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Of course, I already ate the chicken leg. But the well cleaned bone is still quite lovely. Robert via Samsung Note 8.0 using Tapatalk Pro

He managed the buyout by SoftBank, the purchase of Clearwire while running Network Vision. Why is this a surprise? Customer dissatisfaction with Sprint is almost completely because of the network. Which is being taken care of. If Masa is concerned about Hesse's pay, he will take care of it. Robert via Samsung Note 8.0 using Tapatalk Pro

Sprint will have nTelos LTE via the CCA if nothing else. I would imagine CCA LTE will be available to Sprint customers soon. Robert via Samsung Note 8.0 using Tapatalk Pro

I guess that's possible. But I don't think that would work for long. Google will not be easily played. Robert via Samsung Note 8.0 using Tapatalk Pro

I had a Sprint product development employee reach out to me this morning after reading this thread. His message says: Robert via Samsung Note 8.0 using Tapatalk Pro

In everything I read, it appeared to me that the high frequency spectrum would count against companies after this auction, and from then on indefinitely. Not prior to the auction. The purpose of this is that 600MHz allows the FCC to right the anticompetitive wrongs in low frequency spectrum. Afterward, the playing field would have been leveled. So the full screen should be in effect. Robert via Samsung Note 8.0 using Tapatalk Pro

Site acceptance report from Friday (4/11) through Monday (4/14): Alabama - 4 updates (2 3G, 2 LTE) Arkansas - 2 updates (1 3G, 1 LTE) Atlanta / Athens - 1 update (1 LTE) Austin - 5 updates (4 3G, 1 LTE) Baltimore - 1 update (1 LTE) Boston - 1 update (1 LTE) Central Jersey - 4 updates (4 LTE) Chicago - 1 update (1 LTE) Cincinnati - 11 updates (3 3G, 2 CDMA 800, 6 LTE) Cleveland - 22 updates (7 3G, 15 LTE) Colorado - 1 update (1 3G) Columbus - 25 updates (4 3G, 12 CDMA 800, 9 LTE) Delaware - 1 update (1 CDMA 800) East Michigan - 1 update (1 LTE) East Texas - 2 updates (2 LTE) Ft. Wayne / South Bend - 1 update (1 LTE) GA/SC Coast - 1 update (1 LTE) Houston - 5 updates (1 3G, 4 LTE) Jacksonville - 1 update (1 LTE) Kansas - 1 update (1 3G) LA Metro - 5 updates (4 3G, 1 LTE) Las Vegas - 1 update (1 new site) Louisiana - 2 updates (2 3G) Lower Central Valley - 2 updates (2 LTE) Memphis - 6 updates (6 3G) Miami / West Palm - 3 updates (3 3G) Milwaukee - 2 updates (2 LTE) Minnesota - 3 updates (1 CDMA 800, 1 LTE, 1 new 3G site) Mississippi - 2 updates (1 3G, 1 LTE) Missouri - 6 updates (3 3G, 3 LTE) Nashville - 8 updates (7 3G, 1 LTE) New Orleans - 18 updates (18 3G) New York City - 3 updates (1 3G, 2 LTE) Norfolk - 2 updates (2 LTE) North LA - 5 updates (4 3G, 1 LTE) North Wisconsin - 1 update (1 LTE) Northern Connecticut - 1 update (1 3G) Northern Jersey - 9 updates (1 3G, 8 LTE) Oklahoma - 5 updates (5 3G) Orange County - 2 updates (2 LTE) Oregon / SW Washington - 28 updates (28 CDMA 800) Orlando - 3 updates (3 3G) Philadelphia Metro - 4 updates (1 CDMA 800, 3 LTE) Phoenix - 4 updates (1 3G, 3 LTE) Pittsburgh - 1 update (1 LTE) Providence - 1 update (1 LTE) Richmond - 3 updates (3 3G) Riverside / San Bernardino - 1 update (1 LTE) SF Bay - 14 updates (8 CDMA 800, 6 LTE) San Antonio - 1 update (1 CDMA 800) San Diego - 4 updates (1 3G, 1 LTE, 1 new replacement site, 1 site deactivation) South Bay - 5 updates (5 LTE) South Carolina - 2 updates (2 LTE) South Texas - 2 updates (2 3G) Southern Connecticut - 2 updates (2 LTE) Southern Jersey - 4 updates (2 CDMA 800, 2 LTE) Toledo - 6 updates (6 LTE) Upper Central Valley - 3 updates (3 LTE) Upstate NY East - 2 updates (2 LTE) Utah - 3 updates (1 LTE, 1 new 3G/LTE DAS site) Washington DC - 4 updates (3 LTE, 1 new 3G site) West Kentucky - 1 update (1 3G) West Texas - 10 updates (10 3G) West Washington - 6 updates (6 LTE) Winston / Salem - 1 update (1 LTE) Maps are updated. Robert Links: Comments regarding this thread, NV Sites Complete Map

