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I don't think Sprint even claims in its marketing to have more spectrum or capability for capacity. It is only the tech media that has said those types of things. He can simply Google it and find hundreds of links for himself. Robert via Samsung Note 8.0 using Tapatalk Pro

I would buy a Motorola Nexus 6. The Moto X has been a solid device, especially in the RF dept. The only thing that made it a no go for Sprint was that it was limited to only Band 25. Count me intrigued. Robert via Samsung Note 8.0 using Tapatalk Pro

Because Sprint has more B41 spectrum than AT&T and Verizon have all their spectrum combined. That's why. And that means mondo capacity. Way more than their competitors. If you don't want the capacity, don't upgrade to a Band 41 device and go select the carrier of your choice. But we completely understand you don't believe Sprint. That's fine. We get it. Don't believe them. But don't complain to us what you FEEL Sprint isn't going to do in the future. Robert via Samsung Note 8.0 using Tapatalk Pro

I nearly drove off the road when I saw Band 5 on my LTE Engineering screen Friday evening. I wasn't expecting it. They had Band 4 active there for the past month. But Band 5 just went active in Kadoka this past week. It's the first time I've seen Band 5 myself. Both Band 4 and Band 5 are only 5MHz channels there. But that should be ample for a town that size. In fact, one 5MHz LTE carrier would be enough. Robert via Nexus 5 using Tapatalk

The City did entertain a buyout of their wireless division back in 2010. But the council voted it down. Sprint and Swiftel could be in talks now. Preliminary conversations wouldn't have to be public record. Robert via Nexus 5 using Tapatalk

I think it's going to largely affect their WCS and CA deployment if anything. It doesn't seem to be impacting their initial deployment of Band 17/4/5 nationwide. I came across my first Band 5 AT&T site this weekend in Kadoka, SD. Robert

Wow, that's one of the best coverings of one of our articles, ever. Good job, Tammy! Robert

VoLTE will be possible on B41 LTE. It will just prioritize B25 or B26, whenever possible. On a device that is only compatible on B41 while on the Sprint network, it will still do VoLTE on B41. Robert

Not necessarily. On the legacy Clearwire backhaul, you can have the downlink portion of the backhaul well burdened, but the uplink not. And it would look just like that speed test, if it were the case. Seeing how the ping looks absolutely normal, it would be hard to absolutely conclude the slower download speeds is completely because of capacity. When they first turned on the Denver B41 network last summer on Clearwire sites, I experienced this same thing. And the only thing that could run on it at the time was just hotspots, that only had started on sale the previous week. In many of those instances, I was likely the only person on Band 41 LTE at a site or sector. This pointed to a legacy Clearwire backhaul situation where the legacy backhaul could not support B41 peak speeds when the WiMax that shared it was fully burdened. Robert via Samsung Note 8.0 using Tapatalk Pro

OK, I decided to stop at the Sprint/Swiftel store yesterday while in East River. I popped in the store on the West side of the city off Louise Avenue after picking up a tasty white chocolate mocha espresso milkshake from the adjacent Coffeea Roasterie (highly recommend). I figured I'd stop in and chat with the manager, which I just knew in advance would be a waste of time. But, being a Swiftel employee, I figured was worth a shot. I asked to speak with a manager, and he said he was the manager on duty. I asked him if he was a Swiftel employee. He said he was but was wondering why I was inquiring. I explained I ran a Sprint blog and was looking for any info regarding Swiftel's upgrade to LTE. And if he had any info. He sighed and said, that they have resorted to giving up telling customers about LTE. He said they basically don't sign up new customers anymore. They pretty much just service the unfortunate Sprint subscribers who move into the area from other places. He said, as he understands it, Swiftel wants to sign a 15 year agreement extension in order to commit to the $180M upgrade they would have to do to upgrade to Network Vision and add all the LTE bands. He said since Swiftel is owned by a government agency, they would have to sell bonds to get money for the work. And most bonds require backing a 15 or 30 years of guaranteed revenues. 30 years is best to get good rates, but 15 years is pretty much the minimum based on their ratings and bond capacity. He said, Sprint is willing to extend their agreement beyond 2018. But only an additional four years. He said this has created a stalemate. Swiftel cannot move forward with a four year agreement and get the funding they need. He has heard no further progress on discussions. He said either the City of Brookings will try to sell Swiftel's wireless division (again), they will ride out the agreement until 2018 and Sprint will dump them, or Sprint will carry the debt for Swiftel and pay to upgrade themselves. And even if Sprint does pay for the upgrade themselves, it would be difficult for Swiftel, because that is a de facto loan, and would count against the City of Brookings bond capacity. To me, it seems Sprint should buy Swiftel. If not, just pay off Swiftel the remainder of their profits on the 2018 agreement, cancel the agreement and overbuild using iDEN and Clearwire sites. And additional sites as needed. Having an affiliate who is a government agency is just not worth the trouble. On another note, I highly recommend Bob's Cafe in Sioux Falls off 12th Street. Some of the best fried chicken I've ever had. Definitely a top ten. And that is saying something coming from me!! Robert via Samsung Note 8.0 using Tapatalk Pro

I shouldn't say my spectrum analyzer. I should have said Travis's spectrum analyzer. Which I am borrowing. Robert via Nexus 5 using Tapatalk

A new one went live in Plankinton, SD after you went through on Wednesday but before I went through on Friday. They're moving quickly around here. Hopefully it means ALU is actively integrating right behind crews. Robert via Nexus 5 using Tapatalk

T-Mobile LTE does not have good building penetration. Not even close. If you got a good Tmo LTE signal in the movie theater, it's because you were near the tower. Period. You also get a good Sprint LTE signal near a tower. Robert via Nexus 5 using Tapatalk

