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Looks like my Sensorly tracks today in ABQ. Robert via Nexus 7 using Tapatalk 4 Beta Sprint ones? I put down a bunch of blue and green ones this weekend that are not on any roads Nope. Tmo purple Sensorly tracks. Robert via Nexus 7 using Tapatalk 4 Beta

Looks like my Sensorly tracks today in ABQ. Robert via Nexus 7 using Tapatalk 4 Beta

From who? No live Sprint LTE yet in the North LA market of San Luis Obispo County. Probably still a few more months. Robert via Nexus 7 using Tapatalk 4 Beta

I agree. Wholeheartedly. Tmo is just a thing I get to play with when I head into the city. Robert from Note 2 using Tapatalk 4 Beta

waiting room Robert from my Nexus 4 using Tapatalk 4 Beta

Tmo LTE is now active in many places in ABQ. I have been doing some Sensorly mapping today. I have been averaging in the high teens, occasionally hitting around 30Mbps. Pings between 40-70ms most of the time. I hit this speed test on Montgomery near I-25. I've never even been this high on even Verizon before. It hit as high as 56Mbps before settling just under 50. Robert from my Nexus 4 using Tapatalk 4 Beta

My family is taking me to the "Q" for dinner and to look at cell sites. Could a wireless nerd and father of 4 ask for more? I think not. Robert via Nexus 7 using Tapatalk 4 Beta

All of the sites in the Rochester market will be completely overhauled. Only the GMO sites in the bottom of the market by Alcatel Lucent are getting moderate upgrades. But this is not a problem, it's a good thing. Robert via Nexus 7 using Tapatalk 4 Beta

Site acceptance reports from Sunday (6/9), Monday (6/10), Tuesday (6/11), Wednesday (6/12), Thursday (6/13): Alabama - 9 updates (3G) Albuquerque - 11 updates (3 LTE) Arkansas - 12 updates (4 LTE) Atlanta/Athens - 44 updates (12 LTE) Austin - 9 updates (3 LTE) Baltimore - 1 update (LTE) Boston - 16 updates (11 LTE) Central Jersey - 6 updates (2 LTE) Central Pennsylvania - 6 updates (3G) Charlotte - 3 updates (LTE) Chicago - 8 updates (LTE) Colorado - 8 updates (3G) Columbus - 6 updates (3G, 1 news site) DFW - 4 updates (2 LTE) East Michigan - 10 updates (LTE) East Texas - 9 updates (1 LTE) GA/SC Coast - 3 updates (3G) Georgia - 3 updates (3G) Gulf Coast - 3 updates (2 LTE) Houston - 12 updates (4 LTE)\ Indianapolis - 20 updates (3G) Jacksonville - 5 updates (3 LTE) Kansas - 5 updates (1 LTE) LA Metro - 13 updates (7 LTE) Las Vegas - 7 updates (4 LTE) Long Island - 4 updates (3G) Louisiana - 2 updates (3G) Memphis - 7 updates (3 LTE) Miami/West Palm - 9 updates (8 LTE) Milwaukee - 3 updates (LTE) Minnesota - 15 updates (11 LTE) Mississippi - 3 updates (3G) Missouri - 26 updates (6 LTE) Myrtle Beach - 7 updates (3G) Nashville - 19 updates (5 LTE) New Orleans - 24 updates (10 LTE) New York City - 3 updates (2 LTE) North Wisconsin - 4 updates (LTE) Oklahoma - 15 updates (7 LTE) Orange County - 9 updates (5 LTE) Oregon/SW Washington - 13 updates (6 LTE) Orlando - 17 updates (9 LTE) Phoenix - 7 updates (3G) Providence - 2 updates (3G) PR/VI - 3 updates (LTE) Raleigh/Durham - 13 updates (9 LTE) San Antonio - 6 updates (2 LTE) San Diego - 12 updates (7 LTE) SF Bay - 5 updates (LTE) South Carolina - 11 updates (3G) Southern Connecticut - 5 updates (LTE) Southern Jersey - 4 updates (3G) South Texas - 4 updates (LTE) South West Florida - 3 updates (1 LTE) Tampa - 14 updates (10 LTE) The Panhandle - 3 updates (2 LTE) Tucson/Yuma - 2 updates (3G) Upstate NY East - 3 updates (3G) Washington DC - 8 updates (6 LTE) West Iowa/Nebraska - 1 update (LTE) West Kentucky - 6 updates (3G) West Michigan - 24 updates (8 LTE) West Texas - 3 updates (3G) West Washington - 4 updates (LTE) All markets now shown. First round of map updates complete. The remainder of markets added this morning are having map update problems. I will let you know when they have been uploaded by updating this note. Robert Links: Comments regarding this thread, NV Sites Complete Map

