that we have passed the 100 iDEN conversions mark! Hopefully they continue, there are many that would still make great infill sites. Additionally if my memory serves me correctly about a 1000 sites that served areas where iDEN was the only Sprint service offered, maybe we will start to see more of these sites converted as well... I'm sure there's more than the now 106 documented iDEN conversions. There's at least 3 in my market alone that have been found by users that are, AFAIK, not counted in the official numbers yet. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cdk Posted February 16, 2015 Share Posted February 16, 2015 I'm sure there's more than the now 106 documented iDEN conversions. There's at least 3 in my market alone that have been found by users that are, AFAIK, not counted in the official numbers yet. That is certainly possible, I only have the 'official' numbers. The more the better! Not that my opinion holds much weight, but if they where to convert the `1000 iDEN sites outside of the CDMA/LTE footprint and use a similar number inside of it to densify the network, I would say they did well. 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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