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[dyl11]

It took a couple visits to the site to figure out how to become a sponsor. I did not know merely donating was how you became a sponsor. I don't have any ideas on how to improve the process or how to make it easier to figure out, but I figured you would like an opinion on it.

Edit: You could possibly change your message above the donation box that reads
Please help support S4GRU with a PayPal donation.


To include that you become a sponsor by doing so. Just a thought.

[imex99]

Was going to donate this morning.... I'm on Tapatalk, tries dolphin browser and don't see how to donate. Need simple link or something... Tried downloading forum runner but free version you can't reply. I'm going to test forum runner and might purchase.

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[S4GRU]

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It took a couple visits to the site to figure out how to become a sponsor. I did not know merely donating was how you became a sponsor. I don't have any ideas on how to improve the process or how to make it easier to figure out, but I figured you would like an opinion on it.

Edit: You could possibly change your message above the donation box that reads
Please help support S4GRU with a PayPal donation.

To include that you become a sponsor by doing so. Just a thought.

Good suggestion. Will modify when I get home this evening.

Robert - Posted from my E4GT with ICS using Forum Runner

[S4GRU]

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Was going to donate this morning.... I'm on Tapatalk, tries dolphin browser and don't see how to donate. Need simple link or something... Tried downloading forum runner but free version you can't reply. I'm going to test forum runner and might purchase.

Sent from my PG86100 using Tapatalk 2

I'm mobile myself at the moment. So I cannot harvest the link. I will try to do that this evening.

Robert - Posted from my E4GT with ICS using Forum Runner

[2kmy477]

I just made a donation, how do I find out i'm now a sponsor?

[bobbi]

You are. It says S4GRU Sponsor in your profile.

[2kmy477]

bobbi, on 21 April 2012 - 08:27 AM, said:

You are. It says S4GRU Sponsor in your profile.

Thank you.

[darnell89]

How many Sprint LTE Markets will Sprint have by the end of this year until the complete cycle in 2014? Will it be less than AT&T and VZW, or about the same?

[marioc21]

darnell89, on 23 April 2012 - 08:08 AM, said:

How many Sprint LTE Markets will Sprint have by the end of this year until the complete cycle in 2014? Will it be less than AT&T and VZW, or about the same?

According to the running list:

http://s4gru.com/ind...t-running-list/

Sprint should have at least 47 markets up and running or in progress by the end of this year. And I believe sprint's stated that they will have NV rolled out to most of its existing footprint by the end of 2013. That means it'll still be smaller than Verizon. I don't know how it'll compare to ATT.

[darnell89]

marioc21, on 23 April 2012 - 08:45 AM, said:

According to the running list:

http://s4gru.com/ind...t-running-list/

Sprint should have at least 47 markets up and running or in progress by the end of this year. And I believe sprint's stated that they will have NV rolled out to most of its existing footprint by the end of 2013. That means it'll still be smaller than Verizon. I don't know how it'll compare to ATT.

ok, how many markets did Wimax have on Sprint?

[marioc21]

darnell89, on 23 April 2012 - 08:59 AM, said:

ok, how many markets did Wimax have on Sprint?

I think the last count I remember from Clearwire was something like 71 or 72 markets.

[S4GRU]

darnell89, on 23 April 2012 - 08:59 AM, said:

ok, how many markets did Wimax have on Sprint?

If you use Sprint market boundaries (which are much larger), then Sprint has 48 Sprint Markets that have WiMax in at least part of them. And it took Clearwire 3-1/2 years to deploy partially in 48 Sprint markets. Whereas, Sprint is scheduling to deploy NV/LTE completely in 97 markets (98 if you include affiliate Shentel) in just over 2 years.

Robert

[S4GRU]

marioc21, on 23 April 2012 - 09:17 AM, said:

I think the last count I remember from Clearwire was something like 71 or 72 markets.

That's Clearwire markets. Which are very small. Clearwire counts markets like how Verizon does.

Robert

[MacinJosh]

S4GRU, on 23 April 2012 - 09:19 AM, said:

That's Clearwire markets. Which are very small. Clearwire counts markets like how Verizon does.

Robert

I thought Verizon had much different market boundaries than Sprint does.

[marioc21]

S4GRU, on 23 April 2012 - 09:19 AM, said:

That's Clearwire markets. Which are very small. Clearwire counts markets like how Verizon does.

Robert

I know, but a sprint wimax phone will work just the same. Plus Sprint owns the majority of clearwire so....

[S4GRU]

MacinJosh, on 23 April 2012 - 09:21 AM, said:

I thought Verizon had much different market boundaries than Sprint does.

They do. But Clearwire counts markets more similarly to the way Verizon does, and nothing like how Sprint does.

marioc21, on 23 April 2012 - 09:23 AM, said:

I know, but a sprint wimax phone will work just the same. Plus Sprint owns the majority of clearwire so....

Yes. But the point of the post I was responding to was comparing Clearwire WiMax deployment and Sprint LTE deployment, so the differences in how they count markets needs to be explained when comparing the two deployments.

Robert

[darnell89]

So, after the 2014 deployment of 98 markets, will Sprint invest to have more markets? 100 Markets is somewhat low, don't you think? Sprint really needs to try to get markets for 3G and 4G that Sprint currently doesn't have covered.

[S4GRU]

darnell89, on 23 April 2012 - 10:54 AM, said:

So, after the 2014 deployment of 98 markets, will Sprint invest to have more markets? 100 Markets is somewhat low, don't you think? Sprint really needs to try to get markets for 3G and 4G that Sprint currently doesn't have covered.

If Sprint counted markets the way Verizon does, Sprint would have 400+ markets. It's just a geographical boundary thing. Sprint's markets are much, much larger than Verizons.

Robert

[darnell89]

S4GRU, on 23 April 2012 - 10:56 AM, said:

If Sprint counted markets the way Verizon does, Sprint would have 400+ markets. It's just a geographical boundary thing. Sprint's markets are much, much larger than Verizons.

Robert

oh, ok....How does AT&T market their LTE?

[S4GRU]

darnell89, on 23 April 2012 - 11:00 AM, said:

oh, ok....How does AT&T market their LTE?

I'm not certain. But based on their press releases, it seems pretty similar to Verizon.

Robert