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    AT&T is desperate for spectrum in the Sioux Falls area, particularly. So they will have to use the A Block there to make the network usable. AT&T has picked up A Block in Myrtle Beach, Chicago, and now two BEA's in South Dakota. So AT&T is moving toward inclusion of Band 12 now soon. Now that Band 12 is becoming commonly supported with the addition of Sprint and Tmo starting to pick up device support, AT&T really has no advantage of trying to coerce the OEM market with the B17 Lower 700 device blockade. The dam is breaking on them. So they might as well join the 700-A spectrum fight against Tmo in some strategic BEA's. Robert
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    Great map! Good job, Robert
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    AT&T purchased Long Lines Wireless which owns the 700-A Block in Western & Eastern South Dakota. That deal closed last May. Also, AT&T is doing a 10x10 in Band 4 in our area. Robert EDIT: Sprint RRPP member James Valley Telecomm owns the A-Block in the Aberdeen BEA (North Central South Dakota).
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    Tmo needs it. But the Tmo fanboys are gobbling this up thinking the list in the articles is statewide exclusive. The article states that Tmo picked up 700-A Block in the following states: Alabama, Arkansas, Colorado, Florida. Georgia. Louisiana, Michigan, Missouri, Montana, New Mexico and Oklahoma. However, these are mostly in the rural parts of these states. And a lot of square mileage that Tmo doesn't even currently cover. Since these licenses have build out requirements, Tmo will likely be adding some Protection Sites in non-strategic areas covered by these licenses. You know, like they did with Omaha Robert EDIT: Here are the BEA's they are acquiring...Dothan (Alabama, which includes small rural parts of FL/GA), Ft. Smith (Arkansas/Oklahoma), Little Rock (Arkansas), Jonesboro (Arkansas, and the heel of MO), Pueblo (Colorado), Shreveport/Monroe/Alexandria/Lake Charles/Lafayette BEA's (Louisiana), Traverse City & Sault Ste. Marie BEA's (Michigan), Missoula (Montana) and Farmington (New Mexico/Colorado). A couple of nice pieces for Tmo, like Arkansas, Louisiana and Southern Colorado. But all the rest are non strategic pieces. Looking forward to their rural build out!
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    It's a good point, and there is some truth to that. Over very long distances it could be noticeable. But given that fiber is typically just strung above ground in last mile connections, it is hardly a factor. The bandwidth used in last mile connections are typically way, way below fiber maximum capacity, so that a small reduction in total speed or capacity would be completely unnoticeable. And certainly 100's of times better than the best copper solution in its place. Robert
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    This. Robert
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    Sounds absolutely delicious. And I love spicy fried chicken. *drool* Robert
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    AT&T tends to count my data usage less every month than Android says I use. As long as AT&T is equal or less, I don't feel concerned. Robert via Nexus 5 using Tapatalk
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    You guys should meet at the finest fried chicken joint in Columbus in my honor!!! Robert via Nexus 5 using Tapatalk
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    It was a lot of sites around the country. Not just IPBoard sites. I blame the melancholy ferret people. Robert via Nexus 5 using Tapatalk
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    Nope. Nothing yet.
