S4GRU

Sprint wouldn't need USCC spectrum except to host its remaining customers. Sprint can use USCC PCS and Cellular just fine. It can probably even keep the 700-A block and just add that Band to future devices. Sprint would only need to sell off USCC AWS holdings. It's not a bad fit at all spectrally. If Sprint can get USCC for a good price, it would be a good buy for Sprint. And it would do a lot to establish an even larger rural presence than Tmo in many places. Robert

Continue to be annoyed. Other than Band 41 LTE, there will not be much Sprint LTE inside Sacramento for the forseeable future. Most of the LTE deployment will occur in the suburbs and exurbs. Robert

They are getting rid of WiMax at the end of 2015. But the sites will stay and broadcast Sprint's Band 41 LTE from them. Robert

Most of the ABQ sites east of the river are spaced well enough for at least continuous outdoor Band 41 coverage. Sites in the NE Heights, South Valley and West Mesa are spaced too far apart for overlapping Band 41 coverage in many cases. Band 41 will not work indoors in the fringe areas between most sites in ABQ as is. You would fall back to Band 25 and/or 26 in those locations. However, Sprint says they will be densifying Band 41 coverage in the Top 100 markets before the end of 2016. So more sites will likely be added around ABQ still in the coming year or two. I wouldn't mind Band 41 in the areas within 1/2-3/4 mile of a site, and falling back to Band 25/26 in all other locations. That will work well, and be superior to Tmo and AT&T's networks at their build out. And will perform similar to VZW network in ABQ when they finish building out a 15MHz AWS LTE network overlay. Because AWS LTE will also cause islands with only LTE 750 in between. Robert

Where was this taken? Those look like PCS only wide beam NV panels, and not Band 41 only panels. I say that because Band 41 should only have one RRU per panel. Whereas a Samsung high capacity site can have two panels per sector with two RRU's per panel. Robert

Yes, there is only like a half dozen East Michigan market sites left to be upgraded to NV 3G/CSFB. CSFB does sometimes go offline at a site, cluster or switch. But other than that, most Triband customers should be able to get all the LTE that a Uniband LTE device can get. And more in places where additional bands have been deployed. Robert

Existing WiMax sites are already being converted to include Band 41 in the Hartford market. Details exist in the Premier Sponsor section. Robert

Never going to happen. Legere is too awesome to be limited by mere physics! Robert

I don't think any more info is required. It wouldn't reveal anything conclusive. Robert

So far there is no hint, press release or otherwise, that Sprint is opening up its Band 41 TDD-LTE network for fixed internet service. The only mention so far is a joint venture network test with Dish in Corpus Christi, Texas. However, that is a separate network and not tied to Sprint's Band 41 network. In the joint venture, a customer of one is not automatically a user of the other from either direction. It may change after the joint venture test and grow into something else. However, at this point, there is nothing official or credible that says that Sprint will open up their Band 41 network for home/business ISP usage. And I think that it would stay that way until possibly they can deploy 4x4 or 8x8 MIMO and Band 41 Carrier Aggregation. Then they could possibly stand a chance to support the kind of traffic that a fixed ISP service would put on the network. And if they do, it would likely not be an interchangeable mobile/fixed solution. You likely would have a separate fixed ISP account, and it will likely have limits. If there ends up being an unlimited option, it won't be $49. There would likely be data tiers, like $50 for 10GB, $75 for 25GB and $100+ for unlimited. Something along those lines. You can forget a Clearwire-like ISP offering on LTE by Sprint. Clearwire ISP business was hemorrhaging money. The model was unsustainable and destined for bankruptcy. No way in the world someone as shrewd and smart as Masayoshi Son would allow a Clearwire business model repeated. If Sprint offers a wireless LTE ISP in the future, you can count on a few things: It will be more expensive It will have data tiers It will have enough limits that it will not impact the network performance for smartphone users It will be used to draw more postpaid subscribers to its standard network and increase revenues, not be a burden to the network or capex It will not be a new place for data abusers to hang out Sprint doesn't want to keep or attract data abusers. They are too expensive. They want to lure all those lucrative customers who are used to data tiers now at Verizon and AT&T back. If you can give them unlimited smartphone use and a tiered data home ISP for the same amount or less than Verizon does just for smartphone, it would be very attractive. No one should be holding their breath or counting on a Clearwire customer experience on Sprint LTE. It will look nothing like it. If it even happens at all. If the Corpus Christi trial is a bust, they may run from it all together. Let's not forget that Verizon and T-Mobile are deploying 20MHz channels in many markets around the country now. Sprint has to compete with that. It would be foolish for Sprint to allow their 20MHz channels bog down with home use while their competitors tout speeds and capacity advantages. Robert

