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Agreed. However, I'm willing to give Shentel props. They deserve kudos. They have rocked it and look to continue strong. Robert from Note 2 using Tapatalk 4 Beta

I love my DigiROM for my Note 2. It displays 1X next to signal bars when on 1xRTT, 3G when on EVDO and LTE when in LTE. It's great. Robert from Note 2 using Tapatalk 4 Beta

This is a fair way to look at it. Robert from Note 2 using Tapatalk 4 Beta

The deployment in both Baltimore and DC markets has come to a crawl. All the sites with easy to get backhaul are done. It is going to be a slog getting backhaul to the remaining BAWA sites. LTE will go live one at a time on all the remaining sites as each gets high speed backhaul that can support LTE. Robert from Note 2 using Tapatalk 4 Beta

GMO to full build conversion hasn't been in any existing budgets. It has always been subject to future budgeting at the end of NV. What you describe above is a plausible scenario in how the 16B could be spent. Also, when I think of pico cells and getting backhaul to them all, as well as a fully built out LTE 2600 network to every Top 100 market and expanding LTE 800 from 80% to 100%. Then I think we can spend that kind of money too without any expansion. LTE 2600 is going to cause another round of backhaul investment in many places where the current backhaul just can't handle 3+ LTE carriers or speeds up to 100Mbps. When you couple all the issues, I'm just not certain they equal network expansion to new markets. Or it could be a mixed message. Maybe a limited expansion in some key markets? Robert from Note 2 using Tapatalk 4 Beta

I would love it if Sprint expanded its native corporate coverage. I'm just not convinced that's their plan yet. Robert from Note 2 using Tapatalk 4 Beta

I've never seen Masayoshi Son say he was going to have Sprint's footprint equal VZW or ATT. What I do recall him saying was he was going to take on the duopoly directly and compete with them. He may not even try to compete on the level of a national footprint. It all just may be his plan to spend an additional $16Billion inside the existing footprint. Robert from Note 2 using Tapatalk 4 Beta

Most S-CT is full build. There's a lot of GMO's in the N-CT market. Robert from Note 2 using Tapatalk 4 Beta

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Site acceptance reports from Thursday (7/11) and Friday (7/12): Alabama - 4 updates (2 LTE) Arkansas - 2 updates (1 LTE) Atlanta/Athens - 1 update (LTE) Austin - 5 updates (3 LTE, 1 CDMA 800, 1 iDEN Conversion) Boston - 5 updates (3 LTE) Central Jersey - 3 updates (2 LTE) Central Pennsylvania - 8 updates (3G) Charlotte - 2 updates (LTE) Cincinnati - 3 updates (3G) Colorado - 3 updates (1 LTE) Columbus - 3 updates (3G) Delaware - 2 updates (3G) DFW - 4 updates (LTE) East Kentucky - 2 updates (LTE) East Michigan - 13 updates (3 LTE) East Texas - 3 updates (LTE) Ft. Wayne/South Bend - 2 updates (LTE) GA/SC Coast - 3 updates (1 LTE) Georgia - 5 updates (4 LTE) Houston - 5 updates (1 LTE) Indianapolis - 1 update (3G) Jacksonville - 6 updates (4 LTE) Kansas - 7 updates (1 LTE) Las Vegas - 5 updates (3G) Long Island - 1 update (LTE) Louisiana - 5 updates (3 LTE) Memphis - 13 updates (5 LTE) Miami/West Palm - 3 updates (1 LTE) Milwaukee - 1 update (LTE) Minnesota - 14 updates (6 LTE) Mississippi - 5 updates (4 LTE) Missouri - 2 updates (1 LTE) Nashville - 15 updates (3 LTE) New Orleans - 17 updates (5 LTE) New York City - 6 updates (1 LTE) Northern Jersey - 5 updates (2 LTE) North Wisconsin - 1 update (LTE) Oklahoma - 2 updates (LTE) Orange County - 2 updates (1 LTE) Oregon/SW Washington - 5 updates (LTE) Orlando - 5 updates (3 LTE) Philadelphia Metro - 4 updates (LTE) Phoenix - 4 updates (3G) Pittsburgh - 3 updates (LTE) Providence - 1 update (3G) Raleigh/Durham - 4 updates (LTE) Riverside/San Bernardino - 6 updates (LTE) San Antonio - 1 update (LTE) San Diego - 6 updates (2 LTE) SF Bay - 4 updates (3 LTE) South Carolina - 3 updates (3G) Southern Connecticut - 1 update (3G) Southern Jersey - 2 updates (3G) South Texas - 1 update (3G) South West Florida - 1 update (3G) Tampa - 3 updates (1 LTE) Tucson/Yuma - 2 updates (3G) Upstate NY Central - 2 updates (3G) Upstate NY East - 2 updates (3G) Utah - 5 updates (3G) VT/NH/ME - 3 updates (1 LTE) Washington DC - 1 update (LTE) West Iowa/Nebraska - 2 updates (LTE) West Kentucky - 1 update (LTE) West Michigan - 6 updates (5 LTE) West Texas - 1 update (LTE) West Washington - 2 updates (LTE) Maps are updated. Robert Links: Comments regarding this thread, NV Sites Complete Map

