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No Sprint anywhere on that site. Only Clearwire equipment. That's why it is not on the NV Sites Complete map. Clearwire sites are only shown in the Premier section. Robert

Look what lack of LTE has done to your face! Wow!!! Robert

Please message me any sites that you think could be mislabeled. We now have an automated system for updates and things may go awry. i can manually go back and look at acceptance reports and verify if something appears incorrect. Thanks. Robert

Once the backhaul is complete, Sprint will request an LTE integration of the site. Sometimes it can be the same day as the backhaul going live, sometimes it's the next day. Sometimes it's a few days or in a few examples a few weeks. It depends on the market and who is there working on what when it's complete. In a Samsung market in a metro as large as the Wasatch Front, I'd be surprised if the wait was very long between the backhaul going live and LTE bring fired up. In a smaller market in a remote area, they are more likely to have to wait awhile for an LTE integration tech to show up. Sometimes when the LTE integration shows up, there is a problem and it cannot be integrated. He would then have to report it back to Sprint who will then have to diagnose the problem. Which could be the original installers or the backhaul provider. And that sometimes takes weeks to resolve. And then the integration has to be scheduled again afterward. Robert via Nexus 5 using Tapatalk

I'm uncertain about this. Robert via Nexus 5 using Tapatalk

One month behind schedule is on schedule for the most part in this business. AT&T is several months behind here installing LTE in Western South Dakota according to the guy I talked with this morning at my local site. Since AT&T and VZW don't post their schedules and there is no A4GRU or V4GRU, we don't know how far behind they ever ran. Given how things have gone with Network Vision schedules, I would say that the Clearwire B41 deployment has been going muy excellente! Robert

There is no detriment for aggregating carriers as you've outlined, except for possibly, that if Band 25 becomes faster then people may use their LTE on Band 25 more. I guess that's possible. But should Sprint limit the Band 41 speeds to 20Mbps so it does not encourage overuse? Of course not. It shouldn't do that for Band 25 either. And think about it from this angle...if/when B25 CA devices were to hit the market, they would all be Triband anyway. These will be devices that already run on B41 also. These people who mostly are on B41 are going to use the data the way they are used to using data. Being on B25 will not change their behavior. You might as well allow two B25 carriers be aggregated and they experience a more B41-like experience when they are in a place they connect to B25. Also, at almost every rural/semi rural site in the country now, Sprint already has enough spectrum to deploy two B25 LTE carriers. They could deploy the second, institute CA on it, and they would have a B41 like experience without ever even needing to deploy B41. There are a lot of upsides to doing CA on B25. For the life of me, the only negative I can think of is people MAY want to use it more. Sprint should not avoid building their network in the best way possible because people may use it more. They can take other measures if and when that becomes a problem. For right now, unlimited is the way of Sprint. So Sprint needs to handle capex in the best way possible maximizing performance for the customers as best as possible while continuing unlimited. I would pull the trigger on B25 CA right away, and get in all future devices by OEMs ASAP. But who am I? Robert

B25 and B41 are being deployed at the same time, on different sites. B25 is being deployed on Sprint Network Vision sites. B41 is being deployed on Clearwire WiMax sites. Sprint is also just now starting to deploy B26 in a 6 month stagger behind B25 on Sprint Network Vision sites. Sprint will also start deploying B41 on Sprint Network Vision sites more toward mid year 2014. The EVO LTE is not affected by CSFB, so it should not make much difference to go into LTE Only mode except to perhaps connect to a really faint LTE signal that your EVO would not want to hold onto otherwise. The EVO LTE RF reception on LTE is probably the worst of any Sprint LTE to date. It can be really, really bad. If you can get a really good deal on another used LTE device, you'll likely be miles happier. Or possibly get a cheap Triband LTE hotspot to use with it. Robert

I did not do any testing on 1x. My testing only was on B25 LTE. Robert

My Trooper has a battery. Does that count? Robert

There is also already a B41 LTE site live on top of that Hilton. I've used it before. Was getting 40Mbps DL on it. Robert via Samsung Note 8.0 using Tapatalk Pro

I only tested it on one site in Colorado for all of 15 minutes, but in that specific observation with an N5, GN2 and a GS3, the Nexus 5 bested them in every instance of signal strength and data throughput. And I was confirmed on the same site/sector. As for battery life, I am not able to say. The N5 in my observations was 3-5dBm better not being held, and about 7-8dBm better while being held than the GN2. It was about 5-7dBm better than the GS3 unheld, and about 10dBm better held. The GN2 was less affected being held than the GS3. But that didn't surprise me given the size of the device. My Netgear Zing beat them all, and even picked up a distant B41 site. Robert via Samsung Note 8.0 using Tapatalk Pro

This does make sense. When Sprint starts doing LTE-A advanced devices for B41 CA, they should also include CA for B25 too. Right now, it would only be useful in a couple of places in Shentel land. However, there likely will be more this year. And anywhere there are two B25 carriers, why not use both carriers in aggregate? It would probably require an LTE version upgrade too. But they should plan for it and just do it. Robert via Samsung Note 8.0 using Tapatalk Pro

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Masa knows he has to do it all. He cannot think linearly. It will be painful to bring Sprint up to his standards, but it must be done. Robert via Samsung Note 8.0 using Tapatalk Pro

Sounds like NSN is planning to do a basic beamforming, using 6 sectors per site instead of 3. If Sprint deployed six sectors of B41 per site, they would just kill it with consistent speed and capacity. Especially when CA is deployed. Robert via Samsung Note 8.0 using Tapatalk Pro

Since their devices don't require CSFB to connect to LTE and yours does, it is possible the closer site they are connected to currently does not have CSFB live at the moment. Additionally, bars don't mean much. You should check the actual dBm RSRP signal strengths. And lastly, I assume they are all Sprint devices. Robert via Samsung Note 8.0 using Tapatalk Pro

I believe Sprint is willing to overbuild but is still OK with a nTelos deal if they can get it for a more than a fair price. Probably for less than nTelos can afford. But the negotiation window has to be closing soon. Robert via Samsung Note 8.0 using Tapatalk Pro

Speeds do improve when more sites come online. Too many subscribers connecting to too few sites causes speeds to slow. Also, since Seattle is a WiMax market, they are also deploying Band 41. So if you have a Triband device, you can use Band 41 too in areas it's been deployed once the 3G has also been upgraded in that area. There are Band 41 schedule maps in the Premier section. Robert via Samsung Note 8.0 using Tapatalk Pro

I also seem to remember once hearing in one of the nTelos Quarterly meetings that they were deploying LTE on their own spectrum. I'm pretty sure they are not using Sprint spectrum at all. But nTelos is also using their own spectrum with EVDO and 1x too. I don't believe Sprint and nTelos have a spectrum usage agreement. I think nTelos just has a wholesale usage agreement with Sprint where Sprint Subscribers can use their network as native. And Sprint offers nTelos customers roaming on their network to try to offset the costs paid to nTelos. Robert via Samsung Note 8.0 using Tapatalk Pro

What about the model for dyslexics? The Untie shotpot? Robert

In hindsight, not purchasing MetroPCS was a blunder. Their competitor, T-Mobile, has been strengthened as a result. And Sprint would have benefited from the PCS holdings of Metro and could have swapped their AWS for more PCS. Hesse was right on that move and he was denied. And Legere is happy for it. Robert

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I'd love to see some speed tests and LTE Engineering screen shots of the second carrier some time. Robert via Nexus 5 using Tapatalk

It can't be. Because Sprint only has 97 markets when you count that way. But we don't know exactly how Sprint will define the limits of the Top 100 cities. Robert via Nexus 5 using Tapatalk