Define what you mean by that. Signal strength is dependent upon a great many variables. AJ I think he is referring to a point I commonly make that WiMax signal faded to unusable around -82dBm RSSI, whereas LTE does around -93dBm RSSI. Robert via Nexus 7 using Tapatalk 4 Beta

I've seen this quote before. However, I don't believe it's accurate. I spent a lot of time in 2011 going over Clearwire licenses in EBS and BRS spectrum. I stand behind my quotes, as they are actually based on my own research. Which I trust more than this quote. Also, this conflicts with previous quotes they said in the past that aligned more with my research. I don't know if this specific press release is a typo or what. However, I'm pretty sure they have not purchased more spectrum since 2011. Additionally, Clearwire has some EBS leases that expire as soon as next year. And they have leases that expire every year after that. There will always be a constant rotation of licenses up. And there is a good grouping of schools that are refusing to renew, as they believe they have been severely under paid by Clearwire for the spectrum. And the new valuations that will come out of the sale of Clearwire will only add further fuel to this fire. Also, one key point of Clearwire spectrum is the misunderstanding that most of the spectrum in each market is not contiguous. The holdings are not contiguous and very disjointed. It is an amalgamation of 5-8 blocks of spectrum of varying sizes. You cannot install a 20MHz carrier on every one of the blocks. Also, in EBS, the schools kept some of the spectrum. Sometimes they kept a specific whole block(s), sometimes they kept a portion of one block, sometimes some of the part of a block they kept is in the middle, sometimes they kept portions of several blocks. The reason being is that they have legacy uses of the spectrum that they did not want to relocate. So this has left Clearwire lots of not very usable or completely under-usable spectrum islands. Of course, when Clearwire is trying to sell other people how vast their spectrum holdings are, they include all kinds of info to make their numbers sound grand. However, when Clearwire is talking to the FCC and spectrum screens, they then downplay their holdings. The truth is somewhere in the middle. Trying to make a point out of Clearwire Spectrum Holdings using exact MHz quantities is just not a good or accurate way to make a point. The only truth that can really be said is that Clearwire has more spectrum than anyone else and that it is highly variable from market to market. Robert

Maybe someone will clarify if I am mistaken, but the 3G acceptance means the NV panels are installed, backhaul is in place and all of the 3G side has been tested and checked as working correctly. The LTE is still in process/testing, but may be active. Basically, I understood that if a site is accepted as 3G, it is up to NV 3G standards, meaning backhaul is complete, pings are sub-100ms, etc, etc. The LTE side might have some tweaking to do, or they may have a more technical issue to sort out before it goes live. Close. 3G accepted doesn't mean backhaul is in place. It usually means it is not in place, actually. Every site has 3G and 4G LTE equipment installed at the same time. When they call for inspection, if backhaul is up and operating they will test the LTE side. If it passes, they accept it. If new backhaul is not ready, they'll test the 3G side only. And if it passes, they accept it. Most of the time when you see only a 3G acceptance, it is connected to legacy backhaul. Except at GMO sites. Typically 3G sites will also have 4G accepted (3G/4G) if they are connected to new backhaul. However, not all 3G/4G sites have the new 3G NV operating, even if accepted. In many instances, 3G legacy will run side by side with NV 4G LTE because the 3G side has to be brought up in clusters. Robert via Nexus 7 using Tapatalk 4 Beta

I changed the title of the thread to just Bad ESN issue, as that succinctly describes the issue best now. Robert via Nexus 7 using Tapatalk 4 Beta