We have a GMO map in the Premier Sponsor section. It shows 100's of GMO sites in the Pittsburgh market. All low capacity sites outside the Pittsburgh Metro area are GMO. Robert

My wireless nerd tower hunting has been changed forever. I am adding each sector cardinal direction too (N), (SW), (SE), etc. Viva le note feature! Robert via Nexus 5 using Tapatalk

You've been quoted. Robert

You can opt out of them inside the Tapatalk app. When in Tapatalk, back out of S4GRU until you are at the Main Menu when you see all your forums listed (included S4GRU). When there, hit the Menu button. The only option that opens should be Settings. Scroll down to the Image Load Preferences and unselect Topic Images. Then go below that to the section called Load Preferences with Slow Connection and unselect Topic Images there too. This gets rid of those obnoxious Tapatalk Topic Images that appear when you are scrolling through threads. Robert

Tapatalk Users: I received an email this morning that Tapatalk has a new update to install on our server side. I did that this weekend. Also, Tapatalk pushed an app update recently too. It's possible that many of the Tapatalk bugs (like notifications) have been fixed with this update. Feel free to sound off on any observations you may have AFTER updating to the latest app version. Please don't report any findings if you have not updated your app. I'm definitely interested in seeing if their notifications started working. Robert

Updated today, with a few minor place changes. I'm always amazed by the generosity of our Honored Premier Sponsors! Robert

I prefer Toyota Corolla. More reliable, makes less noise and smells better when left out in the sun. Robert via Samsung Note 8.0 using Tapatalk Pro

It is technically possible at a lot of sites. About 3-5% of GMO's do have LTE live. However, Sprint did not order backhaul at most GMO sites until recently. So there is no backhaul to feed most of them. And since GMO conversion to full build is already occurring in several places, I presume most of them will not see LTE until they are full built. Robert via Nexus 5 using Tapatalk

Signal difference when the signal is strong is not important. Signal difference when the signal is mediocre is what matters. I have done a lot of device signal testing in my day. And a 5dB difference with a strong signal does not always propagate across to a weak signal. And it may be completely different on B26 or B41. In this case it may be true. Just throwing that out there though. Robert via Samsung Note 8.0 using Tapatalk Pro

Launch doesn't mean anything. Des Moines had enough coverage to launch last month. I'm all but certain it will launch in the next round. BTW, Sprint/Samsung has moved faster in the Central Iowa market than almost any other. Your the envy of all the nation. Save maybe Omaha. Robert

I like the Google overlaid network.sprint.com maps. They work well. Sprint should just overlay its signal exactly the same way. And while they're at it, they can also make the data accurate. Robert via Nexus 5 using Tapatalk