I'm the one who has mapped most of the Sensorly LTE coverage in South Dakota, except I-29 north of Brookings. Most of it is Band 17. Some of it is Band 4 and 5 though. All have been 5x5, so far. Although AT&T can do 10x10 Band 17 in Rapid City with their new purchase of Long Lines Wireless. They just started installing LTE in Rapid City. I'm watching the spectrum analyzer to see if it comes up 10MHz channels from the beginning. Robert via Nexus 5 using Tapatalk

. It could also be interference. Especially if they weren't turned up at the right power level. Robert via Nexus 5 using Tapatalk

I had to do a double take. At first I thought you said you got Sprint LTE in Taos. Robert via Nexus 5 using Tapatalk

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Thanks to techiegirl's latest donation, she has moved on to the list. And chapagetti just got bumped off. Thanks to our Honored Premier Sponsors! Robert

Site acceptance report from Monday (7/21) through Thursday (7/24): Alabama - 1 update (1 3G) Albuquerque - 5 updates (5 LTE) Atlanta / Athens - 1 update (1 LTE) Baltimore - 1 update (1 LTE) Boston - 19 updates (9 CDMA 800, 8 LTE, 1 new 3G/LTE site) Central Jersey - 3 updates (3 LTE) Cincinnati - 17 updates (10 3G, 7 LTE) Cleveland - 4 updates (4 LTE) Colorado - 10 updates (10 LTE) Columbus - 5 updates (5 LTE) East Michigan - 2 updates (2 LTE) GA/SC Coast - 2 updates (2 CDMA 800) Georgia - 2 updates (2 CDMA 800) Jacksonville - 5 updates (4 CDMA 800, 1 LTE) Kansas - 3 updates (1 3G, 1 LTE, 1 new 3G site) LA Metro - 12 updates (1 3G, 1 CDMA 800, 10 LTE) Las Vegas - 3 updates (1 CDMA 800, 2 LTE) Long Island - 5 updates (5 LTE) Miami / West Palm - 7 updates (7 LTE) Missouri - 7 updates (1 3G, 6 LTE) Myrtle Beach - 2 updates (2 LTE) Nashville - 2 updates (1 3G, 1 CDMA 800) New York City - 5 updates (3 3G, 1 CDMA 800, 1 LTE) North LA - 10 updates (10 CDMA 800) Northern Connecticut - 3 updates (1 3G, 2 CDMA 800) Northern Jersey - 5 updates (1 CDMA 800, 4 LTE) Oklahoma - 2 updates (1 LTE, 1 new LTE site) Oregon / SW Washington - 3 updates (1 3G, 2 LTE) Orlando - 11 updates (5 3G, 4 CDMA 800, 1 LTE, 1 new DAS site) PR / VI - 2 updates (1 new 3G/LTE site) Philadelphia Metro - 7 updates (1 3G, 1 CDMA 800, 5 LTE) Phoenix - 6 updates (1 3G, 1 CDMA 800, 4 LTE) Pittsburgh - 1 update (1 LTE) Raleigh / Durham - 4 updates (4 LTE) Richmond - 1 update (1 LTE) Riverside / San Bernardino - 2 updates (2 LTE) SF Bay - 6 updates (1 3G, 3 LTE, 1 new DAS site) San Diego - 4 updates (3 3G, 1 LTE) Shentel - 2 updates (1 iDEN Conversion) South Bay - 2 updates (2 LTE) South Carolina - 1 update (1 LTE) South Texas - 1 update (1 3G) South West Florida - 2 updates (2 CDMA 800) Southern Connecticut - 2 updates (1 CDMA 800, 1 LTE) Southern Jersey - 1 update (1 3G) Tampa - 5 updates (5 LTE) Tucson / Yuma - 4 updates (4 LTE) Upstate NY Central - 2 updates (2 LTE) Upstate NY East - 8 updates (5 CDMA 800, 3 LTE) Utah - 3 updates (1 3G, 2 LTE) VT / NH / ME - 2 updates (1 3G, 1 LTE) Washington DC - 5 updates (1 3G, 4 LTE) West Michigan - 3 updates (3 LTE) West Texas - 1 update (1 LTE) West Washington - 2 updates (2 LTE) Winston / Salem - 1 update (1 LTE) Maps are updated. Robert Links: Comments regarding this thread, NV Sites Complete Map

With current management techniques, it would only be a drain during active data sessions. CA could go to standby when not in use and not have any further battery drain. For normal usage, it probably wouldn't be very noticeable. But if you were streaming non stop all day, it would most likely have a noticeable drain over one carrier streaming. Reducing your overall battery life. There could be other improvements occurring to minimize the impacts to device battery life for CA devices. But other than non active standby, I don't know of any. Robert

Their voice coverage maps are fair. But their LTE coverage maps are extremely inaccurate. Always have been since they first came online in July 2012. Robert via Samsung Note 8.0 using Tapatalk Pro

Is that place any good? They're building one in my city. I've never eaten at Five Guys. But everyone is going nuts about how good it is. Robert via Samsung Note 8.0 using Tapatalk Pro

Yes, this is totally plausible. Robert via Samsung Note 8.0 using Tapatalk Pro

If all your sites in your adjacent area are upgraded to CDMA 800 and B26 LTE, then you would likely be out of luck. It will not improve if optimization is indeed complete. There will be thousands and thousands of locations that are just not going to be blessed by geography and chance. There are fringe areas that are being slightly overlapped from several sites on every network. However, if there is a closer site than the 5 you're getting a signal from now, then you may get some improvement still when the CDMA and LTE on 800MHz goes live. Best of luck. Robert

Your mind is outside the industry norm for quoting spectrum licensed in a market. However, we have seen your mind out in left field before. Robert