We have not searched this out exclusively. We know of Orange County, California and Dade County, Florida. There are likely others too. Robert

Depending on how the sectors are aimed, it wouldn't surprise me if he was on the same 1x sector as you, get a similar signal strength, but for him to be in LTE 1900 coverage, and you not. For instance, let's take this scenario. You are near the ground floor and your 1x signal strength is very good. If you went to a higher floor, you would assume the signal would get better. So you've ruled out that he could be on a higher floor. But what if he was on a higher floor, but on the opposite side of the building that the site? That means his 1x signal would get better as he went up, but it would get worse as he went to the other side of the building. Making his signal strength roughly the same as yours. And if that's the case, then he would also be in a position much more likely to get LTE 1900 than where you were at. You are thinking of RF lineally. Where as RF is broadcast more in a semi sphere. As for 310120...that has never been seen on Band 41 yet. Only Bands 25 and 26 have been seen with that ID so far. As for idling on voice and data, what is being referred to is that we know he is not using a Triband device because both LTE and 1x signals are present in SignalCheck app. A Triband device would only show LTE, as it does not park in 1x and LTE at the same time. Only one or the other. Triband devices only move over to 1x from LTE when CSFB tells it to. Robert

I've never seen Dark Crystal. Even Christina is chiding me for not understanding your reference. She gave you an atta boy. Robert via Samsung Note 8.0 using Tapatalk Pro

We have no access to data like that. That is probably tracked by each Area Manager. Which they need a lot more of, in my opinion. Robert via Samsung Note 8.0 using Tapatalk Pro

That's an issue with every targeted provider. Robert via Samsung Note 8.0 using Tapatalk Pro

LTE 800 can be turned on quickly at an LTE 1900 site. It's just an install of an 800MHz LTE carrier card at the base station cabinet. And a fire up by an LTE integration tech. A few hours. One tech could probably do three a day if there wasn't a lot of travel time between. The biggest issue with firing up LTE 800 is getting cards from the OEM's (which have been slow coming so far) and getting the markets clear of incumbent SMR public safety licensees. The FCC has granted some extensions in some markets that is preventing Sprint from starting to deploy LTE on 800 in some areas. But it is happening. There are already 300 known active LTE 800 sites in Samsung and Ericsson markets. And more happening every day. Robert via Samsung Note 8.0 using Tapatalk Pro

That's even a decent LTE 1900 signal too. If we had that kind of signal everywhere, we'd all be happy with our service. Robert via Samsung Note 8.0 using Tapatalk Pro

Well, if LTE 800 gets fired up everywhere then eHRPD is not even needed. Robert via Samsung Note 8.0 using Tapatalk Pro

No way to say. In places where the NV Upgrade percentage is high, like 85% or higher, but the LTE percentage accepted is significantly lower, like 50% or lower, then the issue is backhaul. Depending on what the backhaul issue is in a market, it could mean that backhaul could arrive at all remaining sites in a short period. Once backhaul is upgraded at a site, then an LTE integration tech just needs to go to the site and spend an hour or two integrating the site with the network and firing it up. So many of these could complete quickly. The bigger issue is not the sites physically complete and not live with LTE. It's the sites that are outstanding that keep a market from getting to 100% NV Upgrades complete. Because no work has been done on those sites at all yet. And they aren't ready for LTE yet at all. These are caused from a variety of issues from site owners not allowing access, structural problems, permitting/planning, etc. These sites will be a slog all the way to the end. However, most of those problematic sites are isolated. And once LTE 800 comes online in many markets, they will broadcast usable LTE over them. By mid 2014, most of Sprint native coverage areas will have usable LTE from one band or another, regardless of straggling sites. Robert via Samsung Note 8.0 using Tapatalk Pro

sky high Robert via Samsung Note 8.0 using Tapatalk Pro

It is impossible for Sprint 3G to run faster than 3.1Mbps. And it's not likely to run faster than 2.65Mbps. Robert via Samsung Note 8.0 using Tapatalk Pro

October harvest Robert via Samsung Note 8.0 using Tapatalk Pro

They are deploying 800 equipment with 1900 equipment. There are a lot of customers with CDMA 1900 only handset and LTE 1900 only smartphones out there. They can't count on 800 only for areas within an urban area. Robert via Samsung Note 8.0 using Tapatalk Pro

That's correct Spence. Those channels are Band 25. And the Band 41 channel is a null value. Some more Samsung LTE 'EnginERRing.' Not a confirmation of Band 26, yet. Robert via Samsung Note 8.0 using Tapatalk Pro

Red Herring Robert via Samsung Note 8.0 using Tapatalk Pro