Site acceptance report from Tuesday (4/8) through Thursday (4/10): Alabama - 1 update (1 LTE) Albuquerque - 1 update (1 3G) Arkansas - 2 updates (2 LTE) Atlanta / Athens - 2 updates (2 3G) Austin - 1 update (1 LTE) Boston - 2 updates (2 LTE) Buffalo - 1 update (1 LTE) Central Illinois - 1 update (1 LTE) Charlotte - 1 update (1 LTE) Chicago - 1 update (1 LTE) Cincinnati - 6 updates (6 LTE) Cleveland - 28 updates (11 3G, 17 LTE) Colorado - 14 updates (9 3G, 5 LTE) Columbus - 2 updates (2 LTE) Dakotas - 1 update (1 LTE) East Michigan - 1 update (1 3G) Ft. Wayne / South Bend - 1 update (1 LTE) Gulf Coast - 5 updates (5 3G) Houston - 2 updates (2 LTE) Idaho - 1 update (1 LTE) Jacksonville - 1 update (1 3G) Kansas - 1 update (1 3G) LA Metro - 2 updates (2 LTE) Long Island - 1 update (1 LTE) Memphis - 4 updates (4 3G) Miami / West Palm - 7 updates (6 3G, 1 LTE) Milwaukee - 3 updates (3 LTE) Minnesota - 4 updates (4 LTE) Missouri - 20 updates (19 3G, 1 LTE) Nashville - 2 updates (1 3G, 1 LTE) New Orleans - 3 updates (3 3G) North LA - 2 updates (2 LTE) North Wisconsin - 1 update (1 LTE) Northern Connecticut - 1 update (1 LTE) Northern Jersey - 7 updates (2 3G, 5 LTE) Oklahoma - 12 updates (11 3G, 1 LTE) Orange County - 1 update (1 3G) Orlando - 4 updates (3 3G, 1 LTE) Philadelphia Metro - 3 updates (3 LTE) Phoenix - 4 updates (2 3G, 2 LTE) Pittsburgh - 6 updates (6 LTE) Richmond - 15 updates (15 3G) SF Bay - 9 updates (8 3G, 1 LTE) San Diego - 1 update (1 3G) SF Bay - 1 update (1 3G) South Bay - 2 updates (2 LTE) South Texas - 5 updates (5 3G) South West Florida - 6 updates (4 3G, 2 LTE) Southern Connecticut - 5 updates (5 LTE) Southern Jersey - 10 updates (10 LTE) Toledo - 7 updates (7 LTE) Tucson / Yuma - 2 updates (1 3G, 1 LTE) Utah - 1 update (1 LTE) Washington DC - 1 update (1 LTE) West Kentucky - 3 updates (3 3G) West Texas - 3 updates (3 3G) West Washington - 7 updates (2 3G, 5 LTE) VT / NH / ME - 1 update (1 LTE) Winston / Salem - 4 updates (4 LTE) Maps are updated. Robert Links: Comments regarding this thread, NV Sites Complete Map

Nothing new is being discussed. The network shuts down at the end of 2015. We have known about this for a long time. Just further confirmation. Thread closed. Robert

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Sprint shouldn't have bought Clearwire? Oh, please. Because a slow and grossly under utilized WiMax network in 70 cities is just awesome, right? Sprint is taking the same spectrum, taking it to quadruple the customers with 10x the performance. In 2 more years, it will be about 30x the performance. You know that Clearwire was bankrupt and Sprint had to bail them out several times right? It's because Clearwire customers were so bottom of the barrel. Under paying and over consuming. Clearwire needed to double their prices but they knew they would lose what few customers they had left. WiMax was not sustainable. Sprint shouldn't have bought Clearwire...that's rich. As if there was any other way out. WiMax was a dead technology. Even Clearwire was planning to abandon it themselves. Sprint is just seeing through the same plans Clearwire already had. Nothing new in this 2015 sunset date. We have been talking about it since 2012. A year and a half before Sprint bought Clearwire. Robert via Samsung Note 8.0 using Tapatalk Pro

Well that interview was a waste of my time. But the trip to NYC was nice. Robert via Samsung Note 8.0 using Tapatalk Pro

Because 700MHz was released as a wideband channel from the get go and did not interfere with existing Mexican narrowband transmissions. 800SMR band has a narrowband channel assignment in both the US and Mexico with channels only 25KHz wide. The way the US and Mexico worked out the use is the channel assignment is interleaved near the border, which means that every other channel belonged to one nation or the other. So technically, Sprint only could use half the channels near the border on SMR 800 in narrowband format. However, Sprint is now wanting to use wideband channels to deploy CDMA and LTE. And there are still Mexican providers using their every other channel allotment on the other side of the border. How do you use CDMA and LTE with 25KHz slices being used nearby? The answer is, you can't. The wideband transmissions of CDMA and LTE across the border would destroy the Mexican narrowband channels. And they would then turn up their power causing too much interference. And then no one could use the spectrum. So the Mexicans and the Americans need to work out a sharing arrangement for this band, so it can be used for wideband operations along the IBEZ. But since Mexicans are still using narrowband communications in this band along the border, they are in no hurry it appears. Robert