Band-Aid fixes vs Network Vision?

[CuriousTim]

I thought I read that network vision replaces all the legacy equipment with new NV equipment. If Sprint has these towers upgraded for voice/capacity 1-3 months from now does all that equipment just get replaced when they do Network Vision for those towers? What is actually changed/added when they do "band-aid" fixes and how much of that stuff is carried over to network vision upgrades?

 

On https://network.sprint.com/ for places like Chicago it still shows upgrades over the next 6 months. According to this site the Chicago area is set to launch in September and to be completed by December. Seems odd that site would still show band-aid fixes right up until completion of the market. Any reasoning or logic behind that?

[S4GRU]

I thought I read that network vision replaces all the legacy equipment with new NV equipment. If Sprint has these towers upgraded for voice/capacity 1-3 months from now does all that equipment just get replaced when they do Network Vision for those towers? What is actually changed/added when they do "band-aid" fixes and how much of that stuff is carried over to network vision upgrades?

 

On https://network.sprint.com/ for places like Chicago it still shows upgrades over the next 6 months. According to this site the Chicago area is set to launch in September and to be completed by December. Seems odd that site would still show band-aid fixes right up until completion of the market. Any reasoning or logic behind that?

 

There are three types of upgrades being tracked at network.sprint.com. Voice carrier adds, EVDO carrier adds and data speed upgrades (which are mostly additional T1 lines).

 

In the case of Chicago, they cannot carry over any legacy equipment into Network Vision cabinets because the legacy equipment is Motorola and the NV equipment is Samsung. So presumably, all these temp upgrades at a legacy site will be removed and probably installed in other Sprint markets that are awaiting Network Vision and/or sold to other vendors around the world. Except T1 lines, which will be just be disconnected.

 

However, it is likely that network.sprint.com will also track upgrades in post Network Vision sites too. Although the number of NV sites needing this kind of work should be substantially lower, there will always be need for additional voice and 3G carriers as demand grows in certain cells. This will always be an ongoing network management issue over time. Hopefully Sprint can move to a proactive role in a Post Network Vision World, a far cry from the previous reactive mode it has been in.

 

And even though it may seem stupid, or a waste, to do this work right before NV...you have to understand the relationship between Sprint and Ericsson. A few years ago, Sprint contracted out management of its entire network nationwide to Ericsson. Ericsson has in their contract to perform these upgrades as necessary. So these upgrades are being performed by Ericsson. And Sprint essentially paid for these in advance by the nature of their contract. So Ericsson should be doing these upgrades, even if they will only be used for a few months. Sprint paid for them already.

 

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