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I didn't really gamble when I lived in Nevada. But I never hated the Casinos. I knew it was the reason why I didn't pay any income tax. Here in New Mexico, I get fleeced by the state for income tax and the sales tax is way higher than what I paid in Nevada. All that and we still have an Indian casino on every block. I wouldn't mind being back home in Nevada, actually. "Home means Nevada. Home means the hills. Home means the sage and the pines. Deep in the heart of the Golden West...home means Nevada to me!" Robert

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I value my dollar too. No one gets rich being a bureaucrat, unless they're corrupt. And if forced to migrate, I will have to consider my options. Robert

Sprint is saying they don't want you if you have a lot of lines, unless you're willing to pay a fair rate for all those lines. If you're not, then they are saying they can live with you leaving. That's the bottom line. I bet their research is showing that people come to Sprint from AT&T and Verizon because of unlimited, not because of price. This is about the new people coming, not the people who already here. There is still no forced migration. Not even for new customers, let alone existing customers. Robert

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Verizon has to be reported as aggressive in order to for you to think they picked up some of these customers? I'm not sure I've seen any reporting for me to even label AT&T as aggressive in going after them. Robert

I too was looking to add another line when the triband phones come out. However, if I was not allowed to add a line to my Everything plan, I would not add the line. But Sprint probably won't even care, because they don't want to host that line if they break even or lose money on it. Robert

You must have missed this post: http://s4gru.com/index.php?/topic/1336-att-fires-a-ptt-shot-across-sprints-bow/?p=168350 Who said anything about AT&T's success? How many of former Nextel customers went to AT&T? That information is not out there. We know the rate people did not move to Sprint from Nextel. But we don't know where they went exactly. We know some went to AT&T. I find it odd that you would assume that AT&T has been successful based on the conversation we have had in this topic. Robert

But I think they're banking on that with AT&T and Verizon, you have to share that data for the same price. And if you're coming from AT&T and the reason you're leaving is because you are tired of little Johnny taking all your data, it may be quite attractive. I too think like most people this was not the best time. But I don't think it is going to be a catastrophic move for Sprint. And it now allows a straight apples to apples comparison of plans with the duopoly. So Sprint cannot hide, it must directly compete. But for you on SERO-P and me on Everything plans, these plans are more expensive for us. And if I'm forced to migrate, I'll consider my options then. Hopefully your wife will allow you stick around to that point too. Robert

Do you realize you are asking me to discern why people who are former Nextel customers why they were not moved by the concept of SDC roaming? There is no way for me to answer your question. I am not advocating their departure, I am just talking about the fact they left. Robert

I was noticing the same thing. It's also happening in Phoenix. It could be Clearwire, or it just may be really darn hot! Robert

I believe this is what is going on. Sprint has realized they do not make money on the additional lines (3+ lines) for the Everything plans. They may even lose money. Every additional line I add to my account is only $30 per month, and they give me a subsidized phone too for these additional lines. So they get a 2 year contract on that line, but they also give me $400 on a smartphone. So there is not much left over to make money after you pay for the phone. Sprint has decided to stop the gravy train for additional lines. Did it make Sprint a very attractive bargain for us folks who wanted to keep adding accounts? Yes indeed. It was almost crazy for me to not add additional lines, they were virtually free after two devices. After subsidies, I was paying $15 per month roughly for an unlimited data smartphone plan on additional lines. And often, these additional users are the biggest data users on the network. I know my kids use far more data than I do. So Sprint is saying, we want these additional lines to pay their fair share. This is not greed. And each one of us who have a lot of lines (me included) are going to have to decide if this is the best deal for us. However, Sprint is stopping the welfare roll for additional lines. It may hurt them with business lost, however, when the balance sheet comes down to the end, I bet they make more money even losing customers. Because these customers are probably costing them money. SoftBank is not stupid. This is a well calculated event. We need to pay our fair share for large accounts, or go somewhere else. It's just that simple. However, I don't plan to do a darn thing until they force me to migrate. And currently they are not forcing migrations. And we have store employees in this thread who have said you can still come into their stores and get the Everything plans. But I bet you can expect to try to be sold the new plans, and may even be mistakenly told you have to. Count on that. Robert

I have heard that Verizon was moving to RRU's for AWS LTE. But beyond specific markets of where to start, this is news to me. Thanks for the heads up. Robert

Rural coverage in NM is pretty spotty anyway...you're not missing much all these years later. Robert from Note 2 using Tapatalk 4 Beta