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    Widespread outage: Comcast http://downdetector.com/status/comcast-xfinity/map AT&T http://downdetector.com/status/att/map/ Even Level 3 is majorly impacted in some areas: http://downdetector.com/status/level3/map/
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    The same way it was reported to me. By using another ISP, especially their wireless provider. Robert
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    http://s4gru.com/index.php?/blog/1/entry-357-nexus-5-and-lg-g2-experience-temporary-sprint-lte-connectivity-issues-due-to-circuit-switched-fallback-technology/
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    Based on some reports from members not being able to access S4GRU from Comcast and some other ISP's, I opened up a ticket with IPBoard. See IPBoard's response below: So, it sounds like a major internet outage issue is occurring somewhere. It is not affecting all ISP's. You may want to try using S4GRU thorough your mobile wireless device in the interim. Hopefully it will be rectified soon. Robert
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    Only You
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    I have provided an in detail response to your PM. It gives the background. You can Google most of this information yourself. The Clearwire demise and Sprint takeover is pretty well documented. I don't keep a list of links handy, and too busy to do internet searches for people. I know you don't like the answer. WiMax customers have come in here often and mad they don't get to keep their golden goose unlimited broadband plans forever. And they get mad at us because we give them info they don't like. They ultimately get banned. WiMax is a good thing for many home users. They love it. They don't like it's going away unless it's being replaced with something equal or better for the same price or less and unlimited. Clearwire was going under for a reason. The final fate of what Sprint LTE service for home users will look like in the future is still up in the air. And the current Sprint LTE home options are not acceptable to most unlimited WiMax users. We don't know what to tell you other than plan for the worst and hope for the best. Robert
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    As was mentioned above, AT&T supports interband Carrier Aggregation on some devices in some areas. On some devices, they only support a few bands for CA and not all. Also they require the same size channels to bond, which is really unfortunate. Because AT&T has a lot of markets with one 10MHz channel and one 5MHz channel. Not being able to bond that 5MHz channel to the 10 is rather inconvenient. AT&T has a messy spectrum position. In my market, they have a B12 and B17 6MHz slice next to each other, that is one continuous 12x12 if paired together. But AT&T cannot run it as one 10MHz carrier. Because then all their B17 devices without B12 support cannot run on it and they would see no LTE in the area. Whereas a B12 device could. So now they will have to do two separate 5MHz channels, and bond together with CA. But AT&T hasn't released any B12/B17 interband CA devices, yet. Interband CA with many, many LTE bands is messy in trying to get all the different combinations supported and tested by the FCC. Sprint will have an easier time just doing intraband CA on B41 only. Robert via Samsung Note 8.0 using Tapatalk Pro
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    I changed the name of your topic to be more appropriate to your post. Because Sprint has been open about plans for their WiMax customers. They need to migrate to Sprint LTE and pick a plan that best fits their needs. And Sprint does not offer unlimited home LTE plans. Sprint only offers unlimited for smartphones. Also, there is some small hope though that Sprint may change their mind on home LTE usage plans because of this fixed trial with dish Network. There are just no definite answers for someone in your position at this time.
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    It's unfortunate for many people, but unlimited home plans are not profitable in the current Clearwire business plan and it is what lead to its demise. Sprint currently has no definite plans for unlimited home ISP usage on its LTE network. As it stands now, you will likely lose service when Sprint shuts down Clearwire's old WiMax network at the end of next year. They are turning off even sooner in some markets to be announced in the future. We don't know if your area is included in that. Sprint is working with DISH network on a trial down in Corpus Christi, Texas with LTE home ISP service. Depending on how that turns out, that may go nationwide. But what types of plans and the data allotment that will come out of that is still unknown. And whether anything will come out of that in enough time to help you is also unknown. Stay tuned. Robert via Samsung Note 8.0 using Tapatalk Pro
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    During active data transfer, it does. But it will not half your battery. Nothing even close to that. It will nearly double your radio battery consumption during active data sessions where CA is used. But when you consider that radios are not the top usage in smartphones these days, giving up a little more battery resources for a better data experience (when needed) is worth it for most users. The average user will not see any meaningful difference with a CA device and a non CA device, except possibly downloading or streaming really, really large files for hours. Hopefully CA can be turned off. Robert via Samsung Note 8.0 using Tapatalk Pro
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    The switch is the Sprint MSC Center where all telephone calls/texts are routed from a site, processed by the Sprint network and connected to the main landline telecommunications backbone for distribution around the country or world to its destination. Each site is connected to a specific switch. There are approximately 60 MSC's (switches) around the country. The term switch and MSC are interchangeable. Robert via Samsung Note 8.0 using Tapatalk Pro
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    Apple could have supported B41 in the last iPhone. The chipset supported it. But didn't want to go through the trouble. So even if the MDM 9635 supports CA and is in the next iPhone, it is not an automatic thing CA will be included. Or Sprint CA. Also, Apple would then get to decide which bands do CA as well, and mixes of bands. We have already seen several AT&T devices where not all bands will or mixes of bands will do CA, even though the device itself supports LTE on all AT&T bands. Robert via Samsung Note 8.0 using Tapatalk Pro
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    Band 26 will start deployment in a few weeks. Band 41 by the end of the year. Robert via Samsung Note 8.0 using Tapatalk Pro
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    300MB 1x/EVDO data roaming limit. This article is just about RRPP LTE roaming, though.
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