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And you think they can use all 160 or 180 MHz to offer mobile broadband every half a mile? Where the heck do you think they will find the demand to use all that spectrum? With a 4x4 MIMO arrangement feasible at 2.5Ghz. There is no possible mobile demand for that kind of bandwidth. Remember there's also the big 2 that serve oh, let's see >200M people. Even if all Sprint subscibers within a sector are streaming Youtube, you still can't fill up those pipes. Economies of scale can be gotten outta China Mobile that is going to be using 2.5GHZ TDD with their 700M customers, not Sprint's puny 56M. I really don't see a scenario that Sprint benefits from swallowing Clearwire whole. Too much debt, no customers... Now if they want to keep the BRS and sell the rest to Dish along with the Clearwire network and also get some hosting money, then we're talking. They get rid of debt, get some money for hosting and Bob's your uncle. They are the puppets of the cable cos because they need them to have 66 1/3% of the voting shares to change the bylaws. If you don't think that the cable cos are against selling to Dish, then there's nothing I can say to convince you otherwise. And it isn't about selling rural broadband. It's about seeling suburban broadband. You know, where most of us live. I don't recall saying they are going to use all the spectrum. They will sit on a lot of it for future capacity. Also, Clearwire does not have 160-180MHz of spectrum nationwide. Not even close. In some places they have as little as 60MHz. They average just over 100MHz per market. Very few markets have over 150MHz. If they are not required to divest it, they want to hold it. And the places they will be holding a large chunk is really just a handful of markets. And if DISH wants 40MHz of spare spectrum in about 10 markets, I say give it to them. Robert via Nexus 7 using Tapatalk 4 Beta

Whoa! Sprint and SoftBank are not puppets of the cable companies. They don't want to serve rural broadband. Do you think Masayoshi Son wants to do rural broadband with, egads...high frequency spectrum, but is being stopped because of the cable companies? Get real! SoftBank and Son have shown no desire whatsoever to become rural broadband providers. They want massive spectrum holdings to go after the duopoly with unlimited data services and mondo fat pipes. They also want economies of scale in the TDD 2600 band. Just because SoftBank's plans do not conflict with the minority cable company shareholders, does not make them puppets. Robert via Nexus 7 using Tapatalk 4 Beta

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Only 39% of the LA Metro sites are complete with LTE so far: http://s4gru.com/index.php?/topic/212-network-visionlte-deployment-running-list/?p=8030 And only 17% of Orange County: http://s4gru.com/index.php?/topic/212-network-visionlte-deployment-running-list/page-2&do=findComment&comment=145558 And 6% of Riverside/San Bernardino: http://s4gru.com/index.php?/topic/212-network-visionlte-deployment-running-list/?p=145596 They are nowhere near 100% complete. A lot more to go. Robert

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They don't have veto power, per se. They just have a majority of votes and will vote everything down if anything gets that far. Robert

The Nextel panels in my area tend to be massive. Very long, pretty wide and as thick as they are wide. They have 45 degree tapered edges on the sides and usually have a difficult to see belly band right in the middle the bisects the panel in two. Robert

Intel is the only wild card. The cable companies will not support DISH. And it's not likely Intel will change its support for Sprint either. Robert

How on earth can they mark a phone as a bad ESN after you activated it? How can someone have it replaced when it isn't active on their account, but on yours? I would not take no for an answer. I'd keep calling. If the ESN was bad when you went to activate it, they shouldn't have let you activate it. If they went to replace to someone else after you activated, they should have verified that the device was still active on their account. This is ridiculous. I agree that there is a lot of risk buying a phone off Ebay. However, your risk should have ended the day you activated it. You can go back on people using PayPal to get your money back when someone sells you a device with a bad ESN without declaring it. However, since the transaction was six months ago, I'm not sure if those protections are still afforded to you. Sprint needs to start an investigation on this. Because they need to go after the person who previously had the device and take actions against their account if they are still a Sprint customer. They will be able to tell in 5 minutes that someone reported it after you activated the device. You can probably even provide them evidence of the sale from EBay or PayPal. And Sprint should reinstate the ESN, once they conclude the investigation. Because it doesn't cost them anything to reinstate it. Robert